List of busiest railway stations in North America


This is a list of the busiest railway stations in North America. The figures are collected by the different operating agencies of each railway station, and are estimates based on ticket usage data, crowd sizes and other extrapolations. This data only covers Canada and the United States as a detailed passenger volume breakdown of other countries in North America such as Mexico is not available.

List of busiest railway stations by annual passenger and commuter rail volume

This list ranks railway stations in North America based on annual volume of passengers traveling by passenger rail or commuter rail only. Other visitors are not included.
For example, Grand Central Terminal, a major attraction on its own right in New York City, has nearly 500,000 people visiting the station daily either to shop, dine, conduct business, meet family and friends, or admire the station. Those visitors are not included in the count of passengers as they are not using the passenger rail or the commuter rail services. Similarly, Grand Central Terminal also has a major subway station in its vicinity which processes nearly 45 million passengers annually but since they arrive and depart using the subway, they are also not included in the final passenger count.
Only stations which process at least 10 million annual passengers are shown. The below list is comparable with how the United Kingdom tracks its busiest railway stations as they also use the same criteria.
RankRailway StationAnnual entries/exits CityCountryMain ServicesNumber of platformsInterchange systemsImage
1New York Penn Station107.416New York CityAmtrak, Long Island Rail Road, NJ Transit11New York City Subway, PATH
2Toronto Union Station72.410TorontoAmtrak, GO Transit, Union Pearson Express, Via Rail12Toronto streetcar, Toronto subway
3Grand Central Terminal66.952New York CityMetro-North Railroad44New York City Subway
4Jamaica Station59.803New York CityLong Island Rail Road5AirTrain JFK, New York City Subway
5Chicago Union Station43.948ChicagoAmtrak, Metra30Chicago "L"
6Ogilvie Transportation Center31.905ChicagoMetra8Chicago "L"
7South Station28.875BostonAmtrak, MBTA Commuter Rail13MBTA subway
8Newark Penn Station17.881NewarkAmtrak, NJ Transit6Newark Light Rail, PATH
9World Trade Center Station17.159New York CityPATH4New York City Subway
10Hoboken Terminal14.950HobokenNJ Transit, Metro-North Railroad10Hudson–Bergen Light Rail, PATH, NY Waterway
11Washington Union Station13.665Washington, D.C.Amtrak, MARC Train, Virginia Railway Express18DC Streetcar, Washington Metro
1230th Street Station12.270PhiladelphiaAmtrak, NJ Transit, SEPTA Regional Rail9Market–Frankford Line, SEPTA subway–surface trolley lines
13Los Angeles Union Station10.999Los AngelesAmtrak, Metrolink9Los Angeles Metro Rail
14Millennium Station10.764ChicagoMetra, South Shore Line6Chicago "L"
15Montreal Central Station10.687MontrealAmtrak, Exo, Via Rail7Montreal Metro

List of busiest railway stations by average weekday visitors

This list ranks railway stations in North America by average weekday visitors. There are two categories of visitors. The first are transit visitors which includes rail passengers, rail commuters, subway riders from adjoining subway stations, and people using other forms of transportation to get to and from the station such as Buses, Light Rail, Air Trains, etc. The second are non-transit visitors which includes people using the station amenities to shop, dine, meet family and friends, tourists visiting the station, people meeting at the station to conduct business, people walking through the station, and station employees and other workers who pass through the station. The average weekday visitor is the total of both categories.
Only stations which handle an average of at least 100,000 weekday visitors are shown.
RankStationTransit Visitors
Non-Transit Visitors
Total Visitors
CityCountry
1Grand Central Terminal250,000500,000750,000New York City
2New York Penn Station630,00020,000650,000New York City
3Toronto Union Station250,00050,000300,000Toronto
4Jamaica Station200,000-200,000New York City
5Washington Union Station50,000110,000160,000Washington, D.C.
6Chicago Union Station150,000-150,000Chicago
7Los Angeles Union Station110,000-110,000Los Angeles
8Ogilvie Transportation Center106,700-106,700Chicago