Boston commuters have a new way to cross the harbor for the price of a subway ride.
The MBTA’s Harbor Loop ferry, which began weekday service June 29, links North Station, the downtown Aquarium, the Seaport, and Logan Airport for $2.40 — the same as a T fare — giving riders another way to skip traffic on the way to work or the airport.
Governor Maura Healey and Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll joined MBTA General Manager Phillip Eng, legislators, and transit partners this week to mark the launch of the new F10 route. Healey framed the service as an affordable, practical alternative that saves time and eases congestion, and pledged continued investment in options that give people more ways to get around.
Operated by Bay State Cruise Company, the Harbor Loop makes four stops: Lovejoy Wharf at North Station, Central Wharf at the Aquarium, Commonwealth Pier in the Seaport, and Logan Airport. It runs weekdays roughly every 30 minutes during peak hours — counterclockwise in the morning from 6:10 to 11:30 a.m., and clockwise in the evening from 3:55 to 7:50 p.m. There is no midday service between 11:30 a.m. and 3:55 p.m., and none after 7:50 p.m.
One-way fares are $2.40 for full-fare riders and $1.10 for reduced-fare riders, matching subway and Zone 1A pricing.
Riders can pay on board with Tap to Ride, cash, or a credit card, or via the mTicket app or an eligible Commuter Rail pass. One important note for regular T riders: CharlieCards are not accepted on MBTA ferry routes.
The Harbor Loop adds to, but does not replace, the existing Seaport Ferry run by the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority. It connects to the subway at North Station and Aquarium and ties into the MBTA’s other ferry routes serving East Boston, Winthrop, Lynn, Charlestown, Quincy, and Hingham and Hull — a network that reaches several of the working neighborhoods that ring the harbor.
State Senator Lydia Edwards, a Boston Democrat, welcomed the route as a long-awaited, commuter-minded addition, and Representative Adrian Madaro called it a step toward unlocking the harbor’s full potential as a transportation corridor.
Officials cast the ferry as the latest piece of a broader push to modernize the MBTA. Over the past two years, the Healey-Driscoll administration says it has eliminated systemwide slow zones and expanded ferry and Commuter Rail service — part of a summer that also saw the T move large crowds for Sail Boston, MA250 events, and soccer matches in Foxborough.
For the tens of thousands of workers who commute into the Seaport and downtown each day — including many from Boston’s immigrant neighborhoods — the Harbor Loop offers one more affordable, car-free way to reach the job, the airport, or the rest of the transit system.
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