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Pelham Metro-North Station: Tickets, Destinations & On-Time Data
New Haven Branch · Zone 12 · Partial accessible · From MTA open data · Not affiliated with the MTA
How busy is Pelham station?
Tickets, not riders: a monthly or weekly ticket counts once however many times it is used, and a round trip counts once.
About 1,068 tickets a day were sold for trips starting at Pelham (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026), the #22 most of 112 Metro-North stations, and 7.9% fewer than in the 12 months before. Another 831 a day were sold for trips ending here.
Where do riders from Pelham go?
The most common destinations on tickets sold from Pelham, Oct 2025 – Sep 2026.
- Grand Central
78% of tickets835 a day - Fordham
7% of tickets77 a day - Harlem-125 St
5% of tickets50 a day - Port Chester
1% of tickets15 a day - New Rochelle
1% of tickets15 a day - Mamaroneck
1% of tickets12 a day - Stamford
1% of tickets9 a day - Greenwich
1% of tickets9 a day
What tickets do Pelham riders buy?
Oct 2025 – Sep 2026, all ways of buying (TrainTime app, ticket machines and ticket windows).
30% of peak and off-peak tickets from Pelham were peak fares.
- One-way
278,774 sold71.5% - Day pass
41,298 sold10.6% - Round trip
25,638 sold6.6% - 10-trip
22,480 sold5.8% - Monthly
11,426 sold2.9% - Other
7,409 sold1.9% - Weekly
2,786 sold0.7%
Are Pelham 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.
Pelham is listed as partial 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 3,425 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
- 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: Pelham on mta.info.
Questions
How busy is Pelham station?
About 1,068 tickets a day were sold for trips starting at Pelham (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026), the #22 most of 112 Metro-North stations, 7.9% fewer than the year before.
Is Pelham station accessible?
The MTA lists Pelham as partial accessible. Check mta.info before you travel.
What fare zone is Pelham in?
Pelham is in zone 12 on the New Haven Branch.
Where do people go from Pelham?
The most common destination on tickets from Pelham 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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