OBSERVED MBTA TRAVEL TIME · 30 SERVICE DAYS

BraintreetoPark Street

Red Line

A direct train took 29 minutes on a typical trip. On a slower-than-usual trip, allow up to 33 minutes.

Typical29 min50th percentile
Slower trip33 min90th percentile
Scheduled29 minmedian timetable
On pace70%within 2 min of schedule

THE SHORT ANSWER

How long does Braintree to Park Street take?

Based on 3,018 direct trips between 2026-08-17 and 2026-09-15, the median observed ride was 29 minutes. That was within 0.5 minutes of the published schedule.

Nine out of ten measured trips finished within approximately 33 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

29 min 718 trips · 78% on pace

Midday

29 min 617 trips · 65% on pace

Evening rush

29 min 646 trips · 68% on pace

Off-peak

28 min 1,037 trips · 68% 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 →