Morning rush
16 min 667 trips · 90% on paceOBSERVED MBTA TRAVEL TIME · 30 SERVICE DAYS
Oak GrovetoDowntown Crossing
Orange Line
A direct train took 16 minutes on a typical trip. On a slower-than-usual trip, allow up to 19 minutes.
Typical16 min50th percentile
Slower trip19 min90th percentile
Scheduled16 minmedian timetable
On pace86%within 2 min of schedule
THE SHORT ANSWER
How long does Oak Grove to Downtown Crossing take?
Based on 3,325 direct trips between 2026-08-17 and 2026-09-15, the median observed ride was 16 minutes. That was within 0.5 minutes of the published schedule.
Nine out of ten measured trips finished within approximately 19 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
16 min 544 trips · 87% on paceEvening rush
16 min 619 trips · 82% on paceOff-peak
16 min 1,495 trips · 87% 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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