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Fordham Metro-North Station: Tickets, Destinations & On-Time Data
Harlem Branch · Zone 2 · Accessible · From MTA open data · Not affiliated with the MTA
How busy is Fordham station?
Tickets, not riders: a monthly or weekly ticket counts once however many times it is used, and a round trip counts once.
About 4,302 tickets a day were sold for trips starting at Fordham (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026), the #4 most of 112 Metro-North stations, and 4.4% fewer than in the 12 months before. Another 3,673 a day were sold for trips ending here.
Where do riders from Fordham go?
The most common destinations on tickets sold from Fordham, Oct 2025 – Sep 2026.
- Grand Central
32% of tickets1,369 a day - New Rochelle
11% of tickets485 a day - White Plains
8% of tickets344 a day - Mt Vernon East
6% of tickets239 a day - Harlem-125 St
5% of tickets232 a day - Stamford
4% of tickets170 a day - Port Chester
3% of tickets132 a day - Bridgeport
2% of tickets87 a day
What tickets do Fordham riders buy?
Oct 2025 – Sep 2026, all ways of buying (TrainTime app, ticket machines and ticket windows).
17% of peak and off-peak tickets from Fordham were peak fares.
- One-way
1,289,710 sold82.1% - Day pass
99,555 sold6.3% - Round trip
66,499 sold4.2% - Other
46,845 sold3% - 10-trip
28,460 sold1.8% - Weekly
21,443 sold1.4% - Monthly
17,625 sold1.1%
Are Fordham trains on time?
On time means arriving within 5 minutes 59 seconds of schedule. The railroad reports this by branch, not by station.
From Oct 2025 – Sep 2026, 97.2% of Harlem trains were on time (97.9% the year before). Every Metro-North branch compared →
Elevators and escalators
The railroad reports elevator and escalator availability by branch, not by station.
Fordham is listed as accessible. Across the Harlem Branch, elevators worked 99.8% of the time over the last 12 months.
Other stations on the Harlem Branch
- Bedford Hills 273 tickets a day
- Botanical Garden 479 tickets a day
- Brewster 544 tickets a day
- Bronxville 1,063 tickets a day
- Chappaqua 623 tickets a day
- Crestwood 604 tickets a day
- Croton Falls 199 tickets a day
- Fleetwood 843 tickets a day
- Goldens Bridge 405 tickets a day
- Hartsdale 641 tickets a day
- Hawthorne 243 tickets a day
- Katonah 563 tickets a day
- Melrose 487 tickets a day
- Mt Kisco 555 tickets a day
- Mt Pleasant 1 tickets a day
- Mt Vernon West 549 tickets a day
- North White Plains 935 tickets a day
- Pleasantville 558 tickets a day
- Purdy's 162 tickets a day
- Scarsdale 1,252 tickets a day
- Southeast 604 tickets a day
- Tremont 370 tickets a day
- Tuckahoe 557 tickets a day
- Valhalla 120 tickets a day
- Wakefield 458 tickets a day
- White Plains 3,888 tickets a day
- Williams Bridge 492 tickets a day
- Woodlawn 1,038 tickets a day
Schedules, parking and station details: Fordham on mta.info.
Questions
How busy is Fordham station?
About 4,302 tickets a day were sold for trips starting at Fordham (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026), the #4 most of 112 Metro-North stations, 4.4% fewer than the year before.
Is Fordham station accessible?
Yes. The MTA lists Fordham as fully accessible.
What fare zone is Fordham in?
Fordham is in zone 2 on the Harlem Branch.
Where do people go from Fordham?
The most common destination on tickets from Fordham is Grand Central.
Data (data.ny.gov): MTA Railroad Ticket Sales, MTA Rail Stations, Metro-North Elevator and Escalator Availability, Metro-North On-Time Performance. Updated Nov 3, 2026.
Source code: github.com/MantieReid/mta-data-analysis · Analysis by Mantie Reid II (CC BY 4.0).
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