The South Station Bus Terminal is the main gateway for interstate buses

Bus terminus

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 into Boston, Massachusetts. It is located at 700 Atlantic Avenue, at the intersection with Beach Street, in the Chinatown

Chinatown, Boston

The only historically Chinese area in New England, Chinatown, Boston is a neighborhood located in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. Centered on Beach Street, the neighborhood borders Boston Common, Downtown Crossing, the South End, and the Southeast Expressway/Massachusetts Turnpike.Part of it...

/Leather District neighborhoods. The facility is immediately south-southwest of the main MBTA/Amtrak South Station

South Station

South Station, New England's second-largest transportation center , located at the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and Summer Street in Dewey Square, Boston, Massachusetts, is the largest train station and intercity bus terminal in Greater Boston, a prominent train station in the northeastern...

 terminal. The station building, which was constructed in the 1990s, is a mixture of glass and metallic exterior, with mainly a red-granite stone and metallic surfaced interior. Situated in isolation from the main South Station train terminal, the bus terminal is strikingly vertical in design and covers five floors, above the train tracks.

Once built, the building served as a nexus to consolidate several intercity bus locations serving Boston into a single central location. This shift facilitated the removal of the main bus terminal at the heart of Dewey Square

Dewey Square

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, a shift from the former Greyhound Bus terminal at number 10 St. James Avenue in the Back Bay area, and the transferal of various curbside Chinatown bus lines

Chinatown bus lines

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 into this one facility. Continental Trailways service also previously operated from a terminal in the Back Bay, until sometime in the 1980s.

The station contains a variety of amenities for waiting passengers. These include a newsstand and snack bar; three fast-food outlets: Honey Dew Donuts

Honey Dew Donuts

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, D'Angelos

D'Angelo Sandwich Shops

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, and McDonalds; a number of payphone

Payphone

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s; free 15-minute public parking on the roof, and restrooms. Like other significant transportation facilities, it also contains full service ticket counters and seating areas.

• First floor: main entrance, walkway to South Station Rail Terminal
  South Station
  South Station, New England's second-largest transportation center , located at the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and Summer Street in Dewey Square, Boston, Massachusetts, is the largest train station and intercity bus terminal in Greater Boston, a prominent train station in the northeastern...
  
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• Second floor: Transit Police
  Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Police
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• Third floor: buses, concourse, gates, food and concessions, restrooms, pay phones;
• Fourth floor: offices, conference room;
• Fifth floor: 15 minute free parking (parking entrance from Kneeland Street).

Bus lines serving the terminal

Bolt Bus

• Boston to New York (Pennsylvania Station)

Boston Express

• Boston to Salem, Londonderry, Manchester, Concord and Nashua (all NH destinations)

C&J Trailways

• Boston to Logan Airport, Newburyport, Portsmouth, and Dover

Concord Coach Lines

• Boston to Concord, NH
• Boston to Portland
• Boston to Portland, Augusta, Colby College, Bangor, and Orono

Dattco

• Boston to Taunton and New Bedford

Fung Wah

• Boston to New York (Chinatown)

Greyhound

• Boston to Framingham and New York
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   (Port Authority Bus Terminal)
• Boston to Worcester and New York (Port Authority Bus Terminal)
• Boston to Worcester, Springfield, Albany, Schenectady, Utica, Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, Erie, and Cleveland
• Boston to White River Junction
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  , Montreal
  Montreal
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• Boston to Portsmouth, Portland, Brunswick, Lewiston, Augusta, Waterville, Bangor

Lucky Star

• Boston to New York (Chinatown)

Megabus

• Boston to New York (Pennsylvania Station)
• Boston to Philadelphia (30th Street Station
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• Boston to Washington, DC
• Boston to Burlington, VT

Peter Pan

• Boston to New York
  New York City
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   (Port Authority Bus Terminal
  Port Authority Bus Terminal
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Plymouth and Brockton

• Boston to Rockland, Plymouth, Sagamore, Barnstable (Rt. 132), and Hyannis
• Boston to Rockland, Plymouth, Sagamore, Barnstable (Rt. 132), Hyannis, Harwich, Orleans, Eastham, Wellfleet, Truro, and Provincetown
• Boston to Rockland, Marshfield, and Duxbury

Gate assignments

• Commuter Platform A1: C&J Trailways
  Trailways Transportation System
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• Commuter Platform A2: Boston Express
  Boston Express
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• Commuter Platform B1-B2: Discharge platforms
• Gates 1–2: Peter Pan-Bonanza
  Peter Pan Bus Lines
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• Gates 3–10: Greyhound Lines
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• Gates 11-12: Megabus
• Gate 13: Lucky Star Bus Company
• Gate 14-17: Concord Coach Lines
  Concord Coach Lines
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   (formerly Concord Trailways)
• Gates 18–20: Plymouth & Brockton Street Railway
• Gate 21: BoltBus
  BoltBus
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• Gate 22-23: Peter Pan Bus Lines
  Peter Pan Bus Lines
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• Gate 25: Fung Wah