Shuttle Bus Schedules

MIT Exchange Bus

The Wellesley-MIT Exchange Bus provides transportation between Wellesley and MIT on weekdays for Wellesley and MIT students, faculty and staff ONLY. The Exchange Bus picks up and drops off at the Chapel, Alumnae Hall, 350 Massachusetts Ave, Building 34 on Vassar Street, Kendall T Stop on Main Street, 77 Massachusetts Avenue (the MIT Student Center), and at the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue in Boston. Click here for a map of the MIT campus.

Wellesley and MIT cross-registered students have boarding priority on the Exchange Bus. To ride the Exchange Bus, a current Wellesley College or MIT ID card is required. Students will be allowed to have guests on the Local Motion buses and the BOW Shuttle. 

Current faculty and staff of Wellesley College and MIT must purchase a ticket/token/punch pass (each way) in order to ride the Exchange Bus.  Faculty and staff need to show the bus driver their current id.

Tokens are for sale in the Campus Center and in Stone Davis Hall for $3.00 each.  Punch Passes (10 rides) are available at the Leaky Beaker and the Bookstore for $30.00 each. There are two token machines in the Campus Center ATM area and one in the Stone-Davis laundry room. Tickets are available for purchase in LaVerde's Market in the MIT Stratton Student Center as well. 

Scheduled times are only approximate. Please wait for Wellesley's buses ten minutes in advance of scheduled times to assure not missing the bus.

Senate Bus

The Senate Bus runs between Wellesley and Cambridge from Friday evening through Sunday evening.

Tickets are required for the Senate Bus and are sold at the Bookstore, the Housing and Transportation Department and LaVerde's Market in the Stratton Student Center at MIT.  Tickets are required in each direction on the Senate Bus. Each ticket purchased at Wellesley College costs $3.00. Students are encouraged to purchase a punch pass of ten rides for $30.00. Punch passes are available at the Leaky Beaker, the Housing and Transportation Department and the Wellesley College Bookstore. Tickets purchased off the Wellesley College campus are sold at a higher cost. You may also purchase tokens for the Senate Bus. Token Vending Machines are available in the Wang Campus Center and Stone-Davis Hall at Wellesley College.

The Senate bus drop-off and pick-up points are the Chapel, Alumnae Hall, Harvard Square at Johnston Gate on Massachusetts Ave., MIT Stratton Student Center (77 Massachusetts Ave.), and Marlboro Market on the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue. 

Wellesley-Olin-Babson Shuttle

Schedule:  

(M, W, F) 7:40 AM – 9:37 PM

(Tu, Th) 7:40 AM – 11:37 PM

(Saturday) 3:10 PM – 12:07 AM

Service by:

JFK Transportation, Inc., 508-653-4500

All times listed are when the shuttle departs. Please arrive at least five minutes prior to the scheduled departure time.

Shuttle Stops:

Wellesley (Campus Center, Founders Parking Lot) Olin (East Hall) Babson (Hollister Parking Lot)

Malls/Movies Shuttle

* All Shuttles stop at Alumnae Hall and the Founders Parking Lot.

Round-Trip Fare = 1 Senate Bus Ticket, Token or Punch
Natick Mall: 1245 Worcester Rd., Natick, MA 01760; 508-655-4800
AMC Theater: 22 Flutie Pass, Framingham, MA 01701;  508-628-4400
Target: 400 Cochituate Rd., Framingham, MA 01701; 508-628-3136
Barnes & Noble: 1 Worcester Rd., Framingham, MA 01701; 508-628-5567