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routes: Routes and respective information for the MBTA system

routes: Routes and respective information for the MBTA system
In MBTAr: Access Data from the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) Web API

Description Usage Format Source Examples

Description

Routes and respective information for the MBTA system

Usage

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routes

Format

A data frame with columns:

route_type

A value between 0 and 4 indicating the type of vehicle use on this route. 0 is light rail, 1 is heavy rail, 2 is commuter rail, 3 is bus, and 4 is ferry.

mode_name

Official name for route: Rapid Transit, Commuter Rail, Limited Service, Local Bus, Key Bus Route (Frequent Service), Express Bus, or Ferry.

route_id

GTFS-compatible id (text or number) for route.

route_name

Longform name for route (text).

direction_0

First direction of travel.

direction_1

Second direction of travel.

Source

From the MBTA GTFS API V3 in November 2018. https://www.mbta.com/developers/gtfs

Examples

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## Not run: 
 routes

## End(Not run)

Example output

    route_type                        mode_name         route_id
1            1                    Rapid Transit              Red
2            0                    Rapid Transit         Mattapan
3            1                    Rapid Transit           Orange
4            0                    Rapid Transit          Green-B
5            0                    Rapid Transit          Green-C
6            0                    Rapid Transit          Green-D
7            0                    Rapid Transit          Green-E
8            1                    Rapid Transit             Blue
9            3                    Rapid Transit              741
10           3                    Rapid Transit              742
11           3                    Rapid Transit              743
12           3                    Rapid Transit              751
13           3                    Rapid Transit              749
14           2                    Commuter Rail     CR-Fairmount
15           2                    Commuter Rail     CR-Fitchburg
16           2                    Commuter Rail     CR-Worcester
17           2                    Commuter Rail      CR-Franklin
18           2                    Commuter Rail     CR-Greenbush
19           2                    Commuter Rail     CR-Haverhill
20           2                    Commuter Rail      CR-Kingston
21           2                    Commuter Rail        CR-Lowell
22           2                    Commuter Rail CR-Middleborough
23           2                    Commuter Rail       CR-Needham
24           2                    Commuter Rail   CR-Newburyport
25           2                    Commuter Rail    CR-Providence
26           2                  Limited Service       CR-Foxboro
27           3                        Local Bus              701
28           3                        Local Bus              747
29           3                        Local Bus              708
30           3 Key Bus Route (Frequent Service)                1
31           3                  Limited Service                4
32           3                  Limited Service                5
33           3                        Local Bus                7
34           3                        Local Bus                8
35           3                        Local Bus                9
36           3                        Local Bus               10
37           3                        Local Bus               11
38           3                        Local Bus               14
39           3 Key Bus Route (Frequent Service)               15
40           3                        Local Bus               16
41           3                        Local Bus               17
42           3                        Local Bus               18
43           3                        Local Bus               19
44           3                        Local Bus               21
45           3 Key Bus Route (Frequent Service)               22
46           3 Key Bus Route (Frequent Service)               23
47           3                        Local Bus               24
48           3                        Local Bus               26
49           3                        Local Bus               27
50           3 Key Bus Route (Frequent Service)               28
51           3                        Local Bus               29
52           3                        Local Bus               30
53           3                        Local Bus               31
54           3 Key Bus Route (Frequent Service)               32
55           3                        Local Bus               33
56           3                        Local Bus               34
57           3                        Local Bus              34E
58           3                        Local Bus               35
59           3                        Local Bus               36
60           3                        Local Bus               37
61           3                        Local Bus               38
62           3 Key Bus Route (Frequent Service)               39
63           3                        Local Bus               40
64           3                        Local Bus               41
65           3                        Local Bus               42
66           3                        Local Bus               43
67           3                        Local Bus               44
68           3                        Local Bus               45
69           3                        Local Bus               47
70           3                        Local Bus               50
71           3                        Local Bus               51
72           3                        Local Bus               52
73           3                        Local Bus               55
74           3 Key Bus Route (Frequent Service)               57
75           3                  Limited Service              57A
76           3                        Local Bus               59
77           3                        Local Bus               60
78           3                        Local Bus               62
79           3                        Local Bus               64
80           3                        Local Bus               65
81           3 Key Bus Route (Frequent Service)               66
82           3                        Local Bus               67
83           3                        Local Bus               68
84           3                        Local Bus               69
85           3                        Local Bus               70
86           3                        Local Bus              70A
87           3 Key Bus Route (Frequent Service)               71
88           3                        Local Bus               72
89           3 Key Bus Route (Frequent Service)               73
90           3                        Local Bus               74
91           3                        Local Bus               75
92           3                        Local Bus               76
93           3 Key Bus Route (Frequent Service)               77
94           3                        Local Bus               78
95           3                        Local Bus               79
96           3                        Local Bus               80
97           3                        Local Bus               83
98           3                  Limited Service               84
99           3                        Local Bus               85
100          3                        Local Bus               86
101          3                        Local Bus               87
102          3                        Local Bus               88
103          3                        Local Bus               89
104          3                        Local Bus               90
105          3                        Local Bus               91
106          3                        Local Bus               92
107          3                        Local Bus               93
108          3                        Local Bus               94
109          3                        Local Bus               95
110          3                        Local Bus               96
111          3                        Local Bus               97
112          3                        Local Bus               99
113          3                        Local Bus              100
114          3                        Local Bus              101
115          3                        Local Bus              104
116          3                        Local Bus              105
117          3                        Local Bus              106
118          3                        Local Bus              108
119          3                        Local Bus              109
120          3                        Local Bus              110
121          3 Key Bus Route (Frequent Service)              111
122          3                        Local Bus              112
123          3                  Limited Service              114
124          3 Key Bus Route (Frequent Service)              116
125          3 Key Bus Route (Frequent Service)              117
126          3                        Local Bus              119
127          3                        Local Bus              120
128          3                  Limited Service              121
129          3                        Local Bus              131
130          3                        Local Bus              132
131          3                        Local Bus              134
132          3                        Local Bus              136
133          3                        Local Bus              137
134          3                      Express Bus              170
135          3                  Limited Service              171
136          3                        Local Bus              195
137          3                        Local Bus              201
138          3                        Local Bus              202
139          3                        Local Bus              210
140          3                        Local Bus              211
141          3                        Local Bus              212
142          3                        Local Bus              214
143          3                        Local Bus              215
144          3                        Local Bus              216
145          3                  Limited Service              217
146          3                        Local Bus              220
147          3                  Limited Service              221
148          3                        Local Bus              222
149          3                        Local Bus              225
150          3                        Local Bus              230
151          3                        Local Bus              236
152          3                        Local Bus              238
153          3                        Local Bus              240
154          3                        Local Bus              245
155          3                      Express Bus              325
156          3                      Express Bus              326
157          3                        Local Bus              350
158          3                      Express Bus              351
159          3                      Express Bus              352
160          3                      Express Bus              354
161          3                        Local Bus              411
162          3                      Express Bus              424
163          3                      Express Bus              426
164          3                      Express Bus              428
165          3                        Local Bus              429
166          3                        Local Bus              430
167          3                      Express Bus              434
168          3                        Local Bus              435
169          3                        Local Bus              436
170          3                  Limited Service              439
171          3                        Local Bus              441
172          3                        Local Bus              442
173          3                      Express Bus              448
174          3                      Express Bus              449
175          3                      Express Bus              450
176          3                  Limited Service              451
177          3                        Local Bus              455
178          3                  Limited Service              456
179          3                      Express Bus              459
180          3                        Local Bus              465
181          3                      Express Bus              501
182          3                      Express Bus              502
183          3                      Express Bus              503
184          3                      Express Bus              504
185          3                      Express Bus              505
186          3                      Express Bus              553
187          3                      Express Bus              554
188          3                      Express Bus              556
189          3                      Express Bus              558
190          3                        Local Bus              710
191          3                        Local Bus              712
192          3                        Local Bus              713
193          3                        Local Bus              714
194          3                        Local Bus              716
195          4                            Ferry          Boat-F4
196          4                            Ferry          Boat-F1
                                                                       route_name
1                                                                        Red Line
2                                                                Mattapan Trolley
3                                                                     Orange Line
4                                                                    Green Line B
5                                                                    Green Line C
6                                                                    Green Line D
7                                                                    Green Line E
8                                                                       Blue Line
9                                                   Logan Airport - South Station
10                                                  Design Center - South Station
11                                                        Chelsea - South Station
12                                                         Dudley - South Station
13                                                     Dudley - Downtown Crossing
14                                                                 Fairmount Line
15                                                                 Fitchburg Line
16                                                      Framingham/Worcester Line
17                                                                  Franklin Line
18                                                                 Greenbush Line
19                                                                 Haverhill Line
20                                                         Kingston/Plymouth Line
21                                                                    Lowell Line
22                                                   Middleborough/Lakeville Line
23                                                                   Needham Line
24                                                      Newburyport/Rockport Line
25                                                      Providence/Stoughton Line
26                                                       Foxboro (Special Events)
27                              Central Square, Cambridge - Boston Medical Center
28                                                             Sullivan - Ruggles
29                        Beth Israel Deaconess or Boston Medical Center - Andrew
30                                      Harvard - Dudley via Massachusetts Avenue
31                                                    North Station - Tide Street
32                                                 City Point - McCormack Housing
33                                                   City Point - Downtown Boston
34                                                   Harbor Point/UMass - Kenmore
35                                       City Point - Copley via Broadway Station
36                                  City Point - Copley via Boston Medical Center
37                                                   City Point - Downtown Boston
38                                               Roslindale Square - Heath Street
39                                                          Kane Square - Ruggles
40                                                 Forest Hills - Andrew or UMass
41                                       Fields Corner - Andrew via Uphams Corner
42                                                               Ashmont - Andrew
43                                             Fields Corner - Kenmore or Ruggles
44                                                         Ashmont - Forest Hills
45                                           Ashmont - Ruggles via Jackson Square
46                                        Ashmont - Ruggles via Washington Street
47                        Wakefield Avenue & Truman Parkway - Mattapan or Ashmont
48                                                   Ashmont - Gallivan Boulevard
49                                                             Mattapan - Ashmont
50                                                             Mattapan - Ruggles
51                                                      Mattapan - Jackson Square
52                                  Mattapan - Forest Hills via Roslindale Square
53                                      Mattapan - Forest Hills via Morton Street
54                                                  Wolcott Square - Forest Hills
55                                River Street & Milton Street, Dedham - Mattapan
56                                                     Dedham Line - Forest Hills
57                                                         Walpole - Forest Hills
58                                                     Dedham Mall - Forest Hills
59                                              Charles River Loop - Forest Hills
60                                   Baker Street & Vermont Street - Forest Hills
61                                                     Wren Street - Forest Hills
62                                                Forest Hills - Back Bay Station
63                                                     Georgetowne - Forest Hills
64                               Centre Street & Eliot Street - JFK/UMass Station
65                                                          Forest Hills - Dudley
66                                                      Ruggles - Downtown Boston
67                                                       Jackson Square - Ruggles
68                                                        Franklin Park - Ruggles
69                                   Central Square, Cambridge - Broadway Station
70                                                   Cleary Square - Forest Hills
71                                                       Reservoir - Forest Hills
72                                                   Dedham Mall - Watertown Yard
73                           Jersey Street & Queensberry Street - Downtown Boston
74                                                       Watertown Yard - Kenmore
75                                                           Oak Square - Kenmore
76                                            Needham Junction - Watertown Square
77                                                        Chestnut Hill - Kenmore
78                                                  Bedford VA Hospital - Alewife
79                                    Oak Square - University Park or Kendall/MIT
80                                                             Brighton - Kenmore
81                                                   Harvard - Dudley via Allston
82                                                          Turkey Hill - Alewife
83                                                          Harvard - Kendall/MIT
84                                                             Harvard - Lechmere
85                                          Cedarwood - Central Square, Cambridge
86                                      North Waltham - Central Square, Cambridge
87                                                     Watertown Square - Harvard
88                                                         Huron Avenue - Harvard
89                                                      Waverley Square - Harvard
90                                    Belmont Center - Harvard via Concord Avenue
91                                Belmont Center - Harvard via Fresh Pond Parkway
92                                   Lincoln Lab/Hanscom Air Force Base - Alewife
93                                                    Arlington Heights - Harvard
94                                                      Arlmont Village - Harvard
95                                                    Arlington Heights - Alewife
96                                                    Arlington Center - Lechmere
97                                      Rindge Avenue - Central Square, Cambridge
98                                                      Arlmont Village - Alewife
99                                                      Spring Hill - Kendall/MIT
100                                                          Sullivan - Reservoir
101           Clarendon Hill or Arlington Center - Lechmere via Somerville Avenue
102                                 Clarendon Hill - Lechmere via Highland Avenue
103                                            Clarendon Hill or Davis - Sullivan
104                                                            Davis - Wellington
105                                          Sullivan - Central Square, Cambridge
106                                                    Assembly - Downtown Boston
107                                                    Sullivan - Downtown Boston
108                                                        Medford Square - Davis
109                                     West Medford - Sullivan via Mystic Avenue
110                                                      Medford Square - Harvard
111                                                    Malden Center - Wellington
112                                          Woodland Road, Stoneham - Wellington
113                                                       Elm Street - Wellington
114                                      Malden Center - Sullivan via Winter Hill
115                                     Malden Center - Sullivan via Ferry Street
116                           Malden Center - Sullivan via Newland Street Housing
117                                           Lebanon Street, Malden - Wellington
118                                                    Linden Square - Wellington
119                                                      Linden Square - Sullivan
120                                                       Wonderland - Wellington
121                                       Everett, Revere, or Chelsea - Haymarket
122                                                      Wellington - Wood Island
123                                                            Chelsea - Maverick
124                                       Wonderland - Maverick via Revere Street
125                                        Wonderland - Maverick via Beach Street
126                                         Northgate Shopping Center - Beachmont
127                                                     Orient Heights - Maverick
128                                                        Wood Island - Maverick
129                                                 Melrose Highlands - Oak Grove
130                                      Redstone Shopping Center - Malden Center
131                                                     North Woburn - Wellington
132                               Reading Depot - Malden Center via Lowell Street
133                                Reading Depot - Malden Center via North Avenue
134                                                              Waltham - Dudley
135                                                        Dudley - Logan Airport
136                                           Shattuck Hospital - Downtown Boston
137                                           Fields Corner Loop via Neponset Ave
138                                           Fields Corner Loop via Adams Street
139                                                 Quincy Center - Fields Corner
140                                                      Quincy Center - Squantum
141                                                  Quincy Center - North Quincy
142                                                    Germantown - Quincy Center
143                                       Quincy Center - Ashmont via West Quincy
144                                                   Houghs Neck - Quincy Center
145                                         Quincy Center - Ashmont via Wollaston
146                                                 Hingham Depot - Quincy Center
147                                                    Fort Point - Quincy Center
148                                                 East Weymouth - Quincy Center
149                          Weymouth Landing or Columbian Square - Quincy Center
150                                Montello Commuter Rail Station - Quincy Center
151                                             South Shore Plaza - Quincy Center
152                       Holbrook/Randolph Commuter Rail Station - Quincy Center
153                                                         Avon Square - Ashmont
154                   Quincy Center - Mattapan via Quarry Street & Edge Hill Road
155                                                        Elm Street - Haymarket
156                                                      West Medford - Haymarket
157                                                    North Burlington - Alewife
158                                              Oak Park/Bedford Woods - Alewife
159                                            North Burlington - Downtown Boston
160                                                  Burlington - Downtown Boston
161                                     Jack Satter House, Revere - Malden Center
162                       Eastern Avenue & Essex Street - Haymarket or Wonderland
163         Central Square, Lynn - Haymarket or Wonderland via Cliftondale Square
164                                                       Oaklandvale - Haymarket
165                              Northgate Shopping Center - Central Square, Lynn
166                                                 Saugus Center - Malden Center
167                           Main Street, Peabody - Haymarket via Goodwin Circle
168 Liberty Tree Mall - Central Square, Lynn or Neptune Towers via Peabody Square
169                   Liberty Tree Mall - Central Square, Lynn via Goodwin Circle
170                                     Bass Point, Nahant - Central Square, Lynn
171                                     Marblehead - Wonderland via Paradise Road
172                                   Marblehead - Wonderland via Humphrey Street
173                              Marblehead - Downtown Crossing via Paradise Road
174                            Marblehead - Downtown Crossing via Humphrey Street
175                                         Salem Depot - Haymarket or Wonderland
176                                                   North Beverly - Salem Depot
177                                                      Salem Depot - Wonderland
178                                            Salem Depot - Central Square, Lynn
179                                               Salem Depot - Downtown Crossing
180                                                  Danvers Square - Salem Depot
181                                                    Brighton - Downtown Boston
182                                                       Watertown Yard - Copley
183                                                             Brighton - Copley
184                                              Watertown Yard - Downtown Boston
185                                              Waltham Center - Downtown Boston
186                                                     Roberts - Downtown Boston
187                                             Waverley Square - Downtown Boston
188                                           Waltham Highlands - Downtown Boston
189                                                   Riverside - Downtown Boston
190               North Medford - Medford Square, Meadow Glen Mall, or Wellington
191                    Point Shirley, Winthrop - Orient Heights via Revere Street
192                  Point Shirley, Winthrop - Orient Heights via Winthrop Center
193                                               Pemberton Point, Hull - Hingham
194                                                       Cobbs Corner - Mattapan
195                                                             Charlestown Ferry
196                                                            Hingham/Hull Ferry
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1      Southbound       Northbound
2        Outbound          Inbound
3      Southbound       Northbound
4       Westbound        Eastbound
5       Westbound        Eastbound
6       Westbound        Eastbound
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8       Westbound        Eastbound
9        Outbound          Inbound
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26  South Station TF Green Airport
27       Outbound          Inbound
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