page_title: Forest Hills station (MBTA)
section_title: Bus connections
hierarchical_section_title: Forest Hills station (MBTA) / Bus connections
caption_attribution_description: A #39 Forest Hills-Back Bay Station 60 foot articulated bus utilizing the "suspended" streetcar loops at Forest Hills Station
context_page_description: Forest Hills is an intermodal transfer station in Boston, Massachusetts. It serves the MBTA's rapid transit Orange Line, MBTA Commuter Rail's Needham Line, and is a major terminus for MBTA bus routes. It is located in Forest Hills, in the southern part of the Jamaica Plain neighborhood. The Providence/Stoughton Line and Franklin Line, as well as Amtrak's Acela Express and Northeast Regional trains, pass through the station without stopping.
  The station is surrounded by large parks. To the west of the station is Harvard University's Arnold Arboretum, part of Boston's Emerald Necklace; to the east are the Forest Hills Cemetery and Franklin Park, another part of Boston's Emerald Necklace. The station also marks the southern end of the linear Southwest Corridor Park, built over and around the Southwest Corridor.
  Several small retailers are located in the station, including a doughnut/coffee shop, newspaper stand and florist. During warmer months, a farmers' stand is set up. In addition, the station features an MBTA Police substation. Park and ride parking spaces for 206 cars are available on the station grounds. Overnight parking is not allowed.
context_section_description: Forest Hills serves as a major bus transfer station; 16 MBTA bus routes terminate at the station. Routes 16, 21, 31, 32, and 42 run on Hyde Park Avenue, Washington Street (north of the station), and the Arborway, and use the lower busway located off Hyde Park Avenue east of the station. The remaining nine routes run on South Street and Washington Street; they use the upper busway west of the station.
  Route 39 buses formerly used loops off New Washington Street built for Green Line E branch streetcar service in the 1980s but never used as such. On October 14, 2017, it was permanently rerouted to the upper busway during removal of the Casey Overpass.
  16: Forest Hills station–Andrew station or Harbor Point
  21: Ashmont station–Forest Hills station
  30: Mattapan station–Forest Hills station via Cummins Highway and Roslindale Square
  31: Mattapan station–Forest Hills station via Morton Street
  32: Wolcott or Cleary Square–Forest Hills station
  34: Dedham Line or Dedham Mall–Forest Hills station
  34E: Walpole Center–Forest Hills station
  35: Dedham Mall or Stimson Street–Forest Hills station
  36: Millennium Park or VA Hospital–Forest Hills station
  37: Baker Street & Vermont Street–Forest Hills station
  38: Wren Street–Forest Hills station
  39: Forest Hills station–Back Bay station
  40: Georgetowne station–Forest Hills
  42: Forest Hills station–Nubian station
  50: Cleary Square–Forest Hills station
  51: Reservoir station–Forest Hills station
  Route 192, a single early-morning trip intended for fare collectors but open to the general public, also stops at Forest Hills.
caption: Route 39 buses load using the former Green Line streetcar loops in 2006
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