Morning rush
9.8 min 765 trips · 97% on paceOBSERVED MBTA TRAVEL TIME · 30 SERVICE DAYS
Community CollegetoBack Bay
Orange Line
A direct MBTA train from Community College to Back Bay took a median 9.8 minutes across 3,501 observed trips; 90% of measured rides finished within approximately 11 minutes.
Source: MBTA Performance Data · 2026-08-20 to 2026-09-18 · Completed direct trips only
Typical9.8 min50th percentile
Slower trip11 min90th percentile
Scheduled10 minmedian timetable
On pace96%within 2 min of schedule
THE SHORT ANSWER
How long does Community College to Back Bay take?
The median completed ride from Community College to Back Bay was 9.8 minutes; the published schedule’s median was 10 minutes.
Based on 3,501 direct trips between 2026-08-20 and 2026-09-18, the median observed ride was 9.8 minutes. That was within 0.5 minutes of the published schedule.
Nine out of ten measured trips finished within approximately 11 minutes. These figures describe completed direct trips; they do not include the time spent waiting for the train.
WHEN YOU TRAVEL
Community College to Back Bay times by daypart
Off-peak produced the fastest median for Community College to Back Bay; Morning rush produced the slowest.
Differences can change as the rolling dataset updates.
Midday
9.8 min 649 trips · 96% on paceEvening rush
9.8 min 734 trips · 95% on paceOff-peak
9.2 min 1,353 trips · 95% on paceMEASUREMENT SAMPLE
How Community College to Back Bay was measured
The Community College to Back Bay estimate uses 3,501 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 Community College to Back Bay
The Community College to Back Bay record is accompanied by 6 other measured direct rides beginning at Community College, each with a published median duration.