List of United States commuter rail systems by ridership

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The following is a list of commuter rail systems in the United States, ranked by ridership. All figures come from the American Public Transportation Association's (APTA) Ridership Reports Statistics for the Fourth Quarter of 2019,[1] unless otherwise indicated.

List[]

Rank System Major cities
served 		Annual
Ridership
(2019)[1] 		Average
Weekday
Ridership
(Q4 2019)[1] 		Route
miles 		Ridership
per mile
(Q4 2019) 		Year
Opened 		Lines Stations
1 MTA Long Island Rail Road New York 117,773,400 385,400 321[2] 1,201 1834[3] 11[3] 124[3]
2 NJ Transit Rail New York / Newark / Trenton / Philadelphia 88,319,600 241,972[note 1] 530[4] 457 1983[5] 11[6][note 2] 164[6]
3 MTA Metro-North Railroad New York / Stamford / New Haven 86,459,000 311,800 385[7] 810 1983[8] 5[7][note 2] 122[7]
4 Metra Chicago 66,783,600 274,000 487.5[9] 562 1984 11[9] 241[9]
5 SEPTA Regional Rail Philadelphia / Trenton / Wilmington 35,594,800 134,600 280[10] 481 1983 13[10] 153
6 MBTA Commuter Rail Boston / Worcester / Providence 32,420,400 121,700 388[11] 314 1973 13[11] 127[11]
7 Caltrain San Francisco / San Jose 18,693,500 67,500 77[12] 877 1987 1 32[12]
8 Metrolink Los Angeles / Anaheim / Riverside / Irvine 10,803,600 38,500 388[13] 99 1992 7[13] 62[13]
9 Denver RTD:
A, B, N and G Lines 		Denver 9,711,300 40,000 40[14] 1,000 2016 4 20
10 MARC Train Baltimore / Washington, D.C. 9,084,200 30,000 187 160 1984 3 43
11 UTA FrontRunner[15] Salt Lake City 5,193,800 19,200 88 218 2008 1 16
12 Sounder Commuter Rail Seattle / Tacoma 4,615,600 17,900 83[16] 216 2000 2 9
13 Virginia Railway Express Washington, D.C. 4,517,000 17,200 90[17] 191 1992 2[17] 18[17]
14 Tri-Rail Miami / Fort Lauderdale 4,505,100 14,800 70.9[18] 209 1987 1[18] 18[18]
15 NICTD South Shore Line Chicago / South Bend 3,283,600 10,900 90[19] 121 1903 1 20
16 eBART Contra Costa County, California 2,292,000 8,200 10.1 812 2018 1 3
17 Trinity Railway Express Dallas / Fort Worth 1,987,600 7,200 34 212 1996 1 10
18 Capitol Corridor San Jose / Oakland / Sacramento 1,791,700 6,000 168 36 1991 1 15
19 Keystone Service Philadelphia / Harrisburg 1,584,600 5,100 104.6 49 1976(?) 1 12
20 SunRail Orlando 1,571,800 6,300 49[20] 129 2014 1 16[20]
21 Altamont Corridor Express San Jose / Stockton 1,492,400 4,800 86[21] 56 1998 1[21] 10[21]
22 NCTD Coaster San Diego / Oceanside 1,362,800 4,200 41[22] 102 1995[22] 1[22] 8[22]
23 Northstar Line Minneapolis 767,500 2,500 40 63 2009 1 7
24 Hartford Line Hartford / New Haven / Springfield 750,000 [23] 2,055[note 1] 62 33 2018 1 9
25 New Mexico Rail Runner Express Albuquerque / Santa Fe 743,600 2,400 97 25 2006 1 13
26 Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit San Rafael / Santa Rosa 714,000 2,040[24] 45 45 2017 1 12[25]
27 Capital MetroRail Austin 671,200 2,200 32[26] 69 2010 1 9[26]
28 Shore Line East New Haven 660,500 2,200 59 37 1990 1 13
29 Downeaster Boston / Brunswick, Maine 574,800 1,600 148 11 2001 1 12
30 TexRail Fort Worth 545,000 1,493 [note 1] 27 55 2019 1 9
31 A-Train Denton, Texas 382,400 1,500 21 71 2011 1 6
32 Westside Express Service Beaverton, Oregon 361,600 1,400 15 93 2009 1 5
33 Music City Star Nashville 292,500 801[note 1] 32 25 2006 1 6

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b c d This is the Average Daily Ridership figure, not an "Average Weekday Ridership" figure – it is averaged from the 2019 Total Ridership figure for this system.
  2. ^ a b There are 3 lines operated by Metro North, the Port Jervis Line and Pascack Valley Line are run by NJ Transit. Metro North has 4 branch lines, the New Canaan Branch, Danbury Branch, Waterbury Branch, and Wassaic Branch.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Public Transportation Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2019" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association (APTA). February 27, 2020. Retrieved 2020-04-04 – via http://www.apta.com/resources/statistics/Pages/ridershipreport.aspx. {{cite web}}: External link in |via= (help)
  2. ^ "Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Years Ended December 31, 2012 and 2011" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). June 21, 2013. p. 146. Retrieved 2014-08-29.
  3. ^ a b c "Long Island Rail Road - General Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Retrieved 2014-03-23.
  4. ^ "New Jersey State Rail Plan" (PDF). State of New Jersey, Department of Transportation. April 2015. p. ES-5. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
  5. ^ "NJ Transit - About Us - History & Structure". NJ Transit. 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
  6. ^ a b "NJ Transit Facts at a Glance Fiscal Year 2015" (PDF). NJ Transit. March 2016. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
  7. ^ a b c "Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Years Ended December 31, 2012 and 2011" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). June 21, 2013. p. 147. Retrieved 2014-08-29.
  8. ^ "MTA Metro-North Railroad - MNR About MNR". Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Retrieved 2014-03-23.
  9. ^ a b c "Operations and Ridership Data". Metra. 2016. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  10. ^ a b "SEPTA - Media Guide" (PDF). SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority). 2013. p. 7. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
  11. ^ a b c "MBTA STATE OF THE SERVICE Commuter Rail" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). 2014. p. 3. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
  12. ^ a b "Caltrain Modernization Quarterly Update" (PDF). Caltrain. February 2016. p. 2. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
  13. ^ "RTD - Facts & Figures". Regional Transportation District. April 4, 2020. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
  14. ^ "Five Years of FrontRunner". rideuta.com. Utah Transit Authority. April 25, 2013. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
  15. ^ "2015 Financial Plan" (PDF). Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit). June 2015. p. 3. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
  16. ^ a b c "VRE Strategic Plan Executive Summary" (PDF). Virginia Railway Express. May 2004. p. v. Retrieved 2014-03-26.
  17. ^ a b c "Transportation Division - Moving Around - Tri-Rail". City of Fort Lauderdale. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
  18. ^ Jay Jones (July 8, 2012). "Dunes Country choo-choo". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2016-05-27. Along the 90-mile route, sightseeing and recreational opportunities are plentiful...
  19. ^ a b "SunRail Celebrates Phase 2 Groundbreaking". SunRail. April 22, 2016. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
  20. ^ a b c Dan Leavitt (July 23, 2015). "ACEforward IMPROVING THE ALTAMONT CORRIDOR EXPRESS" (PDF). San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission. p. 1. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
  21. ^ a b c d "COASTER Fact Sheet" (PDF). North County Transit District. January 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-11-05. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  22. ^ "StackPath".
  23. ^ "SMART NTD Counts" (PDF). SMART. SMART. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
  24. ^ "Stations".
  25. ^ a b "Data and Statistics - Fast Facts". Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2013. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
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