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 2019 and average weekday ridership figures for the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2019 come from the
American Public Transportation Association
The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) is a nonprofit group of approximately 1,500 public and private sector member organizations that promotes and advocates for the interests of the public transportation industry in the United S ...
's (APTA) Ridership Reports statistics for the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2019,
unless otherwise noted (e.g.
NJ Transit
New Jersey Transit Corporation, branded as NJ Transit, and often shortened to NJT, is a state-owned public transportation system that serves the U.S. state of New Jersey, along with portions of New York State and Pennsylvania. It operates bu ...
systems). References with supplementary (i.e. non-APTA) ridership figures are included in the ''System'' column.
List
Gallery
File:MBTA Green Line B.jpg, MBTA
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Green Line
File:Metrorail-go1.jpg, L.A. Metro L Line
File:T Third Islais.jpg, Muni Metro's T Third line
File:MAX Type 4 cars crossing 185th.JPG, MAX Light Rail
File:Siemens S70-San Diego Trolley.jpg, San Diego Trolley
The San Diego Trolley is a light rail system operating in the metropolitan area of San Diego. It is known colloquially as "The Trolley". The Trolley's operator, San Diego Trolley, Inc. (SDTI), is a subsidiary of the San Diego Metropolitan Tra ...
File:DART Walnut Hill-Denton Station.JPG, DART
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Green Line
File:Green line Trax at Gallivan Plaza.jpg, TRAX Green Line
File:Minneapolis Light Train.jpg, METRO Blue Line
File:St Louis Metrolink train.jpg, St. Louis MetroLink Train
File:RTD SD100 & SD160.jpeg, RTD Denver Light Rail
File:Southbound on Main (26276059313).jpg, KC Streetcar in Kansas City, Missouri
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File:HermannPark-Rice Station.jpg, Houston METRORail Red Line
File:Into Downtown (Link Light Rail).jpg, Link Light Rail
Link light rail is a light rail rapid transit system serving the Seattle metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Washington. It is managed by Sound Transit in partnership with local transit providers, and consists of two non-connected lines ...
Line 1
File:Seattle Streetcar 301 leaving Pacific Place Station.jpg, Seattle Streetcar South Lake Union Line
File:Tacoma Link at Theater District Station.jpg, Link light rail
Link light rail is a light rail rapid transit system serving the Seattle metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Washington. It is managed by Sound Transit in partnership with local transit providers, and consists of two non-connected lines ...
T Line
File:Tucson May 2019 35 (Sun Link streetcar).jpg, alt=Tucson, AZ, Sun Link Streetcar
Systems excluded from ridership table
The following
light rail systems have been excluded from the ridership table above:
See also
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Light rail in the United States
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Light rail
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List of North American light rail systems by ridership
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Light rail in North America
Light rail is a commonly used mode of public transit in North America. The term '' light rail'' was coined in 1972 by the Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA; the precursor to the U.S. Federal Transit Administration) to describe new str ...
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Streetcars in North America
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List of tram and light rail transit systems
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List of rail transit systems in the United States
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List of United States rapid transit systems by ridership
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List of North American rapid transit systems by ridership
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List of Latin American rail transit systems by ridership
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List of United States commuter rail systems by ridership
The following is a list of commuter rail systems in the United States, ranked by ridership. All figures come from the American Public Transportation Association's (APTA) Ridership Reports Statistics for the Fourth Quarter of 2019, unless otherwis ...
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List of United States local bus agencies by ridership
The following is a list of local bus agencies in the United States, ranked by ridership. All figures are unlinked passenger trips for the stated time period and come from the American Public Transportation Association's Quarterly "Public Transport ...
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Public transportation
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Notes
References
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Rail systems by ridership