List of rail transit systems in the United States

Last updated January 21, 2026

This is a list of the operating passenger rail transit systems in the United States. This list does not include intercity rail services such as the Alaska Railroad, Brightline, or Amtrak and its state-sponsored subsidiaries. "Region" refers to the metropolitan area based around the city listed, where applicable.

Operating

Region	State	System	Authority	Type (FTA)
Albuquerque	New Mexico	Rail Runner Express	Mid-Region Council of Governments	Commuter rail
Atlanta	Georgia	MARTA rail	MARTA	Heavy rail ^[1]
Atlanta	Georgia	Atlanta Streetcar	MARTA	Streetcar
Austin	Texas	CapMetro Rail	CapMetro	Commuter rail ^[1]
Baltimore	Maryland	Metro SubwayLink	Maryland Transit Administration	Heavy rail ^[1]
Baltimore	Maryland	Light RailLink	Maryland Transit Administration	Light rail ^[1]
Boston area	Massachusetts, Rhode Island	MBTA Commuter Rail	MBTA	Commuter rail ^[2]
Boston	Massachusetts	MBTA subway		Heavy rail ^[2]
				Light rail ^[2]
				Heritage light rail
Buffalo	New York	Metro Rail	NFTA	Light rail ^[1]
Camden and Trenton	New Jersey	River Line	New Jersey Transit	Tram-train
Charlotte	North Carolina	LYNX Rapid Transit Services	Charlotte Area Transit System	Light rail ^[1]
Charlotte	North Carolina	LYNX Rapid Transit Services	Charlotte Area Transit System	Streetcar
Chicago	Illinois, Indiana	South Shore Line	NICTD	Commuter rail ^[3]
	Illinois	The "L"	Chicago Transit Authority	Heavy rail ^[1]
	Illinois	Airport Transit System	Chicago Airport Authority	VAL
	Illinois, Wisconsin	Metra	Northeast Illinois RCRC	Commuter rail ^[1]
Cincinnati	Ohio	Connector	SORTA (operation contracted to Transdev)	Streetcar
Cleveland		RTA Rapid Transit	GCRTA	Heavy rail ^[1]
Cleveland		RTA Rapid Transit	GCRTA	Light rail
Dallas–Fort Worth	Texas	Trinity Railway Express	Dallas Area Rapid Transit	Commuter rail ^[1]
		Trinity Railway Express	Trinity Metro	Commuter rail ^[1]
		DART rail	Dallas Area Rapid Transit	Light rail ^[1]
		DART rail	Dallas Area Rapid Transit	Commuter rail ^[1]
		Dallas Streetcar	City of Dallas (operation contracted to DART)	Streetcar
		M-Line Trolley	McKinney Avenue Transit Authority	Heritage streetcar ^[1]
		Skylink	Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport	People mover
		A-Train	DCTA	Commuter rail
		TEXRail	Trinity Metro	Commuter rail
Denver	Colorado	RTD Rail	Regional Transportation District	Commuter Rail ^[1]
Denver	Colorado	RTD Rail	Regional Transportation District	Light rail ^[1]
Detroit	Michigan	QLine	M-1 Rail	Streetcar
Detroit	Michigan	Detroit People Mover	Detroit Transportation Corporation	Automated people mover ^[1]
El Paso	Texas	El Paso Streetcar	Sun Metro	Heritage streetcar
Galveston	Texas	Galveston Island Trolley ^[4]	Island Transit ^[5]	Heritage streetcar ^[4]
Hartford	Connecticut	Hartford Line	Connecticut Department of Transportation	Commuter rail
Honolulu	Hawaii	Skyline	Honolulu Department of Transportation Services^[6]	Light metro ^[7]^[8]^[9]
Houston	Texas	METRORail	Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County	Light rail ^[1]
Jacksonville	Florida	Skyway	Jacksonville Transportation Authority	Automated people mover ^[10]
Jersey City/Hudson County	New Jersey	Hudson–Bergen Light Rail	New Jersey Transit	Light rail ^[1]
Kansas City	Missouri	KC Streetcar	Kansas City Streetcar Authority (operation contracted to Herzog Transit Services)	Streetcar
Kenosha	Wisconsin	Kenosha Streetcars	Kenosha Transit	Heritage streetcar
Las Vegas	Nevada	Las Vegas Monorail	Las Vegas Monorail Company	Monorail
Little Rock	Arkansas	Metro Streetcar	Rock Region Metro	Heritage streetcar ^[1]
Los Angeles	California	Metro Rail	Los Angeles Metro	Heavy rail ^[1]
		Metro Rail	Los Angeles Metro	Light rail ^[1]
		Metrolink	SCRRA	Commuter rail
Memphis	Tennessee	MATA Trolley	Memphis Area Transit Authority	Heritage streetcar
Miami	Florida	Tri-Rail	SFRTA	Commuter rail
		Metrorail	Miami-Dade Transit	Heavy rail ^[1]
		Metromover	Miami-Dade Transit	Automated guideway transit ^[1]
Milwaukee	Wisconsin	The Hop	City of Milwaukee (operation contracted to Transdev)	Streetcar
Minneapolis–Saint Paul	Minnesota	Metro	Metro Transit	Light rail ^[1]
Morgantown	West Virginia	Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit	West Virginia University	People mover
Nashville	Tennessee	WeGo Star	Regional Transportation Authority	Commuter rail ^[1]
New Haven	Connecticut	Shore Line East	Connecticut Department of Transportation	Commuter rail ^[1]
New Orleans	Louisiana	New Orleans Streetcars	New Orleans RTA	Heritage streetcar ^[1]
New York	New York	Long Island Rail Road	Metropolitan Transportation Authority	Commuter rail
	New York, Connecticut	Metro-North Railroad		Commuter rail
	New York	New York City Subway		Heavy rail ^[1]
	New York	Staten Island Railway	SIRTOA
	New York, New Jersey	PATH	PANYNJ
	New York	AirTrain JFK	PANYNJ	Automated light rail ^[1]
	New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania	NJ Transit Rail Operations	New Jersey Transit	Commuter rail
Newark	New Jersey	Newark Light Rail	New Jersey Transit	Light rail ^[1]
Newark	New Jersey	AirTrain Newark	PANYNJ	Monorail
Norfolk	Virginia	The Tide	Hampton Roads Transit	Light rail
Oakland	California	Oakland Airport Connector	Bay Area Rapid Transit District	Automated guideway transit
Oceanside	California	Sprinter	North County Transit District	Diesel light rail ^[11]
Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Oklahoma City Streetcar	City of Oklahoma City (operation contracted to Herzog Transit Services)	Streetcar
Orlando Metro Area	Florida	SunRail	Central Florida	Commuter rail
Philadelphia	Pennsylvania, New Jersey	PATCO Speedline	PATCO	Heavy rail
	Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware	SEPTA Regional Rail	SEPTA	Commuter rail ^[12]
	Pennsylvania	SEPTA Metro		Heavy rail ^[12]
				Light rail ^[1]^[12]
				Heritage streetcar
Phoenix metro area	Arizona	Valley Metro Rail	Valley Metro	Light rail
		Tempe Streetcar	Valley Metro	Streetcar
		PHX Sky Train	City of Phoenix	People mover
Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	The T	Pittsburgh Regional Transit	Light rail ^[1]
Portland metro area	Oregon	WES Commuter Rail	TriMet	Commuter rail
Portland		MAX	TriMet	Light rail ^[1]
Portland		Portland Streetcar	Portland Streetcar, Inc.	Streetcar ^[1]
Sacramento	California	SacRT light rail	Sacramento Regional Transit District	Light rail ^[1]
St. Louis	Missouri, Illinois	MetroLink	Bi-State Development Agency	Light rail ^[1]
St. Louis	Missouri	Loop Trolley	Bi-State Development Agency	Heritage streetcar
Salt Lake City metro area	Utah	FrontRunner	Utah Transit Authority	Commuter rail
		Streetcar		Streetcar
		TRAX		Light rail
San Bernardino	California	Arrow	Southern California Regional Rail Authority	Commuter rail
San Diego	California	Coaster	North County Transit District	Commuter rail
		San Diego Trolley	San Diego MTS	Light rail ^[1]
		San Diego Trolley (Silver Line)	San Diego MTS	Heritage streetcar
San Francisco Bay Area		Bay Area Rapid Transit	Bay Area Rapid Transit District	Heavy rail ^[1]
San Francisco Bay Area		Bay Area Rapid Transit	Bay Area Rapid Transit District	Diesel light rail
San Francisco		Muni Metro	San Francisco MTA	Light rail ^[13]
		Muni heritage streetcars (E & F)		Heritage streetcar ^[13]
		Cable car system		Heritage cable car ^[13]
San Francisco ^[a]		AirTrain	San Francisco International Airport	People mover
San Jose		Altamont Corridor Express	San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission	Commuter rail ^[1]
		VTA light rail	Santa Clara VTA	Light rail ^[13]
		Caltrain	Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board	Commuter rail ^[13]
San Juan	Puerto Rico	Tren Urbano	DTOP	Heavy rail ^[1]
Seattle/Tacoma	Washington	Sounder	Sound Transit	Commuter rail ^[1]
Seattle		Link light rail	Sound Transit (operation contracted to King County Metro)	Light rail
		Seattle Center Monorail	City of Seattle	Monorail
		Seattle Streetcar	City of Seattle (operation contracted to King County Metro)	Streetcar
Sonoma / Marin	California	Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit	Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit District	Commuter rail
Southern California	California	Metrolink	Southern California Regional Rail Authority	Commuter rail
Tacoma	Washington	Link light rail	Sound Transit	Light rail ^[1]
Tampa	Florida	TECO Line Streetcar	Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority	Heritage streetcar ^[1]
Tucson	Arizona	Sun Link	City of Tucson (operation contracted to RATP)	Streetcar
Washington, D.C.	DC, Maryland, West Virginia	MARC Train	Maryland Transit Administration	Commuter rail
	DC, Virginia	Virginia Railway Express	Virginia Railway Express	Commuter rail
	DC, Maryland, Virginia	Metrorail	WMATA	Heavy rail ^[1]
	DC	DC Streetcar	DDOT (operation contracted to RATP)	Streetcar

↑ While this system is located entirely within unincorporated San Mateo County, it serves the San Francisco International Airport, which is owned and managed by the City and County of San Francisco

Under construction

Region	State	System	Authority	Type (FTA)	Opening
Orange County	California	OC Streetcar	Orange County Transportation Authority	Streetcar	2026
Prince George's County and Montgomery County	Maryland	Purple Line	Maryland Transit Administration	Light rail	2027
Omaha	Nebraska	Omaha Streetcar	City of Omaha, Nebraska	Streetcar	2028

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 Federal Transit Administration, FTA Assisted New Starts and Extensions Archived September 27, 2006, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 17, 2007.
1 2 3 Federal Transit Administration, Region 19: Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA Archived July 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 17, 2007.
↑ Federal Transit Administration, Appendix B: Additional Studies and Projects as of November 2004 Archived September 28, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
1 2 "Galveston Island Trolley | History". Galveston Island Trolley. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
↑ "Island Transit – Galveston Transportation Services | Galveston, TX – Official Website". City of Galveston. Retrieved October 8, 2021.
↑ Pang, Gordon Y.K. (July 2, 2018). "Honolulu rail's price tag now estimated at $8.3 billion, up $100 million". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
↑ Bogonovich, Mike (2013). "Automated Light Metro for Honolulu". Automated People Movers and Transit Systems 2013. American Society of Civil Engineers. pp. 182–203. doi:10.1061/9780784412862.014. ISBN 9780784412862 . Retrieved September 25, 2019– via ascelibrary.org/.
↑ Smith, Sandy. "Honolulu Negotiates With Feds Over Light Metro Line". Next City. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
↑ "Light rail? Heavy rail? Subway? Rail transit modes fall on a continuum". Greater Greater Washington. April 4, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
↑ "Transit Automation Case Study – Jacksonville Transportation Authority" (PDF). Federal Transit Administration. December 20, 2019.
↑ "North County Transit District – SPRINTER". www.gonctd.com. Archived from the original on October 19, 2007.
1 2 3 Federal Transit Administration, Title VI Compliance Review of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, February 2006
1 2 3 4 5 Federal Transit Administration, Region 2: San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA Archived March 20, 2007, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 17, 2007.

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[AirTrain-14] While this system is located entirely within unincorporated San Mateo County, it serves the San Francisco International Airport, which is owned and managed by the City and County of San Francisco

[FTA-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 Federal Transit Administration, FTA Assisted New Starts and Extensions Archived September 27, 2006, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 17, 2007.

[Boston-2] 1 2 3 Federal Transit Administration, Region 19: Boston-Worcester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA Archived July 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 17, 2007.

[3] Federal Transit Administration, Appendix B: Additional Studies and Projects as of November 2004 Archived September 28, 2006, at the Wayback Machine

[Galveston_Island_Trolley-4] 1 2 "Galveston Island Trolley | History". Galveston Island Trolley. Retrieved November 16, 2018.

[Galveston-5] "Island Transit – Galveston Transportation Services | Galveston, TX – Official Website". City of Galveston. Retrieved October 8, 2021.

[Honolulu_Star-Advertiser-6] Pang, Gordon Y.K. (July 2, 2018). "Honolulu rail's price tag now estimated at $8.3 billion, up $100 million". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved November 20, 2018.

[7] Bogonovich, Mike (2013). "Automated Light Metro for Honolulu". Automated People Movers and Transit Systems 2013. American Society of Civil Engineers. pp. 182–203. doi:10.1061/9780784412862.014. ISBN 9780784412862 . Retrieved September 25, 2019– via ascelibrary.org/.

[8] Smith, Sandy. "Honolulu Negotiates With Feds Over Light Metro Line". Next City. Retrieved September 25, 2019.

[9] "Light rail? Heavy rail? Subway? Rail transit modes fall on a continuum". Greater Greater Washington. April 4, 2019. Retrieved September 25, 2019.

[10] "Transit Automation Case Study – Jacksonville Transportation Authority" (PDF). Federal Transit Administration. December 20, 2019.

[NCTD-11] "North County Transit District – SPRINTER". www.gonctd.com. Archived from the original on October 19, 2007.

[Philadelphia-12] 1 2 3 Federal Transit Administration, Title VI Compliance Review of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, February 2006

[San_Francisco-13] 1 2 3 4 5 Federal Transit Administration, Region 2: San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA Archived March 20, 2007, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 17, 2007.

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