TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN MASSACHUSETTS

PRESENT AND PAST


BOSTON AREA (SERVED BY MBTA/EARLIER MTA)

NORTH OF BOSTON (SERVED BY MBTA/EXPANDED AREA)

SOUTH OF BOSTON (SERVED BY MBTA/EXPANDED AREA)

WEST OF BOSTON (SERVED BY MBTA/EXPANDED AREA)

NORTH OF BOSTON (OUTLYING TRANSIT DISTRICTS)

SOUTH OF BOSTON (OUTLYING TRANSIT DISTRICTS)

WEST OF BOSTON (OUTLYING TRANSIT DISTRICTS)

WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS

CAPE COD AREA

Above include web links to current transit systems.


INTERURBAN AND SUBURBAN TRANSPORTATION

Interurban Railway Map

Map shows interurban railways, and other electric railways in the more densely populated areas.

Early Bus Companies

The earliest bus companies in the Boston area.

Obscure Bus Companies/1952

The most obscure bus companies, mostly listed in the 1952 Mass Transportation's Directory, but records of whose existence could not be found anywhere else.


STATEWIDE TRANSIT LINKS

Links to transit system Web sites and further information on public transportation throughout the state.

Massachusetts Association of Regional Transit Authorities


Massachusetts is a small densely populated state, extensively covered by public transportation. Many of the transit systems in Massachusetts thus interconnect, enabling the possibility of long continuous interurban journeys exclusively using local transit.


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