List of United States light rail systems by ridership
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The following is a list of all light rail systems in the United States, ranked by ridership. Also included are those urban streetcar/trolley systems that are providing regular public transit service (i.e. operating year-round and at least five days/week). This list does not include statistics for metro/rapid transit systems (see: the List of United States rapid transit systems by ridership for those). Daily and annual ridership figures are based on "average weekday unlinked passenger trips" (where transfers between lines are counted as two separate passenger "boardings" or "trips"). The annual ridership figures for 2014 and average weekday ridership figures for the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2014 come from the American Public Transportation Association's (APTA) Ridership Reports statistics for the second quarter (Q4) of 2014,[1] unless otherwise noted (e.g. NJ Transit systems). References with supplementary (i.e. non-APTA) ridership figures are included in the System column.
System | Largest city served |
Annual Ridership (2014)[1] |
Avg. daily weekday boardings (Q4 2014)[1] |
System length |
Avg. daily boardings per mile (Q4 2014) |
Year opened |
Stations | Lines | Year last expanded |
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1 | MBTA light rail:[note 1] Green Line & Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line[note 2] |
Boston | 69,378,400 | 223,300 | 26 miles (42 km)[2] | 8,588 | 1897;[3] 1929 |
74[2] | 5[2] | 2004; n/a |
2 | Metro Rail light rail:[note 1] Blue, Expo, Gold & Green Lines |
Los Angeles | 63,890,000 | 200,800 | 70.3 miles (113.1 km)[4] | 2,856 | 1990[4] | 65[4] | 4[4] | 2012[4] |
3 | Muni Metro[note 1][5] (incl. F Market[6][7][note 2]) |
San Francisco | 56,712,900 | 128,500 | 35.7 miles (57.5 km)[8] | 3,599 | 1980[8] | 152[7][8] | 8[6][8] | 2007 |
4 | San Diego Trolley[note 3] (incl. Silver Line[9][note 2]) |
San Diego | 39,731,900 | 119,800 | 53.5 miles (86.1 km)[10] | 2,239 | 1981[10] | 53[10] | 4[9][10] | 2005[10] |
5 | MAX Light Rail[note 3] | Portland | 38,164,600 | 113,900 | 60 miles (97 km) | 2,190 | 1986 | 97 | 5 | 2015 |
6 | SEPTA light rail:[11][note 1] Subway–Surface Lines, Suburban Trolley Lines & Girard Ave Trolley[note 2] |
Philadelphia | 31,481,900 | 111,900 | 68.4 miles (110.1 km)[12][13] | 1,636 | 1906 | >100[12] | 8[12][13] | 2005 |
7 | DART[note 3] | Dallas | 29,884,200 | 101,800 | 90 miles (140 km)[14] | 1,198 | 1996[15] | 62[14] | 4[16] | 2014[15] |
8 | Denver RTD The Ride Light Rail |
Denver | 26,362,900 | 86,300 | 47 miles (76 km)[17] | 1,836 | 1994[18] | 46[17] | 6[17] | 2013[19] |
9 | TRAX (UTA)[note 3] | Salt Lake City | 19,868,700 | 68,500 | 44.8 miles (72.1 km)[20] | 1,529 | 1999[21] | 50[22] | 3[22] | 2013 |
10 | MetroLink | St. Louis | 17,182,100 | 49,900 | 46 miles (74 km)[23] | 1,085 | 1993[24] | 37[23] | 2[25] | 2006[26] |
11 | Hudson–Bergen Light Rail[note 1][27] |
Jersey City | 16,691,558[28] | 54,434[28] | 17 miles (27 km)[28] | 3,202 | 2000 | 24[29] | 3[29] | 2006 |
12 | METRO Light Rail | Minneapolis | 16,000,100 | 62,500 | 21.8 miles (35.1 km)[30][31] | 2,867 | 2004[30] | 37[30][31] | 2[30][31] | 2014[31] |
13 | METRO Light Rail (Phoenix)[32] | Phoenix | 14,263,700 | 44,800 | 22.7 miles (36.5 km)[33] | 2,240 | 2008[33] | 32[33] | 1[33] | 2015 |
14 | Sacramento RT Light Rail | Sacramento | 13,399,000 | 45,200 | 42.9 miles (69.0 km)[34] | 1,171 | 1987[34] | 54[34] | 3[34] | 2015[34] |
15 | METRORail | Houston | 13,300,700 | 45,300 | 22.7 miles (36.5 km)[35][36] | 1,996 | 2004[36] | 44[35] | 3[35] | 2015[35] |
16 | Link Light Rail:[note 3][37] Tacoma Link & Central Link |
Tacoma & Seattle |
11,915,900 | 35,200 | 17.3 miles (27.8 km)[38] | 2,035 | 2003, 2009 |
5,[38] 13[38] |
2[38] | n/a |
17 | Santa Clara VTA Light Rail[note 3] |
San Jose | 11,345,600 | 35,200 | 42.2 miles (67.9 km)[39] | 834 | 1987[39] | 62[39] | 3[39] | 2005[39] |
18 | The T: Pittsburgh Light Rail |
Pittsburgh | 8,166,100 | 27,700 | 26.2 miles (42.2 km)[40] | 1,057 | 1984 | 53[40] | 2[40] | 2012[40] |
19 | Baltimore Light Rail[note 1] | Baltimore | 8,092,300 | 27,100 | 33 miles (53 km)[41] | 821 | 1992 | 33[41] | 3[41] | 1997 |
20 | RTA Streetcars in New Orleans[note 2] |
New Orleans | 7,457,200 | 23,000 | 22.3 miles (35.9 km)[42][43] | 1,031 | 1835 | streetcar-like surface stops | 4[42] | 2013[42] |
21 | San Francisco cable car system[note 4][note 2] |
San Francisco | 7,409,400 | 20,100 | 5.2 miles (8.4 km) | 3,865 | 1878[44] | streetcar-like surface stops | 3[7][45] | 1952 |
22 | Portland Streetcar[note 5] | Portland | 5,627,588[46][note 6] | 20,011[46][note 7] | 7.35 miles (11.83 km)[47] | 2,723 | 2001[47] | 76[47] | 2[47] | 2012[47] |
23 | Newark Light Rail[note 1][48] | Newark | 5,356,687[28] | 18,505[28] | 6.2 miles (10.0 km)[28] | 2,985 | 1935 | 17[49] | 2[49] | 2006 |
24 | Charlotte Area Transit System: Blue Line |
Charlotte | 5,130,400 | 15,800 | 9.6 miles (15.4 km)[50] | 1,729 | 2007[51] | 15[50] | 1[50] | n/a |
25 | Buffalo Metro Rail | Buffalo | 4,300,500 | 16,500 | 6.4 miles (10.3 km) | 2,578 | 1984 | 14[52] | 1[52] | n/a |
26 | River LINE[note 1][53] | Trenton- Camden |
2,869,707[28] | 9,014[28] | 34 miles (55 km)[28] | 265 | 2004 | 20[54] | 1[54] | n/a |
27 | RTA Rapid Transit:[note 8] Blue and Green Lines |
Cleveland | 2,778,600 | 7,613[note 9] | 15.3 miles (24.6 km)[55] | 498 | 1913[56] | 34[55] | 2[55] | 1996[56] |
28 | SPRINTER[note 3][57] | Oceanside -Escondido |
2,688,400 | 9,200 | 22 miles (35 km)[58] | 418 | 2008[58] | 15[58] | 1[58] | n/a |
29 | Tide Light Rail | Norfolk | 1,695,900 | 5,800 | 7.4 miles (11.9 km)[59] | 784 | 2011[60] | 11[59] | 1[59] | n/a |
30 | South Lake Union Streetcar[note 3] | Seattle | 707,700 | 2,200 | 1.3 miles (2.1 km)[61] | 1,692 | 2007[62] | 11[61] | 1[61] | n/a |
31 | MATA Trolleys[note 2] | Memphis | 485,100[note 10] | 0[note 10] | 6.3 miles (10.1 km) | 0[note 10] | 1993[63] | 25[64] | 3[64] | 2004[63] |
32 | TECO Line Streetcars[note 2] | Tampa | 273,500 | 700 | 2.7 miles (4.3 km)[65] | 259 | 2002 | 11[66] | 1[66] | 2010 |
33 | Sun Link | Tucson | n/a | 4,000[67] | 3.9 miles (6.3 km)[68] | 1,026 | 2014 | 22[68] | 1[68] | n/a |
Gallery
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MBTA Green Line
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LACMTA Gold Line
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Muni Metro's T Third line
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DART Green Line
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METRO Blue Line
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St. Louis Metrolink Train
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RTD SD100 & SD160.jpeg
[RTD Denver Light Rail]
Systems excluded from ridership table
The following light rail systems have been excluded from the Ridership table above:
System | Largest city served | Opened | Route length | Reason(s) for exclusion from Ridership table |
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Galveston Island Trolley | Galveston, TX | 1988[69] | 6.8 miles (10.9 km)[69] | Galveston's heritage streetcar trolley system is non-operational – it has suspended its service since September 2008 due to damage from Hurricane Ike. |
Kenosha Streetcars | Kenosha, WI | 2000[70] | 2.0 miles (3.2 km)[70] | This heritage streetcar system is primarily a tourist system (e.g. does not operate daily, year-round), rather than a transit system; Kenosha's transit systems are too small to be tracked by APTA. |
River Rail Streetcar | Little Rock, AR | 2004[71] | 3.4 miles (5.5 km)[71] | This heritage streetcar system is primarily a tourist system, rather than a transit system; APTA does not track and does not provide ridership figures for this system. |
Port of L.A. Waterfront Red Car |
San Pedro, Los Angeles, CA |
2003[72] | 1.5 miles (2.4 km)[72] | This heritage streetcar system is primarily a tourist system, rather than a transit system; APTA does not track Port of L.A. transit system(s). |
See also
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 This system also has a heavy rail rapid transit/metro portion (see List of metro systems), and connections to a commuter rail system; the ridership figures and statistics presented here represent the light rail portion of the system only.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 This line or system is operated using heritage streetcars.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 This system also has available connections to a commuter rail system; the ridership figures and statistics presented here represent the light rail portion of the system only.
- ↑ It is debatable whether this system truly qualifies as "light rail" (or as a true "transit" system either), but it is included in the table for comparison purposes (and due to its ridership statistics being tracked by APTA).
- ↑ This system is owned by the City of Portland, which is not a member of APTA, and its ridership figures are not included in the APTA statistics for Portland.
- ↑ This annual ridership figure is for Fiscal Year 2014, which covers the period from July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014.
- ↑ This figure is from Portland Streetcar's First Quarter Fiscal Year 2015 (Q1 FY2015), which covers the same calendar period as Q3 2014: July to September 2014.
- ↑ This system also has a heavy rail rapid transit/metro portion (see List of metro systems); the ridership figures and statistics presented here represent the light rail portion of the system only.
- ↑ This is the Average Daily Ridership figure, not an "Average Weekday Ridership" figure – it is averaged from the Q4 2014 Total Ridership figure for this system.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 The MATA Trolley system completely suspended operations for a significant portion of 2014 (including all of Q4 2014) due to maintenance issues.
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