North Station – Design Center
Bus · Route 4
Design Center ↔ North Station via South Station
Stops, live buses and next arrivals
- Drydock Ave @ Design Center PlaceNo more buses
- Northern Ave @ Tide StNo more buses
- Northern Ave opp Harbor StNo more buses
- Seaport Blvd @ Pier 4 BlvdNo more buses
- Seaport Blvd @ Fan Pier BlvdNo more buses
- Purchase St @ Pearl StNo more buses
- Pearl St @ High StNo more buses
- Pearl St @ Congress StNo more buses
- Congress St @ State StNo more buses
- Congress St @ North StNo more buses
- Congress St @ Haymarket StaNo more buses
- Portland St @ Causeway StNo more buses
- Summer St @ Drydock AveNo more buses
- Summer St @ D StNo more buses
- Summer St @ WTC AveNo more buses
- 400 Summer StNo more buses
- Summer St opp Melcher StNo more buses
- Summer St @ Atlantic AveNo more buses
- Atlantic Ave @ Congress StNo more buses
- Atlantic Ave @ Seaport Blvd.No more buses
- Atlantic Ave @ Rowes WharfNo more buses
- Atlantic Ave @ State StNo more buses
- Atlantic Ave @ Atlantic AveNo more buses
- Commercial St @ Hanover StNo more buses
- Commercial St opp Hull StNo more buses
- Causeway St @ North StationNo more buses
- Portland St @ Causeway StNo more buses
- Causeway St @ Medford StNo more buses
- Commercial St @ Battery StNo more buses
- Commercial St @ Fleet StNo more buses
- Atlantic Ave @ Commercial WharfNo more buses
- Atlantic Ave @ Central StNo more buses
- Purchase St @ Pearl StNo more buses
- Summer St @ South Station - Red Line entranceNo more buses
- Summer St @ Melcher StNo more buses
- 350 Summer StNo more buses
- Summer St opp WTC AveNo more buses
- Drydock Ave @ Design Center PlaceNo more buses
- Causeway St @ North StationNo more buses
- Congress St @ Sudbury StNo more buses
- Congress St opp North StNo more buses
- Devonshire St @ Water StNo more buses
- Congress St @ Franklin StNo more buses
- Atlantic Ave @ Congress StNo more buses
- Seaport Blvd @ Sleeper StNo more buses
- Northern Ave @ D StNo more buses
- Northern Ave @ Harbor StNo more buses
- Northern Ave @ Tide StNo more buses
- Drydock Ave @ Harbor StNo more buses
- Summer St @ Drydock AveNo more buses
Timetable
Scheduled departures for any day MBTA has published. For live arrivals, use the diagram above.
No service on this day Sun, Nov 1
Still to come from last night's schedule:
On-time performance
How much of the time buses ran early, on time or late, hour by hour.
It builds up from live positions while buses are running. On time: no more than 1 min early or 5 min late, sampled once a minute from live positions.
Connections
Bus routes you can transfer to from route 4.
- 7City Point – Otis Street & Summer StreetAt Summer St @ Drydock Ave and 10 more stops
- SL2Design Center – South StationAt Drydock Ave @ Design Center Place and 6 more stops
- Orange Line ShuttleSullivan Square – StateAt Causeway St @ North Station and 4 more stops
- Green Line ShuttleUnion Square – North StationAt Causeway St @ North Station and 3 more stops
- Haverhill Line ShuttleReading – Oak GroveAt Causeway St @ North Station and 1 more stops
- Newburyport/Rockport Line ShuttleSwampscott – North Station (Limited)At Causeway St @ North Station and 1 more stops
- Red Line ShuttleQuincy Center – Broadway (Express)At Pearl St @ Congress St and 9 more stops
- 15Fields Corner Station – Ruggles StationAt Pearl St @ Congress St and 6 more stops
- 39Forest Hills Station – Back Bay StationAt Pearl St @ Congress St and 6 more stops
- 57Watertown Yard – Kenmore StationAt Pearl St @ Congress St and 6 more stops
And 24 more routes at stops along the way. 92Sullivan Square Station – Downtown via Main Street93Sullivan Square Station – Downtown via Bunker Hill StreetBlue Line ShuttleWonderland – Suffolk Downs116Wonderland Station – Maverick Station354North Burlington – State Street, BostonSL1Logan Airport Terminals – South StationSL3Chelsea Station – South StationSLWSilver Line Way – South Station11City Point – Chauncy Street & Summer Street426Central Square, Lynn – Haymarket or Wonderland Station428Oaklandvale – Haymarket Station450Salem Depot – Wonderland or Haymarket StationCommuter Rail ShuttleBraintree – South Station (Express)Fairmount Line ShuttleReadville – South StationFranklin Line ShuttleForge Park/495 – WalpoleGreen Line E ShuttleMedford/Tufts – North StationKingston Line ShuttleSouth Weymouth – South StationWorcester Line ShuttleBoston Landing – South Station (Express)89/93Clarendon Hill – Haymarket Station111Woodlawn – Haymarket Station501Brighton Center – Federal Street & Franklin Street504Watertown Yard – Federal Street & Franklin Street505Waltham Center – Federal Street & Franklin StreetCharlestown FerryCharlestown Ferry
About route 4
Route 4 (North Station – Design Center) is a MBTA bus route with 26 stops between Drydock Ave @ Design Center Place and North Station via South Station.
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).
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.