Call it “The Great Train Robbery: Back for More” as a new Empire Center report shows MTA overtime hit $1.3 billion last year.

Bus, subway and commuter rail riders brace for higher fares while drivers face congestion tolls, all to raise cash for the MTA to squander on wasteful OT.

Last year’s jaw-dropping $1.3 billion OT payout is the highest since 2018 ($1.35B) — and up from $1.1 billion in 2021.

The data posted on SeeThroughNY shed light on 288 Long Island Rail Road employees who made more than $100,000 in overtime last year — more than any other MTA agency.

Yet the deep-dive review found that the six-figure overtime club included employees from every MTA agency, plus:

“The one-year rise in overtime costs ($171 million) equates to nearly half of the new revenue anticipated next year from the MTA’s just-approved toll and fare hikes ($369 million),” noted the Empire Center.

Sure, the agency might’ve still been facing some staffing problems forcing it to rely on OT on some occasions.

But that can’t come close to accounting for these kinds of numbers.

For the past few years, The Post and the Empire Center have shined a light on these OT costs, yet the public-transit giant hasn’t gotten work rule changes or a modern system in place to stop the abuse.

Instead, it appears that the MTA has stopped releasing detailed overtime reports.

Agency chief Janno Lieber and the MTA board must stand up to the unions and their workers to put a stop to the robbery.

Ending the release of detailed OT reports instead is not a good look.

Gov. Kathy Hochul may love to play organized labor’s favorite daughter, but she needs to give the MTA’s union contracts and OT bill the scrutiny they deserve.

A financially sound MTA is vital to New York City’s (and the state’s) future; megaprojects still to come mustn’t become gravy trains that solely feed the union OT beast.

Fare- and toll-paying commuters deserve a bigger bang for their buck.