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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.
Denotes any links to MBTA subway and MBTA bus routes, to other bus systems, to Amtrak trains, or to the CapeFLYER at the station. City/neighborhood: Identifies the municipality (and for Boston, the neighborhood) in which the station is located. Fare zone: Identifies which of the eleven fare zones the station is in.
This list includes all rapid transit, light rail, and bus rapid transit (BRT) stations currently open on the MBTA's subway system. As of December 2022, the system has 153 stops and stations served by the Green, Blue, Red, Orange, and Silver lines. [1]
The MBTA began adding the key bus routes to its rapid transit map in 2009. [5] [6] This is a 2013 draft by Michael Kvrivishvili, modified into the official map in 2014, that shows the key routes as thinner lines on the rapid transit map.
The line opened from Ashmont to Milton on August 26, 1929, and from Milton to Mattapan on December 21, 1929. [2] Infill stations were opened at Capen Street in September 1930 and Butler on October 7, 1931. [2] In 1966, the Red Line designation was also applied to the line, which had been known as 28 Mattapan–Ashmont. [2]
CONNECT 1 Bus Rapid Transit (runs between Watertown Plank Park and Ride and Wisconsin and Van Buren Street along Wisconsin Avenue) will run every 20 minutes after 10:30 p.m. on Saturdays.
Three branches operate underground and charge rapid transit fares; two branches operate entirely on the surface and charge lower bus fares. In 2023, the heavy rail lines had 85,397,200 rides, [ 1 ] or about 267,700 per weekday [ 3 ] in the third quarter of 2024, and comprised the fourth-busiest heavy rail system in the United States.
Fields Corner was the southern terminus of the line for about a year until Shawmut and Ashmont station opened in 1928. [2] The elevated station was designed for efficient transfer between rapid transit trains and surface streetcars and buses.