# List of United States commuter rail systems

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 (APTA) Ridership Reports Statistics for the fourth quarter of 2023, unless otherwise indicated.

## List

| Rank | System | Major cities served | Annual ridership (2024) | Average ridership weekdays, Q4 2024 | Route miles | Average ridership per mile weekdays, Q4 2024 | Year Opened | Lines | Stations |
| 1 | Long Island Rail Road | New York | 83,777,900 | 276,800 | 321 | 862 | 1834 | 11 | 124 |
| 2 | Metro-North Railroad | New York / Stamford / New Haven | 67,778,000 | 254,900 | 385 | 611 | 1983 | 5 | 122 |
| 3 | NJ Transit Rail Operations | New York / Newark / Trenton / Philadelphia | 59,447,200 | 140,666 | 530 | 265 | 1983 | 11 | 164 |
| 4 | Metra | Chicago | 34,877,600 | 166,000 | 487.5 | 346 | 1984 | 11 | 241 |
| 5 | MBTA Commuter Rail | Boston / Worcester / Providence | 30,343,900 | 102,100 | 388 | 282 | 1973 | 13 | 127 |
| 6 | SEPTA Regional Rail | Philadelphia / Trenton / Wilmington | 22,742,200 | 84,700 | 280 | 278 | 1983 | 13 | 153 |
| 7 | Denver RTD: A, B, N and G Lines | Denver | 8,331,200 | 32,000 | 54.09 | 518 | 2016 | 4 | 22 |
| 8 | Caltrain | San Francisco / San Jose | 7,201,600 | 25,800 | 77 | 321 | 1863 | 1 | 32 |
| 9 | Metrolink | Los Angeles / San Bernardino / Anaheim / Riverside / Irvine | 5,647,700 | 20,300 | 545.7 | 35 | 1992 | 7 | 62 |
| 10 | Tri-Rail | Miami / Fort Lauderdale | 4,952,500 | 16,000 | 80.0 | 193 | 1987 | 2 | 19 |
| 11 | MARC Train | Baltimore / Washington, D.C. | 4,187,100 | 14,000 | 187 | 74 | 1984 | 3 | 43 |
| 12 | FrontRunner | Salt Lake City | 4,128,700 | 13,600 | 88 | 170 | 2008 | 1 | 16 |
| 13 | Sounder commuter rail | Seattle / Tacoma | 1,875,400 | 6,900 | 83 | 88 | 2000 | 2 | 9 |
| 14 | South Shore Line | Chicago / South Bend | 1,766,600 | 5,800 | 90 | 70 | 1908 | 1 | 18 |
| 15 | Virginia Railway Express | Washington, D.C. | 1,605,300 | 6,000 | 90 | 70 | 1992 | 2 | 18 |
| 16 | eBART | Contra Costa County, California | 1,286,400 | 4,800 | 10.1 | 446 | 2018 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | Keystone Service | Philadelphia / Harrisburg | 1,269,005 | 3,200 | 104.6 | 31 | 1972 | 1 | 12 |
| 18 | Trinity Railway Express | Dallas / Fort Worth | 1,265,500 | 4,400 | 34 | 121 | 1996 | 1 | 10 |
| 19 | SunRail | Orlando | 1,215,400 | 5,100 | 49 | 94 | 2014 | 1 | 17 |
| 20 | Capitol Corridor | San Jose / Oakland / Sacramento | 1,032,632 | 1,847 | 168 | 11 | 1991 | 1 | 15 |
| 21 | Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit | San Rafael / Santa Rosa | 973,700 | 3,400 | 45 | 76 | 2017 | 1 | 12 |
| 22 | Coaster | San Diego / Oceanside | 871,200 | 2,400 | 41 | 73 | 1995 | 1 | 8 |
| 23 | TEXRail | Fort Worth | 809,300 | 2,700 | 27 | 81 | 2019 | 1 | 9 |
| 24 | Rail Runner Express | Albuquerque / Santa Fe | 773,900 | 2,300 | 97 | 29 | 2006 | 1 | 13 |
| 25 | Altamont Corridor Express | San Jose / Stockton | 763,800 | 2,900 | 86 | 36 | 1998 | 1 | 10 |
| 26 | Downeaster | Boston / Brunswick, Maine | 591,948 | 1,219 | 148 | 8 | 2001 | 1 | 12 |
| 27 | CapMetro Rail | Austin | 562,600 | 1,800 | 32 | 50 | 2010 | 1 | 9 |
| 28 | A-Train | Denton, Texas | 273,000 | 1,000 | 21 | 48 | 2011 | 1 | 6 |
| 29 | Shore Line East | New Haven | 176,979 | 600 | 59 | 10 | 1990 | 1 | 13 |
| 30 | Northstar Line | Minneapolis | 127,400 | 400 | 40 | 13 | 2009 | 1 | 7 |
| 31 | WeGo Star | Nashville | 125,900 | 500 | 32 | 16 | 2006 | 1 | 7 |
| 32 | WES Commuter Rail | Beaverton, Oregon | 118,900 | 500 | 15 | 20 | 2009 | 1 | 5 |

## Systems excluded from ridership table

| System | Largest city(s) served | Opened | Route length | Reason(s) for exclusion from Ridership table |
| Hartford Line | Hartford / New Haven / Springfield | 2018 | 63 | APTA does not provide ridership figures for this system. |
| Arrow | San Bernardino | 2022 | 9 | This system is currently too new for APTA to provide ridership figures. |