While conditions have improved on the Orange Line, Red Line riders have seen mounting delays in recent months.

Abby Patkin | Boston.com

Good news for Orange Line riders: Delays on the line are now the shortest they’ve been since 2019, according to data from public transportation advocacy group TransitMatters.

The total delay from slow zones is down to 0.28 minutes—a little less than 17 seconds—and has been since last Thursday, per TransitMatters data. Delays hit a peak of nearly 27 minutes when the Orange Line first came back online in September following a 30-day shutdown for much-needed repairs.

As of Monday, the median travel time for a ride from Oak Grove to Forest Hills was slightly more than 36 minutes.

‘Based on our data, this is almost the fastest it’s ever been,’ Seth Kaplan, a software engineer and volunteer on TransitMatters’ lab team, told The Boston Globe. ‘It’s promising.’”