How many employees does MTA have?

68,000.

According to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’™s 2008 Annual Report, over 68,000 employees work for the network, which is North America’™s largest public transportation organisation. Employees are allocated in seven different branches: New York City Transit (49,009), Long Island Rail Road (6,806), Long Island Bus (1,117), Metro-North Railroad (5,917), Bridges and Tunnels (1,775), Capital Construction (129) and Bus Company (3,322).