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Forest Hills Station – Back Bay Station

Bus · Route 39

Back Bay ↔ Forest Hills

2 alerts Every 13–15 min 5:44 AM – 1:23 AM 6 buses live
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Live · as of 10:25 PM

Stops, live buses and next arrivals

2 service alertsBack Bay Elevator 854 (Commuter Rail track 2 to lobby) is unavailable.
Live data is delayed.
  • Not tracked · to Forest Hills
  1. Congress St @ Haymarket Sta25 bus routesNo more buses
  2. Tremont St @ Beacon St2 bus routesNo more buses
  3. Tremont St opp Temple Pl12 bus routesNo more buses
  4. Tremont St @ Boylston Station6 bus routesNo more buses
  5. Stuart St @ Charles St S4 bus routesNo more buses
  6. Saint James Ave @ Arlington St8 bus routesNo more buses
  7. Ave Louis Pasteur @ Longwood Ave10 bus routesNo more buses
  8. Back BayOrangeCRCRCRCRCR4 minthen 19 min
  9. Saint James Ave @ Berkeley St6 bus routes6 minthen 21 min
  10. Saint James Ave @ Dartmouth St18 bus routes7 minthen 22 min
  11. Huntington Ave @ Belvidere St5 bus routes2 minthen 3 min 1264 · On time1250 · 7 min late
  12. Huntington Ave @ Gainsborough St3 bus routes3 minthen 5 min
  13. Huntington Ave @ Opera Pl3 bus routes4 minthen 6 min
  14. Huntington Ave @ Forsyth Way3 bus routes5 minthen 7 min
  15. Huntington Ave @ Louis Prang St9 bus routes6 minthen 8 min
  16. Huntington Ave @ Longwood Ave7 bus routes10 minthen 16 min
  17. 677 Huntington Ave4 bus routes11 minthen 17 min
  18. Huntington Ave @ Fenwood Rd5 bus routes12 minthen 18 min
  19. 835 Huntington Ave opp Parker Hill Ave5 bus routes13 minthen 19 min
  20. S Huntington Ave @ Huntington Ave5 bus routes14 minthen 20 min
  21. 105 S Huntington Ave4 bus routes15 minthen 21 min
  22. 3 stops
  23. Centre St @ Moraine St3 bus routes19 minthen 25 min
  24. Centre St @ Lochstead Ave3 bus routes20 minthen 26 min
  25. Centre St @ Myrtle St3 bus routes21 minthen 27 min
  26. Centre St @ Burroughs St3 bus routes21 minthen 27 min
  27. 775 Centre St4 bus routesDueNot trackedthen 22 min
  28. 3 stops
  29. Forest HillsOrangeCRCRCR23 bus routesNo more buses
  30. Forest HillsOrangeCRCRCR23 bus routesNo more buses 1265 · 8 min late
  1. Centre St @ Ballard St2 bus routesNo more buses
  2. Hyde Park Ave @ Oak St3 bus routesNo more buses
  3. 14 stops
  4. Washington St @ Cummins Hwy10 bus routesNo more buses
  5. Washington St @ Firth Rd9 bus routesNo more buses
  6. Washington St @ Granfield Ave9 bus routesNo more buses
  7. Washington St @ Whipple Ave9 bus routesNo more buses
  8. Washington St @ Archdale Rd9 bus routesNo more buses
  9. Washington St @ Aldwin Rd9 bus routesNo more buses
  10. Washington St @ Tollgate Way9 bus routesNo more buses
  11. Forest HillsOrangeCRCRCR23 bus routes5 minthen 20 min
  12. 3 stops
  13. Centre St @ Seaverns Ave3 bus routes8 minthen 23 min
  14. Centre St @ Saint John St2 bus routes8 minthen 23 min
  15. Centre St opp Beaufort Rd3 bus routes8 minthen 23 min
  16. Centre St @ Roseway St3 bus routes9 minthen 24 min
  17. 3 stops
  18. 100 S Huntington Ave4 bus routes11 minthen 26 min
  19. S Huntington Ave @ Huntington Ave5 bus routes12 minthen 27 min
  20. Huntington Ave @ Parker Hill Ave5 bus routes13 minthen 28 min
  21. Huntington Ave opp Fenwood Rd5 bus routes14 minthen 29 min
  22. Tremont St opp Wigglesworth St2 bus routesNo more buses
  23. Ave Louis Pasteur @ Longwood Ave10 bus routesNo more buses
  24. Huntington Ave @ Wigglesworth St4 bus routesDuethen 15 min 1269 · On time
  25. Huntington Ave @ Longwood Ave7 bus routes1 minthen 16 min
  26. Huntington Ave @ Ruggles St11 bus routes2 minthen 17 min
  27. Huntington Ave @ Parker St3 bus routes3 minthen 17 min
  28. 360 Huntington Ave3 bus routes4 minthen 18 min
  29. Huntington Ave @ Gainsborough St3 bus routes5 minthen 19 min
  30. Huntington Ave @ Prudential Station3 bus routes7 minthen 21 min
  31. Ring Rd @ Boylston St1 bus routeDuethen 9 min
  32. Boylston St @ Dartmouth St18 bus routes1 minthen 10 min 1254 · On time
  33. Boylston St @ Clarendon St7 bus routesDuethen 1 min
  34. Boylston St @ Berkeley St4 bus routesNo more buses
  35. Chauncy St @ Summer St12 bus routesNo more buses
  36. Milk St @ Devonshire St4 bus routesNo more buses
  37. Pearl St @ Congress St9 bus routesNo more buses
  38. Congress St @ State St11 bus routesNo more buses
  39. Congress St @ North St11 bus routesNo more buses
  40. Congress St @ Haymarket Sta25 bus routesNo more buses
  41. Back BayOrangeCRCRCRCRCRNo more buses 1263 · 5 min late
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.

49% on time today

from 1,159 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 PM35%50%15%107–
7 PM39%54%6%323–
8 PM46%53%1%310–
9 PM61%38%1%292–
10 PM64%34%2%127–

Connections

Rail lines and bus routes you can transfer to from route 39.

Rail

Orange Orange Line

Transfer at Back Bay and Forest Hills

 CR Framingham/Worcester Line

Transfer at Back Bay

 CR Franklin/Foxboro Line

Transfer at Back Bay and Forest Hills

 CR Needham Line

Transfer at Back Bay and Forest Hills

 CR Providence/Stoughton Line

Transfer at Back Bay and Forest Hills

 CR Foxboro Event Service

Transfer at Back Bay

Bus

And 48 more routes at stops along the way. 15Fields Corner Station – Ruggles Station34Dedham Mall – Forest Hills Station34EWalpole Center – Forest Hills Station37Baker Street & Vermont Street – Forest Hills Station40Georgetowne – Forest Hills Station51Reservoir Station – Forest Hills StationGreen Line ShuttleUnion Square – North StationRed Line ShuttleQuincy Center – Broadway (Express)92Sullivan Square Station – Downtown via Main Street93Sullivan Square Station – Downtown via Bunker Hill Street4North Station – Design Center28Mattapan Station – Ruggles Station8Harbor Point – Kenmore Station19Fields Corner Station – Kenmore or Ruggles Station47Central Square, Cambridge – Broadway StationCT3Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital – Andrew Station22Ashmont Station – Ruggles Station via Talbot Avenue16Forest Hills Station – Andrew Station or Harbor Point21Ashmont Station – Forest Hills Station31Mattapan Station – Forest Hills Station via Morton Street33River Street & Milton Street – Mattapan Station42Forest Hills Station – Nubian Station89/93Clarendon Hill – Haymarket Station111Woodlawn – Haymarket Station116Wonderland Station – Maverick Station354North Burlington – State Street, Boston426Central Square, Lynn – Haymarket or Wonderland Station428Oaklandvale – Haymarket Station450Salem Depot – Wonderland or Haymarket StationBlue Line ShuttleWonderland – Suffolk DownsNeedham Line ShuttleNewton Highlands – Forest Hills41Centre Street & Eliot Street – Jfk/UMass Station14Roslindale Square – Heath Street55West Fenway – Arlington Station10City Point – Arlington Station66Harvard Square – Nubian Station501Brighton Center – Federal Street & Franklin Street504Watertown Yard – Federal Street & Franklin Street43Ruggles Station – Park Street Station65Brighton Center – Ruggles Station85Assembly Row – Ruggles StationGreen Line D ShuttleWoodland – Copley via Riverside (Express)Green Line B ShuttleWashington Street – KenmoreGreen Line C ShuttleSaint Mary's Street – KenmoreSL5Nubian Station – Temple Place7City Point – Otis Street & Summer Street11City Point – Chauncy Street & Summer Street505Waltham Center – Federal Street & Franklin Street

About route 39

Route 39 (Forest Hills Station – Back Bay Station) is a MBTA bus route with 34 stops between Congress St @ Haymarket Sta and Forest Hills.

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 39 run?

Every 13–15 min for most of the day on weekdays, based on the published schedule.

When does route 39 start and stop?

The first bus leaves around 5:44 AM and the last arrives around 1:23 AM.

Where does route 39 connect with Subway or Commuter Rail?

At Back Bay (Orange Line, Framingham/Worcester Line, Franklin/Foxboro Line, Needham Line, Providence/Stoughton Line, Foxboro Event Service); Forest Hills (Orange Line, Franklin/Foxboro Line, Needham Line, Providence/Stoughton 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.