Logan Express
The Logan Express is an airport bus shuttle network which operates between Boston's Logan International Airport and Massachusetts suburbs. The service, which is funded by Massport, consists of four routes serving suburban park-and-ride terminals in Braintree, Danvers, Framingham, and Woburn, plus an urban route serving the Boston neighborhood of Back Bay. The service began in 1986 with a route from Quincy Adams station, which later became the Braintree route, and was expanded over the following decades.
Routes
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., the suburban services are $9 one-way, while the Back Bay route is $3 to Logan and free to Back Bay. The suburban routes use motorcoach-style buses with striping colored by route, while the Back Bay route uses Massport-owned transit buses.| Route | Terminal | Operator | Color | 2019 ridership |
| Back Bay | Prudential Center, Copley Place | Academy Bus | Orange | 250,477 |
| Braintree | Lot near Braintree Split | Paul Revere Bus | Blue | 820,495 |
| Danvers | Liberty Tree Mall | McGinn Bus Company | Purple | 94,563 |
| Framingham | Natick Mall | Fox Bus Lines | Red | 616,211 |
| Woburn | Anderson Regional Transportation Center | Paul Revere Bus | Green | 420,074 |
History
Initial services
From November 17 to 23, 1985, the MBTA ran free service from Quincy Adams station and Riverside station to the airport. Full-time service on the Quincy Adams route began on September 29, 1986. In 1990, the terminal was moved from Quincy Adams to a parking lot in Braintree near the South Shore Plaza and the Braintree Split.Expansions
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. 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. The garage opened on April 16, 2015. 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.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. By 2019, Massport planned to add a route to North Station and an additional suburban route. 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. 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.