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Arlington Avenue, Charlestown, Boston Local bus routes Southampton Bus Maintenance Facility Southampton Street, South Bay, Boston Silver Line dual mode buses; local bus routes Watertown Yard: Galen Street, Watertown: Midday layover for local bus routes; former terminus of the Green Line A branch and Green Line heavy maintenance facility
Transportation in Boston includes roadway, subway, regional rail, air, and sea options for passenger and freight transit in Boston, Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) operates the Port of Boston , which includes a container shipping facility in South Boston , and Logan International Airport , in East Boston .
It operates from North Station in Boston, Massachusetts to Fort Washington/Cambridgeport via Lechmere, Kendall Square, and University Park at MIT, serving over 25 identified stops. [1] Buses were operated by Paul Revere Transportation, until June 17, 2024, when the contract was given to Academy Bus Lines. [2]
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) operates 152 bus routes in the Greater Boston area. The MBTA has a policy objective to provide transit service within walking distance (defined as 0.25 miles (0.40 km)) for all residents living in areas with population densities greater than 5,000 inhabitants per square mile (1,900/km 2) within the MBTA's service district.
Shortly after the steam locomotive became practical for mass transportation, [6] the private Boston and Lowell Railroad was chartered in 1830. [7] The rail, which opened in 1835, [6] connected Boston to Lowell, [8] a major northerly mill town in northeast Massachusetts' Merrimack Valley, [9] via one of the oldest railroads in North America.
SL2 bus at South Station. The Silver Line is a six-route bus rapid transit system marketed as rapid transit.It is divided into two branches: Waterfront service (SL1, SL2, SL3, and the rush-hour SLW shuttle) that runs through the South Boston Transitway tunnel, and Washington Street service (SL4 and SL5) that runs on the surface via Washington Street.
The Logan Express (LEX) is an airport bus shuttle network which operates between Boston's Logan International Airport and Massachusetts suburbs. The service, which is funded by Massport, consists of four routes serving suburban park-and-ride terminals in Braintree, Danvers, Framingham, and Woburn, plus an urban route serving the Boston neighborhood of Back Bay.
Route 1, which runs on Massachusetts Avenue, is one of the busiest MBTA bus routes, with service every 8 minutes during rush hour. Key bus routes of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority system were the 15 routes that had high ridership and higher frequency standards than other bus lines, according to the 2004 MBTA Service Policy. [1]