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Today's commuter rail
Electrified regional rail
Total time
1 hr 42 min
8:40 AM—10:22 AM
45 min
56% faster
8:40 AM—9:25 AM
Your wait
54 min waiting for Commuter Rail trains
6 min waiting for Regional Rail trains
89% less
Your ride
  • Legacy diesel train
  • Speed restrictions artifically limit the top speed of trains
  • Fast, quiet, and reliable electric train
  • Modern tracks and signals ensure trains can run at full speed
Your fare
2 fares
Pay once to ride the Commuter Rail and once to ride the subway.
One fare
Pay one fare based on distance traveled across all MBTA services.
Reliability
Low
An MBTA commuter rail train breaks down once every 5,000 miles.
30x higher
Electric trains break down less than once every 150,000 miles.
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Your trip
Start
8:40 AM
54 minute wait
Waltham
9:34 AM
Waverley
Belmont
Porter
North Station
10:02 AM
6 minute transfer
4 minute wait
North Station
10:12 AM
Haymarket
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Tufts Medical Center
Back Bay
10:22 AM
Start
8:40 AM
6 minute wait
Waltham
8:46 AM
Clematis Brook/Warrendale
New station
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Brickbottom
New station
North Station
9:03 AM
6 minute transfer
6 minute wait
North Station
9:15 AM
Haymarket
Show 3 more
Tufts Medical Center
Back Bay
9:25 AM

Where to next?

from Waltham
to Back Bay
Depart at 8:40 AM on a weekday
from Lansdowne
to Oak Grove
Depart at 9:00 PM on a Saturday
from Lynn
to Charles/MGH
Arrive by 3:15 PM on a weekday
from Uphams Corner
to Salem
Depart at 12:00 PM on a Sunday
from South Station
to Wellesley Square
Depart at 10:15 AM on a weekday
Choose your own commute