The following is a list of all heavy rail rapid transit systems in the United States, ranked by ridership. All figures are average weekday unlinked passenger trips (i.e. line transfers on multiline systems register as separate trips). The data is provided by the American Public Transit Association's Ridership Reports Statistics for the first quarter of 2009, unless otherwise noted.[1] Dates are provided for all figures and the most recent data is used.
| Rank | System | Largest city served | Daily ridership | Route length | Daily ridership per mile | As of | Opened | Stations | Lines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York City Subway | New York City | 7,736,900 | 229 mi (369 km) | 33,786 | Q2 2009 | 1888 | 468 | 26 |
| 2 | WMATA Metrorail | Washington, D.C. | 1,026,900 | 106.3 mi (171.1 km) | 9,660 | Q2 2009 | 1976 | 86 | 5 |
| 3 | Chicago 'L' | Chicago | 653,400 | 107.5 mi (173.0 km) | 6,078 | Q2 2009 | 1893 | 144 | 8 |
| 4 | MBTA (or "T")* | Boston | 480,600 | 38 mi (61 km) | 12,647 | Q2 2009 | 1897 | 51 | 3 |
| 5 | BART* | San Francisco | 359,400 | 104 mi (167 km) | 3,456 | Q2 2009 | 1971 | 43 | 5 |
| 6 | SEPTA Market-Frankford and Broad Street Lines* | Philadelphia | 311,100 | 25 mi (40 km) | 12,444 | Q2 2009 | 1907 | 50 | 2 |
| 7 | MARTA | Atlanta | 250,900 | 47.6 mi (76.6 km) | 5,271 | Q2 2009 | 1979 | 38 | 4 |
| 8 | PATH | New York City | 244,400 | 13.8 mi (22.2 km) | 17,710 | Q2 2009 | 1908 | 13 | 4 |
| 9 | Los Angeles County Metro Rail Red and Purple Lines * | Los Angeles | 154,100 | 17.4 mi (28.0 km) | 8,856 | Q2 2009 | 1993 | 16 | 2 |
| 10 | Metrorail | Miami | 60,300 | 22 mi (35 km) | 2,741 | Q2 2009 | 1984 | 22 | 1 |
| 11 | Baltimore Metro Subway*a[›] | Baltimore | 51,000 | 15.5 mi (24.9 km) | 3,290 | Q2 2009 | 1983 | 14 | 1 |
| 12 | PATCO Speedline | Philadelphia | 35,500 | 14.2 mi (22.9 km) | 2,500 | Q2 2009 | 1936 | 13 | 1 |
| 13 | Tren Urbano | San Juan | 31,900 | 10.7 mi (17.2 km) | 2,981 | Q2 2009 | 2004 | 16 | 1 |
| 14 | RTA Rapid Transit* | Cleveland | 18,600 | 19 mi (31 km) | 979 | Q2 2008 | 1955 | 18 | 1 |
| 15 | Staten Island Railway | New York City | 14,900 | 14 mi (23 km) | 1,064 | Q2 2009 | 1860 | 22 | 1 |
| 16 | Detroit People Mover | Detroit | 6,300 | 2.9 mi (4.7 km) | 2,172 | Q2 2008 | 1987 | 13 | 1 |
Those systems marked with an asterisk (*) are integrated with a light rail system; only the parts of the systems that are not light rail are counted in the statistics presented here.
- ^ a: A direct transfer between the the light rail and heavy rail systems is not available.
See also
- List of rapid transit systems
- List of light-rail transit systems
- List of suburban and commuter rail systems
- List of North American rapid transit systems by ridership
- List of United States light rail systems by ridership
- List of United States commuter rail systems by ridership
- List of United States local bus agencies by ridership
References
- ^ American Public Transportation Association, Heavy Rail Transit Ridership Report, Second Quarter 2009.
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