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. All figures are from 2019 and the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2019, unless otherwise noted. "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
(2022)[1][2]		 Avg. daily
weekday
boardings
(Q4 2019)[1][2]		 System
length		 Avg. daily boardings per mile
(Q4 2019)		 Year
opened		 Stations Lines Year
last
expanded
1 Guadalajara light rail (Tren ligero de Guadalajara)  MEX Guadalajara 135,931,000 372,413[note 1] 47.0 km (29.2 mi)[3][4] 19,800 1989[3] 48[4] 3[4] 2020[5]
2 CTrain  CAN Calgary 61,899,500 228,800 59.9 km (37.2 mi)[6] 8,395 1981[7] 45[6] 2 2014
3 Toronto streetcar system  CAN Toronto 60,260,000 191,900 82 km (51 mi)[8] 3,915 1861[9] 708 streetcar stops[8] 11[8] 2016
4 San Diego Trolley
(incl. Silver Line[10][note 2])		  USA San Diego 34,053,400 109,600 105 km (65 mi)[11] 2,155 1981[11] 62[11] 4[10][11] 2021[12][11]
5 Metro Rail light rail:[note 3]
A, C, E, & K lines		  USA Los Angeles 31,532,600 97,500 141.8 km (88.1 mi)[13] 2,390 1990[13] 72[13] 5[13] 2022[13]
6 MBTA light rail:[note 3]
Green Line &
Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line[note 2]		  USA Boston 30,705,000 90,700 42 km (26 mi)[14] 6,265 1897;[15]
1929		 74[14] 2[14] 2022[16]
7 Link light rail:
1 Line and T Line		  USA Seattle and Tacoma 24,999,000 78,600 42 km (26 mi)[17] 3,820 2003[18] 25[17] 2[19] 2021[20]
8 Xochimilco Light Rail[note 3]  MEX Mexico City 23,741,000 65,043[note 1] 12.9 km (8.0 mi) 11,010 1986 18[21] 1[21] 2008
9 MAX Light Rail  USA Portland,
Oregon		 20,656,000 64,100 97 km (60 mi) 1,995 1986 97 5 2015
10 Edmonton Light Rail Transit  CAN Edmonton 18,996,800 70,800 28.2 km (17.5 mi)[22] 7,335 1978[22] 29[22] 3[22] 2023[22]
11 DART Light Rail  USA Dallas 18,251,700 60,700 150 km (93 mi)[23] 1,030 1996[24] 64[23] 4[25] 2016[24]
12 Muni Metro[note 3]
(incl. F Market[26][27][note 2])		  USA San Francisco 17,734,900 61,500 57.5 km (35.7 mi)[28] 4,480 1980[28] 152[27][28] 8[26][28] 2023[29]
13 NJ Transit Light Rail  USA Newark,
New Jersey, as well as Hudson, Mercer, Burlington, and Camden Counties.		 17,495,800 47,933 [note 1] 174.0 km (108.1 mi)[30] 2,985 1935[31] 86[30] 3[30] 2011[32]
14 RTD Light Rail  USA Denver 13,603,500 51,200 94.1 km (58.5 mi)[33] 1,740 1994[34] 46[33] 6[33] 2017[34]
15 METRO Light Rail  USA Minneapolis 12,366,700 38,000 35.1 km (21.8 mi)[35][36] 3,515 2004[35] 37[35][36] 2[35][36] 2014[36]
16 METRORail  USA Houston 12,176,700 41,200 36.9 km (22.9 mi)[37] 2,651 2004[37] 37[38] 3[37] 2015[37]
17 SEPTA light rail:[39][note 3]
Subway–Surface Lines, Suburban Trolley Lines,
& Girard Ave Trolley[note 2]		  USA Philadelphia 11,558,400 42,800 110.1 km (68.4 mi)[40][41] 1,330 1858[42] >100[40] 8[40][41] 2005
18 TRAX (light rail)  USA Salt Lake City 10,634,200 32,900 72.1 km (44.8 mi)[43] 1,288 1999[44] 50[45] 3[45] 2013
19 Valley Metro Rail  USA Phoenix 9,108,600 27,800 42 km (26 mi)[46] 1,800 2008[47] 35[46] 1 2016[48]
20 St. Louis MetroLink  USA St. Louis 6,702,600 27,800 74.0 km (46.0 mi)[49] 857 1993[50] 37[49] 2[51] 2006[52]
21 Lynx Rapid Transit Services  USA Charlotte,
North Carolina		 5,142,500 15,600 30.4 km (18.9 mi)[53] 1,228 2007[54] 15[55] 1[55] 2018
22 Sacramento RT Light Rail  USA Sacramento,
California		 4,631,000 [note 4] 12,686 69.0 km (42.9 mi)[56] 858 1987[56] 53[56] 3[56] 2015[56]
23 Streetcars in
New Orleans[note 2]		  USA New Orleans 3,592,300 9,840 [note 1] 35.9 km (22.3 mi)[57][58] 843 1835 streetcar-like surface stops 4[57] 2013[57]
24 VTA light rail  USA San Jose,
California		 3,559,900 12,800 67.9 km (42.2 mi)[59] 1,121 1987[59] 62[59] 3[59] 2005[59]
25 Baltimore Light Rail[note 3]  USA Baltimore 3,262,100 10,300 53.1 km (33.0 mi)[60] 558 1992 33[60] 3[60] 1997
26 Ion rapid transit  CAN Kitchener and Waterloo 2,880,000[61] n/a 19.3 km (12.0 mi)[62] n/a 2019 19[62] 1[62] n/a
27 The T:
Pittsburgh Light Rail		  USA Pittsburgh 2,429,500 11,433

42.2 km (26.2 mi)[63]

 1,057 1984 53[63] 3[63] 2012[63]
28 San Francisco
cable car system[note 5][note 2]		  USA San Francisco 5,719,900 14,900 8.4 km (5.2 mi) 3,021 1878[64] streetcar-like surface stops 3[27][65] 1952
29 Portland Streetcar[note 6]  USA Portland 4,491,363[66] – 11.83 km (7.35 mi)[67] 2,723 2001[67] 76[67] 2[67] 2012[67]
30 Buffalo Metro Rail  USA Buffalo,
New York		 4,394,000 15,100 10.3 km (6.4 mi) 2,500 1985 14[68] 1[68] n/a
31 SPRINTER  USA Oceanside,
California		 2,475,800 7,800 35 km (22 mi)[69] 341 2008[69] 15[69] 1[69] n/a
32 Seattle Streetcar  USA Seattle 1,863,400 6,000 6.1 km (3.8 mi) 1,447 2007[70] 17[71] 2[71] 2016[72]
33 RTA Rapid Transit:[note 3]
Blue, Green, and Waterfront Lines		  USA Cleveland 1,477,700 3,900 24.6 km (15.3 mi)[73] 327 1913[74] 34[73] 2[73] 1996[74]
34 Tide Light Rail  USA Norfolk,
Virginia		 1,345,100 4,200 11.9 km (7.4 mi)[75] 622 2011[76] 11[75] 1[75] n/a
35 DC Streetcar  USA Washington, D.C. 1,093,400 2,400 3.9 km (2.4 mi)[77] 2016[78] 8 1 2016
36 TECO Line Streetcars[note 2]  USA Tampa,
Florida		 902,700 2,400 4.3 km (2.7 mi)[79] 630 2002 11[80] 1[80] 2010
37 Sun Link  USA Tucson,
Arizona		 873,100 3,100 6.3 km (3.9 mi)[81] 1,026 2014 22[81] 1[81] n/a
38 The Hop  USA Milwaukee,
Wisconsin		 760,321 – 3.4 km (2.1 mi)[82] 2018[82] 18 1 2018
39 El Paso Streetcar  USA El Paso,
Texas		 271,900 1,600 7.7 km (4.8 mi)[83] 2018[84] 27 2 2018
40 Atlanta Streetcar  USA Atlanta,
Georgia		 255,600 – 4.3 km (2.7 mi) 111 2014 12 1 n/a
41 MATA Trolleys[note 2]  USA Memphis,
Tennessee		 n/a[note 7] n/a[note 7] 10.1 km (6.3 mi) 0[note 7] 1993[85] 25[86] 3[86] 2004[85]
42 Dallas Streetcar  USA Dallas,
Texas		 n/a n/a 3.94 km (2.45 mi) n/a 2015 6 1 2016

Excluded systems

The following systems have been excluded from the ridership table above (generally because the system's ridership statistics are not tracked by APTA):

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 This is the Average Daily Ridership figure, not an "Average Weekday Ridership" figure – it is averaged from the 2022 Total Ridership figure for this system.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 This line or system is operated using heritage streetcars.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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.
  4. ↑ This is the Fiscal Year 2022 (ending June 2022) figure, not the "Calendar Year 2022" figure.
  5. ↑ 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).
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. 1 2 3 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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