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 representative from the MTA didn’t immediately return a request for comment Monday afternoon.
The most reliable trains this year were the 42nd Street, Franklin Avenue and Rockaway shuttles, which charted on-time arrivals at 99.4%, 99.3% and 95.7% clips on average, according to the data.
The L train was the best-performing line at 91.9% on-time performance, followed by the G (88%), M (86.8%) and 3 (82.5%) trains.
The L line’s good timing shocked Brooklynite Estella Agaev, who said the figures didn’t mesh with the “ocean of people” packed into rush-hour trains.
“It’s just very crowded … I’ve actually taken the subway uptown to take the ferry [to Brooklyn]” because of the crowds, said L train rider Robyn D., a native Brooklynite.
“It was just never this popular,” she added.
Meanwhile, the M train has shown the most improvement over the last five years, increasing on-time arrivals by nearly 11% since 2019, the data show. During the same period, the C and 1 trains’ performance dropped nearly 5%, according to the figures.
As for the subway line recently dubbed the most relaxing in the Big Apple — the Q, or “quiet nap” train — it dropped in reliability more than 4% over the last five years, with trains arriving timely less than 80% of the time, the analysis showed.
