New York City Subway's average weekday ridership 2020

On average, around two million passengers entered the New York City Subway system on a weekday in 2020, a considerable year-over-year decrease of around 62.9 percent amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The New York Subway is the largest rapid transit system in the United States.

Average number of passengers who enter the New York City Subway system on a weekday from 2014 to 2020 (in 1,000s)

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Release date

April 2021

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Region

United States (New York)

Survey time period

2014 to 2020

Special properties

all passenger who enter the subway system, including passenger who transfer from buses.

Supplementary notes

Figures have been rounded.
The ridership does not include employees, passengers who exit the subway, and passengers who transfer from other subway lines, with exception of out-of-system transfers, where passengers use their MetroCard to make the transfer.

* Data from 2014 was taken from a previous version of the report.

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