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The following is a list of all heavy rail rapid transit systems in North America, ranked by ridership. All figures are average weekday unlinked passenger trips. In the United States, these come from the American Public Transit Association's Ridership Reports Statistics[1] for the fourth quarter of 2007, unless otherwise noted. Dates are given for all figures; the most recent available are used.

Readers should note that the question of which systems would count as 'heavy rail rapid transit systems' is debatable.

Rank System Largest city served Weekday
ridership 		Date Route miles Year opened
1 New York City Subway New York City 6,432,700 Fourth quarter of 2007 656[2] 1904
2 Mexico City Metro Mexico City 4,400,000 1993 110[3] 1969
3 Toronto Subway* Toronto 1,168,910 2007 38[4] 1954
4 Metrorail (Washington, D.C.) Washington 933,200 Fourth quarter of 2007 106.3[5] 1976
5 Montreal Metro Montreal 760,000 2001 37.3[6] 1966
6 Chicago 'L' Chicago 610,300 Fourth quarter of 2007 136.7[7] 1913
7 Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (or "T")* Boston 461,900 Fourth quarter of 2007 65.5[8] 1901
8 BART San Francisco 374,800 Fourth quarter of 2007 104[9] 1972
9 SEPTA* Philadelphia 315,500 Fourth quarter of 2007 25[10] 1907
10 Calgary Transit C-Train Calgary 271,100[11] Fourth quarter of 2007 27.9[12] 1981
11 MARTA Atlanta 262,800 Fourth quarter of 2007 47.6[13] 1979
12 PATH New York City 246,000 Fourth quarter of 2007 13.8[14] 1908
13 Vancouver SkyTrain Vancouver 205,000 2002 31[15] 1985
14 Monterrey Metro Monterrey >136,000 2006 14 1991
15 Metro Rail* Los Angeles 128,400 Fourth quarter of 2007 17.4[16] 1990
16 Metrorail Miami 59,300 Fourth quarter of 2007 22[17] 1984
17 Baltimore Metro Subway* Baltimore 53,000 Fourth quarter of 2007 15.5[18] 1983
18 PATCO Speedline Philadelphia 33,400 Fourth quarter of 2007 14.2[19] 1936
19 Tren Urbano San Juan 31,900 Fourth quarter of 2007 10.7[20] 2004
20 RTA Rapid Transit* Cleveland 29,800[21] Third quarter of 2007 19[22] 1955
21 Staten Island Railway New York City 14,200 Fourth quarter of 2007 14[23] 1971
22 Detroit People Mover Detroit 4,500[24] Fourth quarter of 2007 2.9[25] 1987

Those systems marked with an asterisk (*) are integrated with a light rail system; only the parts of the systems that are not light rail are counted in the statistics presented here.

Ridership per mile

The following is a list of rapid transit systems in North America, ranked by ridership per route mile, using the above data:

Rank System Largest city served Ridership per mile
1 Mexico City Metro Mexico City 40,000
2 Toronto subway and RT* Toronto 30,760
3 New York City Subway New York City 28,090
4 Montreal Metro Montreal 20,375
5 PATH New York City 17,826
6 SEPTA* Philadelphia 12,620
7 C-Train Calgary 9,717
8 Monterrey Metro Monterrey 9,714
9 Metrorail (Washington, D.C.) Washington 8,779
10 Metro Rail* Los Angeles 7,379
11 Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (or "T")* Boston 7,052
12 Vancouver Skytrain Vancouver 6,612
13 MARTA Atlanta 5,521
14 Chicago 'L' Chicago 4,465
15 BART San Francisco 3,603
16 Baltimore Metro Subway* Baltimore 3,419
17 Tren Urbano San Juan 2,981
18 Metrorail Miami 2,695
19 PATCO Speedline Philadelphia 2,352
20 RTA Rapid Transit* Cleveland 1,568
21 Detroit People Mover Detroit 1,551
22 Staten Island Railway New York City 1,014

Ridership per capita

The following is a list of rapid transit systems in North America, ranked by ridership per capita within the Metropolitan Area, using the above data:

Rank System Metropolitan area served Area population Ridership per capita
1 New York City Subway New York City 18,818,536 .342
2 C-Train Calgary 1,160,936[26] .234
3 Mexico City Metro Mexico City 19,231,829 .229
4 Toronto subway and RT* Toronto 5,555,912 .218
5 Montreal Metro Montreal 3,635,571 .209
6 Metrorail (Washington, D.C.) Washington 5,300,000 .176
7 Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (or "T")* Boston 4,455,217 .104
8 Vancouver Skytrain Vancouver 2,249,725 .091
9 Chicago 'L' Chicago 9,505,747 .064
10 SEPTA* Philadelphia 5,823,233 .054
11 BART San Francisco 7,228,948 .052
12 MARTA Atlanta 5,138,233 .051
13 Monterrey Metro Monterrey 3,664,334 .037
14 Baltimore Metro Subway* Baltimore 2,658,405 .020
15 PATH New York City 18,818,536 .013
16 Tren Urbano San Juan 2,509,007 .013
17 RTA Rapid Transit* Cleveland 2,250,871 .013
18 Metrorail Miami 5,463,857 .011
19 Metro Rail* Los Angeles 12,950,129 .010
20 PATCO Speedline Philadelphia 5,823,233 .006
21 Detroit People Mover Detroit 4,468,966 .001
22 Staten Island Railway New York City 18,818,536 .00075

See also

References

  1. ^ American Public Transportation Association, Heavy Rail Transit Ridership Report, Fourth Quarter 2007.
  2. ^ New York State Comptroller, [1]
  3. ^ Railway Age, [2], Dec 1994
  4. ^ Ridership, [3], 2007.
  5. ^ Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, WMATA Facts, March 2007.
  6. ^ Railway Age, [4], Feb 2002.
  7. ^ Chicago Public Library, Facts About Chicago, October 2001.
  8. ^ Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization, Transportation System Performance, The MBTA System: Quick Facts, 2003.
  9. ^ San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, BART System Facts
  10. ^ SEPTA, SEPTA Operating Facts, Fiscal Year 2006.
  11. ^ APTA, APTA Public Transportation Ridership Report: Canada: Fourth Quarter, 2007, 2007.
  12. ^ Calgary Transit, About Calgary Transit, Technical Information, 2007.
  13. ^ Metropolitian Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, Media Kit, MARTA Facts, 2004.
  14. ^ Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, at a Glance, April 1995.
  15. ^ Ridership, [5], 2003.
  16. ^ Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority, Facts at a Glance, August 3, 2007.
  17. ^ Miami–Dade County, Metrorail Information, 2006.
  18. ^ Maryland Transit Administration, [Metro Subway General Information].
  19. ^ Port Authority Transit Corporation, [A History of Commitment, PATCO Facts].
  20. ^ APTA, [6], March 2008.
  21. ^ American Public Transportation Association, Heavy Rail Transit Ridership Report, Third Quarter 2007.
  22. ^ Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, RTA Facts.
  23. ^ NYCsubway.org [7]
  24. ^ American Public Transportation Association, APTA Public Transportation Ridership Report, Fourth Quarter 2007.
  25. ^ Detroit Transportation Corporation, Times Square Station
  26. ^ Statistics Canada, [8].
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