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Mt Vernon West Metro-North Station: Tickets, Destinations & On-Time Data
Harlem Branch · Zone 3 · Accessible · From MTA open data · Not affiliated with the MTA
How busy is Mt Vernon West station?
Tickets, not riders: a monthly or weekly ticket counts once however many times it is used, and a round trip counts once.
About 549 tickets a day were sold for trips starting at Mt Vernon West (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026), the #47 most of 112 Metro-North stations, and 2.4% fewer than in the 12 months before. Another 488 a day were sold for trips ending here.
Where do riders from Mt Vernon West go?
The most common destinations on tickets sold from Mt Vernon West, Oct 2025 – Sep 2026.
- Grand Central
38% of tickets210 a day - White Plains
15% of tickets84 a day - Fordham
12% of tickets67 a day - Harlem-125 St
7% of tickets39 a day - Melrose
5% of tickets29 a day - Tremont
4% of tickets21 a day - Scarsdale
2% of tickets11 a day - North White Plains
2% of tickets9 a day
What tickets do Mt Vernon West riders buy?
Oct 2025 – Sep 2026, all ways of buying (TrainTime app, ticket machines and ticket windows).
38% of peak and off-peak tickets from Mt Vernon West were peak fares.
- One-way
162,162 sold80.9% - Day pass
13,236 sold6.6% - Round trip
8,281 sold4.1% - Other
7,119 sold3.6% - Monthly
3,744 sold1.9% - 10-trip
3,570 sold1.8% - Weekly
2,397 sold1.2%
Are Mt Vernon West 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.
Mt Vernon West 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
- Fordham 4,302 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
- 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: Mt Vernon West on mta.info.
Questions
How busy is Mt Vernon West station?
About 549 tickets a day were sold for trips starting at Mt Vernon West (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026), the #47 most of 112 Metro-North stations, 2.4% fewer than the year before.
Is Mt Vernon West station accessible?
Yes. The MTA lists Mt Vernon West as fully accessible.
What fare zone is Mt Vernon West in?
Mt Vernon West is in zone 3 on the Harlem Branch.
Where do people go from Mt Vernon West?
The most common destination on tickets from Mt Vernon West 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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