Merrimack Valley Transit, formerly known as Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority is a public, non-profit organization in
Massachusetts
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, United States, charged with providing
public transportation
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to an area consisting of the cities and towns of
Amesbury
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,
Andover
Andover may refer to:
Places Australia
*Andover, Tasmania
Canada
* Andover Parish, New Brunswick
* Perth-Andover, New Brunswick
United Kingdom
* Andover, Hampshire, England
** RAF Andover, a former Royal Air Force station
United States
* Andov ...
Newburyport
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Rowley Rowley may refer to:
Places Canada
* Rowley, Alberta, a hamlet
* Rowley Island, Nunavut
United Kingdom
* Rowley, County Durham, a hamlet - see Rowley railway station (England)
* Rowley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, a village and civil par ...
,
Salisbury
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bus
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services and
paratransit
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services within its area, together with services to Lowell. MEVA's buses provide interchange with commuter lines of the
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
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Massachusetts General Laws
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. Since 1983, operation of the MEVA has been subcontracted to
First Transit
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, a subsidiary of the
United Kingdom
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based
FirstGroup
FirstGroup plc is a British multi-national transport group, based in Aberdeen, Scotland.are free. On September 1, 2024, MeVa moved its Lawrence hub from the 1993-opened downtown Buckley Transportation Center to McGovern Transportation Center.
Routes
MEVA operates 24 year-round routes in northeastern Massachusetts:
*1 Lawrence–Methuen–Haverhill
*2 Andover
*3 North Andover
*4 Prospect Hill
*5 Water Street
*6 Holy Family Hospital/Lawrence Street
*7 Beacon Street
*8 Colonial Heights/North Andover Mall
*9 North Andover Mall/Phillips Street
*10 Methuen Square
*12 Lawrence Crosstown
*13 Main Street/North Avenue
*14 Bradford/Ward Hill
*15 Hilldale Avenue/Haverhill Commons
*16 Washington Street/Westgate Plaza
*17 Haverhill–Salisbury Beach via Amesbury
*18 Riverside/Groveland
*19 Newburyport CR–Amesbury
*20 Newburyport CR–Salisbury Beach
*21 Andover Shuttle
*22 Buttonwoods Express
*24 Lawrence–Lowell
*26 IRS/Raytheon
*27 Beacon Street Special