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 2019 and average weekday ridership figures for the Fourth Quarter (Q4) of 2019 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 for the year 2014.[2] Ridership figures for the Dominican Republic come from the Directorate of Operations Santo Domingo Metro report for the year 2013.[3]


System Country City/area
served 		Annual
ridership
(2022)[1][2] 		Avg. daily
weekday
boardings
(Q3 2023)[1][2] 		System
length 		Avg. daily
boardings
per mile
(Q3 2023) 		Year
opened 		Stations Lines
1 New York City Subway United States New York City 1,793,073,000 6,262,300 248 miles (399 km)[4] 25,251 1904[note 1] 472[5] 24[5]
2 Mexico City Metro Mexico Mexico City 1,591,984,000[note 2][needs update] 4,361,600[note 3][needs update] 140.75 miles (226.5 km)[6] 30,984 1969 195[7] 12[7]
3 Toronto subway[note 4] Canada Toronto 235,740,000 970,600 47.8 miles (76.9 km)[8] 20,305 1954[8] 70 3
4 Montreal Metro Canada Montreal 245,514,900 938,100 43 miles (69 km)[9] 21,816 1966 68 4
5 Washington Metro United States Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area 93,049,300 475,000 129 miles (208 km)[10] 3,683 1976[10] 98[10] 6
6 Chicago 'L' United States Chicago 103,524,900 388,600 102.8 miles (165.4 km)[11] 3,780 1892[11] 145[11] 8[11]
7 Metrorrey Mexico Monterrey 180,818,000[note 2][needs update] 512,100[note 3][needs update] 25 miles (40 km)[12] 25,605 1991[13] 40[12] 3[12]
8 SkyTrain Canada Vancouver 116,569,000 447,000 49.5 miles (79.6 km) 9,030 1985 53[14] 3[14]
9 MBTA subway[note 5]
(Blue, Orange, and Red Lines) 		United States Boston 80,969,900 283,900 39.5 miles (63.6 km)[15] 7,187 1901 53[15] 4[15]
10 BART United States San Francisco
Bay Area 		41,286,400 164,500 131.4 miles (211.5 km)[16] 1,252 1972[16] 48[16] 6[17]
11 SEPTA[18][19][note 5]
(Broad Street (Orange),
Market–Frankford (Blue), and Norristown High Speed Lines) 		United States Philadelphia 90,240,800 329,200 36.7 miles (59.1 km)[18][20] 8,929 1907 75[19] 3[19]
12 PATH United States Jersey City, Newark, NJ 90,276,600 306,700 13.8 miles (22.2 km)[21] 22,464 1908 13[22] 5[22]
13 MARTA United States Atlanta 63,998,500 – 48 miles (77 km)[23] 4,288 1979 38[23] 4
14 Panama Metro Panama Panama City n/a 180,000[24][needs update] 22.9 miles (36.9 km)[25] 21,176 2014 31[26] 2[27]
15 Santo Domingo Metro Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 61,270,054[3][needs update] 177,844[3]
[note 3][needs update] 		17.0 miles (27.4 km)[28][29] 10,461 2009 30[28][29] 2[28][29]
16 Metro Rail[note 5]
(B and D Lines) 		United States Los Angeles 41,775,100 130,900 17.4 miles (28.0 km)[30] 7,994 1993[30] 16[30] 2[30]
17 Miami Metrorail United States Miami 11,951,400 45,400 24.9 miles (40.1 km)[31] 2,723 1984 23[31] 2
18 PATCO Speedline United States Philadelphia 11,107,500 38,400 14.2 miles (22.9 km)[32] 2,732 1936[32] 13[32] 1[32]
19 Staten Island Railway United States New York City 7,741,000 18,500 14.0 miles (22.5 km)[4] 2,100 1860 22[4] 1[4]
20 Baltimore Metro Subway[note 5] United States Baltimore 7,325,500 36,600 15.5 miles (24.9 km)[33] 884 1983 14[33] 1[33]
21 RTA Rapid Transit[note 5]
(Red Line) 		United States Cleveland 5,958,000 15,900 19 miles (31 km)[34] 1,000 1955 18[34] 1[34]
22 Tren Urbano Puerto Rico (United States) San Juan 5,233,900 20,300 10.7 miles (17.2 km) 1,963 2004 16 1
For a given population size, New York, some Mexican and Canadian cities tend to have higher public transit usage.
Note: This data goes beyond rapid transit and encompasses all public transport, including modes such as buses.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The current system incorporates elevated sections built in 1870.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c 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.
  4. ^ 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 Toronto Transit Commission includes in the rapid transit system for mapping and administrative purposes.
  5. ^ a b c d e 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.

References

  1. ^ a b c "American Public Transportation Association Q4 2019 Ridership Report" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association. February 20, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Banco de Información Económica – Instituto Nactional De Estadística Y Geografía – Comunicaciones y transportes". Instituto Nactional De Estadística Y Geografía (INEGI). March 2015. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  3. ^ a b c "Informe de Evolución de la Demanda Diciembre 2014" [Report on Changes in Demand December 2014] (PDF) (in Spanish). Dirección de Operaciones Metro de Santo Domingo [Directorate of Operations Santo Domingo Metro]. January 7, 2015. p. 7. Archived from the original (pdf) on April 2, 2015. Retrieved 2015-04-01 – via http://opret.gob.do/Transparencia/Estadisticas.aspx. ((cite web)): External link in |via= (help)
  4. ^ a b c d "Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Years Ended December 31, 2017 and 2018" (pdf). Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). June 26, 2019. p. 156. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  5. ^ a b "The MTA Network – New York City Transit at a Glance". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
  6. ^ "Datos de operacion" [Operational data] (in Spanish). Metro de la Ciudad de Mexico. Archived from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2014-04-17.
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  8. ^ a b "2013 – TTC Operating Statistics". 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-29.
  9. ^ "UrbanRail.Net – North America – Canada – Montréal – Montréal Metro". Robert Schwandl (UrbanRail.Net). 2007. Retrieved 2013-08-23.
  10. ^ a b c "About Metro". Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-28.
  11. ^ a b c d "Facts at a Glance". Chicago Transit Authority. Spring 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-29.
  12. ^ a b c "Inauguran Lína 3 del Metro en Monterrey; durí ocho años su conclusión". Hoy Tamaulipas (in Spanish). 28 February 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  13. ^ "Sistema de Transporte Colectivo – Metrorrey – Historia" [System of Collective Transport – Metrorrey – History] (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metrorrey. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
  14. ^ a b "State of Good Repair". TransLink. March 2013. p. 3. Retrieved 2013-07-23.
  15. ^ a b c "Ridership and Service Statistics, Fourteenth Edition 2014" (PDF). Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. July 2014. pp. 3–4, 6. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2014-09-12. Retrieved 2014-08-31.
  16. ^ a b c "BART – System Facts". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. 2015. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
  17. ^ "BART – Schedules By Line". San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-31.
  18. ^ a b "SEPTA – Media Guide" (pdf). Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. 2013. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
  19. ^ a b c "SEPTA Operating Facts Fiscal Year 2015" (pdf). Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). 2015. pp. 4–6. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
  20. ^ "SEPTA Route Statistics 2016" (pdf). Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority. 2016. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
  21. ^ "World Trade Center Progress" (pdf). The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. February 2010. p. 2. Retrieved 2014-08-31.
  22. ^ a b "Maps & Schedules • Maps". The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Retrieved 2014-08-31.
  23. ^ a b "System Updates". Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA). August 5, 2011. Retrieved 2013-07-19.
  24. ^ "Metro cambia patrones de consumo en Panamá" [Metro changing consumption patterns in Panama]. Capital Financiero (in Spanish). March 23, 2015. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
  25. ^ "Conoce la Línea 1 del Metro de Panamá" [Meet Line 1 of the Panama Metro] (in Spanish). Metro de Panamá. 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-05-03. Retrieved 2014-08-31.
  26. ^ "Línea 1 Conoce los accesos a sus estaciones" [Line 1 Explore access to stations] (PDF) (in Spanish). Metro de Panamá. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2015-02-13. Retrieved 2014-08-31.
  27. ^ "Panama opens US$150mn metro line expansion". BNAmericas. Retrieved 2022-03-22.
  28. ^ a b c "Línea 1" [Line 1] (in Spanish). Oficina para el Reordenamiento de Transporte (OPRET). Archived from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2013-09-17.
  29. ^ a b c "Línea 2 – 1ra Etapa" [Line 2 – 1st Stage] (in Spanish). Oficina para el Reordenamiento de Transporte (OPRET). Archived from the original on 2013-09-30. Retrieved 2013-09-17.
  30. ^ a b c d "Facts at a Glance". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA). August 12, 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-05.
  31. ^ a b "Miami-Dade Transit – Metrorail". Miami-Dade County. March 28, 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-05.
  32. ^ a b c d "PATCO – A History of Commitment". PATCO. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-05.
  33. ^ a b c "Visitors Ride Guide" (pdf). Maryland Transit Administration. Retrieved 2013-07-14 – via http://mta.maryland.gov/content/visitors. ((cite web)): External link in |via= (help)
  34. ^ a b c "2013 Annual Report – RTA Facts". Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. October 31, 2013. Retrieved 2014-09-05.
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