Forest Hills – Back Bay (ViaRugglesBusway)
Bus · Route Orange Line Shuttle
Back Bay (ViaRugglesBusway Shuttle) ↔ Forest Hills (ViaRugglesBusway Shuttle)
Stops, live buses and next arrivals
- Dartmouth St @ Back Bay StaNo more buses
- Massachusetts Avenue - Columbus Ave @ Northampton StNo more buses
- Ruggles - Columbus Ave @ Melnea Cass BlvdNo more buses
- Tremont St @ Roxbury Crossing StationNo more buses
- Jackson Square - Columbus Ave @ Centre StNo more buses
- Stony Brook - Amory St @ Boylston StNo more buses
- Green Street - Amory St @ Green StNo more buses
- Forest HillsNo more buses
- Forest HillsNo more buses
- Green Street - Amory St @ Green StNo more buses
- Stony Brook - Boylston St @ Stony BrookNo more buses
- Jackson Square - Centre St opp Jackson Square BuswayNo more buses
- Columbus Ave @ Malcolm X BlvdNo more buses
- RugglesNo more buses
- Massachusetts Avenue - Columbus Ave @ Massachusetts AveNo more buses
- Dartmouth St @ Back Bay StaNo 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
Rail lines and bus routes you can transfer to from route Orange Line Shuttle.
Rail
Transfer at Forest Hills
CR Franklin/Foxboro LineTransfer at Forest Hills
CR Needham LineTransfer at Forest Hills
CR Providence/Stoughton LineTransfer at Forest Hills
Bus
- Orange Line ShuttleSullivan Square – StateAt Dartmouth St @ Back Bay Sta and 12 more stops
- 19Fields Corner Station – Kenmore or Ruggles StationAt Ruggles - Columbus Ave @ Melnea Cass Blvd and 3 more stops
- 22Ashmont Station – Ruggles Station via Talbot AvenueAt Tremont St @ Roxbury Crossing Station and 3 more stops
- 44Jackson Square Station – Ruggles StationAt Jackson Square - Centre St opp Jackson Square Busway and 2 more stops
- 8Harbor Point – Kenmore StationAt Ruggles - Columbus Ave @ Melnea Cass Blvd and 1 more stops
- 15Fields Corner Station – Ruggles StationAt Columbus Ave @ Malcolm X Blvd and 1 more stops
- 23Ashmont Station – Ruggles Station via Washington StreetAt Columbus Ave @ Malcolm X Blvd and 1 more stops
- 28Mattapan Station – Ruggles StationAt Columbus Ave @ Malcolm X Blvd and 1 more stops
- 43Ruggles Station – Park Street StationAt Ruggles - Columbus Ave @ Melnea Cass Blvd and 1 more stops
- 45Franklin Park – Ruggles StationAt Columbus Ave @ Malcolm X Blvd and 1 more stops
And 29 more routes at stops along the way. 47Central Square, Cambridge – Broadway Station65Brighton Center – Ruggles Station66Harvard Square – Nubian Station85Assembly Row – Ruggles StationCT3Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital – Andrew Station9City Point – Copley Square10City Point – Arlington Station14Roslindale Square – Heath Street16Forest Hills Station – Andrew Station or Harbor Point21Ashmont Station – Forest Hills Station29Mattapan Station – Jackson Square Station30Mattapan Station – Forest Hills Station via Cummins Highway and Roslindale Square31Mattapan Station – Forest Hills Station via Morton Street32Wolcott Square – Forest Hills Station34Dedham Mall – Forest Hills Station34EWalpole Center – Forest Hills Station35Dedham Mall or Stimson Street – Forest Hills Station36Millennium Park or VA Hospital – Forest Hills Station37Baker Street & Vermont Street – Forest Hills Station38Wren Street – Forest Hills Station39Forest Hills Station – Back Bay Station40Georgetowne – Forest Hills Station41Centre Street & Eliot Street – Jfk/UMass Station42Forest Hills Station – Nubian Station50Cleary Square – Forest Hills Station51Reservoir Station – Forest Hills StationGreen Line ShuttleUnion Square – North StationNeedham Line ShuttleNewton Highlands – Forest HillsWorcester Line ShuttleBoston Landing – South Station (Express)
About route Orange Line Shuttle
Route Orange Line Shuttle (Forest Hills – Back Bay (ViaRugglesBusway)) is a MBTA bus route with 8 stops between Dartmouth St @ Back Bay Sta and Forest Hills (ViaRugglesBusway 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 Orange Line Shuttle connect with Subway or Commuter Rail?
At Forest Hills (Orange Line, Franklin/Foxboro Line, Needham Line, Providence/Stoughton 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.