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Ashmont Station – Ruggles Station via Washington Street

Bus · Route 23

Ruggles ↔ Ashmont

1 alert Limited service 5:00 AM – 2:40 AM 5 buses live
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Live · as of 10:25 PM

Stops, live buses and next arrivals

Service alertAshmont Escalator 438 (Ashmont platform to Mattapan Line, busway) is unavailable due to maintenance.
Live data is delayed.
    1. Townsend St @ Warren St5 bus routesNo more buses
    2. RugglesOrangeCRCRCR20 bus routes4 minthen 19 min 1878 · On time
    3. Malcolm X Blvd @ King St6 bus routes10 minthen 23 min
    4. Malcolm X Blvd opp Madison Park HS6 bus routes11 minthen 24 min
    5. Malcolm X Blvd opp O'Bryant HS6 bus routes11 minthen 24 min
    6. Malcolm X Blvd @ Shawmut Ave8 bus routes12 minthen 25 min
    7. Nubian15 bus routes14 minthen 27 min
    8. Warren St @ Dabney Pl5 bus routes1 minthen 18 min 1786 · On time
    9. Warren St @ Walnut Ave5 bus routes1 minthen 19 min
    10. Warren St opp Waverly St4 bus routes2 minthen 19 min
    11. Warren St opp Woodbine St4 bus routes3 minthen 20 min
    12. Warren St @ ML King Blvd4 bus routes3 minthen 20 min
    13. Warren St @ Townsend St5 bus routes4 minthen 21 min
    14. Warren St @ Waumbeck St5 bus routes5 minthen 22 min
    15. Warren St @ Brunswick St5 bus routes6 minthen 23 min
    16. Warren St @ Crawford St6 bus routes6 minthen 23 min
    17. Blue Hill Ave @ Wayne St5 bus routesNo more buses
    18. Blue Hill Ave @ Seaver St9 bus routesNo more buses
    19. Franklin Park Loop @ Zoo entrance6 bus routesNo more buses
    20. Washington St @ Blue Hill Ave4 bus routes8 minthen 25 min
    21. Washington St @ Jeremiah Burke HS1 bus routeDuethen 8 min
    22. Washington St @ Columbia Rd2 bus routesDuethen 9 min 1765 · 6 min late
    23. 9 stops
    24. Talbot Ave @ Dorchester Ave4 bus routes11 minthen 18 min
    25. AshmontRedM17 bus routesNo more buses
    1. AshmontRedM17 bus routes15 minthen 26 min
    2. Talbot Ave @ Dorchester Ave4 bus routesDuethen 16 min
    3. Talbot Ave @ Welles Ave2 bus routes1 minthen 17 min 1798 · On time
    4. 10 stops
    5. Washington St @ Blue Hill Ave4 bus routes9 minthen 26 min
    6. Warren St @ Sunderland St6 bus routes11 minthen 28 min
    7. Warren St @ Intervale St5 bus routes11 minthen 28 min
    8. Warren St @ Gaston St5 bus routes12 minthen 29 min
    9. Warren St @ Quincy St5 bus routes12 minthen 29 min
    10. Warren St @ Maywood St4 bus routes13 minthen 30 min
    11. Warren St @ Woodbine St4 bus routes14 minthen 31 min
    12. Warren St @ Waverly St4 bus routes14 minthen 31 min
    13. Warren St @ Whiting St5 bus routesDuethen 15 min
    14. Warren St @ Moreland St5 bus routesDuethen 16 min 1814 · 2 min early
    15. Warren St @ Kearsarge Ave5 bus routes1 minthen 17 min
    16. Nubian15 bus routes3 minthen 19 min
    17. Malcolm X Blvd @ Shawmut Ave8 bus routes5 minthen 20 min
    18. Malcolm X Blvd @ O'Bryant HS6 bus routes6 minthen 21 min
    19. Malcolm X Blvd @ Madison Park HS6 bus routes6 minthen 21 min
    20. Malcolm X Blvd @ Tremont St13 bus routes7 minthen 22 min
    21. Tremont St opp Prentiss St5 bus routes8 minthen 23 min
    22. RugglesOrangeCRCRCR20 bus routesNo more buses
    Live arrival Grey times are scheduled Not tracked: scheduled, but no bus is reporting Rail connection Stops between timepoints are grouped: tap to open

    Timetable

    Scheduled departures for any day MBTA has published. For live arrivals, use the diagram above.

    Sunday schedule Sun, Nov 1

    No scheduled departures here in this direction on this day.

    On-time performance

    How much of the time buses ran early, on time or late, hour by hour.

    75% on time today

    from 1,257 vehicle-minutes

    • On time
    • Late (over 5 min)
    • Early (over 1 min)
    • Fewer than 30 vehicle-minutes
    On time: no more than 1 min early or 5 min late, sampled once a minute from live positions. Use the left and right arrow keys to read each hour.
    Hour-by-hour numbers
    HourOn timeLateEarlyVehicle-minutesPrevious 0 days, on time
    6 PM52%40%8%96–
    7 PM73%21%6%374–
    8 PM73%10%17%345–
    9 PM85%0%15%294–
    10 PM79%6%15%148–

    Connections

    Rail lines and bus routes you can transfer to from route 23.

    Rail

    Orange Orange Line

    Transfer at Ruggles

     CR Franklin/Foxboro Line

    Transfer at Ruggles

     CR Needham Line

    Transfer at Ruggles

     CR Providence/Stoughton Line

    Transfer at Ruggles

     Red Red Line

    Transfer at Ashmont

     M Mattapan Line

    Transfer at Ashmont

    Bus

    And 28 more routes at stops along the way. 18Ashmont Station – Andrew Station47Central Square, Cambridge – Broadway StationOrange Line ShuttleSullivan Square – State9City Point – Copley Square21Ashmont Station – Forest Hills Station24Wakefield Avenue & Truman Parkway – Ashmont Station43Ruggles Station – Park Street Station65Brighton Center – Ruggles Station85Assembly Row – Ruggles Station215Quincy Center Station – Ashmont Station via West Quincy217Quincy Center Station – Ashmont Station240Avon Square – Ashmont StationCT3Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital – Andrew StationMattapan Line ShuttleMattapan – Ashmont (Shuttle)Red Line ShuttleQuincy Center – Broadway (Express)Red/Mattapan Line ShuttleMattapan – Jfk/UMass66Harvard Square – Nubian Station16Forest Hills Station – Andrew Station or Harbor Point32Wolcott Square – Forest Hills Station34Dedham Mall – Forest Hills Station36Millennium Park or VA Hospital – Forest Hills Station41Centre Street & Eliot Street – Jfk/UMass Station1Harvard Square – Nubian Station29Mattapan Station – Jackson Square Station42Forest Hills Station – Nubian Station171Logan Airport Terminals – Nubian StationSL4Nubian Station – South StationSL5Nubian Station – Temple Place

    About route 23

    Route 23 (Ashmont Station – Ruggles Station via Washington Street) is a MBTA bus route with 33 stops between Townsend St @ Warren St and Ashmont.

    Times with the live mark come from each bus's GPS and MBTA's real-time predictions. Times marked "Not tracked" are scheduled trips with no bus reporting. All other times are from MBTA's published schedule (feed Fall 2026, 2026-10-30T17:51:33+00:00, version D).

    How often does route 23 run?

    Limited service for most of the day on weekdays, based on the published schedule.

    When does route 23 start and stop?

    The first bus leaves around 5:00 AM and the last arrives around 2:40 AM.

    Where does route 23 connect with Subway or Commuter Rail?

    At Ruggles (Orange Line, Franklin/Foxboro Line, Needham Line, Providence/Stoughton Line); Ashmont (Red Line, Mattapan Line).

    What are timepoints?

    Timepoints are stops where the bus is scheduled to wait if it's running early; times at the stops between them are estimates. On long routes, the diagram shows timepoints, transfer stops and stops with a bus nearby, and groups the stops in between.