Ridership on the New York City Subway topped 3.6 million on May 18, the most since the pandemic began.
People commute through the Penn Station subway stop on April 28, 2022 in New York City. New York is continuing its road to recovery as ridership on the New York City Subway, the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad has set new pandemic-era ridership records.
Governor Kathy Hochul announced Thursday that subway ridership topped 3.6 million on May 18, breaking the record set the day prior of 3.535 million. In addition, pandemic-era ridership records were set on the Long Island Rail Road and on the Metro-North Railroad, with the LIRR recording 182,700 rides and Metro-North recording 162,100 rides."This week, New York reached a milestone in transit ridership, one of the most encouraging indicators that our comeback from COVID is right on track," Governor Hochul said.
"This week's record ridership on both our commuter railroads and the subway are just the latest evidence that New York's comeback is being powered by transit," said MTA Chair and CEO Janno LieberWe are committed to bringing riders back with the new OMNY 'Lucky 13' weekly unlimited and other fare discount options, as well as frequent, reliable service, and we can't wait to welcome more New Yorkers back to mass transit in the weeks and months to come.