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

• 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

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.

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