Morning rush
10 min 827 trips · 98% on paceOBSERVED MBTA TRAVEL TIME · 30 SERVICE DAYS
AssemblytoChinatown
Orange Line
A direct MBTA train from Assembly to Chinatown took a median 10 minutes across 3,819 observed trips; 90% of measured rides finished within approximately 11 minutes.
Source: MBTA Performance Data · 2026-08-20 to 2026-09-18 · Completed direct trips only
Typical10 min50th percentile
Slower trip11 min90th percentile
Scheduled11 minmedian timetable
On pace97%within 2 min of schedule
THE SHORT ANSWER
How long does Assembly to Chinatown take?
The median completed ride from Assembly to Chinatown was 10 minutes; the published schedule’s median was 11 minutes.
Based on 3,819 direct trips between 2026-08-20 and 2026-09-18, the median observed ride was 10 minutes. That was within 1 minutes of the published schedule.
Nine out of ten measured trips finished within approximately 11 minutes. These figures describe completed direct trips; they do not include the time spent waiting for the train.
WHEN YOU TRAVEL
Assembly to Chinatown times by daypart
Evening rush produced the fastest median for Assembly to Chinatown; Off-peak produced the slowest.
Differences can change as the rolling dataset updates.
Midday
10 min 667 trips · 97% on paceEvening rush
10 min 732 trips · 95% on paceOff-peak
10 min 1,593 trips · 97% on paceMEASUREMENT SAMPLE
How Assembly to Chinatown was measured
The Assembly to Chinatown estimate uses 3,819 completed direct-trip stop-timestamp pairs matched to the schedule active for each observed train.
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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Trips related to Assembly to Chinatown
The Assembly to Chinatown record is accompanied by 6 other measured direct rides beginning at Assembly, each with a published median duration.