The following is a list of all light rail systems in the United States, ranked by ridership. Also included are some of the urban streetcar/trolley systems that are providing regular public transit service (i.e. operating year-round and at least five days/week), ones with data available from the American Public Transportation Association's (APTA) Ridership Reports. 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 2022 and average weekday ridership figures for the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2022 come from APTA Ridership Reports statistics for the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2022,[1] unless otherwise noted (e.g. NJ Transit systems). References with supplementary (i.e. non-APTA) ridership figures are included in the System column.

List

System Largest city
served		 Annual
ridership
(2022)[1]		 Avg. daily
weekday
boardings
(Q3 2023)[2]		 System
length		 Avg. daily
boardings
per mile
(Q1 2023)		 Year
opened		 Stations Lines Year
last
expanded
1 San Diego Trolley[note 1]
(incl. Silver Line[3][note 2])		 San Diego 38,047,300 119,200 65 mi (105 km)[4] 1,810 1981[4] 62[4] 4[3][4] 2021[4]
2 Metro Rail light rail:[note 3]
A, C, E, & K lines		 Los Angeles 31,532,600 115,500 94.5 mi (152.1 km)[5] 1,019 1990[5] 88[5] 4[5] 2023[5]
3 MBTA light rail:[note 3]
Green Line & Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line[note 2]		 Boston 30,705,000 101,300 26 mi (42 km)[6] 3,488 1897;[7]
1929		 74[6] 5[6] 2022;
n/a
4 Link:[note 1]
(incl. T Line)		 Seattle 23,905,500 84,500 20.4 mi (32.8 km)[8] 3,627 2009 19[8] 1[8] 2021[9]
5 MAX Light Rail[note 1] Portland 20,656,500 72,200 60 mi (97 km) 1,093 1986 97 5 2015
6 DART[note 1] Dallas 18,251,700 66,000 93 mi (150 km)[10] 597 1996[11] 64[10] 4[12] 2016[11]
7 Muni Metro[note 3][13]
(incl. E Embarcadero[note 2] & F Market[14][15][note 2])		 San Francisco 17,734,900 77,500 35.7 mi (57.5 km)[16] 1,924 1912;[17]
1980[16]		 152[15][16] 9[14][16] 2022[18]
8 NJ Transit:[note 3] Hudson–Bergen
Light Rail, Newark Light Rail, River LINE,[19]		 Jersey City, Newark, Camden-Trenton 17,495,800 42,466 [note 4] 59.9 mi (96.4 km)[19] 709 1935, 2000, 2004 24[20] 3[20] 2011
9 Denver RTD:[note 1]
D, E, H, R, L, & W Lines		 Denver 13,603,500 51,200 [1] 58.5 mi (94.1 km)[21] 875 1994[22] 62[21] 8 2019[23]
10 METRO Light Rail[note 1] Minneapolis-St. Paul 12,366,700 41,600 21.8 mi (35.1 km)[24][25] 1,821 2004[24] 37[24][25] 2[24][25] 2014[25]
11 METRORail Houston 12,176,700 44,300 23.8 mi (38.3 km)[26][27] 1,705 2004[27] 44[26] 3[26] 2017[26]
12 SEPTA light rail:[28][note 3]
Subway–Surface Lines, Suburban Trolley Lines & Girard Ave Trolley[note 2]		 Philadelphia 11,558,400 42,800 [1] 68.4 mi (110.1 km)[29][30] 625 1906 >100[29] 8[29][30] 2005
13 Sacramento RT Light Rail Sacramento 11,180,100 19,900 42.9 mi (69.0 km)[31] 895 1987[31] 53[31] 3[31] 2015[31]
14 TRAX (UTA) and S Line[note 1] Salt Lake City 10,634,200 36,900 46.8 mi (75.3 km)[32][33] 685 1999[34] 57[35] 4[35] 2013
15 Valley Metro Rail[36] Phoenix 9,108,600 30,400 28.2 mi (45.4 km)[37] 1,088 2008[38] 35[39] 1[38] 2019[37]
16 MetroLink St. Louis 6,702,600 20,100 [40] 46 mi (74 km)[41] 445 1993[42] 37[41] 2[43] 2006[44]
17 Charlotte Area Transit System:
Blue and Gold Lines		 Charlotte 5,142,500 15,600 20.8 mi (33.5 km)[45][46] 750 2007[47] 31[45][46] 2[45] 2021[48]
18 RTA Streetcars
in New Orleans[note 2]		 New Orleans 3,592,300 15,600 26.9 mi (43.3 km)[49] 579 1835 streetcar-like surface stops 5[49] 2018[49][50]
19 VTA light rail[note 1] San Jose 3,559,900 14,500 42.2 mi (67.9 km)[51] 253 1987[51] 62[51] 3[51] 2005[51]
20 Baltimore Light Rail[note 3] Baltimore 3,262,100 9,200 33 mi (53 km)[52] 278 1992 33[52] 3[52] 1997
21 Portland Streetcar[note 5] Portland 2,849,190[53] 7,806[53] 9.35 mi (15.05 km)[54] 834 2001[54] 76[54] 2[54] 2015[55]
22 The T:
Pittsburgh Light Rail		 Pittsburgh 2,429,500 11,600 [note 4] 26.2 mi (42.2 km)[56] 254 1984[note 6] 53[56] 3[56] 2012[56]
23 Buffalo Metro Rail Buffalo 2,386,400 8,200 6.4 mi (10.3 km) 1,328 1984 14[57] 1[57] 1986
24 KC Streetcar Kansas City 1,534,897 [58] 4,205 [58] 2.2 mi (3.5 km) 1,911 2016 16[59] 1 2016
25 Sun Link Tucson 1,484,900 5,700 3.9 mi (6.3 km)[60] 1,461 2014 22[60] 1[60] n/a
26 SPRINTER[note 1][61] Oceanside
-Escondido		 1,364,400 3,500 22 mi (35 km)[62] 159 2008[62] 15[62] 1[62] n/a
27 TECO Line Streetcar Tampa 1,156,800 3,169 [note 4] 2.7 mi (4.3 km) 1173 2002 11 1 2010
28 Seattle Streetcar[note 1] Seattle 1,093,500 4,500 3.8 mi (6.1 km) 973 2007 21 2 2016
29 Q-Line Detroit 896,900[63] 2,460[63] 3.3 mi (5.3 km) 745 2017 20 1 n/a
30 Cincinnati Bell Connector[64] Cincinnati 846,622[65] 2,320[note 4][65] 3.6 mi (5.8 km)[66] 644 2016[67] 18[66] 1 n/a
31 Tide Light Rail Norfolk 732,700 2,800 7.4 mi (11.9 km)[68] 270 2011[69] 11[68] 1[68] n/a
32 Dallas Streetcar Dallas 701,904[70] 1,923 [note 4] 2.45 mi (3.94 km) 784 2015 6 1 2016
33 RTA Rapid Transit:[note 7]
Blue, Green, and Waterfront Lines		 Cleveland 681,400 1,300 15.3 mi (24.6 km)[71] 150 1913[72] 34[71] 2[71] 1996[72]
34 MATA Trolley Memphis 346,700 800 2 mi (3.2 km) 400 1993 11[73] 1[73] 2004
35 DC Streetcar Washington, D.C. 307,300 1,700 2.4 mi (3.9 km) 708 2016 8 1 n/a
36 The Hop (streetcar) Milwaukee 301,170[73] 1,111 2.1 mi (3.4 km) 529 2018 10 1 n/a
37 Atlanta Streetcar Atlanta 158,000 700 2.7 mi (4.3 km) 37 2014 12 1 n/a
38 El Paso Streetcar El Paso 65,400 400 4.8 mi (7.7 km) 62 2018 27[74] 2[74] n/a

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
San Francisco cable car system San Francisco, CA 1873 5.1 mi (8.2 km) APTA does not provide ridership figures for this system.
Lowell National Historical Park Trolley System Lowell, MA 1984[75] 1.2 mi (1.9 km)[76] Lowell's heritage streetcar trolley system is primarily a tourist system (e.g. does not operate daily, year-round), rather than a transit system; Lowell's transit systems are too small to be tracked by APTA.
Galveston Island Trolley Galveston, TX 1988[77] 6.8 mi (10.9 km)[77] 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[78] 2.0 mi (3.2 km)[78] This heritage streetcar system is primarily a tourist system, rather than a transit system; APTA does not provide ridership figures for this system.
Metro Streetcar Little Rock, AR 2004[79] 3.4 mi (5.5 km)[79] This heritage streetcar system is primarily a tourist system, rather than a transit system; APTA does not provide ridership figures for this system.
River Street Streetcar Savannah, GA 2009 1.0 mi (1.6 km) This heritage streetcar system is primarily a tourist system, rather than a transit system; APTA does not track this system.

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 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.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 This line or system is operated using heritage streetcars.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 This is the Average Daily Ridership figure, not an "Average Weekday Ridership" figure – it is averaged from the 2022 Total Ridership figure for this system.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ As current incarnation of light rail.
  7. ↑ 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.

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