diff --git a/csaxs_bec/scans/scans_v4/aerotech_cont_grid.py b/csaxs_bec/scans/scans_v4/aerotech_cont_grid.py
index 5940b142..075daf4b 100644
--- a/csaxs_bec/scans/scans_v4/aerotech_cont_grid.py
+++ b/csaxs_bec/scans/scans_v4/aerotech_cont_grid.py
@@ -272,8 +272,10 @@ class AerotechContGrid(ScanBase):
         self.capture = devices[capture_device]
         self._captured_lines: list[dict] = []
         self._step_status = None
-        self._line_times: list[float] = []
-        self._scan_start_time = None
+        self._line_times: list[float] = []  # line start .. trigger checked
+        self._line_starts: list[float] = []
+        self._readout_times: list[float] = []  # capture readout per line
+        self._last_line_end = None
 
         self.motors = [fast_axis, stepper_axis]
         self.frames_per_line = 0
@@ -324,6 +326,7 @@ class AerotechContGrid(ScanBase):
             frames_per_trigger=self.frames_per_line,
             computed_positions=positions,
             num_lines=num_lines,
+            readout_time=self._line["readout_time"],
         )
 
         if self.mcs is not None:
@@ -367,7 +370,6 @@ class AerotechContGrid(ScanBase):
             )
             self.panda.arm()
         self.actions.pre_scan_all_devices()
-        self._scan_start_time = time.time()
 
     @scan_hook
     def scan_core(self):
@@ -401,6 +403,7 @@ class AerotechContGrid(ScanBase):
         then check that the line was triggered and read the captured positions.
         """
         line_start_time = time.time()
+        self._line_starts.append(line_start_time)
         self.capture.arm(self.frames_per_line)
         move_status = self.actions.set(motors, positions, wait=False)
         next_line = line_index + 1 if line_index + 1 < self._line["num_lines"] else None
@@ -423,7 +426,10 @@ class AerotechContGrid(ScanBase):
             self.panda.wait_lines_done(line_index + 1, timeout=self._line_duration() + 2)
 
         self._line_times.append(time.time() - line_start_time)
+        readout_start = time.time()
         self._captured_lines.append(self.capture.read_line(centre_shift=self._centre_shift()))
+        self._last_line_end = time.time()
+        self._readout_times.append(self._last_line_end - readout_start)
 
     @scan_hook
     def post_scan(self):
@@ -538,12 +544,19 @@ class AerotechContGrid(ScanBase):
                 f"  backward - forward [um]: mean {diff.mean():+.2f}, slope {slope:+.2f} / mm,"
                 f" peak-peak {np.ptp(diff):.2f}",
             ]
-        if self._line_times:
-            total = time.time() - self._scan_start_time if self._scan_start_time else 0.0
+        if self._line_starts and self._last_line_end is not None:
+            # line period: start to start of the next line (motion, trigger check, capture
+            # readout, wait for the step); the last line ends with its capture readout
+            ends = self._line_starts[1:] + [self._last_line_end]
+            periods = np.subtract(ends, self._line_starts)
+            lines_total = self._last_line_end - self._line_starts[0]
             text.append(
-                f"  times: scan {total:.1f} s, line mean {np.mean(self._line_times):.2f} s"
-                f" (min {np.min(self._line_times):.2f}, max {np.max(self._line_times):.2f}),"
-                f" exposure per line {n * self.exp_time:.2f} s"
+                f"  times: lines {lines_total:.1f} s (first line start to last line end,"
+                f" without staging / premove / close), line period mean {periods.mean():.2f} s"
+                f" (min {periods.min():.2f}, max {periods.max():.2f}), of which motion and"
+                f" trigger check {np.mean(self._line_times):.2f} s, capture readout"
+                f" {np.mean(self._readout_times):.2f} s; exposure per line"
+                f" {n * self.exp_time:.2f} s"
             )
         return "\n".join(text)
 
diff --git a/tests/tests_scans/test_aerotech_cont_grid_scan.py b/tests/tests_scans/test_aerotech_cont_grid_scan.py
index c73d3eb1..833a6120 100644
--- a/tests/tests_scans/test_aerotech_cont_grid_scan.py
+++ b/tests/tests_scans/test_aerotech_cont_grid_scan.py
@@ -418,11 +418,22 @@ def test_statistics_of_a_symmetric_snake(v4_scan_assembler, device_manager):
     bwd = {"enc6_centre": list((cells + 3e-3)[::-1]), "enc2_centre": [0.5] * 5}
     scan._captured_lines = [fwd, bwd, fwd]
     scan._line_times = [1.0, 1.2, 1.1]
+    scan._readout_times = [0.2, 0.2, 0.2]
+    scan._line_starts = [100.0, 101.5, 103.0]  # periods 1.5, 1.5, last line ends at 104.4
+    scan._last_line_end = 104.4
     text = scan._statistics()
     assert "forward mean +1.00" in text
     assert "backward mean +3.00" in text
     assert "backward - forward [um]: mean +2.00" in text and "peak-peak 0.00" in text
-    assert "line mean 1.10 s" in text
+    assert "lines 4.4 s" in text
+    assert "line period mean 1.47 s (min 1.40, max 1.50)" in text
+    assert "motion and trigger check 1.10 s, capture readout 0.20 s" in text
+
+
+def test_readout_time_in_scan_info(v4_scan_assembler, device_manager):
+    scan = _assemble(v4_scan_assembler, device_manager)
+    scan.prepare_scan()
+    assert scan.scan_info.readout_time == pytest.approx(2e-4)
 
 
 def test_on_exception_restores_ddg_pso_and_axis(v4_scan_assembler, device_manager):