Line 1 President
Leonel Fernández proposed and started the construction of the first subway system in the
Dominican Republic and the second in the
Caribbean. The actual first phase of the overall "Master Plan" for the Metro took place once Fernandez had proposed the construction of the Juan Bosch Bridge. The bridge was built with support for two heavy rail lines on the deck that until the third line of the system gets built are being used for regular vehicle traffic. This phase took place under Fernandez's first administration and with very little public knowledge of the Master Plan. The project was prompted by the need to reduce the continually-rising heavy road traffic congestion; the current disorganized and inefficient public transportation system; and air pollution, which severely affects the residents' productive time and the health. The system will complement other forms of public transportation such as OMSA (Metropolitan Office of Buses Services) buses, with the government estimating that around 100 feeder buses will be in service. The first line of the
mass-transit system has sixteen stations: six elevated, ten underground. It has a total route length of and connects Villa Mella in Santo Domingo Norte with La Feria in Santo Domingo. That is expected to bring relief to the city's current public transport system. Daily ridership is expected to be about 200,000 passengers once other lines or at least the feeder bus system is integrated. The first line opened for commercial service on January 30, 2009. On September 23, 2007, President Fernández while on a trip to the East Coast of the United States announced that stations on the Santo Domingo Metro were not to be named by the streets that they intercepted but instead named to honor important historical people of the Dominican Republic. On February 25, 2008, during the final testing before the official inauguration of the line by President Fernández, Ing. Diandino Peña announced the official names for the stations.
Line 2 In the presidential elections that took place on May 16, 2008, President Fernández was re-elected for his second consecutive term. However, long before his re-election, companies that specialize in studying land composition had begun drilling holes specifically around the area at which Line 2 (along Avenida John F. Kennedy, a major throughway in the city that turns into Duarte Highway, connecting the city with Santiago) was being built. Line 2 runs east–west under Avenida John F. Kennedy from the westernmost metropolitan stretch of the city to the eastern part of the city and intersect Line 1 in the heart of the city. The line was originally planned to be underground in its entire course. Line 2 will cost about three times more than Line 1 to complete because of its length and rising prices. The economic burden that it would place on the national budget caused the decision, which was officially announced in September 2009, to construct it in two phases. The first phase was planned to be from
Los Alcarrizos to Puente de la 17, where it crosses the first line. A second phase was planned to complete the line from Puente de la 17 The western extension from Avenida Luperon to Los Alcarrizos started construction in 2022. It is mainly elevated to reduce costs and shorting implementing time. The extension opened on 25 February 2026.
Téléferico The Teleférico de Santo Domingo is an aerial cable car urban transit system operated as part of the Santo Domingo Metro. As of 2026 the system consists of two operative lines plus a third line under construction. ==Rolling stock==