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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 2018,[1] unless otherwise indicated.

List of United States commuter rail systems by ridership

Rank System Major cities
served 		Annual
Ridership
(2018)[1] 		Average
Weekday
Ridership
(Q4 2018)[1] 		Route
miles 		Ridership
per mile
(Q4 2018) 		Year
Opened 		Lines Stations
1 MTA Long Island Rail Road New York 106,299,200 360,000 321[2] 1,121 1834[3] 11[3] 124[3]
2 NJ Transit Rail New York / Newark / Trenton / Philadelphia 86,753,400 311,250[4] 530[5] 587 1983[6] 11[7][note 1] 164[7]
3 MTA Metro-North Railroad New York / Yonkers / Stamford 86,389,400 315,700 385[8] 820 1983[9] 6[8] 122[8]
4 Metra Chicago 68,460,300 277,100 487.5[10] 568 1984 11[10] 241[10]
5 SEPTA Regional Rail Philadelphia / Trenton / Wilmington 34,373,400 126,000 280[11] 450 1983 13[11] 153
6 MBTA Commuter Rail Boston / Worcester / Providence 32,249,100 121,600 388[12] 313 1973 13[12] 127[12]
7 Caltrain San Francisco / San Jose 18,855,700 57,000 77[13] 740 1987[note 2] 1 32[13]
8 Metrolink Los Angeles / Riverside 10,691,100 37,600 388[14] 97 1992 7[14] 55[14]
9 MARC Train Baltimore / Washington, D.C. 9,236,200 23,500 187 127 1984 3 43
10 Denver RTD:
A, B and G Lines 		Denver 7,613,000 28,700 29[15] 990 2016 3 16
11 UTA FrontRunner[16] Salt Lake City / Provo 5,082,100 19,200 88 218 2008 1 16
12 Sounder Commuter Rail Seattle / Tacoma 4,646,600 18,300 83[17] 220 2000 2 9
13 Virginia Railway Express Washington, D.C. 4,528,000 16,800 90[18] 187 1992 2[18] 18[18]
14 Tri-Rail Miami / Fort Lauderdale / West Palm Beach 4,413,900 14,600 70.9[19] 206 1987 1[19] 18[19]
15 NICTD South Shore Line Chicago / South Bend 3,399,400 10,900 90[20] 121 1903 1 20
16 Trinity Railway Express Dallas / Fort Worth 1,980,500 6,800 34 200 1996 1 10
17 Capitol Corridor San Jose / Oakland / Sacramento 1,725,500 5,700 168 34 1991 1 15
18 Keystone Service Philadelphia 1,532,500 5,000 104.6 48 1976(?) 1 12
19 Altamont Corridor Express (ACE) San Jose / Stockton 1,479,300 6,100 86[21] 71 1998 1[21] 10[21]
20 NCTD Coaster San Diego / Oceanside 1,434,700 4,500 41[22] 110 1995[22] 1[22] 8[22]
21 SunRail Orlando / Kissimmee 1,114,700 5,600 49[23] 114 2014 1 16[23]
22 Capital MetroRail Austin 807,800 2,700 32[24] 84 2010 1 9[24]
23 Northstar Line Minneapolis 787,400 2,600 40 65 2009 1 6
24 New Mexico Rail Runner Express Albuquerque / Santa Fe 770,000 2,500 97 25 2006 1 13
25 SMART Larkspur / San Rafael / Santa Rosa 714,500 2,223[25] 45 46 2017 1 12[26]
26 Shore Line East New Haven 599,300 1,800 59 31 1990 1 13
27 Downeaster Boston / Brunswick, Maine 533,000 1,200 148 9 2001 1 12
28 A-Train Denton 407,300 1,500 21 71 2011 1 6
29 Westside Express Service Beaverton 404,200 1,600 15 107 2009 1 5
30 Music City Star Nashville 298,800 1,100 32 34 2006 1 6
31 Hartford Line Hartfod ??? ??? ?? ?? 2017 ? ?

See also

Notes

  1. ^ There are 12 lines operated by NJ Transit, including the MTA Metro-North Railroad Port Jervis Line which in this list is counted with the MTA Metro-North Railroad entry in the table.
  2. ^ The Peninsula Commute service has been running since 1863 over largely the same route. The State of California took over financial responsibility from Southern Pacific in 1980 and renamed the service to Caltrain.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Public Transportation Ridership Report Fourth Quarter 2018" (pdf). American Public Transportation Association (APTA). April 12, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2019 – 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 August 29, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "Long Island Rail Road - General Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  4. ^ https://www.njtransit.com/AdminTemp/FactsAtaGlance_2019.pdf
  5. ^ "New Jersey State Rail Plan" (pdf). State of New Jersey, Department of Transportation. April 2015. p. ES-5. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
  6. ^ "NJ Transit - About Us - History & Structure". NJ Transit. 2014. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  7. ^ a b "NJ Transit Facts at a Glance Fiscal Year 2015" (pdf). NJ Transit. March 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
  8. ^ 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 August 29, 2014.
  9. ^ "MTA Metro-North Railroad - MNR About MNR". Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Retrieved March 23, 2014.
  10. ^ a b c "Operations and Ridership Data". Metra. 2016. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  11. ^ a b "SEPTA - Media Guide" (pdf). SEPTA (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority). 2013. p. 7. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
  12. ^ a b c "MBTA STATE OF THE SERVICE Commuter Rail" (pdf). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). 2014. p. 3. Retrieved June 26, 2019.
  13. ^ a b "Caltrain Modernization Quarterly Update" (pdf). Caltrain. February 2016. p. 2. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
  14. ^ "RTD - Facts & Figures". Regional Transportation District. April 17, 2017. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  15. ^ "Five Years of FrontRunner". rideuta.com. Utah Transit Authority. April 25, 2013. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  16. ^ "2015 Financial Plan" (pdf). Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit). June 2015. p. 3. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
  17. ^ a b c "VRE Strategic Plan Executive Summary" (pdf). Virginia Railway Express. May 2004. p. v. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  18. ^ a b c "Transportation Division - Moving Around - Tri-Rail". City of Fort Lauderdale. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
  19. ^ Jay Jones (July 8, 2012). "Dunes Country choo-choo". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 27, 2016. Along the 90-mile route, sightseeing and recreational opportunities are plentiful...
  20. ^ a b c Dan Leavitt (July 23, 2015). "ACEforward IMPROVING THE ALTAMONT CORRIDOR EXPRESS" (pdf). San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission. p. 1. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
  21. ^ a b c d "COASTER Fact Sheet" (PDF). North County Transit District. January 2013. Archived from the original (pdf) on November 5, 2013. Retrieved December 21, 2013.
  22. ^ a b "SunRail Celebrates Phase 2 Groundbreaking". SunRail. April 22, 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
  23. ^ a b "Data and Statistics - Fast Facts". Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2013. Retrieved May 22, 2014.
  24. ^ "Ridetship Reports". SMART. SMART. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  25. ^ http://sonomamarintrain.org/stations
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