City Point Bus Terminal

City Point is a transportation station in South Boston, Massachusetts, at the terminus of the former SL3 branch of the MBTA's Silver Line. It lacked waiting facilities for passengers, and existed solely as a turnaround for the buses on the SL3.

Old geographic map of the Silver Line, showing the SL3 (lower right). The SL4 route shown never ran; the current SL4 shares most of its route with the SL5.
City Point
MBTA buses at City Point Bus Terminal in 2018
LocationEast 1st Street at N Street
South Boston, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°20′18.59″N 71°1′54.92″W
Owned byMassachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Connections MBTA bus: 7, 9, 10, 11
History
OpenedDecember 31, 2004 (Silver Line)
Closed1953 (streetcar lines)
March 20, 2009 (Silver Line)
Former services
Preceding station MBTA Following station
East 1st Street & M Street
toward South Station
 Silver Line
Closed 2009
 Terminus

The City Point area is still served by the route 7, 9, 10 and 11 buses, all of which terminate at City Point Bus Terminal on East 1st Street between M and N streets. All were formerly streetcar routes. Service was converted to bus on the 7, 9, and 10 in 1953; they were some of the last Boston-area streetcar lines to be bustituted, and the #9 was one of the last two lines (the other being the #43, which was bustituted in 1961) to serve the Pleasant Street incline. Streetcars last ran on the #11 in 1929.[1][2]

Until October 1985, when the modern turnaround loop was built, service ran to the former carhouse location at East 2nd Street and O Street.[3] SL3 service ended on March 20, 2009.[3]

In May 2017, the MBTA announced plans to convert the layover facility at City Point to a passenger terminal with a platform, shelters, and seating.[4]

See also

References
  1. SPUI (20 May 2005). "More Boston streetcar questions". Newsgroup: ne.transportation. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  2. Jonathan White (12 August 2003). "Bay View streetcar line in South Boston". Newsgroup: ne.transportation. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  3. Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). NETransit.
  4. "Service Improvements for South Boston Bus Routes" (Press release). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. May 10, 2017.
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