Morning rush
37 min 650 trips · 94% on paceOBSERVED MBTA TRAVEL TIME · 30 SERVICE DAYS
Longwood Medical AreatoBall Square
Green Line
A direct MBTA train from Longwood Medical Area to Ball Square took a median 38 minutes across 3,535 observed trips; 90% of measured rides finished within approximately 44 minutes.
Source: MBTA Performance Data · 2026-08-20 to 2026-09-18 · Completed direct trips only
Typical38 min50th percentile
Slower trip44 min90th percentile
Scheduled42 minmedian timetable
On pace89%within 2 min of schedule
THE SHORT ANSWER
How long does Longwood Medical Area to Ball Square take?
The median completed ride from Longwood Medical Area to Ball Square was 38 minutes; the published schedule’s median was 42 minutes.
Based on 3,535 direct trips between 2026-08-20 and 2026-09-18, the median observed ride was 38 minutes. That was within 4.5 minutes of the published schedule.
Nine out of ten measured trips finished within approximately 44 minutes. These figures describe completed direct trips; they do not include the time spent waiting for the train.
WHEN YOU TRAVEL
Longwood Medical Area to Ball Square times by daypart
Off-peak produced the fastest median for Longwood Medical Area to Ball Square; Evening rush produced the slowest.
Differences can change as the rolling dataset updates.
Midday
38 min 893 trips · 91% on paceEvening rush
41 min 684 trips · 79% on paceOff-peak
36 min 1,308 trips · 91% on paceMEASUREMENT SAMPLE
How Longwood Medical Area to Ball Square was measured
The Longwood Medical Area to Ball Square estimate uses 3,535 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 Longwood Medical Area to Ball Square
The Longwood Medical Area to Ball Square record is accompanied by 6 other measured direct rides beginning at Longwood Medical Area, each with a published median duration.