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List of United States rapid transit systems

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{{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.

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! System

! Transit agency

! City/area served

! Annual
ridership
{{American transit ridership|annualdate}}
{{American transit ridership|annualcitation}}

! Avg. ridership
{{American transit ridership|dailydate}}
{{American transit ridership|dailycitation}}

! data-sort-type="number" | System
length

! data-sort-type="number" | Avg. boardings
per mile
{{American transit ridership|dailydate}}

! Opened

! data-sort-type="number" | Stations

! data-sort-type="number" | Lines

1

| New York City Subway

| NYCTAAgency is a subsidiary of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

| New York City

| {{American transit ridership|NY MTA NYCT HR annual}}

| {{American transit ridership|NY MTA NYCT HR daily}}

| {{cvt|248|mi|km|sortable=on}}{{cite web |url=http://web.mta.info/mta/investor/pdf/2019/2018_CAFR_Final.pdf |title=Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Years Ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 |publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) |page=156 |date=June 26, 2019 |access-date=January 15, 2021}}

| {{Round| {{#Expr: {{formatnum: {{American transit ridership|NY MTA NYCT HR daily}} |R}} / 248}} }}

| 1904

| {{NYCS const|number|total}}{{cite web |url=http://web.mta.info/mta/network.htm#statsnyct |title=The MTA Network - New York City Transit at a Glance |publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) |access-date=August 29, 2014}}

| 26

2

| Washington Metro

| WMATA

| Washington metropolitan area

| {{American transit ridership|DC Washington Metro HR annual}}

| {{American transit ridership|DC Washington Metro HR daily}}

| {{cvt|129|mi|km|sortable=on}}

| {{Round| {{#Expr: {{formatnum: {{American transit ridership|DC Washington Metro HR daily}} |R}} / 129}} }}

| 1976{{cite web |url=http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/ |title=About Metro |publisher=Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority |year=2014 |access-date=August 28, 2014 |archive-date=December 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202204655/http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/ |url-status=dead }}

| 98

| 6

3

| Chicago "L"

| CTA

| Chicago

| {{American transit ridership|IL Chicago CTA HR annual}}

| {{American transit ridership|IL Chicago CTA HR daily}}

| {{cvt|102.8|mi|km|sortable=on}}

| {{Round| {{#Expr: {{formatnum: {{American transit ridership|IL Chicago CTA HR daily}} |R}} / 102.8}} }}

| 1892

| 146{{cite web |url=http://www.transitchicago.com/about/facts.aspx |title=Facts at a Glance |publisher=Chicago Transit Authority |access-date=May 17, 2013}}

| 8

4

| MBTA subway ("the T")System also includes the Green Line and Mattapan Line light rail lines; ridership data for these light rail lines is not included in statistics shown here.
{{small|(Blue, Orange, and Red lines)}}

| MBTA

| Boston

| {{American transit ridership|MA Boston HR annual}}

| {{American transit ridership|MA Boston HR daily}}

| {{cvt|38|mi|km|sortable=on}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mbta.com/uploadedfiles/documents/2014%20BLUEBOOK%2014th%20Edition.pdf |title=Ridership and Service Statistics, Fourteenth Edition 2014 |publisher=Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority |format=pdf |pages=3–4, 6 |date=July 2014 |access-date=August 31, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912053503/http://www.mbta.com/uploadedfiles/documents/2014%20BLUEBOOK%2014th%20Edition.pdf |archive-date=September 12, 2014 }}

| {{Round| {{#Expr: {{formatnum: {{American transit ridership|MA Boston HR daily}} |R}} / 38}} }}

| 1901

| 53

| 3

5

| PATH

| PANYNJ

| Manhattan, Hudson County, Newark

| {{American transit ridership|NJ Port Authority NY NJ HR annual}}

| {{American transit ridership|NJ Port Authority NY NJ HR daily}}

| {{cvt|13.8|mi|km|sortable=on}}{{cite web |url=http://www.panynj.gov/about/pdf/2008-GHG-Inventory-Summary.pdf |title=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 |publisher=PATH |format=pdf |page=4 |date=June 2010 |access-date=September 27, 2012 |archive-date=February 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210050002/https://www.panynj.gov/about/pdf/2008-GHG-Inventory-Summary.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.panynj.gov/path/facts-info.html |title=Facts & Info - PATH - The Port Authority of NY & NJ |publisher=PATH |year=2013 |access-date=July 18, 2013 |archive-date=November 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191129234922/http://www.panynj.gov/path/facts-info.html |url-status=dead }}

| {{Round| {{#Expr: {{formatnum: {{American transit ridership|NJ Port Authority NY NJ HR daily}} |R}} / 13.8}} }}

| 1908{{cite web |url=http://www.panynj.gov/path/history.html |title=History |publisher=PATH |access-date=June 6, 2012}}

| 13

| 4{{cite web |url=http://www.panynj.gov/path/maps-schedules.html |title=Maps & Schedule |publisher=PATH |access-date=June 6, 2012 |archive-date=December 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121203072937/http://www.panynj.gov/path/maps-schedules.html |url-status=dead }}

6

| SEPTA MetroSystem also includes light rail lines. Ridership data for such lines is not included in statistics given.
{{small|(L, B, and M)}}

| SEPTA

| Philadelphia

| {{American transit ridership|PA Philadelphia HR annual}}

| {{American transit ridership|PA Philadelphia HR daily}}

| {{cvt|36.7|mi|km|sortable=on}}{{cite web|url=http://www.septa.org/reports/pdf/route-statistics.pdf |title=SEPTA Route Statistics 2014 |publisher=Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) Service Planning Department |format=pdf |pages=9, 13, 221 |date=Spring 2014 |access-date=August 31, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524014002/http://www.septa.org/reports/pdf/route-statistics.pdf |archive-date=May 24, 2013 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.septa.org/media/guide/pdf/media-guide.pdf |title=Media Guide |publisher=SEPTA |format=pdf |pages=7, 11 |year=2013 |access-date=August 31, 2014}}

| {{Round| {{#Expr: {{formatnum: {{American transit ridership|PA Philadelphia HR daily}} |R}} / 36.7}} }}

| 1907{{cite web |url=http://www.septa.org/media/releases/2009/09-11.html |title=SEPTA 'Elebrates' End Of Project |publisher=SEPTA |date=September 11, 2009}}

| 75{{cite web |url=http://www.septa.org/reports/pdf/opfacts.pdf |title=SEPTA Operating Facts Fiscal Year 2013 |publisher=SEPTA |format=pdf |pages=4–6 |date=June 30, 2013 |access-date=August 31, 2014}}

| 3

7

| Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)Figures only include BART's five rapid transit lines, and not the system's AGT line to Oakland Airport nor the eBART line.

| BART

| San Francisco Bay Area

| {{American transit ridership|CA San Francisco BART HR annual}}

| {{American transit ridership|CA San Francisco BART HR daily}}

| {{cvt|131.4|mi|km|sortable=on}}

| {{Round| {{#Expr: {{formatnum: {{American transit ridership|CA San Francisco BART HR daily}} |R}} / 119.1}} }}

| 1972{{cite web |url=http://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2009/news20090911.aspx |title=Rider recalls first day of BART passenger service on Sept. 11, 1972 |publisher=Bay Area Rapid Transit |date=September 11, 2009 |access-date=June 19, 2012}}

| 50{{cite web |url=http://www.bart.gov/about/history/facts |title=System Facts |publisher=Bay Area Rapid Transit |access-date=January 19, 2023}}

| 7{{cite web |url=https://www.bart.gov/schedules |title=BART - Schedules By Line |publisher=Bay Area Rapid Transit |year=2019 |access-date=March 3, 2019}}

8

| MARTA rail

| MARTA

| Atlanta

| {{American transit ridership|GA Atlanta MARTA HR annual}}

| {{American transit ridership|GA Atlanta MARTA HR daily}}

| {{cvt|47.6|mi|km|sortable=on}}

| {{Round| {{#Expr: {{formatnum: {{American transit ridership|GA Atlanta MARTA HR daily}} |R}} / 47.6}} }}

| 1979{{cite web |url=http://www.itsmarta.com/marta-past-and-future.aspx |title=About MARTA: MARTA's Past & Future |publisher=Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority |access-date=June 24, 2012}}

| 38{{cite press release |url=http://us.bombardier.com/us/press_release_17042012.htm |title=Bombardier Partners with Atlanta to Improve Track Worker Protection with TrackSafe Technology |publisher=Bombardier |date=April 17, 2012 |access-date=June 24, 2012}}

| 4

9

| Metro Rail
{{small|(B and D lines)}}

| LACMTA

| Los Angeles

| {{formatnum: {{#expr: {{American transit ridership|CA Los Angeles Metro HR annual}} }} }}

| {{formatnum: {{#expr: {{American transit ridership|CA Los Angeles Metro HR daily}} }} }}

| {{cvt|17.4|mi|km|sortable=on}}{{citation |url=http://www.metro.net/projects_studies/westside/images/Chapter%201-Purpose%20&%20Need.pdf |title=Westside Transit Corridor Extension Study: Final Alternatives Analysis Study|chapter=Chapter 1.0 - Purpose and Need |publisher=Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority |format=pdf |pages=1–18 |date=January 2009 |access-date=September 28, 2012}}

| {{Round| {{#Expr: {{formatnum: {{American transit ridership|CA Los Angeles Metro HR daily}} |R}} / 17.4}} }}

| 1993

| 16

| 2

10

| Metrorail

| Miami-Dade Transit

| Miami

| {{American transit ridership|FL Miami HR annual}}

| {{American transit ridership|FL Miami HR daily}}

| {{cvt|24.4|mi|km|sortable=on}}

| {{Round| {{#Expr: {{formatnum: {{American transit ridership|FL Miami HR daily}} |R}} / 24.4}} }}

| 1984{{cite web |url=http://www.miamidade.gov/transit/history.asp|title=Miami-Dade Transit History |publisher=Miami-Dade County |access-date=June 26, 2012}}

| 23{{cite web |url=http://www.miamidade.gov/transit/metrorail.asp |title=Metrorail |publisher=Miami-Dade County |access-date=August 27, 2012}}

| 2

11

| PATCO Speedline

| PATCO

| Philadelphia, Camden County

| {{American transit ridership|NJ PATCO annual}}

| {{American transit ridership|NJ PATCO daily}}

| {{cvt|14.2|mi|km|sortable=on}}

| {{Round| {{#Expr: {{formatnum: {{American transit ridership|NJ PATCO daily}} |R}} / 14.2}} }}

| 1936{{cite web |url=http://www.ridepatco.org/about/history.html |title=A History of Commitment |publisher=Port Authority Transit Corporation |access-date=June 6, 2012}}

| 13

| 1

12

| Baltimore Metro SubwayLink

| MTA

| Baltimore

| {{American transit ridership|MD Baltimore HR annual}}

| {{Round| {{#expr: {{formatnum: {{American transit ridership|MD Baltimore HR annual}} |R}} / 365 }}

2}}This is the Average Daily Ridership not Average Weekday Ridership.

| {{cvt|15.5|mi|km|sortable=on}}{{cite web |url=http://mta.maryland.gov/metro-subway |title=Metro Subway |publisher=Maryland Transportation Authority |access-date=September 28, 2012}}

| {{Round| {{#Expr: {{#expr: {{formatnum: {{American transit ridership|MD Baltimore HR annual}} |R}} / 365 }} / 15.5}} }}

| 1983{{cite web |url=http://mta.maryland.gov/sites/default/files/Media_Guide_2010.pdf |title=2010-2011 MTA Media Guide |publisher=Maryland Transportation Authority |format=pdf |access-date=September 28, 2012}}

| 14

| 1

13

| Staten Island Railway

| SIRTOA

| Staten Island

| {{American transit ridership|NY MTA SIRR annual}}

| {{American transit ridership|NY MTA SIRR daily}}

| {{cvt|14|mi|km|sortable=on}}

| {{Round| {{#Expr: {{formatnum: {{American transit ridership|NY MTA SIRR daily}} |R}} / 14}} }}

| 1860{{cite news |url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/26/staten-island-rail-car-derails-in-tottenville/ |title=Staten Island Rail Car Derails in Tottenville |first1=Sewell |last1=Chan |first2=Nate |last2=Schweber |newspaper=The New York Times |date=December 26, 2008 |access-date=September 28, 2012}}

| 21

| 1

14

| Tren Urbano

| ATI

| San Juan

| {{American transit ridership|PR San Juan HR annual}}

| {{American transit ridership|PR San Juan HR daily}}

| {{cvt|10.7|mi|km|sortable=on}}{{cite web |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ipd/project_profiles/pr_tren_urbano.aspx |title=Project Profiles: Tren Urbano |publisher=Federal Highway Administration |access-date=September 28, 2012}}

| {{Round| {{#Expr: {{formatnum: {{American transit ridership|PR San Juan HR daily}} |R}} / 10.7}} }}

| 2004

| 16

| 1

15

| RTA Rapid Transit
{{small|(Red Line)}}

| GCRTA

| Cleveland

| {{American transit ridership|OH Cleveland HR annual}}

| {{American transit ridership|OH Cleveland HR daily}}

| {{cvt|19|mi|km|sortable=on}}{{cite web | url = http://www.riderta.com/annual/2013#annual-report-tabs7 | title = 2013 Annual Report - RTA Facts | publisher = Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority | date = October 31, 2013 | access-date = September 5, 2014}}

| {{Round| {{#Expr: {{formatnum: {{American transit ridership|OH Cleveland HR daily}} |R}} / 19}} }}

| 1955{{cite web |url=http://www.riderta.com/ar_RTAhistory.asp |title=RTA History |publisher=Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority |access-date=September 28, 2012}}

| 18

| 1

16

| Skyline

| Honolulu DTS

| Honolulu

| 614,800

| 3,700

| {{cvt|10.8|mi|km|sortable=on}}

| 343

| 2023{{cite web |url=https://www.honolulu.gov/transportation/divisions/mobility/rail-operations.html|title=Skyline Rail Operations|publisher=Honolulu City Council |access-date=September 19, 2023}}

| 9

| 1

Locations Map

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Locations of Rapid Transit Systems in the United States
{{Location map+ |United_States |width=870 |float=center |alt=Rapid transit systems in Mainland United States

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{{Location map~ |United_States| mark = Red pog.svg |lat=34.055278|long=-118.235278|position=left|label=Los Angeles Metro Rail|label_size=80 |marksize=7 }}

{{Location map~ |United_States| mark = Red pog.svg |lat=41.881944|long=-87.627778|position=left|label=Chicago "L"|label_size=80|marksize=7 }}

{{Location map~ |mark = Red pog.svg |United States |lat=40.735556|long=-74.172222|position=left|label=PATH |label_size=80|marksize=7}}

{{Location map~ |mark = Red pog.svg |United States |lat=33.748889|long=-84.390000|position=right|label=MARTA rail|label_size=80|marksize=7}}

{{Location map~ |mark = Red pog.svg |United States |lat=39.952778|long=-75.163611|position=left|label=SEPTA Metro|label_size=80 |marksize=7 }}

{{Location map~ |mark = Red pog.svg |United States |lat=40.000000|long=-75.105000|position=right|label=PATCO Speedline|label_size=80 |marksize=7 }}

{{Location map~ |mark = Red pog.svg |United States |lat=38.904722|long=-77.016389|position=left|label=Washington Metro|label_size=80 |marksize=7 }}

{{Location map~ |mark = Red pog.svg |United States |lat=42.360278|long=-71.057778|position=right|label=MBTA subway|label_size=80|marksize=7}}

{{Location map~ |mark = Red pog.svg |United States |lat=40.712778|long=-74.006111|position=top|label=NYC Subway |label_size=80|marksize=7}}

{{Location map~ |mark = Red pog.svg |United States |lat=40.583333|long=-74.150000|position=right|label=SIR |label_size=80|marksize=7}}

{{Location map~ |mark = Red pog.svg |United States |lat=37.783333|long=-122.416667|position=top|label=BART|label_size=80|marksize=7}}

{{Location map~ |mark = Red pog.svg |United States |lat=25.766667|long=-80.200000|position=bottom|label=Miami Metrorail|label_size=80|marksize=7}}

{{Location map~ |mark = Red pog.svg |United States |lat=41.499167|long=-81.694722|position=left|label=RTA Rapid Transit|label_size=80|marksize=7}}

{{Location map~ |mark = Red pog.svg |United States |lat=39.230000|long=-76.615278|position=right|label=Baltimore SubwayLink|label_size=80|marksize=7}}

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Insular United States
{{Location map+ |Hawaii |width=378 |float=left |alt=Rapid transit systems in Hawaii

|caption=Hawaii

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{{Location map~ |mark = Red pog.svg |Hawaii |lat=21.394444|long=-157.985833|position=top|label=Skyline|label_size=90 |marksize=7 }}

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{{Location map+ |Puerto Rico |width=436 |float=right |alt=Rapid transit systems in Puerto Rico

|caption=Puerto Rico

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{{Location map~ |mark = Red pog.svg |Puerto Rico |lat=18.390556|long=-66.063056|position=top|label=Tren Urbano|label_size=90 |marksize=7 }}

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See also

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Notes

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