OBSERVED MBTA TRAVEL TIME · 30 SERVICE DAYS

North StationtoLongwood

Green Line

A direct MBTA train from North Station to Longwood took a median 25 minutes across 3,288 observed trips; 90% of measured rides finished within approximately 30 minutes.

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

Typical25 min50th percentile
Slower trip30 min90th percentile
Scheduled25 minmedian timetable
On pace74%within 2 min of schedule

THE SHORT ANSWER

How long does North Station to Longwood take?

The median completed ride from North Station to Longwood was 25 minutes; the published schedule’s median was 25 minutes.

Based on 3,288 direct trips between 2026-08-20 and 2026-09-18, the median observed ride was 25 minutes. That was within 0.5 minutes of 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

North Station to Longwood times by daypart

Off-peak produced the fastest median for North Station to Longwood; Evening rush produced the slowest.

Differences can change as the rolling dataset updates.

Morning rush

24 min 548 trips · 86% on pace

Midday

25 min 891 trips · 70% on pace

Evening rush

27 min 691 trips · 68% on pace

Off-peak

24 min 1,158 trips · 76% on pace

MEASUREMENT SAMPLE

How North Station to Longwood was measured

The North Station to Longwood estimate uses 3,288 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 →