Morning rush
6.8 min 813 trips · 99% on paceOBSERVED MBTA TRAVEL TIME · 30 SERVICE DAYS
Community CollegetoChinatown
Orange Line
A direct MBTA train from Community College to Chinatown took a median 6.8 minutes across 3,820 observed trips; 90% of measured rides finished within approximately 7.2 minutes.
Source: MBTA Performance Data · 2026-08-20 to 2026-09-18 · Completed direct trips only
Typical6.8 min50th percentile
Slower trip7.2 min90th percentile
Scheduled7.2 minmedian timetable
On pace97%within 2 min of schedule
THE SHORT ANSWER
How long does Community College to Chinatown take?
The median completed ride from Community College to Chinatown was 6.8 minutes; the published schedule’s median was 7.2 minutes.
Based on 3,820 direct trips between 2026-08-20 and 2026-09-18, the median observed ride was 6.8 minutes. That was within 0.5 minutes of the published schedule.
Nine out of ten measured trips finished within approximately 7.2 minutes. These figures describe completed direct trips; they do not include the time spent waiting for the train.
WHEN YOU TRAVEL
Community College to Chinatown times by daypart
Off-peak produced the fastest median for Community College to Chinatown; Morning rush produced the slowest.
Differences can change as the rolling dataset updates.
Midday
6.8 min 647 trips · 98% on paceEvening rush
6.8 min 747 trips · 95% on paceOff-peak
6.2 min 1,613 trips · 98% on paceMEASUREMENT SAMPLE
How Community College to Chinatown was measured
The Community College to Chinatown estimate uses 3,820 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 Chinatown
The Community College to Chinatown record is accompanied by 6 other measured direct rides beginning at Community College, each with a published median duration.