Worcester Regional Transit Authority

Worcester Regional
Transit Authority

Founded	1974
Headquarters	287 Grove Street,
Locale	Worcester, Massachusetts
Service type	bus service, paratransit
Operator	Central Mass Transit Management
Website	therta.com

Worcester Regional Transit Authority (WRTA) is a public, non-profit organization charged with providing public transportation to the city of Worcester, Massachusetts and the surrounding towns. The WRTA was created in September 1974 under Chapter 161B of the Massachusetts General Laws. This act also created several other regional transit authorities in Massachusetts, including the Greater Attleboro-Taunton Regional Transit Authority and the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority among others.

Routes

The WRTA currently provides fixed-route bus service to Auburn, Boylston, Brookfield, East Brookfield, Holden, Leicester, Millbury, Northbridge, Oxford, Shrewsbury, Spencer, Webster, West Boylston and Worcester. The WRTA also provides paratransit service to a total of 37 communities in Central Massachusetts.

The WRTA will be receiving 39 million dollars of federal grant money to build a new greener and more energy-efficient maintenance facility for its busses. The money will also be used to convert the city's existing bus fleet to electric. A location for the new facility has yet to be identified.

Detailed schedules are available on the WRTA website.

1: Mount Saint Ann via Providence Street
2: Tatnuck Square via Pleasant Street
3: Worcester State University via Highland Street
4: The Shoppes at Blackstone Valley via Millbury Street
5: Southwest Commons / Wheelock Ave. via Grafton St.
6: West Tatnuck via Chandler St.
7: Washington Heights Apartments & Lakeside Apartments
8: Greendale Mall via Shore Drive
11: Fair Plaza via Vernon Hill & Greenwood Street
14: Showcase Cinemas Park & Ride/Holden via Burncoat St.
15: Shrewsbury Center via Shrewsbury St. & Route 9
16: Lincoln Plaza via Hamilton St. & Lake Ave.
18:
19: Worcester Airport / Leicester WalMart via Main St.
22: Millbury Center via Massasoit Rd. & Rt. 122A
23: Mountain Village via Lincoln St.
24/34: UMass Medical Center via Belmont St.
25: Auburn Industrial Park via Canterbury & Southbridge St.
26: Great Brook Valley via Lincoln St.
27: Auburn Mall via Main St.
29: Union Station or Auburn Mall to Southbridge & Charlton
30: West Boylston via Grove St. & West Boylston St.
31: Lincoln Plaza via Grove St. & West Boylston St.
33: Leicester - Spencer - Brookfield via Main St. & Rt. 9
42: Auburn - Oxford - Webster via Southbridge St. & Rt. 12

External links

WRTA official website

Mass transit in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Rhode Island

Transit buses

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA):	Silver Line Bus Rapid Transit Local buses

Regional Transit Authorities:	Brockton Area Transit Authority (BAT) Berkshire Regional Transit Authority (BRTA) Cape Ann Transportation Authority (CATA) Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority (CCRTA) Franklin Regional Transit Authority (FRTA) Greater Attleboro Taunton Regional Transit Authority (GATRA) Lowell Regional Transit Authority (LRTA) Martha's Vineyard Transit Authority (VTA) Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority (MVRTA) MetroWest Regional Transit Authority (MWRTA) Montachusett Regional Transit Authority (MART) Nantucket Regional Transit Authority (NRTA) Pioneer Valley Transit Authority (PVTA) Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) Southeastern Regional Transit Authority (SRTA) University of Massachusetts Transportation Services (UMass Transit) Worcester Regional Transit Authority (WRTA)

Other operators:	Bloom C & J Coach Company Concord DATTCO EZRide Greyhound Peter Pan Plymouth & Brockton Yankee Line

Railroads & commuter rail

Keolis (MBTA):	Fairmount Fitchburg Framingham/Worcester Franklin Greenbush Haverhill Kingston/Plymouth Lowell Middleborough/Lakeville Needham Newburyport/Rockport Providence/Stoughton

Rapid transit and light rail

MBTA:	Blue Line Green Line "B" Branch "C" Branch "D" Branch "E" Branch Red Line Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line Orange Line

Related organizations

Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT)
Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT)

Worcester

Nickname(s): The City of the Seven Hills, The Heart of the Commonwealth, Wormtown, Woo-town, The Woo

Topics	Media Sports Airport City Hall and Common Tallest Buildings

Education	Higher education Assumption College Becker College Clark University College of the Holy Cross MCPHS Quinsigamond Community College UMass Medical School Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester State University See also: Colleges of Worcester Consortium K-12 education Worcester Public Schools Abby Kelley Foster Charter Public School Bancroft School Mass Academy of Math and Science Worcester Academy

Government	Fire Mayors Transit Authority

History	Historic places (eastern, northwestern, southwestern) List of mayors Notable residents Timeline Worcester firsts 1953 Worcester tornado

Museums	American Antiquarian Society EcoTarium Higgins Armory Museum Worcester Art Museum Worcester Historical Museum

Worcester County Greater Boston Massachusetts United States

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