MBTA

This is a page to coordinate improving/verifying the details of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (aka the T) on OSM.

OpenStreetMap objects

Existing transit routes

(unverified if they are properly tagged, or complete, etc.)

PTNA provides a daily analysis of route_master and route relations found in the area of City of Boston on it's US sub-page. A CSV list can be compiled to list the exepected (= exist in reality) in this Wiki.

1 - Harvard Square - Nubian Station
- Looks like this is just streets, not stops, and is a bit outdated. It's also missing the Outbound leg.
- Added all the stops (except for the final one, where I don't know which platform it stops at!) JesseFW (talk) 00:28, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
- Still need to create the other direction, and the route_master. JesseFW (talk) 00:28, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
  - I've now created the other direction and route_master; there may be some missing stops still. JesseFW (talk) 23:58, 7 July 2023 (UTC)
4 - North Station - Tide Street
- This is very screwed up, both on OSM (where it's a mess of double-crossing lines) and on the official site, where the streets don't line up with the stops. It will probably have to wait until someone can survey it in person. JesseFW (talk) 00:53, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
  - By looking at the PDF of the printed schedule, I think I've figured it out, and have added all four different routes it takes, with a proper route_master relation. JesseFW (talk) 23:58, 7 July 2023 (UTC)
MBTA 5
- As someone noted already, this route is no longer in service. The official site links to https://www.mbta.com/projects/better-bus-project/5-16 . JesseFW (talk) 01:55, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
7 - City Point - Otis Street & Summer Street
- got most of the stops added for this; still need to straighten out the last few, and do the reverse, of course. JesseFW (talk) 01:55, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
8 - Harbor Point - Kenmore Station
- Added some stops. JesseFW (talk) 03:17, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
9 - City Point - Copley Station
- Did this one; a couple missing stops remaining. JesseFW (talk) 01:38, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
10 - City Point - Copley Square
- Added route_master and outbound route; same weirdness with City Point and a few missing stops. JesseFW (talk) 18:59, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
11 - City Point - Chauncy Street & Summer Street
14 - Roslindale Square - Heath Street
15 - Fields Corner Station or Kane Square - Ruggles Station
16 - Forest Hills Station - Andrew Station or Harbor Point
17 - Fields Corner Station - Andrew Station
18 - Ashmont Station - Andrew Station
19 - Fields Corner Station - Kenmore or Ruggles Station
21 - Ashmont Station - Forest Hills Station
22 - Ashmont Station - Ruggles Station via Talbot Ave
23 - Ashmont Station - Ruggles Station via Washington Street
24 - Wakefield Avenue & Truman Parkway - Mattapan Station
26 - Ashmont Station - Norfolk Street Loop
27 - Mattapan Station - Ashmont Station
28 - Mattapan Station - Ruggles Station
29 - Mattapan Station - Jackson Square Station
30 - Mattapan Station - Forest Hills Station via Cummins Highway and Roslindale Square
31 - Mattapan Station - Forest Hills Station via Morton Street
32 - Wolcott or Cleary Square - Forest Hills Station
33 - River Street & Milton Street - Mattapan Station
34E - Walpole Center - Forest Hills Station
34 - Dedham Mall or Dedham Line - Forest Hills Station
35 - Dedham Mall or Stimson Street - Forest Hills Station
36 - Millennium Park or VA Hospital - Forest Hills Station
37 - Baker Street & Vermont Street - Forest Hills Station
38 - Wren Street - Forest Hills Station
39 - Forest Hills Station - Back Bay Station
40 - Georgetowne - Forest Hills Station
MBTA 40/50
41 - Centre Street & Eliot Street - JFK/UMass Station
42 - Forest Hills Station - Nubian Station
43 - Ruggles Station - Park Street Station
44 - Jackson Square Station - Ruggles Station
45 - Franklin Park - Ruggles Station
"47 - Central Square, Cambridge - Broadway Station"
- Added a route_master and split the existing route into inbound and outbound. There are a few existing stops that are tied to sidewalks, so don't work with Relatify, that will still need to be fixed. Also I think some of the Cambridge stops have been moved and renamed. JesseFW (talk) 00:44, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
50 - Cleary Square - Forest Hills Station
51 - Reservoir Station - Forest Hills Station
52 - Dedham Mall - Watertown Yard
57A - Oak Square - Kenmore Station
57 - Watertown Yard - Kenmore Station
59 - Needham Junction - Watertown Square
60 - Chestnut Hill - Kenmore Station
61 - North Waltham - Waltham Center
MBTA 62
62/76 - Bedford VA Hospital - Alewife Station via Hanscom Airport
64 - Oak Square - University Park or Kendall/MIT Station
65 - Brighton Center - Kenmore Station
66 - Harvard Square - Nubian Station
- route_master added. JesseFW (talk) 00:30, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
67 - Turkey Hill - Alewife Station
68 - Harvard Square - Kendall/MIT Station
- Now has a route master. JesseFW (talk) 23:54, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
69 - Harvard Square - Lechmere Station
- Now has a route master. JesseFW (talk) 23:54, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
MBTA 70A
70 - Market Place Drive or Waltham Center - University Park
71 - Watertown Square - Harvard Station
72 - Aberdeen Avenue - Harvard Station
MBTA 72/75
73 - Waverley Square - Harvard Station
74 - Belmont Center - Harvard via Concord Avenue
75 - Belmont Center - Harvard via Huron Avenue
MBTA 76
77 - Arlington Heights - Harvard Station
78 - Arlmont Village - Harvard Station
79 - Arlington Heights - Alewife Station
80 - Arlington Center - Lechmere Station
"83 - Rindge Avenue - Central Square, Cambridge"
MBTA 84
85 - Spring Hill - Kendall/MIT Station
- Now has a route master. JesseFW (talk) 23:54, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
86 - Sullivan Square Station - Reservoir Station
87 - Clarendon Hill or Arlington Center - Lechmere Station
88 - Clarendon Hill - Lechmere Station
89 - Clarendon Hill or Davis Station - Sullivan Square Station
90 - Davis Station - Assembly Row
"91 - Sullivan Square Station - Central Square, Cambridge"
- Now has a route master. JesseFW (talk) 23:54, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
92 - Sullivan Square Station - Downtown via Main Street
93 - Sullivan Square Station - Downtown via Bunker Hill Street
94 - Medford Square - Davis Station
95 - West Medford or Arlington Center - Sullivan Square Station
96 - Medford Square - Harvard Station
97 - Malden Center Station - Wellington Station
99 - Woodland Road - Wellington Station
100 - Elm Street - Wellington Station
101 - Malden Center Station - Sullivan Square Station via Winter Hill
104 - Malden Center Station - Sullivan Square Station via Ferry Street
105 - Malden Center Station - Sullivan Square Station via Newland Street Housing
106 - Lebanon Loop - Wellington Station
108 - Linden Square - Wellington Station
109 - Linden Square - Sullivan Square Station
110 - Wonderland Station - Wellington Station
MBTA 111C
111 - Woodlawn - Haymarket Station
112 - Wellington Station - Wood Island Station
114 - Market Basket - Maverick Station
116 - Wonderland Station - Maverick Station via Revere Street
117 - Wonderland Station - Maverick Station via Beach Street
119 - Northgate Shopping Center - Beachmont Station
120 - Orient Heights Station - Jeffries Point
121 - Wood Island Station - Maverick Station
131 - Melrose Highlands - Oak Grove or Malden Center Station
- Now has a route master. JesseFW (talk) 23:54, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
132 - Redstone Shopping Center - Malden Center Station
134 - North Woburn - Wellington Station
136 - Reading Depot - Malden Center Station via Lowell Street
137 - Reading Depot - Malden Center Station via North Avenue
Route 170 Waltham Center - Dudley Station
171 - Logan Airport Terminals - Nubian Station
MBTA 195
201 - Fields Corner Loop via Neponset Ave
202 - Fields Corner Loop via Adams Street
210 - Quincy Center Station - Fields Corner Station
211 - Quincy Center Station - Squantum
212 - Quincy Center Station - North Quincy Station
214 - Germantown - Quincy Center Station
215 - Quincy Center Station - Ashmont Station via West Quincy
216 - Houghs Neck - Quincy Center Station
217 - Quincy Center Station - Ashmont Station via Wollaston Station
220 - Hingham Depot - Quincy Center Station
221 - Fort Point - Quincy Center Station
222 - East Weymouth - Quincy Center Station
225 - Weymouth Landing - Quincy Center Station
226 - Columbian Square - Braintree Station
230 - Montello Station - Quincy Center Station
236 - South Shore Plaza - Quincy Center Station
238 - Holbrook/Randolph Station - Quincy Center Station
240 - Avon Square - Ashmont Station
- Bus 240: Avon Square => Crawford Square => Ashmont Station
- Bus 240: Ashmont Station => Crawford Square => Avon Square
245 - Quincy Center Station - Mattapan Station
MBTA 325
MBTA 326
350 - North Burlington - Alewife Station
MBTA 351
MBTA 352
"354 - North Burlington - State Street, Boston"
411 - Kennedy Drive or Jack Satter House - Malden Center Station
MBTA 424W
424 - Eastern Avenue & Essex Street - Wonderland Station
MBTA 426W
"426 - Central Square, Lynn - Haymarket or Wonderland Station"
MBTA 428
"429 - Northgate Shopping Center - Central Square, Lynn"
430 - Saugus Center - Malden Center Station
MBTA 434
"435 - Liberty Tree Mall - Central Square, Lynn via Peabody Square"
"436 - Liberty Tree Mall - Central Square, Lynn via Goodwin Circle"
439 - Nahant - Wonderland Station
441 - Marblehead - Wonderland Station via Paradise Road
442 - Marblehead - Wonderland Station via Humphrey Street
MBTA 448
MBTA 449
MBTA 450W
450 - Salem Depot - Wonderland or Haymarket Station
MBTA 451
455 - Salem Depot - Wonderland Station
MBTA 456
MBTA 459
465 - Danvers Square - Salem Depot
501 - Brighton Center - Federal Street & Franklin Street
502 - Watertown Yard - Copley Station
503 - Brighton Center - Copley Square
504 - Watertown Yard - Federal Street & Franklin Street
MBTA 504: Watertown
505 - Waltham Center - Federal Street & Franklin Stree
553 - Roberts - Newton Corner
554 - Waverley Square - Newton Corner
556 - Waltham Highlands - Newton Corner
558 - Riverside Station - Newton Corner
710 - North Medford - Wellington Station
712 - Point Shirley - Orient Heights Station via Revere Street
713 - Point Shirley - Orient Heights Station via Winthrop Center
"714 - Pemberton Point, Hull - Station Street, Hingham"
716 - Cobbs Corner - Mattapan Station
- route_master=* created and the primary inbound and outbound routes added (with their non-flag stops), except for Mattapan Station because it's also a train stop and therefore confusing. There are two more routes (on Saturdays) that avoid stopping at the Royall stops. JesseFW (talk) 22:44, 8 July 2023 (UTC)

MBTA Blue Line
- MBTA Blue Line: Bowdoin → Wonderland
- MBTA Blue Line: Wonderland → Bowdoin

MBTA Green Line (B)
- MBTA Green Line (B): Boston College → Park Street
- MBTA Green Line (B): Park Street → Boston College

MBTA Green Line (C)
- MBTA Green Line (C): Cleveland Circle → North Station
- MBTA Green Line (C): North Station → Cleveland Circle

MBTA Green Line (D)
- MBTA Green Line (D): Government Center → Riverside
- MBTA Green Line (D): Riverside → Government Center

MBTA Green Line (E)
- name="MBTA Green Line (E): Heath Street → North Station"
- name="MBTA Green Line (E): North Station → Heath Street"

MBTA Franklin Line
name="MBTA Franklin Line: Boston South <=> Back Bay <=> Forge Park"
name="MBTA Franklin Line: Boston South <=> Fairmount <=> Foxboro"

MBTA Mattapan Trolley
name="MBTA Mattapan Trolley: Ashmont → Mattapan"
name="MBTA Mattapan Trolley: Mattapan → Ashmont"

MBTA Needham Line: Boston South <=> Needham Heights

MBTA Orange Line
- name="MBTA Orange Line: Forest Hills → Oak Grove"
- name="MBTA Orange Line: Oak Grove → Forest Hills"

MBTA Providence/Stoughton Line
- MBTA Providence/Stoughton Line: Boston South <=> Stoughton (this ref should be adjusted)
- MBTA Providence/Stoughton Line: Boston South <=> Wickford Junction

MBTA Red Line (there are four route relations tagged with Red -- they should get distinct ref tags)
- name="MBTA Red Line: Alewife → Ashmont"
- name="MBTA Red Line: Alewife → Braintree"
- name="MBTA Red Line: Ashmont → Alewife"
- name="MBTA Red Line: Braintree → Alewife"

public_transport relations missing a ref tag

route relations missing a ref tag

route_master relations missing a ref tag

Routes we're planning on trying to improve soon

MBTA Data

The MBTA provides their own data which can be useful for updating OpenStreetMap. Note that in general this shouldn't be directly used imported, but only used as a reference alongside other sources like on-the-ground surveying and aerial imagery.

Often the easiest way to reference this data during editing is via the GeoJSON exports. For example, in the iD editor, go to the "Map Data" tab on the right side, click the ••• to the right of "Custom Map Data", and paste in the GeoJSON URL below and click OK (and ensure the "Custom Map Data" box is then checked) to see the data on the map. You can then click on one of the nodes to see the detailed properties of it and use to reference while you edit.

Rapid Transit Stops GeoJSON: https://opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/a5a1e75b2f194465890151ee9c3a1d97_0.geojson
Rapid Transit Routes GeoJSON: https://opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/a5a1e75b2f194465890151ee9c3a1d97_1.geojson
Commuter Rail Stations GeoJSON: https://opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/a5a1e75b2f194465890151ee9c3a1d97_2.geojson
Commuter Rail Routes GeoJSON: https://opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/a5a1e75b2f194465890151ee9c3a1d97_3.geojson
Bus Stops GeoJSON: https://opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/a5a1e75b2f194465890151ee9c3a1d97_4.geojson
Bus Routes GeoJSON: https://opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/a5a1e75b2f194465890151ee9c3a1d97_5.geojson
Ferry Stops GeoJSON: https://opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/a5a1e75b2f194465890151ee9c3a1d97_6.geojson
Ferry Routes GeoJSON: https://opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/a5a1e75b2f194465890151ee9c3a1d97_7.geojson
Other Routes GeoJSON: https://opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/a5a1e75b2f194465890151ee9c3a1d97_8.geojson
Other Stops GeoJSON: https://opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/a5a1e75b2f194465890151ee9c3a1d97_10.geojson
Facilities GeoJSON: https://opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/a5a1e75b2f194465890151ee9c3a1d97_9.geojson

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