City Point (MBTA station)
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City Point was a transportation station in South Boston, Massachusetts
, on the MBTA
's Silver Line
, the terminus of the former SL3 line. It lacked waiting facilities for passengers, and existed solely as a turnaround for the buses on the SL3.
The station was closed when the SL3 line was dropped in 2008 due to low ridership.
The City Point area is still served by the #5, 7, 9, 10 and 11 buses, all of which terminate at City Point at East 1st Street and O Street. All except the #5 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 among the second-to-last line (the other being the #43
) to serve the Pleasant Street Portal. Streetcars last ran on the #11 in 1929.
South Boston, Massachusetts
South Boston is a densely populated neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, located south and east of the Fort Point Channel and abutting Dorchester Bay. One of America's oldest and most historic neighborhoods, South Boston was formerly known as Dorchester Neck, and today is called "Southie" by...
, on the MBTA
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, often referred to as the MBTA or simply The T, is the public operator of most bus, subway, commuter rail and ferry systems in the greater Boston, Massachusetts, area. Officially a "body politic and corporate, and a political subdivision" of the...
's Silver Line
Silver Line (MBTA)
The Silver Line is the only bus rapid transit line currently operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority . It operates in two sections; the first runs from Dudley Square in Roxbury to downtown Boston, Massachusetts and South Station, mostly via Washington Street, with buses...
, the terminus of the former SL3 line. It lacked waiting facilities for passengers, and existed solely as a turnaround for the buses on the SL3.
The station was closed when the SL3 line was dropped in 2008 due to low ridership.
43 (MBTA bus)
The 43 Ruggles Station - Park and Tremont Streets is a bus route in Boston, Massachusetts run by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. The route runs southwest from downtown Boston along Tremont Street, ending at the Ruggles bus terminal and Orange Line transfer point...
) to serve the Pleasant Street Portal. Streetcars last ran on the #11 in 1929.