List of MBTA bus routes

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The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority bus division operates the following bus routes, in the U.S., many of which are descendants of streetcar routes of the Boston Elevated Railway or a suburban company.

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[edit] Special routes

The Silver Line (internally 741, 742, 743, 746 and 749) is a bus rapid transit system marketed as rapid transit.

The crosstown (CT) buses provide limited-stop service with free transfers to subways.

Some bus lines are contracted to private operators and may be unnumbered.

[edit] 1-202

These routes all serve the immediate Boston area, and most were inherited from the Metropolitan Transit Authority. They are numbered roughly clockwise from southeast to northeast, with 4 the furthest south in South Boston (1 was a combination of the 47 and 76 in 1962) and 121 the furthest north (roughly) in East Boston. Numbers from 131 to 137 are former Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway routes in the Melrose area. 170 and 171 are special low-service routes, the 170 a variant of the 70 and the 171 a replacement for early morning CT3 service (when it was cut back from Logan Airport). Routes from 191 to 197 are single round trips in the early morning, mainly meant for subway fare collectors but open to the public. 201 and 202 were redesignations of the two directions of the 20 loop in March 2005.

[edit] 210-299

These routes operate in the Quincy area. They were originally operated by the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway.

[edit] 300-349

These routes operate express between Medford and downtown Boston.

  • 325
  • 326

[edit] 350-399

These routes operate in the Burlington area.

  • 350 North Burlington
  • 351 Oak Park/Bedford Woods
  • 352
  • 354
  • 355

[edit] 400-499

These routes operate in the Lynn area and North Shore.

  • 411
  • 424
  • 424W
  • 426
  • 426W
  • 428
  • 429
  • 430
  • 431
  • 434
  • 435
  • 436
  • 439
  • 441
  • 441W
  • 442
  • 442W
  • 448
  • 449
  • 450
  • 450W
  • 451
  • 455
  • 455W
  • 456
  • 459
  • 465
  • 468

[edit] 500-599

These routes operate express between Newton and downtown Boston.

  • 500 Downtown Boston-Riverside Station via Mass Pike
  • 501 Downtown Boston-Brighton Center via Mass Pike
  • 502 Copley Square-Watertown Yard via Mass Pike
  • 503 Copley Square-Brighton Center via Mass Pike
  • 504 Downtown Boston-Watertown Yard via Mass Pike
  • 505 Downtown Boston-Waltham via Mass Pike
  • 553 Downtown Boston OR Newton Corner-Roberts via South Street
  • 554 Downtown Boston OR Newton Corner-Waverly Square via Warrendale
  • 556 Downtown Boston OR Newton Corner-Waltham Highlands via Waltham Station
  • 558 Downtown Boston OR Newton Corner-Riverside Station via Auburndale

[edit] Timeline

This is only a timeline of Boston-area buses, usually with numbers below 200 (though 201 and 202 have been used twice each for routes in this district).


[edit] External links and references

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