OBSERVED MBTA TRAVEL TIME · 30 SERVICE DAYS

CopleytoAllston Street

Green Line

A direct train took 22 minutes on a typical trip. On a slower-than-usual trip, allow up to 26 minutes.

Typical22 min50th percentile
Slower trip26 min90th percentile
Scheduled25 minmedian timetable
On pace93%within 2 min of schedule

THE SHORT ANSWER

How long does Copley to Allston Street take?

Based on 3,291 direct trips between 2026-08-17 and 2026-09-15, the median observed ride was 22 minutes. That was within 3 minutes of the published schedule.

Nine out of ten measured trips finished within approximately 26 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

Morning rush produced the fastest typical result in this window; Evening rush was slowest. Differences can change as the rolling dataset updates.

Morning rush

21 min 625 trips · 99% on pace

Midday

23 min 900 trips · 92% on pace

Evening rush

24 min 583 trips · 86% on pace

Off-peak

22 min 1,183 trips · 93% 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.

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