Morning rush
16 min 661 trips · 75% on paceOBSERVED MBTA TRAVEL TIME · 30 SERVICE DAYS
Chestnut Hill AvenuetoBabcock Street
Green Line
A direct MBTA train from Chestnut Hill Avenue to Babcock Street took a median 16 minutes across 3,338 observed trips; 90% of measured rides finished within approximately 19 minutes.
Source: MBTA Performance Data · 2026-08-20 to 2026-09-18 · Completed direct trips only
Typical16 min50th percentile
Slower trip19 min90th percentile
Scheduled16 minmedian timetable
On pace81%within 2 min of schedule
THE SHORT ANSWER
How long does Chestnut Hill Avenue to Babcock Street take?
The median completed ride from Chestnut Hill Avenue to Babcock Street was 16 minutes; the published schedule’s median was 16 minutes.
Based on 3,338 direct trips between 2026-08-20 and 2026-09-18, the median observed ride was 16 minutes. That was within 0 minutes of the published schedule.
Nine out of ten measured trips finished within approximately 19 minutes. These figures describe completed direct trips; they do not include the time spent waiting for the train.
WHEN YOU TRAVEL
Chestnut Hill Avenue to Babcock Street times by daypart
Off-peak produced the fastest median for Chestnut Hill Avenue to Babcock Street; Midday produced the slowest.
Differences can change as the rolling dataset updates.
Midday
17 min 888 trips · 78% on paceEvening rush
16 min 659 trips · 93% on paceOff-peak
16 min 1,130 trips · 81% on paceMEASUREMENT SAMPLE
How Chestnut Hill Avenue to Babcock Street was measured
The Chestnut Hill Avenue to Babcock Street estimate uses 3,338 completed direct-trip stop-timestamp pairs matched to the schedule active for each observed train.
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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Trips related to Chestnut Hill Avenue to Babcock Street
The Chestnut Hill Avenue to Babcock Street record is accompanied by 6 other measured direct rides beginning at Chestnut Hill Avenue, each with a published median duration.