List of United States light rail systems

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The following is a list of all light rail systems in the United States, ranked by ridership. Also included are some of the urban streetcar/trolley systems that provide regular public transit service (operating year-round and at least five days/week), ones with data available from the American Public Transportation Association's (APTA) Ridership Reports. This list does not include statistics for metro/rapid transit systems (see: the List of United States rapid transit systems by ridership for those). Daily and annual ridership figures are based on "average weekday unlinked passenger trips" (where transfers between lines are counted as two separate passenger "boardings" or "trips"). References with supplementary (non-APTA) ridership figures are included in the System column.

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Systems excluded from ridership table

The following light rail systems have been excluded from the ridership table above:

SystemLargest city servedOpenedRoute lengthReason(s) for exclusion from Ridership table
San Francisco cable car system San Francisco, CA18735.1 mi (8.2 km)APTA does not provide ridership figures for this system.
Lowell National Historical Park Trolley System Lowell, MA 1984 [75] 1.2 mi (1.9 km) [76] Primarily a tourist system (does not operate daily, year-round). APTA does not provide ridership figures.
Galveston Island Trolley Galveston, TX 1988 [77] 6.8 mi (10.9 km) [77] Primarily a tourist system. APTA does not provide ridership figures.
Kenosha Streetcars Kenosha, WI 2000 [78] 2.0 mi (3.2 km) [78] Primarily a tourist system. APTA does not provide ridership figures.
Metro Streetcar Little Rock, AR 2004 [79] 3.4 mi (5.5 km) [79] Primarily a tourist system. APTA does not provide ridership figures.

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 This system also has available connections to a commuter rail system; the ridership figures and statistics presented here represent only the light rail portion of the system.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 This line or system is operated using heritage streetcars.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 This system also has a heavy rail rapid transit/metro portion (see List of metro systems), and connections to a commuter rail system; the ridership figures and statistics presented here represent only the light rail portion of the system.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 This is the Average Daily Ridership figure, not an "Average Weekday Ridership" figure – it is averaged from the Total Ridership figure for this system.
  5. ↑ Uses streetcar-like surface stops.
  6. ↑ As current incarnation of light rail.
  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 system also has a heavy rail rapid transit/metro portion (see List of metro systems); the ridership figures and statistics presented here represent only the light rail portion of the system.

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