70

Market Place Drive or Waltham Center – University Park

Bus · Route 70

University Park ↔ Waltham Center

1 alert Every 20–21 min 6:00 AM – 1:31 AM 5 buses live
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Live · as of 10:25 PM

Stops, live buses and next arrivals

Service alertMain St opp Green St (outbound) will be closed from Sunday, November 1 to Friday, November 13 every day between 7:00 PM and 6:00 AM due to construction. The closest stops with Route 70 outbound service are Main St @ Thaxter St and Main St @ Waverley Ave.
Live data is delayed.
    1. Franklin St @ Sidney St15 minthen 33 min
    2. Green St @ Pearl St11 bus routes17 minthen 34 min
    3. Green St @ Magazine St9 bus routes18 minthen 35 min
    4. Western Ave @ Green St4 bus routes18 minthen 35 min
    5. Western Ave @ Kinnaird St1 bus route1 minthen 19 min 1982 · 2 min late
    6. 28 stops
    7. Main St @ Warren St - Waltham LineDuethen 23 min 2023 · On time
    8. 6 stops
    9. Carter St opp Waltham Station7 bus routes7 minthen 47 min
    10. Elm St @ Main St5 bus routes8 minthen 48 min
    11. 691 Main St3 bus routes10 minthen 50 min
    12. Main St @ Exchange St3 bus routes10 minthen 50 min
    13. 12 stops
    14. Moody St @ Main St3 bus routes29 minthen 11:27 PM
    15. Carter St @ Waltham Station7 bus routesNo more buses
    1. Weston St @ Cedarwood AveNo more buses
    2. Stow St @ Tavern RdNo more buses
    3. Main St @ Stow StNo more buses
    4. Main Shopping Center @ Market Basket24 minthen 11:30 PM
    5. 7 stops
    6. Main St @ Daniels Ct3 bus routes30 minthen 11:36 PM
    7. Moody St @ Main St3 bus routes30 minthen 11:36 PM
    8. Carter St @ Waltham Station7 bus routes11 minthen 31 min 1933 · On time
    9. Elm St @ Main St5 bus routes12 minthen 31 min
    10. 11 stops
    11. Main St @ French StDuethen 17 min 1984 · On time
    12. 21 stops
    13. River St @ Green St4 bus routes24 minthen 40 min
    14. Massachusetts Ave @ Pearl St11 bus routesDuethen 25 min 2057 · 5 min early
    15. Green St @ Magazine St9 bus routesNo more buses
    16. Massachusetts Ave @ Sidney St1 bus route2 minthen 26 min
    17. Franklin St @ Sidney StNo 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.

    Sunday schedule Sun, Nov 1

    6 AM
    002040
    7 AM
    002040
    8 AM
    002040
    9 AM
    0010203547
    10 AM
    05183248
    11 AM
    062543
    12 PM
    00153555
    1 PM
    153555
    2 PM
    102545
    3 PM
    052545
    4 PM
    052545
    5 PM
    002040
    6 PM
    00133455
    7 PM
    1739
    8 PM
    012345
    9 PM
    052141
    10 PM
    0121next 4159
    11 PM
    153757
    After midnight · Mon, Nov 2
    12 AM
    173755

    On-time performance

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

    67% on time today

    from 1,282 vehicle-minutes

    • 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 PM63%26%11%101–
    7 PM63%23%14%362–
    8 PM63%28%9%320–
    9 PM75%19%6%356–
    10 PM70%0%30%143–

    About route 70

    Route 70 (Market Place Drive or Waltham Center – University Park) is a MBTA bus route with 58 stops between Franklin St @ Sidney St and Waltham Center.

    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 70 run?

    Every 20–21 min for most of the day on weekdays, based on the published schedule.

    When does route 70 start and stop?

    The first bus leaves around 6:00 AM and the last arrives around 1:31 AM.

    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.