OBSERVED MBTA TRAVEL TIME · 30 SERVICE DAYS

Government CentertoBrookline Hills

Green Line

A direct MBTA train from Government Center to Brookline Hills took a median 25 minutes across 3,315 observed trips; 90% of measured rides finished within approximately 29 minutes.

Source: MBTA Performance Data · 2026-08-20 to 2026-09-18 · Completed direct trips only

Typical25 min50th percentile
Slower trip29 min90th percentile
Scheduled25 minmedian timetable
On pace81%within 2 min of schedule

THE SHORT ANSWER

How long does Government Center to Brookline Hills take?

The median completed ride from Government Center to Brookline Hills was 25 minutes; the published schedule’s median was 25 minutes.

Based on 3,315 direct trips between 2026-08-20 and 2026-09-18, the median observed ride was 25 minutes. That was within 0.5 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

Government Center to Brookline Hills times by daypart

Morning rush produced the fastest median for Government Center to Brookline Hills; Evening rush produced the slowest.

Differences can change as the rolling dataset updates.

Morning rush

24 min 557 trips · 89% on pace

Midday

25 min 878 trips · 78% on pace

Evening rush

26 min 706 trips · 81% on pace

Off-peak

24 min 1,174 trips · 79% on pace

MEASUREMENT SAMPLE

How Government Center to Brookline Hills was measured

The Government Center to Brookline Hills estimate uses 3,315 completed direct-trip stop-timestamp pairs matched to the schedule active for each observed train.

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.

Read the complete method →