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 12 such systems, followed by Venezuela with 4 metro systems. The Mexico City Metro has the highest passenger ridership from a single operator in Latin America, and second in the Americas, after the New York City Subway. São Paulo is the city with the largest number of passengers carried by trains.

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 Mexico Mexico City 1,662,562,714[1] 4,615,375[note 1] 200.8 km (124.8 mi) [note 2] 22,984 1969 195[2] 12[2] 2016
2 São Paulo Metro Brazil São Paulo 1,495,100,000 [3] 5,500,000[3] 104 km (64.6 mi)[3] 52,280 1974[4] 89[3] 6[3] 2019
3 São Paulo Metropolitan Trains Company Brazil São Paulo 867,700,000[5] 2,900,000[5] 380 km (236.1 mi)[5] 10,622 1992[5] 94[5] 7[5] 2019
4 Caracas Metro Venezuela Caracas 484,600,000[6] 3,300,000 52.4 km (32.6 mi) 25,337 1983 48 4 2019
5 Santiago Metro Chile Santiago 670,100,000[7] 2,200,000[8] 140 km (87.0 mi) 17,255 1975 136 7 2019
6 MetrôRio Brazil Rio de Janeiro 401,500,000[9] 1,100,000 58 km (36.0 mi) 26,830 1979 35 2 2012
7 Subte Argentina Buenos Aires 365,000,000[10] 1,000,000[11] 54.9 km (34.1 mi) 18,214 1913 87 6 2019
8 Medellín Metro Colombia Medellín 206,101,000[12] 530,000[13] 31.3 km (19.4 mi) 16,933 1995 27 2 2018
9 Monterrey Metro Mexico Monterrey 180,820,000[14] 495,397[14] 40.5 km (25.2 mi)[15] 15,481 1991[15] 31 2 2018
10 Lima Metro Peru Lima 124,134,820 [16] 554,000 [17] 34.6 km (21.5 mi) 10,250 1990/2011 26 1 12/2014
11 Sistema de Tren Eléctrico Urbano Mexico Guadalajara 103,649,000[14] 283,970[14] 47 km (29.2 mi)[18] 10,000 1989 48 3 2018
12 Recife Metro Brazil Recife 79,600,000[19] 285,000 44.2 km (27.5 mi) 6,448 1985 30 4 2012
13 Santo Domingo Metro Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 76,600,000[20] 275,000[20][note 1] 27.4 km (17.0 mi)[21][22] 5,497 2008 30 2 2017
14 Panama Metro Panama Panama City 68,500,000[23] 260,000[23] 37 km (23.0 mi) 12,409 2014 30 2 2015
15 Trensurb Brazil Porto Alegre 62,000,000[24] 170,000 39 km (24.2 mi) 4,359 1985 19 1 2011
16 Belo Horizonte Metro Brazil Belo Horizonte 57,419,280[25] 157,300 28.1 km (17.5 mi) 5,598 1986 19 1 2012
17 Federal District Metro Brazil Brasília 54,750,000[26] 150,000 42.4 km (26.3 mi) 3,538 2001 24 2 2009
18 Xochimilco Light Rail Mexico Mexico City 21,000,000[27] 57,534 12.8 km (8.0 mi) 4,495 1986 18 1 2007
19 Valparaíso Metro Chile Valparaíso 20,120,000[28] 55,123 43 km (26.7 mi)[28] 1,096 2005 20 1 2013
20 Valencia Metro Venezuela Valencia 17,200,000[29] 62,000 6.2 km (3.9 mi) 10,000 2006 7 1 2012
21 Los Teques Metro[note 3] Venezuela Los Teques/Caracas 13,000,000[30] 35,616 10.2 km (6.3 mi) 3,490 2006 3 1 08/2013
22 Tren Urbano United States (Puerto Rico) San Juan 11,023,500 [31] 40,600 17.2 km (10.7 mi) 2,360 2004 16 1 Q4 2012
23 Maracaibo Metro Venezuela Maracaibo 9,000,000[32] 42,000 6.5 km (4.0 mi) 3,490 2006 6 1 2011
24 Teresina Metro[note 4] Brazil Teresina 4,300,000[33] 12,000 14.5 km (9.0 mi) 828 1989 9 1 2009
25 Fortaleza Metro Brazil Fortaleza n/a n/a 43 km (26.7 mi) n/a 2012 28 2 n/a
26 Metrotranvía Mendoza Argentina Mendoza n/a n/a 12.5 km (7.8 mi) n/a 2012 26 1 n/a
27 Salvador Metro Brazil Salvador n/a 300,000 (Projected) 30 km (18.6 mi) n/a 2014 19 2 n/a
28 Maceió Metro Brazil Maceió n/a 40,000 (Projected) 32 km (19.9 mi) n/a 1997 n/a 1 n/a
29 Cariri Metro[note 4] Brazil Crato–Juazeiro n/a 5,000 13.9 km (8.6 mi) 360 2009 9 1 n/a
30 Quito Metro Ecuador Quito n/a n/a 22 km (13.7 mi) n/a 2023 15 1 2022

*Corresponds to the ridership source provided for each transit system, except for the Santiago Metro, because that system's current line 3 inaugurated on January 22, 2019.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ 200.8 km (124.8 mi) in revenue service; (226.5 km (140.7 mi) considering maintenance tracks), as available in the official website
  3. ^ The Los Teques Metro is generally considered to be part of the Caracas Metro.
  4. ^ a b Uses diesel rail vehicles, rather than the electrified vehicles used on rapid transit systems.

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