Westchester County - Bee Line

Bus at Westchester County - Bee Line

Westchester County - Bee Line carried 25,101,019 bus boardings in FY2025 at $7.17 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Bus White Plains, NY
FY2025 boardings
25.1M
+3.1% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$7.17
+2.5% nationwide $8.57
Subsidy per ride
$6.19
+3.9% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
13.6%
-7.7% nationwide 10.4%
Passenger miles
97.4M
average trip 3.88 miles
Operating cost
$180M
Vehicles in service
270
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
35.21
712.8K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through August 2026.

This year against the last five

Same months on one axis, so seasonality does not read as a trend

Annual boardings

Ten-year series

Cost

This service against every bus 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, FY2025

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
Purchased transportation 25,101,019 97,422,636 712,808 $179,996,465 $7.17 $6.19 13.6% 270

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Miles between failures

Revenue miles divided by mechanical failures. Higher is better.

Full series

Every year Westchester County - Bee Line reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 25,101,019 97,422,636 7,553,888 712,808 $179,996,465 $24,568,895 $7.17 $6.19 13.6%
2024 24,343,996 94,553,883 7,623,921 716,782 $170,261,580 $25,182,390 $6.99 $5.96 14.8%
2023 21,640,192 86,452,475 7,558,522 705,336 $166,793,847 $25,842,101 $7.71 $6.51 15.5%
2022 20,586,620 81,613,292 7,493,145 698,756 $162,140,455 $21,119,004 $7.88 $6.85 13%
2021 16,426,306 68,435,168 7,588,455 705,706 $152,751,687 $28,343,171 $9.30 $7.57 18.6%
2020 16,641,134 67,733,951 7,031,221 654,720 $150,526,406 $17,939,603 $9.05 $7.97 11.9%
2019 26,474,087 114,898,810 7,683,557 712,487 $143,431,601 $45,934,436 $5.42 $3.68 32%
2018 27,373,023 118,800,235 7,689,083 710,918 $139,464,107 $46,543,469 $5.09 $3.39 33.4%
2017 28,639,794 124,225,106 7,684,286 710,938 $131,113,096 $48,297,774 $4.58 $2.89 36.8%
2016 29,395,203 143,792,577 7,734,125 716,332 $128,900,991 $48,106,483 $4.39 $2.75 37.3%
2015 29,879,897 146,163,492 7,770,715 720,149 $132,193,505 $48,388,505 $4.42 $2.80 36.6%