6 Lexington Ave Posted January 16, 2013 Share #1 Posted January 16, 2013 So, if the Lexington Avenue Line is the busiest in the subway, does anyone know which line/lines are next when it comes to ridership? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BM5 via Woodhaven Posted January 16, 2013 Share #2 Posted January 16, 2013 So, if the Lexington Avenue is the busiest in the subway, does anyone know which line/lines are next when it comes to ridership? My Guess is the 8 or 6 Avenue Line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttcsubwayfan Posted January 16, 2013 Share #3 Posted January 16, 2013 I'd imagine Canarsie and Flushing would be quite high on the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quill Depot Posted January 16, 2013 Share #4 Posted January 16, 2013 8th Avenue Line, seriously... no. It has to be the Broadway Line, the Canarsie Line, and the 11Cars line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 Lexington Ave Posted January 16, 2013 Author Share #5 Posted January 16, 2013 What about QBL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metro CSW Posted January 16, 2013 Share #6 Posted January 16, 2013 Canarsie and Flushing are agreeable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowblock Posted January 16, 2013 Share #7 Posted January 16, 2013 I've always heard it said that the Queens Blvd line is the 2nd busiest trunk, after the Lexington. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quill Depot Posted January 16, 2013 Share #8 Posted January 16, 2013 The local trains my be the busyness you are referring to. The local trains on QBL can be crowded due to around 15 trains per hour headways during rush (both the M and R). Keep in mind, around those local stops on the QBL, the area is dense and there is much to do. I feel the Broadway line is close behind the Lexington Avenue Line. See all it runs through. -Clearly Broadway along it's route -Canal Street -Prince Street (soho) -14th, USQ -23rd, MSQ -34th Street-Herald Square -42nd Street-TSQ -49th Street-TSQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFC Posted January 16, 2013 Share #9 Posted January 16, 2013 In my opinion, the busiest is this: 1) The Lexington Avenue Line 2) The Canarsie/14th Street Line 3) The Flushing Line 4) Queens Boulevard Line 5) Broadway Line 6) 6th Avenue Line 7) 8th Avenue Line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minato ku Posted January 16, 2013 Share #10 Posted January 16, 2013 In the web, I see that the Canarsie had a ridership of 30 million in the mid 2000's or 230,000 passengers per day. This seems a bit too low to be the second busiest line of subway system. A crowded line with a low frequencies can carry less passengers than a less crowded line with much higher frequencies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFC Posted January 16, 2013 Share #11 Posted January 16, 2013 In the web, I see that the Canarsie had a ridership of 30 million in the mid 2000's or 230,000 passengers per day.This seems a bit too low to be the second busiest line of subway system. A crowded line with a low frequencies can carry less passengers than a less crowded line with much higher frequencies. Sometime's I ride the during rush hour between Union Square and Myrtle Avenue. Sometime's I cannot get onto the train as do others cannot get on either, Just like the and That's only 1 reason why I put the second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowblock Posted January 17, 2013 Share #12 Posted January 17, 2013 You'd have a much easier time getting on the at Union Square if you tried boarding at the front of the train. Everybody always tries to squeeze into the middle or rear of the train there. IMO it's always preferable to board the train where you KNOW you can get a spot rather than boarding at the closest spot to where the exit at your destination station is. Going Brooklyn-bound on the L, there isn't a station with a front end exit until Morgan Ave (the main exit, and the one with the transfer, is at the rear of Lorimer St), so the first 2 cars are always much emptier, even during rush hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quill Depot Posted January 17, 2013 Share #13 Posted January 17, 2013 Dont judge the ridership by crowds… the may have much crowds, but consider that their are no express tracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollOver Posted January 17, 2013 Share #14 Posted January 17, 2013 The is fine as it is. It takes like about an hour for it to get between 8 Av and Rockaway Parkway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowblock Posted January 17, 2013 Share #15 Posted January 17, 2013 35 minutes when me and ATO are operating. Actually more like 30 minutes to get to the 2nd to last station....and then LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE DELAYED DUE TO TRAIN TRAFFIC AHEAD.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quill Depot Posted January 17, 2013 Share #16 Posted January 17, 2013 Terminal Issues? Is CBTC a strain? lol Okay, what do you guys think about Broadway, it seems pretty close to next after the Lex, in terms of ridership. About what Snowblock said, commuter time speeds up. It may be 5 minutes for the train to come, but they say it's 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanshnookenraggen Posted January 18, 2013 Share #17 Posted January 18, 2013 For my posters I added up the ridership numbers provided on the MTAs website. The problem is that they only count station entries. This means that at say Times Sq you can't tell who is using which line. So for my final numbers each station is counted for as many different lines stop there. Lexington and 7th Ave are more accurate since they don't share as many stations as say the 8th and 6th Ave lines. So rough estimates: IND 6th Ave (B,D,F,M): 499,793,712 IRT Lexington (4,5,6): 451,408,253 IRT 7th Ave (1,2,3): 449,424,657 BMT Broadway (N,Q,R): 431,262,911 IND 8th Ave (A,C,E): 380,172,876 IRT Flushing : 209,143,818 BMT Canarsie : 116,822,155 BMT Jamaica (J,Z): 103,387,197 IND Crosstown : 43,397,099 These are 2010 numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Pond Posted January 18, 2013 Share #18 Posted January 18, 2013 An hour? It takes me about 20 minutes from New Lots to Lorimer St whenever I go to/from work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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