MTA Railroad Ticket Sales 
Data Dictionary 
Data Label 
Data 
Type 
Data Description 
Date 
DATE 
Date of ticket purchase formatted as YYYY-
MM-DD. 
Railroad 
TEXT 
Railroad, Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) or 
Metro-North Railroad (MNR). 
Channel 
TEXT 
Channel of ticket sale (farego, css, tss, or 
masabi). 
Sales Pack ID 
NUMERIC 
ID of sales packet the ticket belongs to. 
Sale Packet 
TEXT 
Description of the sales packet. 
Article Number 
NUMERIC 
Article number of the ticket. 
Ticket Type 
TEXT 
Description of the ticket type. 
Sold As 
TEXT 
The type of sales packet the ticket was sold 
as (e.g., one_way, round_trip, monthly, etc.). 
Fare Type 
TEXT 
Type of ticket fare (peak, off peak, 
intermediate, half, or family). 
Origin Station Code 
TEXT 
Code of the origin station. 
Origin Station Name 
TEXT 
Name of the origin station. 
Origin Station Zone 
NUMERIC 
Zone of the origin station. 
Origin Station Branch 
TEXT 
Branch of the origin station. 
Destination Station Code 
TEXT 
Code of the destination station. 
Destination Station Name 
TEXT 
Name of the destination station. 
Destination Station Zone 
NUMERIC 
Zone of the destination station. 

Destination Station Branch 
TEXT 
Branch of the destination station. 
Via Station Code 
TEXT 
Code of the stop on the way to the 
destination station, if applicable. 
Via Station Name 
TEXT 
Name of the stop on the way to the 
destination station, if applicable. 
Via Station Zone 
NUMERIC 
Zone of the stop on the way to the 
destination station, if applicable. 
Via Station Branch 
TEXT 
Branch of the stop on the way to the 
destination station, if applicable. 
Device Station Code 
TEXT 
Code of the station where the ticket purchase 
device machine is located. Not applicable to 
Masabi eTickets. 
Device Station Name 
TEXT 
Name of the station where the ticket 
purchase device machine is located. Not 
applicable to Masabi eTickets. 
Device Station Zone 
NUMERIC 
Zone of the station where the ticket purchase 
device machine is located. Not applicable to 
Masabi eTickets. 
Device Station Branch 
TEXT 
Branch of the station where the ticket 
purchase device machine is located. Not 
applicable to Masabi eTickets. 
Device Class Type 
TEXT 
Device class of ticket purchase device 
machine. 
Number of Tickets 
NUMERIC 
Number of tickets sold for that particular row 
aggregation. 
  
 
