Morning rush
21 min 596 trips · 59% on paceOBSERVED MBTA TRAVEL TIME · 30 SERVICE DAYS
Boston CollegetoBabcock Street
Green Line
A direct train took 21 minutes on a typical trip. On a slower-than-usual trip, allow up to 25 minutes.
Typical21 min50th percentile
Slower trip25 min90th percentile
Scheduled20 minmedian timetable
On pace69%within 2 min of schedule
THE SHORT ANSWER
How long does Boston College to Babcock Street take?
Based on 3,086 direct trips between 2026-08-17 and 2026-09-15, the median observed ride was 21 minutes. That was 1 minutes longer than the published schedule.
Nine out of ten measured trips finished within approximately 25 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; Midday was slowest. Differences can change as the rolling dataset updates.
Midday
22 min 875 trips · 65% on paceEvening rush
21 min 598 trips · 82% on paceOff-peak
20 min 1,017 trips · 69% on paceHOW 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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