Buses to LMA

  • No. 8 runs between Harbor Point/UMass (Red Line) and Kenmore Square via Boston Medical Center and Ruggles Station (Commuter Rail, Orange Line). LMA stops: along Avenue Louis Pasteur, Longwood Avenue and Brookline Avenue.
  • No. 39 runs between Forest Hills, Copley and Back Bay (Orange Line, Commuter Rail). This route follows E Line to Arborway and continues to Forest Hills. LMA stops: along Huntington Avenue.
  • No. 47 runs between Central Square, Cambridge and Broadway via LMA and Ruggles Station (Commuter Rail, Orange Line). LMA stops: along Avenue Louis Pasteur, Longwood Avenue and Brookline Avenue.
  • No. 60 runs between Chestnut Hill and Kenmore Square via Brookline Village. LMA stops: along Brookline Avenue.
  • No. 65 runs between Brighton Center and Kenmore Square via Brookline Village. LMA stops: along Brookline Avenue.
  • No. 66 between Dudley Square and Harvard Square via LMA (Brigham Circle), Brookline Village and Allston. LMA stops: Brigham Circle.
  • No. CT2 (Crosstown) runs between Kendall Square, MIT (Cambridge) and Ruggles Station via Longwood Medical Area. LMA stops: Brookline Avenue, Longwood Avenue and Ruggles Street.
  • No. CT3 (Crosstown) runs between Beth Isreal Deaconess Medical Center and Logan Airport via Longwood Medical Area Andrew Station and Boston Medical Center. LMA stops: along Avenue Louis Pasteur, Longwood Avenue and Brookline Avenue.

For more information please check the MBTA or MASCO websites.

 

LMA Shuttle Services information, click here.

M2 single ride ticket information, click here.

 

Shuttle Locator

  • Wondering if the shuttle is running on schedule? Want real-time information on the M2/Cambridge, Ruggles Express, JFK/UMass or Park and Ride shuttles? Check the current location of shuttles – anytime, anywhere – online:  Visit the desktop web page. Download the Shuttle Tracker app for your mobile device for even easier access to real-time shuttle information.

    LMA Area Advisories

    To keep Longwood Medical and Academic Area commuters informed and up-to-date on situations that may affect their travel, MASCO staff works closely with state and city agencies, the Red Sox, and MASCO member institutions to monitor existing conditions and events that impact traffic in-and-around the Longwood Medical Area. Traffic advisories and alerts are posted on the MASCO website. Shuttle advisories are also be posted on MASCO’s GPS/Transloc website.

    Transit to LMA

    Green Line Service and Other Connections:

    • D Line - Riverside provides service between Riverside and Government Center (Blue Line), North Station and Lechmere via Newton, Brookline, LMA (Longwood and Fenway stops), Kenmore Square and Park Street (Red Line). Subway trains arrive every six to twelve minutes during rush hour.
    • E Line - Arborway provides service between Heath Street and Lechmere via Longwood Medical Area (Brigham Circle, Longwood/Hospitals or Museum of Fine Arts stops), Copley, Park Street (Red Line), Government Center (Blue Line) and North Station (Commuter Rail). Bus route 39 supplements E Line service to Forest Hills. Subway trains arrive every nine minutes during rush hour.
    • Commuter Rail service is available to communities north and west of Boston via North Station and communities west and south of Bostion via Ruggles Station, Back Bay Station and South Station.

    For more information, please check the MBTA website.