List of rail transit systems in the United States

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This is a list of presently-operating passenger rail transit systems in the United States other than intercity rail (Amtrak and Alaska Railroad).

Region	State	System	Lines	Authority	Type (FTA)
Albuquerque	New Mexico	New Mexico Rail Runner Express		Mid-Region Council of Governments	Commuter rail
Atlanta	Georgia	MARTA Rail System		Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority	Heavy rail^[1]
Austin	Texas	Capital MetroRail		Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority	Commuter rail^[1]
Baltimore	Maryland	Metro Subway		Maryland Transit Administration	Heavy rail^[1]
Baltimore	Maryland	Light Rail		Maryland Transit Administration	Light rail^[1]
Boston	Massachusetts	MBTA Commuter Rail		Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority	Commuter rail^[2]
Boston	Massachusetts	MBTA Subway	Blue Line, Orange Line, and Red Line	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority	Heavy rail^[2]
Boston	Massachusetts	MBTA Subway	Green Line and Ashmont–Mattapan High Speed Line	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority	Light rail^[2]
Buffalo	New York	Metro Rail		Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority	Light rail^[1]
Camden and Trenton	New Jersey	River Line		NJ Transit	Light Rail
Camden	Pennsylvania and New Jersey	PATCO Speedline		Port Authority Transit Corporation	Heavy rail
Charlotte	North Carolina	LYNX Rapid Transit Services	Blue Line	Charlotte Area Transit System	Light rail^[1]
Chicago	Illinois	Metra		Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation	Commuter rail^[1]
Chicago	Illinois and Indiana	South Shore Line		Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District	Commuter rail^[3]
Chicago	Illinois	The L		Chicago Transit Authority	Heavy rail^[1]
Chicago	Illinois	Airport Transit System		Chicago Airport Authority	VAL
Cleveland	Ohio	RTA Rapid Transit	Red Line	Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority	Heavy rail^[1]
Cleveland	Ohio	RTA Rapid Transit	Blue and Green Lines	Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority	Light rail
Dallas	Texas	DART commuter rail	Trinity Railway Express	Dallas Area Rapid Transit/ Fort Worth Transportation Authority	Commuter rail^[1]
Dallas	Texas	DART Light Rail	Green, Blue and Red Lines	Dallas Area Rapid Transit	Light rail^[1]
Dallas	Texas	M-Line		McKinney Avenue Transit Authority	Vintage trolley^[1]
Dallas	Texas	Las Colinas Area Personal Transit System		Dallas County Utility and Reclamation District
Dallas/Fort Worth	Texas	Skylink		Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
Denton	Texas	A-Train		Denton County Transportation Authority	Commuter Rail
Denver	Colorado	Light Rail		Regional Transportation District	Light rail^[1]
Denver	Colorado	Platte Valley Trolley		Denver Rail Heritage Society
Detroit	Michigan	Detroit People Mover		Detroit Transportation Corporation	Automated guideway transit^[1]
Fort Collins	Colorado	Fort Collins Municipal Railway		Fort Collins Municipal Railway Society
Galveston	Texas	Galveston Island Trolley		Island Transit
Houston	Texas	METRORail		Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas	Light rail^[1]
Indianapolis	Indiana	Indiana University Health People Mover		Indiana University Health
Jacksonville	Florida	Skyway		Jacksonville Transportation Authority	Automated guideway transit^[1]
Jersey City/Hudson County	New Jersey	Hudson-Bergen Light Rail		New Jersey Transit	Light rail^[1]
Jersey City/Hudson County	New York and New Jersey	Port Authority Trans-Hudson		Port Authority of New York and New Jersey	Heavy rail
Kenosha	Wisconsin	Kenosha Streetcar Circulator		Kenosha Transit
Little Rock	Arkansas	River Rail Streetcar		Central Arkansas Transit Authority	Vintage trolley^[1]
Greater Los Angeles	California	Metrolink		Southern California Regional Rail Authority	Commuter rail
Los Angeles	California	Metro Rail	Purple Line and Red Line	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority	Heavy rail^[1]
Los Angeles	California	Metro Rail	Blue Line, Green Line, and Gold Line	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority	Light rail^[1]
Los Angeles	California	Port of Los Angeles Waterfront Red Car Line ^[4]		Port of Los Angeles	Vintage trolley^[1]
Memphis	Tennessee	Main Street Trolley		Memphis Area Transit Authority	Light rail^[1]
Miami	Florida	Tri-Rail		South Florida Regional Transportation Authority	Commuter rail
Miami	Florida	Metrorail		Miami-Dade Transit	Heavy rail^[1]
Miami	Florida	Metromover		Miami-Dade Transit	Automated guideway transit^[1]
Minneapolis	Minnesota	Hiawatha Line		Metro Transit	Light rail^[1]
Minneapolis	Minnesota	Northstar Line		Metro Transit	Commuter rail^[1]
Morgantown	West Virginia	Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit		West Virginia University
Nashville	Tennessee	Music City Star		Regional Transportation Authority	Commuter rail^[1]
New Haven	Connecticut	Shore Line East		Connecticut Department of Transportation	Commuter rail
New Orleans	Louisiana	New Orleans streetcars		New Orleans Regional Transit Authority	Vintage trolley^[1]
New York	New York	Long Island Rail Road		Long Island Rail Road	Commuter rail
New York	New York and Connecticut	Metro-North Railroad		Metro-North Commuter Railroad	Commuter rail
New York	New York, New Jersey, and Philadelphia	New Jersey Transit commuter rail		New Jersey Transit	Commuter rail
New York	New York	New York City Subway		New York City Transit Authority	Heavy rail^[1]
New York (Staten Island)	New York	Staten Island Railway		Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority	Heavy rail
New York	New York and New Jersey	Port Authority Trans-Hudson		Port Authority of New York and New Jersey	Heavy rail
New York	New York	AirTrain JFK		Port Authority of New York and New Jersey	Automated light rail^[1]
Newark	New York, New Jersey, and Philadelphia	New Jersey Transit commuter rail		New Jersey Transit	Commuter rail
Newark	New Jersey	Newark Light Rail		New Jersey Transit	Light rail^[1]
Newark	New Jersey	AirTrain Newark		Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Norfolk	Virginia	Tide Light Rail		Hampton Roads Transit	Light rail
Oceanside	California	SPRINTER		North County Transit District	Light rail^[5]
Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	SEPTA Regional Rail		SEPTA	Commuter rail^[6]
Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	SEPTA Subway-Elevated Lines		SEPTA	Heavy rail^[6]
Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	Norristown High Speed Line		SEPTA	Heavy rail^[6]
Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	SEPTA Trolley Lines	Subway-Surface lines (routes 10, 11, 13, 34 and 36), route 15, and suburban routes 101 and 102	SEPTA	Light rail^[1]^[6]
Philadelphia	Pennsylvania and New Jersey	PATCO Speedline		Port Authority Transit Corporation	Heavy rail
Phoenix	Arizona	Metro Light Rail		Valley Metro	Light rail
Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	The T	Red Line, Blue Line - South Hills Village and Blue Line - Library	Port Authority of Allegheny County	Light rail^[1]
Portland metro area (west side suburbs)	Oregon	Westside Express Service (WES)		TriMet	Commuter rail
Portland	Oregon	MAX	Blue, Green, Red and Yellow Lines	TriMet	Light rail^[1]
Portland	Oregon	Portland Streetcar		Portland Streetcar, Inc.	Streetcar^[1]
Portland	Oregon	Vintage Trolley		TriMet/Vintage Trolley, Inc.
Sacramento	California	Light Rail	Blue Line and Gold Line	Sacramento Regional Transit District	Light rail^[1]
St. Louis	Missouri and Illinois	MetroLink	Red Line and Blue Line	Bi-State Development Agency	Light rail^[1]
Salt Lake City	Utah	FrontRunner		Utah Transit Authority	Commuter rail^[1]
Salt Lake City	Utah	TRAX	Blue Line (701), Red Line (703) and Green Line (704)	Utah Transit Authority	Light rail^[1]
San Diego	California	Coaster		San Diego Northern Railway	Commuter rail
San Diego	California	San Diego Trolley	Blue, Green and Orange Lines	San Diego Metropolitan Transit System	Light rail^[1]
San Francisco	California	Caltrain		Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board	Commuter rail^[7]
San Francisco	California	Bay Area Rapid Transit		San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District	Heavy rail^[1]
San Francisco	California	Muni Metro	Lines J, K, L, M, N, S (very limited hours) and T	Municipal Transportation Agency	Light rail^[7]
San Francisco	California	F Market & Wharves		Municipal Transportation Agency	Light rail^[7]
San Francisco	California	Cable car system	Powell-Mason (line 59), Powell-Hyde (60) and California Street (61)	Municipal Transportation Agency	cable car^[7]
San Francisco	California	AirTrain		San Francisco International Airport
San Jose	California	Altamont Commuter Express		San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission	Commuter rail^[1]
San Jose	California	Light Rail	Alum Rock – Santa Teresa, Mountain View – Winchester and Almaden Shuttle	Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority	Light rail^[7]
San Jose	California	Caltrain		Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board	Commuter rail^[7]
San Juan	Puerto Rico	Tren Urbano		Departamento de Transportación y Obras Públicas	Heavy rail^[1]
Seattle/Tacoma	Washington	Sounder		Sound Transit	Commuter rail^[1]
Seattle	Washington	Link Light Rail	Central Link	Sound Transit (operation contracted to King County Metro)	Light rail
Seattle	Washington	Seattle Center Monorail		City of Seattle	Monorail
Seattle	Washington	Seattle Streetcar Network	South Lake Union Streetcar	City of Seattle (operation contracted to King County Metro)	Streetcar
Tacoma	Washington	Link Light Rail	Tacoma Link	Sound Transit	Light rail^[1]
Tampa	Florida	TECO Line Streetcar System		Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority	Vintage trolley^[1]
Tucson	Arizona	Old Pueblo Trolley		Old Pueblo Trolley, Inc.	Vintage trolley
Washington	District of Columbia and Maryland	MARC		Maryland Transit Administration	Commuter rail^[1]
Washington	District of Columbia and Virginia	Virginia Railway Express		Virginia Railway Express	Commuter rail
Washington	District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia	Metrorail		Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority	Heavy rail^[1]

[edit] See also

List of rail transit systems in North America
List of rapid transit systems (includes other countries)
List of tram and light-rail transit systems (includes other countries and planned systems)
List of streetcar systems in the United States (all-time list, streetcar/interurban/light rail only)
Urban rail transit
Commuter rail in North America
Light rail in North America
Streetcars in North America

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^ ^a ^b ^c Federal Transit Administration, Region 19: Boston-Worchester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA. Retrieved April 17, 2007.
^ Federal Transit Administration, Appendix B: Additional Studies and Projects as of November 2004
^ Port of Los Angeles Waterfront Red Car Line
^ http://www.gonctd.com/sprinter_schedules.htm
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Federal Transit Administration, Title VI Compliance Review of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, February 2006
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Federal Transit Administration, Region 2: San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA. Retrieved April 17, 2007.

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[Boston-1] Federal Transit Administration, Region 19: Boston-Worchester-Manchester, MA-NH CSA. Retrieved April 17, 2007.

[2] Federal Transit Administration, Appendix B: Additional Studies and Projects as of November 2004

[3] Port of Los Angeles Waterfront Red Car Line

[NCTD-4] ttp://www.gonctd.com/sprinter_schedules.htm

[Philadelphia-5] Federal Transit Administration, Title VI Compliance Review of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, February 2006

[San_Francisco-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Federal Transit Administration, Region 2: San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA CSA. Retrieved April 17, 2007.

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