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City Country Name Year
opened
Year of last
expansion
Stations System length Annual Ridership
(millions)
Vienna  Austria Vienna U-Bahn 1976[1][Nb 1] 2017[2] 98[3] 83.3 km (51.8 mi)[1] 453.6 (2017)[R 1]
Brussels  Belgium Brussels Metro 1976[4] 2009[Nb 2] 59[4][Nb 3] 39.9 km (24.8 mi)[5] 151.6 (2017)[R 2]
Sofia  Bulgaria Sofia Metro 1998[6] 2016[7] 34[7] 40 km (25 mi)[7] 89.7 (2016)[R 3]
Montreal  Canada Montreal Metro 1966 2007[Nb 4] 68[8] 71 km (44 mi)[8] 367.5 (2017)[R 4][R Nb 1]
Toronto  Canada Toronto subway[9] 1954[10] 2017[10] 75[11] 76.9 km (47.8 mi)[12][13] 304.1 (2017)[R 4][R Nb 1][R Nb 2]
Vancouver  Canada SkyTrain 1985[14] 2016[15] 53[15] 79.6 km (49.5 mi)[15] 151.4 (2017)[R 4][R Nb 1]
Prague  Czech Republic Prague Metro 1974[16] 2015[Nb 5] 58[17] 65.2 km (40.5 mi)[18] 435.6 (2017)[R 5]
Copenhagen  Denmark Copenhagen Metro 2002[19] 2007[19] 22[20] 20.4 km (12.7 mi)[20] 63.5 (2017)[R 6]
Helsinki  Finland Helsinki Metro 1982[21] 2017[Nb 6][22] 25[23] 35 km (22 mi)[24] 67.5 (2017)[R 7]
Lille  France Lille Metro 1983[25] 2000[25] 60[26] 45 km (28 mi)[26] 107.5 (2016)[R 8]
Lyon  France Lyon Metro 1978[27] 2013[28] 40[29] 32.0 km (19.9 mi)[29] 198.2 (2016)[R 8]
Marseille  France Marseille Metro 1977 2010 28[30] 21.5 km (13.4 mi)[30] 75.9 (2016)[R 8]
Paris  France Paris Métro 1900[31] 2013[32] 302[33] 214 km (133 mi)[31] 1518.6 (2016)[R 8][R Nb 3]
Rennes  France Rennes Metro 2002 15 9.4 km (5.8 mi) 34.3 (2016)[R 8]
Toulouse  France Toulouse Metro 1993[34] 2007[34][Nb 7] 37[35] 28.2 km (17.5 mi)[34] 110.9 (2016)[R 8]
Tbilisi  Georgia Tbilisi Metro 1966[36] 2017[37] 23[38] 27.1 km (16.8 mi)[38] 113.8 (2017)[R 9]
Berlin  Germany Berlin U-Bahn 1902[39] 2009 173[39] 151.7 km (94.3 mi)[40] 563 (2017)[R 10]
Hamburg  Germany Hamburg U-Bahn 1912[41] 2012[Nb 8] 91[42] 104 km (65 mi)[42] 242.5 (2017)[R 11]
Munich  Germany Munich U-Bahn 1971[43] 2010[Nb 9] 96[43] 95 km (59 mi)[43] 410 (2017)[R 12]
Nuremberg  Germany Nuremberg U-Bahn 1972 2017[Nb 10][44] 48[45] 36 km (22 mi)[45] 128.85 (2015)[R 13]
Athens  Greece Athens Metro[Nb 11] 1904[48][Nb 12] 2013[49] 61[50] 84.7 km (52.6 mi)[46] 264.4 (2015)[R 14][R Nb 4]
Brescia  Italy Brescia Metro 2013[51] 17[52] 13.7 km (8.5 mi)[52] 17.4 (2017)[R 15]
Catania  Italy Catania Metro 1999[53] 2017[54] 10[55] 8.8 km (5.5 mi) 3.4 (2017)[R 16]
Genoa  Italy Genoa Metro 1990[56] 2012[56] 8[56] 7.1 km (4.4 mi)[56] 11 (2012)[R 17]
Milan  Italy Milan Metro[57] 1964[57] 2015[57] 106[Nb 13] 101 km (63 mi)[57] 569.5 (2017)[citation needed]
Naples  Italy Naples Metro[Nb 14] 1993 2013[Nb 15] 22[59] 20.5 km (12.7 mi)[59] 42.5 (2017)[R 18][R Nb 5]
Rome  Italy Rome Metro 1955 2018[60] 73[61] 60 km (37 mi)[62][63] 279 (2012)[R 19]
Turin  Italy Turin Metro 2006[64] 2011[64] 21[64] 13.2 km (8.2 mi)[64] 41.1 (2015)[R 20]
Amsterdam  Netherlands Amsterdam Metro[Nb 16] 1977 2018[65] 39[66] 41.2 km (25.6 mi) 73.7 (2017)[R 21][R Nb 6]
Rotterdam  Netherlands Rotterdam Metro[Nb 17] 1968 2010 62 78.3 km (48.7 mi) 93 (2017)[R 22]
Oslo  Norway Oslo Metro[Nb 18] 1966[Nb 19] 2016[Nb 20] 101 85 km (53 mi)[67] 118 (2017)[R 23]
Warsaw  Poland Warsaw Metro 1995 2015[68] 27 29 km (18 mi)[R 24] 187.3 (2016)[R 24]
Lisbon  Portugal Lisbon Metro 1959[69] 2016[70] 56[70] 44.1 km (27.4 mi)[70] 161.5 (2017)[R 25]
Bucharest  Romania Bucharest Metro 1979[71] 2017[71][Nb 21] 47[72] 71.4 km (44.4 mi)[72] 179.1 (2016)[R 26]
Barcelona  Spain Barcelona Metro[Nb 22] 1924 2018[73] 131[74] 120.7 km (75.0 mi)[74] 390.4 (2017)[R 27][R 28]
Bilbao  Spain Metro Bilbao[Nb 23] 1995[75] 2014[76] 41[77] 45.1 km (28.0 mi)[77] 87.1 (2016)[R 29]
Madrid  Spain Madrid Metro[Nb 24] 1919[78] 2015[79] 241[80] 288.5 km (179.3 mi)[80] 626.4 (2017)[R 27][R 30]
Stockholm  Sweden Stockholm Metro 1950 1994[Nb 25] 100[81] 108 km (67 mi)[81] 353 (2017)[R 31]
Lausanne   Switzerland Lausanne Metro[Nb 26] 2008 2008 14 5.9 km (3.7 mi) 30.1 (2017)[R 32][R Nb 7]
Glasgow  United Kingdom Glasgow Subway 1896[82] 15[82] 10.4 km (6.5 mi)[82] 11.4 (2016*)[R 33]
London  United Kingdom London Underground[83] 1890[84][Nb 27] 2008[84] 270[85] 402 km (250 mi)[85] 1378 (2016*)[R 34][R Nb 8]
Docklands Light Railway 1987[86] 2011[86] 45[86] 34 km (21 mi) 122.3 (2016*)[R 34]
Newcastle  United Kingdom Tyne and Wear Metro[Nb 18] 1980[87] 2008[88] 60[87] 77.5 km (48.2 mi)[89] 37.7 (2016*)[R 35]
Atlanta  United States MARTA 1979[90] 2000[90] 38[91] 76.6 km (47.6 mi)[91] 67.4 (2017)[R 4][R Nb 1]
Baltimore  United States Baltimore Metro Subway 1983 1995 14[92] 24.9 km (15.5 mi)[92] 10.8 (2017)[R 4][R Nb 1]
Boston  United States MBTA Subway[Nb 28] 1901[93][Nb 29] 2014[94] 51[95] 61 km (38 mi)[95] 167.2 (2017)[R 4][R Nb 1]
Chicago  United States Chicago "L" 1897[96][Nb 30] 2015[97][Nb 31] 145[98] 165.4 km (102.8 mi)[98][Nb 32] 230.2 (2017)[R 4][R Nb 1]
Cleveland  United States RTA Rapid Transit: Red Line 1955[99] 1968[99] 18[100] 31 km (19 mi)[100] 5.9 (2017)[R 4][R Nb 1]
Los Angeles  United States Metro Rail[Nb 33] 1993[101] 2000[101][Nb 34] 16[101][Nb 33] 28.0 km (17.4 mi)[101] 44.9 (2017)[R 4][R Nb 1][R Nb 9]
Miami  United States Metrorail 1984[102] 2012 23[103] 40.1 km (24.9 mi)[103] 19.7 (2017)[R 4][R Nb 1]
New York City  United States New York City Subway 1904[104][Nb 35] 2017[105] 424[Nb 36] 380.2 km (236.2 mi)[106] 1727.3 (2017)[R 36]
Staten Island Railway 1925[Nb 37] 2017[107] 21[104][108] 22.5 km (14.0 mi)[106] 8.8 (2017)[R 4][R Nb 1]
PATH 1908[109] 1911[Nb 38] 13[110] 22.2 km (13.8 mi)[111] 93.0 (2017)[R 4][R Nb 1]
Philadelphia  United States SEPTA[112][Nb 39] 1907 1973 75[112] 59.1 km (36.7 mi)[113][114] 91.8 (2017)[R 4][R Nb 1]
PATCO Speedline 1936[115][Nb 40] 1969 13[115] 22.9 km (14.2 mi)[115] 10.8 (2017)[R 4][R Nb 1]
San Francisco  United States BART[Nb 41] 1972[116] 2017[117] 45[116][Nb 42] 174.8 km (108.6 mi)[116][Nb 43] 129.3 (2017)[R 4][R Nb 1]
San Juan,
Puerto Rico
 United States Tren Urbano 2004 2005 16 17.2 km (10.7 mi) 4.8 (2017)[R 4][R Nb 1][R Nb 10]
Washington, D.C.  United States Washington Metro 1976[118] 2014[119] 91[118] 188 km (117 mi)[118] 229.6 (2017)[R 4][R Nb 1]
Table notes

^* Indicates ridership figures based on the fiscal year rather than the calendar year.

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  1. ^ Vienna's Metropolitan Railway (Wiener Stadtbahn) first opened for service in 1898, operating steam locomotive trains on mostly elevated or underground ROWs. From 1976 onwards, part of it was integrated into the newly established Vienna U-Bahn system (lines U4 and U6), operating as a modern metro.
  2. ^ Line 2's loop was completed in 2009
  3. ^ Not including stations of premetro Lines T3, T4, and T7.
  4. ^ See Orange Line (Montreal Metro)
  5. ^ Line A was extended in April 2015.
  6. ^ Opening of the Länsimetro extension on 18 November 2017.
  7. ^ Opening of Toulouse Metro Line B.
  8. ^ Opening of Line U4.
  9. ^ The U3 extension from Olympia-Einkaufszentrum (OEZ) to Moosach.
  10. ^ The U3 extension from Friedrich-Ebert-Platz to Nordwestring.
  11. ^ The Blue Line (Line 3) also has a 20.7 kilometres (12.9 mi) section (with 4 stations) to the airport that is owned by the Hellenic Railways Organisation and is mainly used by the suburban railway system.[46][47]
  12. ^ The Green Line (Line 1), operated until 2011 by Athens-Piraeus Electric Railways, was opened in 1869 as a steam train railway line. It was electrified in 1904, extended with underground sections through the city in 1948, and extended to its full length to Kifissia in 1957 using the right-of-way of a former metre gauge suburban line. Full metro operation since 1904 between Piraeus and Athens and 1957 to Kifissia. In 2011, it was integrated with Athens Metro under the company STASY S.A.[46]
  13. ^ As of October 2018, the number is 113 if the 7 interchange stations (i.e. different sets of platforms) are counted multiple times, once for each line, while it is 106 if they are combined.[57][58]
  14. ^ Naples Metro is made up of Line 1 and Line 6 only. Line 2 is a commuter rail line.
  15. ^ Partial opening (line 1 only) of Municipio station in June
  16. ^ Line 50, 52, 53 and 54 are rapid transit. The figures provided exclude the portion of the Amstelveen Line (Line 51) that operates as light rail.
  17. ^ Some sections of the Rotterdam Metro (portions of Lines A and B) have some level crossings (with priority) and so could therefore be considered "light rail" instead of "metro".
  18. ^ a b These systems have similarities to light rail systems, because of existence of road level crossings, but are listed since there are almost entirely separated from roads.
  19. ^ The first underground portion was opened in 1928, but that was a tram line. One surface line has origins from 1898. System opened as a full Metro in 1966.
  20. ^ Opening of the Løren station in 2016.
  21. ^ Line M4 extended to Lac Străulești in 2017.
  22. ^ TMB-operated lines L1-L5 and L9-L11 only. FGC-operated lines L6-L8 share track with other FGC commuter lines, and thus don't qualify as metro-standards lines.
  23. ^ CTB-owned and "Metro Bilbao S.A."-operated line 1 and Line 2 only.
  24. ^ Including TFM, MetroSur and other suburban lines, but not the three Metro Ligero de Madrid lines which are light rail.
  25. ^ Skarpnäck metro station opened in 1994
  26. ^ The Lausanne Metro has two lines: Line M1 is light rail, while Line M2 is rapid transit. The stats listed are for Line M2 only.
  27. ^ London's Metropolitan Railway first opened for service in 1863, operating steam locomotive trains in cut and cover tunnels. It began operating as a modern metro when electric-propulsion trains began operating on the system's first deep-level tube line in 1890.
  28. ^ Includes MBTA's rapid transit lines only: Red Line, Orange Line and Blue Line.
  29. ^ The originally-elevated Orange Line opened in 1901, sharing the Tremont Street Subway that had opened in 1897 as an underground streetcar tunnel (for the light rail Green Line).
  30. ^ Dated from the opening of "The Loop", when the system became unified and electrified.
  31. ^ Cermak–McCormick Place station opens
  32. ^ This figure comes from the sum of the following figures from the accompanying reference (i.e. "Facts at a Glance". Chicago Transit Authority. December 2012. Retrieved 2013-07-21.): 35.8 miles of elevated route, 35.0 miles at grade level, 20.6 miles on embankments, and 11.4 miles of subway.
  33. ^ a b Rapid transit Red and Purple lines only. All other L.A. Metro Rail lines are light rail, and are not included here.
  34. ^ This was the date of the last extension to the Red Line in the rapid transit portion of Los Angeles' Metro Rail.
  35. ^ First regular elevated railway service, originally cable hauled, began in 1868. Elevateds converted to steam power in 1870, electrified by 1903. The first section of electrified subway opened in 1904.
  36. ^ The number is 423 if interchange stations (i.e. different sets of platforms) are counted as one station, or 472 if all stations on all lines are counted multiple times for each line.[104]
  37. ^ While the line opened as a railroad in 1860, it was not until 1925 that rapid transit equipment would be operated here.
  38. ^ Manhattan Transfer and Park Place stations opened in 1911, though these stations were closed and replaced with Harrison and Newark stations, respectively, in 1937.
  39. ^ Includes SEPTA's rapid transit lines only: Broad Street Line (Orange Line), Market–Frankford Line (Blue Line) and Norristown High Speed Line.
  40. ^ The opening of the Bridge Line, the precursor rapid transit line to PATCO's, which ran between 8th Street in Philadelphia and Broadway in Camden. The current PATCO Speedline, with service through to Lindenwold, opened in 1969.
  41. ^ BART's rapid transit lines only; the eBART line to Antioch and the Oakland International Airport (OAK) APM are excluded.
  42. ^ 45 rapid transit stations, plus three additional stations (two eBART and one AGT) within the system.
  43. ^ This figure excludes the eBART extension from Pittsburg/Bay Point to Antioch (9.2 miles) and the "BART to Oakland International Airport (OAK) elevated guideway" (3.2 miles).
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    This ridership figure is derived from the sum of the twelve monthly subtotals for 2017

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