List of North American light rail systems by ridership

The following is a list of all light rail systems in North America, ranked by ridership. Daily figures for American and Canadian light rail systems are "average weekday unlinked passenger trips" (where transfers between lines are counted as two separate passenger "boardings" or "trips"), unless otherwise indicated. For light rail systems in the United States and Canada, these figures come from the American Public Transit Association (APTA) Ridership Reports statistics. For Mexico, the figures are obtained from Banco de Información Económica's Instituto Nacional de Estadísitica y Geografía (INEGI), and the daily figures represent daily passenger trips averaged from the monthly and Quarterly ridership figures. All figures are from 2014 and the Fourth Quarter (Q4) of 2014, unless otherwise noted. 'Daily boardings per mile' figures have been rounded to the nearest 5 or 10.

The question of which systems would count as 'light rail transit systems' is debatable, so this table includes some systems (such as Toronto's) which are technically "streetcars" rather than "true" light rail.

System Country City/Area
served		 Annual
Ridership
(2014)[1][2]		 Avg. daily
weekday
boardings
(Q4 2014)[1][2]		 System
length		 Avg. daily boardings per mile
(Q4 2014)		 Year
opened		 Stations Lines Year
last
expanded
1 Toronto streetcar system  CAN Toronto 91,588,200 291,800 51 miles (82 km)[3] 5,720 1861[4] 708[3] 11[3] 2000
2 Guadalajara light rail (Tren ligero de Guadalajara)  MEX Guadalajara 89,245,000 265,078[note 1] 14.9 miles (24.0 km)[5] 17,790 1989[5] 29[6] 2[6] 1994[5]
3 CTrain  CAN Calgary 86,648,100[note 2] 310,700[7][note 3] 37.2 miles (59.9 km)[8] 8,510 1981[9] 45[8] 2 2014
4 MBTA light rail:[note 4]
Green Line &
Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line[note 5]		  USA Boston 69,378,400 223,300 26 miles (42 km)[10] 8,590 1897;[11]
1929		 74[10] 2[10] 2004;
n/a
5 Metro Rail light rail:[note 4]
Blue, Expo, Gold
& Green Lines		  USA Los Angeles 63,890,000 200,800 70.3 miles (113.1 km)[12] 2,855 1990[12] 65[12] 4[12] 2012[12]
6 Muni Metro[note 4]
(incl. F Market[13][14][note 5])		  USA San Francisco 56,712,900 128,500 35.7 miles (57.5 km)[15] 3,600 1980[15] 152[14][15] 8[13][15] 2007
7 San Diego Trolley
(incl. Silver Line[16][note 5])		  USA San Diego 39,731,900 119,800 53.5 miles (86.1 km)[17] 2,240 1981[17] 53[17] 4[16][17] 2005[17]
8 MAX Light Rail  USA Portland,
Oregon		 38,164,600 113,900 60 miles (97 km) 2,190 1986 97 5 2015
9 Edmonton Light Rail Transit  CAN Edmonton 34,751,400 109,650[note 1] 15.1 miles (24.3 km)[18] 8,435 1978[18] 18[18] 2[18] 2015[18]
10 SEPTA light rail:[19][note 4]
Subway–Surface Lines, Suburban Trolley Lines,
& Girard Ave Trolley[note 5]		  USA Philadelphia 31,481,900 111,900 68.4 miles (110.1 km)[20][21] 1,635 1906 >100[20] 8[20][21] 2005
11 DART Light Rail  USA Dallas 29,884,200 101,800 90 miles (140 km)[22] 1,200 1996[23] 62[22] 4[24] 2014[23]
12 Xochimilco Light Rail[note 4]  MEX Mexico City 29,370,000 86,556[note 1] 8.0 miles (12.9 km) 10,820 1986 18[25] 1[25] 1988
13 RTD Light Rail  USA Denver 26,362,900 86,300 47 miles (76 km)[26] 1,835 1994[27] 46[26] 6[26] 2006[27]
14 TRAX (light rail)  USA Salt Lake City 19,868,700 68,500 44.8 miles (72.1 km)[28] 1,530 1999[29] 50[30] 3[30] 2013
15 St. Louis MetroLink  USA St. Louis 17,182,100 49,900 46.0 miles (74.0 km)[31] 1,085 1993[32] 37[31] 2[33] 2006[34]
16 Hudson–Bergen Light Rail  USA Jersey City,
New Jersey		 16,691,558[35] 54,434[35] 17 miles (27 km)[36] 3,202 2000 24[37] 3[37] 2006
17 METRO Light Rail  USA Minneapolis 16,000,100 62,500 21.8 miles (35.1 km)[38][39] 2,865 2004[38] 37[38][39] 2[38][39] 2014[39]
18 Valley Metro Rail  USA Phoenix 14,263,700 44,800 26 miles (42 km)[40] 2,240 2008[41] 35[40] 1 2016[42]
19 Sacramento RT Light Rail  USA Sacramento,
California		 13,399,000 45,200 42.9 miles (69.0 km)[43] 1,170 1987[43] 54[43] 3[43] 2015
20 METRORail  USA Houston 13,300,700 45,300 22.9 miles (36.9 km)[44] 3,540 2004[44] 37[45] 3[44] 2015[44]
21 Link Light Rail:
Tacoma Link
and Central Link		  USA Tacoma & Seattle 11,915,900 35,200 20.4 miles (32.8 km)[46] 2,035 2003,
2009		 5,[46]
15[46]		 2[46] 2016[47]
22 VTA Light Rail  USA San Jose,
California		 11,345,600 35,200 42.2 miles (67.9 km)[48] 835 1987[48] 62[48] 3[48] 2005[48]
23 The T:
Pittsburgh Light Rail		  USA Pittsburgh 8,166,100 27,700 26.2 miles (42.2 km)[49] 1,055 1984 53[49] 2[49] 2012[49]
24 Baltimore Light Rail[note 4]  USA Baltimore 8,092,300 27,100 33.0 miles (53.1 km)[50] 820 1992 33[50] 3[50] 1997
25 Streetcars in
New Orleans[note 5]		  USA New Orleans 7,457,200 23,000 22.3 miles (35.9 km)[51][52] 1,030 1835 streetcar-like surface stops 4[51] 2013[51]
26 San Francisco
cable car system[note 6][note 5]		  USA San Francisco 7,409,400 20,100 5.2 miles (8.4 km) 3,865 1878[53] streetcar-like surface stops 3[14][54] 1952
27 Portland Streetcar[note 7]  USA Portland 5,627,588[55][note 8] 20,011[55][note 9] 7.35 miles (11.83 km)[56] 2,723 2001[56] 76[56] 2[56] 2012[56]
28 Newark Light Rail  USA Newark,
New Jersey		 5,356,687[35] 18,505[35] 6.2 miles (10.0 km)[36] 2,985 1935 17[57] 2[57] 2006
29 Lynx Rapid Transit Services  USA Charlotte,
North Carolina		 5,130,400 15,800 9.6 miles (15.4 km)[58] 1,730 2007[59] 15[58] 1[58] n/a
30 Buffalo Metro Rail  USA Buffalo,
New York		 4,300,500 16,500 6.4 miles (10.3 km) 2,580 1985 14[60] 1[60] n/a
31 O-Train  CAN Ottawa 3,012,700 12,400 5.0 miles (8.0 km)[61] 2,480 2001[62] 5[61] 1[61] n/a
32 River LINE  USA Trenton–Camden,
New Jersey		 2,869,707[35] 9,014[35] 34 miles (55 km)[36] 265 2004 20[63] 1[63] n/a
33 RTA Rapid Transit:[note 4]
Blue and Green Lines		  USA Cleveland 2,778,600 7,613[note 1] 15.3 miles (24.6 km)[64] 500 1913[65] 34[64] 2[64] 1996[65]
34 SPRINTER  USA Oceanside,
California		 2,688,400 9,200 22 miles (35 km)[66] 420 2008[66] 15[66] 1[66] n/a
35 Tide Light Rail  USA Norfolk,
Virginia		 1,695,900 5,800 7.4 miles (11.9 km)[67] 785 2011[68] 11[67] 1[67] n/a
36 Seattle Streetcar  USA Seattle 707,700 2,200 3.8 miles (6.1 km) 1,690 2007[69] 17[70] 2[70] 2016[71]
37 MATA Trolleys[note 5]  USA Memphis,
Tennessee		 485,100[note 10] 0[note 10] 6.3 miles (10.1 km) 0[note 10] 1993[72] 25[73] 3[73] 2004[72]
38 TECO Line Streetcars[note 5]  USA Tampa,
Florida		 273,500 700 2.7 miles (4.3 km)[74] 260 2002 11[75] 1[75] 2010
39 Sun Link  USA Tucson,
Arizona		 n/a 4,000[76] 3.9 miles (6.3 km)[77] 1,026 2014 22[77] 1[77] n/a
40 Metro Streetcar  USA Little Rock,
Arkansas		 n/a n/a 3.4 miles (5.5 km) n/a 2004 15 1 2007
41 Atlanta Streetcar  USA Atlanta,
Georgia		 n/a n/a 2.7 miles (4.3 km) n/a 2014 12 1 n/a
42 Dallas Streetcar  USA Dallas,
Texas		 n/a n/a 1.6 miles (2.6 km) n/a 2015 4 1 n/a
43 CityLynx Gold Line  USA Charlotte,
North Carolina		 n/a n/a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) n/a 2015 6 1 n/a

Sources:

Systems excluded from ridership table

The following systems have been excluded from the Ridership table above (generally because the system's ridership statistics are not tracked by APTA):

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 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.
  2. ↑ Figure is the annual ridership for 2013 – 2014 annual ridership figures were not made available by APTA.
  3. ↑ This is the Third Quarter (Q3) 2014 avg. weekday ridership figure for this system due to data from the Fourth Quarter (Q4) 2014 not being reported by APTA.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 This system also has a heavy rail rapid transit/metro portion (see List of metro systems); the ridership figures and statistics here represent the light rail portion of the system only.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 This line or system is operated using heritage streetcars.
  6. ↑ 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 anyway for comparison purposes (and due to its ridership statistics being tracked by APTA).
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ This annual ridership figure is for Fiscal Year 2014, which covers the period from July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. 1 2 3 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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