List of North American light rail systems

In North America, the term light rail generally refers to urban rail systems that do not require full grade separation and can range from street-running to heavily grade separated networks. There is no universal definition of "light rail transit systems", so some systems (such as Toronto's) are technically streetcars rather than "true" light rail.

Daily ridership figures for American and Canadian light rail systems are defined as "average weekday unlinked passenger trips" (where transfers between lines are counted as two separate passenger "boardings" or "trips"), unless otherwise indicated. For light rail systems in the United States and Canada, these figures come from the American Public Transit Association (APTA)'s quarterly statistics. For Mexico, the figures are obtained from Banco de Información Económica's Instituto Nacional de Estadísitica y Geografía (INEGI), and the daily figures represent daily passenger trips averaged from the monthly and quarterly ridership figures. "Daily boardings per mile" figures have been rounded to the nearest 5 or 10.

Systems

System Country City/Areaserved Annualridership() Avg. dailyweekdayboardings() Systemlength Avg. daily boardings per mile(Q4 2024) Yearopened Stations Lines Yearlastexpanded Sistema de Tren Eléctrico Urbano Guadalajara 168,603,000 449,362This is the Average Daily Ridership figure, not an "Average Weekday Ridership" figure – it is averaged from the 2025Q2 Total Ridership figure for this system. 15,432 1989 48 3 2020CTrainCalgary 7,212 1981 45 2 2014 Toronto streetcar system Toronto 4,622 1861 708 11 2016Metro Rail light rail:A, C, E, & K linesLos Angeles 1,672 1990 98 4 2025 San Diego Trolley(incl. Silver Line) San Diego 1,958 1981 62 4 2021 MBTA light rail:This system also has a heavy rail rapid transit/metro portion (see List of metro systems); the ridership figures and statistics here represent the light rail portion of the system only.Green Line &Mattapan LineThis line or system is operated using heritage streetcars. Boston 3,903 1897;1929 74 2 2022Link light rail:1 Line, 2 Line, and T LineSeattle and Tacoma 2,686 2003 51 3 2026Xochimilco Light RailMexico City 29,545,000 96,835 12,010 1986 18 1 2008 Muni Metro(incl. F Market) San Francisco 2,661 1980 152 8 2023Edmonton LRTEdmonton 4,720 1978 29 3 2024 MAX Light Rail Portland,Oregon 1,232 1986 94 5 2015 DART rail Dallas 771 1996 73 5 2025 NJ Transit Light Rail Newark,New Jersey, as well as Hudson, Mercer, Burlington, and Camden Counties. 65,312 578 1935 86 3 2011 O-Train Ottawa9,82020192532025METRO Light RailMinneapolis 2,045 2004 37 2 2014 SEPTA Metro light rail:Subway–Surface Trolleys (T), Media–Sharon Hill Line (D),& Route 15 Trolley (G) Philadelphia 816 1858 >100 8 2005TRAX (light rail)Salt Lake City 1,002 1999 50 3 2013 METRORail Houston 1,843 2004 37 3 2015RTD Light RailDenver 646 1994 46 6 2017 Valley Metro Rail Phoenix 823 2008 50 2 2025 St. Louis MetroLink St. Louis 413 1993 37 2 2006Lynx Rapid Transit ServicesCharlotte,North Carolina 1,143 2007 15 1 2018 SacRT light rail Sacramento,California 455 1987 54 3 2015Streetcars inNew OrleansNew Orleans 412 1835 streetcar-like surface stops 4 2013 VTA light rail San Jose,California 374 1987 62 3 2005 Baltimore Light RailLink Baltimore 460 1992 33 3 1997 Ion rapid transit Kitchener and Waterloo5,654,81013,000 1,0832019191n/aMorgantown Personal Rapid TransitMorgantown -12,0001975511979 The T:Pittsburgh Light Rail Pittsburgh9,964 344 1984 53 3 2012 San Franciscocable car systemIt is debatable whether this system truly qualifies as "light rail" (or as a true "transit" system either), but it is included in the table anyway for comparison purposes (and due to its ridership statistics being tracked by APTA). San Francisco 5,719,900 14,900 2,685 1878 streetcar-like surface stops 3 1952 Portland StreetcarThis system is owned by the City of Portland, which is not a member of APTA, and its ridership figures are not included in the APTA statistics for Portland. Portland 2,373,341 8,339 1,135 2001 76 2 2012 Buffalo Metro Rail Buffalo,New York 2,433,300 6,600 254 1985 14 1 n/aKC StreetcarThis system is owned the by City of Kansas City, which is not a member of APTA, and its ridership figures are not included in the APTA statistics for Kansas City.Kansas City, Missouri 1,856,129 4,393 1,996 2016 19 1 2026SPRINTEROceanside,California 1,362,600 5,600 341 2008 15 1 n/aSeattle StreetcarSeattle 1,326,500 4,200 1,105 2007 17 2 2016 RTA Rapid Transit:Blue, Green, and Waterfront Lines Cleveland 661,500 2,500 163 1913 34 2 1996 Tide Light Rail Norfolk,Virginia 771,500 2,500 338 2011 11 1 n/a TECO Line Streetcars Tampa,Florida 1,428,700 3,489 1,292 2002 11 1 2010 Sun Link Tucson,Arizona 1,724,900 5,800 1,487 2014 22 1 n/a The Hop Milwaukee,Wisconsin 760,321 1,426 2018 18 1 2018 El Paso Streetcar El Paso,Texas 130,600 600 2018 27 2 2018Atlanta StreetcarAtlanta,Georgia 184,500 600 111 2014 12 1 n/a MATA Trolleys Memphis,Tennessee 365,400 800 0The MATA Trolley system completely suspended operations for a significant portion of 2014 (including all of Q4 2014) due to maintenance issues. 1993 25 3 2004Oklahoma City StreetcarOklahoma City, Oklahoma288,500 -2018222 -Astoria Riverfront Trolley Astoria, Oregon 35,000 - 5 km (3 mi) 1999 10 1 1999

Excluded systems

The following systems have been excluded from the ridership table above (generally because the system's ridership statistics are not tracked by APTA): Galveston Island Trolley (Galveston, TX) Kenosha Streetcars (Kenosha, WI) Metro Streetcar (Little Rock, AR) Lowell Streetcar (Lowell, MA) River Street Streetcar (Savannah, GA)

List of North American light rail systems

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