Morning rush
10 min 704 trips · 94% on paceOBSERVED MBTA TRAVEL TIME · 30 SERVICE DAYS
North StationtoMalden Center
Orange Line
A direct MBTA train from North Station to Malden Center took a median 10 minutes across 3,839 observed trips; 90% of measured rides finished within approximately 12 minutes.
Source: MBTA Performance Data · 2026-08-20 to 2026-09-18 · Completed direct trips only
Typical10 min50th percentile
Slower trip12 min90th percentile
Scheduled11 minmedian timetable
On pace96%within 2 min of schedule
THE SHORT ANSWER
How long does North Station to Malden Center take?
The median completed ride from North Station to Malden Center was 10 minutes; the published schedule’s median was 11 minutes.
Based on 3,839 direct trips between 2026-08-20 and 2026-09-18, the median observed ride was 10 minutes. That was within 1 minutes of the published schedule.
Nine out of ten measured trips finished within approximately 12 minutes. These figures describe completed direct trips; they do not include the time spent waiting for the train.
WHEN YOU TRAVEL
North Station to Malden Center times by daypart
Evening rush produced the fastest median for North Station to Malden Center; Off-peak produced the slowest.
Differences can change as the rolling dataset updates.
Midday
10 min 677 trips · 95% on paceEvening rush
10 min 750 trips · 98% on paceOff-peak
10 min 1,708 trips · 96% on paceMEASUREMENT SAMPLE
How North Station to Malden Center was measured
The North Station to Malden Center estimate uses 3,839 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 North Station to Malden Center
The North Station to Malden Center record is accompanied by 6 other measured direct rides beginning at North Station, each with a published median duration.