Loop Trolley Transportation Development District

Streetcar at Loop Trolley Transportation Development District

Loop Trolley Transportation Development District carried 12,348 streetcar boardings in FY2024 at $67.87 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Streetcar Saint Louis, MO
FY2024 boardings
12.3K
+44.7% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$67.87
-57.7% nationwide $7.99
Subsidy per ride
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
nationwide 6.5%
Passenger miles
24.3K
average trip 1.97 miles
Operating cost
$838K
Vehicles in service
1
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
15.61
791 hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through July 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, FY2024

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 12,348 24,265 791 $838,046 $67.87 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
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