43 (MBTA bus)

43
A white and yellow transit bus on an urban street
A route 43 bus on Tremont Street in November 2009
Overview
SystemMBTA bus
GarageCabot Garage[1]
Route
LocaleBoston, Massachusetts
StartRuggles station
EndPark Street station
Length2.73 miles (4.39 km) southbound
2.21 miles (3.56 km) northbound
Daily ridership975 (2018)[2]

Route 43 is a local bus route in Boston, Massachusetts, operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) as part of MBTA bus service. The route runs southwest from downtown Boston along Tremont Street, ending at the Ruggles bus terminal and Orange Line transfer point. It is notable as the last streetcar service to use the since-covered-over Pleasant Street incline before its bustitution; until the new Southwest Corridor relocation of the southern Orange Line opened in May 1987, the route continued down Tremont Street and Columbus Avenue to Egleston (on the old Washington Street Elevated).

  1. ^ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.
  2. ^ "Route 43" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. December 2018.