Roslindale is served by numerous MBTA bus lines and a commuter rail line. Most busses serving Roslindale originate at Forest Hills Station (Orange Line Subway), or Mattapan Station (Connecting the Red Line Subway at Ashmont Station via the high speed trolley shuttle). See note below.

Busses

• #14 - Roslindale Sq. to Health Street Loop (Green Line-E) via Dudley Sq. & Ruggles Station. (Orange Line)
  Snow Route (**)

• #30 - Forest Hills to Mattapan Station via Roslindale Sq.
  (via Washington Street & Cummins Highway)
  Snow Route (**)

• #32 - Forest Hills to Wolcott Sq. (or Cleary Sq.) via Hyde Park Ave.

• #34 - 34E - Forest Hills to Walpole Center or Dedham Line via Washington Street.

• #35 - Forest Hills to Dedham Mall via Centre & Stimson Streets (via West Roxbury).

• #36 - Forest Hills to Charles River / or VA Hospital / or Rivermoor Industrial Park (via Centre & Spring Streets.)

• #37 - Forest Hills to Baker & Vermont Street (M-F & Sat. only - See Rt #38 for Sunday).
  Special runs service LaGrange and Corey Streets.

• #38 - Forest Hills to Wren Street (via Centre St. to West Roxbury).
  (Routes 37 and 38 merge to form a special route that operates Sundays only.
  The Sunday combined route skips the Wren Street leg and continues to Baker & Vermont Sts.).

• #40 - Forest Hills to Georgetowne Development via Washington St. & West Boundary Rd.
  (To Georgetowne Drive & Marguerita Drive).
  Snow Route (**)

• #50 - Forest Hills to Cleary Sq. via Roslindale Sq. (Washington St., Metropolitan Ave., Poplar St., West St.)
  Snow Route (**)

• #51 - Forest Hills to Cleveland Circle
  (Actually to Reservoir Station - Green Line-D, and adjacent to Cleveland Circle stop - Green Line-C)

  Special Notes

  • ** - Special Extra Busses - The MBTA operates several special busses in morning and afternoon rush hours on school days that combine 2 or more routes traversing Roslindale which are sometimes referred-to as school time supplemental routes. See each bus schedule for the above to see if such a route services an area of interest to you in the morning or afternoon. These are mostly utilized by school children going to and from school

  • ** - Snow Routes - Due to steep terrains that these routes follow, during special declared snow events, these busses do not operate until roads are sufficiently cleared and treated. Current Snow Routes in Roslindale are #14, #30, 40, and #50.

Needham Branch

• Boston to Needham Heights - Roslindale Sq. station and Bellevue Station

Main Line (Parallels Hyde Park Ave. - No stops in Roslindale)

• Boston to Canton Junction or Stoughton (stops at Hyde Park, Cleary Sq.)

• Boston to South Attleboro (stops at Hyde Park, Cleary Sq.)

• Boston to Providence, RI. (limited stops - rush hours only)

• Boston to Franklin (stops at Readville, near Wolcott Sq.)

• Boston to New York City (High-Speed Acela and Amtrak Regional Services - 2 stops in downtown Boston.)

• Boston to Readville - (aka the Fairmount Shuttle via the Dorchester Branch)
  Stops in Hyde Park between Logan Sq. and Truman Hghy and Readville near Wolcott Sq.
  ( --Soon to be rebuilt and expanded and called the Indigo Line--)