Greater Attleboro Taunton Regional Transit Authority

The Greater Attleboro Taunton Regional Transit Authority (GATRA) oversees and coordinates public and medical transportation in the areas of Attleboro and Taunton, Massachusetts and 28 nearby areas. It operates daily (except on Sundays) fixed bus routes, commuter shuttle services and Dial-A-Ride services for seniors and persons with disabilities within communities in Bristol, Norfolk, and Plymouth counties. GATRA is based at the Bloom Bus Terminal in Taunton.

A GATRA route 140 bus at Mansfield station
Headquarters10 Oak St., Taunton, MA
Service typebus service, paratransit
Routes19
OperatorProfessional Transit Management of Attleboro
Plymouth & Brockton Street Railway Co.
Kiessling Transit
Bill's Taxi [1]
Administrator
Mary Ellen DeFrias
Websitegatra.org

As of 2024, the member municipalities are Attleboro, Bellingham, Berkley, Carver, Dighton, Duxbury, Foxborough, Franklin, Halifax, Hanover, Kingston, Lakeville, Marshfield, Mansfield, Medway, Middleborough, Norfolk, North Attleborough, Norton, Pembroke, Plainville, Plymouth, Plympton, Raynham, Rehoboth, Scituate, Seekonk, Taunton, Wareham and Wrentham.

GATRA's territory overlaps with the Southeastern Massachusetts and Old Colony MPOs.[2]

Routes and Services

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Taunton/Attleboro Area Routes

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Taunton

  • 2 Broadway/Market Basket
  • 4 Weir/Westside
  • 5 Walmart/E. Taunton/Target
  • 6 Whittenton
  • 7 School St./Raynham
  • 8 County St./Target

Attleboro

  • 10 Attleboro/N. Attleborough
  • 11 S. Attleboro Connector
  • 12 S. Attleboro/Attleboro
  • 14 North Attleborough/Plainville
  • 15 Sturdy Hospital/La Salette
  • 16 Seekonk/Attleboro

Regional Routes

  • 18 Attleboro/Norton/Taunton
  • Gateway Link - Fall River/Taunton/Brockton
  • Downtown Middleborough Shuttle
  • Medway T-Shuttle

Plymouth/Wareham Area

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Plymouth

  • Mayflower Link
  • Freedom Link
  • Liberty Link
  • Manomet Link
  • SAIL (Seaside Area Inter-Link) Marshfield-Duxbury-Kingston

Wareham

  • Link 1 Cromesett/Onset
  • Link 2 Buzzards Bay
  • Link 4 West Wareham
  • Wareham-Plymouth Connection
  • Wareham-New Bedford Connection (sponsored by GATRA; operated by SRTA)

GATRA GO (Microtransit) Services

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  • GATRA GO United (Foxborough, Franklin, Mansfield, Norfolk, Norton, & Wrentham)
  • GATRA GO Seacoast (Scituate)
  • GATRA GO Explore (Pembroke)
  • GATRA Go Coastline (South Plymouth)

See also

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References

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