Trends · data through September 2026

Light Rail Subway Stations in the United States

Iceflower tracks 163 stores from 52 light rail subway station chains in the United States. MTA grew fastest over the last year, ahead of PATCO and BART.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains: 52
Tracked stores: 163
Consumer panel: 130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked light rail subway station chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. MTA and PATCO sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth

Rank	Chain	Rank movement	YoY growth
1	M MTA	-	-9.4%
2	P PATCO	-	-10.5%
3	B BART	-	-12.3%

MTA
SEPTA
MBTA
BART
WMATA
MARTA
PATCO
Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

163 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

MTA (9)
SEPTA (17)
MBTA (53)
BART (17)
WMATA (6)
MARTA (6)
PATCO (7)
Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

1 M MBTA 53
2 S SEPTA 17
3 B BART 17
4 M MTA 9
5 P PATCO 7
6 W WMATA 6
7 M MARTA 6
8 V VTA 2
9 M MTA Light Rail 2
10 T TriMet 2
11 R RTD Oak Station 1
12 M Metro Rail 1
13 C Clark Street Station 1
14 R RTD Lamar Station 1
15 C Civic Center MUNI Metro Station 1
16 N Nine Mile Station 1
17 1 10th Street LRT Station 1
18 M Metro Rail - Palms Station 1
19 U U-Bahn 1
20 R RTD Rail - Federal Center Station 1
21 L LA Metro 1
22 R RTD Alameda Station 1
23 M Metro Rail - 17th Street/SMC Station 1
24 C CapMetro MetroRail 1
25 M Montgomery MUNI Metro Station 1
26 R RTD 30th & Downing Station 1
27 S SACRT 1
28 A Alvarado Medical Center Station 1
29 P Port Authority Allegheny Station 1
30 P Portland Streetcar 1
31 J jolly express 1
32 S Sacramento Regional Transit 1
33 O Orenco MAX Station 1
34 3 32nd & Commercial Trolley Station 1
35 M Mount Washington Light Rail Station 1
36 L London Underground 1
37 C Capitol Corridor 1
38 V VTA Blossom Hill Light Rail Station 1
39 O OKC Streetcar - Memorial Museum 1
40 O Okeechobee Station 1
41 D DPM - COBO Center Station 1
42 B Brigham Circle 1
43 V VTA Capitol Light Rail Station 1
44 M Michigan Avenue Station 1
45 R RTD Lincoln Station 1
46 W Willow T Station 1
47 S Soto Station 1
48 W West Bank Station 1
49 O OKC Streetcar - Bricktown 1
50 V VTA Civic Center Light Rail Station 1

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