OBSERVED MBTA TRAVEL TIME · 30 SERVICE DAYS

AshmonttoBroadway

Red Line

A direct train took 13 minutes on a typical trip. On a slower-than-usual trip, allow up to 17 minutes.

Typical13 min50th percentile
Slower trip17 min90th percentile
Scheduled13 minmedian timetable
On pace79%within 2 min of schedule

THE SHORT ANSWER

How long does Ashmont to Broadway take?

Based on 3,100 direct trips between 2026-08-17 and 2026-09-15, the median observed ride was 13 minutes. That was within 0.5 minutes of the published schedule.

Nine out of ten measured trips finished within approximately 17 minutes. These figures describe completed direct trips; they do not include the time spent waiting for the train.

WHEN YOU TRAVEL

Time-of-day breakdown

Evening rush produced the fastest typical result in this window; Off-peak was slowest. Differences can change as the rolling dataset updates.

Morning rush

13 min 709 trips · 79% on pace

Midday

13 min 678 trips · 77% on pace

Evening rush

13 min 660 trips · 82% on pace

Off-peak

13 min 1,053 trips · 80% on pace

HOW TO READ THIS

Measured, not promised.

TransitMeter pairs vehicle stop timestamps with the schedule active for each trip. We publish the median because one dramatic delay should not define an everyday journey, and the 90th percentile because riders still need to understand the bad end of normal.

We do not infer why a trip ran slowly. Construction, incidents, crowding and weather require separate evidence.

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