The T is seeing its best ridership numbers since the pandemic, and its leadership is crediting increased service for the boost.

“I’m proud to say, last month, October of ’25, is our highest ridership across all of our systems since pre-COVID days,” Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority CEO and General Manager Phillip Eng said at the authority’s November board meeting.

In October, weekday ridership averaged 938,000 across all of the MBTA’s modes, which include subway, bus, commuter rail, ferry, and paratransit service for people with disabilities.

While ridership isn’t back to the levels it reached before the COVID shutdowns began — October 2019 saw about 1.29 million riders on average every weekday — service has been steadily improving back to pre-pandemic levels.

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