OBSERVED MBTA TRAVEL TIME · 30 SERVICE DAYS

BraintreetoDavis

Red Line

A direct train took 44 minutes on a typical trip. On a slower-than-usual trip, allow up to 50 minutes.

Typical44 min50th percentile
Slower trip50 min90th percentile
Scheduled44 minmedian timetable
On pace64%within 2 min of schedule

THE SHORT ANSWER

How long does Braintree to Davis take?

Based on 3,016 direct trips between 2026-08-17 and 2026-09-15, the median observed ride was 44 minutes. That was within 0 minutes of the published schedule.

Nine out of ten measured trips finished within approximately 50 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.

Morning rush

44 min 718 trips · 74% on pace

Midday

45 min 616 trips · 58% on pace

Evening rush

45 min 646 trips · 62% on pace

Off-peak

44 min 1,036 trips · 63% 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.

Read the complete method →