

In 2022, the subway delivered 1,793,073,000 rides, or about 6,335,700 per weekday as of the fourth quarter of 2022. 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 system has operated 24/7 service every day of the year throughout most of its history, barring emergencies and disasters. Opened on October 27, 1904, the New York City Subway is one of the world's oldest public transit systems, one of the most-used, and the one with the most stations, with 472 stations in operation (424, if stations connected by transfers are counted as single stations). It is owned by the government of New York City and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, an affiliate agency of the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. Third rail, 600–650 V DC (normally 625V) (first elevated, rapid transit operation)Ĥ ft 8 + 1⁄ 2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and QueensĤ72 ( MTA total count) Ĥ24 unique stations (when compared to international standards) Top: A 1 train made up of ten R62A cars leaves the 125th Street elevated station bound for South Ferry, with another going to 242 Street.īottom: An E train made up of ten R160A cars enters the 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal station.
