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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 São Paulo Metro has the highest passenger ridership from a single operator 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 São Paulo Metro Brazil São Paulo 1,196,500,000 [1][note 1] 3,278,082[note 2] 104 km (64.6 mi)[1][note 1] 31,520 1974[2] 91[1][note 1] 6[1][note 1] 2023
2 Mexico City Metro Mexico Mexico City 1,115,160,000[3] 3,055,232[note 2] 200.8 km (124.8 mi) [note 3] 15,215 1969 195[4] 12[4] 2023
3 Santiago Metro Chile Santiago 599,090,000[5] 1,641,342[note 2] 149 km (92.6 mi) 11,015 1975[5] 143[5] 7[5] 2023
4 Caracas Metro Venezuela Caracas 494,987,035[6] 1,356,129[note 2] 54.1 km (33.6 mi) 25,067 1983 48 4 2023
5 Subte Argentina Buenos Aires 345,391,524[7] 946,278 56.7 km (35.2 mi) 16,689 1913 90 6 2023
6 Medellín Metro Colombia Medellín 249,975,586[8] 684,865 31.3 km (19.4 mi) 21,881 1995 27 2 2023
7 MetrôRio Brazil Rio de Janeiro 188,900,000[9] 517,534 58 km (36.0 mi) 8,923 1979 41 3 2023
8 Lima Metro Peru Lima 174,564,000 [10] 478,258 34.6 km (21.5 mi) 13,822 2014 26 1 12/2014
9 Sistema de Tren Eléctrico Urbano Mexico Guadalajara 157,704,000[11] 432,117[11] 46.5 km (28.9 mi)[12] 9,293 1989 48 3 2023
10 Monterrey Metro Mexico Monterrey 118,036,600[11] 323,388[11] 40.5 km (25.2 mi)[13] 7,985 1991[13] 40 3 2023
11 Recife Metro Brazil Recife 79,600,000[14] 285,000 44.2 km (27.5 mi) 6,448 1985 30 4 2012
12 Santo Domingo Metro Dominican Republic Santo Domingo 76,600,000[15] 275,000[15][note 2] 27.4 km (17.0 mi)[16][17] 5,497 2008 30 2 2017
13 Panama Metro Panama Panama City 68,500,000[18] 260,000[18] 37 km (23.0 mi) 12,409 2014 30 2 2015
14 Trensurb Brazil Porto Alegre 62,000,000[19] 170,000 39 km (24.2 mi) 4,359 1985 19 1 2011
15 Belo Horizonte Metro Brazil Belo Horizonte 57,419,280[20] 157,300 28.1 km (17.5 mi) 5,598 1986 19 1 2012
16 Federal District Metro Brazil Brasília 54,750,000[21] 150,000 42.4 km (26.3 mi) 3,538 2001 24 2 2009
17 Xochimilco Light Rail Mexico Mexico City 21,000,000[22] 57,534 12.8 km (8.0 mi) 4,495 1986 18 1 2007
18 Valparaíso Metro Chile Valparaíso 20,120,000[23] 55,123 43 km (26.7 mi)[23] 1,096 2005 20 1 2013
19 Valencia Metro Venezuela Valencia 17,200,000[24] 62,000 6.2 km (3.9 mi) 10,000 2006 7 1 2012
20 Los Teques Metro[note 4] Venezuela Los Teques/Caracas 13,000,000[25] 35,616 10.2 km (6.3 mi) 3,490 2006 3 1 08/2013
21 Tren Urbano United States (Puerto Rico) San Juan 11,023,500 [26] 40,600 17.2 km (10.7 mi) 2,360 2004 16 1 Q4 2012
22 Maracaibo Metro Venezuela Maracaibo 9,000,000[27] 42,000 6.5 km (4.0 mi) 3,490 2006 6 1 2011
23 Teresina Metro[note 5] Brazil Teresina 4,300,000[28] 12,000 14.5 km (9.0 mi) 828 1989 9 1 2009
24 Fortaleza Metro Brazil Fortaleza n/a n/a 43 km (26.7 mi) n/a 2012 28 2 n/a
25 Metrotranvía Mendoza Argentina Mendoza n/a n/a 12.5 km (7.8 mi) n/a 2012 26 1 n/a
26 Salvador Metro Brazil Salvador n/a 400,000[29] 38 km (23.6 mi) n/a 2014 20 2 n/a
27 Maceió Metro Brazil Maceió n/a 40,000 (Projected) 32 km (19.9 mi) n/a 1997 n/a 1 2024
28 Cariri Metro[note 5] Brazil Crato–Juazeiro n/a 5,000 13.9 km (8.6 mi) 360 2009 9 1 n/a
29 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.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d Not considering lines 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13. The complete network is 377 km long, has 13 lines, 187 stations, and carries 1,882,600,000 passengers annually.
  2. ^ a b c d e This is the Average Daily Ridership figure, not an Average Weekday Ridership figure - it is averaged from the 2023 Total Ridership figure for this system.
  3. ^ 200.8 km (124.8 mi) in revenue service; (226.5 km (140.7 mi) considering maintenance tracks), as available in the official website
  4. ^ The Los Teques Metro is generally considered to be part of the Caracas Metro.
  5. ^ a b Uses diesel rail vehicles, rather than the electrified vehicles used on rapid transit systems.

References

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  8. ^ "Datos Abiertos: Pasajeros Movilizados - Afluencia". Gobierno de Colombia. 2024-11-26. p. 14. Retrieved 2025-02-18.
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  16. ^ "Línea 1" [Line 1] (in Spanish). Oficina para el Reordenamiento de Transporte (OPRET). Archived from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
  17. ^ "Línea 2 - 1ra Etapa" [Line 2 - 1st Stage] (in Spanish). Oficina para el Reordenamiento de Transporte (OPRET). Archived from the original on 2013-09-30. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
  18. ^ a b "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.
  19. ^ "A Linha Férrea".
  20. ^ "08/01/13 - CBTU contabiliza número recorde de passageiros em 2012". Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2013-11-06.
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  23. ^ a b "XIX Memoria Anual 2013" [2013 Annual Report] (PDF) (in Spanish). Metro Valparaíso S.A. pp. 16, 22. Retrieved 2014-07-26.
  24. ^ Administrator. "Historia". Archived from the original on 2010-07-27. Retrieved 2013-11-06.
  25. ^ "C.A. Metro Los Teques".
  26. ^ "APTA Ridership Report - Q4 2012 Report" (PDF). American Public Transportation Association (APTA). March 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-13. Retrieved 2013-07-13 – via http://www.apta.com/resources/statistics/Pages/RidershipArchives.aspx. {{cite web}}: External link in |via= (help)
  27. ^ "Metro de Maracaibo estima movilizar 42 mil usuarios diarios estas navidades". Archived from the original on 2013-06-17. Retrieved 2013-04-24.
  28. ^ "Metrô de Teresina é o que transporta menos usuários | Clica Piauí". Archived from the original on 2013-11-10. Retrieved 2013-11-06.
  29. ^ "Uma decada de metro em Salvador/". Anp Trilhos. 2024. Retrieved 2025-01-23. (in Portuguese)
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