86 (MBTA bus)
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The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
operates the 86 bus between Sullivan Square
and Reservoir/Cleveland Circle via Harvard
. It connects the Orange Line (Sullivan) with the Red Line (Harvard) and the B, C, and D branches of the Green line. It can provide a faster connection between these locations than traversing the "hub and spokes" of MBTA's subway services. The 86 route is heavily used by those associated with the Boston College, Harvard, and WGBH communities. Few riders traverse the route from Sullivan Station to Cleveland Circle; instead, it is used primarily for shorter rides.
The 86 was an early bus route, added between the start of bus operations in 1922 and 1925. (1925 map) The original route ran between Union Square Allston and Union Square
Somerville. http://groups-beta.google.com/group/ne.transportation/browse_frm/thread/4fd85c1cf852ba2a/1493d49c8f75ed00 This stayed until September 1977, when a rush-hour extension (made full-time April 1981) was made to Sullivan Square, supplementing the . In December 1989 an extension and realignment was made to the other end. The new route splits from the old route north of Union Square Allston and runs over the former route to Reservoir. At the same time, the was extended north from Union Square to Harvard to keep service north from Union Square. The 63, which had run between Reservoir/Cleveland Circle and Central
, was discontinued; the part not covered by the 86 extension was part of the route.
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...
operates the 86 bus between Sullivan Square
Sullivan Square (MBTA station)
Sullivan Square is a station on the MBTA rapid transit Orange Line, and a major bus transfer point. It was also a major transfer point on the old Charlestown Elevated, with two streetcar loops for free transfers, later converted for trackless trolleys and buses.The first Sullivan Square station...
and Reservoir/Cleveland Circle via Harvard
Harvard (MBTA station)
Harvard is a station on the Red Line of the MBTA subway system in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The third-busiest MBTA subway station, Harvard saw 21,868 entries each weekday in 2010, with only Downtown Crossing and South Station being busier...
. It connects the Orange Line (Sullivan) with the Red Line (Harvard) and the B, C, and D branches of the Green line. It can provide a faster connection between these locations than traversing the "hub and spokes" of MBTA's subway services. The 86 route is heavily used by those associated with the Boston College, Harvard, and WGBH communities. Few riders traverse the route from Sullivan Station to Cleveland Circle; instead, it is used primarily for shorter rides.
The 86 was an early bus route, added between the start of bus operations in 1922 and 1925. (1925 map) The original route ran between Union Square Allston and Union Square
Union Square (Somerville)
Union Square is a neighborhood of Somerville, Massachusetts, located around the intersection of Washington Street and Somerville Avenue, about half a mile from Inman Square in neighboring Cambridge. The name "Union Square" comes from the square having been used as a recruitment and mustering site...
Somerville. http://groups-beta.google.com/group/ne.transportation/browse_frm/thread/4fd85c1cf852ba2a/1493d49c8f75ed00 This stayed until September 1977, when a rush-hour extension (made full-time April 1981) was made to Sullivan Square, supplementing the . In December 1989 an extension and realignment was made to the other end. The new route splits from the old route north of Union Square Allston and runs over the former route to Reservoir. At the same time, the was extended north from Union Square to Harvard to keep service north from Union Square. The 63, which had run between Reservoir/Cleveland Circle and Central
Central (MBTA station)
Central is an MBTA Red Line subway station located at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Western Avenue, Prospect Street, and Magazine Street at Central Square, in Cambridge, Massachusetts...
, was discontinued; the part not covered by the 86 extension was part of the route.