Why stick to just the MBTA when there are so many other non-MBTA systems in the greater Boston area? This is a list of all of the Regional Transportation Authorities that connect to the MBTA Commuter Rail. There are links to the main websites for the Authorities, and linked routes are ones that I’ve reviewed.
- Brockton Route 1 (Montello Street via North Main Street)
- Brockton Route 2 (South Plaza/Campello via Main Street)
- Brockton Route 3 (VA Hospital via Belmont)
- Brockton Route 4 (Westgate Mall via Pleasant)
- Brockton Route 4A (Westgate Mall via North Warren)
- Brockton Route 5 (Brockton Hospital via Centre Street)
- Brockton Route 6 (Massasoit via Crescent Street)
- Brockton Route 8 (Southfield via Warren and Plain Street)
- Brockton Route 9 (Pearl via West Elm and Torrey)
- Brockton Route 10 (Lisa and Howard via North Quincy and Court)
- Brockton Route 11 (Cary Hill and The Village)
- Ashmont Route 12 (Routes to Boston and Beyond)
- Mini Maller Route 13 (Westgate Mall, Brockton)
- Stoughton Route 14 (Stoughton via Brockton)
- Rockland Flex (Flexible Route, Rockland to Brockton)
- BSU Service (Bridgewater State University)
- BAT Center
- 1 (Pittsfield/North Adams)
- 2 (Pittsfield/Lee)
- 3 (Williamstown/North Adams)
- 4 (Pittsfield/Dalton/Hinsdale)
- 5 (Pittsfield/Lanesboro)
- 11 (Berkshire Community College)
- 11N (Berkshire Community College Night Loop)
- 12/14 (Southeast Loop)
- 15 (West Pittsfield/Lebanon Ave)
- 16 (Allendale Shopping Plaza/Crane Ave)
- 21 (Lee/Great Barrington)
- 21X (Pittsfield/Great Barrington)
- 22 (Great Barrington Loop)
- 34 (North Adams Loop)
- Pittsfield Intermodal Center
- Beverly Commuter Bus Service
- Red Line (Gloucester – Rockport via Thatcher Road)
- Green Line (Gloucester – Rockport via Eastern Avenue)
- Green Line (SEASONAL: Blue Gate Meadows Parking Lot – Rockport Loop)
- Orange Line (Gloucester Crossing and Business Express Loop)
- Blue Line (Gloucester – Rockport via Lanesville)
- Yellow Line (Gloucester – Magnolia)
- Yellow Line (Gloucester – Danvers – Peabody)
- Yellow Line (City of Beverly Shuttle)
- Purple Line (Gloucester – West Gloucester – Essex Town Line)
- Purple Line (SEASONAL: Ipswich – Essex – Crane Beach)
- Stage Fort Park Trolley (SEASONAL: Stage Fort Park – Downtown Gloucester – Good Harbor Beach – Rocky Neck)
- Sealine
- SEASONAL: WHOOSH Trolley
- H20 Hyannis – Orleans
- Barnstable Villager
- Hyannis Crosstown
- SEASONAL: Hyannis Trolley
- Flex
- SEASONAL: The Shuttle
- Bourne Run
- Sandwich Line
- SmartDART
- Boston Hospital
- GATRA West
- GATRA Central
- 1 (Westside)
- 6 (Whittenton)
- 7 (School Street/Route 44/Raynham)
- 8 (East Taunton/Raynham Walmart)
- 9 (Weir/Route 138)
- 10 (Attleboro/North Attleboro)
- 11 (South Attleboro Connector)
- 12 (Attleboro/North Attleboro)
- 14 (Attleboro/North Attleboro/Plainville)
- 15 (Oak Hill)
- 16 (Seekonk/Attleboro)
- 18 (Attleboro/Norton/Taunton)
- 24 (Attleboro/Pawtucket, RI)
- Downtown Middleborough Shuttle
- Foxborough MBTA Commuter
- Middleborough-Taunton Connection
- Attleboro Transit Center
- Bloom Bus Terminal
- GATRA East
- SAIL (Marshfield/Onset/Wareham)
- Link 1 (Wareham/Onset/Wareham)
- Link 2 (Cranberry Plaza to Buzzards Bay)
- Link 3 (Shangri-La to Cranberry Plaza)
- Link 4 (Cranberry Plaza to West Wareham)
- Mayflower Link
- Freedom Link
- Liberty Link
- Manomet/Cedarville Deviated Link
- Wareham/Middleborough/Lakeville MBTA Connector
- SLOOP (Scituate Loop)
- Pembroke Shuttle
- Wareham – New Bedford Connection
- Wareham – Plymouth Connection
- Allston Campus Express (Allston Campus – Harvard Square – Memorial Hall)
- Barry’s Corner (Continuum – Kennedy School – Harvard Square)
- Crimson Cruiser (Quad – Mather House via Memorial Hall)
- Evening Van Service
- Extended Overnight (Quad – Mather House via Memorial Hall)
- Mather Express (Memorial Hall via Harvard Square)
- Quad Express (Memorial Hall via Harvard Square)
- Quad Stadium (Quad – River Houses – Harvard Square)
- Quad Yard Express (Lamont – Harvard Square)
- 1636’er (Quad – Peabody Terrace – Mather House via Memorial Hall)
- 11 (Serves All Terminals)
- 22 (Serves Terminals A & B to subway station and to Rental Car Center)
- 33 (Serves Terminals C & E to subway station and to Rental Car Center)
- 41 (Serves Terminal C, subway station, and LOC)
- 44 (Serves subway station and LOC)
- 55 (Serves All Terminals to subway station and to Rental Car Center)
- 66 (Serves All Terminals, subway station, LOC, and Water Transportation Dock)
- 88 (Serves All Terminals and Economy Parking Garage)
- 99 (Back Bay Logan Express)
- 990 (Serves All Terminals and Suffolk Downs)
- Braintree Logan Express
- Framingham Logan Express
- Peabody Logan Express
- Woburn Logan Express
- 1 (Christian Hill)
- 2 (Belvidere)
- 3 (South Lowell)
- 4 (Highlands via Stevens)
- 5 (Westford Street/Drum Hill)
- 6 (Broadway/UMass Lowell)
- 7 (Pawtucketville/Umass Lowell North)
- 8 (Centralville)
- 9 (Lowell Circulator)
- 10 (Dracut/Tyngsboro)
- 11 (IRS/Raytheon via Route 133)
- 12 (Tewksbury via Route 38/Wilmington Train Station)
- 13 (Billerica via Edson)
- 14 (Burlington Mall/Lahey Clinic)
- 15 (Chelmsford/Westford via Route 129/110)
- 16 (Chelmsford via Chelmsford Street)
- 17 (North Chelmsford via Middlesex Street)
- 18 (Downtown Shuttle)
- 19 (SEASONAL: Pheasant Lane Mall via Middlesex Street)
- 20 (Downtown/UMass North)
- Kennedy Center
- 1 (Intermodal Center ‐ Kmart ‐ Monument Square ‐ The Mall at Whitney Field ‐ Kings Corner (counterclockwise))
- 2 and 9 (Intermodal – Monument Square – Walmart)
- 3 (Intermodal Center ‐ Kings Corner ‐ The Mall at Whitney Field ‐ Monument Square ‐ Kmart (clockwise))
- 4 (Fitchburg State University)
- 5 (Intermodal Center – Parkhill Plaza – Central Plaza)
- 6 and 7 (Intermodal – Burbank – Fitchburg High – Intermodal – John Fitch – Lunenburg Crossing)
- 7A (Lunenburg Shuttle)
- 8 (Monument Square ‐ The Mall at Whitney Field ‐ Orchard Hill Park – The Mall at Whitney Field)
- 11 (Intermodal – Great Wolf Lodge)
- JARC
- Fitchburg Intermodal Center
- MART Gardner ITC
- Gardner Route 1 (counterclockwise)
- Gardner Route 2 (clockwise)
- Gardner – Wachusett Commuter Shuttle
- Intercity/MWCC
- Athol/Orange Link
- Athol/Orange Shuttle
- Athol ITC
- Devens Regional Shuttle
- Littleton – Westford Commuter Rail Shuttle
- Winchendon Link
- Boston Shuttle
- Worcester Shuttle
- Clinton – Worcester Commuter Shuttle
Miscellaneous
- Bloom Bus Lines (Taunton, Raynham, Easton, and West Bridgewater – Boston)
- Boston Express (I-93 Route) (video review)
- Burlington B Line
- Cross-Acton Transit
- Dedham Local Bus
- EZRide (Cambridgeport – North Station or Kendall Square)
- Lexington Lexpress
- Little Roady (Providence’s Autonomous Vehicle Pilot)
- M2 (Cambridge – HMS)
- M2C (Coolidge Corner)
- Seaport/North Station Ferry
- Providence to Newport Ferry
- Suffolk Downs Shuttle
- UMass Lowell Shuttle: Yellow North Line (Inn and Conference Center (ICC), North, University Crossing, Downtown)
- 1 (Lawrence – Methuen – Haverhill)
- 13 (Main Street/North Avenue)
- 14 (Bradford/Ward Hill)
- 15 (Hilldale Avenue/Haverhill Commons)
- 16 (Washington Street/Westgate Plaza)
- 18 (Riverside)
- 21 (Andover Shuttle)
- 32 (Andover)
- 33 (North Andover)
- 34 (Prospect Hill)
- 35 (Water Street)
- 36 (Holy Family Hospital/Lawrence Street)
- 37 (Beacon Street)
- 39A (Colonial Heights/North Andover Mall)
- 39B (North Andover Mall/Phillips Street)
- 40 (Methuen Square)
- 41 (Lawrence – Lowell)
- 51 (Haverhill – Amesbury)
- 54 (Amesbury – Newburyport – Salisbury)
- 56 (NECC Express)
- 57 (Newburyport Shuttle)
- 75 (Lawrence Special Employment Service)
- 83 (Salisbury Beach/Hampton Beach)
- 85 (Lawrence Downtown Shuttle)
- 98 (North Andover – Boston)
- 99 (Methuen-Lawrence-Andover – Boston)
- Buckley Transportation Center
- Costello Transportation Center
- Washington Square Transit Station
- 1 (Woodland Shuttle)
- 2 (Framingham Circuit Clockwise)
- 3 (Framingham Circuit Counterclockwise)
- 4G (Framingham Grocery Route)
- 4N (North)
- 4S (South)
- 5 (Ashland/Hopkinton)
- 6 (Holliston/Milford Line)
- 7 (Southborough/Marlborough)
- 7C (Inner City Marlborough)
- 8 (Wellesley)
- 9 (Worcester Road)
- 10 (Natick Circuit Counterclockwise)
- 11 (Natick Circuit Clockwise)
- 14 (Milford)
- 15 (Hudson)
- Green Line Connector
- CATCH Connect
- Blandin Hub
- Airport Route
- Jetties Beach Route
- Madaket Route
- Miacomet Loop
- Mid Island Loop
- Sconset Via Old South Route
- Sconset Via Milestone Road Route
- Sconset Via Polpis Road Route
- Surfside Beach Route
- Greenhound Stop
- Loop (Springfield MGM Loop)
- G1 (Chicopee/Sumner-Allen/Canon Circle)
- G2 (East Springfield via Carew/Belmont-Dwight)
- G2E (East Springfield Express)
- G3 (Springfield Plaza via Liberty/King-Westford)
- B4 (Union Station/Plainfield Street)
- G5 (Springfield/Dickinson/Jewish Home/Longmeadow)
- B6 (Union Station/Ludlow via Bay Street)
- B7 (Eastfield Mall via State/Boston Road)
- R10 (Westfield/Westfield State University/West Springfield/via Route 20)
- P11 (Holyoke Community College/Springfield Express)
- B12 (Stonybrook Express)
- R14 (Feeding Hills/Springfield)
- B17 (Eastfield Mall via Worthington/Wilbraham Road)
- P20 (Holyoke/Springfield via Riverdale Street)
- P20E (Holyoke Mall/Union Station I-91 Express)
- P21 (Holyoke/Springfield via Chicopee)
- P21E (Springfield/Holyoke I-91 Express)
- B23 (Holyoke/Westfield via Holyoke Community College)
- R24 (Paper City Express)
- R29 (Amherst/Holyoke Mall via Route 116 and Holyoke Transportation Center)
- 30 (North Amherst/Old Belchertown Road)
- 31 (Sunderland/South Amherst)
- 33 (Puffer’s Pond/Shopper Shuttle)
- 34 (Campus Shuttle/Northbound)
- 35 (Campus Shuttle/Southbound)
- 36 (Olympia Drive/Atkins Farm)
- 38 (Mount Holyoke/Hampshire/Amherst/UMass)
- 39 (Smith/Hampshire/Mount Holyoke)
- R41 (Northampton/Easthampton/Holyoke Community College/Holyoke Mall)
- R42 (Northampton/Williamsburg)
- B43 (Northampton/Hadley/Amherst)
- R44 (Florence Heights via King Street and Bridge Road)
- 45 (Belchertown Center/UMass)
- 46 (South Deerfield/Whately Park & Ride/UMass)
- B48 (Northampton/Holyoke Transit Center)
- X90 (Inner Crosstown)
- X92 (Mid City Crosstown)
- S (Northampton Survival Center Shuttle)
- NE (Nashawannuck Express Flex/Van Service)
- OWL (Westfield State University Shuttle)
- PV (Palmer Village)
- WS (Ware Shuttle)
- Holyoke Transportation Center
- Northampton Academy of Music
- Olver Transit Pavilion
- QX (Quonset Express)
- R-Line (Broad/North Main)
- 1 (Eddy/Hope/Benefit)
- 3 (Warwick Ave)
- 4 (Pawtuxet Village/Warwick Neck)
- 6 (Prairie/Roger Williams Zoo)
- 8x (Jefferson Boulevard)
- 9x (Pascoag)
- 10x (North Scituate Park and Ride)
- 12x (Arctic/Route 117 Express Park and Ride)
- 13 (Coventry/Arctic/Warwick Mall)
- 14 (West Bay)
- 16 (Simmonsville Village Service)
- 17 (Dyer/Pocasset)
- 18 (Union Ave)
- 19 (Plainfield/Westminster)
- 20 (Elmwood Ave)
- 21 (Reservoir/Garden City)
- 22 (Pontiac Ave)
- 24L (Newport/Fall River/Providence) – also see GUEST POST
- 27 (Broadway/Manton)
- 28 (Broadway/Hartford)
- 29 (Cowesett/Kent County)
- 30 (Arlington/Oaklawn)
- 31 (Cranston Street)
- 32 (East Providence/Wampanoag/Seekonk Square)
- 33 (Riverside)
- 34 (East Providence/Seekonk Square)
- 35 (Rumford/Newport Ave)
- 40 (Butler/Elmgrove/Tunnel)
- 49 (Camp Street/Miriam Hospital)
- 50 (Douglas Ave/Bryant University)
- 51 (Charles Street/Twin River/CCRI)
- 54 (Lincoln/Woonsocket)
- 55 (Admiral/Providence College)
- 56 (Chalkstone Ave)
- 57 (Smith Street)
- 58 (Mineral Spring/North Providence)
- 59x (North Smithfield/Lincoln Express Park and Ride)
- 60 (Providence/Newport)
- 61x (Tiverton/East Bay Park and Ride)
- 62 (URI/Providence Station)
- 63 (Broadway/Middletown Shops)
- 64 (Newport/URI)
- 65x (Wakefield Express Park and Ride)
- 66 (URI/Galilee)
- 67 (Bellevue/Salve Regina University)
- 71 (Broad Street/Pawtucket Ave)
- 72 (Weeden/Central Falls)
- 73 (Fairlawn/CCRI)
- 75 (Dexter/Lincoln Mall)
- 76 (Central Ave)
- 78 (Beverage Hill/Newport Ave)
- 80 (Armistice Boulevard)
- 87 (Fairmount/Walnut Hill)
- 91 (Ferry Shuttle)
- 92 (Rhode Island College/Federal Hill/East Side)
- 95x (Westerly Park and Ride)
- 203 (Narragansett Flex)
- 204 (Westerly Flex)
- 210 (Kingston Flex)
- 231 (South Aquidneck/Newport Flex)
- 242 (West Warwick/Coventry Flex)
- 281 (Woonsocket Flex)
- 282 (Pascoag/Slatersville Flex)
- 301 (Westerly/Hope Valley Rural Ride)
- CS (Thursday Only Walmart Cranston Shopper)
- Kennedy Plaza
- Newport Visitors Center
- Pawtucket Transit Center
- FR 1 (South Main)
- FR 2 (North Main)
- FR 3 (Laurel)
- FR 4 (Robeson Street)
- FR 5 (Stafford Road)
- FR 6 (Pleasant Street)
- FR 7 (Bay Street)
- FR 8 (BCC/Durfee HS)
- FR 9 (Bedford Street)
- FR 10 (Rodman Street)
- FR 14 (Swansea Mall)
- Fall River Terminal
- NB 1 (Fort Rodman)
- NB 2 (Lund’s Corner)
- NB 3 (Dartmouth Street)
- NB 4 (Ashley Boulevard)
- NB 5 (Rivet Street)
- NB 6 (Shawmut/Rockdale)
- NB 8 (Mount Pleasant)
- NB 9 (New Bedford/Fall River Intercity Route)
- New Bedford/Fall River Intercity Express Route
- NB 10 (Dartmouth Mall)
- NB 11 (Fairhaven)
- North End Shuttle
- New Bedford Terminal
- 1 (Edgartown – Vineyard Haven Road)
- 2 (West Tisbury – Vineyard Haven via Old County Road and Lambert’s Cove Road)
- 3 (West Tisbury – Vineyard Haven via State Road)
- 4 (West Tisbury – Chilmark – Menemsha via North Road)
- 5 (West Tisbury – Chilmark – Aquinnah via South Road)
- 6 (Edgartown – Airport – West Tisbury)
- 7 (Oak Bluffs – Airport via County and Barnes Roads)
- 8 (South Beach)
- 9 (Oak Bluffs – Hospital – Airport via Barnes Road and County Road)
- 10 (West Tisbury Park and Ride)
- 10A (West Chop Loop)
- 11 (Downtown Edgartown Park and Ride)
- 12 (Menemsha Sunset Bus)
- 13 (Edgartown – Oak Bluffs – Vineyard Haven via Beach Road)
- Microtransit Pilot
- 1 (Union Station Hub – Mount Saint Ann via Providence Street)
- 2 (Union Station Hub – Tatnuck Square via Pleasant Street)
- 3 (Union Station Hub – Worcester State University via Highland Street)
- 4 (Union Station Hub – The Shoppes at Blackstone Valley via Millbury Street)
- 5 (Union Station Hub – Blithewood/Massasoit via Grafton Street)
- 6 (Union Station Hub – West Tatnuck via Chandler Street)
- 7 (Union Station Hub – Washington Heights Apartments)
- 8 (Park Avenue Connector)
- 11 (Union Station Hub – The Fair Plaza via Vernon Hill and Greenwood Street)
- 12 (Union Station Hub – Southwest Commons via Grafton Street)
- 14 (Union Station Hub – Showcase Cinemas/Holden via Burncoat Street)
- 15 (Union Station Hub – Shrewsbury Center via Shrewsbury Street and Route 9)
- 16 (Union Station Hub – Lincoln Plaza via Hamilton Street and Lake Ave)
- 19 (Union Station Hub – Webster Square – Clark University via Main Street)
- 23 (Union Station Hub – East Mountain Street via Lincoln Street)
- 24/24A (Union Station Hub – UMass Medical Center via Belmont Street)
- 25 (Union Station Hub – Auburn Industrial Park via Canterbury and Southbridge Street)
- 26 (Union Station Hub – Great Brook Valley via Lincoln Street)
- 27 (Union Station Hub – Auburn Mall via Main Street)
- 29 (Union Station Hub – Southbridge – Charlton)
- 30 (Union Station Hub – West Boylston Walmart via Grove Street and West Boylston Street)
- 31 (Union Station Hub – Lincoln Plaza via Grove Street and West Boylston Street)
- 33 (Union Station Hub – Spencer – Brookfield via Main Street and Route 9)
- 40 (Union Station Hub – Downtown Loop)
- 42 (Union Station Hub – Oxford – Webster via Southbridge Street and Route 12)
- A (Northbridge Walmart – Shoppes at Blackstone Valley via Fisherville)
- B (New Village – Rockdale – Stop and Shop – Grafton MBTA Station)
- Westborough Via
- Webster, Dudley, Southbridge Shuttle
- Union Station Hub