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Needham Junction – Watertown Square

Bus · Route 59

Watertown Square via Needham St ↔ Needham Junction via Needham St

No live vehicles Limited service 7:05 AM – 6:55 PM 0 buses live
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Live · as of 10:25 PM

Stops, live buses and next arrivals

Live data is delayed.
    1. Watertown Sq Terminal2 bus routesNo more buses
    2. 23 stops
    3. Newton HighlandsD14 bus routesNo more buses
    4. 69 Lincoln StNo more buses
    5. Lincoln St @ Bowdoin StNo more buses
    6. Lincoln St @ Woodward St8 bus routesNo more buses
    7. 32 stops
    8. Needham JunctionCR1 bus routeNo more buses
    1. Needham JunctionCR1 bus routeNo more buses
    2. 25 stops
    3. Lincoln St @ Woodward St8 bus routesNo more buses
    4. 8 stops
    5. Newton HighlandsD14 bus routesNo more buses
    6. 12 stops
    7. Walnut St @ Newtonville Ave3 bus routesNo more buses
    8. Walnut St @ Washington St3 bus routesNo more buses
    9. 12 stops
    10. Watertown Sq Terminal2 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.

    Sunday schedule Sun, Nov 1

    7 AM
    05
    8 AM
    35
    10 AM
    05
    11 AM
    35
    1 PM
    05
    2 PM
    35
    4 PM
    05
    5 PM
    35

    On-time performance

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

    Too little data yet today

    23 vehicle-minutes so far, 60 needed

    • 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 PM31%69%0%16 (Fewer than 30 vehicle-minutes)–
    7 PM0%100%0%7 (Fewer than 30 vehicle-minutes)–

    Connections

    Rail lines and bus routes you can transfer to from route 59.

    Rail

    D Green Line D

    Transfer at Newton Highlands

     CR Needham Line

    Transfer at Needham Junction

    Bus

    About route 59

    Route 59 (Needham Junction – Watertown Square) is a MBTA bus route with 61 stops between Watertown Sq Terminal and Needham Junction via Needham St.

    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 59 run?

    Limited service for most of the day on weekdays, based on the published schedule.

    When does route 59 start and stop?

    The first bus leaves around 7:05 AM and the last arrives around 6:55 PM.

    Where does route 59 connect with Subway or Commuter Rail?

    At Newton Highlands (Green Line D); Needham Junction (Needham 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.