Fenway Park and TD Garden Without the Parking Hunt

For a Red Sox game at Fenway Park or a Celtics, Bruins or concert night at TD Garden, a car service from the South Shore takes the two worst parts out of the evening: finding and paying for parking near the venue, and deciding who drives home. Both venues are about 15 miles from Hingham and Weymouth, roughly half an hour without traffic, but game-night traffic and event parking prices in Boston make that half hour feel much longer.

Here is how to plan the trip to each venue, and how pickup works after the final whistle.

Fenway Park

Fenway sits in a dense neighborhood near Kenmore Square, with very little parking of its own. On game days, nearby garages and lots charge event rates, the streets around the park fill with fans, and traffic on Boylston Street and Brookline Avenue slows to a crawl before the first pitch and after the last out.

From the South Shore: about 16 miles from Hingham and Weymouth, 13 from Braintree, and 30 from Scituate. Allow 25 to 50 minutes in light traffic depending on your town, and more on a weekday evening, when the game and the evening rush overlap.

Drop-off: your chauffeur drops you as close to your gate as traffic and police details allow, usually a short walk from the park.

After the game: the streets around Fenway are closed or jammed for a while after the last out. The easiest plan is a pickup point a few minutes' walk from the park, agreed with dispatch before the game, where your car can actually reach you.

TD Garden

TD Garden is built above North Station, at the edge of the West End and a short walk from the North End. It hosts the Celtics, the Bruins and most of the big indoor concerts in Boston.

From the South Shore: about 16 miles from Hingham and Weymouth and 14 from Braintree, a little under half an hour in light traffic. The route runs up the Southeast Expressway and under downtown, so a 7 p.m. start on a weekday puts you in the evening rush. Leave early.

After the event: Causeway Street fills with people the moment the doors open. TD Garden has moved app-based rideshare pickups to a designated spot on Merrimac Street, a few blocks away. For a car service, call dispatch at (617) 372-5729 (Nour) when you are out, and we confirm the pickup point with your driver.

Why not the train?

The Greenbush and Old Colony commuter rail lines connect the South Shore to South Station, and from there the subway reaches both venues. It works well for an afternoon game. It works less well when:

• the game goes to extra innings, the concert runs late, or the game goes to overtime, and the last convenient train back has left,
• you are bringing children or someone who can't walk far,
• your group would need to park at the station and coordinate several cars anyway.

Make a night of it

Booking the car by the hour turns a game into an evening. Dinner in the North End before a Bruins game, or on Lansdowne Street before the Sox, then the event, then the ride home, with the same car and the same chauffeur all evening. See how hourly service works.

Which vehicle?

• 2 or 3 people: our executive sedan.
• Up to 7: a luxury SUV, the most common choice for game nights.
• Up to 12: a passenger van for a group outing or a company night out.

See every vehicle in our fleet.

Frequently asked questions

How early should we leave for a 7:10 p.m. Red Sox game?

From Hingham or Weymouth on a weekday, leave by about 5:30 p.m. to beat the worst of the rush and be in your seats before the first pitch. From Scituate or Norwell, leave earlier.

Where does the car pick us up after a Celtics or Bruins game?

At a point agreed with dispatch near TD Garden, a short walk from the arena and clear of the crowd on Causeway Street. Call us when you are out of the building.

Can you take us to other Boston venues?

Yes. We drive to theaters, concert halls, restaurants and arenas all over Boston and New England, and back to the South Shore at the end of the night. Heading to Foxborough instead? See Gillette Stadium by car service.