The chart above shows the number of annual riders for every kilometer of track in each state. One million annual riders is the equivalent of 2,740 riders a day. So the Netherlands has 3,808 daily riders for every kilometer of track while Hungary has 29,452.
Findings
- The difference between the state with the most annual riders per kilometer of track, Hungary, and the state with the least (that has a subway system), the Netherlands, is 9.36 million.
- Hungary has 7.73 times the annual riders per kilometer of track that the Netherlands does.
- Italy has seven subway systems, France has six, the United Kingdom and Germany each have four, Spain has three, and the Netherlands has two, all other states have one.
- The median number of annual riders per kilometer of track in states that have a subway is 3.27 million and the mean 4.00 million.
Caveats
- Data is from 2017.
- Greece is currently working on building a subway system for Thessaloniki which is expected to have 3.70 million annual riders per kilometer of track.
- All figures are rounded to the nearest hundredth.
Details
The United Kingdom has the most subway track but comes in second in subway riders while France leads in subway riders and comes in fourth in length of track. It is Hungary however who ranks first in number of riders per kilometer of track as its relatively small subway system packs in a healthy amount of riders.
Italy has seven heavy rail systems. The Milan Metro has 5.64 million annual riders per kilometer, the Rome Metro has 4.65, the Naples Metro has 2.07, the Turin Metro has 3.11, the Brescia Metro has 1.27, the Catania Metro has 0.66, and the Genoa Metro has 1.55. France has 7.10 million annual riders per kilometer in the Paris Metro, 2.39 in the Lille Metro, 6.19 in the Lyon Metro, 3.93 in the Toulouse Metro, 3.53 in the Marseille Metro, and 3.65 in the Rennes Metro. The United Kingdom has two systems in London, one in Newcastle, and one in Glasgow. The London Underground has 3.43 million annual riders per kilometer, the Tyne and Wear Metro in Newcastle has 0.49, the Docklands Light Railway in London has 3.60, and the Glasgow Subway has 1.10. Germany has 3.71 million annual riders per kilometer in the Berlin U-Bahn, 4.32 in the Munich U-Bahn, 2.29 in the Hamburg U-Bahn, and 3.58 in the Nuremberg U-Bahn. Spain has 2.17 in the Madrid Metro, 3.23 in the Barcelona Metro, and 1.96 in the Metro Bilbao. The Netherlands has 1.19 million annual riders per kilometer in the Rotterdam Metro and 1.79 in the Amsterdam Metro.
Data
| State | City | Name | Kilometers of Track | Riders (in millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | Brussels | Brussels Metro | 39.9 | 151.6 |
| Bulgaria | Sofia | Sofia Metro | 40 | 89.7 |
| Czech Republic | Prague | Prague Metro | 65.2 | 435.6 |
| Denmark | Copenhagen | Copenhagen Metro | 20.4 | 63.5 |
| Finland | Helsinki | Helsinki Metro | 35 | 67.5 |
| France | Lille | Lille Metro | 45 | 107.5 |
| France | Marseille | Marseille Metro | 21.5 | 75.9 |
| France | Rennes | Rennes Metro | 9.4 | 34.3 |
| France | Toulouse | Toulouse Metro | 28.2 | 110.9 |
| France | Lyon | Lyon Metro | 32 | 198.2 |
| France | Paris | Paris Metro | 214 | 1,518.6 |
| Germany | Hamburg | Hamburg U-Bahn | 106.1 | 242.5 |
| Germany | Nuremberg | Nuremberg U-Bahn | 36 | 128.85 |
| Germany | Berlin | Berlin U-Bahn | 151.7 | 563 |
| Germany | Munich | Munich U-Bahn | 95 | 410 |
| Greece | Athens | Athens Metro | 84.7 | 264.4 |
| Hungary | Budapest | Budapest Metro | 38.2 | 410.6 |
| Italy | Catania | Catania Metro | 8.8 | 5.8 |
| Italy | Brescia | Brescia Metro | 13.7 | 17.4 |
| Italy | Genoa | Genoa Metro | 7.1 | 11 |
| Italy | Naples | Naples Metro | 20.5 | 42.5 |
| Italy | Turin | Turin Metro | 13.2 | 41.1 |
| Italy | Rome | Rome Metro | 60 | 279 |
| Italy | Milan | Milan Metro | 101 | 569.5 |
| Netherlands | Rotterdam | Rotterdam Metro | 78.3 | 93 |
| Netherlands | Amsterdam | Amsterdam Metro | 41.2 | 73.7 |
| Poland | Warsaw | Warsaw Metro | 29 | 187.3 |
| Portugal | Lisbon | Lisbon Metro | 44.1 | 161.5 |
| Romania | Bucharest | Bucharest Metro | 71.4 | 179.1 |
| Spain | Bilbao | Metro Bilbao | 45.1 | 88.2 |
| Spain | Madrid | Madrid Metro | 288.5 | 626.4 |
| Spain | Barcelona | Barcelona Metro | 120.7 | 390.4 |
| Sweden | Stockholm | Stockholm Metro | 108 | 353 |
| United Kingdom | Newcastle | Tyne and Wear Metro | 77.5 | 37.7 |
| United Kingdom | Glasgow | Glasgow Subway | 10.4 | 11.4 |
| United Kingdom | London | London Underground | 402 | 1,378 |
| United Kingdom | London | Docklands Light Railway | 34 | 122.3 |
Sources
Wikipedia. 2019. "List of Metro Systems." Accessed February 24, 2019. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metro_systems.