This is a list of North American rapid transit systems by ridership. These

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rapid transit Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), also known as heavy rail or metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport generally found in urban areas. A rapid transit system that primarily or traditionally runs below the surface may be c ...

systems are also known as ''metro'' or ''subway'' systems. This list of systems in

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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 (e.g., Mexico City and Monterrey, whose figures are the average for ''all'' days, not just weekdays). For metro systems in the United States (including Puerto Rico) and Canada, the annual ridership figures for 2018 and average weekday ridership figures for the Fourth Quarter (Q4) of 2018 come from the

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's (APTA) ridership reports statistics, unless otherwise noted. Ridership figures for Mexico come from Banco de Información Económica's INEGI reports for the year 2018. __NOTOC__ NorthAmericanPublicTransport

List of United States rapid transit systems by ridership The following is a list of all heavy rail rapid transit systems in the United States. It does not include statistics for bus or light rail systems (see: List of United States light rail systems by ridership for the latter). All ridership figures ...

List of Latin American rail transit systems by ridership The following is a list of all urban rail transit systems in Latin America, ranked by passenger ridership. These kinds of systems are most commonly known as ''metro'' (or ''subway'' in English), but may also be known as ''subte'', ''tren'', or ''tr ...

List of tram and light rail transit systems The following is a list of cities that have current tram, tram/streetcar (including Heritage streetcar, heritage trams/heritage streetcars), or light rail systems as part of their regular public transport, public transit systems. In other word ...

List of North American light rail systems by ridership The following is a list of all light rail systems in North America, ranked by ridership. Daily figures for American and Canadian light rail systems are "average weekday ''unlinked'' passenger trips" (where transfers between lines are counted as tw ...

List of United States light rail systems by ridership The following is a list of all light rail systems in the United States, ranked by ridership. Also included are those urban streetcar/trolley systems that are providing regular public transit service (i.e. operating year-round and at least five ...

List of suburban and commuter rail systems This is an alphabetical listing of cities and countries that have commuter or suburban railways that are currently operational and in service. Commuter and suburban rail systems are train services that connect city centres with outer suburbs or ...

List of United States commuter rail systems by ridership 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 2019, unless otherwis ...

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{{reflist, 2 North American rapid transit systems by ridership Rapid transit in Canada Rapid transit in Mexico

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