Morning rush
36 min 634 trips · 87% on paceOBSERVED MBTA TRAVEL TIME · 30 SERVICE DAYS
Back of the HilltoScience Park/West End
A direct MBTA train from Back of the Hill to Science Park/West End took a median 36 minutes across 3,449 observed trips; 90% of measured rides finished within approximately 43 minutes.
Source: MBTA Performance Data · 2026-08-20 to 2026-09-18 · Completed direct trips only
THE SHORT ANSWER
How long does Back of the Hill to Science Park/West End take?
The median completed ride from Back of the Hill to Science Park/West End was 36 minutes; the published schedule’s median was 38 minutes.
Based on 3,449 direct trips between 2026-08-20 and 2026-09-18, the median observed ride was 36 minutes. That was within 2 minutes of the published schedule.
Nine out of ten measured trips finished within approximately 43 minutes. These figures describe completed direct trips; they do not include the time spent waiting for the train.
WHEN YOU TRAVEL
Back of the Hill to Science Park/West End times by daypart
Off-peak produced the fastest median for Back of the Hill to Science Park/West End; Evening rush produced the slowest.
Differences can change as the rolling dataset updates.
Midday
38 min 860 trips · 74% on paceEvening rush
40 min 664 trips · 56% on paceOff-peak
34 min 1,291 trips · 81% on paceMEASUREMENT SAMPLE
How Back of the Hill to Science Park/West End was measured
The Back of the Hill to Science Park/West End estimate uses 3,449 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 Back of the Hill to Science Park/West End
The Back of the Hill to Science Park/West End record is accompanied by 6 other measured direct rides beginning at Back of the Hill, each with a published median duration.