Morning rush
47 min 550 trips · 86% on paceOBSERVED MBTA TRAVEL TIME · 30 SERVICE DAYS
Government CentertoRiverside
Green Line
A direct MBTA train from Government Center to Riverside took a median 48 minutes across 3,267 observed trips; 90% of measured rides finished within approximately 54 minutes.
Source: MBTA Performance Data · 2026-08-20 to 2026-09-18 · Completed direct trips only
Typical48 min50th percentile
Slower trip54 min90th percentile
Scheduled49 minmedian timetable
On pace77%within 2 min of schedule
THE SHORT ANSWER
How long does Government Center to Riverside take?
The median completed ride from Government Center to Riverside was 48 minutes; the published schedule’s median was 49 minutes.
Based on 3,267 direct trips between 2026-08-20 and 2026-09-18, the median observed ride was 48 minutes. That was within 1.5 minutes of the published schedule.
Nine out of ten measured trips finished within approximately 54 minutes. These figures describe completed direct trips; they do not include the time spent waiting for the train.
WHEN YOU TRAVEL
Government Center to Riverside times by daypart
Off-peak produced the fastest median for Government Center to Riverside; Evening rush produced the slowest.
Differences can change as the rolling dataset updates.
Midday
48 min 873 trips · 78% on paceEvening rush
50 min 691 trips · 78% on paceOff-peak
46 min 1,153 trips · 72% on paceMEASUREMENT SAMPLE
How Government Center to Riverside was measured
The Government Center to Riverside estimate uses 3,267 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.
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Trips related to Government Center to Riverside
The Government Center to Riverside record is accompanied by 6 other measured direct rides beginning at Government Center, each with a published median duration.