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White Plains Metro-North Station: Tickets, Destinations & On-Time Data
Harlem Branch · Zone 4 · Accessible · From MTA open data · Not affiliated with the MTA
How busy is White Plains station?
Tickets, not riders: a monthly or weekly ticket counts once however many times it is used, and a round trip counts once.
About 3,888 tickets a day were sold for trips starting at White Plains (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026), the #5 most of 112 Metro-North stations, and 4.6% fewer than in the 12 months before. Another 3,668 a day were sold for trips ending here.
Where do riders from White Plains go?
The most common destinations on tickets sold from White Plains, Oct 2025 – Sep 2026.
- Grand Central
68% of tickets2,629 a day - Harlem-125 St
7% of tickets273 a day - Fordham
6% of tickets246 a day - Mt Vernon West
2% of tickets71 a day - Williams Bridge
2% of tickets61 a day - Melrose
1% of tickets58 a day - Woodlawn
1% of tickets58 a day - Mt Kisco
1% of tickets49 a day
What tickets do White Plains riders buy?
Oct 2025 – Sep 2026, all ways of buying (TrainTime app, ticket machines and ticket windows).
24% of peak and off-peak tickets from White Plains were peak fares.
- One-way
1,094,380 sold77.1% - Day pass
114,608 sold8.1% - Round trip
89,412 sold6.3% - 10-trip
54,130 sold3.8% - Monthly
30,520 sold2.2% - Other
27,413 sold1.9% - Weekly
8,594 sold0.6%
Are White Plains 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.
White Plains 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
- 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
- Williams Bridge 492 tickets a day
- Woodlawn 1,038 tickets a day
Schedules, parking and station details: White Plains on mta.info.
Questions
How busy is White Plains station?
About 3,888 tickets a day were sold for trips starting at White Plains (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026), the #5 most of 112 Metro-North stations, 4.6% fewer than the year before.
Is White Plains station accessible?
Yes. The MTA lists White Plains as fully accessible.
What fare zone is White Plains in?
White Plains is in zone 4 on the Harlem Branch.
Where do people go from White Plains?
The most common destination on tickets from White Plains 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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