World Metro Database

#	Opening  >	< Length  >	< Stations  >	< mi/stn*  >	< Daily rider.
1		106.3 mi	73	1.46
2	10 Jan 1863	253.6 mi	268	0.95	2.99 million
3	6 Jun 1892	103.2 mi	151	0.72	542,000
4	2 May 1896	20.5 mi	42	0.51	814,000
5	14 Dec 1896	6.5 mi	15	0.43	41,100
6	1 Sep 1897	37.6 mi	66	0.63	400,000
7	19 Jul 1900	132.4 mi	380	0.44	4.05 million
8	1 Mar 1901	8.3 mi	20	0.41
9	18 Feb 1902	91.6 mi	195	0.53	1.39 million
10	27 Oct 1904	228.7 mi	468	0.54	4.33 million
11	4 Mar 1907	38.5 mi	66	0.62	192,000
12	1 Mar 1912	62.6 mi	97	0.70	518,000
13	1 Dec 1913	29.9 mi	77	0.44	789,000
14	17 Oct 1919	177.9 mi	282	0.77	1.78 million
15	30 Dec 1924	74.2 mi	162	0.55	1.11 million
16	1926	13.7 mi	14	0.98
17	30 Dec 1927	189.2 mi	290	0.92	8.7 million
18	20 May 1933	85.6 mi	133	0.82	2.36 million
19	15 May 1935	187.7 mi	182	1.29	6.55 million
20	26 May 1935	1.4 mi	4	0.34
21	1 Oct 1950	65.7 mi	104	0.66	841,000
22	1954	32.3 mi	54	0.65	937,000
23	30 Apr 1954	44.3 mi	74	0.64	762,000
24	10 Feb 1955	24.2 mi	49	0.50	907,000
25	15 Mar 1955	19.3 mi	18	1.07	13,700
26	15 Nov 1955	68.5 mi	64	1.22	2.25 million
27	15 Nov 1957	57.9 mi	97	0.67	1.17 million
28	1959	1.1 mi	6	0.18
29	29 Dec 1959	25.5 mi	52	0.55	488,000
30	22 Oct 1960	39.6 mi	49	0.86	1.76 million
31	1 Nov 1964	51.8 mi	94	0.58	899,000
32	11 Jan 1966	16.3 mi	22	0.78	252,000
33	22 May 1966	38.5 mi	73	0.53	214,000
34	10 Jun 1966	14.9 mi	19	0.88
35	14 Oct 1966	43.0 mi	73	0.63	600,000
36	5 Oct 1967	12.6 mi	27	0.47
37	6 Nov 1967	20.4 mi	22	0.97	482,000
38	10 Feb 1968	29.2 mi	38	0.79	238,000
39	4 Oct 1968	12.7 mi	31	0.47
40	11 Oct 1968	28.0 mi	51	0.55
41	29 May 1969	2.5 mi	11	0.23
42	5 Sep 1969	125.4 mi	175	0.85	3.88 million
43	1 Oct 1969	209.4 mi	196	1.22	3.99 million
44	3 Mar 1970	4.1 mi	8	0.51
45	21 Sep 1971	3.2 mi	7	0.46
46	19 Oct 1971	58.5 mi	102	0.61	962,000
47	16 Dec 1971	29.8 mi	49	0.65	573,000
48	1 Mar 1972	21.5 mi	46	0.49	315,000
49	11 Sep 1972	103.7 mi	44	2.36	293,000
50	16 Dec 1972	35.8 mi	48	0.80	542,000
51	6 Sep 1973	14.0 mi	16	0.93	95,900
52	9 May 1974	36.7 mi	57	0.68	1.6 million
53	15 Aug 1974	178.3 mi	348	0.60	5.61 million
54	14 Sep 1974	43.3 mi	63	0.73	1.93 million
55	22 Mar 1975	5.6 mi	12	0.47
56	25 Mar 1975	4.7 mi	11	0.43
57	23 Aug 1975	23.2 mi	29	0.89	762,000
58	15 Sep 1975	63.6 mi	108	0.64	1.67 million
59	28 Sep 1975	11.6 mi	21	0.68
60	27 Mar 1976	106.4 mi	90	1.24	611,000
61	17 May 1976	18.3 mi	37	0.49
62	21 Jun 1976	10.9 mi	20	0.54
63	20 Sep 1976	20.0 mi	61	0.34	364,000
64	13 Mar 1977	19.0 mi	26	0.79	332,000
65	16 Oct 1977	20.3 mi	33	0.62	233,000
66	6 Nov 1977	22.5 mi	29	0.87	195,000
67	26 Nov 1977	13.5 mi	30	0.48	159,000
68	25 Feb 1978	46.4 mi	102	0.52	1.4 million
69	22 Apr 1978	12.7 mi	15	0.85
70	28 Apr 1978	19.1 mi	43	0.49	499,000
71	5 Mar 1979	26.1 mi	34	0.77	370,000
72	26 May 1979	13.4 mi	29	0.50
73	30 Jun 1979	49.2 mi	39	1.30	93,200
74	1 Oct 1979	116.9 mi	95	1.43	3.62 million
75	3 Nov 1979	5.6 mi	13	0.47
76	16 Nov 1979	42.1 mi	50	0.98	304,000
77	7 Aug 1980	47.5 mi	61	0.95	104,000
78	7 Mar 1981	7.5 mi	10	0.75	46,600
79	1 Apr 1981	19.5 mi	32	0.63	345,000
80	26 Jul 1981	18.5 mi	35	0.54	340,000
81	4 Oct 1981	6.0 mi	14	0.43
82	3 Aug 1982	13.1 mi	17	0.77	156,000
83	27 Mar 1983	37.6 mi	50	0.82	1.25 million
84	25 Apr 1983	28.3 mi	62	0.47	203,000
85	21 Nov 1983	15.2 mi	14	1.09	35,600
86	21 May 1984	22.4 mi	22	1.02	49,300
87	26 Jun 1984	18.8 mi	25	0.78	718,000
88	1 Sep 1984	3.4 mi	9	0.38
89	24 Oct 1984	15.5 mi	23	0.68	474,000
90	5 Nov 1984	2.1 mi	2	1.03
91	1 Dec 1984	32.0 mi	44	0.78	948,000
92	9 Jan 1985	5.5 mi	13	0.42
93	2 Mar 1985	21.0 mi	17	1.24
94	11 Mar 1985	24.7 mi	30	0.88
95	18 May 1985	5.2 mi	8	0.65
96	3 Jul 1985	1.8 mi	3	0.60
97	19 Jul 1985	67.0 mi	106	0.67	704,000
98	20 Nov 1985	9.6 mi	14	0.74	90,400
99	3 Jan 1986	43.2 mi	49	0.92	203,000
100	7 Jan 1986	10.2 mi	13	0.85	192,000
101	1 Aug 1986	17.5 mi	19	0.92
102	26 Dec 1986	11.2 mi	12	0.93
103	Jul 1987	3.0 mi	13	0.23
104	15 Jul 1987	9.2 mi	17	0.54	159,000
105	27 Sep 1987	40.7 mi	55	0.77	1.92 million
106	7 Nov 1987	80.6 mi	87	1.03	1.81 million
107	26 Dec 1987	6.3 mi	9	0.70	32,900
108	28 Mar 1988	9.6 mi	18	0.54
109	3 Oct 1988	19.8 mi	38	0.53
110	30 May 1989	4.3 mi	6	0.71
111	1 Sep 1989	14.9 mi	29	0.53
112	13 Jun 1990	3.2 mi	7	0.46
113	25 Apr 1991	19.6 mi	32	0.63
114	26 Apr 1991	5.3 mi	7	0.75	126,000
115	24 May 1991	8.5 mi	29	0.30
116	11 Jul 1992	8.9 mi	13	0.69
117	30 Jan 1993	36.9 mi	30	1.23	129,000
118	28 Mar 1993	19.8 mi	30	0.71	79,500
119	26 Jun 1993	17.1 mi	38	0.46	115,000
120	31 Jul 1993	45.6 mi	37	1.23
121	20 Aug 1994	11.4 mi	21	0.54	49,300
122	17 Dec 1994	1.4 mi	5	0.27
123	7 Apr 1995	14.0 mi	21	0.67	345,000
124	10 Apr 1995	262.9 mi	279	1.12	3.56 million
125	11 Nov 1995	27.0 mi	40	0.67	238,000
126	30 Nov 1995	17.9 mi	26	0.72	425,000
127	29 Dec 1995	4.4 mi	6	0.74	38,400
128	28 Mar 1996	62.6 mi	98	0.70	1.27 million
129	30 Aug 1996	14.4 mi	23	0.65	310,000
130	16 Dec 1996	39.8 mi	60	0.71	299,000
131	1 Mar 1997	3.8 mi	6	0.63
132	19 Oct 1997	16.8 mi	17	0.99
133	26 Nov 1997	33.5 mi	56	0.61	301,000
134	28 Jan 1998	11.2 mi	14	0.80	79,500
135	27 Nov 1998	9.9 mi	19	0.52
136	27 Jun 1999	2.4 mi	6	0.39
137	28 Jun 1999	144.1 mi	146	1.09	1.85 million
138	6 Oct 1999	18.3 mi	29	0.63	200,000
139	5 Dec 1999	46.6 mi	52	1.01	564,000
140	21 Feb 2000	41.0 mi	60	0.72	1.26 million
141	22 May 2000	7.1 mi	10	0.71	82,200
142	16 Sep 2000	10.5 mi	12	0.88	186,000
143	31 Mar 2001	26.1 mi	24	1.09	43,800
144	16 Mar 2002	5.6 mi	15	0.37	63,000
145	19 Aug 2002	15.8 mi	26	0.61
146	Oct 2002	10.6 mi	16	0.66
147	19 Oct 2002	13.1 mi	22	0.59	126,000
148	7 Dec 2002	13.5 mi	15	0.96
149	24 Dec 2002	116.4 mi	137	0.88	838,000
150	13 Jan 2003	6.2 mi	6	1.04
151	1 May 2003	30.5 mi	12	2.54
152	10 Aug 2003	8.0 mi	15	0.53
153	28 Mar 2004	44.7 mi	37	1.21	41,100
154	28 Apr 2004	12.5 mi	20	0.62	46,600
155	15 Jul 2004	3.9 mi	7	0.55
156	28 Sep 2004	17.4 mi	27	0.64	35,600
157	16 Oct 2004	17.3 mi	30	0.58
158	28 Dec 2004	110.9 mi	131	0.94	362,000
159	6 Jun 2005	10.7 mi	16	0.67	24,700
160	18 Jun 2005	12.1 mi	18	0.67
161	27 Aug 2005	52.6 mi	57	0.96	400,000
162	27 Aug 2005	6.8 mi	7	0.97	19,200
163	23 Nov 2005	26.7 mi	20	1.34
164	4 Feb 2006	8.3 mi	20	0.42
165	16 Mar 2006	14.0 mi	22	0.64	79,500
166	18 Oct 2006	3.9 mi	7	0.55	49,300
167	25 Apr 2007	5.2 mi	9	0.57
168	29 Jan 2008	1.9 mi	7	0.27
169	9 Mar 2008	26.5 mi	37	0.74	82,200
170	30 Jan 2009	9.0 mi	16	0.56	200,000
171	18 Mar 2009	8.4 mi	13	0.65
172	2 Apr 2009	11.2 mi	21	0.53
173	8 Jun 2009	4.0 mi	6	0.67
174	18 Jul 2009	13.8 mi	12	1.15
175	9 Sep 2009	32.4 mi	26	1.25
176	27 Sep 2010	17.3 mi	22	0.79
177	27 Sep 2010	11.5 mi	16	0.72
178	13 Nov 2010	11.2 mi	9	1.25

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