List of United States rapid transit systems

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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.

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SystemTransit agencyCity/Area servedAnnual ridership 2023 [1] Avg. ridership weekdays, Q4 2023 [2] System
length		Avg. boardings per mile weekdays, Q4 2023OpenedStationsLines
1 New York City Subway New York City Transit Authority [note 1] New York City 2,027,286,0006,593,700248 mi (399 km) [3] 26,5881904 [4] 472 [4] 26 [4]
2 Washington Metro Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area 136,303,200474,000129 mi (208 km) [5] 3,6741976 [5] 98 [5] 6
3 Chicago "L" Chicago Transit Authority Chicago 117,447,000373,800102.8 mi (165.4 km) [6] 3,6361892 [6] 146 [6] 8 [6]
4 MBTA subway
("The T") [note 2]
(Blue, Orange, and Red Lines)		 Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Boston 85,397,200267,10038 mi (61 km) [7] 7,029190153 [7] 3 [7]
5 PATH Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Manhattan; Hudson County, and Newark 55,109,100187,00013.8 mi (22.2 km) [8] [9] 13,5511908 [10] 13 [8] 4 [11]
6 Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) [note 3] Bay Area Rapid Transit District San Francisco Bay Area 46,397,300154,600119.1 mi (191.7 km) [12] 1,2981972 [13] 50 [12] 7 [14]
7 SEPTA Metro [note 4]
(Broad Street, Market–Frankford, and Norristown High Speed Lines)		 Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Philadelphia 45,559,700146,30036.7 mi (59.1 km) [15] [16] 3,9861907 [17] 75 [18] 3 [18]
8 MARTA rail Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority Atlanta 31,110,30096,30047.6 mi (76.6 km)2,0231979 [19] 38 [20] 4 [20]
9 Metro Rail [note 4]
(B and D Lines)		 Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Los Angeles 25,899,20064,30017.4 mi (28.0 km) [21] 3,6951993 [21] 16 [21] 2 [21]
10 Metrorail Miami-Dade Transit Miami 13,439,30048,30024.4 mi (39.3 km) [22] 1,9801984 [23] 23 [22] 2 [22]
11 Staten Island Railway Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority [note 1] Staten Island (New York City)6,151,40019,50014 mi (23 km) [3] 1,3931860 [24] 21 [3] 1 [3]
12 PATCO Speedline Port Authority Transit Corporation Philadelphia, southern New Jersey 5,452,00018,30014.2 mi (22.9 km) [25] 1,2891936 [25] 13 [25] 1 [25]
13 RTA Rapid Transit [note 4]
(Red Line)		 Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority Cleveland 3,469,10010,80019 mi (31 km) [26] 5681955 [27] 18 [26] 1 [26]
14 Tren Urbano Autoridad de Transporte Integrado San Juan 2,738,10010,20010.7 mi (17.2 km) [28] 9532004 [28] 16 [28] 1 [28]
15 Baltimore Metro SubwayLink Maryland Transit Administration Baltimore 1,988,3005,400 [note 5] 15.5 mi (24.9 km) [29] 3511983 [30] 14 [29] 1 [29]
16 Skyline Honolulu Department of Transportation Services Honolulu 614,8003,70010.8 mi (17.4 km)3432023 [31] 9 [31] 1 [31]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Agency is a subsidiary of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
  2. ↑ System also includes the Green Line and Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line light rail lines; ridership data for these light rail lines is not included in statistics shown here.
  3. ↑ Figures only include BART's five rapid transit lines, and not the system's AGT line to Oakland Airport nor the eBART line.
  4. 1 2 3 System also includes light rail lines. Ridership data for such lines is not included in statistics given.
  5. ↑ This is the Average Daily Ridership not Average Weekday Ridership.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Norristown High Speed Line</span> Interurban rapid transit line in Philadelphia

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Miami-Dade Transit</span> Primary public transit authority of Miami, Florida

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Metrorail (Miami-Dade County)</span> Rapid-transit rail system in Miami, Florida

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