OBSERVED MBTA TRAVEL TIME · 30 SERVICE DAYS

Oak GrovetoCommunity College

Orange Line

A direct train took 9.8 minutes on a typical trip. On a slower-than-usual trip, allow up to 12 minutes.

Typical9.8 min50th percentile
Slower trip12 min90th percentile
Scheduled10 minmedian timetable
On pace90%within 2 min of schedule

THE SHORT ANSWER

How long does Oak Grove to Community College take?

Based on 3,330 direct trips between 2026-08-17 and 2026-09-15, the median observed ride was 9.8 minutes. That was within 0.5 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

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.

Morning rush

9.8 min 669 trips · 92% on pace

Midday

9.8 min 545 trips · 91% on pace

Evening rush

9.8 min 620 trips · 85% on pace

Off-peak

9.8 min 1,496 trips · 92% on pace

HOW 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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