The United States or America currently has 15 urban transit systems with heavy-rail with 1 system currently under construction.
Rail transit systems[]
System | Heavy-rail | Light-rail | Principal city | Operator | |
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New York City Subway | 25[N 1] | 0 | New York | NYCTA (MTA) | |
Long Island Rail Road | 11 | 0 | LIRR (MTA) | ||
Metro-North Railroad | 5 | 0 | Metro-North (MTA)/NJ Transit | ||
Staten Island Railway | 1 | 0 | SIRTOA (MTA) | ||
PATH | 4 | 0 | PANYNJ | ||
Chicago Elevated (L) | 8 | 0 | Chicago | CTA | |
Metra | 11 | 0 | RTA/BNSF/UPRR | ||
Washington Metro | 6 | 0 | Washington | WMATA | |
DC Streetcar | 0 | 1 | RATP Dev | ||
Boston Subway (T) | 4 | 5 | Boston | MBTA | |
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) | 6 | 0 | San Francisco | BART District | |
eBART | 0 | 1 | |||
MUNI Metro | 0 | 6 | San Francisco MUNI | ||
Caltrain | 1 | 0 | TransitAmerica | ||
Philadelphia Subway | 3 | 3 | Philadelphia | SEPTA | |
PATCO Speedline | 1 | 0 | PATCO (DRPA) | ||
Atlanta Rapid Transit | 4 | 1 | Atlanta | MARTA | |
Los Angeles Metro | 2 | 4 | Los Angeles | Metro | |
Miami Metro | 2 | 0 | Miami | MDT | |
Baltimore Metro Subway | 1 | 3 | Baltimore | MTA Maryland | |
Tren Urbano | 1 | 0 | San Juan | ATI | |
Cleveland Rapid Transit | 1 | 3 | Cleveland | RTA | |
RTD Light Rail | 0 | 8 | Denver | RTD | |
Portland Light Rail | 0 | 5 | Portland | TriMet | |
Portland Streetcar | 0 | 2 | |||
New Orleans Streetcar | 0 | 5 | New Orleans | RTA | |
Dallas Light Rail | 0 | 4 | Dallas | DART | |
Dallas Streetcar | 0 | 1 | |||
Hudson Light Rail | 0 | 3 | Hudson County | NJ Transit | |
Newark Light Rail | 0 | 2 | Newark | ||
River Line | 0 | 1 | Camden & Trenton | ||
Salt Lake City Light Rail | 0 | 3 | Salt Lake City | UTA | |
Salt Lake City Streetcar | 0 | 1 | |||
Houston Metro | 0 | 3 | Houston | Metro | |
Pittsburgh Light Rail | 0 | 3 | Pittsburgh | Port Authority | |
Memphis Streetcar | 0 | 3 | Memphis | MATA | |
Sacramento Light Rail | 0 | 3 | Sacramento | SacRT | |
San Diego Trolley | 0 | 3 | San Diego | MTS | |
Santa Clara Valley Light Rail | 0 | 3 | Santa Clara County | VTA | |
Metro Transit | 1 | 2 | Minneapolis | Metro Transit (Minnesota) | |
St. Louis MetroLink | 0 | 2 | St. Louis | Metro Transit (Missouri) | |
Charlotte Light Rail | 0 | 2 | Charlotte | CATS | |
Seattle Light rail | 0 | 1 | Seattle | Metro | |
Seattle Streetcar | 0 | 1 | SDOT | ||
Phoenix Metro | 0 | 1 | Phoenix | Valley Metro | |
Tucson Streetcar | 0 | 1 | Tucson | RATP Dev | |
Little Rock Streetcar | 0 | 1 | Little Rock | Rock Region Metro | |
Sprinter | 0 | 1 | North San Diego County | NCTD | |
Tampa Streetcar | 0 | 1 | Tampa | HART | |
Detroit Streetcar | 0 | 1 | Detroit | MDOT | |
Kansas City Streetcar | 0 | 1 | Kansas City | KCSA | |
Buffalo Metro | 0 | 1 | Buffalo | NFTA | |
Cincinnati Streetcar | 0 | 1 | Cincinnati | City of Cincinnati | |
Norfolk Light Rail | 0 | 1 | Norfolk | HRT | |
Tacoma Streetcar | 0 | 1 | Tacoma | ST | |
Kenosha Streetcar | 0 | 1 | Kenosha | KAT | |
Honolulu Rapid Transit | 1 | 0 | Honolulu | HART |