OBSERVED MBTA TRAVEL TIME · 30 SERVICE DAYS

East SomervilletoCopley

Green Line

A direct train took 23 minutes on a typical trip. On a slower-than-usual trip, allow up to 29 minutes.

Typical23 min50th percentile
Slower trip29 min90th percentile
Scheduled24 minmedian timetable
On pace78%within 2 min of schedule

THE SHORT ANSWER

How long does East Somerville to Copley take?

Based on 3,581 direct trips between 2026-08-17 and 2026-09-15, the median observed ride was 23 minutes. That was within 1 minutes of the published schedule.

Nine out of ten measured trips finished within approximately 29 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

24 min 727 trips · 82% on pace

Midday

24 min 903 trips · 76% on pace

Evening rush

25 min 727 trips · 69% on pace

Off-peak

22 min 1,224 trips · 82% 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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