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Mexico City and Madrid Metros Log 2025 Ridership Highs During Major Upgrades

Targeted mitigations kept riders moving, with Mexico City now scheduling Line 3 modernization for 2026.

Overview

  • Mexico City’s Metro recorded 1,241,582,324 trips in 2025, a rise of about 6% from 2024.
  • STC director Adrián Rubalcava credited the full reopening of Line 1 for the ridership recovery, and authorities plan to begin Line 3 modernization in 2026.
  • Across its 12 lines and 195 stations, the Mexico City system’s trains covered 40,130,047 kilometers last year.
  • Madrid Metro counted 736,874,012 trips in 2025, the highest annual total in its 106-year history and roughly 3% higher than 2024.
  • In Madrid, October set a monthly record and Nov. 28 (Black Friday) was the busiest day, while Line 6 closures for automation shifted riders to other lines—making Line 1 the most used—and special buses carried more than 27.5 million passengers.