Below are some interesting data on North American rail transit systems operating outside the United States in Canada, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. They are listed by annual ridership (as of 2012, except Xochimilco). As is obvious from the data, Mexico City’s Metro is easily one of the busiest systems in the world with more than 1.5 billion passengers a year.
CITY SYSTEM PASSENGERS LENGTH (miles) LINES STATIONS
Mexico City Metro 1.604 billion 141 12 195
Toronto Subway/RT 318.7 million 42 4 69
Montreal Metro 176.2 million 43 4 68
Monterrey Metrorrey 159.2 million 20 2 31
Vancouver Skytrain 120.4 million 43 3 47
Calgary C-Train 105.9 million 45 2 45
Toronto Streetcars 104.2 million 51 11 708
Guadalajara SITEUR 87.6 million 15 2 29
Edmonton Light Rail 35.4 million 13 2 18
Santo Domingo Metro 30.9 million 17 2 30
Mexico City Xochimilco 21.0 million 8 1 18
San Juan Tren Urbano 11.0 million 11 1 16
Ottawa O-Train 5.2 million 5 1 5
SOURCES:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monterrey_Metro
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_North_American_rapid_transit_systems_by_ridership
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalajara_Metro
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin_American_rail_transit_systems_by_ridership
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-Train
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonton_Light_Rail_Transit
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O-Train
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_streetcar_system
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xochimilco_Light_Rail