Logan Express

The Logan Express system has five routes: four suburban routes plus a route to the Back Bay section of Boston. Each route stops at all terminals. The routes vary in operating hours; most operate from the early morning to late evening with half-hour headways, except for the Danvers route which has hourly headways. Logan Express fares are priced below market rate to encourage use of the service rather than on-airport parking.{{cite book |chapter-url=https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/trcircular/445/445-018.pdf |title=Transportation Research Circular Number 445: Airports of Tomorrow |chapter=Implementation of Passenger and Employee Trip-Reduction Strategies at Boston Logan International Airport |url=https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/trcircular/445/445.pdf |pages=88–93 |publisher=Transportation Research Board |first1=Evelyn |last1=Addante |first2=Diane |last2=Ricard |issn=0097-8515}} {{As of|2025}}, the suburban services are $9 one-way, while the Back Bay route is $3 to Logan and free to Back Bay.{{cite web |title=Logan Express |url=https://www.massport.com/logan-airport/getting-to-logan/logan-express |accessdate=January 27, 2025 |publisher=Massachusetts Port Authority}} The suburban routes use motorcoach-style buses with striping colored by route, while the Back Bay route uses Massport-owned transit buses.

From November 17 to 23, 1985, the MBTA ran free service from Quincy Adams station and Riverside station to the airport.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/164093774/ |title=This week, to park at Logan you'll need to be driving one of these [advertisement] |author=Massport |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=November 17, 1985 |page=94 |via=Newspapers.com}} Full-time service on the Quincy Adams route (with a fare required) began on September 29, 1986.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-item/163787199/ |title=Transportation alternatives to Logan are catching on |newspaper=The Daily Item |date=October 18, 986 |page=17 |via=Newspapers.com}} In 1990, the terminal was moved from Quincy Adams to a parking lot in Braintree near the South Shore Plaza and the Braintree Split.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/163698476/ |title=And now, training for concert-goers |first=Ronald |last=Rosenberg |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=July 9, 1990 |page=17 |via=Newspapers.com}} {aul Revere took over operation of the service in 1998.{{rp|A.6.6}} Massport purchased the Braintree terminal site for $47.1 million in 2014.{{cite book |url=https://www.massport.com/sites/default/files/2023-10/2022a-os.pdf |title=$120,925,000 MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY Revenue Bonds, Series 2022-A (AMT) (Green Bonds) |date=July 12, 2022 |publisher=Massachusetts Port Authority |chapter=Appendix A: Information Statement of the Authority}}{{rp|35}} The Braintree route was the second-most-used Logan Express route by 2018, with 580,000 annual riders. Frequency was increased to every 20 minutes in May 2019.

A route from Shopper's World in Framingham, operated by Peter Pan Bus Lines, began on November 16, 1986.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/163787172/ |first=Jane B. |last=White |title=Plan aims to reduce holiday traffic at Logan |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=November 13, 1986 |page=56 |via=Newspapers.com}} The initial terminal in the mall's parking lot had limited parking spots and a ten-year lease. In 1990, Massport proposed to move the terminal to a former Trailways bus station off Speen Road in Natick to the east.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/163785840/ |first=Michael |last=Zuckoff |title=Logan Express move worries officials |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=March 11, 1990 |pages=West 1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/163785902/ West 10] |via=Newspapers.com}} In 1994, with demolition and replacement of the mall about to begin, Massport proposed a site off Route 30 at Burr Street.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/163787267/ |first=Tom |last=Moroney |title=Dispute over new site snarls Logan Express |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=August 21, 1994 |page=West 1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/163787287/ West 10] |via=Newspapers.com}} Objections from the city, which planned to develop the site as a park, led Massport to consider other locations.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/163787491/ |title=Massport widens search for new Logan Shuttle site |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=October 9, 1994 |page=West 5 |first=Geeta |last=Anand |author-link=Geeta Anand |via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/163787407/ |first=Geeta |last=Anand |author-link=Geeta Anand |title=Massport revises bid for Logan Shuttle site |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=October 23, 1994 |page=West 5 |via=Newspapers.com}} The terminal temporarily moved to the south side of the mall on October 1, 1994, due to construction.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/163786802/ |title=We don't want you to get lost on your way to the airport [advertisement] |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=October 2, 1994 |author=Massport |page=West 4 |via=Newspapers.com}} On July 1, 1995, it moved again to a different site on Burr Street.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/163786820/ |title=We're moving. (Something people who drive themselves to the airport rarely say.) [advertisement] |newspaper=The Boston Globe |author=Massport |date=June 25, 1995 |page=West 12 |via=Newspapers.com}} That became the permanent site; a terminal building opened in February 1997.{{cite news |first=Sacha |last=Pfeiffer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/164100559/ |title=Around the Towns |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=February 16, 1997 |page=West 6 |via=Newspapers.com}}

A route from Mishawum station in Woburn was added on November 16, 1992.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/164102657/ |title=Express bus to Logan starts tomorrow |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=November 15, 1992 |page=NorthWest 9 |via=Newspapers.com}} An expanded parking lot and terminal building were added in 1993.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78816255/the-boston-globe/ |title=Express bus a 'best-kept secret' |first=Davis |last=Bushnell |newspaper=Boston Globe |date=February 28, 1993 |page=72 |via=Newspapers.com}} Originally operated by Peter Pan, the route was taken over by Paul Revere Transportation in November 1995.{{NETransit}}{{cite book |chapter-url=https://www.ctps.org/data/html/studies/transit/2013_Mass_Regional_Bus_Study/Appendix_Regional_Bus_Study.html |url=https://www.ctps.org/2013_mass_bus_study |title=Massachusetts Regional Bus Study |chapter=Appendix: DPU CPCN Review |date=June 2013 |publisher=Central Transportation Planning Staff}}{{rp|A.6.6}} The Woburn terminal was moved to the new Anderson Regional Transportation Center on April 8, 2001.{{cite press release |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323143323/https://www.massport.com/news-room/news/woburn-logan-express-service-moves-to-new-anderson-regional-transportation-center/ |archive-date=March 23, 2017 |url=https://www.massport.com/news-room/news/woburn-logan-express-service-moves-to-new-anderson-regional-transportation-center/ |title=Woburn Logan Express Service Moves To New Anderson Regional Transportation Center |date=April 3, 2001 |publisher=Massachusetts Port Authority}} A route from Peabody, with a terminal on Route 1 near I-95, was added on September 7, 2001. It was slow to gain ridership due to the post-September 11 drop in air travel and frequency was halfed on November 3, 2001.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/129237323/ |title=Aquarium T to open on schedule |first=Thomas C. Jr. |last=Palmer |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=September 2, 2001 |page=B2 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/164237801/ |title=Ripples spread wide from attack |newspaper=The Boston Globe |first=Kathy |last=McCabe |date=October 28, 2001 |page=North Weekly 1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/164237823/ 7] |via=Newspapers.com}}

By 2001, the 350-space lot at Framingham was insufficient; Massport leased additional overflow parking spots in nearby commercial lots to meet demand. In early 2001, Massport received approval to build a four-level, 1,081-space parking garage, but it was not built after the September 11 attacks.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/164243192/ |title=For park-and-fly crowd, a promise |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=March 15, 2001 |first=Naomi R. |last=Kooker |pages=W1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-boston-globe/164243691/ W5] |via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite book |url=https://www.massport.com/sites/default/files/2023-10/logan-express-framingham-enf-1-15-14-part-1.pdf |title=Environmental Notification Form: Logan Express Parking Garage: Framingham, Massachusetts |date=January 2014 |author=((Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, LLC)) |publisher=Massachusetts Port Authority |page=3}} The plans were revived in the early 2010s as ridership increased. Service temporarily moved to a lot on the Mathworks campus in Natick on June 23, 2014, to allow construction.{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625103446/http://massport.com/logan-airport/to-and-from-logan/logan-express-framingham-advisory/ |archive-date=June 25, 2014 |url=http://massport.com/logan-airport/to-and-from-logan/logan-express-framingham-advisory/ |url-status=dead |date=June 23, 2014 |title=Logan Express Framingham Service Advisory |publisher=Massachusetts Port Authority}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.natickma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/5377/2014-3-Summer |title=Temporary Relocation of Logan Express to Natick |magazine=Town of Natick Newsletter |publisher=Town of Natick, Massachusetts |page=2 |date=Summer 2014}} The garage opened on April 16, 2015.{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416072848/http://www.massport.com/logan-airport/to-and-from-logan/logan-express-framingham-advisory |archive-date=April 16, 2015 |url=http://www.massport.com/logan-airport/to-and-from-logan/logan-express-framingham-advisory |url-status=dead |title=Logan Express Framingham Service Advisory |date=April 2015 |publisher=Massachusetts Port Authority}} The Framingham route was the most-used Logan Express route by 2018, with 740,000 annual riders. Service temporarily moved to the Natick Mall on January 6, 2025, for construction of three additional floors in the garage. The expanded garage is expected to be completed in late 2025. It will allow frequency to be increased to every 20 minutes.{{cite press release |url=https://www.massport.com/media/newsroom/massport-begins-upgrades-framingham-logan-express-location |title=Massport Begins Upgrades to Framingham Logan Express Location |date=December 9, 2024 |publisher=Massachusetts Port Authority}}

On April 28, 2014, the Back Bay route began service as a two-year pilot program during the Government Center station closure. It operated on 20-minute headways, with stops on Boylston Street at Hynes Convention Center and Copley station.{{cite press release |url=http://www.massport.com/news-room/news/massport-rolls-out-back-bay-logan-express/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140507092644/http://www.massport.com/news-room/news/massport-rolls-out-back-bay-logan-express/ |archive-date=May 7, 2014 |title=Massport Rolls Out Back Bay Logan Express |date=April 2014 |publisher=Massachusetts Port Authority}}{{cite web |url=http://www.massport.com/logan-airport/to-and-from-logan/logan-express/back-bay/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503181141/http://www.massport.com/logan-airport/to-and-from-logan/logan-express/back-bay/ |archive-date=May 3, 2014 |title=Back Bay |date=April 2014 |publisher=Massachusetts Port Authority}} By 2019, Massport planned to add a route to North Station and an additional suburban route.{{cite web|title=Logan Express bus ridership from Back Bay doubles due to fare drops, incentives|first= Tom|last=Acitelli|date=July 31, 2019|url=https://boston.curbed.com/2019/7/31/20748336/logan-express-bus-from-back-bay|accessdate=October 9, 2019|work=Curbed Boston}}{{cite web|title=Massport Has Some Big Plans for Improving Traffic at Logan|first=Alyssa|last=Vaughn|url=https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2019/07/31/traffic-changes-airport-logan/|date=July 31, 2019|accessdate=October 9, 2019|work=Boston}}{{cite web|title=Massport Unveils Overall Transportation Strategy to Reduce Congestion and Double Logan Express Ridership|url=http://www.massport.com/massport/media/newsroom/massport-unveils-overall-transportation-strategy-to-reduce-congestion-and-double-logan-express-ridership/|accessdate=October 9, 2019|publisher=Massachusetts Port Authority|archive-date=October 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009191257/http://www.massport.com/massport/media/newsroom/massport-unveils-overall-transportation-strategy-to-reduce-congestion-and-double-logan-express-ridership/|url-status=dead}} On May 1, 2019, the Copley stop was replaced with a stop at Back Bay station on Dartmouth Street. The airport-bound fare was reduced from $7.50 to $3.00 and the Back Bay-bound fare made free; passengers were also given priority at security lines in the airport.{{cite press release |url=https://www.massport.com/back-bay-logan-express-moves-new-location-new-customer-perks |title=Back Bay Logan Express Moves to New Location with New Customer Perks |date=April 24, 2019 |publisher=Massachusetts Port Authority}} By October, these changes had doubled ridership on the Back Bay route. Both back Bay stops were relocated on February 1, 2020 – the Hynes Convention Center stop a block east to the Prudential Center entrance, and the Back Bay station stop across Dartmouth Street to the Copley Place entrance.{{cite press release |url=https://www.massport.com/new-drop-and-pick-locations-back-bay-logan-express |title=New Drop Off and Pick Up Locations for Back Bay Logan Express |date=January 31, 2020 |publisher=Massachusetts Port Authority}}

Peabody service was suspended on March 18, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic; Braintree and Back Bay service was reduced to 30-minute headways.{{cite press release |url=https://massport.com/massport/media/newsroom/massport-reducing-service-to-logan-express/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806135001/https://massport.com/massport/media/newsroom/massport-reducing-service-to-logan-express/ |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |title=Massport Reducing Service to Logan Express |date=March 18, 2020 |publisher=Massachusetts Port Authority}} Back Bay service was suspended on March 27, with the remaining three routes reduced to hourly service.{{cite press release |url=http://www.massport.com/massport/media/newsroom/massport-adjusting-service-to-logan-express/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120135245/http://www.massport.com/massport/media/newsroom/massport-adjusting-service-to-logan-express/ |archive-date=November 20, 2020 |title=Massport Adjusting Service to Logan Express |date=March 26, 2020 |publisher=Massachusetts Port Authority}} Woburn service was suspended on January 1, 2021.{{cite press release |url=https://massport.com/massport/media/newsroom/massport-suspends-hov-service-to-woburn-in-2021/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217004337/https://massport.com/massport/media/newsroom/massport-suspends-hov-service-to-woburn-in-2021/ |archive-date=December 17, 2020 |title=Massport Suspends HOV Service to Woburn in 2021 |date=December 2, 2020 |publisher=Massachusetts Port Authority}} It resumed on June 1, 2021, along with additional early-morning service from Braintree and Framingham.{{cite press release |url=https://www.massport.com/massport/media/newsroom/massport-to-increase-hov-service-to-logan-airport/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621031705/https://www.massport.com/massport/media/newsroom/massport-to-increase-hov-service-to-logan-airport/ |archive-date=June 21, 2021 |title=Massport to Increase HOV Service to Logan Airport |date=May 28, 2021 |publisher=Massachusetts Port Authority}} Woburn, Framingham, and Braintree service all resumed half-hour frequency by mid-2022.{{rp|36}} Back Bay service was planned to resume in July 2021; due to a shortage of bus drivers, it did not resume until October 3, 2022, with Academy Bus as the new operator.{{cite news |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/06/24/business/massport-revs-logan-express-back-up-bid-reduce-car-trips-airport/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624194251/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/06/24/business/massport-revs-logan-express-back-up-bid-reduce-car-trips-airport/ |archive-date=June 24, 2021 |title=Massport revs Logan Express back up in bid to reduce car trips to the airport |date=June 24, 2021 |newspaper=The Boston Globe |first=Jon |last=Chesto}}{{cite press release |url=https://www.massport.com/massport/media/newsroom/massport-to-relaunch-back-bay-logan-express/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201041937/https://www.massport.com/massport/media/newsroom/massport-to-relaunch-back-bay-logan-express/ |archive-date=February 1, 2023 |title=Massport to Relaunch Back Bay Logan Express |date=September 21, 2022 |publisher=Massachusetts Port Authority}}{{cite web |url=https://www.massport.com/media/ugolclwu/b220616.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815005501/https://www.massport.com/media/ugolclwu/b220616.pdf |archive-date=August 15, 2022 |title=Massachusetts Port Authority Minutes for the Remote Meeting Held on June 16, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. |publisher=Massachusetts Port Authority |date=June 2022 |page=14}} Peabody service resumed on February 13, 2022, with a new terminal at the Northshore Mall in Peabody.{{cite press release |url=https://www.massport.com/massport/media/newsroom/massport-to-resume-hov-service-to-peabody-with-new-and-improved-location/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220514005950/https://www.massport.com/massport/media/newsroom/massport-to-resume-hov-service-to-peabody-with-new-and-improved-location/ |archive-date=May 14, 2022 |title=Massport to Resume HOV Service to Peabody with New and Improved Location |date=February 3, 2022 |publisher=Massachusetts Port Authority}} The terminal moved from Peabody to Liberty Tree Mall in Danvers on August 6, 2024.{{cite press release |url=https://www.massport.com/media/newsroom/massport-plans-upgrades-two-logan-express-locations |title=Massport Plans Upgrades for Two Logan Express Locations |date=July 24, 2024 |publisher=Massachusetts Port Authority}}

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