OBSERVED MBTA TRAVEL TIME · 30 SERVICE DAYS

RiversidetoNewton Centre

Green Line

A direct train took 10 minutes on a typical trip. On a slower-than-usual trip, allow up to 13 minutes.

Typical10 min50th percentile
Slower trip13 min90th percentile
Scheduled10 minmedian timetable
On pace83%within 2 min of schedule

THE SHORT ANSWER

How long does Riverside to Newton Centre take?

Based on 3,105 direct trips between 2026-08-17 and 2026-09-15, the median observed ride was 10 minutes. That was within 0 minutes of the published schedule.

Nine out of ten measured trips finished within approximately 13 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

Off-peak produced the fastest typical result in this window; Morning rush was slowest. Differences can change as the rolling dataset updates.

Morning rush

10 min 568 trips · 77% on pace

Midday

10 min 732 trips · 89% on pace

Evening rush

10 min 629 trips · 86% on pace

Off-peak

9.8 min 1,176 trips · 81% 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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