![]() However, ridership remains far below pre-pandemic levels: The average ridership in 2019 was about 5.5 million riders a day, while the record for daily riders since the pandemic began was 3.3 million riders in October 2021. While subway service was scaled back early in the pandemic, a full pre-pandemic schedule has been back since May 2021. New York broke a single-day record for new Covid-19 cases on Christmas Eve, hitting 49,708 reported cases according to data from the Governor’s office. “By reducing scheduled service, we’re able to re-allocate train crews where they’re needed, rather than cancel individual trips,” the NYCT Subway Twitter account said in a series of tweets Sunday afternoon. The schedule change for Monday to Thursday comes from a shortage of workers due to Covid-19. ![]() The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which is responsible for managing the New York City region’s public transit, announced that there will be fewer trains running this week due to the Covid-19 surge in New York.
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