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Brighton Center – Federal Street & Franklin Street

Bus · Route 501

Downtown via Copley (Express) ↔ Brighton via Copley (Express)

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Live · as of 10:25 PM

Stops, live buses and next arrivals

Live data is delayed.
    1. Federal St @ Franklin St9 bus routesNo more buses
    2. Otis St @ Summer St12 bus routesNo more buses
    3. Chinatown Gate3 bus routesNo more buses
    4. Stuart St @ Charles St S4 bus routesNo more buses
    5. Saint James Ave @ Arlington St8 bus routesNo more buses
    6. Saint James Ave @ Berkeley St6 bus routesNo more buses
    7. Saint James Ave @ Dartmouth St18 bus routesNo more buses
    8. 4 stops
    9. Cambridge St @ N Beacon St3 bus routesNo more buses
    10. 4 stops
    11. Washington St @ Bacon St7 bus routesNo more buses
    12. 400 Centre St - East7 bus routesNo more buses
    13. 11 stops
    14. Washington St @ Chestnut Hill Ave3 bus routesNo more buses
    15. Washington St opp Waldo Terr3 bus routesNo more buses
    16. 7 Winship St3 bus routesNo more buses
    17. Winship St @ Union St3 bus routesNo more buses
    1. Winship St @ Union St3 bus routesNo more buses
    2. Cambridge St @ Washington St3 bus routesNo more buses
    3. Cambridge St opp Elko St2 bus routesNo more buses
    4. Cambridge St opp Dustin St2 bus routesNo more buses
    5. Cambridge St @ Gordon St2 bus routesNo more buses
    6. Cambridge St @ Barrows St3 bus routesNo more buses
    7. Cambridge St opp Hano St3 bus routesNo more buses
    8. Cambridge St @ Harvard Ave2 bus routesNo more buses
    9. Cambridge St @ N Harvard St2 bus routesNo more buses
    10. Washington St @ Waldo Terr2 bus routesNo more buses
    11. Washington St @ Market St2 bus routesNo more buses
    12. Washington St @ Foster St1 bus routeNo more buses
    13. Washington St @ Brock St1 bus routeNo more buses
    14. Washington St @ Oak Square Ave1 bus routeNo more buses
    15. Washington St @ Oak Sq2 bus routesNo more buses
    16. Tremont St @ Washington St1 bus routeNo more buses
    17. Tremont St opp Tremont Pl1 bus routeNo more buses
    18. Tremont St opp Cufflin St1 bus routeNo more buses
    19. Tremont St @ Whittemore Rd1 bus routeNo more buses
    20. Tremont St @ Waverley Ave1 bus routeNo more buses
    21. Tremont St @ Hibbard Rd1 bus routeNo more buses
    22. Park St @ Tremont St1 bus routeNo more buses
    23. Stuart St @ Dartmouth St9 bus routesNo more buses
    24. Kneeland St @ Washington St1 bus routeNo more buses
    25. Lincoln St @ Essex St2 bus routesNo more buses
    26. Federal St @ Franklin St9 bus routesNo more buses
    Live arrival Grey times are scheduled Not tracked: scheduled, but no bus is reporting Stops between timepoints are grouped: tap to open

    Timetable

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

    No service on this day Sun, Nov 1

    On-time performance

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

    No on-time data for route 501 yet.

    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 501.

    And 20 more routes at stops along the way. 39Forest Hills Station – Back Bay Station9City Point – Copley Square10City Point – Arlington Station55West Fenway – Arlington StationGreen Line ShuttleUnion Square – North Station52Dedham Mall – Watertown Yard553Roberts – Newton Corner554Waverley Square – Newton Corner556Waltham Highlands – Newton Corner558Riverside Station – Newton CornerGreen Line B ShuttleWashington Street – KenmoreGreen Line C ShuttleSaint Mary's Street – KenmoreGreen Line D ShuttleWoodland – Copley via Riverside (Express)Green Line E ShuttleMedford/Tufts – North Station11City Point – Chauncy Street & Summer Street15Fields Corner Station – Ruggles Station43Ruggles Station – Park Street StationOrange Line ShuttleSullivan Square – StateSL4Nubian Station – South StationWorcester Line ShuttleBoston Landing – South Station (Express)

    About route 501

    Route 501 (Brighton Center – Federal Street & Franklin Street) is a MBTA bus route with 33 stops between Federal St @ Franklin St and Brighton via Copley (Express).

    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.