MBTA Crosstown Buses

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The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority operates three crosstown bus routes in the Boston, Massachusetts area, CT1, CT2 and CT3, intended as limited-stop buses connecting major points. All crosstown buses have bicycle racks and offer free transfers to and from the subway. They only run weekdays.

The CT buses are envisioned as a first phase in a gradual improvement in circumferential service connecting the "spokes" of the Metro Boston rapid transit system, planned to culminate in the Urban Ring.

Contents

1.1 Station listing

2 CT2

2.1 Station listing

3 CT3

3.1 Station listing

4 External links
5 References

The CT1 (internally 701) runs between Central Square, Cambridge and the B.U. Medical Center/Boston Medical Center, mostly along Massachusetts Avenue. The majority of its route is a limited-stop version of the 1.

Station listing

Station Transfers and notes
Central Square Red Line
Pearl Street
University Park
M.I.T. CT2
Beacon Street
Hynes Convention Center/ICA Green Line
Symphony/Westland Avenue Green Line
Massachusetts Avenue Station Orange Line
Washington Street Silver Line
Harrison Avenue CT3
B.U. Medical Center CT3

CT2
The CT2 (internally 747 south and 748 north of Kendall/MIT) connects Sullivan Square, Charlestown with Ruggles, Roxbury via Kendall Square, Cambridge. The south part roughly parallels the 47.

Station listing

Station Transfers and notes
Sullivan Square Orange Line
Cobble Hill
McGrath Highway
Union Square
Cambridge Street
Portland Street
Kendall/MIT Red Line
Massachusetts Avenue CT1
Memorial Drive
Boston University Green Line
Park and Beacon Streets Green Line
Fenway Station Green Line
Beth Israel Hospital CT3
Children's Hospital CT3
Longwood Avenue Green Line
Huntington Avenue Green Line, CT3
Ruggles Orange Line, MBTA Commuter Rail, CT3

CT3
The CT3 (internally 708) connects the Longwood Medical Area to Andrew Square, all in Boston. The route roughly parallels the 8. The CT3 used to continue east to Logan Airport, but that part (internally 709) was dropped due to low ridership in March 2002. A few early morning trips were kept as the 171, running from Dudley to Logan.

Station listing

Station Transfers and notes
Louis Pasteur Avenue part of a one-way loop
Children's Hospital CT2
part of a one-way loop
Beth Israel Hospital CT2
part of a one-way loop
Ruggles Street/Huntington Avenue Green Line, CT2
Ruggles Orange Line, MBTA Commuter Rail, CT2
Washington Street Silver Line
Boston Medical Center CT1
B.U. Medical Center CT1
1010 Massachusetts Avenue only some trips
Andrew Station Red Line

[http://encycl.opentopia.com/ edit ]
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ([official site])
Red Line Alewife – Ashmont / Braintree ––– Ashmont-Mattapan High Speed Line: Ashmont – Mattapan
Green Line Lechmere – Boston College ("B") / Cleveland Circle ("C") / Riverside ("D") / Heath Street ("E") ––– Watertown ("A")
Orange Line Oak Grove – Forest Hills ––– Charlestown Elevated – Atlantic Avenue Elevated – Washington Street Elevated
Blue Line Wonderland – Bowdoin
Buses Silver Line: Dudley Square – Downtown Crossing; South Station – various points ––– List – Crosstown buses – Former streetcars – Trackless trolleys – Key routes – East Boston area – South Boston – Urban Ring

Commuter Rail Greenbush – Plymouth/Kingston – Middleborough/Lakeville – New Bedford/Fall River – Fairmount – Providence/Stoughton – Franklin – Needham – Framingham/Worcester – Fitchburg – Lowell – Haverhill/Reading – Newburyport/Rockport
Miscellaneous Accessibility – Boat service – CharlieCard – Nomenclature
Predecessors Boston Elevated Railway – Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway – Middlesex and Boston Street Railway

External links

[CT1 schedule and map]
[CT2 schedule and map]
[CT3 schedule and map]

References

[Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district] (PDF)

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Station	Transfers and notes
Central Square	Red Line
Pearl Street
University Park
M.I.T.	CT2
Beacon Street
Hynes Convention Center/ICA	Green Line
Symphony/Westland Avenue	Green Line
Massachusetts Avenue Station	Orange Line
Washington Street	Silver Line
Harrison Avenue	CT3
B.U. Medical Center	CT3

Station	Transfers and notes
Sullivan Square	Orange Line
Cobble Hill
McGrath Highway
Union Square
Cambridge Street
Portland Street
Kendall/MIT	Red Line
Massachusetts Avenue	CT1
Memorial Drive
Boston University	Green Line
Park and Beacon Streets	Green Line
Fenway Station	Green Line
Beth Israel Hospital	CT3
Children's Hospital	CT3
Longwood Avenue	Green Line
Huntington Avenue	Green Line, CT3
Ruggles	Orange Line, MBTA Commuter Rail, CT3

Station	Transfers and notes
Louis Pasteur Avenue	part of a one-way loop
Children's Hospital	CT2 part of a one-way loop
Beth Israel Hospital	CT2 part of a one-way loop
Ruggles Street/Huntington Avenue	Green Line, CT2
Ruggles	Orange Line, MBTA Commuter Rail, CT2
Washington Street	Silver Line
Boston Medical Center	CT1
B.U. Medical Center	CT1
1010 Massachusetts Avenue	only some trips
Andrew Station	Red Line

[http://encycl.opentopia.com/ edit ] Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ([official site])
Red Line		Alewife – Ashmont / Braintree ––– Ashmont-Mattapan High Speed Line: Ashmont – Mattapan
Green Line		Lechmere – Boston College ("B") / Cleveland Circle ("C") / Riverside ("D") / Heath Street ("E") ––– Watertown ("A")
Orange Line		Oak Grove – Forest Hills ––– Charlestown Elevated – Atlantic Avenue Elevated – Washington Street Elevated
Blue Line		Wonderland – Bowdoin
Buses		Silver Line: Dudley Square – Downtown Crossing; South Station – various points ––– List – Crosstown buses – Former streetcars – Trackless trolleys – Key routes – East Boston area – South Boston – Urban Ring
Buses
Commuter Rail		Greenbush – Plymouth/Kingston – Middleborough/Lakeville – New Bedford/Fall River – Fairmount – Providence/Stoughton – Franklin – Needham – Framingham/Worcester – Fitchburg – Lowell – Haverhill/Reading – Newburyport/Rockport
Miscellaneous		Accessibility – Boat service – CharlieCard – Nomenclature
Predecessors		Boston Elevated Railway – Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway – Middlesex and Boston Street Railway