Plymouth & Brockton Street Railway

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Plymouth & Brockton Bus Company
Plymouth & Brockton bus in Boston July 2025.jpg
Plymouth & Brockton bus leaving South Station Bus Terminal in 2025
ParentMassachusetts Transportation Company
Founded1888 [1]
Headquarters8 Industrial Park Road
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Locale Greater Boston, Southeastern Massachusetts, and Cape Cod
Service area Boston
Service typeRegional bus service
Routes4
Fuel type Diesel
Chief executiveWinthrop Sargent
Website p-b.com

The Plymouth & Brockton Bus Company (formerly known as Plymouth & Brockton Street Railway Company), commonly referred to as Plymouth & Brockton or simply P&B, is a private regional bus transportation company operating in Eastern Massachusetts. It operates two routes between Cape Cod and Boston.

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History

1908 map of trolley lines 1908 map of the Brockton and Plymouth Street Railway.jpg
1908 map of trolley lines

The P&B was established in 1888 as a trolley company in Plymouth and Kingston, Massachusetts. At its height, trolleys operated as far as Pembroke and Sagamore Beach. The company operated trolleys up until 1928, when they switched to solely operating buses in and around the South Shore. [1]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the company suspended all service from March 24, 2020, [2] until May 14, 2021. [3] The company received a federal Paycheck Protection Program loan. [4]

Operations

P&B operates two routes: Hyannis–Boston and Woods Hole–Boston. Most trips on both routes serve both South Station Bus Terminal and Logan International Airport. Not all trips serve all stops on a given route. [5]

RouteTown/cityStopConnectionsNotes
Boston–Hyannis,
Boston–Woods Hole		 Boston Logan International Airport MBTA.svg MBTA Blue Line, MBTA Silver Line
Aiga bus trans.svg MBTA bus 		Terminus
Boston–Hyannis,
Boston–Woods Hole		 South Station Bus Terminal MBTA.svg MBTA Commuter Rail, CapeFLYER, MBTA Red Line, MBTA Silver Line,
BSicon LOGO Amtrak2.svg Amtrak
Aiga bus trans.svg MBTA bus
Regional Bus
Boston–Hyannis Rockland Rockland Park & Ride
Boston–Hyannis Plymouth Plymouth Park & RidePlymouth Sightseeing Trolley
Boston–Hyannis Sagamore Sagamore Park & Ride Lot
Boston–Hyannis Barnstable Barnstable/Route 6 Park & Ride
Boston–Hyannis Hyannis Hyannis Transportation Center MBTA.svg CapeFLYER
Regional Bus		Terminus
Boston–Woods Hole West Bridgewater West Bridgewater Park & Ride
Boston–Woods Hole Falmouth Falmouth station
Boston–Woods Hole Woods Hole Woods Hole TerminalTerminus

References

  1. 1 2 "History" . Retrieved October 10, 2019.
  2. ↑ P&B Bus Company Suspends All Service
  3. ↑ South Shore bus service Plymouth & Brockton plans May restart
  4. ↑ Plymouth & Brockton bus company still not running despite federal aid
  5. ↑ "Plymouth & Brockton Schedule" . Retrieved July 13, 2025.

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