Nubian Station – Temple Place
Bus rapid transit · Route SL5
Downtown ↔ Nubian
Stops, live buses and next arrivals
- Not tracked · to Nubian
- Temple Pl @ Washington St5 minNot trackedthen 9 min
- Tremont St @ Boylston Station6 minNot trackedthen 10 min
- Washington St @ Tufts Med Ctr8 minNot trackedthen 12 min
- Washington St @ Herald St10 minNot trackedthen 14 min
- Washington St @ E Berkeley St11 minNot trackedthen 15 min
- Washington St @ W Dedham St13 minNot trackedthen 17 min
- Washington St @ W Newton St14 minNot trackedthen 18 min
- Washington St @ Worcester St15 minNot trackedthen 19 min
- Washington St @ Massachusetts Ave16 minNot trackedthen 20 min
- Washington St @ Lenox St17 minNot trackedthen 21 min
- Washington St @ Melnea Cass BlvdDueNot trackedthen 18 min Not tracked
- NubianNo more buses
- NubianDuethen 16 min 1283 · 2 min late
- Washington St @ Melnea Cass Blvd - Silver Line2 minthen 18 min
- Washington St @ Lenox St2 minthen 18 min
- Washington St @ Massachusetts Ave3 minthen 19 min
- Washington St @ Worcester St4 minthen 20 min
- Washington St @ E Newton St4 minthen 20 min
- Washington St @ Union Pk6 minthen 22 min
- Washington St @ E Berkeley StDuethen 7 min 1288 · 4 min late
- Washington St @ Herald St2 minthen 8 min
- Washington St @ Tufts Med Ctr2 minthen 9 min
- Washington St @ Essex St5 minthen 11 min
- Temple Pl @ Washington StNo more buses 1278 · 8 min late1282 · 8 min early
Timetable
Scheduled departures for any day MBTA has published. For live arrivals, use the diagram above.
Sunday schedule 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.
85% on time today
from 1,006 vehicle-minutes
- On time
- Late (over 5 min)
- Early (over 1 min)
- Fewer than 30 vehicle-minutes
Hour-by-hour numbers
| Hour | On time | Late | Early | Vehicle-minutes | Previous 0 days, on time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 PM | 68% | 33% | 0% | 80 | – |
| 7 PM | 84% | 16% | 0% | 309 | – |
| 8 PM | 96% | 3% | 1% | 287 | – |
| 9 PM | 90% | 6% | 4% | 230 | – |
| 10 PM | 56% | 19% | 25% | 100 | – |
Connections
Bus routes you can transfer to from the Nubian Station – Temple Place.
- 15Fields Corner Station – Ruggles StationAt Temple Pl @ Washington St and 14 more stops
- SL4Nubian Station – South StationAt Nubian and 13 more stops
- 8Harbor Point – Kenmore StationAt Nubian and 8 more stops
- 1Harvard Square – Nubian StationAt Nubian and 2 more stops
- 19Fields Corner Station – Kenmore or Ruggles StationAt Nubian and 2 more stops
- 47Central Square, Cambridge – Broadway StationAt Nubian and 2 more stops
- 39Forest Hills Station – Back Bay StationAt Temple Pl @ Washington St and 1 more stops
- 43Ruggles Station – Park Street StationAt Temple Pl @ Washington St and 1 more stops
- 57Watertown Yard – Kenmore StationAt Temple Pl @ Washington St and 1 more stops
- 171Logan Airport Terminals – Nubian StationAt Nubian and 1 more stops
And 15 more routes at stops along the way. Green Line E ShuttleMedford/Tufts – North StationGreen Line ShuttleUnion Square – North Station14Roslindale Square – Heath Street23Ashmont Station – Ruggles Station via Washington Street28Mattapan Station – Ruggles Station41Centre Street & Eliot Street – Jfk/UMass Station42Forest Hills Station – Nubian Station44Jackson Square Station – Ruggles Station45Franklin Park – Ruggles Station66Harvard Square – Nubian StationRed Line ShuttleQuincy Center – Broadway (Express)9City Point – Copley Square11City Point – Chauncy Street & Summer Street10City Point – Arlington StationCT3Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital – Andrew Station
About the Nubian Station – Temple Place
The Nubian Station – Temple Place (SL5, MBTA route SL5) is a bus rapid transit line with 12 stops between Temple Pl @ Washington St and Nubian.
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 the Nubian Station – Temple Place run?
Every 9 min for most of the day on weekdays, based on the published schedule.
When does the Nubian Station – Temple Place start and stop?
The first bus leaves around 6:00 AM and the last arrives around 1:00 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.