List of United States light rail systems by ridership

      The following is a list of all light rail systems in the United States, ranked by ridership. Also included are those urban streetcar (tram) systems that are providing regular public transit service (operating year-round and at least five days/week. All figures are average weekday unlinked passenger trips (i.e. line transfers register as separate trips) and come from the American Public Transit Association's Ridership Reports Statistics, unless otherwise noted. Dates are given for all figures; the most recent available are used.

      Rank System Largest city served Daily boardings[1] Route miles Daily boardings per mile As of Opened Recent expansion Type of vehicle Other
      Sources
      1 MBTA Green Line
      Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line***      		 Boston 222,500 700128000000000000028 mi (45 km) 7,946 Q4 2012 1897
      2 Los Angeles County Metro Rail*** Los Angeles 203,400 700170400000000000070.4 mi (113.3 km) 2,889 Q4 2012 1990 2012 Siemens P2000, Nippon Sharyo P865 & P2020, and AnsaldoBreda P2550
      3 Muni Metro*** San Francisco 173,500 700171500000000000071.5 mi (115.1 km) 2,427 Q4 2012 1980 2007 Breda light rail (high floor)
      4 MAX Light Rail and Portland Streetcar** Portland 115,400 700159400000000000059.4 mi (95.6 km) 1,943 Q4 2012 1986/2001 2012 [2]
      5 SEPTA Subway-Surface Lines,
      Suburban Trolley Lines,
      and Girard Avenue Trolley***      		 Philadelphia 113,900 700160000000000000060 mi (97 km) 1,898 Q4 2012 1859
      6 DART** Dallas 103,100 700185000000000000085 mi (137 km) 1,213 Q4 2012 1996
      7 San Diego Trolley** San Diego 87,700 700153500000000000053.5 mi (86.1 km) 1,639 Q4 2012 1981 2005 Siemens S70 LRV (most recent)
      8 Denver RTD, The Ride Light Rail Denver 65,300 700147000000000000047 mi (76 km) 1,389 Q2 2013 1994 2013
      9 UTA TRAX** Salt Lake City 60,600 700135300999990000035.3 mi (56.8 km) 1,717 Q4 2012 1999
      10 MetroLink St. Louis 52,500 700146000000000000046 mi (74 km) 1,141 Q4 2012 1993
      11 Sacramento Regional Transit District Sacramento 49,600 700136900000000000036.9 mi (59.4 km) 1,344 Q4 2012 1987 2012 Siemens-Duewag U2A and CAF Class 200
      12 METRO Light Rail (Phoenix) Phoenix 46,000 700120000000000000020 mi (32 km) 2,300 Q4 2012 2008
      13 METRORail Houston 37,400 70007500000000000007.5 mi (12.1 km) 4,987 Q4 2012 2004
      14 Santa Clara VTA Light Rail** San Jose 33,800 700142200000000000042.2 mi (67.9 km) 801 Q4 2012 1987 2005 Kinki Sharyo LFLRV
      15 METRO Transit** Minneapolis 31,500 700112000000000000012 mi (19 km) 2,625 Q4 2012 2004
      16 Central Link and South Lake Union Streetcar** Seattle 29,800 700116900999990000016.9 mi (27.2 km) 1,763 Q4 2012 2009/2007 [3]
      17 The T Pittsburgh 27,600 700126200000000000026.2 mi (42.2 km) 1,053 Q4 2012 1897
      18 Baltimore Light Rail*** Baltimore 29,200 700130000000000000030 mi (48 km) 973 Q4 2012 1992
      19 Hudson-Bergen Light Rail*** Jersey City 21,426 700120600000000000020.6 mi (33.2 km) 1,040 Q4 2012 2000 [4]
      20 Buffalo Metro Rail Buffalo 19,900 70006400000000000006.4 mi (10.3 km) 3,109 Q4 2012 1984
      21 LYNX Rapid Transit Services Charlotte 14,800 70009600000000000009.6 mi (15.4 km) 1,542 Q4 2012 2007 Siemens S70
      22 RTA Streetcars New Orleans 10,000 700121500000000000021.5 mi (34.6 km) 465 Q4 2012 1835
      23 Newark Light Rail*** Newark 10,075 70009900000000000009.9 mi (15.9 km) 1,018 Q4 2012 1935 [4]
      24 The Rapid Blue and Green Lines* Cleveland 8,900 700115000000000000015 mi (24 km) 593 Q1 2008 1913 [5]
      25 Sprinter ** Oceanside 8,500 700122000000000000022 mi (35 km) 386 Q4 2012 2008 n/a Siemens VT642 Desiro DMUs
      26 Tide Light Rail Norfolk 5,200 70007400000000000007.4 mi (11.9 km) 703 Q4 2012 2011
      27 Memphis RTA Trolley Memphis 3,300 70006700000000000006.7 mi (10.8 km) 493 Q4 2012 1993
      28 River Line*** Trenton/Camden 4,273 700134000000000000034 mi (55 km) 126 Q4 2012 2004 [4]
      29 Tacoma Link** Tacoma 3,168 70001600000000000001.6 mi (2.6 km) 1,980 Q3 2012 2003 [3]
      30 TECO Line Streetcar System Tampa 600 70002300000000999992.3 mi (3.7 km) 261 Q4 2012 2002
      31 River Rail Streetcar Little Rock 340 70002500000000000002.5 mi (4.0 km) 136 2005 2004 [6][7]
      32 Kenosha Transit** Kenosha 300 70002000000000000002 mi (3.2 km) 150 Q2 2009 2000 [8]
      33 Galveston Island Trolley† Galveston 0 70006800000000000006.8 mi (10.9 km) 0 Q3 2011 1988

      (*) Systems offer connections to a heavy rail rapid transit system; the above numbers represent ridership on light rail lines only.
      (**) Systems have available connections to a commuter rail system; the above numbers represent ridership on light rail lines only.
      (***) Systems have available connections to both a commuter rail and rapid transit system; the above numbers represent ridership on light rail lines only.
      (†) Galveston's trolley, a Heritage streetcar system, is currently shut down due to damage from Hurricane Ike.

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      References

      1. ^ American Public Transportation Association, [1], Fourth Quarter 2012.
      2. ^ Portland Streetcar, "Ridership Numbers" (PDF)
      3. ^ a b Sound Transit, Third Quarter 2012 Service Delivery Quarterly Performance Report
      4. ^ a b c New Jersey Transit, New Jersey Transit Survey, Q4 2012, Q4, Fiscal Year 2012.
      5. ^ Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, RTA Facts.
      6. ^ Fox, Thomas; Lancaster, John (March 2006), "Planning for Introduction of Modern Light Rail Transit into a Vintage Trolley System", American Public Transportation Association Rail Conference, New York, New York: APTA  | accessdate = 2008-03-18
      7. ^ MassTransitMag.com » Article » Builders Like Rail Line, but Riders are Sparse
      8. ^ American Public Transportation Association, Public Transit Ridership Report, Second Quarter, 2009.

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