NYC Subway and Staten Island Railway Service Line Geometries

MTA Subway Service Lines provides spatial geometries for New York City Transit subway and Staten Island Railway service lines. The dataset is published by data.ny.gov and was last updated in December 2025. It includes attributes like Service Name and Shape Length for each route.

Use Cases

• Map subway route networks using the geometry column for spatial visualization.
• Calculate total route length per service line using the Shape Length column.
• Identify and label specific subway lines on interactive maps using the Service and Service Name columns.

Strengths

• Includes geometry data for both NYCT Subway and Staten Island Railway lines.
• Provides multiple file formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF for flexibility.

Limitations

• Sample data and total row count are unavailable, making dataset size unknown.
• License information is not provided, which restricts clarity on usage rights.

Provenance

Source

data.ny.gov

Freshness

Updated December 2025.

Geography

New York City, including Staten Island.