List of United States rapid transit systems

See also: List of North American rapid transit systems

The following is a list of all heavy rail rapid transit systems in the United States. It does not include statistics for bus or light rail systems; see: List of United States light rail systems by ridership for light rail systems. All ridership figures represent unlinked passenger trips, so line transfers on multi-line systems register as separate trips. The data is provided by the American Public Transportation Association's Ridership Reports.

Note: ridership does not mean unique passengers, it means total number of trips.

System Transit agency City/area served Annual
ridership, 2023[1] 		Avg. ridership
weekdays, Q2 2024[2] 		System
length 		Avg. boardings
per mile
weekdays, Q2 2024 		Opened Stations Lines
1 New York City Subway NYCTA[note 1] New York City 2,027,286,000 6,408,300 248 mi (399 km)[3] 25,840 1904[4] 472[4] 26[4]
2 Washington Metro WMATA Washington metropolitan area 136,303,200 576,300 129 mi (208 km)[5] 4,467 1976[5] 98[5] 6
3 Chicago "L" CTA Chicago 117,447,000 400,000 102.8 mi (165.4 km)[6] 3,891 1892[6] 146[6] 8[6]
4 MBTA subway ("The T")[note 2]
(Blue, Orange, and Red lines) 		MBTA Boston 85,397,200 265,900 38 mi (61 km)[7] 6,997 1901 53[7] 3[7]
5 PATH PANYNJ Manhattan, Hudson County, Newark 55,109,100 185,600 13.8 mi (22.2 km)[8][9] 13,449 1908[10] 13[8] 4[11]
6 Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)[note 3] BART San Francisco Bay Area 46,397,300 159,700 131.4 mi (211.5 km)[12] 1,341 1972[13] 50[12] 7[14]
7 SEPTA Metro[note 4]
(Broad Street (B), Market–Frankford (L), and Norristown (M) lines) 		SEPTA Philadelphia 45,559,700 190,800 36.7 mi (59.1 km)[15][16] 5,199 1907[17] 75[18] 3[18]
8 MARTA rail MARTA Atlanta 31,110,300 90,500 47.6 mi (76.6 km) 1,901 1979[19] 38[20] 4[20]
9 Metro Rail[note 4]
(B and D lines) 		LACMTA Los Angeles 25,899,200 66,000 17.4 mi (28.0 km)[21] 3,793 1993[21] 16[21] 2[21]
10 Metrorail Miami-Dade Transit Miami 13,439,300 50,900 24.4 mi (39.3 km)[22] 2,086 1984[23] 23[22] 2[22]
11 Staten Island Railway SIRTOA[note 1] Staten Island 6,151,400 18,400 14 mi (23 km)[3] 1,314 1860[24] 21[3] 1[3]
12 PATCO Speedline PATCO Philadelphia, Camden County 5,452,000 18,700 14.2 mi (22.9 km)[25] 1,317 1936[25] 13[25] 1[25]
13 RTA Rapid Transit[note 4]
(Red Line) 		GCRTA Cleveland 3,469,100 10,000 19 mi (31 km)[26] 526 1955[27] 18[26] 1[26]
14 Tren Urbano ATI San Juan 2,738,100 16,200 10.7 mi (17.2 km)[28] 1,514 2004[28] 16[28] 1[28]
15 Baltimore Metro SubwayLink MTA Baltimore 1,988,300 5,400[note 5] 15.5 mi (24.9 km)[29] 351 1983[30] 14[29] 1[29]
16 Skyline Honolulu DTS Honolulu 614,800 3,700 10.8 mi (17.4 km) 343 2023[31] 9[31] 1[31]
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  2. ^ "Transit Ridership Report Second Quarter 2024" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. September 3, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
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  5. ^ a b c "About Metro". Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. 2014. Archived from the original on December 2, 2016. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
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  8. ^ a b "Greenhouse Gas (GHG) and Criteria Air Pollutant (CAP) Emission Inventory (EI) for the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey: 2008 Summary and 2006-2008 Trends" (PDF). PATH. June 2010. p. 4. Archived from the original (pdf) on February 10, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2012.
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  19. ^ "About MARTA: MARTA's Past & Future". Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
  20. ^ a b "Bombardier Partners with Atlanta to Improve Track Worker Protection with TrackSafe Technology" (Press release). Bombardier. April 17, 2012. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
  21. ^ a b c d "Chapter 1.0 - Purpose and Need", Westside Transit Corridor Extension Study: Final Alternatives Analysis Study (pdf), Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, January 2009, pp. 1–18, retrieved September 28, 2012
  22. ^ a b c "Metrorail". Miami-Dade County. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
  23. ^ "Miami-Dade Transit History". Miami-Dade County. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
  24. ^ Chan, Sewell; Schweber, Nate (December 26, 2008). "Staten Island Rail Car Derails in Tottenville". The New York Times. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  25. ^ a b c d "A History of Commitment". Port Authority Transit Corporation. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
  26. ^ a b c "2013 Annual Report - RTA Facts". Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. October 31, 2013. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  27. ^ "RTA History". Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  28. ^ a b c d "Project Profiles: Tren Urbano". Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  29. ^ a b c "Metro Subway". Maryland Transportation Authority. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  30. ^ "2010-2011 MTA Media Guide" (pdf). Maryland Transportation Authority. Retrieved September 28, 2012.
  31. ^ a b c "Skyline Rail Operations". Honolulu City Council. Retrieved September 19, 2023.


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