Worcester Regional Transit Authority

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The 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.

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

Route 1: Providence Street Route 2: Pleasant Street/Tatnuck Square Route 3: Worcester State College/Mill Pond Apartments Route 4: Green St./Harding St./Crompton Park Route 5: Grafton St./Wheelock/Southwest Commons Route 6: Chandler St./Worcester State College/West Tatnuck Route 7: Washington Heights Route 8: Belmont St./Seabury Heights/Greenhill Towers Route 9: Ararat St./Pullman St./Price Chopper - No Weekend Service Route 10: Southbridge St./College Hill Route 11: Vernon St./Upsala/Greenwood St./Millbury Park and Ride Route 14: Burncoat St./Cinemas/Brattle St.-Holden Route 15: Plantation Street/Shrewsbury Route 16: Shrewsbury St./UMass/Booth Apts./Lincoln Plaza Route 18: Hamilton St./Eastview Apts./Lincoln Park Tower Apts. Route 19: Main St.- Worcester Airport/Leicester Wal-Mart Route 21: Assumption College/Highland St. Route 22: Millbury Route 23: Lincoln St./Mountain Village Route 24:Belmont St./UMass Medical Center ---- No Weekend Service Route 25: Canterbury Street/Price Chopper/Auburn Mall/Auburn Industrial Park Route 26: Lincoln Street/Great Brook Valley Route 27: Main St./Auburn Mall Route 29: See Route 9 --- Saturdays Only Route 30:Summit/Wal-Mart Route 31:Summit/GBV/Lincoln Plaza Route 32: Holden/Jefferson Route 33: Main St./Spencer/Brookfield Route 34: See Route 24 --- Saturdays only Route 42: Southbridge St./Auburn Mall/Webster Route 110: Clinton*