Morning rush
49 min 561 trips · 78% on paceOBSERVED MBTA TRAVEL TIME · 30 SERVICE DAYS
EliottoScience Park/West End
A direct train took 50 minutes on a typical trip. On a slower-than-usual trip, allow up to 58 minutes.
THE SHORT ANSWER
How long does Eliot to Science Park/West End take?
Based on 3,035 direct trips between 2026-08-17 and 2026-09-15, the median observed ride was 50 minutes. That was within 1 minutes of the published schedule.
Nine out of ten measured trips finished within approximately 58 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.
Midday
51 min 744 trips · 72% on paceEvening rush
53 min 633 trips · 60% on paceOff-peak
48 min 1,097 trips · 74% on paceHOW 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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