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Guadalajara, the capital of the Mexican state of Jalisco in the centre of the country, is home to over 5 million people in its metropolitan area.

The Guadalajara metro is operated by SITEUR.

Instead of a heavy metro network like the one operating in Mexico City, Guadalajara began developing a light rail system which includes lengthy underground sections. The first line was inaugurated in 1989 and runs below Avenida del Federalismo, a broad avenue built through the historic centre in the 1970's. It runs partly on the surface on separate right-of-way and with some level crossings along Av. Colón. 29 years after its inauguration, Line 1 was extended north to Auditorio (1 km). At the same time, the present northern terminus was put underground and at all the stations, platforms were lengthened for the use of 90 m trains.

01 Sept 1989: Periférico Norte — Periférico Sur (15.5 km - 6.6 km underground)
23 Nov 2018: Periférico Norte — Auditorio (1 km, with Periférico Norte put underground)

Line 2 is totally underground and thus completely segregated from other traffic.

01 July 1994: Juárez — Tetlán (8.5 km)

Line 3 runs on a northwest-southeast route, with some three-quarters of the route elevated (8.2 km northern section; 6.5 km southern section), and just over 5.1 km in tunnel in the city centre.

12 Sept 2020: Arcos de Zapopan — Central de Autobuses (19.8 km)

Line 4 is a surface light rail line taking advantage of a disused rail corridor; it is not connected to the rest of the rail network, just to 'Mi Macro' BRT line 6 at Las Juntas. [Project Website]

15 Dec 2025: Las Juntas — Tlajomulco Centro (21.7 km)

SITEUR (Official Page)

Tren Ligero de Guadalajara at Wikipedia