Morning rush
30 min 586 trips · 84% on paceOBSERVED MBTA TRAVEL TIME · 30 SERVICE DAYS
Newton CentretoArlington
Green Line
A direct MBTA train from Newton Centre to Arlington took a median 30 minutes across 3,213 observed trips; 90% of measured rides finished within approximately 35 minutes.
Source: MBTA Performance Data · 2026-08-20 to 2026-09-18 · Completed direct trips only
Typical30 min50th percentile
Slower trip35 min90th percentile
Scheduled31 minmedian timetable
On pace82%within 2 min of schedule
THE SHORT ANSWER
How long does Newton Centre to Arlington take?
The median completed ride from Newton Centre to Arlington was 30 minutes; the published schedule’s median was 31 minutes.
Based on 3,213 direct trips between 2026-08-20 and 2026-09-18, the median observed ride was 30 minutes. That was within 1.5 minutes of the published schedule.
Nine out of ten measured trips finished within approximately 35 minutes. These figures describe completed direct trips; they do not include the time spent waiting for the train.
WHEN YOU TRAVEL
Newton Centre to Arlington times by daypart
Off-peak produced the fastest median for Newton Centre to Arlington; Evening rush produced the slowest.
Differences can change as the rolling dataset updates.
Midday
30 min 762 trips · 81% on paceEvening rush
31 min 675 trips · 76% on paceOff-peak
29 min 1,190 trips · 85% on paceMEASUREMENT SAMPLE
How Newton Centre to Arlington was measured
The Newton Centre to Arlington estimate uses 3,213 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 Newton Centre to Arlington
The Newton Centre to Arlington record is accompanied by 6 other measured direct rides beginning at Newton Centre, each with a published median duration.