List of United States light rail systems

See also: List of North American light rail systems by ridership and List of United States rapid transit systems

The following is a list of all light rail systems in the United States. Also included are some of the urban streetcar/trolley systems that provide regular public transit service (operating year-round and at least five days per week), ones with data available from the American Public Transportation Association's (APTA) Ridership Reports. This list does not include statistics for metro/rapid transit systems (see: the List of United States rapid transit systems for those). 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"). References with supplementary (non-APTA) ridership figures are included in the System column.

List

	System	City/area served	Annual ridership 2024[1]	Avg. ridership weekdays, Q1 2025[2]	System length	Avg. boardings per mile weekdays, Q1 2025	Opened	Stations	Lines	Last expanded
1	Metro Rail light rail:[a] A, C, E, & K lines	Los Angeles	46,178,300	135,800	94.5 mi (152.1 km)[3]	1,437	1990[3]	88[3]	4[3]	2025[3]
2	San Diego Trolley[b] (incl. Silver Line)[4][c]	San Diego	41,069,900	122,000	65 mi (105 km)[5]	1,877	1981[5]	62[5]	5[4][5]	2021[5]
3	MBTA light rail:[a] Green Line & Mattapan Line[c]	Boston	30,631,700	95,300	26 mi (42 km)[6]	3,665	1897[7]	74[6]	5[6]	2022
4	Link[b] (incl. T Line)	Seattle	30,438,000	95,600	48.05 mi (77.33 km)[8]	2,120	2009	45[8]	3[8]	2025[9]
5	Muni Metro[a][10] (incl. E & F)[11][12][c]	San Francisco	29,361,800	96,000	35.7 mi (57.5 km)[13]	2,689	1912[14]	152[12][13]	9[11][13]	2022[15]
6	MAX Light Rail[b]	Portland	24,383,900	63,500	60 mi (97 km)	1,058	1986	94	5	2015
7	DART[b]	Dallas	22,237,700	63,400	93 mi (150 km)[16]	682	1996[17]	64[16]	4[18]	2016[17]
8	NJ Transit:[a] HBLR, Newark Light Rail, River LINE[19]	Jersey City, Newark, Camden-Trenton	22,215,800	60,900[d]	59.9 mi (96.4 km)[19]	1,016	1935	24[20]	3[20]	2011
9	METRO Light Rail[b]	Minneapolis-St. Paul	15,489,100	34,800	21.8 mi (35.1 km)[21][22]	1,596	2004[21]	37[21][22]	2[21][22]	2014[22]
10	SEPTA Metro:[23][a] T, G,[c] & D	Philadelphia	15,281,900	55,800	68.4 mi (110.1 km)[24][25]	816	1906	>100[24]	3[24][25]	2005
11	TRAX (UTA) and S Line[b]	Salt Lake City	13,965,200	42,900	46.8 mi (75.3 km)[26][27]	917	1999[28]	57[29]	4[29]	2013
12	METRORail	Houston	13,456,400	41,300	23.8 mi (38.3 km)[30][31]	1,735	2004[31]	44[30]	3[30]	2017[30]
13	Denver RTD:[b] D, E, H, R, L, & W Lines	Denver	11,161,800	37,800	58.5 mi (94.1 km)[32]	646	1994[33]	62[32]	8	2019[34]
14	Valley Metro Rail & Valley Metro Streetcar[35]	Phoenix	11,100,300	30,900	41.5 mi (66.8 km)[36]	1,037	2008[37]	62[38]	3[37]	2025[36]
15	MetroLink	St. Louis	7,135,000	21,800	46 mi (74 km)[39]	474	1993[40]	37[39]	2[41]	2006[42]
16	SacRT light rail	Sacramento	6,580,000	22,100	42.9 mi (69.0 km)[43]	515	1987[43]	53[43]	3[43]	2015[43]
17	CATS: Blue and Gold lines	Charlotte	6,528,600	21,000	20.8 mi (33.5 km)[44][45]	1,010	2007[46]	43[44][45]	2[44]	2021[47]
18	Baltimore Light RailLink[a]	Baltimore	5,015,100	12,800	33 mi (53 km)[48]	388	1992	33[48]	3[48]	1997
19	VTA light rail[b]	San Jose	4,914,100	13,900	42.2 mi (67.9 km)[49]	329	1987[49]	62[49]	3[49]	2005[49]
20	RTA Streetcars in New Orleans[c]	New Orleans	3,535,600	9,700	26.9 mi (43.3 km)[50]	361	1835	n/a[e]	5[50]	2018[50][51]
21	Pittsburgh Light Rail	Pittsburgh	3,236,100	8,900[d]	26.2 mi (42.2 km)[52]	338	1984[f]	53[52]	3[52]	2012[52]
22	Portland Streetcar[g]	Portland	2,900,000[53]	8,089[53]	9.35 mi (15.05 km)[54]	834	2001[54]	76[54]	3[54]	2015[55]
23	Buffalo Metro Rail	Buffalo	2,228,400	8,900	6.4 mi (10.3 km)	1,391	1984	14[56]	1[56]	1986
24	SPRINTER[b][57]	Oceanside	1,893,900	5,600	22 mi (35 km)[58]	255	2008[58]	15[58]	1[58]	—
25	KC Streetcar	Kansas City	1,856,129[59]	4,393[59]	2.2 mi (3.5 km)	2,281	2016	16[60]	1	2016
26	Sun Link	Tucson	1,676,500	5,800	3.9 mi (6.3 km)[61]	1,487	2014	22[61]	1[61]	—
27	Seattle Streetcar[b]	Seattle	1,384,500	4,500	3.8 mi (6.1 km)	1,184	2007	21	2	2016
28	TECO Line Streetcar	Tampa	1,330,932 [62]	3,000[d]	2.7 mi (4.3 km)	1,173	2002	11	1	2010
29	Connector[63]	Cincinnati	1,198,859[64]	3,087[d][64]	3.6 mi (5.8 km)[65]	1,036	2016[66]	18[65]	1	—
30	Q-Line	Detroit	1,003,975[67]	3,185[67]	3.3 mi (5.3 km)	745	2017	20	1	—
31	Tide Light Rail	Norfolk	853,300	2,200	7.4 mi (11.9 km)[68]	297	2011[69]	11[68]	1[68]	—
32	DC Streetcar	Washington, D.C.	835,900	2,400	2.4 mi (3.9 km)	1,000	2016	8	1	—
33	RTA Rapid Transit:[h] Blue, Green, and Waterfront lines	Cleveland	808,100	2,300	15.3 mi (24.6 km)[70]	150	1913[71]	34[70]	2[70]	1996[71]
34	The Hop	Milwaukee	532,460	1,311	2.1 mi (3.4 km)	624	2018	21[72]	2[72]	2023
35	Dallas Streetcar	Dallas	523,046[73]	1,923[d]	2.45 mi (3.94 km)	784	2015	6	1	2016
36	Atlanta Streetcar	Atlanta	342,700	800	2.7 mi (4.3 km)	296	2014	12	1	—
37	El Paso Streetcar	El Paso	275,500	1,000	4.8 mi (7.7 km)	208	2018	27[74]	2[74]	—
38	MATA Trolley	Memphis	233,400	0[i]	2 mi (3.2 km)	400	1993	11	1	2004

Gallery

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  MBTA Green Line
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  LA Metro former (L) Line
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  Muni Metro's T Third line
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  MAX Light Rail
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  San Diego Trolley
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  DART Green Line
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  TRAX Green Line
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  METRO Blue Line
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  St. Louis MetroLink
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  RTD Denver Light Rail
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  KC Streetcar in Kansas City, Missouri
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  Houston METRORail Red Line
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  Link Light Rail Line 1
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  Seattle Streetcar South Lake Union Line
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  Link light rail T Line
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  Sun Link Streetcar

Systems excluded from ridership table

The following light rail systems have been excluded from the ridership table above:

System	Largest city served	Opened	Route length	Reason(s) for exclusion from Ridership table
San Francisco cable car system	San Francisco, CA	1873	5.1 mi (8.2 km)	APTA does not provide ridership figures for this system.
Lowell National Historical Park Trolley System	Lowell, MA	1984[75]	1.2 mi (1.9 km)[76]	Primarily a tourist system (does not operate daily, year-round). APTA does not provide ridership figures.
Galveston Island Trolley	Galveston, TX	1988[77]	6.8 mi (10.9 km)[77]	Primarily a tourist system. APTA does not provide ridership figures.
Kenosha Streetcars	Kenosha, WI	2000[78]	2.0 mi (3.2 km)[78]	Primarily a tourist system. APTA does not provide ridership figures.
Metro Streetcar	Little Rock, AR	2004[79]	3.4 mi (5.5 km)[79]	Primarily a tourist system. APTA does not provide ridership figures.

See also

• Light rail in the United States
• Light rail
• List of North American light rail systems
• Light rail in North America
• Streetcars in North America
• List of tram and light rail transit systems
• List of rail transit systems in the United States
• List of United States rapid transit systems
• List of North American rapid transit systems
• List of Latin American rail transit systems by ridership
• List of United States commuter rail systems
• List of United States local bus agencies
• Public transport

Notes

1. This system also has a heavy rail rapid transit/metro portion (see List of metro systems), and connections to a commuter rail system; the ridership figures and statistics presented here represent only the light rail portion of the system.
2. This system also has available connections to a commuter rail system; the ridership figures and statistics presented here represent only the light rail portion of the system.
3. This line or system is operated using heritage streetcars.
4. This is the Average Daily Ridership figure, not an "Average Weekday Ridership" figure – it is averaged from the Total Ridership figure for this system.
5. Uses streetcar-like surface stops.
6. As current incarnation of light rail.
7. This 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.
8. This system also has a heavy rail rapid transit/metro portion (see List of metro systems); the ridership figures and statistics presented here represent only the light rail portion of the system.
9. This system has been suspended since August 18, 2024 due to maintenance issues.