Needham Line

Needham Line
An outbound Needham Line train at Bellevue station in 2018
Overview
OwnerMBTA
LocaleGreater Boston
Termini
Stations12
Service
TypeCommuter rail
SystemMBTA Commuter Rail
Train number(s)600–633 (weekday)
1600–1615 (Saturday)
2600–2615 (Sunday)
Operator(s)Keolis North America
Daily ridership4,881 (October 2022)[1]
Technical
Line length13.7 miles (22.0 km)[2]
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Route map
Map
0.0 mi
0 km
South Station
Silver Line (MBTA) Red Line (MBTA) MBTA Commuter Rail Amtrak
1.2 mi
1.9 km
Back Bay
Orange Line (MBTA) MBTA Commuter Rail Amtrak
Massachusetts Avenue
2.2 mi
3.5 km
Ruggles
Orange Line (MBTA) MBTA Commuter Rail
Roxbury Crossing
Jackson Square
Stony Brook
Green Street
5.0 mi
8 km
Forest Hills
6.4 mi
10.3 km
Roslindale Village
7.2 mi
11.6 km
Bellevue
7.6 mi
12.2 km
Highland
8.0 mi
12.9 km
West Roxbury
10.9 mi
17.5 km
Hersey
12.0 mi
19.3 km
Needham Junction
12.7 mi
20.4 km
Needham Center
13.7 mi
22 km
Needham Heights

The Needham Line is a branch of the MBTA Commuter Rail system, running west from downtown Boston, Massachusetts through Roxbury, Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, West Roxbury, and the town of Needham. The second-shortest line of the system at just 13.7 miles (22.0 km) long, it carried 4,881 daily riders in October 2022. Unlike the MBTA's eleven other commuter rail lines, the Needham Line is not a former intercity mainline; instead, it is composed of a former branch line, a short segment of one intercity line (running in the reverse of its original direction), and a 1906-built connector.

  1. ^ Poftak, Steve (October 27, 2022). "GM Report" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. p. 6.
  2. ^ "Ridership and Service Statistics" (PDF) (14th ed.). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. 2014.