World Metro Database

#	City  >	< Country  >	< System  >	<  Opening  >	< Stations  >	< Daily rider.
1	Mumbai	India	Suburban Railway		73
2	London	United Kingdom	Underground	10 Jan 1863	268	2.99 million
3	Chicago	USA	"L"	6 Jun 1892	151	542,000
4	Budapest	Hungary	Metro	2 May 1896	42	814,000
5	Glasgow	United Kingdom	Subway	14 Dec 1896	15	41,100
6	Boston	USA	The T	1 Sep 1897	66	400,000
7	Paris	France	Métro	19 Jul 1900	380	4.05 million
8	Wuppertal	Germany	Schwebebahn	1 Mar 1901	20
9	Berlin	Germany	U-Bahn	18 Feb 1902	195	1.39 million
10	New York	USA	Subway	27 Oct 1904	468	4.33 million
11	Philadelphia	USA	Subway	4 Mar 1907	66	192,000
12	Hamburg	Germany	U-Bahn	1 Mar 1912	97	518,000
13	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Subte	1 Dec 1913	77	789,000
14	Madrid	Spain	Metro	17 Oct 1919	281	1.78 million
15	Barcelona	Spain	Metro	30 Dec 1924	162	1.11 million
16	Sydney	Australia	Cityrail	1926	14
17	Tokyo	Japan	Metro	30 Dec 1927	290	8.7 million
18	Osaka	Japan	Subway	20 May 1933	133	2.36 million
19	Moscow	Russia	Metro	15 May 1935	182	6.55 million
20	Newark	USA	Subway	26 May 1935	4
21	Stockholm	Sweden	Tunnelbana	1 Oct 1950	104	841,000
22	Athens	Greece	Metro	1954	53	937,000
23	Toronto	Canada	Subway	30 Apr 1954	74	762,000
24	Rome	Italy	Metropolitana	10 Feb 1955	49	907,000
25	Cleveland	USA	Rapid Transit	15 Mar 1955	18	13,700
26	Saint Petersburg	Russia	Metro	15 Nov 1955	63	2.25 million
27	Nagoya	Japan	Subway	15 Nov 1957	93	1.17 million
28	Haifa	Israel	Carmelit	1959	6
29	Lisbon	Portugal	Metro	29 Dec 1959	52	488,000
30	Kiev	Ukraine	Metro	22 Oct 1960	46	1.76 million
31	Milan	Italy	Metropolitana	1 Nov 1964	88	899,000
32	Tbilisi	Georgia	Metro	11 Jan 1966	22	252,000
33	Oslo	Norway	T-Bane	22 May 1966	73	214,000
34	Stuttgart	Germany	Stadtbahn	10 Jun 1966	19
35	Montreal	Canada	Metro	14 Oct 1966	73	600,000
36	Essen	Germany	Stadtbahn	5 Oct 1967	27
37	Baku	Azerbaijan	Metro	6 Nov 1967	22	482,000
38	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Metro	10 Feb 1968	38	238,000
39	Frankfurt	Germany	U-Bahn	4 Oct 1968	31
40	Cologne	Germany	Stadtbahn	11 Oct 1968	51
41	Ludwigshafen	Germany	Stadtbahn	29 May 1969	11
42	Mexico City	Mexico	Metro	5 Sep 1969	175	3.88 million
43	Beijing	China	Subway	1 Oct 1969	147	3.99 million
44	Kamakura	Japan	Monorail	3 Mar 1970	8
45	Bielefeld	Germany	Stadtbahn	21 Sep 1971	7
46	Munich	Germany	U-Bahn	19 Oct 1971	102	962,000
47	Sapporo	Japan	Subway	16 Dec 1971	49	573,000
48	Nuremberg	Germany	U-Bahn	1 Mar 1972	46	315,000
49	San Francisco	USA	BART	11 Sep 1972	43	274,000
50	Yokohama	Japan	Subway	16 Dec 1972	48	542,000
51	Pyongyang	North Korea	Metro	6 Sep 1973	16	95,900
52	Prague	Czech Republic	Metro	9 May 1974	57	1.6 million
53	Seoul	South Korea	Subway	15 Aug 1974	348	5.61 million
54	Sao Paulo	Brazil	Metrô	14 Sep 1974	63	1.93 million
55	Bonn	Germany	Stadtbahn	22 Mar 1975	12
56	Antwerp	Belgium	Premetro	25 Mar 1975	11
57	Kharkov	Ukraine	Metro	23 Aug 1975	28	762,000
58	Santiago	Chile	Metro	15 Sep 1975	101	1.67 million
59	Hanover	Germany	Stadtbahn	28 Sep 1975	21
60	Washington	USA	Metrorail	27 Mar 1976	90	611,000
61	Dortmund	Germany	Stadtbahn	17 May 1976	37
62	Charleroi	Belgium	Métro Léger	21 Jun 1976	20
63	Brussels	Belgium	Métro	20 Sep 1976	61	364,000
64	Kobe	Japan	Subway	13 Mar 1977	26	332,000
65	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Metro	16 Oct 1977	33	233,000
66	Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Metro	6 Nov 1977	29	195,000
67	Marseille	France	Métro	26 Nov 1977	30	159,000
68	Vienna	Austria	U-Bahn	25 Feb 1978	102	1.4 million
69	Edmonton	Canada	Light Rail	22 Apr 1978	15
70	Lyon	France	Métro	28 Apr 1978	43	499,000
71	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Metrô	5 Mar 1979	34	370,000
72	Bochum	Germany	Stadtbahn	26 May 1979	29
73	Atlanta	USA	MARTA	30 Jun 1979	39	93,200
74	Hong Kong	China	MTR	1 Oct 1979	95	3.62 million
75	Mulheim	Germany	Stadtbahn	3 Nov 1979	13
76	Bucharest	Romania	Metro	16 Nov 1979	50	304,000
77	Newcastle	United Kingdom	Metro	7 Aug 1980	61	104,000
78	Yerevan	Armenia	Metro	7 Mar 1981	10	46,600
79	Kyoto	Japan	Subway	1 Apr 1981	32	345,000
80	Fukuoka	Japan	Subway	26 Jul 1981	35	340,000
81	Duesseldorf	Germany	Stadtbahn	4 Oct 1981	14
82	Helsinki	Finland	Metro	3 Aug 1982	17	156,000
83	Caracas	Venezuela	Metro	27 Mar 1983	50	1.25 million
84	Lille	France	Métro	25 Apr 1983	62	203,000
85	Baltimore	USA	Metro Subway	21 Nov 1983	14	35,600
86	Miami	USA	Metrorail	21 May 1984	22	49,300
87	Minsk	Belarus	Metro	26 Jun 1984	25	718,000
88	Gelsenkirchen	Germany	Stadtbahn	1 Sep 1984	9
89	Kolkata	India	Metro Railway	24 Oct 1984	23	474,000
90	Volgograd	Russia	Metro	5 Nov 1984	2
91	Manila	Philippines	MRT	1 Dec 1984	43	948,000
92	Kitakyushu	Japan	Monorail	9 Jan 1985	13
93	Porto Alegre	Brazil	Metro	2 Mar 1985	17
94	Recife	Brazil	Metrô	11 Mar 1985	30
95	Buffalo	USA	Metro Rail	18 May 1985	8
96	Pittsburgh	USA	The T	3 Jul 1985	3
97	Busan	South Korea	Subway	19 Jul 1985	92	704,000
98	Nizhny Novgorod	Russia	Metro	20 Nov 1985	14	90,400
99	Vancouver	Canada	SkyTrain	3 Jan 1986	49	203,000
100	Novosibirsk	Russia	Metro	7 Jan 1986	13	192,000
101	Belo Horizonte	Brazil	Metrô	1 Aug 1986	19
102	Kryvyi Rih	Ukraine	Metrotram	26 Dec 1986	12
103	Detroit	USA	People Mover	Jul 1987	13
104	Sendai	Japan	Subway	15 Jul 1987	17	159,000
105	Cairo	Egypt	Metro	27 Sep 1987	55	1.92 million
106	Singapore	Singapore	MRT	7 Nov 1987	87	1.81 million
107	Samara	Russia	Metro	26 Dec 1987	9	32,900
108	Chiba	Japan	Monorail	28 Mar 1988	18
109	Valencia	Spain	Metro	3 Oct 1988	38
110	Jacksonville	USA	Skyway	30 May 1989	6
111	Guadalajara	Mexico	Metro	1 Sep 1989	29
112	Genoa	Italy	Metropolitana	13 Jun 1990	7
113	Monterrey	Mexico	Metro	25 Apr 1991	32
114	Yekaterinburg	Russia	Metro	26 Apr 1991	7	126,000
115	Lausanne	Switzerland	Metro	24 May 1991	29
116	Duisburg	Germany	Stadtbahn	11 Jul 1992	13
117	Los Angeles	USA	Metro Rail	30 Jan 1993	30	129,000
118	Naples	Italy	Metropolitana	28 Mar 1993	30	79,500
119	Toulouse	France	Métro	26 Jun 1993	38	115,000
120	Saint Louis	USA	Metrolink	31 Jul 1993	37
121	Hiroshima	Japan	Monorail	20 Aug 1994	21	49,300
122	Rouen	France	Métro	17 Dec 1994	5
123	Warsaw	Poland	Metro	7 Apr 1995	21	345,000
124	Shanghai	China	Metro	10 Apr 1995	278	3.56 million
125	Bilbao	Spain	Metro	11 Nov 1995	38	238,000
126	Medellin	Colombia	Metro	30 Nov 1995	26	425,000
127	Dnepropetrovsk	Ukraine	Metro	29 Dec 1995	6	38,400
128	Taipei	Taiwan	MRT	28 Mar 1996	85	1.27 million
129	Ankara	Turkey	Metro	30 Aug 1996	23	310,000
130	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	LRT, Monorail	16 Dec 1996	60	299,000
131	Poznan	Poland	Fast Tram	1 Mar 1997	6
132	Chennai	India	MRTS	19 Oct 1997	17
133	Daegu	South Korea	Subway	26 Nov 1997	56	301,000
134	Sofia	Bulgaria	Metro	28 Jan 1998	14	79,500
135	Tama	Japan	Monorail	27 Nov 1998	19
136	Catania	Italy	Metropolitana	27 Jun 1999	6
137	Guangzhou	China	Metro	28 Jun 1999	111	1.85 million
138	Incheon	South Korea	Subway	6 Oct 1999	29	200,000
139	Bangkok	Thailand	Skytrain, MRT	5 Dec 1999	52	564,000
140	Tehran	Iran	Metro	21 Feb 2000	55	1.26 million
141	Izmir	Turkey	Metro	22 May 2000	10	82,200
142	Istanbul	Turkey	Metro	16 Sep 2000	10	186,000
143	Brasilia	Brazil	Metrô	31 Mar 2001	24	43,800
144	Rennes	France	Métro	16 Mar 2002	15	63,000
145	Bursa	Turkey	Bursaray	19 Aug 2002	23
146	Changchun	China	LRT	Oct 2002	16
147	Copenhagen	Denmark	Metro	19 Oct 2002	22	126,000
148	Oporto	Portugal	Metro	7 Dec 2002	15
149	Delhi	India	Metro	24 Dec 2002	116	838,000
150	Lima	Peru	Tren Urbano	13 Jan 2003	6
151	Dalian	China	Metro	1 May 2003	12
152	Naha	Japan	Monorail	10 Aug 2003	15
153	Tianjin	China	Metro	28 Mar 2004	37	41,100
154	Gwangju	South Korea	Subway	28 Apr 2004	20	46,600
155	Las Vegas	USA	Monorail	15 Jul 2004	7
156	Wuhan	China	Metro	28 Sep 2004	27	35,600
157	The Hague	Netherlands	RandstadRail	16 Oct 2004	30
158	Shenzhen	China	Metro	28 Dec 2004	23	362,000
159	San Juan	Puerto Rico	Tren Urbano	6 Jun 2005	16	24,700
160	Chongqing	China	Monorail	18 Jun 2005	18
161	Nanjing	China	Metro	27 Aug 2005	57	400,000
162	Kazan	Russia	Metro	27 Aug 2005	6	19,200
163	Valparaiso	Chile	Metro	23 Nov 2005	20
164	Turin	Italy	Metropolitana	4 Feb 2006	14
165	Daejeon	South Korea	Subway	16 Mar 2006	22	79,500
166	Valencia	Venezuela	Metro	18 Oct 2006	7	49,300
167	Palma de Mallorca	Spain	Metro	25 Apr 2007	9
168	Perugia	Italy	Minimetro	29 Jan 2008	7
169	Kaohsiung	Taiwan	MRT	9 Mar 2008	37	82,200
170	Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	Metro	30 Jan 2009	16	200,000
171	Adana	Turkey	Metro	18 Mar 2009	8
172	Seville	Spain	Metro	2 Apr 2009	21
173	Maracaibo	Venezuela	Metro	8 Jun 2009	6
174	Seattle	USA	Light Rail	18 Jul 2009	12
175	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	Metro	9 Sep 2009	26
176	Shenyang	China	Metro	27 Sep 2010	22
177	Chengdu	China	Metro	27 Sep 2010	16
178	Mecca	Saudi Arabia	Metro	13 Nov 2010	9

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