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 1,495,100,000 [3] 5,500,000[3] 101 km (62.8 mi)[3] 52,280 1974[4] 89[3] 6[3] 2019
3 São Paulo Metropolitan Trains Company  BRA São Paulo 867,700,000[5] 2,900,000[5] 273 km (169.6 mi)[5] 10,622 1992[5] 94[5] 7[5] 2019
4 Caracas Metro  VEN Caracas 484,600,000[6] 3,300,000 52.4 km (32.6 mi) 25,337 1983 48 4 2019
5 Santiago Metro  CHI Santiago 670,100,000[7] 2,200,000[8] 140 km (87.0 mi) 17,255 1975 136 7 2019
6 MetrôRio  BRA Rio de Janeiro 401,500,000[9] 1,100,000 58 km (36.0 mi) 26,830 1979 35 2 2012
7 Subte  ARG 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  COL Medellín 206,101,000[12] 530,000[13] 31.3 km (19.4 mi) 16,933 1995 27 2 2018
9 Monterrey Metro  MEX Monterrey 180,820,000[14] 495,397[14] 33 km (20.5 mi)[15] 15,481 1991[15] 31 2 2018
10 Lima Metro  PER Lima 124,134,820 [16] 554,000 [17] 34.6 km (21.5 mi) 10,250 2011 26 1 12/2014
11 sistema de tren eléctrico urbano  MEX Guadalajara 103,649,000[14] 283,970[14] 47 km (29.2 mi)[18] 10,000 1989 48 3 2018
12 Recife Metro  BRA Recife 79,600,000[19] 285,000 44.2 km (27.5 mi) 6,448 1985 30 4 2012
13 Panama Metro  PAN Panama City 68,500,000[20] 260,000[20] 37 km (23.0 mi) 12,409 2014 30 2 2015
14 Santo Domingo Metro  DOM Santo Domingo 76,600,000[21] 275,000[21][note 1] 27.4 km (17.0 mi)[22][23] 5,497 2008 30 2 2017
15 Trensurb  BRA Porto Alegre 62,000,000[24] 170,000 39 km (24.2 mi) 4,359 1985 19 1 2011
16 Belo Horizonte Metro  BRA Belo Horizonte 57,419,280[25] 157,300 28.1 km (17.5 mi) 5,598 1986 19 1 2012
17 Metrô-DF  BRA Brasília 54,750,000[26] 150,000 42.4 km (26.3 mi) 3,538 2001 24 2 2009
18 Xochimilco Light Rail  MEX Mexico City 21,000,000[27] 57,534 12.8 km (8.0 mi) 4,495 1986 18 1 2007
19 Valparaíso Metro  CHI Valparaíso 20,120,000[28] 55,123 43 km (26.7 mi)[28] 1,096 2005 20 1 2013
20 Valencia Metro  VEN 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]  VEN 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  PUR San Juan 11,023,500 [31] 40,600 17.2 km (10.7 mi) 2,360 2004 16 1 Q4 2012
23 Maracaibo Metro  VEN Maracaibo 9,000,000[32] 42,000 6.5 km (4.0 mi) 3,490 2006 6 1 2011
24 Teresina Metro[note 4]  BRA Teresina 4,300,000[33] 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

Notes
  1. 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. Uses diesel rail vehicles, rather than the electrified vehicles used on rapid transit systems.

References
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