Subway Was Delayed Almost 500,000 Times Last Year
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The subway’s “on-time performance” — a train is “on-time” if it reaches the end station within 5 minutes of its scheduled time — averaged 74 percent on weekdays last year, down from a little
more than 80 percent in 2013. Overall, the subways recorded nearly 500,000 delays.
This audit covers March 2013 to the end of January 2015, so it does not account for the dark days of this winter and spring. The 4 train is the worst, according to data from March 2013
through March 2014, with more than 50,000 weekday delays and an on-time performance of less than 50 percent. The rest of the overcrowded Lexington Avenue line also fared poorly, and the 2
train only notched an on-time rate of 51 percent. Not including the shuttles, the L train was the surprise winner; the train got to its last stop punctually more than 93 percent of the time.
The J/Z took second (92 percent), with the C train taking the bronze (89 percent) in what some would consider an upset.