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 | MEX | 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 | BRA | São Paulo | 1,295,400,000 [3] | 4,700,000[4] | 89.9 km (55.9 mi)[4] | 52,280 | 1974[4] | 79[4] | 6[4] | 2017 |
3 | São Paulo Metropolitan Trains Company | BRA | São Paulo | 819,400,000[5] | 2,800,000[6] | 273 km (169.6 mi)[6] | 10,256 | 1992[6] | 94[6] | 7[6] | 2017 |
4 | Santiago Metro | CHI | Santiago | 670,100,000[7] | 2,200,000[8] | 140 km (87.0 mi) | 17,255 | 1975 | 136 | 7 | 2019 |
5 | Caracas Metro | VEN | Caracas | 484,600,000[9] | 1,328,000 | 52.4 km (32.6 mi) | 25,337 | 1983 | 48 | 4 | 2009 |
6 | MetrôRio | BRA | Rio de Janeiro | 401,500,000[10] | 1,100,000 | 58 km (36.0 mi) | 26,830 | 1979 | 35 | 2 | 2012 |
7 | Subte | ARG | Buenos Aires | 365,000,000[11] | 1,000,000[12] | 54.9 km (34.1 mi) | 18,214 | 1913 | 87 | 6 | 2019 |
8 | Medellín Metro | COL | Medellín | 206,101,000[13] | 530,000[14] | 31.3 km (19.4 mi) | 16,933 | 1995 | 27 | 2 | 2018 |
9 | Monterrey Metro | MEX | Monterrey | 180,820,000[15] | 495,397[15] | 33 km (20.5 mi)[16] | 15,481 | 1991[16] | 31 | 2 | 2018 |
10 | Lima Metro | PER | Lima | 124,134,820 [17] | 554,000 [18] | 34.6 km (21.5 mi) | 10,250 | 1990 | 26 | 1 | 12/2014 |
11 | Tren Ligero de Guadalajara | MEX | Guadalajara | 103,649,000[15] | 283,970[15] | 24 km (14.9 mi)[19] | 10,000 | 1989 | 29 | 2 | 2018 |
12 | Recife Metro | BRA | Recife | 79,600,000[20] | 285,000 | 44.2 km (27.5 mi) | 6,448 | 1985 | 30 | 4 | 2012 |
13 | Panama Metro | PAN | Panama City | 68,500,000[21] | 260,000[21] | 13.7 km (8.5 mi) | 12,409 | 2014 | 12 | 1 | 2015 |
14 | Santo Domingo Metro | DOM | Santo Domingo | 76,600,000[22] | 275,000[22][note 1] | 27.4 km (17.0 mi)[23][24] | 5,497 | 2008 | 30 | 2 | 2017 |
15 | Trensurb | BRA | Porto Alegre | 62,000,000[25] | 170,000 | 39 km (24.2 mi) | 4,359 | 1985 | 19 | 1 | 2011 |
16 | Belo Horizonte Metro | BRA | Belo Horizonte | 57,419,280[26] | 157,300 | 28.1 km (17.5 mi) | 5,598 | 1986 | 19 | 1 | 2012 |
17 | Metrô-DF | BRA | Brasília | 54,750,000[27] | 150,000 | 42.4 km (26.3 mi) | 3,538 | 2001 | 24 | 2 | 2009 |
18 | Xochimilco Light Rail | MEX | Mexico City | 21,000,000[28] | 57,534 | 12.8 km (8.0 mi) | 4,495 | 1986 | 18 | 1 | 2007 |
19 | Valparaíso Metro | CHI | Valparaíso | 20,120,000[29] | 55,123 | 43 km (26.7 mi)[29] | 1,096 | 2005 | 20 | 1 | 2013 |
20 | Valencia Metro | VEN | Valencia | 17,200,000[30] | 62,000 | 6.2 km (3.9 mi) | 10,000 | 2006 | 7 | 1 | 2012 |
21 | Los Teques Metro[note 3] | VEN | Los Teques/Caracas | 13,000,000[31] | 35,616 | 10.2 km (6.3 mi) | 3,490 | 2006 | 3 | 1 | 08/2013 |
22 | Tren Urbano | PUR | San Juan | 11,023,500 [32] | 40,600 | 17.2 km (10.7 mi) | 2,360 | 2004 | 16 | 1 | Q4 2012 |
23 | Maracaibo Metro | VEN | Maracaibo | 9,000,000[33] | 42,000 | 6.5 km (4.0 mi) | 3,490 | 2006 | 6 | 1 | 2011 |
24 | Teresina Metro[note 4] | BRA | Teresina | 4,300,000[34] | 12,000 | 14.5 km (9.0 mi) | 828 | 1989 | 9 | 1 | 2009 |
25 | Fortaleza Metro | BRA | Fortaleza | n/a | n/a | 43 km (26.7 mi) | n/a | 2012 | 28 | 2 | n/a |
26 | Metrotranvía Mendoza | ARG | Mendoza | n/a | n/a | 12.5 km (7.8 mi) | n/a | 2012 | 26 | 1 | n/a |
27 | Salvador Metro | BRA | Salvador | n/a | 300,000 (Projected) | 30 km (18.6 mi) | n/a | 2014 | 19 | 2 | n/a |
28 | Maceió Metro | BRA | Maceió | n/a | 40,000 (Projected) | 32 km (19.9 mi) | n/a | 1997 | n/a | 1 | n/a |
29 | 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, except for the Santiago Metro, because that system's current line 3 inaugurated on January 22, 2019.
See also
- List of North American light rail systems by ridership
- List of metro systems
- List of tram and light rail transit systems
- List of suburban and commuter rail systems
Notes
- ^ 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.
- ^ 200.8 km (124.8 mi) in revenue service; (226.5 km (140.7 mi) considering maintenance tracks), as available in the official website
- ^ The Los Teques Metro is generally considered to be part of the Caracas Metro.
- ^ a b Uses diesel rail vehicles, rather than the electrified vehicles used on rapid transit systems.
References
- ^ Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. "Comparación de afluencia total" (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2017.
- ^ a b "Datos de operacion" [Operational data] (in Spanish). Metro de la Ciudad de Mexico. Archived from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2013-10-12.
- ^ 1,095,000,000 passengers from the lines operated by the CMSP + 200,400,000 passengers from Line 4 - Yellow (operated by a private company).
- ^ a b c d e "Metrô - Home - The Company - About". Companhia Do Metropolitano De São Paulo. 2017. Retrieved 2018-04-01. (in English)
- ^ "Metrô de São Paulo perde passageiros pela primeira vez em 12 anos" (in Portuguese).
- ^ a b c d e "CPTM - Home - The Company - General Data" (in Portuguese). CPTM. 2017. Retrieved 2018-04-01. (in English)
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