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6/30/2025
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PATH posts commuter-rail ridership gain for May
Last month, the Port Authority-Trans Hudson (PATH) commuter railroad reached 75% of pre-pandemic May 2019 ridership, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) announced late last week.
The month’s total of 5.4 million passengers marked PATH's second-busiest month since the pandemic, behind October 2024, when 5.7 million people rode the system. May 2025’s passenger total surpassed May 2024’s total by 7%, PANYNJ officials said in a press release.
Average weekday ridership exceeded 200,000 passengers for a second consecutive month and for the fourth time since the pandemic.
Weekend ridership neared all-time monthly records for the system. Average Saturday ridership of 122,040 was the second-highest ever for the month, behind only May 2012. On Sundays, average ridership of 94,616 was the system’s third-highest for the month, behind May 2012 and May 2015.
Over the first five months of 2025, PATH handled 24.1 million passengers, a 7% increase compared with ridership during the same period a year ago.
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