Morning rush
20 min 622 trips · 83% on paceOBSERVED MBTA TRAVEL TIME · 30 SERVICE DAYS
Oak GrovetoBack Bay
Orange Line
A direct train took 20 minutes on a typical trip. On a slower-than-usual trip, allow up to 24 minutes.
Typical20 min50th percentile
Slower trip24 min90th percentile
Scheduled20 minmedian timetable
On pace81%within 2 min of schedule
THE SHORT ANSWER
How long does Oak Grove to Back Bay take?
Based on 3,038 direct trips between 2026-08-17 and 2026-09-15, the median observed ride was 20 minutes. That was within 0 minutes of the published schedule.
Nine out of ten measured trips finished within approximately 24 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
Evening rush produced the fastest typical result in this window; Off-peak was slowest. Differences can change as the rolling dataset updates.
Midday
20 min 544 trips · 83% on paceEvening rush
20 min 610 trips · 78% on paceOff-peak
20 min 1,262 trips · 80% on paceHOW 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.
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