NYCs most delayed subway lines in 2024 revealed: Did the train you hate top the list?

You’ve gotta B kidding.Seven subway lines had on-time averages of only 75% or less this year — with the B line’s trains unreliable of the bunch, according to MTA data.B-line trains had a paltry on-time average of just 65.1 % over the last 12 months, the data show.The C, F and the 2 lines were also routinely tardy, arriving on-time only 68.8%, 70.1% and 70.5% of the time, respectively.The D, N and A trains were slightly better with on-time averages of 72.2%, 74.2% and 74.6%, respectively.“I’m not surprised,” B train rider Natalie told The Post, adding that her weekly trip to visit her mother is often delayed 15 minutes or more.“Whenever I do [take the B train], there’s always delays.”Straphanger Bill said he waits up to 20 minutes during peak hours.“Where we take the B train in Brooklyn … it’s a mess,” he said.Service on three of the four of the most delay-prone trains has gotten worse over the last five years, according to the data, with the exception of the F train – which showed up on time this year nearly 6% more since 2019.Only four trains – the M, G, 7 and L trains – and all three S shuttle trains arrived on time 85% or more of the time, on average, over the last 12 months.Systemwide, on-time performance is up 1.7% over the last five years, with trains arriving when they’re supposed to 82.1% of the time in 2024.

Last year, that number stood at 84%.“Reliability, on-time performance, and customer satisfaction are at a 12-year high,” NYC Transit President Demetrius Crichlow said in a statement last month as delays hit 16 subway routes in a hellish Friday for commuters.A spokesperson for the MTA defended the system’s reliability.“New York City Transit continues to deliver the best on time performance in over a decade, all while running 1,200 more trains a week with enhancements on 12 lines and more than doubling ridership,” the spokesperson said in a statement.“New Yorkers know the subway is the fastest and most relia...