Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority

Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority

Headquarters	85 Railroad Avenue Haverhill, MA
Service area	Northeast Massachusetts
Service type	bus service, paratransit
Alliance	MBTA
Routes	20
Operator	First Transit
Web site	mvrta.com

The Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority (MVRTA) is a public, non-profit organization in Massachusetts, charged with providing public transportation to an area consisting of the cities and towns of Amesbury, Andover, Boxford, Georgetown, Groveland, Haverhill, Lawrence, Merrimac, Methuen, Newbury, Newburyport, North Andover, Rowley, Salisbury and West Newbury.^[1]

The MVRTA provides fixed route bus services and paratransit services within its area, together with services to Lowell and Boston. MVRTA's buses provide interchange with commuter lines of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) at Haverhill station, Lawrence station and Lowell station.^[2]

The MVRTA started operation in 1976, having been created under Chapter 161B of the Massachusetts General Laws. Since 1983, operation of the MVRTA has been subcontracted to First Transit, a subsidiary of the United Kingdom based FirstGroup.^[3][4]

Route list

• 1 Lawrence-Methuen-Haverhill
• 13 Main Street/North Avenue
• 14 Bradford/Ward Hill
• 15 Hilldale Avenue/Haverhill Commons
• 16 Washington Street/Westgate Plaza
• 18 Riverside
• 21 Andover Shuttle
• 32 Andover
• 33 North Andover
• 34 Prospect Hill
• 35 Water Street
• 36 Holy Family Hospital/Lawrence Street
• 37 Beacon Street
• 39A Colonial Heights/North Andover Mall
• 39B North Andover Mall/Phillips Street
• 40 Methuen Square
• 41 Lawrence-Lowell
• 51 Haverhill-NECC-Merrimac-Amesbury-Newburyport
• 83 Salisbury Beach/Hampton Beach
• Boston Commuter Express

References

1. ^ "About MARTA". Massachusetts State Association of Regional Transit Authorities. http://www.matransit.com/about.html. Retrieved 2008-05-14. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ "Home page". Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority. http://www.mvrta.com/. Retrieved 2008-05-14. 
3. ^ "Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority". First Transit. Archived from the original on 2008-01-06. http://web.archive.org/web/20080106213659/http://www.firsttransit.com/FirsttransitView.php?id=111. Retrieved 2008-05-19. 
4. ^ "Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Regional Transit Authorities Coordination and Efficiencies Report". Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation. http://www.eot.state.ma.us/downloads/chap196/MBTAreport.pdf. Retrieved 2008-05-06. 

External links

• MVRTA official website

Coordinates: 42°45′56″N 71°05′29.3″W / 42.76556°N 71.091472°W / 42.76556; -71.091472