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Saturday, August 15, 2026

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Day health

38.8

100 = every line running clean

Arrivals recorded

27,401

162 distinct trains

Peak trains at once

79

2:20 PM

Worst gap

229 min

Green-C · Cleveland Circle · 4:06 PM

The Score

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String-line diagram of every MBTA subway train on Saturday, August 15, 2026

Time runs left to right across the service day (4 AM → 3 AM). Each panel is one line, top to bottom along the route. Every diagonal is a single train: steep is fast, flat is stopped, a cluster is bunching, and blank space is the wait you remember.

Trains in service

Line by line

Redstrained

median 8m · p90 17m

5,547 arrivals · 20 trains

Orangehealthy

median 7m · p90 12m

6,209 arrivals · 11 trains

Bluehealthy

median 8m · p90 14m

3,300 arrivals · 7 trains

Green-Brough

median 1m · p90 16m

4,300 arrivals · 17 trains

Green-Crough

median 4m · p90 193m

12 arrivals · 3 trains

Green-Dstrained

median 8m · p90 22m

4,282 arrivals · 42 trains

Green-Erough

median 1m · p90 25m

2,702 arrivals · 31 trains

Mattapanrough

median 12m · p90 40m

1,049 arrivals · 2 trains

First light

The first recorded arrival on each line — the day starting without you.

  • 4:51:24 AMAshmont
  • 4:58:57 AMOak Grove
  • 5:00:53 AMOrient Heights
  • 4:58:27 AMBoston College
  • 10:49:40 AMCleveland Circle
  • 5:02:06 AMRiverside
  • 4:57:32 AMGilman Square
  • 5:01:24 AMCapen Street

Last call

The last recorded arrival on each line. After this, the tunnels go quiet.

  • 2:09:48 AMDavis
  • 2:38:05 AMStony Brook
  • 2:11:44 AMWonderland
  • 2:59:45 AMBoston College
  • 2:51:30 AMCleveland Circle
  • 2:57:35 AMReservoir
  • 2:37:44 AMBall Square
  • 2:37:55 AMMattapan

The wait you remember

229 minutes of nothing on the Green-C at Cleveland Circle, starting 4:06 PM.

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