Subway trips reach 4,127,652 on Monday, October 19, 2026
Subway trips were estimated at 4,127,652 on Monday, October 19, 2026, up 14.6% from the same weekday a year earlier. The figure ranked second among the 13 Mondays in the file, including this one.
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Subway trips on Monday, October 19, 2026
Subway trips were estimated at 4,127,652 on Monday, October 19, 2026. According to MTA Daily Ridership and Traffic data, the file runs through October 21, 2026.
The daily row for that Monday carries the same count, 4127652. The row for Sunday, October 18, 2026 lists 2,351,368 subway trips, and the row for Saturday, October 17, 2026 lists 3,062,792.
Comparison with the prior Mondays and the year-earlier Monday
On the same weekday a year earlier, October 20, 2025, the subway recorded 3,601,800 trips. Monday's estimate is a change of +14.6% year over year.
The average for the previous 4 Mondays was 3,726,318 trips. Monday's figure sits 10.8% above that average, shown as a gap of +10.8%.
On Monday, October 12, 2026, the count was 3,290,160 trips. Against that day, the October 19 estimate shows a week-over-week change of +25.5%.
Across the 12 Mondays before October 19, 2026, the highest count was 4,143,344 trips on October 5, 2026. The lowest was 2,209,536 trips on September 7, 2026.
When set against the previous 12 Mondays, Monday's figure ranked No. 2 among those 13 days, where No. 1 is the highest.
The 2026 daily average through October 19, 2026 was 3,577,784 trips per day.
Mode split and the 7-day total, October 13 to 19, 2026
Among the 5 rail and bus services in the file, which are subway, bus, LIRR, Metro-North and Staten Island Railway, the subway ranked No. 1 on Monday. Subway trips made up 67.7% of that day's trips across those services.
The 7 days to October 19, 2026 added up to 27,637,623 subway trips. In the 7 days before that, October 6 to 12, 2026, the total was 26,456,800 trips.
That comparison gives a 7-day change of +4.5%.
Daily subway counts from Tuesday, October 13 to Monday, October 19, 2026
The daily subway rows for the week begin with Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 4,581,580 trips. Wednesday, October 14, 2026, shows 4,598,952 trips, and Thursday, October 15, 2026, shows 4,686,423 trips.
Friday, October 16, 2026, recorded 4,228,856 subway trips. Saturday, October 17, 2026, recorded 3,062,792 trips, and Sunday, October 18, 2026, recorded 2,351,368 trips.
Monday, October 19, 2026, closes the 7-day window at 4,127,652 trips, the figure reported in the MTA row for that day.
Computed figures in this story (17)
Each value's source, query and retrieval time are recorded. Every number in the text maps to one of the values below.
- O1 MTA estimates 4,127,652 subway trips on Monday, October 19, 2026
- O2 3,601,800 on the same weekday a year earlier (October 20, 2025)
- O3 a change of +14.6% year over year
- O4 the average for the previous 4 Mondays was 3,726,318
- O5 the 2026 daily average through October 19, 2026 was 3,577,784
- O6 3,290,160 on the previous Monday, October 12, 2026
- O7 a week-over-week change of +25.5%
- O8 the highest of the previous 12 Mondays was 4,143,344 on October 5, 2026
- O9 a gap of +10.8% against that 4-Monday average
- O10 Monday's figure ranked No. 2 when set against the previous 12 Mondays (No. 1 means the highest of those 13 days)
- O11 the lowest of the previous 12 Mondays was 2,209,536 on September 7, 2026
- O12 subway ranked No. 1 that day among the 5 rail and bus services in the file (subway, bus, LIRR, Metro-North, Staten Island Railway)
- O13 subway made up 67.7% of the day's trips across those 5 services
- O14 the 7 days to October 19, 2026 added up to 27,637,623 subway trips
- O15 26,456,800 in the 7 days before that (October 6-12, 2026)
- O16 a 7-day change of +4.5%
- O17 the data of the source 'MTA Daily Ridership and Traffic: Beginning 2020 (data.ny.gov sayj-mze2)' runs through October 21, 2026
How this story was made
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