Table 1-9: Characteristics of Rail Transit by Transit Authority: 2011
Rail transit mode/transit agency | Primary city served | States served | Directional route-miles | Number of crossings | Number of stations1 | Number of ADA accessible stations2 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Heavy rail, total | 11 | 17 | 1,596.6 | 27 | 1,025 | 514 |
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority | Atlanta | GA | 96.1 | 0 | 38 | 38 |
Maryland Transit Administration | Baltimore | MD | 29.4 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | Boston | MA, NH, RI | 76.3 | 0 | 53 | 49 |
Chicago Transit Authority | Chicago | IL, IN | 207.8 | 25 | 143 | 92 |
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority | Cleveland | OH | 38.1 | 0 | 18 | 15 |
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | Los Angeles | CA | 31.9 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
Miami-Dade Transit | Miami | FL | 45.0 | 0 | 22 | 22 |
MTA New York City Transit | New York | NY, NJ, CT | 487.5 | 0 | 468 | 87 |
Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation | New York | NY, NJ, CT | 28.6 | 2 | 13 | 7 |
Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority | New York | NY, NJ, CT | 28.6 | 0 | 22 | 4 |
Port Authority Transit Corporation | Philadelphia | PA, NJ, DE, MD | 31.5 | 0 | 13 | 5 |
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority | Philadelphia | PA | 74.9 | 0 | 75 | 35 |
San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District | San Francisco | CA | 209.0 | 0 | 44 | 44 |
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority | Washington | DC, MD, VA | 211.8 | 0 | 86 | 86 |
Light rail, total | 28 | 25 | 1,740.4 | 3,177 | 895 | 781 |
Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority | Austin | TX | 64.2 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
Maryland Transit Administration | Baltimore | MD | 57.6 | 52 | 33 | 33 |
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | Boston | MA, NH, RI | 51.0 | 65 | 74 | 36 |
Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority | Buffalo | NY | 12.4 | 8 | 15 | 15 |
Charlotte Area Transit System | Charlotte | NC | 18.6 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority | Cleveland | OH | 30.4 | 22 | 34 | 9 |
Dallas Area Rapid Transit | Dallas | TX | 143.6 | 145 | 55 | 55 |
Denver Regional Transportation District | Denver | CO | 70.0 | 37 | 36 | 36 |
Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County | Houston | TX | 14.8 | 68 | 16 | 16 |
Kenosha Transit | Kenosha | WI | 1.9 | 19 | 2 | 1 |
Central Arkansas Transit Authority | Little Rock | AR | 3.8 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | Los Angeles | CA | 121.1 | 127 | 53 | 53 |
Memphis Area Transit Authority | Memphis | TN, MS, AR | 10.0 | 62 | 7 | 7 |
Metro Transit | Minneapolis | MN | 24.7 | 50 | 19 | 19 |
New Orleans Regional Transit Authority | New Orleans | LA | 25.3 | 238 | 9 | 9 |
New Jersey Transit Corporation | Newark | NJ | 185.9 | 120 | 61 | 55 |
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority | Philadelphia | PA | 82.4 | 691 | 45 | 2 |
Valley Metro Rail, Inc. | Phoenix | AZ | 39.2 | 140 | 33 | 33 |
Port Authority of Allegheny County | Pittsburgh | PA | 47.4 | 44 | 23 | 23 |
Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon | Portland | OR, WA | 141.6 | 222 | 43 | 43 |
Sacramento Regional Transit District | Sacramento | CA | 73.8 | 127 | 48 | 47 |
Utah Transit Authority | Salt Lake City | UT | 70.7 | 76 | 42 | 42 |
North County Transit District | San Diego | CA | 44.0 | 41 | 15 | 15 |
San Diego Metropolitan Transit System | San Diego | CA | 108.4 | 96 | 53 | 53 |
San Francisco Municipal Railway | San Francisco | CA | 83.1 | 417 | 9 | 9 |
Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority | San Jose | CA | 81.0 | 168 | 65 | 65 |
Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority | Seattle | WA | 34.4 | 51 | 20 | 20 |
King County Department of Transportation | Seattle | WA | 2.7 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
Bi-State Development Agency | St. Louis | MO, IL | 91.1 | 25 | 37 | 37 |
Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority | Tampa | FL | 5.4 | 23 | 9 | 9 |
Commuter rail, total3 | 19 | 23 | 8,536.3 | 3,419 | 1,229 | 812 |
Rio Metro Regional Transit District | Albuquerque | NM | 193.1 | 86 | 12 | 12 |
Alaska Railroad Corporation | Anchorage | AK | 959.9 | 133 | 10 | 10 |
Maryland Transit Administration | Baltimore | MD | 400.4 | 40 | 42 | 24 |
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | Boston | MA, NH, RI | 737.5 | 257 | 134 | 97 |
Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority | Boston | MA, ME, NH | 230.4 | 65 | 10 | 10 |
Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation | Chicago | IL, WI | 980.4 | 572 | 241 | 173 |
Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District | Chicago | IL, IN | 179.8 | 117 | 20 | 13 |
Dallas Area Rapid Transit | Dallas | TX | 72.3 | 44 | 10 | 10 |
Denton County Transportation Authority | Dallas | TX | 39.4 | 42 | 5 | 5 |
Connecticut Department of Transportation | Hartford | CT | 101.2 | 3 | 9 | 8 |
Southern California Regional Rail Authority | Los Angeles | CA | 777.8 | 435 | 55 | 55 |
South Florida Regional Transportation Authority | Miami | FL | 142.2 | 73 | 18 | 18 |
Metro Transit | Minneapolis | MN | 77.9 | 36 | 6 | 6 |
Regional Transportation Authority | Nashville | TN | 62.8 | 35 | 6 | 6 |
Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company | New York | NY, NJ, CT | 545.7 | 156 | 111 | 45 |
MTA Long Island Rail Road | New York | NY, NJ, CT | 638.2 | 343 | 124 | 103 |
New Jersey Transit Corporation | New York | NY, NJ, CT | 1,001.8 | 330 | 164 | 72 |
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation | Philadelphia | PA | 144.4 | 4 | 12 | 5 |
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority | Philadelphia | PA | 446.9 | 283 | 154 | 60 |
Utah Transit Authority | Salt Lake City | UT | 87.7 | 29 | 8 | 8 |
North County Transit District | San Diego | CA | 82.2 | 34 | 8 | 8 |
Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board | San Francisco | CA | 153.7 | 54 | 32 | 26 |
Altamont Commuter Express | San Jose | CA | 172.0 | 127 | 10 | 10 |
Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority | Seattle | WA | 146.9 | 101 | 10 | 10 |
Virginia Railway Express | Washington | DC, VA, MD | 161.5 | 20 | 18 | 18 |
United States, total | 37 | 34 | 11,873.3 | 6,623 | 3,149 | 2,107 |
1Many light rail lines have numerous stops in the street that do not meet the definition of a station.
2Additional stations may be wheelchair accessible but do not comply with other provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
3Excludes commuter-type services operated independently by Amtrak or another intercity rail provider.
KEY: U = data are unavailable, ADA = Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, MTA = Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
NOTES: Beginning in 2012, National Transit Database data are reported according to revised modal classifications. Systems now classified as light rail, hybrid rail, and street car rail are listed under the light rail section. This table does not include other transit rail systems such as cable car, inclined plane, and monorail/automated guideway. For definition of Directional route-miles see table 1-8. Heavy rail, light rail, and commuter rail are defined in the glossary. For more information on individual transit agencies, see Annual National Transit Profiles available at www.ntdprogram.gov/ntdprogram/data.htm. For more information on footnotes, see the National Transit Database Glossary available at www.ntdprogram.gov/ntdprogram/Glossary.htm.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Adminstration, National Transit Database, table 21 and 23, available at www.ntdprogram.gov as of March 2013.