OBSERVED MBTA TRAVEL TIME · 30 SERVICE DAYS

CopleytoEast Somerville

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
Scheduled24 minmedian timetable
On pace89%within 2 min of schedule

THE SHORT ANSWER

How long does Copley to East Somerville take?

Based on 3,592 direct trips between 2026-08-17 and 2026-09-15, the median observed ride was 22 minutes. That was within 2.5 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

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

Morning rush

21 min 648 trips · 93% on pace

Midday

22 min 907 trips · 91% on pace

Evening rush

23 min 654 trips · 79% on pace

Off-peak

21 min 1,383 trips · 92% 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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