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It is the second busiest commuter railroad in North America in terms of annual ridership, behind the Long Island Rail Road and ahead of NJ Transit (both of which also serve New York City). [1] As of 2018 [update] , Metro-North's budgetary burden for expenditures was $1.3 billion, which it supports through the collection of taxes and fees. [ 10 ]
For other similarly named entities, see Metropolitan Transit Authority and MTA (disambiguation). The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) provides local and express bus, subway, and commuter rail service in Greater New York, and operates multiple toll bridges and tunnels in New York City. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA ...
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. [18] The subway carried 2,027,286,000 unlinked, non-unique riders in 2023.
Metro-North's record week, for the week of May 6, is the first time since the pandemic the railroad has averaged over 200,000 riders for a week, surpassing that total six of the last seven weekdays.
Metro-North carried 84.66 million passengers in 2014, a 1.5% increase over the prior year and the highest ridership in rail system’s history, according to figures released by the Metropolitan ...
In April 1986, the New York City Transit Authority began to study the possibility of eliminating sections of 11 subway lines because of low ridership. The segments are primarily located in low-income neighborhoods of the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens, with a total of 79 stations, and 45 miles of track, for a total of 6.5 percent of the system.
Metro-North Breaks Ridership Record - Chappaqua-Mount Kisco, NY - Metro-North reached an all-time high and the LIRR hit a high it hasn't seen since 1949, MTA officials said.
New Haven Line. The New Haven Line is a 72.7 mi (117.0 km) commuter rail line operated by the Metro-North Railroad in the U.S. states of New York and Connecticut. Running from New Haven, Connecticut, to New York City, the New Haven Line joins the Harlem Line in Mount Vernon, New York, and continues south to Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan.