List of United States light rail systems by ridership

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The following is a list of all light rail systems in the United States, ranked by ridership. All figures are average weekday unlinked passenger trips, unless otherwise noted, and come from the American Public Transit Association's Ridership Reports Statistics[1] for the third quarter of 2007, unless otherwise noted. Dates are given for all figures; the most recent available are used. Those systems marked with an asterisk (*) are integrated with a heavy rail rapid transit system.

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MBTA's Green Line

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Muni Metro's N Judah line

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LACMTA's Gold Line

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MAX Light Rail

Rank System Largest city served Daily
ridership 		Date Miles of track
Image:No image wide.svg1 MBTA T Green line and Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line* Boston 255,100 Third quarter of 2007 25.4[2]
Image:No image wide.svg2 Muni Metro, cable car, and F Market* San Francisco 146,200 Third quarter of 2007 66.1[3] + 5.4[3]
Image:No image wide.svg3 Los Angeles County Metro Rail Blue, Green, and Gold lines* Los Angeles 134,400 Third quarter of 2007 55.7[4]
Image:No image wide.svg4 San Diego Trolley San Diego 124,300 Third quarter of 2007 53.5[5]
Image:No image wide.svg5 MAX Light Rail and Portland Streetcar Portland 107,900 Third quarter of 2007 44Image:No image wide.svg[6] + 6.0[7]
Image:No image wide.svg6 SEPTA Subway-Surface Lines, Suburban Trolley Lines, and Girard Avenue Trolley* Philadelphia Image:No image wide.svg89,600 Third quarter of 2007 60Image:No image wide.svg[8]
Image:No image wide.svg7 MetroLink St. Louis Image:No image wide.svg82,000 Third quarter of 2007 46Image:No image wide.svg[9]
Image:No image wide.svg8 DART Light Rail, MATA streetcar Dallas   62,200 Third quarter of 2007 45Image:No image wide.svg[10] + 3.6[11]
Image:No image wide.svg9 RTD Light Rail Denver Image:No image wide.svg59,700 Third quarter of 2007 35Image:No image wide.svg[12]
10 Sacramento Regional Transit District Light Rail Sacramento Image:No image wide.svg49,500 Second quarter of 2007 36.9[13]
11 UTA TRAX Salt Lake City 042,500 First quarter of 2007[14] 19Image:No image wide.svg[15]
12 METRORail Houston Image:No image wide.svg41,700 Third quarter of 2007 Image:No image wide.svg7.5[16]
13 Santa Clara VTA Light Rail San Jose Image:No image wide.svg36,000 Third quarter of 2007 28.6[17]
14 Hiawatha Line Minneapolis Image:No image wide.svg29,500 Third quarter of 2007 12Image:No image wide.svg[18]
15 Baltimore Light Rail* Baltimore Image:No image wide.svg27,300 Third quarter of 2007 30.0[19]
16 Hudson-Bergen Light Rail* Jersey City Image:No image wide.svg25,850[20] Second quarter of 2006 27.2[20]
17 The T Pittsburgh Image:No image wide.svg24,200 Third quarter of 2007 25Image:No image wide.svg[21]
18 Buffalo Metro Rail Buffalo Image:No image wide.svg19,100 Third quarter of 2007 Image:No image wide.svg6.4[22]
19 Newark Light Rail* Newark Image:No image wide.svg18,000[20] Second quarter of 2006 Image:No image wide.svg9.9[20]
20 The Rapid Blue and Green Lines* Cleveland Image:No image wide.svg11,400 Third quarter of 2007[14] 15Image:No image wide.svg[23]
21 River Line Trenton Image:No image wide.svg7,350[20] Second quarter of 2006 69.7[20]
22 Streetcars in New Orleans New Orleans Image:No image wide.svg4,500 Third quarter of 2007 21.5[24][25]
23 Memphis RTA Main Street Trolley Memphis 003,300 Third quarter of 2007 Image:No image wide.svg7Image:No image wide.svg[26]
24 Tacoma Link Tacoma Image:No image wide.svg2,873[27] First quarter of 2007 Image:No image wide.svg1.6[28]
25 TECO Line Streetcar System Tampa Image:No image wide.svg800 Third quarter of 2007 Image:No image wide.svg2.3[7]
26 Charlotte Trolley Charlotte Image:No image wide.svg700[29] Fourth quarter of 2004 Image:No image wide.svg2.1[30]
27 River Rail Streetcar Little Rock Image:No image wide.svg340[31] 2005 Image:No image wide.svg2.5[7]
28 Kenosha Transit Kenosha Image:No image wide.svg300 Second quarter of 2007 Image:No image wide.svg2.0[7]
29 Island Transit trolley Galveston Image:No image wide.svg200 Second quarter of 2007 Image:No image wide.svg5.2[32]

[edit] Ridership per Mile

The following is a list of light rail systems in the United States, ranked by ridership per mile of track. Figures are computed using the 'ridership' and 'miles of track' numbers above.

Rank Community served Ridership per mile
Image:No image wide.svg1 Boston 10,043
Image:No image wide.svg2 Houston 5,560
Image:No image wide.svg3 Buffalo 2,984
Image:No image wide.svg4 Minneapolis 2,458
Image:No image wide.svg5 Los Angeles 2,412
Image:No image wide.svg6 San Diego 2,323
Image:No image wide.svg7 Salt Lake City 2,237
Image:No image wide.svg8 Portland 2,158
Image:No image wide.svg9 San Francisco 2,045
10 Newark 1,818
11 Tacoma 1,799
12 St. Louis 1,782
13 Denver 1,705
14 Philadelphia 1,493
15 Sacramento 1,341
16 Dallas 1,280
17 San Jose 1,258
18 Pittsburgh Image:No image wide.svg968
19 Jersey City Image:No image wide.svg950
20 Baltimore Image:No image wide.svg910
21 Cleveland Image:No image wide.svg760
22 Memphis Image:No image wide.svg529
23 Tampa Image:No image wide.svg391
24 Charlotte Image:No image wide.svg333
25 New Orleans Image:No image wide.svg209
26 Kenosha Image:No image wide.svg150
27 Little Rock Image:No image wide.svg136
28 Trenton Image:No image wide.svg105
29 Galveston Image:No image wide.svg38

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ American Public Transportation Association, Light Rail Transit Ridership Report, Third Quarter 2007.
  2. ^ Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization, Transportation System Performance, The MBTA System: Quick Facts, 2003.
  3. ^ a b San Francisco Municipal Railway, Short Range Transit Plan, Chapter 8: Infrastructure Program, December 6, 2005.
  4. ^ Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority, Facts at a Glance, June 19, 2007.
  5. ^ Metropolitan Transit System, Fact Sheet, May 2007.
  6. ^ Tri-Met, Facts about Tri-Met, October 2006.
  7. ^ a b c d American Public Transportation Association, APTA Streetcar and Heritage Trolley Site, Overview.
  8. ^ SEPTA, SEPTA Operating Facts, Fiscal Year 2006.
  9. ^ St. Louis Metro, Inside Metrolink, 2007.
  10. ^ Dallas Area Rapid Transit, DART Rail Facts
  11. ^ American Public Transportation Association, APTA Streetcar and Heritage Trolley Site, Dallas Overview.
  12. ^ Regional Transit District, RTD Facts, February, 2006; Regional Transit District, About Southeast Light Rail, 2007.
  13. ^ Sacramento Regional Transit District, RT at a Glance.
  14. ^ a b American Public Transportation Association, Light Rail Transit Ridership Report, First Quarter 2007.
  15. ^ Schneider, Keith. "A Rail Line Drives Development in Utah", New York Times, April 22, 2007.
  16. ^ http://www.ridemetro.org/News/releases/110907_2.asp
  17. ^ Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Web Site, Frequently Asked Questions, Where does VTA provide service?
  18. ^ Metro Transit, Facts about trains and construction, 2007.
  19. ^ Roads to the Future: Baltimore Central Light Rail Line
  20. ^ a b c d e f New Jersey Transit, Facts at a Glance, Fiscal Year 2006. The APTA combines statistics for all New Jersey Transit light rail operations, which includes the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail, the Newark Light Rail, and the River Line.
  21. ^ Port Authority of Allegheny County, T Quick Facts.
  22. ^ NFTA-Metro, Metro Rail Facts, 2004.
  23. ^ Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, RTA Facts.
  24. ^ [1] Saint Charles Line
  25. ^ [2]Canal and Riverfront line
  26. ^ [3]Memphis Streetcar
  27. ^ Sound Transit, Quaterly Performance Report, First Quarter 2007.
  28. ^ Sound Transit, Light Rail Fares
  29. ^ http://www.wsoctv.com/news/3933129/detail.html
  30. ^ American Public Transportation Association, APTA Streetcar and Heritage Trolley Site, Charlotte, July 2005.
  31. ^ http://www.masstransitmag.com/web/online/Top-Transit-News/Builders-Like-Rail-Line--but-Riders-are-Sparse/3$3928
  32. ^ American Public Transportation Association, APTA Streetcar and Heritage Trolley Site - Galveston Overview,

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