This is a list of the Americas rapid transit systems by ridership. These heavy rail or rapid transit systems are also known as metro or subway systems. This list of systems in the Americas does not include light rail, even when they are integrated with heavy rail. Daily and annual ridership figures are based on "average weekday unlinked passenger trips" (where transfers between lines are counted as two separate passenger "boardings" or "trips"), unless otherwise indicated (e.g., Mexico City and Monterrey, whose figures are the average for all days, not just weekdays). For metro systems in the United States (including Puerto Rico) and Canada, the annual ridership figures for 2019 and average weekday ridership figures for the Fourth Quarter (Q4) of 2019 come from the American Public Transportation Association's (APTA) ridership reports statistics, unless otherwise noted. Ridership figures for Mexico come from Banco de Información Económica's INEGI reports for the year 2014. Ridership figures for the Dominican Republic come from the Directorate of Operations Santo Domingo Metro report for the year 2013. __NOTOC__ System Country City/areaserved Annualridership(2019) Avg. dailyweekdayboardings(Q4 2019) Systemlength Avg. dailyboardingsper mile(Q4 2019) Yearopened Stations Lines Date 1 New York City Subway New York City 2,123,960,100 5,819,068 23,463 1904The current system incorporates elevated sections built in 1870. 472 24 2 Mexico City Metro Mexico City 1,591,984,000This Annual Ridership figure for 2014 is obtained by averaging the Average Daily Ridership for the twelve months in 2014, and then multiplying that figure by the number of days in a year. 4,361,600This is the Average Daily Ridership figure, not an Average Weekday Ridership figure – it is averaged from the Q4 2014 Total Ridership figure for this system. 30,984 1969 195 123São Paulo MetroSão Paulo1,256,000,000 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 1,969,400,000 passengers annually.3,278,082This is the Average Daily Ridership figure, not an Average Weekday Ridership figure - it is averaged from the 2023 Total Ridership figure for this system.31,5201974 9162024 4 São Paulo Metropolitan Trains Company São Paulo 867,700,000 2,900,000 10,622 1992 94 7 2019 5Caracas Metro Caracas 484,600,000 3,300,000 25,337 1983 48 4 2019 6Santiago Metro Santiago 670,100,000 2,200,000 17,255 1975 136 7 2019 7 MetrôRio Rio de Janeiro 401,500,000 1,100,000 26,830 1979 35 2 2012 8 Montreal Metro Montreal 400,280,900 1,421,200 33,051 1966 68 4 9 Subte Buenos Aires 365,000,000 1,000,000Aumentó un 12% la cantidad de usuarios que usan el subte a diario – La Nacion, May 7, 2015. 18,214 1913 87 6 201910Toronto subwayTotals represent the sum of the "Heavy Rail (HR)" and "Intermediate Rail (IR)" figures for Toronto from the APTA ridership report – in other words, figures include stations and ridership on Line 3 Scarborough (RT), which APTA considers to be an IR line and which the Toronto Transit Commission includes in the rapid transit system for mapping and administrative purposes.Toronto331,483,3001,602,30033,5201954754 11 Washington Metro Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area 237,701,100 816,700 6,532 1976 97 6 12Chicago 'L'Chicago218,467,000695,3005,67918941508 13 Medellín Metro Medellín 206,101,000 530,000 16,933 1995 27 2 2018 14 Metrorrey Monterrey 180,818,000 512,100 25,605 1991 40 3 15 Lima Metro Lima 124,134,820 554,000Video of the ATU new daily ridership YouTube.com. 10,250 1990/2011 26 1 12/2014 16 Sistema de Tren Eléctrico Urbano Guadalajara 103,649,000 283,970 10,000 1989 48 3 2018 17 Recife Metro Recife 79,600,000 285,000 6,448 1985 30 4 2012 18SkyTrainVancouver165,104,000495,80010,0361985533 19MBTA subwayThis rapid transit system is integrated with a light rail system; only the parts of the system that are rapid transit/metro, and that are not light rail, are counted in the statistics presented here.(Blue, Orange, and Red Lines) Boston 152,339,700 475,300 13,408 1901 53 4 20 BART San FranciscoBay Area 123,510,100 421,100 4,006 1972 48 6 21 SEPTA(Broad Street (Orange),Market–Frankford (Blue), and Norristown High Speed Lines) Philadelphia 90,240,800 329,200 8,929 1907 75 3 22 PATH Jersey City, Newark, NJ 90,276,600 306,700 22,464 1908 13 5 23 MARTA Atlanta 63,998,500 – 4,288 1979 38 4 24 Panama Metro Panama City n/a 180,000 21,176 2014 12 1 25 Santo Domingo Metro Santo Domingo 61,270,054 177,844 10,461 2009 30 2 26 Trensurb Porto Alegre 62,000,000 170,000 4,359 1985 19 1 2011 27 Belo Horizonte Metro Belo Horizonte 57,419,280 157,300 5,598 1986 19 1 2012 28 Federal District Metro Brasília 54,750,000 150,000 3,538 2001 24 2 2009 29 Xochimilco Light Rail Mexico City 21,000,000Webb, Mary (ed.) (2009). Jane's Urban Transport Systems 2009–2010. p. 242. Coulsdon, Surrey (UK): Jane's Information Group. . 57,534 4,495 1986 18 1 2007 30 Valparaíso Metro Valparaíso 20,120,000 55,123 1,096 2005 20 1 2013 31 Valencia Metro Valencia 17,200,000 62,000 10,000 2006 7 1 2012 32 Los Teques MetroThe Los Teques Metro is generally considered to be part of the Caracas Metro. Los Teques/Caracas 13,000,000 35,616 3,490 2006 3 1 08/2013 33 Metro Rail(B and D Lines) Los Angeles 41,775,100 130,900 7,994 1993 16 2 34 Miami Metrorail Miami 18,073,100 62,600 2,723 1984 23 235PATCO SpeedlinePhiladelphia11,107,50038,4002,7321936131 36 Staten Island Railway New York City 7,741,000 18,500 2,100 1860 22 1 37 Baltimore Metro Subway Baltimore 7,325,500 36,600 884 1983 14 1 38 RTA Rapid Transit(Red Line) Cleveland 5,958,000 15,900 1,000 1955 18 139Tren Urbano (US)San Juan5,233,90020,3001,9632004161 40 Maracaibo Metro Maracaibo 9,000,000 42,000 3,490 2006 6 1 2011 41 Teresina MetroUses diesel rail vehicles, rather than the electrified vehicles used on rapid transit systems. Teresina 4,300,000 12,000 828 1989 9 1 2009 41 Fortaleza Metro Fortaleza n/a n/a n/a 2012 28 2 n/a 43 Metrotranvía Mendoza Mendoza n/a n/a n/a 2012 26 1 n/a 44 Salvador Metro Salvador n/a 300,000 (Projected) n/a 2014 19 2 n/a 45 Maceió Metro Maceió n/a 40,000 (Projected) n/a 1997 n/a 1 n/a 46 Cariri Metro Crato–Juazeiro n/a 5,000 360 2009 9 1 n/a 47 Quito Metro Quito n/a n/a n/a 2023 15 1 2022 48 Skyline (Honolulu) Honolulu n/a n/a n/a 2023 9 1 2023

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