Morning rush
8.8 min 638 trips · 94% on paceOBSERVED MBTA TRAVEL TIME · 30 SERVICE DAYS
Longwood Medical AreatoHeath Street
Green Line
A direct MBTA train from Longwood Medical Area to Heath Street took a median 8.8 minutes across 3,033 observed trips; 90% of measured rides finished within approximately 11 minutes.
Source: MBTA Performance Data · 2026-08-20 to 2026-09-18 · Completed direct trips only
Typical8.8 min50th percentile
Slower trip11 min90th percentile
Scheduled10 minmedian timetable
On pace94%within 2 min of schedule
THE SHORT ANSWER
How long does Longwood Medical Area to Heath Street take?
The median completed ride from Longwood Medical Area to Heath Street was 8.8 minutes; the published schedule’s median was 10 minutes.
Based on 3,033 direct trips between 2026-08-20 and 2026-09-18, the median observed ride was 8.8 minutes. That was within 1.5 minutes of the published schedule.
Nine out of ten measured trips finished within approximately 11 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 Heath Street times by daypart
Midday produced the fastest median for Longwood Medical Area to Heath Street; Evening rush produced the slowest.
Differences can change as the rolling dataset updates.
Midday
8.8 min 718 trips · 95% on paceEvening rush
9.8 min 601 trips · 92% on paceOff-peak
8.8 min 1,076 trips · 95% on paceMEASUREMENT SAMPLE
How Longwood Medical Area to Heath Street was measured
The Longwood Medical Area to Heath Street estimate uses 3,033 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 Heath Street
The Longwood Medical Area to Heath Street record is accompanied by 6 other measured direct rides beginning at Longwood Medical Area, each with a published median duration.