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 Public Transportation Ridership Report as of , unless otherwise indicated. __TOC__ List Rank System Major citiesserved Annualridership Averageridership Routelength Averageridershipper mile YearOpened Lines Stations 1 Long Island Rail Road New York / Long Island 862 1834 11 124 2 Metro-North Railroad New York / Stamford / New Haven 611 1983 5 122 3 NJ Transit Rail Operations New York / Newark / Trenton / Philadelphia 140,666This 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. 265 1983 11There 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. 164 4 Metra Chicago, IL 346 1984 11 243 5 MBTA Commuter Rail Boston / Worcester / Providence 282 1973 12 142 6 SEPTA Regional Rail Philadelphia / Trenton / Wilmington 278 1983 13 153 7 Caltrain San Francisco / San Jose 321 1863 1 32 8 RTD Commuter Rail Denver 518 2016 4 22 9 Metrolink Los Angeles / San Bernardino / Anaheim / Riverside / Irvine 35 1992 7 62 10 MARC Train Baltimore / Washington, D.C. 74 1984 3 43 11 Tri-Rail Miami / Fort Lauderdale 193 1987 2 19 12 FrontRunner Salt Lake City 170 2008 1 16 13 Virginia Railway Express Washington, D.C. 70 1992 2 18 14 South Shore Line Chicago / South Bend 70 1908 2 21 15 Sounder commuter rail Seattle / Tacoma 88 2000 2 12 16 eBART Contra Costa County, CA 446 2018 1 3 17 Keystone Service Philadelphia / Harrisburg 1,380,000 4,500 31 1972 1 12 18 Trinity Railway Express Dallas / Fort Worth 121 1996 1 10 19 Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit San Rafael / Santa Rosa 76 2017 1 14 20 SunRail Greater Orlando, Florida 94 2014 1 17 21 Capitol Corridor San Jose / Oakland / Sacramento 1,194,500 1,847Q4 2022 11 1991 1 15 22 Coaster San Diego / Oceanside 73 1995 1 8 23 TEXRail Fort Worth 81 2019 1 9 24 Rail Runner Express Albuquerque / Santa Fe 29 2006 1 13 25 Altamont Corridor Express San Jose / Stockton 36 1998 1 10 26 CapMetro Rail Austin 50 2010 1 10 27 Downeaster Boston / Brunswick, ME 591,948 1,219 8 2001 1 12 28 A-Train Denton, TX 48 2011 1 6 29 Shore Line East New Haven 246,600 900 18Only one daily round trip runs the full 90-mile route. All other trips run only the between New Haven and New London. This figure uses the latter distance. 1990 1 13 30 WeGo Star Nashville 16 2006 1 7 31 WES Commuter Rail Beaverton, OR, Wilsonville 20 2009 1 5
Systems excluded from ridership table System Largest city(s) served Opened Route length (mi) Reason(s) for exclusion from Ridership table Hartford Line Hartford / New Haven / Springfield2018 63 APTA does not provide ridership figures for this system. Silver Line Dallas 2025 26 This system is currently too new for APTA to provide ridership figures.PATHNew York / Newark / Hudson County190814Despite legally being a commuter railroad under the jurisdiction of the FRA, the PATH functions and operates as a rapid transit system.
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
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