Waltham Highlands – Newton Corner
Bus · Route 556
Newton Corner ↔ Waltham Highlands
Stops, live buses and next arrivals
- Washington St @ Bacon StNo more buses
- Washington St @ Hovey StNo more buses
- Washington St @ Jewett StNo more buses
- Washington St @ Adams StNo more buses
- Washington St @ Craft StNo more buses
- Washington St @ Court StNo more buses
- Walnut St @ Washington StNo more buses
14 stops
- Walnut St @ Page Rd
- Walnut St @ Watertown St
- Walnut St @ Linwood Ave
- Crafts St @ California St
- Crafts St @ Albemarle Rd
- Crafts St @ Harding St
- Waltham St @ Lodge Rd
- Waltham St @ Hazelhurst Ave
- High St opp Hamblin Rd
- High St @ Cedar St
- High St @ Pamenter Rd
- High St @ Newton St
- High St @ Gardner St
- High St @ Hall St
- High St @ Moody StNo more buses
- Crescent St @ Maple StNo more buses
- Crescent St @ Walnut StNo more buses
- Crescent St @ Spruce StNo more buses
- Moody St @ Pine StNo more buses
- Moody St @ Carter StNo more buses
- Carter St @ Waltham StationNo more buses
- Elm St @ Main StNo more buses
- Tomlin St @ Summit StNo more buses
- Tomlin St @ Summit StNo more buses
- Main St @ Daniels CtNo more buses
- Elm St @ Main StNo more buses
- Carter St opp Waltham StationNo more buses
- Crescent St @ Moody StNo more buses
- Crescent St opp Spruce StNo more buses
- 113 Crescent StNo more buses
- Maple St @ Crescent StNo more buses
- Maple St @ Moody StNo more buses
- Washington St @ Walnut StNo more buses
- Washington St @ Harvard StNo more buses
- Washington St opp Crafts StNo more buses
- Washington St @ Lewis TerrNo more buses
- Washington St @ Jewett StNo more buses
- Washington St @ Church StNo more buses
- 400 Centre St - WestNo more buses
- Washington St @ Bacon StNo 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 556.
- 553Roberts – Newton CornerAt Washington St @ Bacon St and 28 more stops
- 554Waverley Square – Newton CornerAt Washington St @ Bacon St and 28 more stops
- 558Riverside Station – Newton CornerAt Washington St @ Bacon St and 17 more stops
- 52Dedham Mall – Watertown YardAt Washington St @ Bacon St and 1 more stops
- 57Watertown Yard – Kenmore StationAt Washington St @ Bacon St and 1 more stops
- 501Brighton Center – Federal Street & Franklin StreetAt Washington St @ Bacon St and 1 more stops
- 504Watertown Yard – Federal Street & Franklin StreetAt Washington St @ Bacon St and 1 more stops
- 505Waltham Center – Federal Street & Franklin StreetAt High St @ Moody St and 13 more stops
- 61North Waltham – Waltham CenterAt Moody St @ Carter St and 5 more stops
- 70Market Place Drive or Waltham Center – University ParkAt Moody St @ Carter St and 5 more stops
And 2 more routes at stops along the way. 59Needham Junction – Watertown SquareFitchburg Line ShuttleWachusett – Shirley
About route 556
Route 556 (Waltham Highlands – Newton Corner) is a MBTA bus route with 37 stops between Washington St @ Bacon St and Waltham Highlands.
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.