Metro systems in Europe

Europe has 57 networks in 23 countries on The Metro Map, with 239 lines and 3813 stations.

Metro cities: Europe 56 cities with a metro network are marked on a simplified map; the comparison table below lists them all. Vienna Minsk Brussels Sofia Prague Copenhagen Helsinki Lille Lyon Marseille Paris Rennes Toulouse Berlin Frankfurt Hamburg Munich Nuremberg Athens Thessaloniki Budapest Brescia Catania Genoa Milan Naples Rome Turin Amsterdam Rotterdam Oslo Warsaw Lisbon Porto Bucharest Kazan Moscow Nizhny Novgorod Novosibirsk Saint Petersburg Samara Yekaterinburg Barcelona Bilbao Madrid Málaga Palma Seville Valencia Stockholm Lausanne Dnipro Kharkiv Kyiv Glasgow London
Simplified outlines, not for navigation. Dots mark cities with a metro network.

Records and rankings

Oldest network
London Underground opened 1863
Newest network
Thessaloniki Metro opened 2024
Largest by stations
Paris Métro 321 stations
Longest of 34 networks with known length
Moscow Metro 360.0 km
Total length
2,391.1 km 34 of 57 networks with known length

Networks by opening year

  1. London Underground — 1863
  2. Athens Metro — 1869
  3. Budapest Metro — 1896
  4. Glasgow Subway — 1896
  5. Paris Métro — 1900
  6. Berlin U-Bahn — 1902
  7. Hamburg U-Bahn — 1912
  8. Madrid Metro — 1919
  9. Barcelona Metro (TMB) — 1924
  10. Moscow Metro — 1935
  11. Stockholm Metro — 1950
  12. Rome Metro — 1955
  13. Saint Petersburg Metro — 1955
  14. Lisbon Metro — 1959
  15. Kyiv Metro — 1960
  16. Milan Metro — 1964
  17. Oslo Metro — 1966
  18. Frankfurt U-Bahn — 1968
  19. Rotterdam Metro — 1968
  20. Munich U-Bahn — 1971
  21. U-Bahn Nürnberg — 1972
  22. Lyon Metro — 1974
  23. Prague Metro — 1974
  24. Kharkiv Metro — 1975
  25. Brussels Metro — 1976
  26. Vienna U-Bahn — 1976
  27. Amsterdam Metro — 1977
  28. Marseille Metro — 1977
  29. Bucharest Metro — 1979
  30. Helsinki Metro — 1982
  31. Lille Metro — 1983
  32. Minsk Metro — 1984
  33. Nizhny Novgorod Metro — 1985
  34. Novosibirsk Metro — 1985
  35. Docklands Light Railway — 1987
  36. Samara Metro — 1987
  37. Metrovalencia — 1988
  38. Yekaterinburg Metro — 1991
  39. Metropolitana di Napoli — 1993
  40. Toulouse Metro — 1993
  41. Bilbao Metro — 1995
  42. Dnipro Metro — 1995
  43. Warsaw Metro — 1995
  44. Sofia Metro — 1998
  45. Catania Metro — 1999
  46. Copenhagen Metro — 2002
  47. Metro do Porto — 2002
  48. Rennes Metro — 2002
  49. Metropolitana di Genova — 2003
  50. Kazan Metro — 2005
  51. Metropolitana di Torino — 2006
  52. Metro de Palma — 2007
  53. Lausanne Metro — 2008
  54. Metro de Sevilla — 2009
  55. Brescia Metro — 2013
  56. Metro de Málaga — 2014
  57. Thessaloniki Metro — 2024

Compare the networks

Metro networks in Europe
Network Country City Lines Stations Length (km) Coverage
Paris Métro France Paris 16 321 219.9 Complete
London Underground United Kingdom London 11 272 — Complete
Moscow Metro Russia Moscow 17 265 360.0 Complete
Madrid Metro Spain Madrid 13 242 293.0 Complete
Berlin U-Bahn Germany Berlin 9 175 156.1 Complete
Metrovalencia Spain Valencia 10 144 — Complete
Barcelona Metro (TMB) Spain Barcelona 10 138 143.3 Complete
Milan Metro Italy Milan 5 125 96.8 Complete
Oslo Metro Norway Oslo 5 101 — Complete
Stockholm Metro Sweden Stockholm 7 100 — Complete
Vienna U-Bahn Austria Vienna 5 99 83.0 Complete
Munich U-Bahn Germany Munich 8 96 95.0 Complete
Hamburg U-Bahn Germany Hamburg 4 93 — Complete
Frankfurt U-Bahn Germany Frankfurt 9 86 — Complete
Metro do Porto Portugal Porto 6 85 — Complete
Saint Petersburg Metro Russia Saint Petersburg 6 75 124.8 Complete
Rome Metro Italy Rome 3 74 60.0 Complete
Rotterdam Metro Netherlands Rotterdam 5 71 — Complete
Athens Metro Greece Athens 3 66 84.5 Complete
Bucharest Metro Romania Bucharest 5 63 — Complete
Brussels Metro Belgium Brussels 4 60 39.9 Complete
Lille Metro France Lille 2 60 45.0 Complete
Prague Metro Czechia Prague 3 58 65.2 Complete
Kyiv Metro Ukraine Kyiv 3 52 69.7 Complete
Lisbon Metro Portugal Lisbon 4 50 — Complete
Sofia Metro Bulgaria Sofia 4 50 — Complete
U-Bahn Nürnberg Germany Nuremberg 3 49 38.2 Complete
Budapest Metro Hungary Budapest 4 48 38.6 Complete
Bilbao Metro Spain Bilbao 3 48 — Complete
Docklands Light Railway United Kingdom London 1 45 38.6 Complete
Copenhagen Metro Denmark Copenhagen 4 44 — Complete
Lyon Metro France Lyon 4 42 32.1 Complete
Amsterdam Metro Netherlands Amsterdam 5 39 — Complete
Warsaw Metro Poland Warsaw 2 38 29.0 Complete
Toulouse Metro France Toulouse 2 37 28.2 Complete
Minsk Metro Belarus Minsk 3 36 40.8 Complete
Kharkiv Metro Ukraine Kharkiv 3 30 38.5 Complete
Helsinki Metro Finland Helsinki 2 30 21.1 Complete
Marseille Metro France Marseille 2 29 22.7 Complete
Rennes Metro France Rennes 2 28 23.5 Complete
Metropolitana di Napoli Italy Naples 2 27 — Complete
Metropolitana di Torino Italy Turin 1 23 — Complete
Metro de Sevilla Spain Seville 1 21 18.2 Complete
Metro de Málaga Spain Málaga 2 19 — Complete
Thessaloniki Metro Greece Thessaloniki 2 18 — Complete
Brescia Metro Italy Brescia 1 17 13.7 Complete
Nizhny Novgorod Metro Russia Nizhny Novgorod 2 15 21.8 Complete
Glasgow Subway United Kingdom Glasgow 1 15 — Complete
Novosibirsk Metro Russia Novosibirsk 2 14 — Complete
Lausanne Metro Switzerland Lausanne 1 14 5.9 Complete
Catania Metro Italy Catania 1 12 — Complete
Kazan Metro Russia Kazan 1 11 15.8 Complete
Metro de Palma Spain Palma 1 10 8.5 Complete
Samara Metro Russia Samara 1 10 — Complete
Yekaterinburg Metro Russia Yekaterinburg 1 9 12.7 Complete
Metropolitana di Genova Italy Genoa 1 8 — Complete
Dnipro Metro Ukraine Dnipro 1 6 7.1 Complete

Countries with a metro