In 2023, New York had the busiest heavy rail transit system in the United States at an annual ridership of over two billion passenger trips. Washington, D.C.'s heavy rail network was the second-busiest system in the United States, with over 136 million passenger trips reported in that year.
U.S. cities with the busiest heavy rail systems in 2023, by ridership (in million unlinked transit passenger trips)*
* Cities with transit agencies assigned by urbanized areas or urban places of less than 50,000 population outside urbanized areas based on 2000 U.S. Census Population.
** Ridership figure includes data from MTA New York City Transit and MTA Staten Island Railway.
Values have been rounded.
Data may differ from that included in Federal Transit Administration reports due to differences in data calculation procedures and in periods of time covered.
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APTA. (March 4, 2024). U.S. cities with the busiest heavy rail systems in 2023, by ridership (in million unlinked transit passenger trips)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/628669/us-metro-transit-ridership-by-city/
APTA. "U.S. cities with the busiest heavy rail systems in 2023, by ridership (in million unlinked transit passenger trips)*." Chart. March 4, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/628669/us-metro-transit-ridership-by-city/
APTA. (2024). U.S. cities with the busiest heavy rail systems in 2023, by ridership (in million unlinked transit passenger trips)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/628669/us-metro-transit-ridership-by-city/
APTA. "U.S. Cities with The Busiest Heavy Rail Systems in 2023, by Ridership (in Million Unlinked Transit Passenger Trips)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Mar 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/628669/us-metro-transit-ridership-by-city/
APTA, U.S. cities with the busiest heavy rail systems in 2023, by ridership (in million unlinked transit passenger trips)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/628669/us-metro-transit-ridership-by-city/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
U.S. cities with the busiest heavy rail systems in 2023, by ridership (in million unlinked transit passenger trips)* [Graph], APTA, March 4, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/628669/us-metro-transit-ridership-by-city/
