page_title: Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority
section_title: 32 through 40 and 85
hierarchical_section_title: Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority / Routes / 32 through 40 and 85
caption_attribution_description: English: Buckley Transportation Center in Lawrence, Massachusetts in May 2017
context_page_description: The Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority is a public, non-profit organization in Massachusetts, United States, charged with providing public transportation to an area consisting of the cities and towns of Amesbury, Andover, Boxford, Georgetown, Groveland, Haverhill, Lawrence, Merrimac, Methuen, Newbury, Newburyport, North Andover, Rowley, Salisbury and West Newbury, as well as a seasonal service to the popular nearby summer destination of Hampton Beach, New Hampshire.
  The MVRTA provides fixed route bus services and paratransit services within its area, together with services to Lowell and Boston. MVRTA's buses provide interchange with commuter lines of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority at Andover Station, Haverhill station, Lawrence station, Lowell station and Newburyport station.
  The MVRTA started operation in 1976, having been created under Chapter 161B of the Massachusetts General Laws. Since 1983, operation of the MVRTA has been subcontracted to First Transit, a subsidiary of the United Kingdom based FirstGroup.
context_section_description: 32 Andover
  33 North Andover
  34 Prospect Hill
  35 Water Street
  36 Lawrence Street
  37 Beacon Street
  39A Doctor's Park
  39B Phillips Street
  40 Methuen Square/Village Plaza
  85 Lawrence Downtown Shuttle
  These ten buses leave the Buckley Transportation Center in Lawrence every hour, going in different directions. Buses 33, 39A, and 39B go to the North Andover Mall in different ways. Buses 32 and 33 provide access to commuter rail stations in Andover and Lawrence, respectively. Bus 35 mostly parallels Bus 41, going west into Methuen and ending just before reaching Interstate 93, while Bus 41 continues further. Bus 37 goes west along Andover St. into the western part of Andover, and Bus 40 goes north to Methuen.
  Buses 34 and 85 travel within Lawrence, while Bus 36 is mostly in Lawrence but provides access to the Holy Family Hospital in Methuen. Bus 34 provides access to Lawrence General Hospital. Bus 85 travels in a loop around Downtown Lawrence.
  These ten buses run every hour. On weekdays from 6 AM to 8 AM and 2 PM to 6 PM, they run every half hour. The buses all leave Buckley Transportation Center at the same time to reduce time spent waiting during transfers.
caption: Buckley Transportation Center in downtown Lawrence is the hub of a number of MVRTA routes.
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