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You can get to most parts of New England by bus. Boston MA, Springfield MA, Providence RI and New York City are the main terminals.

 

 

With limited train service in New England, bus is often the best way to travel if you don't have your own car.

Several private companies operate bus routes in New England. Smaller cities and towns are served by only one company. Some larger cities are served by more than one company.

Unfortunately, there is no unified bus schedule showing all routes, destinations, times and fares. You must find the bus company that serves your destination, then find its schedules. (Start with Greyhound Lines.)

The principal bus route hubs are Boston MA, Springfield MA, Providence RI, and New York City. Click here for information on the principal bus companies.

CONNECTICUT
Greyhound Lines (tel 212-635-0800) operates buses from New York City to Hartford, New Haven, New London and other Connecticut cities and towns. More...

See the Connecticut transportation page for full information.

MASSACHUSETTS
Bus service between New York City and Boston is frequent, competitive and inexpensive. More...

Greyhound Lines (tel 212-635-0800) operates buses from New York City through Connecticut to Springfield, Worcester and Boston, and service from Boston to points in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. More...

Peter Pan Bus Lines (& Bonanza Bus) routes go from New York City to the Massachusetts Berkshire hills (Great Barrington, Stockbridge, Lee, Lenox, and Pittsfield), and serve Albany NY as well.

There's Peter Pan/Bonanza service to New Bedford and Cape Cod (Falmouth, Woods Hole, and Hyannis) from New York City via Providence RI, and also from Boston. More...

Plymouth & Brockton Buses connect Boston and Logan Airport with towns on the Massachusetts South Shore, Southeastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod. More...

Here's how to travel between New York City and Cape Cod (Hyannis) by bus, and by train and bus (faster).

MAINE
For the full transport picture in Maine, see the Maine Transportation page and the Maine Buses page.

NEW HAMPSHIRE
See the New Hampshire transportation page.

NEW YORK CITY
New York City's main bus station is the Port Authority Bus Terminal, Eighth Avenue and 42nd Street (tel 212-564-8484). See the Port Authority page for a list of all intercity bus companies serving New York City.

Bus service between New York City and Boston is frequent, competitive and inexpensive. More...

Here's how to travel between New York City and Cape Cod (Hyannis) by bus, and by train and bus (faster).

For more, see the New York City transportation section.

RHODE ISLAND
Greyhound Lines
(tel 212-635-0800) operates buses from New York City and Boston to Providence RI, but the major bus company in Rhode Island is Bonanza Bus, operated by Peter Pan Bus Lines. More...

VERMONT
Vermont Transit Lines is now part of Greyhound Lines. Greyhound (tel 212-635-0800) operates buses from New York City to points in Vermont. More...

Buses From Montreal, Chicago & Toronto
The major bus routes to New England from Chicago and Toronto enter the region at Albany NY, Montreal QC, and New York City, and you may find yourself changing buses at one of these points to reach your final destination in New England. The distance by road to Boston from Chicago is almost 1,000 miles (1,500 km), from Toronto 550 miles (860 km).


New York City—Boston by Bus

Peter Pan Bus Lines

Greyhound Buses

Plymouth & Brockton Buses

Bus Travel in Maine

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New England Transportation

 

Plymouth & Brockton Bus

Above, a Plymouth & Brockton bus at Hyannis MA on Cape Cod.

Below, eastbound on the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) toward Boston MA aboard a Peter Pan bus.

 

Massachusetts Turnpike