page_title: Harvard station
section_title: Bus connections
hierarchical_section_title: Harvard station / Bus connections
caption_attribution_description: English: A route 71 trackless trolley loading with the left-side door at Harvard station in March 2017
context_page_description: Harvard is a rapid transit and bus transfer station in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Located at Harvard Square, it serves the MBTA's Red Line subway system as well as MBTA buses. Harvard averaged 18,528 entries each weekday in FY2019, making it the third-busiest MBTA station and the busiest outside the four downtown "hub" stations. Only Downtown Crossing and South Station handled more passengers. It is also an important transfer point, with subway, bus, and trackless trolley service all connecting at the station. Five of the fifteen key MBTA bus routes stop at the station.
  Harvard station is located directly beneath Harvard Square, a transportation, business, and cultural focal point in Cambridge. The Red Line rail platforms lie underneath Massachusetts Avenue just north of the center of the square. Many connecting surface transit routes are served by the Harvard bus tunnel, which runs on the west side of the station.
context_section_description: A number of routes use the Harvard bus tunnel; all board on the upper level except for route 71 and 73 trolleybuses:
  71: Watertown Square–Harvard station
  72: Aberdeen Avenue–Harvard station
  73: Waverley Square–Harvard station
  74: Belmont Center–Harvard via Concord Avenue
  75: Belmont Center–Harvard via Huron Avenue
  77: Arlington Heights–Harvard station
  77A: North Cambridge–Harvard station
  78: Arlmont Village–Harvard station
  86: Sullivan Square station–Reservoir station (northbound buses)
  96: Medford Square–Harvard station
  Several other routes stop at street level near the north headhouse:
  1: Harvard Square–Nubian station
  66: Harvard Square–Nubian station
  68: Harvard Square–Kendall/MIT station
  69: Harvard Square–Lechmere station
  86: Sullivan Square station–Reservoir station (southbound buses)
caption: This trackless trolley bound for  Watertown has a wide left-side door to speed passenger boarding in the lower-level tunnel
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