Morning rush
22 min 712 trips · 81% on paceOBSERVED MBTA TRAVEL TIME · 30 SERVICE DAYS
Fields CornertoCentral
Red 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
Scheduled22 minmedian timetable
On pace78%within 2 min of schedule
THE SHORT ANSWER
How long does Fields Corner to Central take?
Based on 3,119 direct trips between 2026-08-17 and 2026-09-15, the median observed ride was 22 minutes. That was within 0.5 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; Morning rush was slowest. Differences can change as the rolling dataset updates.
Midday
22 min 676 trips · 76% on paceEvening rush
22 min 646 trips · 80% on paceOff-peak
21 min 1,085 trips · 75% 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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