# MTA saw record-high ridership over Halloween, marathon weekend in NYC — but straphangers have complaints

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/mta-saw-record-high-ridership-over-halloween-marathon-weekend-in-nyc-but-straphangers-have-complaints/
- Published: 2026-11-04T02:13:53+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T06:57:05+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/03/us-news/mta-saw-record-high-subway-ridership-over-halloween-marathon-weekend-in-nyc/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Sunday set a first-of-the-week ridership record at 3.14 million.
- Halloween drew 3.59 million subway riders, the most since 2016.
- Riders criticised crowded platforms and delays despite added services.

## Summary

New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority recorded unusually high subway use around Halloween and the city marathon, with the Sunday total setting a record for that day of the week. The surge showed strong demand for mass transit during major events, but riders said crowded platforms and long waits made the journeys difficult and sometimes unsafe.

The subway carried 3.14 million riders on Sunday, 11% above the previous first-Sunday record, and 3.59 million on Halloween, the highest Saturday total since 2016. Thursday’s 4.72 million passengers marked the highest single-day ridership since the pandemic, up 9.7% on the same day a year earlier; the MTA said it added services, while riders reported packed trains and waits of up to 24 minutes.

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