Santo Domingo Metro

Santo Domingo Metro
Santo Domingo Metro
Overview
Native name	Metro de Santo Domingo
Area served	Greater Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Transit type	Rapid transit
Number of lines	2
Number of stations	34
Daily ridership	284,941 (daily avg. 2022/2023)
Annual ridership	104,003,341 (2022/2023)
Website	opret.gob.do
Operation
Began operation	January 30, 2009
Operator(s)	OPRET
Character	Mostly underground, with an elevated section on Line 1
Number of vehicles	46 Alstom Metropolis three-car trainsets (March 2025)
Technical
System length	48.5 km (30.1 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead line, 1,500 V DC
System map
System map

The Santo Domingo Metro (Spanish: Metro de Santo Domingo) is a rapid transit system in Greater Santo Domingo. Serving the capital of the Dominican Republic, it is the most extensive metro system in the insular Caribbean and Central American region by length and number of stations. It began operation on January 30, 2009.

The Metro is a major part of the "National Master Plan" to improve transportation in Greater Santo Domingo and the rest of the nation. The first line was planned to relieve traffic congestion on the Máximo Gómez and Hermanas Mirabal Avenue thoroughfares, which connect Santo Domingo. The second line, which opened in April 2013, is meant to relieve the congestion along the Duarte-Kennedy-Centenario Corridor in the city from west to east. The current length of the Metro, with the sections of the two lines open as of August 2013, is 27.35 kilometres (16.99 mi). Before the second line's opening, 30,856,515 passengers had ridden the Santo Domingo Metro in 2012. With both lines opened, ridership increased to 61,270,054 passengers in 2014 and reached 104,003,341 inbetween May 2022 and May 2023.

Four more lines were planned to be constructed, for a total of six lines, but just two remained to be implemented in the near future.