Needham Heights – Forest Hills
Bus · Route Needham Line Shuttle
Forest Hills (Shuttle) ↔ Needham Heights (Shuttle)
Stops, live buses and next arrivals
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
Rail lines and bus routes you can transfer to from route Needham Line Shuttle.
Rail
Transfer at Forest Hills
CR Franklin/Foxboro LineTransfer at Forest Hills
CR Needham LineTransfer at 8 stops: Forest Hills, Bellevue, Highland…
CR Providence/Stoughton LineTransfer at Forest Hills
Bus
- Needham Line ShuttleNewton Highlands – Forest HillsAt Forest Hills and 6 more stops
- 37Baker Street & Vermont Street – Forest Hills StationAt Forest Hills and 4 more stops
- 35Dedham Mall or Stimson Street – Forest Hills StationAt Forest Hills and 3 more stops
- 36Millennium Park or VA Hospital – Forest Hills StationAt Forest Hills and 3 more stops
- 51Reservoir Station – Forest Hills StationAt Forest Hills and 2 more stops
- 59Needham Junction – Watertown SquareAt Needham Center and 1 more stops
- 14Roslindale Square – Heath StreetAt Roslindale Village and 1 more stops
- 16Forest Hills Station – Andrew Station or Harbor PointAt Forest Hills
- 21Ashmont Station – Forest Hills StationAt Forest Hills
- 30Mattapan Station – Forest Hills Station via Cummins Highway and Roslindale SquareAt Forest Hills
And 10 more routes at stops along the way. 31Mattapan Station – Forest Hills Station via Morton Street32Wolcott Square – Forest Hills Station34Dedham Mall – Forest Hills Station34EWalpole Center – Forest Hills Station38Wren Street – Forest Hills Station39Forest Hills Station – Back Bay Station40Georgetowne – Forest Hills Station42Forest Hills Station – Nubian Station50Cleary Square – Forest Hills StationOrange Line ShuttleSullivan Square – State
About route Needham Line Shuttle
Route Needham Line Shuttle (Needham Heights – Forest Hills) is a MBTA bus route with 9 stops between Forest Hills and Needham Heights (Shuttle).
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 Needham Line Shuttle connect with Subway or Commuter Rail?
At Forest Hills (Orange Line, Franklin/Foxboro Line, Needham Line, Providence/Stoughton Line); Bellevue (Needham Line); Highland (Needham Line); West Roxbury (Needham Line); Hersey (Needham Line); Needham Junction (Needham Line); Needham Center (Needham Line); Needham Heights (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.