51

Reservoir Station – Forest Hills Station

Bus · Route 51

Forest Hills ↔ Reservoir

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Service alertForest Hills Elevator 841 (Commuter Rail platform to lobby) is unavailable.
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    1. Forest HillsOrangeCRCRCR23 bus routesNo more buses
    2. 3867 Washington St opp Tollgate Way9 bus routesNo more buses
    3. Washington St @ Lochdale Rd9 bus routesNo more buses
    4. Washington St @ Archdale Rd9 bus routesNo more buses
    5. Washington St @ Mosgrove Ave9 bus routesNo more buses
    6. Washington St opp Granfield Ave9 bus routesNo more buses
    7. Washington St @ South St9 bus routesNo more buses
    8. South St @ Taft Hill Terr9 bus routesNo more buses
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    10. 35 stops
    11. ReservoirD15 bus routesNo more buses
    1. ReservoirD15 bus routesNo more buses
    2. 36 stops
    3. Corinth St @ Cohasset St10 bus routesNo more buses
    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 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.

    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 51 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

    Rail lines and bus routes you can transfer to from route 51.

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    And 11 more routes at stops along the way. Needham Line ShuttleNewton Highlands – Forest Hills16Forest Hills Station – Andrew Station or Harbor Point21Ashmont Station – Forest Hills Station31Mattapan Station – Forest Hills Station via Morton Street32Wolcott Square – Forest Hills Station42Forest Hills Station – Nubian Station86Harvard Square – Reservoir StationGreen Line D ShuttleWoodland – Copley via Riverside (Express)Orange Line ShuttleSullivan Square – State14Roslindale Square – Heath Street60Chestnut Hill – Kenmore Station

    About route 51

    Route 51 (Reservoir Station – Forest Hills Station) is a MBTA bus route with 45 stops between Forest Hills and Reservoir.

    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).

    Where does route 51 connect with Subway or Commuter Rail?

    At Forest Hills (Orange Line, Franklin/Foxboro Line, Needham Line, Providence/Stoughton Line); Reservoir (Green Line 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.