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" (where transfers between lines are counted as two separate passenger "boardings" or "trips"), unless otherwise indicated. For metro systems in the United States (including Puerto Rico) and Canada, the annual ridership figures for 2025 and average weekday ridership figures for the First Quarter (Q1) of 2026 come from the American Public Transportation Association's (APTA) ridership reports statistics, unless otherwise noted. Ridership figures for Mexico come from the National Institute of Geography and Statistics (INEGI), specifically the Economy and Productive Sectors - Passenger Transit information.INEGI, Estadistica de transporte urbano de pasajeros Ridership figures for the Dominican Republic come from the Directorate of Operations Santo Domingo Metro report for the year 2013. __NOTOC__ System Country City/areaserved Annualridership(2025) Avg. dailyweekdayboardings(Q1 2026) Systemlength Avg. dailyboardingsper mile(per kilometer)(Q3 2023) Yearopened Stations Lines 1 New York City Subway New York City 7,245,000 25,251(15,781) 1904The current system incorporates elevated sections built in 1870. 472 24 2 Mexico City Metro Mexico City 1,115,300,000 2,397,892 SEMOVI, Afluencia diaria metro cdmx 17,037(10,648) 1969 195 123Toronto subwayToronto20,305(12,690)19541095 4 Montreal Metro Montreal 21,816(13,635) 1966 68 4 5 Washington Metro Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area 545,900 3,683(2,301) 1976 98 6 6SkyTrainVancouver9,030(5,643)1985533 7Chicago 'L'Chicago385,5003,780(2,362)18921458 8 Metrorrey Monterrey 138,709,000 380,024 This system does not have update data of the avg. daily weekday boardings, this number correspond to the regular average. 25,605(16,003) 1991 40 3 9MBTA subwayThis rapid transit system is integrated with a light rail system; only the parts of the system that are rapid transit/metro, and that are not light rail, are counted in the statistics presented here.(Blue, Orange, and Red Lines) Boston 326,500 7,187(4,491) 1901 53 4 10 BART San FranciscoBay Area 53,678,000 286,200 1,280(800) 1972 50 6 11 SEPTA Metro(L, B, and M) Philadelphia 4,733(2,958) 1907 75 3 12 PATH Jersey City, Newark, NJ 210,000 13,449(8,405) 1908 13 5 13 MARTA rail Atlanta 136,900 1,952(1,220) 1979 38 4 14 Panama Metro Panama City 116,088,070 180,000 21,176(13,235) 2014 31 2 15 Santo Domingo Metro Santo Domingo 104,003,341 (2022/2023) 284,941 10,461(6,538) 2009 30 2 16 Metro Rail(B and D Lines) Los Angeles 61,000 3,667(2,291) 1993 16 2 17 Miami Metrorail Miami 51,600 2,111(1,319) 1984 23 218PATCO SpeedlinePhiladelphia18,5001,268(792)1936141 19 Staten Island Railway New York City 19,000 1,279(799) 1860 22 1 20 Baltimore Metro SubwayLink Baltimore 11,500 884(552) 1983 14 1 21 RTA Rapid Transit(Red Line) Cleveland 7,600 553(345) 1955 18 122Tren Urbano (Puerto Rico)San Juan 1,318(823)200416123Skyline (Honolulu)Honolulu1,696,8009,20016.1 mi (25.9 km)2023132
See also List of metro systems List of United States rapid transit systems by ridership List of Latin American rail transit systems by ridership List of tram and light rail transit systems List of North American light rail systems by ridership List of United States light rail systems by ridership List of suburban and commuter rail systems List of United States commuter rail systems by ridership
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