MBTA Crosstown Buses
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
Boston subway. They only run weekdays.
==
CT1==
The CT1 (internally 701) runs between
Central Square (Cambridge),
Cambridge (MA) and the
B.U. Medical Center/
Boston Medical Center, mostly along
Massachusetts Avenue (Boston). The majority of its route is a limited-stop version of the
1 (MBTA bus)#1.
===Station listing===
{| border=1
!Station
!Transfers and notes
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Central Square (MBTA station)
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Red Line (MBTA)
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Pearl Street (Cambridge)
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University Park (Cambridge)
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M.I.T.
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CT2 (MBTA bus)#CT2
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Beacon Street (Boston)
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Hynes Convention Center/ICA (MBTA station)
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Green Line (MBTA)
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Symphony (MBTA station)/Westland Avenue
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Orange Line (MBTA)
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Massachusetts Avenue (MBTA station) Station
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Green Line (MBTA)
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Massachusetts Avenue (MBTA Silver Line station)
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Silver Line (MBTA)
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Harrison Avenue (Boston)
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CT3 (MBTA bus)#CT3
|-
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B.U. Medical Center
|
CT3 (MBTA bus)#CT3
|}
==CT2==
The CT2 (internally 747 south and 748 north of Kendall/MIT) connects
Sullivan Square (Boston),
Charlestown (Boston) with
Ruggles (Boston),
Roxbury (Boston) via
Kendall Square (Cambridge),
Cambridge (MA). The south part roughly parallels the .
===Station listing===
{| border=1
!Station
!Transfers and notes
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Sullivan Square (MBTA station)
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Orange Line (MBTA)
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Cobble Hill (Somerville)
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McGrath Highway
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Union Square (Somerville)
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Cambridge Street (Cambridge)
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Portland Street (Cambridge)
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Kendall/MIT (MBTA station)
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Red Line (MBTA)
|-
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Massachusetts Avenue (Cambridge)
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CT1 (MBTA bus)#CT1
|-
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Memorial Drive (Cambridge)
|-
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BU West (MBTA station)
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Green Line (MBTA)
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St. Marys Street (MBTA station)
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Green Line (MBTA)
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Fenway (MBTA station) Station
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Green Line (MBTA)
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Beth Israel Hospital
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CT3 (MBTA bus)#CT3
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Children's Hospital (Boston)
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CT3 (MBTA bus)#CT3
|-
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Longwood Medical Area (MBTA station)
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Green Line (MBTA)
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Museum of Fine Arts (MBTA station)
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Green Line (MBTA),
CT3 (MBTA bus)#CT3
|-
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Ruggles (MBTA station)
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Orange Line (MBTA),
MBTA Commuter Rail,
CT3 (MBTA bus)#CT3
|}
==CT3==
The CT3 (internally 708) connects the
Longwood Medical Area to
Andrew Square (Boston), all in Boston. The route roughly parallels the . 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 , running from
Dudley (MBTA station) to Logan.
===Station listing===
{| border=1
!Station
!Transfers and notes
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Louis Pasteur Avenue (Boston)
|part of a one-way loop
|-
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Children's Hospital (Boston)
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CT2 (MBTA bus)#CT2part of a one-way loop
|-
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Beth Israel Hospital
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CT2 (MBTA bus)#CT2part of a one-way loop
|-
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Museum of Fine Arts (MBTA station)
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Green Line (MBTA),
CT2 (MBTA bus)#CT2
|-
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Ruggles (MBTA station)
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Orange Line (MBTA),
MBTA Commuter Rail,
CT2 (MBTA bus)#CT2
|-
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Melnea Cass Boulevard (MBTA station)
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Silver Line (MBTA)
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Boston Medical Center
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CT1 (MBTA bus)#CT1
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B.U. Medical Center
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CT1 (MBTA bus)#CT1
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|1010
Massachusetts Avenue (Boston)
|only some trips
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Andrew (MBTA station) Station
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Red Line (MBTA)
|}
==External links==
*[http://www.mbta.com/traveling_t/schedules_buses_findbus.asp?routenumber=CT1 CT1 schedule and map]
*[http://www.mbta.com/traveling_t/schedules_buses_findbus.asp?routenumber=CT2 CT2 schedule and map]
*[http://www.mbta.com/traveling_t/schedules_buses_findbus.asp?routenumber=CT3 CT3 schedule and map]
==References==
*[http://members.aol.com/eddanamta/busfiles/contents.pdf Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district] (
PDF)
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