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City Point Bus Terminal
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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>The City Point area is 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 <a href="/facts/Bustitution/SxaoHorf">converted to bus</a> 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 <a href="/facts/43_(MBTA_bus)/GHTp16G7">#43</a>, which was bustituted in 1961) to serve the <a href="/facts/Pleasant_Street_incline/8G5Qo2XT">Pleasant Street incline</a>. Streetcars last ran on the #11 in 1929.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> Until October 1985, when the modern turnaround loop was built, service ran to the former carhouse location at East 2nd Street and O Street.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p><p>SL3 (<a href="/facts/South_Station_(subway)/U2L5R9nv">South Station</a>–City Point) Silver Line service began on December 17, 2004. City Point served as the terminal except for April 9 to August 20, 2005, when weekday daytime service was extended to Farragut Road. SL3 service ended on March 20, 2009.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p><p>Until 2017, the off-street loop at City Point was only used for layovers; passengers waited at ordinary sidewalk stops. In May 2017, the MBTA announced plans to convert the layover facility to a passenger terminal with a platform, shelters, and seating.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> The renovation was completed in September 2017.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>SPUI (May 20, 2005). "More Boston streetcar questions". Newsgroup: ne.transportation. Retrieved April 23, 2025. <a href="https://groups.google.com/group/ne.transportation/browse_frm/thread/4fd85c1cf852ba2a/20b049b8389ff62e" target="_blank">https://groups.google.com/group/ne.transportation/browse_frm/thread/4fd85c1cf852ba2a/20b049b8389ff62e</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Jonathan White (August 12, 2003). "Bay View streetcar line in South Boston". Newsgroup: ne.transportation. Retrieved April 23, 2025. <a href="https://groups.google.com/group/ne.transportation/browse_frm/thread/6f18544af28bb4c4/2bdcda5d1782d1b9" target="_blank">https://groups.google.com/group/ne.transportation/browse_frm/thread/6f18544af28bb4c4/2bdcda5d1782d1b9</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). Boston Street Railway Association. <a href="http://roster.transithistory.org/MBTARouteHistory.pdf" target="_blank">http://roster.transithistory.org/MBTARouteHistory.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Belcher, Jonathan. "Changes to Transit Service in the MBTA district" (PDF). Boston Street Railway Association. <a href="http://roster.transithistory.org/MBTARouteHistory.pdf" target="_blank">http://roster.transithistory.org/MBTARouteHistory.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Service Improvements for South Boston Bus Routes" (Press release). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. May 10, 2017. <a href="http://mbta.com/about_the_mbta/news_events/?id=6442458071&month=&year=" target="_blank">http://mbta.com/about_the_mbta/news_events/?id=6442458071&month=&year=</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"South Boston Bus Service Improvements Program: City Point Neighborhood Association Meeting" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. April 10, 2018. <a href="https://d1jxr8mzr163g2.cloudfront.net/747ef92f-b755-4f5f-aa44-d7601d66db28/bf1f0c67-67b7-407b-b95d-5f98662e2d4f.pdf" target="_blank">https://d1jxr8mzr163g2.cloudfront.net/747ef92f-b755-4f5f-aa44-d7601d66db28/bf1f0c67-67b7-407b-b95d-5f98662e2d4f.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>