Fordham Rd Station: Ridership & Busiest Hours

5,670riders a day
#181 of 424busiest stations
-0.7%vs last year so far
7 AMbusiest hour

How busy is Fordham Rd?

About 5,670 riders a day enter Fordham Rd (Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 22, 2026). It is the #181 busiest of 424 subway stations. Ridership at Fordham Rd is down 0.7% in 2026 so far compared with the same days of 2025 (whole subway: +2.9%).

When is it busiest?

Average riders entering per hour, last 56 days (from Aug 28, 2026).

The busiest hour is 7 AM, with about 620 riders entering on an average day. The quietest hour is 2 AM (about 16).

  • 12 AM27
  • 1 AM17
  • 2 AM16
  • 3 AM33
  • 4 AM106
  • 5 AM238
  • 6 AM425
  • 7 AM620
  • 8 AM531
  • 9 AM347
  • 10 AM265
  • 11 AM255
  • 12 PM285
  • 1 PM337
  • 2 PM382
  • 3 PM391
  • 4 PM351
  • 5 PM322
  • 6 PM233
  • 7 PM190
  • 8 PM143
  • 9 PM96
  • 10 PM73
  • 11 PM48

Station report card

Elevators and escalators: share of hours in service over 24 hours, October 2025 – September 2026 (MTA availability). Entrapments = times riders were stuck inside an elevator. Riders vs 2019 compares the last 12 months with 2019, the last full year before the pandemic.

Accessible (ADA)Yes
Elevators working (3)98.8% of the time · all stations: 97%
Elevators: unplanned outages80 · entrapments: 16
Riders vs 201967% of the 2019 level (October 2025 – September 2026)

Where do riders from here go?

Share of subway trips starting here that end at each station, September 2026 (MTA origin-destination ridership estimate).

The top 5 destinations take 19% of subway trips that start at Fordham Rd.

  1. 1
    161 St-Yankee Stadium4 B D · Bronx4.3%
  2. 2
    Grand Central-42 St4 5 6 7 S · Manhattan3.9%
  3. 3
    Mosholu Pkwy4 · Bronx3.6%
  4. 4
    14 St-Union Sq4 5 6 L N Q R W · Manhattan3.5%
  5. 5
    86 St4 5 6 · Manhattan3.4%

Lines at this station

On time = share of each line's trips reaching the last stop within 5 minutes of schedule (MTA terminal on-time performance), October 2025 – September 2026. The MTA measures this per line, not per station.

Fordham Rd is served by the 4 train.

4 train · 80.2% on time

Nearby stations

Straight-line distance.

StationLinesRiders a dayDistance
Fordham RdB D5,2320.2 mi
183 St43,1380.3 mi
Kingsbridge Rd45,0720.4 mi
182-183 StsB D2,7560.5 mi
Kingsbridge RdB D3,5680.5 mi

Questions

How many people use Fordham Rd station?

About 5,670 riders a day enter Fordham Rd (Oct 23, 2025 – Oct 22, 2026). It is the #181 busiest of 424 subway stations.

When is Fordham Rd station busiest?

The busiest hour is 7 AM, with about 620 riders entering on an average day. The quietest hour is 2 AM (about 16).

Is Fordham Rd getting busier?

Ridership at Fordham Rd is down 0.7% in 2026 so far compared with the same days of 2025 (whole subway: +2.9%).

Which trains stop at Fordham Rd?

Fordham Rd is served by the 4 train.

Data: MTA Subway Hourly Ridership (data.ny.gov). Riders are entries at the turnstiles and OMNY readers, so transfers inside the station are not counted. Updated Oct 29, 2026. All stations ranked → · All subway ridership →
Source code: github.com/MantieReid/mta-data-analysis · Analysis by Mantie Reid II (CC BY 4.0).

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