This list denotes all passenger rail (national services and commuter systems), heavy urban rail (such as rapid transit), light rail, and streetcars that are commuter-oriented. It does not include heritage streetcars, which are usually intended primarily to attract tourists and shoppers to downtown destinations, rather than serving as integral pieces of the regional transportation system.
Canada
National: Via Rail – intercity rail network
Western Provinces Calgary C-Train – 2 light rail lines, operated by Calgary Transit Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks Rocky Mountaineer– intercity tourist rail network Edmonton Edmonton LRT – 3 light rail lines, operated by Edmonton Transit Service High Level Bridge Streetcar – 1 streetcar line, operated by Edmonton Radial Railway Society Okanagan Rocky Mountaineer– intercity tourist rail network Quesnel Rocky Mountaineer– intercity tourist rail network Sea-to-Sky Rocky Mountaineer– intercity tourist rail network Vancouver and Lower Mainland SkyTrain – 3 rapid transit lines; West Coast Express – 1 commuter rail line, operated by TransLink Rocky Mountaineer– intercity tourist rail network Ontario Kitchener-Waterloo (Waterloo Region)
Ion rapid transit – 1 light rail line, operated by Grand River Transit
Ottawa O-Train – 1 light metro line, 2 diesel light rail lines, operated by OC Transpo
Golden Horseshoe Area (Toronto Region) Toronto subway – 3 rapid transit lines, 2 light rail lines; TTC Streetcars- 11 streetcar lines, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission GO Transit rail services – 7 commuter rail lines, operated by GO Transit
Quebec Montreal Montreal Metro – 4 rapid transit lines, operated by Société de transport de Montréal Exo – 6 commuter rail lines, operated by the Réseau de transport métropolitain Réseau express métropolitain - 1 light metro line, operated by SNC-Lavalin and Alstom.
Cuba
National Ferrocarriles de Cuba – intercity rail network
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Santo Domingo Metro – 2 rapid transit lines, operated by Oficina para la Reorganizacion del Transporte
Mexico
North Chihuahua and Sinaloa Ferrocarril Chihuahua al Pacífico – an intercity line from the city of Chihuahua to the port of Topolobampo
Monterrey Metrorrey – 3 light metro lines, operated by S.T.C. Metrorrey
Pacific Coast Guadalajara Sistema de Tren Eléctrico Urbano – 1 metro Line, 3 light rail lines
Jalisco Tequila Express – a tourist-oriented excursion line that runs from Guadalajara to Tequila Tequila Herradura Express – a tourist-oriented excursion line that runs from Guadalajara to Amatitán to visit a tequila distillery
Central Highlands Mexico City Mexico City Metro – 11 metro lines, with 1 under construction, operated by Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Xochimilco Light Rail – 1 light rail line, operated by Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos Tren Suburbano – 1 commuter rail line, operated by Ferrocarril Suburbano de la Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México El Insurgente - 1 commuter rail line, operated by the Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation
Yucatán Peninsula Yucatán Peninsula Tren Maya – an intercity line in the Yucatán Peninsula, from the Cancún International Airport to Palenque or Chiapas. Owned and operated by the Mexican Armed Forces.
Puerto Rico San Juan Tren Urbano – 1 metro line, operated by Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works
United States
National Amtrak – intercity rail network
Gulf and Southern states Atlanta MARTA Subway – 4 metro lines, operated by Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) Atlanta Streetcar – 1 streetcar line, operated by the MARTA and the City of Atlanta
Austin CapMetro Rail – 1 hybrid rail line, operated by Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Charlotte LYNX Rapid Transit Services – 1 light rail line, 1 streetcar line, operated by Charlotte Area Transit System
Dallas–Fort Worth A-train – 1 commuter rail line, operated by Denton County Transportation Authority DART rail – 4 light rail lines, 1 hybrid rail line (Silver Line), 2 streetcar lines (Dallas Streetcar and M-Line Trolley), operated by Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Trinity Railway Express – 1 commuter rail line, operated by DART and Trinity Metro TEXRail – 1 hybrid rail line, operated by Trinity Metro
Houston METRORail – 3 light rail lines, with planned expansion, operated by Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas Galveston Island Trolley - 2 lines operated by Island Transit (Texas) Jacksonville JTA Skyway – 1 people mover line, operated by Jacksonville Transportation Authority
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Palm Beach
Metrorail – 2 metro lines; Metromover – 3 people mover lines; both operated by Miami-Dade Transit
Brightline – 1 higher-speed rail line Tri-Rail – 1 commuter rail line, 1 commuter rail line under construction, operated by the South Florida Regional Transportation Authority
Nashville WeGo Star – 1 commuter rail line, operated by the Regional Transportation Authority
New Orleans RTA Streetcars – 5 streetcar lines, operated by New Orleans Regional Transit Authority
Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News (Hampton Roads) Tide Light Rail – 1 light rail line, with planned extensions, operated by Hampton Roads Transit
Orlando SunRail – 1 commuter rail line, operated by the Florida Department of Transportation
Midwest and Great Lakes states
Chicago Chicago 'L' – 8 metro lines, operated by the Chicago Transit Authority Metra – 11 commuter rail lines, operated by the Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation South Shore Line – 1 commuter rail line, operated by the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District
Cincinnati Cincinnati Streetcar – 1 streetcar line, operated by the Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority
Cleveland RTA Rapid Transit – 1 metro line, 3 light rail lines, operated by Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
Detroit Detroit People Mover – 1 people mover line, operated by Detroit Department of Transportation QLine – 1 streetcar line, operated by the Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan
Kansas City KC Streetcar – 1 streetcar line, operated by the Kansas City Streetcar Authority
Milwaukee The Hop – 2 streetcar lines, operated by the City of Milwaukee
Minneapolis-St. Paul METRO – 2 light rail lines, operated by Metro Transit
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Streetcar - 2 streetcar lines, owned by the Oklahoma City Transit Authority
St. Louis
St. Louis MetroLink – 2 light rail lines, operated by Bi-State Development Agency
Northeast Baltimore Baltimore Metro Subway – 1 metro line MTA Light Rail, 3 light rail lines MARC Train, 3 commuter rail lines (shared with Washington, DC metropolitan area), operated by Maryland Transit Administration
Boston The T – 3 metro lines, 2 light rail lines; MBTA Commuter Rail- 12 commuter rail lines, operated by Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority CapeFLYER - 1 commuter rail line, weekends only (operated jointly between MBTA and Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority)
Buffalo Buffalo Metro Rail – 1 light rail line, operated by Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority
Greater New York City (including Newark and Bridgeport/New Haven) New York City Subway – 25 metro routes on 35 lines Staten Island Railway – 1 route Long Island Rail Road – 11 commuter rail lines Metro-North Railroad – 5 commuter rail lines, operated by Metropolitan Transportation Authority PATH – 5 metro routes, operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey NJ Transit Rail – 10 commuter rail lines (shared with Philadelphia metropolitan area) Hudson-Bergen Light Rail – 2 light rail line Newark Light Rail – 2 light rail lines operated by New Jersey Transit Hartford Line – 1 commuter rail line, operated by the Connecticut Department of Transportation Shore Line East – 1 commuter rail line, operated by the Connecticut Department of Transportation
Greater Philadelphia SEPTA Metro – 2 metro lines, 5 subway-surface trolleys, two suburban trolleys, one interurban, one heritage streetcar SEPTA Regional Rail – 13 commuter rail lines, operated by Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority PATCO Speedline – 1 metro line, operated by the Port Authority Transit Corporation NJ Transit Rail – 1 commuter rail line (shared with New York City metropolitan area), operated by NJ Transit River Line – 1 light rail line, operated by New Jersey Transit
Pittsburgh The T – 2 light rail lines (and one with operations presently suspended), operated by the Port Authority of Allegheny County
Greater Washington, D.C. Washington Metro – 6 metro lines, operated by Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority MARC Train – 3 commuter rail lines (shared with Baltimore metropolitan area), operated by the Maryland Transit Administration Virginia Railway Express – 2 commuter rail lines, operated by the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission DC Streetcar – 1 streetcar line, owned by the District of Columbia Department of Transportation and operated by a private contractor
Pacific Northwest Seattle–Tacoma Link light rail – 2 light rail lines, owned by Sound Transit, with the 1 Line and 2 Line operated by King County Metro and the T Line operated by Sound Transit Sounder commuter rail – 2 commuter rail lines, operated by Sound Transit Seattle Center Monorail - 1 monorail line, owned by the City of Seattle and operated by a private contractor Seattle Streetcar – 2 streetcar lines, owned by the City of Seattle and operated by King County Metro
Portland MAX Light Rail – 5 light rail lines, operated by TriMet Portland Streetcar – 2 streetcar lines, owned by City of Portland, managed by a non-profit corporation, operated by TriMet WES Commuter Rail – 1 commuter rail line, operated by TriMet
Mountain West Albuquerque–Santa Fe New Mexico Rail Runner Express – 1 commuter rail line, operated by the New Mexico Department of Transportation
Denver RTD Rail – 4 heavy rail lines and 6 light rail lines with two under construction, operated by the Regional Transportation District Rocky Mountaineer– intercity tourist rail network
Moab Rocky Mountaineer– intercity tourist rail network
Phoenix–Tempe–Mesa Valley Metro Rail & Streetcar – 2 light rail lines, 1 streetcar line, operated by Valley Metro
Salt Lake City The FrontRunner – 1 commuter rail train, operated by Utah Transit Authority (UTA) S Line streetcar – 1 streetcar line, with more planned, operated by UTA TRAX – 3 light rail lines, with more lines planned, operated by UTA Rocky Mountaineer– intercity tourist rail network
Tucson, Arizona Sun Link – 1 streetcar line, owned by the City of Tucson and operated by a private contractor
Pacific Southwest Honolulu Skyline – 1 light metro line, operated by TheBus
Las Vegas Las Vegas Monorail – 1 monorail line, operated by the Las Vegas Monorail Company
Los Angeles–Inland Empire Los Angeles Metro Rail – 2 metro lines, 4 light rail lines, operated by Los Angeles Metro Metrolink – 7 commuter rail lines, operated by Southern California Regional Rail Authority
Sacramento SacRT light rail – 3 light rail lines, operated by Sacramento Regional Transit District
San Bernardino Arrow – 1 rail lines, operated by San Bernardino Transportation Authority Metrolink – 2 commuter rail lines, operated by Southern California Regional Rail Authority
San Diego San Diego Trolley – 4 light rail lines (not counting the Silver Line and Special Event Line) operated by San Diego Metropolitan Transit System Coaster – 1 commuter rail line; Sprinter – 1 commuter rail line, operated by North County Transit District
San Francisco–Oakland–San Jose (Bay Area) Bay Area Rapid Transit – 5 rapid transit lines, one DMU hybrid rail line, and one AGT line, operated by San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District Muni Metro – 6 light rail lines, with one under construction; F Line – 1 streetcar line, operated by San Francisco Municipal Railway