List of Latin American rail transit systems by ridership

The following is a list of all urban rail transit systems in Latin America, ranked by passenger ridership. These kinds of systems are most commonly known as metro (or subway in English), but may also be known as subte, tren, or tranvía systems. Daily and annual passengers ridership figures in this chart are based on annual and daily (not just weekday) average passenger trips. The year of the source date varies and is provided on the right.

Overall, Brazil has the largest number of metros, with 10 such systems, followed by Venezuela with 4 metro systems. The Mexico City Metro has the highest passenger ridership in Latin America, and second in the Americas, after the New York City Subway.

System Country City
served		 Annual
Ridership*
 Average
daily
boardings*
 System
length		 Ave. daily
boardings
per km*
 Year
opened		 Stations Lines Source
date
1 Mexico City Metro  MEX Mexico City 1,604,421,314[note 1] 4,615,375[note 2] 226.5 km (140.7 mi)[1] 20,377 1969 195[1] 12[1] 10/2013
2 São Paulo Metro  BRA São Paulo 895,561,000[2] 2,453,590 78.4 km (48.7 mi)[3] 32,246 1974[3] 64[3] 5[3] 2014
3 Santiago Metro  CHI Santiago 661,200,000[4] 2,200,000[5] 103 km (64.0 mi) 17,255 1975 108 5 07/2016
4 Caracas Metro  VEN Caracas 484,600,000[6] 1,328,000 52.4 km (32.6 mi) 25,337 1983 48 4 2009
5 Rio de Janeiro Metro  BRA Rio de Janeiro 401,500,000[7] 1,100,000 58 km (36.0 mi) 26,830 1979 35 2 2012
6 Buenos Aires Underground  ARG Buenos Aires 365,000,000[8] 1,000,000[9] 51.9 km (32.2 mi) 19,267 1913 83 6 2014
7 Medellín Metro  COL Medellín 165,400,000[10] 465,387 32 km (19.9 mi) 14,543 1995 34 5 2011
8 Monterrey Metro  MEX Monterrey 156,900,000[11] 446,100 32 km (19.9 mi) 13,938 1991 31 2 2012
9 Lima Metro  PER Lima 115,000,000[12] 320,000[13] 34.6 km (21.5 mi) 10,250 1990 26 1 12/2014
10 Tren Ligero de Guadalajara  MEX Guadalajara 87,600,000[note 1][14] 240,000 24 km (14.9 mi) 10,000 1989 29 2 11/2013
11 Recife Metro  BRA Recife 79,600,000[15] 285,000 44.2 km (27.5 mi) 6,448 1985 30 4 2012
12 Panama Metro  PAN Panama City 68,500,000[16] 260,000[16] 13.7 km (8.5 mi) 12,409 2014 12 1 2015
13 Santo Domingo Metro  DOM Santo Domingo 66,236,092[17] 181,468[17][note 2] 27.4 km (17.0 mi)[18][19] 5,497 2008 30 2 09/2013
14 Porto Alegre Metro  BRA Porto Alegre 62,000,000[20] 170,000 39 km (24.2 mi) 4,359 1985 19 1 2011
15 Belo Horizonte Metro  BRA Belo Horizonte 57,419,280[21] 157,300 28.1 km (17.5 mi) 5,598 1986 19 1 2012
16 Brasília Metro  BRA Brasília 54,750,000[22] 150,000 42.4 km (26.3 mi) 3,538 2001 24 2 2009
17 Xochimilco Light Rail  MEX Mexico City 21,000,000[23] 57,534 12.8 km (8.0 mi) 4,495 1986 18 1 2007
18 Valencia Metro  VEN Valencia 17,200,000[24] 62,000 6.2 km (3.9 mi) 10,000 2006 7 1 2012
19 Valparaíso Metro  CHI Valparaíso 20,120,000[25] 55,123 43 km (26.7 mi)[25] 1,096 2005 20 1 2013
20 Los Teques Metro[note 3]  VEN Los Teques/Caracas 13,000,000[26] 35,616 10.2 km (6.3 mi) 3,490 2006 3 1 08/2013
21 Tren Urbano  PUR San Juan 11,023,500 [27] 40,600 17.2 km (10.7 mi) 2,360 2004 16 1 Q4 2012
22 Maracaibo Metro  VEN Maracaibo 9,000,000[28] 42,000 6.5 km (4.0 mi) 3,490 2006 6 1 2011
23 Teresina Metro[note 4]  BRA Teresina 4,300,000[29] 12,000 14.5 km (9.0 mi) 828 1989 9 1 2009
24 Fortaleza Metro  BRA Fortaleza n/a n/a 43 km (26.7 mi) n/a 2012 28 2 n/a
25 Metrotranvía Mendoza  ARG Mendoza n/a n/a 12.5 km (7.8 mi) n/a 2012 26 1 n/a
26** Salvador Metro  BRA Salvador n/a 300,000 (Projected) 30 km (18.6 mi) n/a 2014 19 2 n/a
27** Maceió Metro  BRA Maceió n/a 40,000 (Projected) 32 km (19.9 mi) n/a 2014(?) n/a 1 n/a
28 Cariri Metro[note 4]  BRA Crato–Juazeiro n/a 5,000 13.9 km (8.6 mi) 360 2009 9 1 n/a

*Corresponds to the ridership source provided for each transit system.
**Under construction. Set to open in 2014.

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 This Annual Ridership figure for 2012 is obtained by averaging the Average Daily Ridership for the twelve months in 2012, and then multiplying that figure by the number of days in a year.
  2. 1 2 This is the Average Daily Ridership figure, not an Average Weekday Ridership figure - it is averaged from the Q2 2013 Total Ridership figure for this system.
  3. ↑ The Los Teques Metro is generally considered to be part of the Caracas Metro.
  4. 1 2 Uses diesel rail vehicles, rather than the electrified vehicles used on rapid transit systems.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Datos de operacion" [Operational data] (in Spanish). Metro de la Ciudad de Mexico. Retrieved 2013-10-12.
  2. ↑ "Demanda de passageiros - Metrô São Paulo".
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Metrô - Home - The Company - About". Companhia Do Metropolitano De São Paulo. 2014. Retrieved 2015-06-18. (English)
  4. ↑ http://www.publimetro.cl/nota/cronica/numero-de-pasajeros-transportados-por-metro-de-santiago-cae-por-primera-vez-en-7-anos/xIQpdB!IbVwK8B1C6pY/
  5. ↑ https://www.metrosantiago.cl/corporativo
  6. ↑ http://www.metrodecaracas.com.ve/empresa/metrocifras/sistmet_pashist.html
  7. ↑ http://www.metrorio.com.br/imagens/demonstracoes_2012.pdf
  8. ↑ José Luis Brea (11 April 2014). "La Ciudad contrató al subte de París para mejorar el servicio".
  9. ↑ Aumentó un 12% la cantidad de usuarios que usan el subte a diario - La Nacion, 7 May 2015.
  10. ↑ http://www.dane.gov.co/files/investigaciones/boletines/transporte/bolet_transp_IVtrim12.pdf
  11. ↑ "Banco de Información Económica (BIE)".
  12. ↑ "Lima Metro a Metro".
  13. ↑ "Demanda de pasajeros de la Línea 1 del Metro se duplicó en estos últimos 4 meses". larepublica.pe.
  14. ↑ "Características Tren Eléctrico - SITEUR".
  15. ↑ http://www.cbtu.gov.br/planos/auditorias/relatorio/gestao2012/gestao2012.pdf
  16. 1 2 "El metro trasladó 68.5 millones de viajeros en el transcurso de 2015" [The metro transported 68.5 million passengers during 2015]. Panama America (in Spanish). December 30, 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-30.
  17. 1 2 "Informe Mensual de Explotación DICIEMBRE 2015" [Monthly Operating Report DECEMBER 2015] (pdf). opret.gob.do (in Spanish). Oficina para el Reordenamiento de Transporte (OPRET). p. 16. Retrieved 2016-05-13 – via http://opret.gob.do/Estadisticas.aspx).
  18. ↑ "Línea 1" [Line 1] (in Spanish). Oficina para el Reordenamiento de Transporte (OPRET). Retrieved 2013-09-17.
  19. ↑ "Línea 2 - 1ra Etapa" [Line 2 - 1st Stage] (in Spanish). Oficina para el Reordenamiento de Transporte (OPRET). Retrieved 2013-09-17.
  20. ↑ "A Linha Férrea".
  21. ↑ http://www.cbtu.gov.br/noticias/destaques/2013/mes01/080113c/080113c.html
  22. ↑ http://www.metro.df.gov.br/sobre-o-metro/memoria.html
  23. ↑ Webb, Mary (ed.) (2009). Jane's Urban Transport Systems 2009-2010. p. 242. Coulsdon, Surrey (UK): Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0-7106-2903-6.
  24. ↑ Administrator. "Historia".
  25. 1 2 "XIX Memoria Anual 2013" [2013 Annual Report] (pdf) (in Spanish). Metro Valparaíso S.A. pp. 16, 22. Retrieved 2014-07-26.
  26. ↑ "C.A. Metro Los Teques".
  27. ↑ "APTA Ridership Report - Q4 2012 Report" (pdf). American Public Transportation Association (APTA). March 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-13 – via http://www.apta.com/resources/statistics/Pages/RidershipArchives.aspx.
  28. ↑ http://www.metrodemaracaibo.gob.ve/index.php/noticias/103-metro-de-maracaibo-estima-movilizar-42-mil-usuarios-diarios-estas-navidades
  29. ↑ http://www.clicapiaui.com/geral/10586/metro-de-teresina-e-o-que-transporta-menos-usuarios.html
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