List of North American light rail systems

See also: List of North American rapid transit systems

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. "Daily boardings per mile" figures have been rounded to the nearest 5 or 10.

The question of which systems would qualify 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.

Systems

System	Country	City/Area served	Annual ridership (2024) [1] [2] [3]	Avg. daily weekday boardings (weekdays, Q2 2025) [4] [2]	System length	Avg. daily boardings per mile (Q4 2024)	Year opened	Stations	Lines	Year last expanded
Sistema de Tren Eléctrico Urbano	MEX	Guadalajara	168,603,000	449,362 [note 1]	47.0 km (29.2 mi) [5] [6]	15,432	1989 [5]	48 [6]	3 [6]	2020 [7]
CTrain	CAN	Calgary	94,097,200	279,200	59.9 km (37.2 mi) [8]	7,212	1981 [9]	45 [8]	2 [10]	2014 [11]
Toronto streetcar system	CAN	Toronto	79,295,000	248,300	82 km (51 mi) [12]	4,622	1861 [13]	708 streetcar stops [12]	11 [12]	2016[ citation needed ]
Metro Rail light rail: [note 2] A, C, E, & K lines	USA	Los Angeles	46,178,300	143,200	141.8 km (88.1 mi) [14]	1,672	1990 [14]	72 [14]	5 [14]	2024 [14]
San Diego Trolley (incl. Silver Line [15] [note 3] )	USA	San Diego	41,069,900	129,300	105 km (65 mi) [16]	1,958	1981 [16]	62 [16]	4 [15] [16]	2021 [17] [16]
MBTA light rail: [note 2] Green Line & Mattapan Line [note 3]	USA	Boston	30,631,700	102,500	42 km (26 mi) [18]	3,903	1897; [19] 1929[ citation needed ]	74 [18]	2 [18]	2022 [20]
Link light rail: 1 Line, 2 Line, and T Line	USA	Seattle and Tacoma	30,438,000	115,900	75.88 km (47.15 mi)	2,686	2003 [21]	45 [22]	3 [23]	2025 [24]
Xochimilco Light Rail [note 2]	MEX	Mexico City	29,545,000	96,835 [note 1]	13.04 km (8.10 mi) [25]	12,010	1986 [26]	18 [25]	1 [25]	2008[ citation needed ]
Muni Metro [note 2] (incl. F Market [27] [28] [note 3] )	USA	San Francisco	29,361,800	105,400	57.5 km (35.7 mi) [29]	2,661	1980 [29]	152 [28] [29]	8 [27] [29]	2023 [30]
Edmonton LRT	CAN	Edmonton	29,145,000	105,900	37.3 km (23.2 mi) [31]	4,720	1978 [31]	29 [31]	3 [31]	2024 [31]
MAX Light Rail	USA	Portland, Oregon	24,383,900	67,300	97 km (60 mi)[ citation needed ]	1,232	1986[ citation needed ]	97[ citation needed ]	5[ citation needed ]	2015[ citation needed ]
DART light rail	USA	Dallas	22,237,700	66,300	150 km (93 mi) [32]	771	1996 [33]	64 [32]	4 [34]	2016 [33]
NJ Transit Light Rail	USA	Newark, New Jersey, as well as Hudson, Mercer, Burlington, and Camden Counties.	22,215,800	65,312 [note 1]	174.0 km (108.1 mi) [35]	578	1935 [36]	86 [35]	3 [35]	2011 [37]
O-Train	CAN	Ottawa	20,838,300	91,800	12.5 km (7.8 mi) [38]	9,820	2019	13 [38]	1 [38]	n/a
METRO Light Rail	USA	Minneapolis	15,489,100	39,100	35.1 km (21.8 mi) [39] [40]	2,045	2004 [39]	37 [39] [40]	2 [39] [40]	2014 [40]
SEPTA Metro light rail: [41] [note 2] Subway–Surface Trolleys (T), Media–Sharon Hill Line (D), & Route 15 Trolley (G) [note 3]	USA	Philadelphia	15,281,900	55,800	110.1 km (68.4 mi) [42] [43]	816	1858 [44]	>100 [42]	8 [42] [43]	2005[ citation needed ]
TRAX (light rail)	USA	Salt Lake City	13,965,200	34,500	72.1 km (44.8 mi) [45]	1,002	1999 [46]	50 [47]	3 [47]	2013[ citation needed ]
METRORail	USA	Houston	13,456,400	42,000	36.9 km (22.9 mi) [48]	1,843	2004 [48]	37 [49]	3 [48]	2015 [48]
RTD Light Rail	USA	Denver	11,161,800	44,600	94.1 km (58.5 mi) [50]	646	1994 [51]	46 [50]	6 [50]	2017 [51]
Valley Metro Rail	USA	Phoenix	11,100,300	30,900	62 km (38.5 mi) [52]	823	2008 [53]	50 [52]	2[ citation needed ]	2025 [54]
St. Louis MetroLink	USA	St. Louis	7,135,000	21,800	19,018 [note 1]	74.0 km (46.0 mi) [55]	413	1993 [56]	37 [55]	2 [57]	2006 [58]
Lynx Rapid Transit Services	USA	Charlotte, North Carolina	6,528,600	21,000	30.4 km (18.9 mi) [59]	1,143	2007 [60]	15 [61]	1 [61]	2018[ citation needed ]
SacRT light rail	USA	Sacramento, California	6,580,000	22,100	69.0 km (42.9 mi) [62]	455	1987 [62]	53 [62]	3 [62]	2015 [62]
Streetcars in New Orleans [note 3]	USA	New Orleans	3,535,600	8,800	35.9 km (22.3 mi) [63] [64]	412	1835[ citation needed ]	streetcar-like surface stops[ citation needed ]	4 [63]	2013 [63]
VTA light rail	USA	San Jose, California	4,914,100	12,700	67.9 km (42.2 mi) [65]	374	1987 [65]	62 [65]	3 [65]	2005 [65]
Baltimore Light RailLink [note 2]	USA	Baltimore	5,015,100	14,500	53.1 km (33.0 mi) [66]	460	1992[ citation needed ]	33 [66]	3 [66]	1997[ citation needed ]
Ion rapid transit	CAN	Kitchener and Waterloo	5,654,810 [67]	13,000	19.3 km (12.0 mi) [68]	1,083	2019	19 [68]	1 [68]	n/a
The T: Pittsburgh Light Rail	USA	Pittsburgh	3,236,100	9,964 [note 1]	42.2 km (26.2 mi) [69]	344	1984[ citation needed ]	53 [69]	3 [69]	2012 [69]
San Francisco cable car system [note 4] [note 3]	USA	San Francisco	5,719,900	14,900	8.4 km (5.2 mi)[ citation needed ]	2,685	1878 [70]	streetcar-like surface stops[ citation needed ]	3 [28] [71]	1952[ citation needed ]
Portland Streetcar [note 5]	USA	Portland	2,373,341 [72]	8,339	11.83 km (7.35 mi) [73]	1,135	2001 [73]	76 [73]	2 [73]	2012 [73]
Buffalo Metro Rail	USA	Buffalo, New York	2,433,300	6,600	10.3 km (6.4 mi)[ citation needed ]	254	1985[ citation needed ]	14 [74]	1 [74]	n/a
SPRINTER	USA	Oceanside, California	1,362,600	5,600	35 km (22 mi) [75]	341	2008 [75]	15 [75]	1 [75]	n/a
Seattle Streetcar	USA	Seattle	1,326,500	4,200	6.1 km (3.8 mi)[ citation needed ]	1,105	2007 [76]	17 [77]	2 [77]	2016 [78]
RTA Rapid Transit: [note 2] Blue, Green, and Waterfront Lines	USA	Cleveland	661,500	2,500	24.6 km (15.3 mi) [79]	163	1913 [80]	34 [79]	2 [79]	1996 [80]
Tide Light Rail	USA	Norfolk, Virginia	771,500	2,500	11.9 km (7.4 mi) [81]	338	2011 [82]	11 [81]	1 [81]	n/a
DC Streetcar	USA	Washington, D.C.	721,700	2,200	3.9 km (2.4 mi) [83]	917	2016 [84]	8	1	2016
TECO Line Streetcars [note 3]	USA	Tampa, Florida	1,428,700	3,489	4.3 km (2.7 mi) [85]	1,292	2002[ citation needed ]	11 [86]	1 [86]	2010[ citation needed ]
Sun Link	USA	Tucson, Arizona	1,724,900	5,800	6.3 km (3.9 mi) [87]	1,487	2014[ citation needed ]	22 [87]	1 [87]	n/a
The Hop	USA	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	760,321	–	3.4 km (2.1 mi) [88]		2018 [88]	18	1	2018
El Paso Streetcar	USA	El Paso, Texas	130,600	600	7.7 km (4.8 mi) [89]		2018 [90]	27	2	2018
Atlanta Streetcar	USA	Atlanta, Georgia	184,500	600	4.3 km (2.7 mi)[ citation needed ]	111	2014[ citation needed ]	12[ citation needed ]	1[ citation needed ]	n/a
MATA Trolleys [note 3]	USA	Memphis, Tennessee	365,400	800	10.1 km (6.3 mi)[ citation needed ]	0 [note 6]	1993 [91]	25 [92]	3 [92]	2004 [91]

Excluded systems

See also: List of United States light rail systems by ridership § 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):

• Galveston Island Trolley ^{[note 3]} (Galveston, TX)
• Kenosha Streetcars ^{[note 3]} (Kenosha, WI)
• Metro Streetcar ^{[note 3]} (Little Rock, AR)
• River Street Streetcar ^{[note 3]} (Savannah, GA)

See also

• Light rail in North America
• Light rail
• List of tram and light rail transit systems
• List of United States light rail systems by ridership
• Light rail in the United States
• Streetcars in North America
• List of Latin American rail transit systems by ridership
• List of North American rapid transit systems by ridership
• List of United States rapid transit systems by ridership
• List of rail transit systems in the United States
• Public transportation

Notes

1. This is the Average Daily Ridership figure, not an "Average Weekday Ridership" figure – it is averaged from the 2025Q2 Total Ridership figure for this system.
2. 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.
3. This line or system is operated using heritage streetcars.
4. 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).
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. 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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