Monthly count of passengers entering São Paulo metro stations, aggregated by metro line. Data covers October 2017 through 2026 for Lines 1, 2, 3, and 15; Line 4 from January 2012; Line 5 from October 2017. Sourced from the METRO SP transparency portal and the Insper Dataverse.
Format
A data frame with the following columns:
- date
First day of the month (Date).
- line_number
Metro line number: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 15, or 99 for the network total (integer).
- metric_abb
Abbreviated metric code (character). One of:
"total","mdu","msa","mdo","max".- value
Passenger count (numeric).
- metric
Measurement type in English (character). One of:
"Total","Average on Business Days","Average on Saturdays","Average on Sundays","Daily Peak".- metric_pt
Measurement type in Portuguese (character). One of:
"Total","Média dos Dias Úteis","Média dos Sábados","Média dos Domingos","Máxima Diária".- line_name
English name of the metro line (character).
- line_name_pt
Portuguese name of the metro line (character).
- year
Calendar year (integer).
Source
Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo (METRO SP). https://transparencia.metrosp.com.br/dataset/demanda
Details
Data by source and line:
Lines 1, 2, 3, and 15: METRO SP transparency portal, October 2017–2026.
Line 4 (Amarela/ViaQuatro): Insper Dataverse, January 2012–2026.
Line 5 (Lilás/ViaMobilidade): METRO SP transparency portal, October 2017–July 2018; Insper Dataverse, August 2018–2026.
Network total (
line_number = 99): METRO SP transparency portal only; may not be available for all years.
Metrics:
total: Total passengers in the month.mdu: Average daily entries on business days (Média dos Dias Úteis).msa: Average daily entries on Saturdays (Média dos Sábados).mdo: Average daily entries on Sundays (Média dos Domingos).max: Daily maximum (Máxima Diária).
See also
passengers_transported for transported counts,
station_averages for station-level weekday averages.