List of North American rapid transit systems by ridership


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", unless otherwise indicated. For metro systems in the United States and Canada, the annual ridership figures for 2018 and average weekday ridership figures for the Fourth Quarter of 2018 come from the American Public Transportation Association's ridership reports statistics, unless otherwise noted. Ridership figures for Mexico come from Banco de Información Económica's INEGI reports for the year 2018.
SystemCountryCity/area
served
Annual
ridership
Avg. daily
weekday
boardings
System
length
Avg. daily
boardings
per mile
Year
opened
StationsLines
1New York City SubwayNew York City2,629,594,2008,764,70037,778190447224
2Mexico City MetroMexico City1,591,984,0004,361,60030,988196919512
3Toronto subwayToronto416,210,5001,343,60028,1091954754
4Montreal MetroMontreal383,147,7001,367,20031,7951966684
5Washington MetroWashington, D.C.226,349,600764,3006,5321976916
6Chicago 'L'Chicago225,895,100719,7007,00118921458
7Monterrey Metro Monterrey180,818,000512,10025,6051991312
9SkyTrainVancouver160,014,800495,80010,0361985533
8MBTA subway
Boston155,748,800509,50013,4081901534
10BARTSan Francisco
Bay Area
125,576,400416,6004,0061972486
11SEPTA
,
Market–Frankford
Philadelphia96,546,400327,7008,9291907753
12PATHJersey City, Newark, NJ91,593,600310,00022,4641908135
13MARTAAtlanta64,854,000205,8004,2881979384
14Panama MetroPanama Cityn/a180,00021,1762014121
15Santo Domingo MetroSanto Domingo61,270,054177,844
10,4612009302
16Metro Rail
Los Angeles43,300,600139,1007,9941993162
17Miami MetrorailMiami19,282,50067,8002,7231984232
18PATCO SpeedlinePhiladelphia10,789,60038,8002,7321936131
19Baltimore Metro SubwayBaltimore8,270,60013,7008841983141
20Staten Island RailwayNew York City8,126,10029,4002,1001860221
21RTA Rapid Transit
Cleveland6,249,80019,0001,0001955181
22Tren Urbano San Juan5,192,90021,0001,9632004161

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