OBSERVED MBTA TRAVEL TIME · 30 SERVICE DAYS

Medford/TuftstoPark Street

Green Line

A direct train took 25 minutes on a typical trip. On a slower-than-usual trip, allow up to 30 minutes.

Typical25 min50th percentile
Slower trip30 min90th percentile
Scheduled24 minmedian timetable
On pace65%within 2 min of schedule

THE SHORT ANSWER

How long does Medford/Tufts to Park Street take?

Based on 3,440 direct trips between 2026-08-17 and 2026-09-15, the median observed ride was 25 minutes. That was 0.5 minutes longer than the published schedule.

Nine out of ten measured trips finished within approximately 30 minutes. These figures describe completed direct trips; they do not include the time spent waiting for the train.

WHEN YOU TRAVEL

Time-of-day breakdown

Off-peak produced the fastest typical result in this window; Morning rush was slowest. Differences can change as the rolling dataset updates.

Morning rush

26 min 681 trips · 63% on pace

Midday

25 min 875 trips · 67% on pace

Evening rush

25 min 677 trips · 59% on pace

Off-peak

24 min 1,207 trips · 69% on pace

HOW TO READ THIS

Measured, not promised.

TransitMeter pairs vehicle stop timestamps with the schedule active for each trip. 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 →