Massport to keep Peabody Logan Express bus

Facing a North Shore public outcry, Massachusetts Port Authority officials said today they are backing off plans to shut down the Peabody Logan Express bus service and will keep it going for at least another year.

Last month, Massport cut the Peabody bus operations to once an hour instead of twice-hourly and planned to shut it down June 30. But Logan business manager Jack Hemphill said that after strong lobbying from North Shore public officials and a round of discussions with Plymouth & Brockton Street Railway Co., which operates the bus, Massport officials have decided to keep it going for at least one more year.

Service will continue to be only once per hour, at 15 minutes past the hour.

(By Peter Howe, Globe Staff)

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