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The Logan Express (LEX) is an airport bus shuttle network which operates between Boston's Logan International Airport and Massachusetts suburbs. The service, which is funded by Massport, consists of four routes serving suburban park-and-ride terminals in Braintree, Danvers, Framingham, and Woburn, plus an urban route serving the Boston neighborhood of Back Bay. The service began in 1986 with a route from Quincy Adams station, which later became the Braintree route, and was expanded over the following decades.
| Back Bay | Prudential Center, Copley Place | Academy Bus | Orange | 250,477 |
| Braintree | Lot near Braintree Split | Paul Revere Bus | Blue | 820,495 |
| Danvers | Liberty Tree Mall | McGinn Bus Company | Purple | 94,563 |
| Framingham | Natick Mall (temporary) | Fox Bus Lines | Red | 616,211 |
| Woburn | Anderson Regional Transportation Center | Paul Revere Bus | Green | 420,074 |
A route from Shopper's World in Framingham, operated by Peter Pan Bus Lines, began on November 16, 1986. The initial terminal in the mall's parking lot had limited parking spots and a ten-year lease. In 1990, Massport proposed to move the terminal to a former Trailways bus station off Speen Street in Natick to the east. In 1994, with demolition and replacement of the mall about to begin, Massport proposed a site off Route 30 at Burr Street. Objections from the town, which planned to develop the site as a park, led Massport to consider other locations. The terminal temporarily moved to the south side of the mall on October 1, 1994, due to construction. On July 1, 1995, it moved again to a different site on Burr Street. That became the permanent site; a terminal building opened in February 1997.
A route from Mishawum station in Woburn was added on November 16, 1992. An expanded parking lot and terminal building were added in 1993. Originally operated by Peter Pan, the route was taken over by Paul Revere Transportation in November 1995. The Woburn terminal was moved to the new Anderson Regional Transportation Center on April 8, 2001. A route from Peabody, with a terminal on Route 1 near I-95, was added on September 7, 2001. It was slow to gain ridership due to the post-September 11 drop in air travel and frequency was halfed on November 3, 2001.
On April 28, 2014, the Back Bay route began service as a two-year pilot program during the Government Center station closure. It operated on 20-minute headways, with stops on Boylston Street at Hynes Convention Center and Copley station. By 2019, Massport planned to add a route to North Station and an additional suburban route. On May 1, 2019, the Copley stop was replaced with a stop at Back Bay station on Dartmouth Street. The airport-bound fare was reduced from $7.50 to $3.00 and the Back Bay-bound fare made free; passengers were also given priority at security lines in the airport. By October, these changes had doubled ridership on the Back Bay route. Both back Bay stops were relocated on February 1, 2020 – the Hynes Convention Center stop a block east to the Prudential Center entrance, and the Back Bay station stop across Dartmouth Street to the Copley Place entrance.
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