List of United States rapid transit systems

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The following is a list of all heavy rail rapid transit systems in the United States. It does not include statistics for bus or light rail systems; see: List of United States light rail systems by ridership for light rail systems. All ridership figures represent unlinked passenger trips, so line transfers on multi-line systems register as separate trips. The data is provided by the American Public Transportation Association's Ridership Reports.

Note: ridership does not mean unique passengers, it means total number of trips.

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System Transit agency City/area served Annual
ridership
2025
[1]		 Avg. ridership
weekdays, Q1 2026
[2]		 System
length		 Avg. boardings
per mile
weekdays, Q1 2026		 Opened Stations Lines
1 New York City Subway NYCTA[note 1] New York City 2,314,388,000 7,245,000 248 mi (399 km)[3] 29,214 1904[4] 472[4] 36[4]
2 Washington Metro WMATA Washington, DC metropolitan area 188,549,700 545,900 129 mi (208 km)[5] 4,232 1976[5] 98[5] 6
3 Chicago "L" CTA Chicago 135,202,800 385,500 102.8 mi (165.4 km)[6] 3,750 1892[6] 146[6] 8[6]
4 MBTA subway ("the T")[note 2]
(Blue, Orange, and Red lines)		 MBTA Boston 101,054,600 326,500 38 mi (61 km)[7] 8,592 1901 53[7] 3[7]
5 SEPTA Metro[note 3]
(L, B, and M)		 SEPTA Philadelphia 65,471,700 219,000 36.7 mi (59.1 km)[8][9] 5,967 1907[10] 75[11] 3[11]
6 PATH PANYNJ Manhattan, Hudson County, Newark 64,318,300 210,000 13.8 mi (22.2 km)[12][13] 15,217 1908[14] 13[12] 4[15]
7 Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)[note 4] BART San Francisco Bay Area 53,678,000 180,000 131.4 mi (211.5 km)[16] 1,511 1972[17] 50[16] 7[18]
8 MARTA rail MARTA Atlanta 30,373,600 136,900 47.6 mi (76.6 km) 2,876 1979[19] 38[20] 4[20]
9 Metro Rail[note 3]
(B and D lines)		 LACMTA Los Angeles 20,990,600 61,000 21.3 mi (34.3 km)[21][22] 3,506 1993[23] 19[23] 2[23]
10 Metrorail Miami-Dade Transit Miami 14,971,300 51,600 24.4 mi (39.3 km)[24] 2,115 1984[25] 23[24] 2[24]
11 PATCO Speedline PATCO Philadelphia, Camden County 5,865,800 18,500 14.2 mi (22.9 km)[26] 1,303 1936[26] 14[26] 1[26]
12 Staten Island Railway SIRTOA[note 1] Staten Island 5,437,400 19,000 14 mi (23 km)[3] 1,357 1860[27] 21[3] 1[3]
13 Baltimore Metro SubwayLink MTA Baltimore 4,610,400 12,600[note 5] 15.5 mi (24.9 km)[28] 815 1983[29] 14[28] 1[28]
14 Tren Urbano ATI San Juan 4,438,400 22,600 10.7 mi (17.2 km)[30] 2,112 2004[30] 16[30] 1[30]
15 RTA Rapid Transit[note 3]
(Red Line)		 GCRTA Cleveland 2,860,500 7,600 19 mi (31 km)[31] 400 1955[32] 18[31] 1[31]
16 Skyline Honolulu DTS Honolulu 1,696,800 9,200 16.1 mi (25.9 km) 571 2023[33] 13[34] 1[33]
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Notes

  1. [1]
    Agency is a subsidiary of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
  2. [2]
    System also includes the Green Line and Mattapan Line light rail lines; ridership data for these light rail lines is not included in statistics shown here.
  3. [3]
    System also includes light rail lines. Ridership data for such lines is not included in statistics given.
  4. [4]
    Figures only include BART's five rapid transit lines, and not the system's AGT line to Oakland Airport nor the eBART line.
  5. [5]
    This is the Average Daily Ridership not Average Weekday Ridership.

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