Morning rush
44 min 669 trips · 73% on paceOBSERVED MBTA TRAVEL TIME · 30 SERVICE DAYS
Medford/TuftstoLongwood Medical Area
Green Line
A direct MBTA train from Medford/Tufts to Longwood Medical Area took a median 43 minutes across 3,422 observed trips; 90% of measured rides finished within approximately 51 minutes.
Source: MBTA Performance Data · 2026-08-20 to 2026-09-18 · Completed direct trips only
Typical43 min50th percentile
Slower trip51 min90th percentile
Scheduled44 minmedian timetable
On pace69%within 2 min of schedule
THE SHORT ANSWER
How long does Medford/Tufts to Longwood Medical Area take?
The median completed ride from Medford/Tufts to Longwood Medical Area was 43 minutes; the published schedule’s median was 44 minutes.
Based on 3,422 direct trips between 2026-08-20 and 2026-09-18, the median observed ride was 43 minutes. That was within 1 minutes of the published schedule.
Nine out of ten measured trips finished within approximately 51 minutes. These figures describe completed direct trips; they do not include the time spent waiting for the train.
WHEN YOU TRAVEL
Medford/Tufts to Longwood Medical Area times by daypart
Off-peak produced the fastest median for Medford/Tufts to Longwood Medical Area; Evening rush produced the slowest.
Differences can change as the rolling dataset updates.
Midday
44 min 870 trips · 67% on paceEvening rush
45 min 686 trips · 65% on paceOff-peak
41 min 1,197 trips · 72% on paceMEASUREMENT SAMPLE
How Medford/Tufts to Longwood Medical Area was measured
The Medford/Tufts to Longwood Medical Area estimate uses 3,422 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 Medford/Tufts to Longwood Medical Area
The Medford/Tufts to Longwood Medical Area record is accompanied by 6 other measured direct rides beginning at Medford/Tufts, each with a published median duration.