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MBTA Route 78 Arlmont Village - Harvard Station

Bus Boston, MA90 stopsto Arlmont Villageto Harvard

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Schedule summary

Computed from the MBTA GTFS feed (version Fall 2026, 2026-10-21T20:52:18+00:00, version D). Each row is the next day of that kind with service.

DayDirectionFirstLastTripsTypical gap
WeekdayTue, Oct 27to Arlmont Village5:50 AM12:30 AM33~33 min
to Harvard5:30 AM12:02 AM34~33 min
SaturdaySat, Oct 31to Arlmont Village6:23 AM12:35 AM19~60 min
to Harvard6:55 AM12:05 AM18~60 min
SundaySun, Nov 1to Arlmont Village5:10 AM11:10 PM17~70 min
to Harvard5:40 AM11:40 PM17~70 min

Stops & times — today, Tue, Oct 27

To Arlmont Village · 48 stops

Departures from Harvard today:

5:50 AM6:05 AM6:30 AM6:55 AM7:19 AM7:52 AM8:21 AM8:50 AM9:20 AM9:56 AM10:33 AM11:06 AM11:40 AM12:13 PM12:49 PM1:24 PM1:59 PM2:33 PM3:10 PM3:37 PM4:05 PM4:35 PM5:05 PM5:35 PM6:05 PM6:42 PM7:20 PM7:58 PM8:30 PM9:35 PM10:35 PM11:35 PM12:30 AM

  1. 1

    Harvard

    First 5:50 AM · Last 12:30 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  2. 2

    Garden St opp Mason St

    First 5:52 AM · Last 12:32 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  3. 3

    Concord Ave @ Chauncy St

    First 5:53 AM · Last 12:33 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  4. 4

    Concord Ave opp Craigie St

    First 5:53 AM · Last 12:33 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  5. 5

    Concord Ave @ Bond St

    First 5:53 AM · Last 12:33 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  6. 6

    Concord Ave opp Buckingham St

    First 5:54 AM · Last 12:34 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  7. 7

    Concord Ave @ Huron Ave

    First 5:54 AM · Last 12:34 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  8. 8

    Concord Ave @ Walden St

    First 5:55 AM · Last 12:34 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  9. 9

    Concord Ave @ Corporal Burns Rd

    First 5:55 AM · Last 12:35 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  10. 10

    Concord Ave @ Birch St

    First 5:56 AM · Last 12:35 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  11. 11

    Concord Ave @ New St

    First 5:56 AM · Last 12:35 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  12. 12

    Concord Ave @ Wheeler St

    First 5:57 AM · Last 12:36 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  13. 13

    Concord Ave @ Moulton St

    First 5:58 AM · Last 12:36 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  14. 14

    Concord Ave @ Smith Pl

    First 5:58 AM · Last 12:36 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  15. 15

    Concord Ave @ Spinelli Pl

    First 5:58 AM · Last 12:37 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  16. 16

    799 Concord Ave

    First 5:59 AM · Last 12:37 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  17. 17

    Blanchard Rd opp Merrill Ave

    First 5:59 AM · Last 12:37 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  18. 18

    Blanchard Rd @ Normandy Ave

    First 6:00 AM · Last 12:38 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  19. 19

    Brighton St opp Hittinger St

    First 6:00 AM · Last 12:38 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  20. 20

    Brighton St opp Statler Rd

    First 6:01 AM · Last 12:39 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  21. 21

    Brighton St @ Oliver Rd

    First 6:01 AM · Last 12:39 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  22. 22

    Cross St @ Staunton Rd

    First 6:02 AM · Last 12:40 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  23. 23

    Cross St @ Gilmore Rd

    First 6:02 AM · Last 12:40 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  24. 24

    Lake St @ Pleasant St

    First 6:03 AM · Last 12:41 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  25. 25

    West Service Rd @ Venner Rd

    First 6:03 AM · Last 12:41 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  26. 26

    West Service Rd @ Highland Ave

    First 6:05 AM · Last 12:43 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  27. 27

    West Service Rd @ Pedestrian Bridge

    First 6:05 AM · Last 12:43 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  28. 28

    West Service Rd @ Hillcrest St

    First 6:05 AM · Last 12:43 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  29. 29

    West Service Rd @ Bellington St

    First 6:06 AM · Last 12:44 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  30. 30

    West Service Rd @ Park Ave

    First 6:06 AM · Last 12:44 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  31. 31

    Park Ave @ Cedar Ave

    First 6:06 AM · Last 12:44 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  32. 32

    Park Ave opp Wachusett Ave

    First 6:06 AM · Last 12:44 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  33. 33

    Park Circle @ Eastern Ave

    First 6:07 AM · Last 12:45 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  34. 34

    Park Circle @ Park Ave

    First 6:07 AM · Last 12:45 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  35. 35

    Wachusett Ave @ Hillside Ave

    First 6:08 AM · Last 12:46 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  36. 36

    Wachusett Ave @ Prospect Ave

    First 6:08 AM · Last 12:46 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  37. 37

    Wachusett Ave @ Florence Ave

    First 6:09 AM · Last 12:47 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  38. 38

    Wachusett Ave @ Appleton St

    First 6:09 AM · Last 12:47 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  39. 39

    Appleton St @ Ely Rd

    First 6:10 AM · Last 12:48 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  40. 40

    Appleton St @ Wollaston Ave

    First 6:11 AM · Last 12:49 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  41. 41

    Appleton St @ Ortona St

    First 6:11 AM · Last 12:49 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  42. 42

    Appleton St @ Udine St

    First 6:11 AM · Last 12:49 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  43. 43

    Appleton St @ Lublin St

    First 6:12 AM · Last 12:50 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  44. 44

    Wadsworth Rd @ Appleton St

    First 6:12 AM · Last 12:50 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  45. 45

    Service Road West @ Watertown St

    First 6:13 AM · Last 12:51 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  46. 46

    East Service Rd @ Golden Ave

    First 6:16 AM · Last 12:54 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  47. 47

    East Service Rd @ Standish Rd

    First 6:17 AM · Last 12:55 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

  48. 48

    Wadsworth Rd @ Dow Ave

    First 6:17 AM · Last 12:55 AM (+1 day) · 33 scheduled departures

To Harvard · 45 stops

Departures from Wadsworth Rd @ Dow Ave today:

5:30 AM5:55 AM6:20 AM6:40 AM7:05 AM7:30 AM7:55 AM8:28 AM8:58 AM9:28 AM9:59 AM10:32 AM11:06 AM11:39 AM12:14 PM12:48 PM1:23 PM1:58 PM2:32 PM3:13 PM3:54 PM4:24 PM4:53 PM5:23 PM5:53 PM6:23 PM6:51 PM7:24 PM7:59 PM8:32 PM9:05 PM10:05 PM11:05 PM12:02 AM

  1. 1

    Wadsworth Rd @ Dow Ave

    First 5:30 AM · Last 12:02 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  2. 2

    Wadsworth Rd @ Homer Rd

    First 5:30 AM · Last 12:02 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  3. 3

    Appleton St @ Lublin St

    First 5:31 AM · Last 12:03 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  4. 4

    Appleton St @ Homer Rd

    First 5:31 AM · Last 12:03 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  5. 5

    Appleton St @ Kipling Rd

    First 5:32 AM · Last 12:04 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  6. 6

    Appleton St @ Virginia Rd

    First 5:32 AM · Last 12:04 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  7. 7

    Appleton St opp Ely Rd

    First 5:32 AM · Last 12:04 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  8. 8

    Wachusett Ave @ Dow Ave

    First 5:32 AM · Last 12:04 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  9. 9

    Wachusett Ave @ Florence Ave

    First 5:33 AM · Last 12:05 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  10. 10

    Wachusett Ave @ Oakland Ave

    First 5:33 AM · Last 12:05 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  11. 11

    Wachusett Ave @ Hillside Ave

    First 5:33 AM · Last 12:05 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  12. 12

    Park Circle @ Eastern Ave

    First 5:34 AM · Last 12:06 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  13. 13

    Park Circle @ Park Ave

    First 5:34 AM · Last 12:06 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  14. 14

    Park Ave @ Wachusett Ave

    First 5:34 AM · Last 12:06 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  15. 15

    Park Ave @ Cedar Ave

    First 5:35 AM · Last 12:07 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  16. 16

    East Service Rd @ Park Ave

    First 5:35 AM · Last 12:07 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  17. 17

    East Service Rd @ Lamoine St

    First 5:35 AM · Last 12:07 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  18. 18

    East Service Rd @ Clifton St - Pedestrian Bridge

    First 5:36 AM · Last 12:08 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  19. 19

    East Service Rd @ Radcliffe Rd

    First 5:36 AM · Last 12:08 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  20. 20

    East Service Rd @ Pleasant St

    First 5:37 AM · Last 12:09 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  21. 21

    Brighton St @ Pleasant St

    First 5:38 AM · Last 12:10 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  22. 22

    Brighton St @ Cross St

    First 5:39 AM · Last 12:10 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  23. 23

    Brighton St @ Coolidge Rd

    First 5:39 AM · Last 12:11 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  24. 24

    Brighton St @ Eliot Rd

    First 5:40 AM · Last 12:11 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  25. 25

    Brighton St @ Hittinger St

    First 5:41 AM · Last 12:12 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  26. 26

    Blanchard Rd @ Hamilton Rd

    First 5:41 AM · Last 12:12 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  27. 27

    Blanchard Rd @ Merrill Ave

    First 5:42 AM · Last 12:13 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  28. 28

    Concord Ave @ Blanchard Rd

    First 5:42 AM · Last 12:13 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  29. 29

    Concord Ave opp Spinelli Pl

    First 5:43 AM · Last 12:14 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  30. 30

    Concord Ave opp Smith Pl

    First 5:43 AM · Last 12:14 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  31. 31

    Concord Ave opp Moulton St

    First 5:44 AM · Last 12:15 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  32. 32

    Concord Ave opp Fawcett St

    First 5:44 AM · Last 12:15 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  33. 33

    Concord Ave opp Wheeler St

    First 5:44 AM · Last 12:15 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  34. 34

    Concord Ave opp New St

    First 5:45 AM · Last 12:16 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  35. 35

    Concord Ave opp Fern St

    First 5:46 AM · Last 12:17 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  36. 36

    Concord Ave @ Alpine St

    First 5:46 AM · Last 12:17 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  37. 37

    Concord Ave @ Walden St

    First 5:47 AM · Last 12:17 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  38. 38

    Concord Ave @ Huron Ave

    First 5:48 AM · Last 12:18 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  39. 39

    Concord Ave @ Buckingham St

    First 5:49 AM · Last 12:19 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  40. 40

    Concord Ave @ Parker St

    First 5:49 AM · Last 12:19 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  41. 41

    Concord Ave @ Craigie St

    First 5:49 AM · Last 12:19 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  42. 42

    Garden St @ Concord Ave

    First 5:50 AM · Last 12:20 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  43. 43

    Waterhouse St @ Massachusetts Ave

    First 5:51 AM · Last 12:21 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  44. 44

    Harvard

    First 5:53 AM · Last 12:23 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

  45. 45

    Eliot St @ Bennett St

    First 5:55 AM · Last 12:25 AM (+1 day) · 34 scheduled departures

MBTA Route 78 Arlmont Village - Harvard Station — questions

What time does MBTA Route 78 Arlmont Village - Harvard Station run on weekdays?

On a typical weekday (Tue, Oct 27), the first MBTA Route 78 Arlmont Village - Harvard Station departure is 5:50 AM and the last is 12:30 AM, running roughly every 33 minutes. Times are the published schedule from the MBTA GTFS feed (version Fall 2026, 2026-10-21T20:52:18+00:00, version D).

Where does MBTA Route 78 Arlmont Village - Harvard Station go?

MBTA Route 78 Arlmont Village - Harvard Station serves 90 stops: Harvard → Wadsworth Rd @ Dow Ave (to Arlmont Village); Wadsworth Rd @ Dow Ave → Eliot St @ Bennett St (to Harvard). The full ordered stop list with first and last departure times is on this page.

Does MBTA Route 78 Arlmont Village - Harvard Station run on weekends?

Yes — Saturday service runs 37 trips; Sunday service runs 34 trips. See the schedule summary for first and last times.

Is MBTA Route 78 Arlmont Village - Harvard Station delayed or on detour right now?

The live service status section at the top of this page reads MBTA's realtime alerts feed — detours, suspensions and delays for this route appear there as the agency posts them. Everything else on this page is the published timetable.

Can I watch MBTA Route 78 Arlmont Village - Harvard Station live on a map?

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