OBSERVED MBTA TRAVEL TIME · 30 SERVICE DAYS

North StationtoEast Somerville

Green Line

A direct MBTA train from North Station to East Somerville took a median 7.8 minutes across 3,674 observed trips; 90% of measured rides finished within approximately 9.8 minutes.

Source: MBTA Performance Data · 2026-08-20 to 2026-09-18 · Completed direct trips only

Typical7.8 min50th percentile
Slower trip9.8 min90th percentile
Scheduled10 minmedian timetable
On pace98%within 2 min of schedule

THE SHORT ANSWER

How long does North Station to East Somerville take?

The median completed ride from North Station to East Somerville was 7.8 minutes; the published schedule’s median was 10 minutes.

Based on 3,674 direct trips between 2026-08-20 and 2026-09-18, the median observed ride was 7.8 minutes. That was within 2.5 minutes of the published schedule.

Nine out of ten measured trips finished within approximately 9.8 minutes. These figures describe completed direct trips; they do not include the time spent waiting for the train.

WHEN YOU TRAVEL

North Station to East Somerville times by daypart

Midday produced the fastest median for North Station to East Somerville; Morning rush produced the slowest.

Differences can change as the rolling dataset updates.

Morning rush

8.2 min 619 trips · 99% on pace

Midday

7.8 min 934 trips · 97% on pace

Evening rush

8.2 min 662 trips · 99% on pace

Off-peak

7.8 min 1,459 trips · 98% on pace

MEASUREMENT SAMPLE

How North Station to East Somerville was measured

The North Station to East Somerville estimate uses 3,674 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.

Read the complete method →