Loop Trolley Transportation Development District

Streetcar at Loop Trolley Transportation Development District

Loop Trolley Transportation Development District carried 10,272 streetcar boardings in FY2025 at $115.28 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Streetcar Saint Louis, MO
FY2025 boardings
10.3K
-16.8% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$115.28
+69.9% nationwide $7.98
Subsidy per ride
—
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
—
nationwide 6.9%
Passenger miles
15.3K
average trip 1.49 miles
Operating cost
$1.18M
Vehicles in service
1
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
15
685 hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through August 2026.

This year against the last five

Same months on one axis, so seasonality does not read as a trend

Annual boardings

Ten-year series

Cost

This service against every streetcar operator in the country.

Cost per ride

This agency against the national figure for the same mode

Fare recovery

Share of operating cost covered by fares

Directly operated and purchased service, FY2025

NTD reports these separately. An agency that contracts a service out reports the contract price, which bundles costs a directly operating agency reports line by line.

Service Boardings Passenger miles Revenue hours Operating cost Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery Vehicles
Purchased transportation 10,272 15,340 685 $1,184,162 $115.28 — — 1

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Miles between failures

Revenue miles divided by mechanical failures. Higher is better.

Full series

Every year Loop Trolley Transportation Development District reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 10,272 15,340 2,712 685 $1,184,162 — $115.28 — —
2024 12,348 24,265 3,307 791 $838,046 — $67.87 — —
2023 8,532 16,796 2,918 697 $1,370,056 — $160.58 — —
2022 4,367 12,901 1,628 392 $671,082 — $153.67 — —
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