|
Annual
Ridership: |
1.449
billion passengers in 2005. |
|
Number
of subway cars: |
Roughly
6,200. |
|
Miles
of track: |
660
miles in passenger service. |
|
Stations: |
468
on 26 different routes. |
|
Number
of train trips: |
2,682,097
in 2005. |
|
Subway
car mileage: |
The
fleet traveled 352,784,000 miles in 2005. |
ROUTES:
Laid end to end, NYC Transit train tracks would stretch from New York City
to Chicago.
There
are 26 interconnected subway routes, and many lines feature express trains, and
across-the-platform transfers to local trains, and "skip-stop" express
service.
Numbered
routes include the: 
Lettered
routes include: 
There
are three permanent shuttle services: 
Franklin Avenue, Rockaway Park, and 42 Street.
|
Longest
ride with no change of trains: |
The
train from 207th Street in
Manhattan to Far Rockaway in Queens (more than 31 miles). |
|
Longest
ride with a transfer: |
The
train from 241st Street in
the Bronx, with a transfer to the Far Rockaway-bound
Train (more than 38 miles). |
|
Longest
ride between stations: |
The train
between the Howard Beach/JFK Airport and Broad Channel stations in Queens
(3.5 miles). |
STATIONS:
The NYC Subway system has 468 stations - only 35 fewer stations than the
combined total of all other subway systems in the country.
From
the original 28 stations built in Manhattan and opened on October 27, 1904, the
subway system has grown to 468 stations, most of which were built by 1930.
Their design represents three distinct styles since two private companies the
Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) and the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit
Corporation (BMT) and the city-owned Independent Rapid Transit Railroad (IND),
built them.
The
primary difference among the three types of stations is platform lengths.
IRT stations have platforms that are 525 feet long; BMT platforms are 615 feet
long, and IND platforms are the longest some measuring 660 feet.
Over
the past 20 years, NYC Transit has rehabilitated or upgraded almost half the
stations in the system, making sure to rebuild the distinctive tile mosaics of
the stations. In addition, MTA Arts for Transit has commissioned and installed
artwork in dozens of stations since 1985.
|
Highest
station: |
Smith-9
Sts  
in Brooklyn is 88 feet above street level. |
|
Lowest
station: |
191
St  in Manhattan is 180
feet below street level. |
|
Types
of stations: |
277
stations are situated underground, 153 rest on elevated structures, 29 are
built on embankments and nine lie in "open cuts" (trench-like
depressions below street level). |
RIDERSHIP:
In 2005, average weekday subway ridership was 4.7 million, about 1.449
billion a year. Ridership has increased to 4.8 million in 2006, and in
March 2006 reached 4.9 million trips a day – the highest number in more than
35 years.
|
Annual
Subway Ridership Among the World's Subway Systems in 2005 |
|
1. |
Tokyo |
2.819
billion |
|
2. |
Moscow |
2.603
billion |
|
3. |
Seoul |
2.340
billion |
|
4. |
New
York City |
1.449
billion |
|
5. |
Mexico
City |
1.442
billion |
|
6. |
Paris |
1.336
billion |
|
7. |
London |
970
million |
|
8. |
Osaka |
912
million |
|
9. |
Hong
Kong |
858
million |
|
10. |
St.
Petersburg |
821
million |
Track
and Power: The NYC Subway system uses enough power annually to light
the city of Buffalo for a year.
The
distance between the rails is 4 feet 8.5 inches, the same as that of major
American railroads.
Approximately
660 miles of track are in passenger service. Counting track used for
non-revenue purposes (e.g., in subway yards), the number is more than 840 miles.
Substations
receive as much as 27,000 volts from power plants and convert it for use in the
subway. The third (contact) rail uses 625 volts to operate trains.
Alternating current (AC) operates signals, station and tunnel lighting,
ventilation, and miscellaneous line equipment. Direct
current (DC) operates trains and auxiliary equipment, such as water pumps and
emergency lighting.
|
Percent
of Workers taking Public Transit to Work - 2004 |
|
1. |
New
York City |
53.2% |
|
2. |
Washington |
33.6% |
|
3. |
Boston |
31.8% |
|
4. |
San
Francisco |
29.6% |
|
5. |
Philadelphia |
27.0% |
|
6. |
Newark |
25.5% |
|
7. |
Chicago |
23.6% |
|
8. |
Oakland |
22.3% |
|
9. |
Baltimore |
20.5% |
|
10. |
Pittsburgh |
19.4% |
Percent
of Workers 16 Years and Over Who Traveled to Work by Public Transportation
(Excluding Taxicab)
Universe:
Workers 16 years and over
Data
Set: 2004 American Community Survey
Ranks
among the 70 cities with 250,000 or more people
|
Average
Time for Workers to Commute to Work - 2004 |
|
1. |
New
York |
38.4
minutes |
|
2. |
Chicago |
35.0
minutes |
|
3. |
Philadelphia |
33.7
minutes |
|
4. |
Newark |
32.3
minutes |
|
5. |
Los
Angeles |
30.0
minutes |
|
6. |
Stockton |
29.3
minutes |
|
7. |
Boston |
29.0
minutes |
|
7. |
Riverside
City |
29.0
minutes |
|
9. |
San
Francisco |
28.7
minutes |
|
10. |
Oakland |
28.4
minutes |
Mean
Travel Time to Work of Workers 16 Years and Over Who Did Not Work at Home
Universe: Workers 16 years and over who did not work at home
Data
Set: 2004 American Community Survey
Ranks
among the 70 cities with 250,000 or more people
Sources:
New
York City MTA
US
Census Bureau American Community Survey
Guinness
World Records
