STATION REPORT · BOSTON
Back Bay
Orange Line
Across 30 service days, Back Bay recorded a 88/100 reliability score, a 5.4-minute typical train gap, and 13.0% long gaps from 10,502 station observations in the official dataset.
Source: MBTA Performance Data · 2026-08-20 to 2026-09-18 · Rolling operational summary
88/100Steady
Station score88/100Steady
Typical gap5.4 minbetween observed trains
Long gaps13.0%over 1.5× schedule
Observations10,502station stop records
DIRECT JOURNEYS
Direct trips measured from Back Bay
TransitMeter publishes 19 direct destination measurements from Back Bay; waiting and transfer time are excluded.
Times below cover rides completed on one train.
To Massachusetts Avenue1.2 min4,140 tripsTo Roxbury Crossing4.2 min4,136 tripsTo Jackson Square5.8 min4,132 tripsTo Forest Hills11 min4,132 tripsTo Ruggles2.8 min4,131 tripsTo Green Street8.8 min4,127 tripsTo Stony Brook7.2 min4,122 tripsTo North Station7.2 min2,952 tripsTo Community College9.8 min2,952 tripsTo Assembly13 min2,952 tripsTo Wellington15 min2,952 tripsTo Downtown Crossing3.8 min2,950 tripsTo Sullivan Square12 min2,950 tripsTo State4.8 min2,949 tripsTo Haymarket6.2 min2,948 tripsTo Malden Center19 min2,948 tripsTo Chinatown2.2 min2,946 tripsTo Oak Grove22 min2,935 tripsTo Tufts Medical Center1.2 min2,925 trips
STATION SIGNAL
What the Back Bay score means
Back Bay scored 88/100 (Steady) from 10,502 observations, with a 5.4-minute median gap and 13.0% long gaps.
It is a rolling operational summary, not a real-time service alert.
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