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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 2019 and average weekday ridership figures for the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2019 come from the
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's (APTA) Ridership Reports statistics for the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2019, unless otherwise noted (e.g.
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systems). References with supplementary (i.e. non-APTA) ridership figures are included in the ''System'' column.


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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 ...
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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

* Light rail in the United States * Light rail * List of North American light rail systems by ridership *
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 ...
* Streetcars in North America * List of tram and light rail transit systems * List of rail transit systems in the United States * List of United States rapid transit systems by ridership * List of North American rapid transit systems by ridership * List of Latin American rail transit systems by ridership *
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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