Record year for the Metro: Six million more passengers in 2024
Facts: Passenger numbers for the Metro
Passenger numbers have increased by 18 million passengers since 2022 - that's an increase of 16%.
- In 2024, 126 million passengers travelled on the Metro.
- In 2023, the figure was 120 million passengers.
- In 2022, the figure was 108 million passengers.
Other facts
- The M1 and M2 had approximately 71 million passengers in 2024, which is 3.5 per cent more than the previous year.
- On M3, there was an average growth of 3.5% in the second half of 2024 compared to the corresponding months in 2023.
- The five new stations on the M4 to Sydhavn and Valby have had around 3 million passengers from the opening in June 2024 through December, which is about twice as many passengers as expected during the period.
- The Metro has a total of 44 metro stations and 43 kilometres of track.
- It is possible to switch between Metro and S-train at eight stations and between Metro and regional trains at six stations.
- The first metro stations opened in 2002 and the newest stations opened in 2024.
- In 2025, the tender for the next two stations, which will be located in Ydre Nordhavn, will start.
In 2024, 126 million passengers travelled on the Metro, which is an increase of six million compared to the previous record from 2023, when 120 million passengers used the Metro.
Since 2022, passenger numbers have increased significantly, and the growth shows that the Metro plays a crucial role for mobility in the metropolitan area.
‘It's very gratifying to see that customers are increasingly choosing the Metro, contributing to year-on-year growth. In 2024, we had 126 million passengers, which is the highest annual passenger number in Metro's history. The Metro's increasing popularity is due to last year's opening of five new stations to Sydhavn and Valby on the M4 line, the growing number of inhabitants in the capital and increasing awareness of the M3 line,’ says Hanne Tærsbøl Schmidt, Director, Metroselskabet.
Not fully meeting passenger expectations
Despite the growth, Metroselskabet will not fully meet the total passenger expectations in 2024:
‘This is partly because we shut down the M3/M4 lines completely for 16 days in the first half of 2024 to prepare for the opening of the five new stations on the M4 line to Sydhavn and Valby.
Although passengers subsequently flocked to the new stations, the closure was not popular with our passengers and some were slow to return. At the same time, more homework and a lack of awareness that the Metro can save time for some bus and train passengers also play a role,’ concludes Hanne Tærsbøl Schmidt.