Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation

Heavy Rail at Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation

Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation carried 62,489,580 heavy rail boardings in FY2024 at $9.58 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Heavy Rail New York, NY
← All of Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation
FY2024 boardings
62.5M
+13.4% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$9.58
-4.4% nationwide $4.35
Subsidy per ride
$7.14
-5.9% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
25.5%
+4.9% nationwide 32.6%
Passenger miles
304M
average trip 4.86 miles
Operating cost
$598.8M
Vehicles in service
300
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
61.95
1.01M hours operated

Ridership

This service reports annually.

Monthly boardings

NTD publishes monthly figures for full reporters only, so this service has annual data alone.

Annual boardings

Ten-year series

Cost

This service against every heavy rail operator in the country.

Cost per ride

This agency against the national figure for the same mode

Fare recovery

Share of operating cost covered by fares

Directly operated and purchased service, FY2024

NTD reports these separately. An agency that contracts a service out reports the contract price, which bundles costs a directly operating agency reports line by line.

Service Boardings Passenger miles Revenue hours Operating cost Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery Vehicles
Directly operated 62,489,580 304,004,374 1,008,774 $598,828,004 $9.58 $7.14 25.5% 300

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Miles between failures

Revenue miles divided by mechanical failures. Higher is better.

Full series

Every year Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 62,489,580 304,004,374 12,526,893 1,008,774 $598,828,004 $152,460,914 $9.58 $7.14 25.5%
2023 55,108,860 268,404,831 12,233,328 970,012 $552,255,525 $134,086,782 $10.02 $7.59 24.3%
2022 46,589,043 229,047,695 12,565,499 938,429 $481,245,434 $113,506,101 $10.33 $7.89 23.6%
2021 32,073,673 161,154,698 12,631,773 935,157 $467,050,762 $77,447,637 $14.56 $12.15 16.6%
2020 29,654,770 150,302,485 12,744,198 935,379 $447,033,881 $71,157,600 $15.07 $12.68 15.9%
2019 90,275,181 447,020,668 13,319,661 979,645 $457,515,883 $197,809,403 $5.07 $2.88 43.2%
2018 89,664,393 444,870,346 12,941,314 968,658 $445,981,638 $190,468,604 $4.97 $2.85 42.7%
2017 92,930,412 390,795,181 12,859,005 697,928 $423,381,922 $191,167,260 $4.56 $2.50 45.2%
2016 88,329,813 370,185,683 12,865,445 692,803 $415,250,809 $178,799,000 $4.70 $2.68 43.1%
2015 85,521,775 360,882,139 12,988,435 694,582 $389,275,161 $173,976,000 $4.55 $2.52 44.7%