CR-Needham 1862 South Station – Needham Heights

View line CR-Needham

South Station 11:50 → Needham Heights 12:35 Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri 0 h 45 min · 12 stops MBTA

Running now · updated 12:11

Between Forest Hills and Roslindale Village −1 min

Estimated arrival at Needham Heights 12:35 · 38 km/h

  1. South Station11:50
  2. Ruggles11:58
  3. Forest Hills12:03
  4. Roslindale Village12:06
  5. Highland12:11
  6. West Roxbury12:13
  7. Needham Heights12:35

Today it is running no worse than usual: typical arrival delay is 0 min; 70% of the last 23 runs arrived on time.

Open live map ↗ Full trip card
Open live card ↗
On-time · 30 days
70%
16/23 runs under 3 min
RT coverage: 22 full · 1 partial · 0 no data
On-time · 90 days
85%
40/47 runs under 3 min
RT coverage: 46 full · 1 partial · 0 no data
Typical delay
0min
Median at arrival, 90 days
30 days: 0 min
P90
+4min
9 in 10 runs arrive with less than this
30 days: +7 min

Last 30 days

Arrival delay at Needham Heights, in minutes. One bar per run.

  • On time (<3 min)
  • 3–10 min
  • 10–30 min
  • 30+ min
  • Partial coverage
  • No data

Worst days

  • Mon 19 Oct Max en route +26 min · last fix heading to Wickford Junction +26 min
  • Thu 15 Oct Max en route +16 min · last fix heading to Forge Park/495 +8 min
  • Thu 8 Oct Max en route +17 min · last fix heading to South Station +7 min
  • Wed 21 Oct Max en route +9 min · last fix heading to Worcester +7 min
  • Tue 6 Oct Max en route +8 min · last fix heading to Worcester +5 min

Distribution · 90 days

47 runs with a known final delay. On time = under 3 min, the same cut the map uses.

  • Early 6% · 3
  • On time 79% · 37
  • 3–10 min 13% · 6
  • 10–30 min 2% · 1
  • 30+ min 0% · 0

On-time by weekday

  • 78% M n=9
  • 75% T n=8
  • 86% W n=7
  • 78% T n=9
  • 100% F n=7
  • 100% S n=5
  • 100% S n=2

Stops and timetable

Timetable of the latest run from the operator’s GTFS (12 stops).

StopSched.Today
South Station
11:50Passed
Back Bay
11:55Passed
Ruggles
11:58Passed
Forest Hills
12:03Passed
Roslindale Village
12:06Next
Bellevue
12:09
Highland
12:11
West Roxbury
12:13
Hersey
12:23
Needham Junction
12:26
Needham Center
12:29
Needham Heights
12:35

Each run is closed into train_runs (country, train number, service day) from the live positions. Final delay = last delay seen. Partial coverage: the feed stopped before the final stop (last value used, hatched in the chart). No data: a run without any valid delay; counts as neither on time nor late. Data collected since 10 July 2026.

Recent runs

DateLast stopFinalMax
Thu 22 OctRoslindale Village 12:08Partial coverage−1 min+7 min
Wed 21 OctWorcester 21:19+7 min+9 min
Tue 20 Octmbta:NEC-2287-10 21:46−2 min+26 min
Mon 19 OctWickford Junction 17:55+26 min+26 min
Fri 16 OctProvidence 01:110 min+10 min
Thu 15 OctForge Park/495 19:06+8 min+16 min
Tue 13 OctStoughton 23:57+4 min+8 min
Mon 12 OctForge Park/495 19:01+4 min+11 min
Fri 9 OctProvidence 23:52−7 min+15 min
Thu 8 OctSouth Station 08:51+7 min+17 min
Wed 7 OctProvidence 19:36+1 min+9 min
Tue 6 OctWorcester 01:20+5 min+8 min
Mon 5 OctSouth Station 23:24−3 min+3 min
Fri 2 Oct— 17:110 min—
Thu 1 Oct— 19:580 min—
Wed 30 Sept— 19:590 min—
Tue 29 Sept— 19:590 min—
Mon 28 Sept— 19:590 min—
Sun 27 Sept— 19:590 min—
Sat 26 Sept— 19:590 min—
Fri 25 Sept— 19:590 min—
Thu 24 Sept— 19:150 min—
Wed 23 Sept— 19:570 min—
Tue 22 Sept— 19:590 min—
Mon 21 Sept— 17:210 min—
Sat 19 Sept— 15:430 min—
Fri 18 Sept— 19:580 min—
Thu 17 Sept— 19:590 min—
Wed 16 Sept— 19:590 min—
Tue 15 Sept— 19:590 min—