MBTA Bus Routes in South Boston - 11

11

The 11 City Point - Downtown Bayview Route runs south from City Point on P Street southbound and Farragut Road northbound, turning west on William J. Day Boulevard and Eighth Street. It goes east on Dorchester Street and west on West Seventh Street (with westbound buses using West Sixth Street to D Street, and then heads north to Broadway station. From there it runs to South Station and downtown, inbound service operating west then north via Chinatown, and outbound service returning east then south via the South Boston waterfront.

Streetcars last served the 11 on January 18, 1929, running between City Point and Broadway station. As a streetcar line, the 11 originally left City Point on P Street, turning west on East Sixth Street, south on K Street and west on Eighth Street, from which it continued across Dorchester Street to turn north on E Street, west on Sixth Street, north on C Street and west on Fourth Street to Dorchester Avenue (with possibly a different route in the other direction). When the Broadway underground streetcar level opened in 1917, streetcars were rerouted into there. Andrew opened in 1918, truncating most lines that had run to Broadway, and only the 11 was left, resulting in the closure of the level in 1919 after only two years of use. From then on, 11 cars terminated on the surface, and by 1925 the separate tracks beyond Dorchester Street were gone due to clearance issues with new cars, with the 11 rerouted to turn east on Dorchester Street and west on Broadway.

Various changes have been made since then, mostly relating to the extension downtown, which was made before 1964.