The Flushing-Main Street stop. The 6 train. The M15.
These were the greatest hits among the city’s commuters, according to the MTA.
Using data from Jan. 1, 2023 through the end of November, the MTA announced some of its most popular stops and stations of the year. The MTA said the station with the most MetroCard swipes was Flushing-Main Street, which clocked 6.3 million people using the traditional payment system.
Meanwhile, the Grand Central Terminal subway station had a record high number of OMNY taps, with 5.4 million people using the new fare payment method.
MTA board member Andrew Albert said that popularity should translate to new technology at the station.
“Judging by the numbers, the next candidate for the placement of OMNY vending machines is Flushing-Main Street!” he said in an email.
The 6 line had the most riders for the year, with the MTA adding that it should clock more than 140 million riders by the year’s end, which is more riders than the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North combined.
“These massive figures show a bustling transit network providing essential services to millions of New Yorkers, commuters and visitors every single day,” Danny Pearlstein, policy and communications director for the transit advocacy group Riders Alliance, wrote in an email.
The M15 and M15SBS, which run from East Harlem down the east side of Manhattan to South Ferry, were this year’s top bus line, clocking 16.4 million riders from the start of the year through November.
An assortment of accolades went to a variety of Long Island Rail Road stations.
The most popular station for City Tickets – which are issued for travel on the Long Island Rail Road for riding within the five boroughs – went to the Bayside stop, which sold 242,000 tickets.
“City Ticket has proven its importance in bringing city riders on the railroads! With the arrival of OMNY on the railroads, we hope the weekly City Ticket, which includes free transfers to subways and buses, will make its…
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