NYC Subway May Trim Monday, Friday Service
- Changes come as remote work continues to keep ridership down
- Three train lines would get more service on Saturday, Sunday
Commuters enter a subway car at a station in New York.
Photographer: Eilon Paz/BloombergRiders on some New York City subway lines may see less service on Mondays and Fridays and an increase on weekends as the biggest US transit system adjusts to a post-pandemic landscape.
While subway ridership is higher on weekdays than on weekends, usage on Saturdays and Sundays is about 75% of pre-pandemic levels, compared with just over 60% during the week, according to data from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the state agency that runs the city’s subways, buses and commuter rail lines.