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MTA reveals the busiest bus and subway lines in 2023
NEW YORK (PIX11) -- While New Yorkers may complain about the city's transit system, it was a very busy year, according to MTA ridership data.
A few days before the end of 2023, the MTA revealed the busiest subway stations, train lines, and bus routes. The report also included the most-used bathrooms, after the agency reopened bathrooms in some stations, which were closed in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The data covers MTA ridership from Jan. 1 through November 2023.
- Busiest subway line: The No. 6 train, which the MTA estimated to carry roughly 140 million passengers for the year — more than those riding the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad combined
- Station with most MetroCard swipes: Flushing-Main Street No. 7 line with 6.3 million swipes
- Station with the most OMNY taps: Grand Central-42nd Street, with 5.4 million taps
- Stations with the busiest bathrooms:
- 74th Street-Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue
- 14th Street-Union Square
- Bus line carrying most passengers: The M15/M15 SBS with 16.4 million riders
- Bus traveling the most miles: The B6 with 1.7 million revenue miles
- Busiest bus stop: Archer Avenue at Parsons Boulevard in Jamaica, Queens, with more than 36,000 riders per weekday