Check Out MTA's 2023 Busiest Stations, Lines, Bathrooms

NEW YORK CITY — New Yorkers love to hate on the MTA, but their ire didn't keep them off trains and buses, much less out of subway station bathrooms, in 2023.

At least that's according to a batch of year-end data released this week by transit officials that reveals the system's busiest stations, lines and commodes.

The numbers reflect how riders are finally coming back into the system after the coronavirus pandemic, MTA officials said. Left unsaid is how some of those trips have inspired ticked-off tweets.

"The MTA really does suck," one person tweeted.

But just like more money means more problems, the complaints could be at least partly a side effect of more straphangers going into the system.

The subways, for instance, hit 1 billion riders in November — six weeks earlier than in 2022.

And here are more ridership highlights from 2023, according to MTA data from January to November.

• Busiest subway line: the 6 train, which is estimated to carry roughly 140 million passengers for the year, more than those riding the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad combined
• Station with most MetroCard swipes: Flushing-Main Street 7 line with 6.3 million swipes
• Station with the most OMNY Taps: Grand Central-42nd Street (4, 5, 6, 7 and S lines) with 5.4 million taps
• Stations with the busiest bathrooms: 74th Street-Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue (E, F, M and R lines) and 14th Street-Union Square (L, 4, 5, 6, N, Q, R and W lines)
• Bus line carrying most passengers: the M15/M15 SBS with 16.4 million riders
• Bus traveling the most miles: the B6 at 1.7 million revenue miles
• Busiest bus stop: Archer Avenue at Parsons Boulevard in Jamaica, Queens, with more than 36,000 riders per weekday