← Compositions

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

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Day health

59.4

100 = every line running clean

Arrivals recorded

40,600

414 distinct trains

Peak trains at once

149

7:25 AM

Worst gap

235 min

Green-C · 70203 · 11:08 AM

The Score

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String-line diagram of every MBTA subway train on Wednesday, August 26, 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 7m · p90 16m

6,276 arrivals · 27 trains

Orangehealthy

median 5m · p90 10m

2,879 arrivals · 6 trains

Bluestrained

median 5m · p90 11m

4,365 arrivals · 18 trains

Green-Bstrained

median 8m · p90 17m

6,730 arrivals · 102 trains

Green-Chealthy

median 9m · p90 17m

4,671 arrivals · 39 trains

Green-Dstrained

median 8m · p90 19m

6,489 arrivals · 111 trains

Green-Estrained

median 7m · p90 16m

7,632 arrivals · 71 trains

Mattapanrough

median 8m · p90 26m

1,558 arrivals · 6 trains

First light

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

  • 5:13:01 AMQuincy Adams
  • 5:17:43 AMGreen Street
  • 4:34:23 AMGovernment Center
  • 5:00:25 AMBoston College
  • 4:02:07 AMCleveland Circle
  • 4:32:48 AMRiverside
  • 4:45:46 AMEast Somerville
  • 5:02:15 AMValley Road

Last call

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

  • 1:16:19 AMAlewife
  • 1:37:31 AMStony Brook
  • 1:15:42 AMWonderland
  • 2:59:06 AMBoston College
  • 2:59:06 AMCleveland Circle
  • 1:53:20 AMRiverside
  • 1:38:38 AMEast Somerville
  • 1:38:00 AMMattapan

The wait you remember

235 minutes of nothing on the Green-C at 70203, starting 11:08 AM.

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