List of North American rapid transit systems by ridership
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This is a list of North American rapid transit systems by ridership. These heavy rail or rapid transit systems are also known as metro or subway systems. This list of systems in North America does not include light rail, even when they are integrated with heavy rail. Daily and annual ridership figures are based on "average weekday unlinked passenger trips" (where transfers between lines are counted as two separate passenger "boardings" or "trips"), unless otherwise indicated (e.g., Mexico City and Monterrey, whose figures are the average for all days, not just weekdays). For metro systems in the United States (including Puerto Rico) and Canada, the annual ridership figures for 2014 and average weekday ridership figures for the Fourth Quarter (Q4) of 2014 come from the American Public Transportation Association's (APTA) ridership reports statistics,[1] unless otherwise noted. Ridership figures for Mexico come from Banco de Información Económica's INEGI reports.[2]
System | Country | City/area served |
Annual ridership (2014)[1][2] |
Avg. daily weekday boardings (Q4 2014)[1][2] |
System length |
Avg. daily boardings per mile (Q4 2014) |
Year opened |
Stations | Lines | |
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1 | New York City Subway | USA | New York City | 2,758,485,000 | 9,060,800 | 232 miles (373 km)[3] | 39,055 | 1904[note 1] | 468[4] | 24[4] |
2 | Mexico City Metro | Mexico | Mexico City | 1,561,613,597[note 2] | 4,307,384[note 3] | 140.75 miles (226.5 km)[5] | 30,603 | 1969 | 195[6] | 12[6] |
3 | Montreal Metro | Canada | Montreal | 357,706,800 | 1,263,800 | 43 miles (69 km)[7] | 29,390 | 1966 | 68 | 4 |
4 | Toronto rapid transit[note 4] | Canada | Toronto | 324,738,500 | 1,093,300 | 42.4 miles (68.2 km)[8] | 25,785 | 1954[8] | 69[8] | 4[8] |
5 | Washington Metro | USA | Washington, D.C. | 271,160,000 | 829,200 | 117 miles (188 km)[9] | 7,087 | 1976[9] | 91[9] | 6 |
6 | Chicago 'L' | USA | Chicago | 239,100,200 | 753,600 | 102.8 miles (165.4 km)[10] | 7,331 | 1892[10] | 145[10] | 8[10] |
7 | Monterrey Metro (Metrorrey) | Mexico | Monterrey | 177,540,056[note 2] | 519,689[note 3] | 20 miles (32 km)[11] | 24,984 | 1991[12] | 31[13] | 2[13] |
8 | MBTA Subway[note 5] (Blue, Orange, and Red Lines) |
USA | Boston | 174,820,200 | 560,500 | 38 miles (61 km)[14] | 14,750 | 1901 | 53[14] | 4[14] |
9 | BART | USA | San Francisco Bay Area |
132,314,200 | 447,200 | 104 miles (167 km)[15] | 4,300 | 1972[15] | 44[15] | 5[16] |
10 | SkyTrain | Canada | Vancouver | 117,727,200 | 390,600 | 42.6 miles (68.6 km)[17] | 9,169 | 1985 | 47[17][note 6] | 3[17] |
11 | SEPTA[18][19][note 5] (Broad Street (Orange), Market–Frankford (Blue), and Norristown High Speed Lines) |
USA | Philadelphia | 96,709,400 | 342,600 | 36.7 miles (59.1 km)[18][20] | 9,335 | 1907 | 75[19] | 3[19] |
12 | PATH | USA | New York City | 73,649,000 | 250,700 | 13.8 miles (22.2 km)[21] | 18,167 | 1908 | 13[22] | 5[22] |
13 | MARTA | USA | Atlanta | 71,504,600 | 232,100 | 48 miles (77 km)[23] | 4,876 | 1979 | 38[23] | 4 |
14 | Panama Metro | Panama | Panama City | n/a | 180,000[24] | 8.5 miles (13.7 km)[25] | 21,176 | 2014 | 12[26] | 1[26] |
15 | Santo Domingo Metro | Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | 61,270,054[27] | 177,844[27] [note 3] |
17.0 miles (27.4 km)[28][29] | 10,461 | 2009 | 30[28][29] | 2[28][29] |
16 | Metro Rail[note 5] (Purple and Red Lines) |
USA | Los Angeles | 48,724,700 | 153,000 | 17.4 miles (28.0 km)[30] | 8,793 | 1993[30] | 16[30] | 2[30] |
17 | Miami Metrorail | USA | Miami | 21,722,100 | 74,600 | 24.9 miles (40.1 km)[31] | 3,057 | 1984 | 23[31] | 2 |
18 | Baltimore Metro Subway[note 5] | USA | Baltimore | 14,555,100 | 48,000 | 15.5 miles (24.9 km)[32] | 3,097 | 1983 | 14[32] | 1[32] |
19 | Tren Urbano | Puerto Rico (USA) | San Juan | 10,087,500 | 33,700 | 10.7 miles (17.2 km) | 3,150 | 2004 | 16 | 1 |
20 | PATCO Speedline | USA | Philadelphia | 10,007,300 | 35,300 | 14.2 miles (22.9 km)[33] | 2,486 | 1936[33] | 13[33] | 1[33] |
21 | Staten Island Railway | USA | New York City | 7,228,600 | 26,900 | 14.0 miles (22.5 km)[3] | 1,921 | 1860 | 22[3] | 1[3] |
22 | RTA Rapid Transit[note 5] (Red Line) |
USA | Cleveland | 6,203,200 | 16,995[note 3] | 19 miles (31 km)[34] | 894 | 1955 | 18[34] | 1[34] |
Sources:
- American Public Transportation Association - Transit Ridership Report - Q4 2014.[1]
- Banco de Información Económica - Instituto Nacional de Estadísitica y Geografía (INEGI)[2] (Note: INEGI only provides monthly figures - figures in table above are for the Q4 2014 monthly average, then divided by 30 days to get the daily average.)
See also
- List of metro systems
- List of United States rapid transit systems by ridership
- List of Latin American rail transit systems by ridership
- List of tram and light rail transit systems
- List of North American light rail systems by ridership
- List of United States light rail systems by ridership
- List of suburban and commuter rail systems
- List of United States commuter rail systems by ridership
Notes
- ↑ The current system incorporates elevated sections built in 1870.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 This Annual Ridership figure for 2014 is obtained by averaging the Average Daily Ridership for the twelve months in 2014, and then multiplying that figure by the number of days in a year.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 This is the Average Daily Ridership figure, not an Average Weekday Ridership figure - it is averaged from the Q4 2014 Total Ridership figure for this system.
- ↑ Totals represent the sum of the "Heavy Rail (HR)" and "Intermediate Rail (IR)" figures for Toronto from the APTA ridership report – in other words, figures include stations and ridership on Line 3 Scarborough (RT), which APTA considers to be an IR line and which the local transit authority includes in the rapid transit system for mapping and administrative purposes.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 This rapid transit system is integrated with a light rail system; only the parts of the system that are rapid transit/metro, and that are not light rail, are counted in the statistics presented here.
- ↑ Counting two transfer stations (Commercial–Broadway Station and Waterfront Station) only once; counting them twice there are 49 stations.
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