What Latin American Subway Sistem you like more???? Here are some pics of the 5 main subways systems:

Santiago:
http://www.xpphotoalbum.com/data/13033/12141mapametro.JPG
http://img39.exs.cx/img39/5079/Metro1.jpg
http://img39.exs.cx/img39/5028/Metro2.jpg
http://img87.exs.cx/img87/6820/Metro3.jpg
http://img87.exs.cx/img87/7265/Metro4.jpg
http://img82.exs.cx/img82/8323/Metro6.jpg
http://img87.exs.cx/img87/9558/Metro10.jpg
http://img11.exs.cx/img11/8691/Metro14.jpg
http://img87.exs.cx/img87/718/Metro18.jpg
http://img87.exs.cx/img87/8350/Metro21.jpg
http://img85.exs.cx/img85/9555/Metro32.jpg
http://www.caleuche.com/Chile/Imagenes/Santiago/102-0289_IMG.JPG

Buenos Aires
http://www.urbanrail.net/am/buen/buenos-aires-map.gif
http://www.urbanrail.net/am/buen/d-jose-hernandez1.jpg
http://www.urbanrail.net/am/buen/d-juramento1.jpg
http://www.urbanrail.net/am/buen/e-jujuy1.jpg
http://www.urbanrail.net/am/buen/b-carlos-gardel1.jpg
http://www.urbanrail.net/am/buen/a-miserere1.jpg
http://img4.exs.cx/img4/4681/subte2.jpg

Mexico City

http://www.urbanrail.net/am/mexi/mexico-map.gif
http://www.sriniwas.com/images/metro_mx.jpg
http://www.iespana.es/sdtj/metromov1.jpg
http://www.systra.com/news/mexico_linb.jpg
http://www.mexperience.com/inmexico/photos/2/mc_metro_1.JPG
http://www.urbanrail.net/am/mexi/mex-escuadron1.jpg
http://www6.ocn.ne.jp/~kujira/03monde/mexico1/mmetro1.jpg

Caracas

http://www.urbanrail.net/am/cara/caracas-map.gif
http://www.infodestinations.com/graficos/imagenes/venezuela/4g.jpg
http://www.mipunto.com/venezuelavirtual/images/foto/430_ccs_metro.gif
http://www.urbanrail.net/am/cara/caracas-el-silencio1.jpg
http://www.urbanrail.net/am/cara/caracas-train-int1.jpg
http://www.urbanrail.net/am/cara/caracas-plaza-sucre.jpg

The Buenos Aires Subte reminds me some of the old european systems.

Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo are not even considered!
Well, I think they cannot be compared to well-developed systems like the Mexican one. Or Brazil is not Latin America?
:)
Cheers.

I like them all

Buenos Aires looks the best to me.

Santiago then BA

Santiago
Carcas
Buenos Aires/Mexico City

BTW. Isn't Mexico City an all rubber-tyred system?

Santiago

... but.. where is Sao Paulo? :?

Santiago looks the most modern, Mexico looks the most extensive, BA looks the most stylish.

buenos aires, it has a certain sort of charm for me but the others are great too

Mexico City for its extension.
Santiago de Chile for its modernity an beauty.
Buenos Aires for its charming.
:wink2:
How about Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro?
:?

Mexico city for its extensive system and Santiago for its design but not BA. A pretty small system considering its size and the history of the city.
But I have to confess, my first thought when I say the poll was, Where the hell is SaoPaulo?

I think it's mexico city, it's big and quite nice.

The Buenos Aires one looks almost identical to the Milan's one. Even the font of the signals is the same.

Was it build by the same constructors?

I can't believe you don't know about São Paulo. It's true, it's not a famous city, but it's is just the largest city in south america and the 3ª of the world. It has 10,5 million people living in the city and almost 19 milion in the metropolitan area. The subway sistem is the 3ª faster in the world, behind Paris and Prague ( the headway is less than 100 seconds ). The network is small: + or - 50 km, but its very busy: 2,8 million people per day ( buenos aires subway has a similar network in extension and is used for 1 million people ). Its very modern, safety and clean. I can post some photos here after, if somebody want. Caracas swbay was inspired in São Paulo sistem. We send some engenneers to there to help then in the construction.

hey ugly pictures you put of BUENOS AIRES METRO

more

http://www.urbanrail.net/am/buen/b-tronador1.jpg

http://www.urbanrail.net/am/buen/b-los-incas1.jpg

http://www.urbanrail.net/am/buen/d-congreso-de-tucuman1.jpg

http://www.metrovias.com.ar/images/galeria/estaciones/olleros-varias5.jpg

http://www.metrovias.com.ar/images/galeria/estaciones/palermo-GAL833.jpg

http://www.metrovias.com.ar/images/galeria/estaciones/miserere-GAL626.jpg

http://www.metrovias.com.ar/images/galeria/estaciones/Dsc00370.jpg

http://www.metrovias.com.ar/images/galeria/coches/tren01.jpg

Mexico City METRO

http://img293.echo.cx/img293/417/imgp2768small8oi.jpg
http://www.prodigyweb.net.mx/kardrak/metro/metro.jpg
http://www.prodigyweb.net.mx/kardrak/metro/metro10.jpg
http://www.prodigyweb.net.mx/kardrak/metro/m3.jpg
http://www.prodigyweb.net.mx/kardrak/metro/m5.jpg
http://www.prodigyweb.net.mx/kardrak/metro/metro2.jpg
http://www.prodigyweb.net.mx/kardrak/metro/m7.jpg
http://www.prodigyweb.net.mx/kardrak/metro/metro6.jpg
http://www.prodigyweb.net.mx/kardrak/metro/metro9.jpg
http://www.prodigyweb.net.mx/kardrak/metro/m9.jpg
http://www.prodigyweb.net.mx/kardrak/metro/m10.jpg
http://www.prodigyweb.net.mx/kardrak/metro/metro4.jpg
http://www.prodigyweb.net.mx/kardrak/metro/m8.jpg
http://www.prodigyweb.net.mx/kardrak/metro/metro11.jpg
http://www.prodigyweb.net.mx/kardrak/metro/metro5.jpg
http://www.prodigyweb.net.mx/kardrak/metro/m6.jpg
http://www.prodigyweb.net.mx/kardrak/metro/metro3.jpg
http://www.prodigyweb.net.mx/kardrak/metro/m4.jpg
http://www.prodigyweb.net.mx/kardrak/metro/metro7.jpg
http://www.prodigyweb.net.mx/kardrak/metro/m1.jpg
http://www.prodigyweb.net.mx/kardrak/metro/metro8.jpg
http://www.prodigyweb.net.mx/kardrak/metro/m2.jpg
http://www.prodigyweb.net.mx/kardrak/metro/m11.jpg

Sao Paulo is considered the best subway system in Latin America

Sao Paulo is considered the best subway system in Latin America

By who?
YOU??
:?
I am very sorry, but that is not true...
:ohno:

Uhg, can't decide...Santiago's metro is clean and beautiful...Mexico's metro is dense and big...Buenos Aires's subway looks like european(reminds me of Rome somehow)...and Caracas is good enough...won't vote

São Paulo could not be the best system in Latin America but is in south America like ani athor subway system in thys continent and with out thys country subways systems I can not tell o is the best, in my opinion Santiago is the moust beautiful of south America and BA is the best system and is beautiful too but...

México for its lenght and the number of passenger...


What about the Medellin Metro??????

Maybe Rio or Sao Paulo can not be consider a Latin American subways but what happens with Medellin in Colombia...

:bash:

no Brasil is Nordic America :yes:

Well... i haven't been in Santiago, Caracas and Mexico, but i know all the stations in Buenos Aires and I can say with shure that São Paulo subway sistem is much better than Bs As sistem. Just because here, i never wait more than 4 or 5 minutes at the station when it's sunday and nobody use the sistem, because weekdays, we wait for less than 2 minutes. In Linea A we have to open the doors with our hands! come on people, it's very bady to use a sistem that is runnin since 1913, nobody like it. And the sound is veryyyyy strong. The new station that some one showed is similiar to many station here in São Paulo. I really want that a people from Buenos Aires show photos from Linea E ( like Avenida La Plata and Plaze de los Vireyes ) and Linea. Its too bad take subway there....

santiago metro system
http://www.urbanrail.net/am/sant/San-L5-Nuble1.JPG
http://www.joeskitchen.com/chile/travel/images/inside_metro_station.jpg
http://www.obrasbicentenario.cl/Administracion/GEDO/SANTIAGO/metro.jpg
http://mic-ro.com/metro/400/santiago-el-400.jpg
http://www.aftersleep.com/album/south_america/patagonia/026_santiago/01_downtown/11290143_santiago_metro_station.jpg
http://www.aftersleep.com/album/south_america/patagonia/026_santiago/01_downtown/11290117_santiago_metro.jpg
http://www.iejapones.co.cl/watashi/santiago/2003.1.3/metro3.jpg

^^Wonderful Santiago de Chile metro system!!
:okay:
I know it!
:wink2:

Mexico City has the best metro system in Latin America, it has the longest lines, is cheaper, safe, clean and modern.

Therefore, I think is the best one.

http://ojo-urbano.com/reportaje/metro/metimg07.jpg

http://ojo-urbano.com/reportaje/metro/metimg11.jpg

http://ojo-urbano.com/reportaje/metro/metimg12.jpg

http://ojo-urbano.com/reportaje/metro/metimg02.jpg

http://ojo-urbano.com/reportaje/metro/tunciencia.jpg

http://www.cedinor.com.mx/es/la_fabrica/img/metro_subterraneo.jpg

http://osamuabe.ld.infoseek.co.jp/subway/mappage/mexicoci.gif

World's Largest Subway Systems
(by ridership)
City Length (km)
Moscow 340
Tokyo 281+
Seoul 278+
Mexico City 202
New York City 371
Paris 211
Osaka 114
London 415
Hong Kong 82
St. Petersburg 110

Santiago by far (Modern, beauty, clean and efficient).

Santiago's subway

http://img293.echo.cx/img293/7808/me7xk.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img293.echo.cx/img293/6879/metro8fx.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img293.echo.cx/img293/1910/402ur.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Some Mexico City Subway Facts

Total length of Mexico City subway is now 201.7 km. That does not include a light rail line serving the southern part of the city (18 stations, 18 km. from Tasqueña to Embarcadero).

Number of lines: 11 - all rubber tyred like some lines in Paris and the metros of Montréal and Santiago de Chile; except Line A which has standard steel rail). Except for line 1, all lines have some surface section, and line 4 is entirely on the surface.

The first system that uses symbols and colors for identifying stations.

The Mexico City metro is the cheapest subway system in the world, and it has one of the biggest transfer stations in the world: Pantitlán, terminus of lines 1, 5, 9, A, and tens of local bus lines.

From the line 2 southern terminus Tasqueña, a high-floor light rail line runs to Xochimilco (18 stations). This line was upgraded from a former tram line, and opened in two stages: 1986 Tasqueña - Estadio Azteca, 1988 Huipulco - Xochimilco.

http://www.urbanrail.net/am/mexi/mex-copilco1.jpg

Mural Paint in one Station
http://www.urbanrail.net/am/mexi/mex-insurgentes1.jpg

Aztec Pyramid found during subway tunnel excavation
http://www.urbanrail.net/am/mexi/mex-pino-suarez1.jpg

http://www.urbanrail.net/am/mexi/mex-lin-b3.jpg

http://www.urbanrail.net/am/mexi/mex-lin-b4.jpg

http://www.urbanrail.net/am/mexi/mex-lin-b5.jpg

http://www.urbanrail.net/am/mexi/mexico-map.gif

México for its lenght and the number of passenger...


What about the Medellin Metro??????

Maybe Rio or Sao Paulo can not be consider a Latin American subways but what happens with Medellin in Colombia...

:bash:

Yes, Medellin's metro is not as large or complex as the others, but it is very very clean, and the ladies you see mmmm, you don't find them at the other metro stations with the exception of Caracas' (my guess) haha.

Brazil has always been neglected in the latin american context. It's not surprising that they leave Sao Paulo out of this comparison. Sao Paulo's subway is one of the best and most efficient in the AMERICAS. Put Sao Paulo below Caracas or Buenos Aires is at least LAUGHABLE, but I agree that Mexico City and Santiago have the best systems in the region.

Medellin Metro

Map:

http://img171.echo.cx/img171/6705/lineasmetro5bs.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Some cool views:

http://img171.echo.cx/img171/2930/medellin15metro0uf.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img171.echo.cx/img171/8290/medellinmetro16ww.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img171.echo.cx/img171/8851/hmedellinmetro6eb.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img171.echo.cx/img171/4757/medellinmetro33ip.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img171.echo.cx/img171/3474/med079jj.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img171.echo.cx/img171/4753/medellinmetro61eb.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img171.echo.cx/img171/8405/medellinmetro58zd.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

:)

City Length (km)
Moscow 340
Tokyo 281+
Seoul 278+
Mexico City 202
New York City 371
Paris 211
Osaka 114
London 415
Hong Kong 82
St. Petersburg 110

^^That list is completely wrong!!^^
Top metro systems in the world by lenght are:

1. London: 415 km.
2. New York: 398 km.
3. Tokyo: 292.30 km.
4. Seoul: 286.90km.
5. Moscow: 279.30 km.
6. Madrid: 226.78 km.
7. Paris: 212 km.
8. Mexico City: 201.70 km.

All information by Jordi Serradell and www.urbanrail.net

:wink2:

Anyway is the longest in LA and one of the World Top Ten :)

Anyway is the longest in LA and one of the World Top Ten :)

It can be the longest in Latin America but it is NOT the best... Sorry!
;)

Could you please tell me which one in LA is better than MC Subway? and why? ;)

Mexico Df has the best system in Latin and South America without a doubt. Perhaps instead of lavishing extra billions on "fancy" stations, BA could follow the model of an efficient, utilitarian system which covers the km's and reaches/moves a bigger majority of the people.

I don't judge metro systems on "pretty", rather how they get the job done. Afterall, that's their main purpose and affect on a city. In which case MC wins by many lengths.

Santiago system it's really very beautiful!

Medellin Metro

Map:

http://img171.echo.cx/img171/6705/lineasmetro5bs.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Some cool views:

http://img171.echo.cx/img171/2930/medellin15metro0uf.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img171.echo.cx/img171/8290/medellinmetro16ww.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img171.echo.cx/img171/8851/hmedellinmetro6eb.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img171.echo.cx/img171/4757/medellinmetro33ip.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img171.echo.cx/img171/3474/med079jj.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img171.echo.cx/img171/4753/medellinmetro61eb.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img171.echo.cx/img171/8405/medellinmetro58zd.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

:)
Great fotos! reminds me of the Miami metro. How come Bogota doesn't have a metro but Medellin does. I know it has a metro bus system but i mean an actual metro,

it's ridiculous that São Paulo or Rio aren't considered. I'm not voting.

metro de são paulo

http://paysdumonde.free.fr/metro/images/sao-paulo_metro.gif

Sao Paulo is the best - I only hope they are finnishing soon with the other lines... but otherwise: cheep, modern, safe, clean and every minute a train! Why is it not on the list, I don't believe it :(

it's ridiculous that São Paulo or Rio aren't considered. I'm not voting.

metro de são paulo

http://paysdumonde.free.fr/metro/images/sao-paulo_metro.gif

@Pedrocid:

You CANNOT use that map without permission:
It has got a "copyright"!!
>(
I will tell the owner.

it's ridiculous that São Paulo or Rio aren't considered. I'm not voting.

metro de são paulo



Maybe the latin american concept has already turned out to be "spanish speaking america" excluding Brazil when it's convenient.

First I go with Santiago because of its modern system plus its cleanliness.

Mexico second for its extensive beautiful system.

Caracas for its modernism

Buenos Aires. Old system of some 55kms completely underground.

Also I can't believe why Medellin, Sao Paulo and Rio aren't included in this thread. I'd prefer it's because the one who created it just forgot adding those cities, which would make the mistake just a little more forgivable; since it would be considered just a mistake, otherwise I would consider it discrimination and I wanna not believe something like that, am I wrong?

First I go with Santiago because of its modern system plus its cleanliness.

Mexico second for its extensive beautiful system.

Caracas for its modernism

Buenos Aires. Old system of some 55kms completely underground.

Also I can't believe why Medellin, Sao Paulo and Rio aren't included in this thread. I'd prefer it's because the one who created it just forgot adding those cities, which would make the mistake just a little more forgivable; since it would be considered just a mistake, otherwise I would consider it discrimination and I wanna not believe something like that, am I wrong?
If you're going to include Medellin and Rio you might as well include all the othr metro systems in Brazil, Venezuela, and Mexico. Although I do agree its ridiculous not to include Sao Paulo.

:) Great fotos! reminds me of the Miami metro. How come Bogota doesn't have a metro but Medellin does. I know it has a metro bus system but i mean an actual metro,

The reason why Bogota does not have a metro system, is partly because of territorial (space) issues and due to the fact that a metro system would not be as easily financed as a masive bus system such as the one currently operating.

However, TransMileno, Bogota's growing bus system, is believed to be the most efficient and best public bus transportation network ever built in the entire Latin American region (read from Mexico to Argentina, including Brazil).

This system transports larger masses of people than a regular metro system, which would also be a few times more expensive to built. The system has been so successfull, that cities such as Santiago de Chile, Curitiba, Brazil (I believe), a few other cities in Colombia such as Cali and Pereira and even cities in the Asian continent (in places such as South Korea and India) are already implementing or at least planning similar systems to Bogota's TransMilenio.

"This system transports larger masses of people than a regular metro system, which would also be a few times more expensive to built. The system has been so successfull, that cities such as Santiago de Chile, Curitiba, Brazil (I believe), a few other cities in Colombia such as Cali and Pereira and even cities in the Asian continent (in places such as South Korea and India) are already implementing or at least planning similar systems to Bogota's TransMilenio." - diboto

( I don't know hot to make a quote yet )

I don't know if you know, but Curitiba has this kind sistem since 1970 or 1980... Bogoa was based on Curitiba system, not the oposite. In really, the bus exclusive roads, with the tubes and terminals was planned to be built in Rio de Janeiro, but was made in Curitiba. Here in Brazil, Curitiba is very know for your good quality of life and well urban planning.

São Paulo Metro
Sao Paulo metro it's very clean, safe, and has the one of the smallests headways of the world.The System is very short but, until 2012 the system will get more 31 km of expansions.Sao Paulo got also, a huge rail system, called CPTM, that conects the city to the metropolitan area with 92 km.

Photos by Brazilian skyscraperscity friends
Linha C-(line C/7 light blue)
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/Jamesnba/012.jpg
Linha 3(line 3-red)
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/Jamesnba/carrao03.jpg
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/Jamesnba/carrao02.jpg
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/Jamesnba/P1080094.jpg
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/Jamesnba/P1080099.jpg
Linha 2(line 2- green)
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/Jamesnba/DSC03918.jpg
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/Jamesnba/DSCF0081_resize.jpg
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/Jamesnba/paulista13.jpg
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/Jamesnba/P1020071.jpg
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/Jamesnba/localiza31.jpg
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/Jamesnba/DSC02649.jpg
Linha 5(line 5-lilac)
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/Jamesnba/Largo_Treze_Station_access.jpg
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/Jamesnba/DSC01790.jpg
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/Jamesnba/Capao_Redondo_Station.jpg
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/Jamesnba/77307024.jpg
Linha 1(line 1-dark blue)
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/Jamesnba/P1020007.jpg
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/Jamesnba/P1080113.jpg
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/Jamesnba/DSC04082.jpg

For information
Santiago and Mexico subway are rubber-tired because these subway systems was parcially partially by the RATP (compagny of Paris subway, RATP develloped rubber-tired metro) in 60's 70's

Mexico city metro is the biggest rubber-tired system in the world.

I can't vote all these subway system are quite good

Buenos Aires: Historic
Mexico city : Dense
Santiago: Very modern

Only Caracas subway look very commun.

Santiago is the best clearly

BA, i love the old wagons
México, compared to city, it should be greater