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Planned West End Street Railway system, 1885; consolidation of these lines was complete by 1887. See also 1880 horse railway map.. Mass transportation in Boston was provided by private companies, often granted charters by the state legislature for limited monopolies, with powers of eminent domain to establish a right-of-way, until the creation of the MTA in 1947.
In 2023, the system had a ridership of 1,260,000, or about 6,400 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024. The system has six routes that terminate in downtown Boston. Year-round routes run to Hingham directly (F1) and via Hull (F2H), and to the Charlestown Navy Yard (F4). Seasonal routes run to Lynn (F3), Winthrop (F5), and East Boston (F6).
The MBTA Boat system comprises several ferry routes on Boston Harbor. One of these is an inner harbor service, linking the downtown waterfront with Boston Navy Yard in Charlestown. The other routes are commuter routes, linking downtown to Hingham, Hull and Quincy. Some commuter services connect via Logan International Airport.
A juvenile humpback whale in Boston Harbor could cause delays on the MBTA ferry through Thursday, the agency said. The setbacks are because of federal regulations that require boats to travel at ...
The station is also served by the MBTA bus route 4, which runs on Atlantic Avenue at peak hours. [6] Aquarium station is the primary transfer point between the MBTA subway and ferry services on Boston Harbor: MBTA Boat routes F2H, F3, F4, and F5 terminate at Long Wharf, as do several Boston Harbor Islands ferry routes. [6]
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Route 99 (N. Washington St) Boston to Charlestown: 1900 331.9 meters (1,089 ft) [1] The MBTA Orange Line used this bridge, before the upstream tunnel was completed in 1975. Site of a ferry established in 1630; [2] obsoleted by the Charles River Bridge, built 1786
The present-day location of this ferry can trace its origins back to 1822 when it was constructed by Nathaniel Lynch just below the confluence of the San Jacinto River and the Buffalo Bayou and was known as Lynch's Ferry. [6] The ferry was used by the Republic of Texas troops fighting Mexican forces in the Battle of San Jacinto April 1836. [6]