MBTA · Boston

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority operates 180 routes (3 subway, 5 streetcar, 12 rail, 152 bus, 8 ferry) in Boston with 6,544 stops and connects with RIPTA, CATA, WRTA and 1 other.

Routes and weekday frequency

Weekday midday frequency, by route

14 ≤10 min
23 11–15
4 16–20
27 21–30
63 31–60
20 60+
29 no midday

Each route is judged by its slower direction. A dash means no sustained service in that period.

Subway routes (3)
Route	AM peak	Midday	PM peak	Evening	Overnight
Blue Line	every 4 min	every 6 min	every 4 min	every 6 min	every 4 min
Orange Line	every 5 min	every 6 min	every 5 min	every 5 min	every 4 min
Red Line	every 4 min	every 5 min	every 5 min	every 5 min	every 4 min

Streetcar routes (5)
Route	AM peak	Midday	PM peak	Evening	Overnight
B Green Line B	every 8 min	every 8 min	every 8 min	every 9 min	Limited
C Green Line C	every 8 min	every 8 min	every 8 min	every 8 min	every 10 min
D Green Line D	every 9 min	every 8 min	every 8 min	every 8 min	every 13 min
E Green Line E	every 8 min	every 8 min	every 8 min	every 8 min	every 8 min
Mattapan Line	every 7 min	every 9 min	every 7 min	every 13 min	every 13 min

Rail routes (12)
Route	AM peak	Midday	PM peak	Evening	Overnight
Fairmount Line	every 30 min	every 30 min	every 30 min	every 63 min	Limited
Fall River/New Bedford Line	every 49 min	every 74 min	every 72 min	every 61 min	Limited
Fitchburg Line	every 41 min	every 60 min	every 60 min	every 60 min	—
Framingham/Worcester Line	Limited	every 111 min	every 48 min	Limited	Limited
Franklin/Foxboro Line	Limited	every 101 min	every 59 min	every 42 min	—
Greenbush Line	every 47 min	every 97 min	every 53 min	Limited	—
Haverhill Line	every 37 min	every 45 min	every 1.5 h	every 60 min	Limited
Kingston Line	every 46 min	every 80 min	Limited	every 99 min	Limited
Lowell Line	every 35 min	every 60 min	every 37 min	every 44 min	Limited
Needham Line	every 60 min	every 60 min	every 60 min	every 73 min	Limited
Newburyport/Rockport Line	every 32 min	every 1.5 h	every 59 min	every 60 min	Limited
Providence/Stoughton Line	every 78 min	every 113 min	every 26 min	every 58 min	Limited

Bus routes (152)
Route	AM peak	Midday	PM peak	Evening	Overnight
1 Harvard Square - Nubian Station	every 9 min	every 12 min	every 9 min	every 14 min	every 15 min
4 North Station - Design Center	Limited	Limited	Limited	Limited	—
7 City Point - Otis Street & Summer Street	every 13 min	every 13 min	Limited	every 29 min	Limited
8 Harbor Point - Kenmore Station	Limited	every 45 min	every 30 min	every 29 min	Limited
9 City Point - Copley Square	every 6 min	every 14 min	every 11 min	every 12 min	every 14 min
10 City Point - Arlington Station	every 25 min	every 34 min	every 20 min	every 30 min	Limited
11 City Point - Chauncy Street & Summer Street	every 15 min	every 40 min	every 24 min	every 23 min	Limited
14 Roslindale Square - Heath Street	every 35 min	every 44 min	every 51 min	Limited	—
15 Fields Corner Station - Ruggles Station	every 9 min	every 13 min	every 10 min	every 13 min	Limited
16 Forest Hills Station - Andrew Station or Harbor Point	every 11 min	every 15 min	every 12 min	every 14 min	every 10 min
17 Fields Corner Station - Andrew Station	every 26 min	every 30 min	every 18 min	every 47 min	every 20 min
18 Ashmont Station - Andrew Station	Limited	every 80 min	every 91 min	Limited	—
19 Fields Corner Station - Kenmore or Ruggles Station	Limited	Limited	every 28 min	every 21 min	—
21 Ashmont Station - Forest Hills Station	every 10 min	every 20 min	every 13 min	every 19 min	every 19 min
22 Ashmont Station - Ruggles Station via Talbot Avenue	every 10 min	every 14 min	every 10 min	every 13 min	every 10 min
23 Ashmont Station - Ruggles Station via Washington Street	every 8 min	every 10 min	every 8 min	every 13 min	every 14 min
24 Wakefield Avenue & Truman Parkway - Ashmont Station	every 34 min	every 40 min	every 33 min	every 37 min	Limited
26 Ashmont Station - Norfolk Street Loop	every 35 min	every 35 min	every 40 min	every 32 min	Limited
28 Mattapan Station - Ruggles Station	every 11 min	every 13 min	every 12 min	every 14 min	every 15 min
29 Mattapan Station - Jackson Square Station	every 40 min	Limited	every 52 min	every 67 min	—
30 Mattapan Station - Forest Hills Station via Cummins Highway and Roslindale Square	every 21 min	every 33 min	every 25 min	every 41 min	Limited
31 Mattapan Station - Forest Hills Station via Morton Street	every 10 min	every 15 min	every 11 min	every 13 min	every 10 min
32 Wolcott Square - Forest Hills Station	every 6 min	every 12 min	every 5 min	every 9 min	every 7 min
33 River Street & Milton Street - Mattapan Station	every 34 min	every 40 min	every 39 min	every 32 min	—
34 Dedham Mall - Forest Hills Station	every 24 min	every 30 min	every 29 min	every 28 min	every 19 min
34e Walpole Center - Forest Hills Station	every 25 min	every 30 min	every 29 min	every 29 min	Limited
35 Dedham Mall or Stimson Street - Forest Hills Station	every 31 min	every 38 min	every 16 min	every 32 min	Limited
36 Millennium Park or Va Hospital - Forest Hills Station	every 18 min	every 81 min	every 19 min	every 30 min	Limited
37 Baker Street & Vermont Street - Forest Hills Station	every 30 min	every 45 min	every 18 min	every 21 min	Limited
38 Wren Street - Forest Hills Station	every 21 min	every 60 min	every 30 min	Limited	Limited
39 Forest Hills Station - Back Bay Station	every 7 min	every 14 min	every 9 min	every 14 min	every 10 min
40 Georgetowne - Forest Hills Station	every 28 min	every 59 min	every 33 min	every 42 min	Limited
41 Centre Street & Eliot Street - JFK/Umass Station	every 33 min	every 48 min	every 39 min	every 39 min	Limited
42 Forest Hills Station - Nubian Station	every 19 min	every 23 min	every 23 min	every 24 min	every 13 min
43 Ruggles Station - Park Street Station	every 41 min	every 45 min	every 50 min	every 45 min	Limited
44 Jackson Square Station - Ruggles Station	every 20 min	every 27 min	every 21 min	every 18 min	Limited
45 Franklin Park - Ruggles Station	every 20 min	every 25 min	every 22 min	every 28 min	every 15 min
47 Central Square, Cambridge - Broadway Station	every 16 min	every 20 min	every 15 min	every 27 min	Limited
50 Cleary Square - Forest Hills Station	every 25 min	every 52 min	every 28 min	every 60 min	—
51 Reservoir Station - Forest Hills Station	every 29 min	every 56 min	every 33 min	every 40 min	—
52 Dedham Mall - Watertown Yard	every 40 min	every 53 min	every 58 min	Limited	—
55 West Fenway - Arlington Station	—	every 45 min	Limited	—	—
57 Watertown Yard - Kenmore Station	every 9 min	every 9 min	every 8 min	every 11 min	every 14 min
59 Needham Junction - Watertown Square	every 33 min	every 50 min	every 47 min	every 31 min	—
60 Chestnut Hill - Kenmore Station	every 28 min	every 56 min	every 30 min	every 29 min	Limited
61 North Waltham - Waltham Center	every 65 min	every 60 min	every 61 min	Limited	—
62 Bedford Va Hospital - Alewife Station	every 35 min	every 55 min	every 30 min	every 30 min	Limited
64 Oak Square - Kendall/Mit Station	every 20 min	every 30 min	every 29 min	every 28 min	Limited
65 Brighton Center - Ruggles Station	every 8 min	every 30 min	every 11 min	every 21 min	Limited
66 Harvard Square - Nubian Station	every 7 min	every 9 min	every 10 min	every 10 min	every 10 min
67 Turkey Hill - Alewife Station	every 27 min	every 50 min	every 28 min	every 32 min	—
68 Harvard Square - Kendall/Mit Station	every 44 min	every 40 min	every 45 min	—	—
69 Harvard Square - Lechmere Station	every 17 min	every 24 min	every 19 min	every 21 min	Limited
70 Market Place Drive or Waltham Center - University Park	every 13 min	every 15 min	every 14 min	every 13 min	Limited
71 Watertown Square - Harvard Station	every 10 min	every 15 min	every 12 min	every 15 min	Limited
73 Waverley Square - Harvard Station	every 10 min	every 15 min	every 12 min	every 15 min	Limited
74 Belmont Center - Harvard via Concord Avenue	every 30 min	every 32 min	every 30 min	every 40 min	Limited
75 Belmont Center - Harvard via Huron Avenue	every 16 min	every 32 min	every 30 min	every 36 min	Limited
76 Lincoln Lab - Alewife Station	every 29 min	every 55 min	every 30 min	every 30 min	—
77 Arlington Heights - Harvard Station	every 11 min	every 15 min	every 12 min	every 13 min	every 10 min
78 Arlmont Village - Harvard Station	every 25 min	every 34 min	every 30 min	every 33 min	Limited
80 Arlington Center - Lechmere Station	every 45 min	every 40 min	every 45 min	every 53 min	Limited
83 Rindge Avenue - Central Square, Cambridge	every 26 min	every 25 min	every 25 min	every 27 min	Limited
85 Assembly Row - Ruggles Station	every 25 min	every 27 min	every 22 min	every 32 min	—
86 Harvard Square - Reservoir Station	every 13 min	every 20 min	every 14 min	every 23 min	every 18 min
87 Arlington Center - Lechmere Station	every 20 min	every 29 min	every 23 min	every 32 min	Limited
88 Clarendon Hill - Lechmere Station	every 18 min	every 27 min	every 23 min	every 32 min	Limited
89 Clarendon Hill or Davis Station - Sullivan Square Station	every 17 min	every 29 min	every 20 min	every 25 min	every 13 min
90 Davis Station - Assembly Row	every 39 min	every 78 min	every 45 min	Limited	—
91 Sullivan Square Station - Central Square, Cambridge	every 32 min	every 50 min	every 30 min	every 45 min	Limited
92 Sullivan Square Station - Downtown via Main Street	every 30 min	every 60 min	every 35 min	every 40 min	Limited
93 Sullivan Square Station - Downtown via Bunker Hill Street	every 46 min	every 55 min	every 53 min	every 50 min	Limited
94 Medford Square - Davis Station	every 29 min	every 34 min	every 31 min	every 47 min	—
95 West Medford or Arlington Center - Sullivan Square Station	every 26 min	every 34 min	every 29 min	every 79 min	Limited
96 Medford Square - Harvard Station	every 29 min	every 30 min	every 28 min	every 27 min	Limited
97 Malden Center Station - Wellington Station	every 42 min	every 70 min	every 40 min	Limited	—
99 Woodland Road - Wellington Station	every 47 min	every 70 min	every 46 min	every 53 min	—
100 Elm Street - Wellington Station	every 21 min	every 34 min	every 22 min	every 33 min	Limited
101 Malden Center Station - Sullivan Square Station via Winter Hill	every 19 min	every 29 min	every 19 min	every 29 min	every 19 min
104 Malden Center Station - Airport Station	every 15 min	every 15 min	every 15 min	every 15 min	every 20 min
105 Malden Center Station - Sullivan Square Station via Newland Street Housing	every 46 min	every 82 min	every 50 min	Limited	Limited
106 Lebanon Loop - Wellington Station	every 21 min	every 42 min	every 30 min	every 30 min	Limited
108 Linden Square - Wellington Station	every 27 min	every 36 min	every 28 min	every 30 min	Limited
109 Linden Square - Harvard Square via Sullivan	every 10 min	every 15 min	every 10 min	every 14 min	every 10 min
110 Wonderland Station - Wellington Station	every 12 min	every 15 min	every 15 min	every 15 min	every 14 min
111 Woodlawn - Haymarket Station	every 4 min	every 8 min	every 6 min	every 8 min	every 6 min
112 Wellington Station - Wood Island Station	every 45 min	every 45 min	every 53 min	every 39 min	—
114 Market Basket - Maverick Station	—	every 60 min	Limited	—	—
116 Wonderland Station - Maverick Station	every 8 min	every 11 min	every 8 min	every 11 min	every 5 min
119 Northgate Shopping Center - Beachmont Station	Limited	every 78 min	Limited	every 71 min	Limited
120 Orient Heights Station - Jeffries Point	every 30 min	every 30 min	every 30 min	every 44 min	Limited
121 Wood Island Station - Maverick Station	Limited	—	Limited	—	—
131 Melrose Highlands - Malden Center Station	Limited	Limited	Limited	Limited	—
132 Redstone Shopping Center - Malden Center Station	every 28 min	every 60 min	every 38 min	every 59 min	Limited
134 North Woburn - Wellington Station	Limited	every 13 min	every 13 min	Limited	Limited
137 Reading Depot - Malden Center Station	every 37 min	every 40 min	every 33 min	every 48 min	Limited
171 Logan Airport Terminals - Nubian Station	—	—	—	—	Limited
201 Fields Corner Loop via Neponset Avenue	every 30 min	every 40 min	Limited	every 30 min	—
202 Fields Corner Loop via Adams Street	Limited	Limited	Limited	Limited	—
210 Quincy Center Station - Fields Corner Station	every 44 min	every 59 min	every 36 min	Limited	Limited
211 Quincy Center Station - Squantum	every 26 min	every 58 min	every 35 min	every 34 min	—
215 Quincy Center Station - Ashmont Station via West Quincy	every 27 min	every 30 min	every 30 min	every 30 min	—
216 Houghs Neck - Quincy Center Station via Germantown	every 15 min	every 15 min	every 16 min	every 23 min	every 25 min
217 Quincy Center Station - Ashmont Station	Limited	—	Limited	—	—
220 Hingham Depot - Quincy Center Station	every 30 min	every 30 min	every 30 min	every 30 min	Limited
222 Lovell Corners - Quincy Center Station	every 30 min	every 30 min	every 30 min	every 30 min	every 20 min
225 Weymouth Landing - Quincy Center Station	every 47 min	every 45 min	every 40 min	every 54 min	Limited
226 Columbian Square - Braintree Station	every 37 min	every 65 min	Limited	every 49 min	—
230 Montello Station - Quincy Center Station	every 21 min	every 60 min	every 43 min	every 46 min	Limited
236 South Shore Plaza - Quincy Center Station	Limited	every 60 min	every 60 min	Limited	—
238 Holbrook/Randolph Station - Quincy Center Station	every 26 min	every 55 min	every 55 min	Limited	Limited
240 Avon Square - Ashmont Station	every 32 min	every 27 min	every 26 min	every 54 min	Limited
245 Quincy Center Station - Mattapan Station	every 46 min	every 60 min	every 60 min	every 1.5 h	—
350 North Burlington - Alewife Station	every 21 min	every 60 min	every 27 min	every 30 min	—
351 Bedford Woods Drive - Third Avenue, Burlington	Limited	—	Limited	—	—
354 North Burlington - State Street, Boston	Limited	Limited	Limited	Limited	—
411 Kennedy Drive or Jack Satter House - Malden Center Station	Limited	every 71 min	every 50 min	every 29 min	—
424 Eastern Avenue & Essex Street - Wonderland Station	Limited	—	Limited	Limited	—
426 Central Square, Lynn - Haymarket or Wonderland Station	every 31 min	every 58 min	every 48 min	every 50 min	Limited
428 Oaklandvale - Haymarket Station	every 48 min	—	Limited	—	—
429 Northgate Shopping Center - Central Square, Lynn	every 49 min	every 60 min	every 53 min	every 45 min	—
430 Saugus Center - Malden Center Station	every 50 min	every 71 min	Limited	Limited	—
435 Liberty Tree Mall - Central Square, Lynn via Peabody Square	every 57 min	every 53 min	every 53 min	every 54 min	—
436 Liberty Tree Mall - Central Square, Lynn via Goodwin Circle	every 42 min	every 55 min	every 49 min	Limited	—
439 Nahant - Wonderland Station	Limited	Limited	Limited	Limited	—
441 Marblehead - Wonderland Station via Paradise Road	every 51 min	every 60 min	every 38 min	Limited	Limited
441/442 Marblehead - Wonderland Station	—	—	—	—	Limited
442 Marblehead - Wonderland Station via Humphrey Street	every 43 min	every 60 min	every 39 min	every 40 min	Limited
450 Salem Depot - Wonderland or Haymarket Station	every 41 min	every 55 min	every 37 min	every 45 min	Limited
451 North Beverly Station - Salem Depot	Limited	Limited	Limited	Limited	—
455 Salem Depot - Wonderland Station	every 24 min	every 29 min	every 30 min	every 34 min	Limited
456 Salem Depot - Central Square, Lynn	—	Limited	Limited	—	—
465 Danvers Square - Salem Depot via Liberty Tree Mall	every 61 min	every 64 min	every 70 min	every 58 min	—
501 Brighton Center - Federal Street & Franklin Street	Limited	Limited	Limited	Limited	—
504 Watertown Yard - Federal Street & Franklin Street	every 19 min	every 39 min	every 17 min	every 20 min	—
505 Waltham Center - Federal Street & Franklin Street	Limited	Limited	Limited	Limited	—
553 Roberts - Newton Corner	every 43 min	every 45 min	every 51 min	every 44 min	—
554 Waverley Square - Newton Corner	Limited	Limited	Limited	Limited	—
556 Waltham Highlands - Newton Corner	Limited	Limited	Limited	Limited	—
558 Riverside Station - Newton Corner	Limited	Limited	Limited	Limited	—
712 Point Shirley - Orient Heights Station via Revere Street	every 30 min	every 30 min	every 31 min	every 30 min	Limited
713 Point Shirley - Orient Heights Station via Winthrop Center	every 30 min	every 30 min	every 32 min	every 30 min	Limited
714 Hull Ferry - Hingham Depot	every 44 min	every 115 min	every 32 min	every 27 min	Limited
716 Canton Village Shoppes - Mattapan Station	every 44 min	Limited	every 58 min	Limited	—
Ct3 Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Andrew Station	every 25 min	every 25 min	every 21 min	every 50 min	—
Franklin Line Shuttle Foxboro - Walpole	Limited	Limited	Limited	—	—
Sl1 Logan Airport Terminals - South Station	every 10 min	every 8 min	every 8 min	every 8 min	Limited
Sl2 Design Center - South Station	every 7 min	every 12 min	every 6 min	every 12 min	Limited
Sl3 Chelsea Station - South Station	every 10 min	every 10 min	every 10 min	every 11 min	every 10 min
Sl4 Nubian Station - South Station	every 12 min	every 11 min	every 12 min	every 11 min	every 12 min
Sl5 Nubian Station - Temple Place	every 8 min	every 11 min	every 11 min	every 10 min	every 7 min
Slw Silver Line Way - South Station	Limited	Limited	Limited	Limited	Limited

Ferry routes (8)
Route	AM peak	Midday	PM peak	Evening	Overnight
Charlestown Ferry	every 15 min	every 30 min	every 15 min	every 30 min	—
East Boston Ferry	every 30 min	Limited	every 30 min	Limited	—
Harbor Loop Ferry	every 20 min	every 20 min	Limited	Limited	—
Hingham Ferry	every 25 min	every 155 min	Limited	Limited	—
Hingham/Hull Ferry	Limited	Limited	Limited	every 68 min	Limited
Lynn Ferry	Limited	Limited	Limited	Limited	—
Quincy Ferry	Limited	Limited	Limited	Limited	—
Winthrop Ferry	Limited	Limited	Limited	Limited	—

Nearby agencies in Greater Boston

Scheduled service, not live arrivals. Schedule refreshed Oct 12, 2026, valid through Dec 12, 2026. Atlas data release Oct 13, 2026. Official site: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.