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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.
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.
ridership (2022) Avg. daily weekday boardings (Q3 2023) System length Avg. daily boardings per mile (Q3 2023) Year opened Stations Lines 1 New York City Subway: United States New York City: 2,027,286,000 6,593,700 248 miles (399 km) 25,251 1904: 472: 24: 2 Mexico City Metro: Mexico Mexico City: 1,115,300,000 : 2,397,892
The New York City subway carried more than 1 billion people this year, marking a major milestone in the Big Apple’s pandemic recovery.
The newest New York City Subway stations are part of the Second Avenue Subway, and are located on Second Avenue at 72nd, 86th and 96th streets. They opened on January 1, 2017. Stations that share identical street names are disambiguated by the line name and/or the cross street each is associated with.
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Operated by the New York City Transit Authority under the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York, the New York City Subway is the busiest rapid transit system in the United States and the seventh busiest in the world, with 5.225 million daily riders.
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.
Ridership on the L has increased dramatically since 2000 since many neighborhoods along the route have experienced gentrification. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority 's $443 million fleets of subway cars on the L was introduced in 2002, but by 2006 was already too small to handle growing ridership.
The map is based on a New York City Subway map originally designed by Vignelli in 1972. The map shows all the commuter rail, subway, PATH, and light rail operations in urban northeastern New Jersey and Midtown and Lower Manhattan highlighting Super Bowl Boulevard, Prudential Center, MetLife Stadium and Jersey City.