List of United States commuter rail systems

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 2023,^[1] unless otherwise indicated.

List

Rank	System	Major cities served	Annual ridership (2024)[1]	Average ridership weekdays, Q1 2025[2]	Route miles	Average ridership per mile weekdays, Q1 2025[2]	Year Opened	Lines	Stations
1	Long Island Rail Road	New York	83,777,900	325,500	321[3]	862	1834[4]	11[4]	124[4]
2	Metro-North Railroad	New York / Stamford / New Haven	67,778,000	230,700	385[5]	611	1983[6]	5[5][note 1]	122[5]
3	NJ Transit Rail Operations	New York / Newark / Trenton / Philadelphia	59,447,200	140,666[note 2]	530[7]	265	1983[8]	11[9][note 1]	164[9]
4	Metra	Chicago	34,877,600	158,100	487.5[10]	346	1984	11[10]	241[10]
5	MBTA Commuter Rail	Boston / Worcester / Providence	30,343,900	98,500	429[11]	282	1973	13[12]	142[13]
6	SEPTA Regional Rail	Philadelphia / Trenton / Wilmington	22,742,200	84,700	280[14]	278	1983	13[14]	153
7	Denver RTD: A, B, N and G Lines	Denver	8,331,200	32,000	54.09[15]	518	2016	4	22
8	Caltrain	San Francisco / San Jose	7,201,600	30,500	77[16]	321	1863	1	32[16]
9	Metrolink	Los Angeles / San Bernardino / Anaheim / Riverside / Irvine	5,647,700	19,700	545.7[17]	35	1992	7[18]	62[18]
10	Tri-Rail	Miami / Fort Lauderdale	4,952,500	16,000	80.0[19]	193	1987	2[19]	19[19]
11	MARC Train	Baltimore / Washington, D.C.	4,187,100	15,200	187	74	1984	3	43
12	FrontRunner	Salt Lake City	4,128,700	15,000	88	170	2008	1	16
13	Sounder commuter rail	Seattle / Tacoma	1,875,400	7,200	82[20]	88	2000	2	12[20]
14	South Shore Line	Chicago / South Bend	1,766,600	5,400	90[21]	70	1908	1	18
15	Virginia Railway Express	Washington, D.C.	1,605,300	8,400	90[22]	70	1992	2[22]	18[22]
16	eBART	Contra Costa County, California	1,286,400	4,600	10.1	446	2018	1	3
17	Keystone Service	Philadelphia / Harrisburg	1,269,005	3,200[note 3]	104.6	31	1972	1	12
18	Trinity Railway Express	Dallas / Fort Worth	1,265,500	4,400	34	121	1996	1	10
19	SunRail	Orlando	1,215,400	5,400	49[23]	94	2014	1	17
20	Capitol Corridor	San Jose / Oakland / Sacramento	1,032,632	1,847[note 3]	168	11	1991	1	15
21	Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit	San Rafael / Santa Rosa	973,700	3,500	45	76	2017	1	12[24]
22	Coaster	San Diego / Oceanside	871,200	2,400	41[25]	73	1995[25]	1[25]	8[25]
23	TEXRail	Fort Worth	809,300	2,000	27	81	2019	1	9
24	Rail Runner Express	Albuquerque / Santa Fe	773,900	2,600	97	29	2006	1	13
25	Altamont Corridor Express	San Jose / Stockton	763,800	2,900	86[26]	36	1998	1[26]	10[26]
26	Downeaster	Boston / Brunswick, Maine	591,948	1,219[note 3]	148	8	2001	1	12
27	CapMetro Rail	Austin	562,600	1,800	32[27]	50	2010	1	9[27]
28	A-Train	Denton, Texas	273,000	900	21	48	2011	1	6
29	Shore Line East	New Haven	176,979	600	59	10	1990	1	13
30	Northstar Line	Minneapolis	127,400	400	40	13	2009	1	7
31	WeGo Star	Nashville	125,900	500	32	16	2006	1	7
32	WES Commuter Rail	Beaverton, Oregon	118,900	500	15	20	2009	1	5

Systems excluded from ridership table

System	Largest city(s) served	Opened	Route length	Reason(s) for exclusion from Ridership table
Hartford Line	Hartford / New Haven / Springfield	2018	63	APTA does not provide ridership figures for this system.
Arrow	San Bernardino	2022	9	This system is currently too new for APTA to provide ridership figures.

See also

• Commuter rail in North America
• List of rail transit systems in the United States
• List of United States light rail systems
• List of United States local bus agencies
• List of United States rapid transit systems

Notes

1. There are 3 lines operated directly by Metro North, the Harlem Line, Hudson Line, and New Haven Line. The Port Jervis Line is operated under contract by NJ Transit, which also owns the Pascack Valley Line that extends into New York. The New Haven Line has 3 branch lines, the New Canaan Branch, Danbury Branch, and Waterbury Branch.
2. This is the Average Daily Ridership figure, not an "Average Weekday Ridership" figure – it is averaged from the 2023 First Quarter Ridership figure for this system.
3. Q4 2022