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3 Overview of Commuter Rail Systems Today
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... Table 3 lists all the FTA-classified commuter rail systems, their ridership, and high-level operating attributes.23 These are broken down into three categories for the purposes of defining commuter rail: • Legacy: Commuter rail systems that have been operational since before 198924 • New All-Day: Commuter rail systems that started operation in 1989 and operate off-peak service, weekend service, or both • New Peak Only: Commuter rail systems that started operation in 1989 and only operate during peak periods These are simplistic initial classifications, but the table does provide important insights into defining what commuter rail is and what its future might look like in different contexts. First, there is a clear division of ridership recovery between those systems that operate more of a regional rail pattern with off-peak and weekend service and those that do not, with much stronger recovery associated with broader service plans.
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... Service? Marin County, SMARTa New -- all day 57,222 96,599 169 California a TEXRail Fort Worth New -- all day 41,943 70,164 167 Tri-Railb South Florida New -- all day 355,315 366,945 103 MBTA Boston Legacy 2,911,497 2,975,340 102 Commuter Rail GO Transitc Toronto Legacy 5,479,800 5,061,100 92 Utah Transit Salt Lake City New -- all day 503,782 433,517 86 Authority Rio Metro Regional Albuquerque New -- all day 69,968 57,978 83 Transit District Central SunRailb New -- all day 123,686 100,394 81 Florida Metro-North New York City Legacy 8,304,380 6,443,722 78 New Jersey New York City Legacy 7,978,160 6,024,674 76 Transit Denver RTDa Denver New -- all day 947,911 704,702 74 Long Island Rail New York City Legacy 10,221,898 7,337,480 72 Road North County San Diego New -- all day 111,045 76,711 69 Transit District SEPTA Philadelphia Legacy 3,268,776 2,203,589 67 Trinity Railway Express, A- Dallas New -- all day 226,920 143,112 63 Train Caltraind San Francisco Legacy 1,898,725 1,191,615 63 Metra Chicago Legacy 5,707,631 3,424,499 60 West Coast New -- peak Vancouver 215,200 127,400 59 Expressc only Altamont San Jose, New -- peak Corridor 141,701 83,594 59 California only Express EXOc Montreal Legacy 1,272,483 749,495 59 South Shore Chicago Legacy 288,904 168,948 58 Line Metrolink Los Angeles New -- all day 1,091,193 551,770 51 New -- peak WeGo Star Nashville 28,733 13,380 47 only New -- peak Sounder Seattle 442,159 187,622 42 only MARC Maryland/DC Legacy 855,182 306,000 36 Virginia New -- peak Railway Virginia/DC 423,777 148,849 35 only Express Shore Line East New Haven New -- all day 56,966 16,991 30 New -- peak Northstar Minneapolis 62,755 10,838 17 only a TEXRail, SMART, and Denver RTD have opened extensions of the current service since May 2019.


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