OBSERVED MBTA TRAVEL TIME · 30 SERVICE DAYS

Ball SquaretoFenwood Road

Green Line

A direct train took 45 minutes on a typical trip. On a slower-than-usual trip, allow up to 52 minutes.

Typical45 min50th percentile
Slower trip52 min90th percentile
Scheduled45 minmedian timetable
On pace65%within 2 min of schedule

THE SHORT ANSWER

How long does Ball Square to Fenwood Road take?

Based on 3,353 direct trips between 2026-08-17 and 2026-09-15, the median observed ride was 45 minutes. That was within 0 minutes of the published schedule.

Nine out of ten measured trips finished within approximately 52 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

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

Morning rush

46 min 677 trips · 70% on pace

Midday

46 min 834 trips · 64% on pace

Evening rush

47 min 666 trips · 56% on pace

Off-peak

43 min 1,176 trips · 69% 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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