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By annual ridership, the New York City Subway is the busiest rapid transit system in both the Western Hemisphere and the Western world, as well as the eleventh-busiest rapid transit rail system in the world. The subway carried 2,027,286,000 riders in 2023.
Reports of assaults and other major felonies occurring on the subway system increased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, when the number was adjusted for weekday ridership numbers. [10] [11] According to police statistics, crime in the subway increased 68% by April 2022 compared to the same time in 2021. [11]
The 7 Flushing Local and <7> Flushing Express [3] are two rapid transit services in the A Division of the New York City Subway, providing local and express services along the full length of the IRT Flushing Line. Their route emblems, or "bullets", are colored purple, since they serve the Flushing Line. [4]
The New York City subway carried more than 1 billion people this year, marking a major milestone in the Big Apple’s pandemic recovery.
In October 2018, New York state comptroller Thomas DiNapoli published a report stating that the MTA could have $42 billion in debt by 2022. This was exacerbated by the declines in subway and bus ridership, which could not be offset by higher fares alone.
IRT Dyre Avenue Line ( 5 train) – entire line. IRT Pelham Line ( 6 and <6> trains) – entire line. IRT Flushing Line ( 7 and <7> trains) – from 33rd Street–Rawson Street to Flushing–Main Street. IRT New Lots Line ( 2, 3, 4, and 5 trains) at Junius Street – center track is not usable in revenue service.
As with all mass transit in the United States the TA requires assistance for its capital costs and to cover operational needs, however, the very high ridership of New York City's subway system has enabled it to pay 67 percent of its operating costs from fares and advertising.
For the 2022 holiday season, the train, signed as the 1 train, traveled via IRT trackage between 137th Street and Chambers Street. During Saturdays in December 2023, the IND version was back in the daytime, with 145th Street being the northern terminal.
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system that serves four of the five boroughs of New York City, New York: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens. [a] Its operator is the New York City Transit Authority, which is itself controlled by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York.
The subway reached a daily ridership of 6 million for 29 days in 2014, and was expected to record a similar ridership level for 55 days in 2015; by comparison, in 2013, daily ridership never reached 6 million.