As the end of the year approaches, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today unveiled the top statistics of 2023 across a variety of categories covering New York City Transit, Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad, including ticket sales, MetroCard swipes, and busiest stations, lines, or branches. The numbers provide a glimpse into how riders are coming back to the system as the MTA continues to power the economic recovery of the region.
The statistics are as follows:
Subway
The figures below are based on data from January 1, 2023, through November 2023:
- Station with the most MetroCard swipes: Flushing-Main St with 6.3 million swipes.
- Station with the most OMNY Taps: Grand Central-42 St with 5.4 million taps.
- Stations with the busiest bathrooms: 74 St-Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Ave and 14 St-Union Square .
The statistic below is an estimate for all of 2023:
- Busiest subway line: the train, which is on track to carry approximately 140 million passengers for the year, more than the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad combined.
Buses
The figures below are from January 1, 2023, through November 2023:
- Bus that carried the most passengers: The M15/M15 SBS with 16.4 million riders.
- Bus that traveled the most miles: The B6 at 1.7 million revenue miles.
- Busiest bus stop: Archer Av at Parsons Blvd in Jamaica, Queens with more than 36,000 riders per weekday.
Long Island Rail Road
The figures below exclude sales from Penn Station, Grand Central Madison and Jamaica station and are based on ticket sales from all sales channels from January 1, 2023 through November 2023:
- Station with the most City Tickets sold: Bayside with 242,000 sales.
- Station with the most Off-Peak tickets sold: Ronkonkoma with 656,000 sales.
- Station with the most monthly tickets sold: Hicksville with 23,000 sales.
- The branch with the most monthly tickets sold: Babylon with 120,000 sales.
- Branch with the most ridership: Huntington/Port Jefferson Branch with 10.8 million trips.
Metro-North Railroad
The figures below exclude sales from Grand Central Terminal and are based on ticket sales from all sales channels from January 1, 2023 through November 2023:
- Station with the most monthly tickets sold: Stamford with 18,379 sales.
- Station with the most City Tickets sold: Fordham with 301,905 sales.
- Station with the most Off-Peak tickets sold: Harlem-125 St with 576,590 sales.
- Line with the most ridership: New Haven Line with 26.1 million trips.