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Boston MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority)
Rapid Transit in Boston goes by the name of The T and includes
subways, buses, trolleys, inter-harbor ferry service. Commuter rail or trains
are also under the auspices of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
Visitors can ride the T by paying single fare or opting for
the multi-day passports which are available for use on all four subway lines,
bus lines and inter-harbor ferry services. Depending on expected usage a
one day Visitors Pass starts at $6 per person which ranges up to a
seven day pass for $22. These Visitor Passes may be purchased at Logan Airport
T station, hotels in Boston and at the Boston Commons Visitor Information
Center.
The four subway lines are color coded red, green, blue, and orange.
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interchanges between lines can be made at the these black and white symboled
connecting points.
-Takes travelers from the northwest Cambridge part of
Greater Boston, southeast through downtown and further south towards Quincy,
with a branch to the southwest at JFK / UMass.
From the downtown area north the stops are as follows: Downtown
Crossing Park Street Charles / MGH Kendall / MIT
Central Harvard Porter Davis terminating
at Alewife.
From the downtown area south the stops are as follows: Downtown
Crossing South Station Broadway Andrew Central
JFK / UMass (continuing southeast) North Quincy Wollaston
Quincy Center Quincy Adams terminating at Braintree.
From JFK / UMass (continuing southwest) Savin Hill
Fields Corner Shawmut Ashmont Cedar Grove
Butler Milton Central Avenue Valley Road Capen
St terminating at Mattapan.
-Takes travelers from the northern areas of Greater
Boston, south through downtown and further southwest towards Forest Hills.
From the downtown area north the stops are as follows: Downtown
Crossing State Haymarket North Station Community
College Sullivan Square Wellington Madison Center
terminating at Oak Grove.
From the downtown area southwest the stops are as follows: Downtown
Crossing Chinatown Medical Center Back Bay
Mass Ave. Ruggles Roxbury Crossing Jackson Square
Stony Brook Green Street terminating at Forest
Hills.
-Takes travelers from the northeastern areas of Greater
Boston, south through to the downtown area into the Government Center.
From the Government Center northeast, the stops are as follows:
State Aquarium Maverick Logan Airport Wood
Island Orient Heights Suffolk Downs Beachmont
Revere Beach terminating at Wonderland.
From the Government Center northwest, the next and terminating stop is
Bowdoin
-Takes travelers from the western areas of Greater Boston,
east through to the downtown area, then northwest to Lechmere. The southern
side of the line has several branches off the main line, one branches
at Copley, one branches at Kenmore, another branches just before Fenway.
From the Government Center north, the stops are as follows: Haymarket
North Station Science Park terminating across
the Charles at Lechmere.
From the Government Center south, the stops are as follows: Park
Street Boylston Arlington Copley (branch goes
south to Prudential Symphony terminating at
Heath). From Copley west the main line stops are Hynes /
ICA Kenmore (branch goes north and west to Boston University
Harvard Avenue terminating at Boston College
). From Kenmore west another branch terminates at Cleveland Circle,
the green main line continues south and west with stops after Kenmore
Fenway Longwood Brookline Village Brookline
Hills Reservoir Chestnut Hill Newton Center
Newton highlands Eliot Waban Woodland
terminating at Riverside.
- comes into Greater Boston from outlying areas.
The northern routes hook up with the Orange and Green subway lines north
of the city at North Station. The southern routes terminate at South Station
with subway connections to the Red Line. These commuter lines run much
further afield with western routes headed toward at Worcester, Framingham,
Filchburg and Needham Heights. Northern routes head toward Lowell, Reading,
Haverhill, Ipswich and Rockport. Southern routes head towards Franklin,
Providence, Attleboro, Lakeville and Plymouth.
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