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Yonkers Metro-North Station: Tickets, Destinations & On-Time Data
Hudson Branch · Zone 3 · Accessible · From MTA open data · Not affiliated with the MTA
How busy is Yonkers station?
Tickets, not riders: a monthly or weekly ticket counts once however many times it is used, and a round trip counts once.
About 1,279 tickets a day were sold for trips starting at Yonkers (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026), the #17 most of 112 Metro-North stations, and 0.9% fewer than in the 12 months before. Another 1,203 a day were sold for trips ending here.
Where do riders from Yonkers go?
The most common destinations on tickets sold from Yonkers, Oct 2025 – Sep 2026.
- Grand Central
49% of tickets626 a day - Harlem-125 St
10% of tickets125 a day - Yankees-E 153 St
9% of tickets116 a day - Marble Hill
8% of tickets101 a day - Tarrytown
4% of tickets52 a day - University Heights
3% of tickets33 a day - Ossining
3% of tickets32 a day - Peekskill
2% of tickets30 a day
What tickets do Yonkers 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 Yonkers were peak fares.
- One-way
380,800 sold81.6% - Day pass
35,605 sold7.6% - Round trip
19,444 sold4.2% - Other
10,867 sold2.3% - 10-trip
7,920 sold1.7% - Monthly
7,783 sold1.7% - Weekly
4,385 sold0.9%
Are Yonkers 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, 97.4% of Hudson trains were on time (98.3% the year before). Every Metro-North branch compared →
Elevators and escalators
The railroad reports elevator and escalator availability by branch, not by station.
Yonkers is listed as accessible. Across the Hudson Branch, elevators worked 99.7% of the time over the last 12 months.
Other stations on the Hudson Branch
- Ardsley-on-Hudson 157 tickets a day
- Beacon 1,717 tickets a day
- Breakneck Ridge 0 tickets a day
- Cold Spring 403 tickets a day
- Cortlandt 226 tickets a day
- Croton-Harmon 1,287 tickets a day
- Dobbs Ferry 527 tickets a day
- Garrison 180 tickets a day
- Glenwood 231 tickets a day
- Greystone 273 tickets a day
- Hastings-on-Hudson 524 tickets a day
- Irvington 426 tickets a day
- Ludlow 201 tickets a day
- Manitou 6 tickets a day
- Marble Hill 576 tickets a day
- Morris Heights 251 tickets a day
- New Hamburg 368 tickets a day
- Ossining 603 tickets a day
- Peekskill 717 tickets a day
- Philipse Manor 101 tickets a day
- Poughkeepsie 1,586 tickets a day
- Riverdale 366 tickets a day
- Scarborough 190 tickets a day
- Spuyten Duyvil 528 tickets a day
- Tarrytown 1,958 tickets a day
- University Heights 179 tickets a day
- Yankees-E 153 St 872 tickets a day
Schedules, parking and station details: Yonkers on mta.info.
Questions
How busy is Yonkers station?
About 1,279 tickets a day were sold for trips starting at Yonkers (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026), the #17 most of 112 Metro-North stations, 0.9% fewer than the year before.
Is Yonkers station accessible?
Yes. The MTA lists Yonkers as fully accessible.
What fare zone is Yonkers in?
Yonkers is in zone 3 on the Hudson Branch.
Where do people go from Yonkers?
The most common destination on tickets from Yonkers 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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