MBTA Bus Routes in South Boston - 9

9

The 9 City Point - Copley Square via Broadway Station runs west from City Point on East Broadway and West Broadway to Broadway station, where it splits into a one-way pair - westbound/northbound via West Fourth Street and Berkeley Street, and eastbound/southbound via the New Broadway Bridge, Albany Street, Herald Street and Arlington Street. The route then turns west to serve Copley Square and Copley station, running westbound on St. James Avenue and Huntington Avenue and eastbound on Boylston Street to a turnaround in the Prudential Center.

The 9 was originally a streetcar line, running into the Tremont Street Subway via the Pleasant Street Incline. It came out of the incline onto Pleasant Street (now Broadway) and continued via Broadway to City Point, using the surface station at Broadway station.

The Broadway Bridge was closed July 11, 1952, and the line was cut back to Broadway station - City Point. The bridge reopened and service resumed on a single track August 9, but service was ended March 1, 1953, and replaced by buses. Shuttles continued to run in the subway from the Pleasant Street Incline until December 4, 1953; the 43 (itself later a shuttle) continued to the portal until April 5, 1962.

The 9 was extended to Copley in September 1975, replacing experimental route 5; since then changes have been made in routing (specifically due to Broadway being closed).