STATION REPORT · BOSTON
South Station
Red Line
Across 30 service days, South Station recorded a 81/100 reliability score, a 5.0-minute typical train gap, and 17.5% long gaps from 12,595 station observations in the official dataset.
Source: MBTA Performance Data · 2026-08-20 to 2026-09-18 · Rolling operational summary
81/100Mostly steady
Station score81/100Mostly steady
Typical gap5.0 minbetween observed trains
Long gaps17.5%over 1.5× schedule
Observations12,595station stop records
DIRECT JOURNEYS
Direct trips measured from South Station
TransitMeter publishes 20 direct destination measurements from South Station; waiting and transfer time are excluded.
Times below cover rides completed on one train.
To Andrew3.2 min6,278 tripsTo JFK/UMass5.8 min6,275 tripsTo Broadway1.2 min6,248 tripsTo Central8.2 min6,216 tripsTo Harvard12 min6,216 tripsTo Charles/MGH4.2 min6,211 tripsTo Alewife22 min6,210 tripsTo Kendall/MIT6.2 min6,209 tripsTo Porter15 min6,209 tripsTo Davis17 min6,208 tripsTo Park Street1.8 min6,192 tripsTo Fields Corner11 min3,138 tripsTo Savin Hill7.8 min3,137 tripsTo Shawmut13 min3,136 tripsTo North Quincy12 min3,134 tripsTo Wollaston14 min3,134 tripsTo Quincy Center17 min3,134 tripsTo Quincy Adams20 min3,131 tripsTo Ashmont16 min3,130 tripsTo Braintree25 min3,127 trips
STATION SIGNAL
What the South Station score means
South Station scored 81/100 (Mostly steady) from 12,595 observations, with a 5.0-minute median gap and 17.5% long gaps.
It is a rolling operational summary, not a real-time service alert.
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