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World Metro List


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
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AVERAGE
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Amsterdam16.10.197732.733334.........dec07Sneltram not included: 9,8 km + 19 stations. "Metros in Holland"
Ankara30.08.199623.123222.........
Antwerp25.03.19757.611111.........
Athens19545248443.........Jun 04
Atlanta30.06.197979.239382.........
Baku06.11.196729.920192.........N6
Baltimore21.11.198324.514141.........
Bangkok05.12.19994444403.........Jul 04
Barcelona30.12.1924104.81451239.........Jun 04Tram lines not included (1,8 km subway tram line, T5)
Beijing01.10.1969141.3593835.........oct-o7
Belo Horizonte01.08.198628.1319191.........N4
Berlin18.02.1902144.11921709.........
Bielefeld21.09.19715774.........N1. Only metro section included
Bilbao11.11.199538.9136362.........jan-07MetroBilbao
Bochum26.05.19791029272.........N1
Bonn22.03.19755.212121.........N1. 12 underground stations
Boston01.09.189760.566603.........Green and Red Tram section not included
Brasilia31.03.20013114141.........Jun 04
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
Bursa19.08.200217.517172.........
Busan19.07.198590.690863.........
Cairo27.09.198765.555532.........jan-05
Caracas27.03.198360.547435.........Nov 06Metro Los Teques included (9,5 km)
Catania27.06.19993.8661.........
Changchun10.20021716161.........dec-07(17km and 16 stations on viaduct = metro). 14,6km+17 st on street
Charleroi21.06.197617.520204.........dec-06N1. 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
Cologne11.10.196844.9515115.........N1
Copenhagen19.10.20022122222.........Okt 07N4
Daegu26.11.199753.956552.........Okt 05
Daejeon16.03.200622.622221.........Apr 07
Dalian01.05.20034912121.........Dec 07Suburban service?
Delhi24.12.200265.758563.........Nov 06
Detroit07.19874.813131.........
Dnepropetrovsk29.12.19957.1661.........N6
Dortmund17.05.197617.524232.........N1
Duesseldorf04.10.198111.611112.........N1
Duisburg11.07.19926972.........N1
Edmonton22.04.197813.111111.........jan-06
Essen05.10.19671622203.........N1.20 underground stations in downtown
Frankfurt04.10.196857.2728287.........N1.28 underground stations in downtown
Fukuoka26.07.198129.835343.........Jun 05N5
Gelsenkirchen01.09.19843.7881.........N1
Genoa13.06.19904.5771.........Apr 06Length not known
Glasgow14.12.189610.415151.........
Guadalajara01.09.19892429282.........
Guangzhou28.06.1999115.3762574.........jan-07L3 & L4 length unknown
Gwangju28.04.20041114141.........Jun 04
Haifa19591.75661.........
Hamburg01.03.1912100.797893.........N4
Hanover28.09.19751721173.........N1. 17 underground stations in downtown
Helsinki03.08.19822117171.........jan-07N2
Hiroshima20.08.199418.421211.........N5
Hong Kong01.10.19799162515.........Jun 05N4. 87,5km ?
Incheon06.10.19992323231.........apr-07Length not known
Istanbul16.09.20007.9661.........2 Haffif Metro not included, unknown length
Izmir22.05.200011.510101.........
Jacksonville30.05.19896.9661.........
Kamakura03.03.19706.6881.........Shonan Monorail
Kazan27.08.20056.8551.........Aug 07N6
Kharkov23.08.197535.328253.........Aug 04N6
Kiev22.10.196058.845423.........Okt 05N6
Kitakyushu09.01.19858.813131.........Aug 05
Kobe13.03.197730.626242.........N5.Porltliner, Rokko Line not included (15 st)
Kolkata24.10.198416.517171.........
Kryvy Rih26.12.19861812121.........
Kuala Lumpur16.12.19966460563.........
Kyoto01.04.198128.830292.........dec-04N5
Las Vegas15.07.20046.2771.........Jul 04
Lausanne24.05.19918.220192.........
Lille25.04.198345.562602.........
Lima13.01.200310661.........
Lisbon29.12.195937.750464.........dec-07N4
London10.01.186340827527512.........DLR not included (31,4km+39 stations) (Overground: 86km + 55 st)
Los Angeles30.01.19932816161.........
Ludwigshafen29.05.1969411110.........N1.
Lyon28.04.197830.743394.........Okt-07
Madrid17.10.1902282.528023113.........apr-07ML1-ML2-ML3 Not included (27,8km + 37st)
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)
Milan01.11.196473.888843.........Okt 05C.Busato
Minsk26.06.198430.325242.........Nov 07N6
Monterrey25.04.199126.228272.........nov-07
Montreal14.10.196669.273684.........apr-07
Moscow15.05.1935281.517414012.........dec-07N6
Mulheim03.11.19796.81092.........
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 05N5
Naples28.03.199330.130283.........Feb 07
New York27.10.190437046846827.........N4. PATH not included (22.2 km and 13 stations)
Newark26.05.19352.2441.........4 underground stations
Newcastle07.08.198076.560592.........dec-05
Nizhniy Novgorod20.11.198515.514132.........N6
Novosibirsk07.01.198614.313122.........Aug 07N6
Nuremberg01.03.197232.143412.........dec-07
Osaka20.05.1933137.81331049.........dec-06Monorail not included = 23,8 km, 18 st. OTS + New tram included
Oslo22.05.19665969695.........aug-06N2.Only metro section counted.Total System: 76km,96 st.
Palma de Mallorca25.04.20078.3991.........Apr 07
Paris19.07.1900211.9938129716.........N7
Philadelphia04.03.19076266623.........PATCO line included. Subway Trolley Not (10 st)
Pittsburgh03.07.19850331.........N1 (All lines: 40km)
Porto07.12.200221.715142.........Okt 05N1.14 underground stations & 6,3 km in tunnel in downtown
Porto Alegre02.03.198533.817171.........N4
Poznan01.03.19976.1661.........Mrz 06Rapid Tram
Prague09.05.197454.754513.........Mai 06
Pyongyang06.09.197322.516152.........
Recife11.03.198529.322202.........Jun 05N4
Rennes16.03.2002915151.........
Rio de Janeiro05.03.197936.5334332.........Feb 07
Rome10.02.195537.449482.........
Rotterdam10.02.196855.338372.........11 sneltram stations not included "Metros in Holland"
Rouen17.12.19942.2551.........5 underground stations
Saint Louis31.07.199373.437372.........aug-06
Saint Petersburg15.11.1955105.560534.........dec-06N6
Samara26.12.198711991.........dec-07
San Francisco11.09.1972166.943435.........MUNI not included (8 subway stations)
San Juan06.06.200517.216161.........Jun 05
Santiago de Chile15.09.19758392855.........dec-06
Sao Paulo14.09.197461.358554.........dec-07N4
Sapporo16.12.19714849463.........N5
Sendai15.07.198714.817171.........N5
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.........
Stockholm01.10.19501081041003.........
Stuttgart10.06.196622.517152.........N1
Sydney192622.0614143.........Only underground stations in downtown
Taipei28.03.199674.564617.........Jun 06
Tama27.11.19981619191.........
Tashkent06.11.197736.229263.........N6
Tbilisi11.01.196626.322212.........N6
Tehran21.02.20004840392.........dec-06Line 5 to Karaj not included (42 km)(11 stations)
The Hague16.10.200427.930303.........dec-07N1. Randstad Rail. 47 km?
Tianjin28.03.200471.9837372.........Jun 06Binhai Line and metro line included. 10-08-1980 (7,4km, 7stations)
Tokyo30.12.1927292.227420213.........N5. Saitama Railway, Yurikamone, Monorail not included
Toronto30.04.195471.374694.........
Toulouse26.06.199327.538372.........dec-07
Turin04.02.20069.614141.........Oct 07
Valencia,Venezuela18.10.20066.2771.........dec-06
Valencia,Spain03.10.198831.838373.........apr-07N1.
Valparaiso23.11.20054320201.........Nov 05
Vancouver03.01.19865033322.........jan-06
Vienna25.02.197865.191805.........aug-06N4.Premetro tunnel not included,
Volgograd05.11.19843.3221.........Total System: 18 stations + 13,5 km
Warsaw07.04.199518.217171.........dec-06
Washington27.03.1976171.290865.........dec-04
Wuhan28.09.200410.210101.........Okt 04
Wuppertal01.03.190113.320201.........
Yekaterinburg26.04.19918.5771.........N6
Yerevan07.03.198112.110101.........N6
Yokohama16.12.197244.4438372.........Feb 04



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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