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August 29, 2008
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APTA > Industry Information > Transit Statistics > Rail Statistics  

Rail Route Mileage and Status of Future Projects

Rail Route Mileage and Status of Future Projects (a)

STATUS MILES (b)
AERIAL TRAMWAY  

Design

       1.5

Open

       4.2

   TOTAL

       5.7

AUTOMATED GUIDEWAY  

Design

       4.7

Open

     30.9

Planning

       3.2

Proposed

       2.2

   TOTAL

     41.0

CABLE CAR  

Open

       5.2

   TOTAL

       5.2

COMMUTER RAIL  

Construction

     131.0

Design

   213.8

Open

4,183.9

Planning

1,246.2

Proposed

1,041.7

   TOTAL

6,816.6

HEAVY RAIL  

Open

1,284.6

Planning

   93.8

Proposed

   102.6

   TOTAL

1,481.0

INCLINED PLANE  

Open

       1.5

   TOTAL

       1.5

LIGHT RAIL  

Construction

   148.5

Design

   124.1

Open

   658.7

Planning

   405.1

Proposed

   325.8

   TOTAL

1,662.2

MONORAIL  

Open

       1.1

Proposed

     14.0

   TOTAL

     15.1

Source: APTA survey
(a) Data as of September 2005, plus updated information where known.
(b) Segments used by more than one route counted for each route using those segments. Mileage listed is end-to-end mileage. Excludes data for a few routes for which mileage was not reported.

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