OBSERVED MBTA TRAVEL TIME · 30 SERVICE DAYS

BoylstontoBrigham Circle

Green Line

A direct train took 17 minutes on a typical trip. On a slower-than-usual trip, allow up to 21 minutes.

Typical17 min50th percentile
Slower trip21 min90th percentile
Scheduled19 minmedian timetable
On pace91%within 2 min of schedule

THE SHORT ANSWER

How long does Boylston to Brigham Circle take?

Based on 3,599 direct trips between 2026-08-17 and 2026-09-15, the median observed ride was 17 minutes. That was within 2 minutes of the published schedule.

Nine out of ten measured trips finished within approximately 21 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

17 min 776 trips · 92% on pace

Midday

18 min 895 trips · 91% on pace

Evening rush

18 min 705 trips · 90% on pace

Off-peak

17 min 1,223 trips · 90% 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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