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World Metro List


This page has been developed into something new: for a more powerful and flexible presentation of the data in this list take a look at the new World Metro Database.


The rankings in such a list may always remain somewhat controversial. One reason is that definitions of what a metro is may vary according to who you ask (a popular definition is here). Differences between heavy rail, metros and trams began fading in the past few decades as more metros now include stretches shared with roads or heavy rail. In other cases, metros have gradually evolved from tram or rail lines, so it is often difficult to tell the actual length or date of inauguration of a metro.





The graph above shows how the number of metro systems worldwide increased over time.


Data Table

Total number of metro systems listed: .
Table data provided by Jordi Serradell as of 1 Jan 2008.
Sorting script by Mårten Svantesson.
This page updated 10 Jan 2008.

Stations counts interchange stations as multiple stations.
Stations* counts interchange stations as one station.
Notes N1-N7 see end of table.


Table 2 at the end of this page shows another 18 metro-like systems. See also the Metro Features List for more information about the metro systems (left or right track, air condition, walk-through trains, rubber-tyred trains etc.)


Table 1 can be sorted by clicking on the table headers. Click again to change sorting direction.




Table 1

City Opening date Length (km) Stations Stations* Lines km/stn* km/line stns/line Data updated Notes
TOTAL
... ...
...




AVERAGE
... ...
... ... ... ...

Amsterdam16.10.197732.733334.........dec07Sneltram not included: 9,8 km + 19 stations. 'Metros in Holland'
Ankara30.08.199623.123222.........
Antwerp25.03.19757.611112.........
Athens19545251473.........Aug 08M3 airport line not included.
Atlanta30.06.197979.239382.........
Baku06.11.196731.5621202.........oct-08According to Mr. Yuri Popov
Baltimore21.11.198324.514141.........
Bangkok05.12.19994442383.........Jul 04
Barcelona30.12.1924106.61471249.........oct-08Tram lines not included (1,8 km subway tram line, T5)
Beijing01.10.1969198.951231058.........Aug 08
Belo Horizonte01.08.198628.1319191.........According to official website
Berlin18.02.1902144.11921709.........
Bielefeld21.09.19715.2774.........Full metro section length unknown. Only metro section included
Bilbao11.11.199538.9136362.........jan-07MetroBilbao
Bochum26.05.197921.5329272.........Rhein-Rhur Stadtbahn Album 2
Bonn22.03.1975912121.........9km + 12 stations underground. Aprox 17 km metro-like
Boston01.09.189760.566603.........Green and Red Tram section not included
Brasilia31.03.20014221211.........Aug 08
Brussels20.09.197632.261593.........Sep 06Premetro tunnels not included, 11 stations,
Bucharest16.11.19796346404.........
Budapest02.05.18963342403.........
Buenos Aires01.12.19134674666.........oct-o7Premetro line not included
Buffalo18.05.19858.36881.........Only tunnel section
Bursa19.08.200222.523231.........Aug 08
Busan19.07.19859592883.........jan-08
Cairo27.09.198765.555532.........jan-05
Caracas27.03.198360.547435.........Nov 06Metro Los Teques included (9,5 km)
Catania27.06.19993.8661.........metroitaliane.it
Changchun10.20021716161.........dec-07(17km and 16 stations on viaduct = metro). 14,6km+17 st on street
Charleroi21.06.197617.520204.........dec-06Full metro section length unknown. Total length 25 km. Data from Wikipedia
Chennai19.10.19972717171.........dec-07
Chiba28.03.198815.518182.........
Chicago06.06.18921661511448.........Jul 06151 Stations and 173 km (UrbanRail)
Chongqing18.06.200519.518181.........aug-06Monorail line
Cleveland15.03.19553118181.........2 Light Rail lines not included
Cologne11.10.196845515115.........Aprox 45 km metro-like. 30 km underground.
Copenhagen19.10.20022122222.........Okt 07According to official website
Daegu26.11.199753.956552.........Okt 05
Daejeon16.03.200622.622221.........Apr 07
Dalian01.05.20034912121.........dec-07Suburban service?
Delhi24.12.20026861593.........Aug 08
Detroit07.19874.813131.........
Dnepropetrovsk29.12.19957.1661.........According to Mr. Yuri Popov
Dortmund17.05.197629.4537373.........Aug 08Rhein-Rhur Stadtbahn Album 2
Duesseldorf04.10.19819.5814142.........Rhein-Rhur Stadtbahn Album 1
Duisburg11.07.199214.3413132.........Rhein-Rhur Stadtbahn Album 1
Edmonton22.04.197813.111111.........jan-06
Essen05.10.196720.2227273.........Rhein-Rhur Stadtbahn Album 1
Frankfurt04.10.196820.531273.........20,40 km + 27 stations underground. 'Schnellbahnen in Deutschland'
Fukuoka26.07.198129.835343.........Jun 05According to Mr. Osamu Abe
Gelsenkirchen01.09.19845.52991.........Rhein-Rhur Stadtbahn Album 2
Genoa13.06.19905.2771.........Apr 06metroitaliane.it
Glasgow14.12.189610.415151.........
Guadalajara01.09.19892429282.........
Guangzhou28.06.199911662574.........jan-07According to 'Zorg'
Gwangju28.04.200420.120201.........Aug 08
Haifa19591.75661.........
Hamburg01.03.1912100.797893.........According to official website
Hanover28.09.197518.621173.........18,60 km + 17 stations underground. 'Schnellbahnen in Deutschland'
Helsinki03.08.19822117171.........jan-07According to Metros in Skandinavien (R.Schwandl)
Hiroshima20.08.199418.421211.........According to Mr. Osamu Abe
Hong Kong01.10.197917494788.........apr-08According to official website. Metro 91km 62/51 stations
Incheon06.10.19992323231.........apr-07Length not known
Istanbul16.09.20008.5661.........Wikipedia. Hafif Metro: 25,8 km + 24 stations + 2 lines not included
Izmir22.05.200011.510101.........
Jacksonville30.05.19896.9661.........
Kamakura03.03.19706.6881.........Shonan Monorail.
Kaohsiung09.03.200842.737362.........Sep 082 stations not opened
Kazan27.08.20056.8551.........Aug 07According to Mr. Yuri Popov
Kharkov23.08.197535.328253.........Aug 04According to Mr. Yuri Popov
Kiev22.10.196059.846433.........Aug 08
Kitakyushu09.01.19858.813131.........Aug 05
Kobe13.03.197730.626242.........According to Mr. Osamu Abe.Portliner, Rokko Lines not included (15 st)
Kolkata24.10.198416.517171.........
Kryvy Rih26.12.19861812121.........
Kuala Lumpur16.12.19966460563.........
Kyoto01.04.198131.332312.........jan-08
Las Vegas15.07.20046.2771.........Jul 04Hotels monorails not included
Lausanne24.05.19918.220192.........
Lille25.04.198345.562602.........
Lima13.01.200310661.........
Lisbon29.12.195937.750464.........dec-07According to official website
London10.01.186340826826811.........oct-08DLR not included (31,4km+39 stations), East London Line removed (will be assigned to Overground). Overground: 86km + 55 st.
Los Angeles30.01.19932816161.........
Ludwigshafen29.05.1969411110.........Full metro section length unknown.
Lyon28.04.197830.743394.........Okt-07
Madrid17.10.191928428123113.........Aug 08ML1-ML2-ML3 Not included (27,8km + 37st)(Embajadores=Acacias)
Manila01.12.198445.742393.........Okt 04
Marseille26.11.197719.326242.........
Medellin30.11.199528.826252.........Metro Cable not included, 4 stations
Mexico City05.09.1969201.717514711.........
Miami21.05.19843622221.........Metromover not included, (20 stations+7km)
Milan01.11.196474.688843.........Okt 05metroitaliane.it
Minsk26.06.198430.325242.........Nov 07According to Mr. Yuri Popov
Monterrey25.04.199131.532312.........oct-08
Montreal14.10.196669.273684.........apr-07
Moscow15.05.1935292.917714112.........Sep-08According to Mr. Yuri Popov. Monorail: 6 stations + 4,7 km not included.
Mulheim03.11.19799.0113122.........Rhein-Rhur Stadtbahn Album 1
Mumbai185317173735.........jan-06In fact, 4 suburban railway lines with metro-frequency
Munich19.10.197192.5100946.........dec-07
Nagoya15.11.19578993824.........Okt 043 stations +
Naha10.08.200312.815151.........
Nanjing27.08.200521.716161.........Okt 05According to Mr. Osamu Abe
Naples28.03.199331.830283.........Feb 07M3: 12,3 km + 12 sta. M4: 8,3 km + 8 sta. M3 & M4 not included
New York27.10.190436846842227.........oct-08According to official website. PATH not included (22,2km and 13 stations). SIR not included.
Newark26.05.19352.2441.........4 underground stations
Newcastle07.08.198076.561502.........march08
Nizhny Novgorod20.11.198515.514132.........According to Mr. Yuri Popov
Novosibirsk07.01.198614.313122.........Aug 07According to Mr. Yuri Popov
Nuremberg01.03.197234.646443.........Aug 08
Oporto07.12.200221.715142.........Okt 05Full metro section length unknown.14 underground stations & 6,3 km in tunnel in downtown
Osaka20.05.1933137.81331049.........dec-06Monorail not included = 23,8 km, 18 st. OTS + New tram included
Oslo22.05.19666272725.........Sep-08According to Metros in Skandinavien (R.Schwandl). Only metro section. Total system: 84,2 km, 90 stations.
Palma de Mallorca25.04.20078.3991.........apr-07
Paris19.07.190021338030016.........Aug 08
Perugia29.01.20083771.........jan-08
Philadelphia04.03.19076266623.........PATCO line included. Subway Trolley Not (10 st)
Pittsburgh03.07.19850331.........Full metro section length unknown (All lines: 40km)
Porto Alegre02.03.198533.817171.........According to official website
Poznan01.03.19976.1661.........Mrz 06Rapid Tram
Prague09.05.197459.157543.........Aug 08
Pyongyang06.09.197322.516152.........
Recife11.03.198532.324222.........march08According to official website
Rennes16.03.2002915151.........
Rio de Janeiro05.03.197936.5334332.........Feb 07
Rome10.02.19553949482.........metroitaliane.it
Rotterdam10.02.19684738372.........Sep-08Only metro section. Sneltram: 8,4 km, 11 stations. 'Metros in Holland'
Rouen17.12.19942.2551.........5 underground stations
Saint Louis31.07.199373.437372.........aug-06
Saint Petersburg15.11.1955105.560534.........dec-06According to Mr. Yuri Popov
Samara26.12.198710.2991.........dec-07According to Mr. Yuri Popov
San Francisco11.09.1972166.943435.........MUNI not included (8 subway stations)
San Juan06.06.200517.216161.........Jun 05
Santiago15.09.19758392855.........dec-06
Sao Paulo14.09.197461.358554.........dec-07According to official website. C Line: 26 km + 16 st. E Line: 22km + 7 st)
Sapporo16.12.19714849463.........According to Mr. Osamu Abe
Sendai15.07.198714.817171.........According to Mr. Osamu Abe
Seoul15.08.1974286.934829810.........Length unknown.10 lines with Bundang and New Korail Line
Shanghai10.04.1995228.41621478.........dec-07
Shenzhen28.12.200421.519182.........jan-05
Singapore07.11.198710969643.........jan-06
Sofia28.01.19989.9881.........
Stockholm01.10.1950105.71041003.........Aug 08According to official website. 7 Operational lines
Stuttgart10.06.19662419172.........24 km underground. 'Schnellbahnen in Deutschland'
Sydney192622.0614143.........Only underground stations in downtown. Monorail: 3,6 km + 8 stations
Taipei28.03.199674.564617.........Jun 06
Tama27.11.19981619191.........
Tashkent06.11.197736.229263.........According to Mr. Yuri Popov
Tbilisi11.01.196626.322212.........According to Mr. Yuri Popov
Tehran21.02.200050.543403.........Aug 08Line 5 to Karaj not included (42 km)(11 stations)
The Hague16.10.200427.930303.........dec-07Full metro section length unknown. 47 km???
Tianjin28.03.200471.9837372.........Jun 06Binhai Line and metro line included. 10-08-1980 (7,4km, 7stations)
Tokyo30.12.1927304.529020513.........Aug 08According to Mr. Osamu Abe. Saitama, Yurikamone, Monorail, Yamanote, Chuo, Rinkai not incl.
Toronto30.04.195471.374694.........
Toulouse26.06.199327.538372.........dec-07
Turin04.02.20069.614141.........oct-o7
Valencia,Venezuela18.10.20066.2771.........dec-06
Valencia,Spain03.10.198831.838373.........apr-07Full metro section length unknown.
Valparaiso23.11.20054320201.........Nov 05
Vancouver03.01.19865033322.........jan-06
Vienna25.02.197869.896845.........Aug 08According to official website.Premetro tunnel not included,
Volgograd05.11.19843.3221.........Total System: 18 stations + 13,5 km
Warsaw07.04.199522.621211.........oct-08
Washington27.03.1976171.290865.........dec-04
Wuhan28.09.200410.210101.........Okt 04
Wuppertal01.03.190113.320201.........
Yekaterinburg26.04.19918.5771.........According to Mr. Yuri Popov
Yerevan07.03.198112.110101.........According to Mr. Yuri Popov
Yokohama16.12.197257.648453.........apr-08Kanazawa Line not included (10.6km)



Notes

All data from Robert Schwandl's urbanrail.net unless otherwise stated.
N1: Full metro section length unknown.
N2: According to Schwandl, Robert: Metros in Scandinavia.
N3: According to Schwandl, Robert: Metros in Britain.
N4: According to official websites.
N5: According to Osamu Abe.
N6: According to Yuri Popov.
N7: According to Tricoire, Jean: Un siècle de métro.





Metro-Like Systems



Table 2

City Opening date Length (km) Stations Stations* Lines km/stn* km/line stns/line Data updated Notes
Cape TownSuburban service.
Concepción24.11.200517172No subway stations. Biotrén suburban service.
Donostia1,8113,3 km subway.
Gdansk22.07.19534627271Dec 07
Gothenburg222 underground stations,total length:117 km and 131 stops
JohannesburgSuburban service.
Laon19891,5331Minimetro
Linz1,9221 station at grade
Liverpool03.05.190313662N3.118,5 Km, 68 Stations
Melbourne3,74333 underground stations in downtown (city loop)
Morgantown19756441
Palermo3918182Line A: 14 stations, 35 km, Line B:4 stations, 4 km
Rostock12.04.20030,3511
Seattle12.06.19052,155Busway. 5 undergound st.Monorail:24.03.1962, length:1,44 km, 2 sta.
Sydney192622,06141431,587,354,67Only underground stations in downtown
Tokyo monorail17.810
Tokyo Waterfront15.18
Tokyo Yurikamome14.816
Tokyo Yamanote34.529Circle line
Tokyo N.T. Nippori9.813
Utrecht17.12.19831Sneltram (27stops?)
Zurich2,233Tramway service




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