MTA Releases 2010 Subway Station Ridership Statistics - Roosevelt Island F Train Station With 2,580,031 Riders Increasing 37% Over 2009
Roosevelt Island Rush Hour Subway Platform During Tram Outage First DayThe MTA recently released subway station ridership statistics for 2010. According to the MTA:
... Subway ridership consists of all passengers (other than NYC Transit employees) who enter the subway system, including passengers who transfer from buses. Ridership does not include passengers who exit the subway or passengers who transfer from other subway lines, with the exception of out-of-system transfers; e.g., between the Lexington Av/63 St F station and the Lexington Avenue N Q R/4 5 6 59 St station, where customers use their MetroCard to make the transfer...How did Roosevelt Island's F Train Subway Station ridership fare compared with the 422 other New York City subway stations surveyed by the MTA? According to Gothamist:
...Surprising nobody, the two busiest train stations in the city are Times Square (58,422,597 riders in 2010) and Grand Central (41,903,210 riders). 34th Street Herald Square, 14th Street, and 34th Street Penn Station rounded out the top five.Below are the Roosevelt Island subway station ridership statistics since 2007:
The biggest single jump in ridership in a station that wasn't recently reopened (i.e. Cortland Street) was the currently closed Elder Avenue stop on the 6 line, which saw its ridership jump 39 percent to 2,864,031 in 2010. The Roosevelt Island F station, which was dealing with a down Tram, also saw a massive jump of 37 percent in ridership in 2010 to 2,580,003 straphangers.
And for all you hipsters out there, the Bedford L stop saw a jump of 9.7 percent to 7,418,203 riders annually—making it the 46th busiest stop in the system. ...
- Year 2007 - 1,874,023
- Year 2008 - 1,929,468
- Year 2009 - 1,875,228
- Year 2010 - 2,580,003
- Year 2009 -2010 Change - 704,775 - 37.6%
- Rank - 180
Have you ever wondered how subway service came to Roosevelt Island in the first place? Here's a fascinating video via Second Avenue Sagas showing how the F Train came to Roosevelt Island by way of the 63rd Street Tunnel.
You Tube Video on Making of East River Subway Tunnel via 2nd Ave Sagas
2 comments :
Considering that the 37% jump was contributed to the outage of the tram I am impressed how little impact it had on the morning commute. Gotta say that the MTA did something right then. Now, if only they would fix the closet waterfall on the Manhattan platform...
Yesterday, I was waiting for the F train at 57 street in the afternoon. Instead of the F, the M came. It had the interactive map inside a car which said that it would stop on Roosevelt Island. This M train was running the F track, but making all stops in Queens (F runs express in Queens). I didn’t see any information on the platform that there are any changes in the schedule.
It’ll be so nice if, in addition to the F train, the M train will also service RI!
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