Morning rush
13 min 718 trips · 92% on paceOBSERVED MBTA TRAVEL TIME · 30 SERVICE DAYS
ShawmuttoSouth Station
Red Line
A direct MBTA train from Shawmut to South Station took a median 13 minutes across 3,120 observed trips; 90% of measured rides finished within approximately 16 minutes.
Source: MBTA Performance Data · 2026-08-20 to 2026-09-18 · Completed direct trips only
Typical13 min50th percentile
Slower trip16 min90th percentile
Scheduled14 minmedian timetable
On pace91%within 2 min of schedule
THE SHORT ANSWER
How long does Shawmut to South Station take?
The median completed ride from Shawmut to South Station was 13 minutes; the published schedule’s median was 14 minutes.
Based on 3,120 direct trips between 2026-08-20 and 2026-09-18, the median observed ride was 13 minutes. That was within 1 minutes of the published schedule.
Nine out of ten measured trips finished within approximately 16 minutes. These figures describe completed direct trips; they do not include the time spent waiting for the train.
WHEN YOU TRAVEL
Shawmut to South Station times by daypart
Off-peak produced the fastest median for Shawmut to South Station; Morning rush produced the slowest.
Differences can change as the rolling dataset updates.
Midday
13 min 678 trips · 87% on paceEvening rush
13 min 691 trips · 90% on paceOff-peak
13 min 1,033 trips · 93% on paceMEASUREMENT SAMPLE
How Shawmut to South Station was measured
The Shawmut to South Station estimate uses 3,120 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 Shawmut to South Station
The Shawmut to South Station record is accompanied by 6 other measured direct rides beginning at Shawmut, each with a published median duration.