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New Haven Metro-North Station: Tickets, Destinations & On-Time Data
New Haven Branch · Zone 21 · Accessible · From MTA open data · Not affiliated with the MTA
How busy is New Haven station?
Tickets, not riders: a monthly or weekly ticket counts once however many times it is used, and a round trip counts once.
About 3,425 tickets a day were sold for trips starting at New Haven (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026), the #6 most of 112 Metro-North stations, and 6.7% fewer than in the 12 months before. Another 2,924 a day were sold for trips ending here.
Where do riders from New Haven go?
The most common destinations on tickets sold from New Haven, Oct 2025 – Sep 2026.
- Grand Central
75% of tickets2,569 a day - Harlem-125 St
6% of tickets189 a day - Bridgeport
5% of tickets175 a day - Stamford
3% of tickets115 a day - Fordham
2% of tickets60 a day - Yankees-E 153 St
1% of tickets51 a day - South Norwalk
1% of tickets40 a day - Stratford
1% of tickets38 a day
What tickets do New Haven riders buy?
Oct 2025 – Sep 2026, all ways of buying (TrainTime app, ticket machines and ticket windows).
11% of peak and off-peak tickets from New Haven were peak fares.
- One-way
981,792 sold78.5% - Round trip
131,819 sold10.5% - Day pass
79,728 sold6.4% - Other
29,979 sold2.4% - 10-trip
19,470 sold1.6%
Are New Haven 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, 97.3% of New Haven trains were on time (97.8% the year before). Every Metro-North branch compared →
Elevators and escalators
The railroad reports elevator and escalator availability by branch, not by station.
New Haven is listed as accessible. Across the New Haven Branch, elevators worked 99.7% of the time over the last 12 months.
Other stations on the New Haven Branch
- Bridgeport 1,790 tickets a day
- Cos Cob 307 tickets a day
- Darien 815 tickets a day
- East Norwalk 233 tickets a day
- Fairfield 1,064 tickets a day
- Fairfield-Black Rock 1,174 tickets a day
- Green's Farms 245 tickets a day
- Greenwich 1,536 tickets a day
- Harrison 972 tickets a day
- Larchmont 1,331 tickets a day
- Mamaroneck 1,009 tickets a day
- Milford 640 tickets a day
- Mt Vernon East 1,320 tickets a day
- New Haven-State St 53 tickets a day
- New Rochelle 2,673 tickets a day
- Noroton Heights 478 tickets a day
- Old Greenwich 397 tickets a day
- Pelham 1,068 tickets a day
- Port Chester 1,221 tickets a day
- Riverside 250 tickets a day
- Rowayton 202 tickets a day
- Rye 871 tickets a day
- South Norwalk 1,374 tickets a day
- Southport 122 tickets a day
- Stamford 4,558 tickets a day
- Stratford 662 tickets a day
- West Haven 820 tickets a day
- Westport 1,166 tickets a day
Schedules, parking and station details: New Haven on mta.info.
Questions
How busy is New Haven station?
About 3,425 tickets a day were sold for trips starting at New Haven (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026), the #6 most of 112 Metro-North stations, 6.7% fewer than the year before.
Is New Haven station accessible?
Yes. The MTA lists New Haven as fully accessible.
What fare zone is New Haven in?
New Haven is in zone 21 on the New Haven Branch.
Where do people go from New Haven?
The most common destination on tickets from New Haven 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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