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World Metro Database

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A list like this one and the metro systems that appear in it may always remain somewhat controversial. One reason is that definitions of what a metro is may vary according to whom you ask (a popular definition is here). Differences between commuter rail, metros and trams are increasingly fading as new hybrid trains allow metros to include sections in streets or shared with heavy rail. In other cases, metros have gradually evolved from former tram or rail lines, so it is sometimes difficult to tell the actual length or date of inauguration of the metro system.

Stations* with an asterisk counts each interchange station as one. Passenger numbers are annual. Ticket prices are for 10 km or 10 stops Price of a single ticket for the public transport network (bus, streetcar or metro) for a journey of approx. 10 km/6 miles or at least 10 stops (2009). Only one logo per city is displayed.



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1 New YorkNew York CityUSAAmericaSubway368.0 km468422270.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,0002008rightplanned for new Second Avenue Lineyes
2 ParisFranceEuropeMetro213.0 km380300160.7113.323.81473 mio.6,915,0002008right (metro), left (RER)line 14/Météor, rubber-tyred1998all stations on line 14, under construction on line 13lines 1, 14
3 CologneGermanyEuropeStadtbahn45.0 km5151150.883.03.4rightnew light rail trains onlyyes
4 TokyoJapanAsiaMetro304.5 km290205131.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,0002008leftYurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyred1995Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome linesyesyes
5 MadridSpainEuropeMetro284.0 km281231131.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,0002008leftyesyes
6 MoscowRussiaEuropeMetro298.8 km180144122.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,0002008right
7 Mexico CityMexicoAmericaMetro201.7 km175147111.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,0002008right
8 LondonUnited KingdomEuropeUnderground408.0 km268268111.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,0002007leftDocklands Light Rail1987Jubilee Line extensionyes (DLR)
9 BarcelonaSpainEuropeMetro110.5 km152128100.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,0002008rightunder construction on lines 5, 11, planned for lines 9, 10yesyes
10 BerlinGermanyEuropeU-Bahn147.4 km195173100.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,0002008rightyes
11 ShanghaiChinaAsiaMetro334.0 km230194101.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,0002008rightnewer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stationsyes
12 SeoulSouth KoreaAsiaSubway286.9 km348298100.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,0002008rightlines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010yesyes
13 OsakaJapanAsiaSubway137.8 km13310491.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,0002008leftNanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyred1981all stations on the Nanko Port Town Lineyes
14 Hong KongChinaAsiaMTR188.1 km958292.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,0002008leftDisneyland Resort Line2005all underground stationsyesyes
15 BeijingChinaAsiaSubway227.6 km14712591.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,0002008rightPGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10recentlyall lines
16 TaipeiTaiwanAsiaMRT90.6 km858081.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,0002008rightMuzha line, VAL1996Muzha line VAL MRTyesyes
17 ChicagoUSAAmerica"L"166.0 km15114481.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,0002008rightyes
18 Buenos AiresArgentinaAmericaSubte47.5 km766860.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,0002008leftyes
19 MunichGermanyEuropeU-Bahn92.5 km1009460.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,0002008rightyes
20 Saint PetersburgLeningradRussiaEuropeMetro110.2 km635552.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,0002007rightwindowless steel doors in ten stations
21 CaracasVenezuelaAmericaMetro60.5 km504651.3212.110.0510 mio.8,430,0002008yes
22 ViennaAustriaEuropeU-Bahn69.8 km968450.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,0002008rightyesyes
23 MumbaiBombayIndiaAsiaSuburban Railway171.0 km737352.3434.214.6
24 OsloNorwayEuropeT-Bane62.0 km727250.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,0002005rightyes
25 WashingtonUSAAmericaMetrorail171.2 km908651.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,0002008rightyes
26 SantiagoSantiago de ChileChileAmericaMetro83.0 km938650.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,0002008right
27 GuangzhouCantonChinaAsiaMetro148.5 km887951.8829.717.6601 mio.4,047,0002008rightyesyes
28 San FranciscoUSAAmericaBART166.9 km434353.8833.48.6100 mio.599,0002007rightyes
29 AmsterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro32.7 km333340.998.28.391 mio.2,783,0002002right
30 NagoyaJapanAsiaSubway89.0 km938241.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,0002008leftTobu Kyuryo maglev line2005Tobu Kyuryo maglev lineyes
31 MontrealMontréalCanadaAmericaMetro69.2 km736841.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,0002006right
32 LisbonPortugalEuropeMetro41.0 km524640.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,0002007leftyes
33 CharleroiBelgiumEurope17.5 km202040.884.45.0
34 BucharestRomaniaEuropeMetro67.7 km504341.5716.912.5111 mio.1,640,0001999right
35 SingaporeSingaporeAsiaMRT118.9 km766941.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,0002007leftNorth-East MTR line and 3 rubber-tyred LRT lines2003yesyes
36 TorontoCanadaAmericaSubway71.3 km746941.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,0002006rightyes
37 BielefeldGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.2 km7740.741.31.8right
38 LyonFranceEuropeMetro30.7 km433940.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,0002004leftline D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDs1991
39 Sao PauloBrazilAmericaMetro61.3 km585541.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,0002008rightlines 4, 5, and regional rail
40 EssenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn20.2 km272730.756.79.0rightyes
41 TehranIranAsiaMetro50.5 km474431.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,0002007yes
42 Los AngelesUSAAmericaMetro Rail59.3 km303031.9819.810.045 mio.759,0002008rightyes
43 BrusselsBelgiumEuropeMetro32.2 km615930.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,0002008rightline 1B
44 SydneyAustraliaOceaniaCityrail22.1 km141431.587.44.7leftyes
45 AthensGreeceEuropeMetro52.0 km524831.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,0002007rightyesyes
46 TashkentUzbekistanAsiaMetro36.2 km292631.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,0002007right
47 NaplesItalyEuropeMetro31.8 km302831.1410.610.029 mio.912,0002006left
48 DelhiIndiaAsiaMetro96.2 km838131.1932.127.7310 mio.3,224,0002008leftyes
49 BostonUSAAmericaThe T60.5 km666031.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,0002007rightyes
50 StockholmSwedenEuropeTunnelbana105.7 km10410031.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,0002007left
51 HanoverGermanyEuropeStadtbahn18.6 km211731.096.27.0rightyes
52 SapporoJapanAsiaSubway48.0 km494631.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,0002008leftyes
53 FrankfurtGermanyEuropeU-Bahn20.5 km312730.766.810.3rightyes
54 BusanSouth KoreaAsiaSubway95.0 km928831.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,0002008right
55 The HagueNetherlandsEuropeRandstadRail27.9 km303030.939.310.0right
56 YokohamaJapanAsiaSubway57.6 km484531.2819.216.0198 mio.3,438,0002008leftKanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyred1989Kanazawa Seaside LRT lineyes
57 DortmundGermanyEuropeStadtbahn29.5 km373730.809.812.3rightyes
58 PragueCzech RepublicEuropeMetro59.1 km575431.0919.719.0597 mio.10,102,0002008rightyes
59 PhiladelphiaUSAAmericaSubway62.0 km666231.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,0002008rightyes
60 KharkovKharkivUkraineEuropeMetro35.3 km282531.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,0002007right
61 NurembergGermanyEuropeU-Bahn34.6 km464430.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,0001997rightlines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains2008yes
62 ManilaPhilippinesAsiaMRT45.7 km423931.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,0002008yesyes
63 ValenciaSpainEuropeMetro31.8 km383730.8610.612.7
64 BangkokThailandAsiaSkytrain, MRT46.3 km444031.1615.414.7206 mio.4,449,0002007leftGreen line1999Green line, Blue lineyes
65 FukuokaJapanAsiaSubway29.8 km353430.889.911.7124 mio.4,161,0002007leftyes
66 BudapestHungaryEuropeMetro33.0 km424030.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,0002008right
67 HamburgGermanyEuropeU-Bahn100.7 km978931.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,0002007right
68 VancouverCanadaAmericaSky Train69.5 km494731.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,0002008rightSkytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system1986yesyes
69 Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAsia64.0 km605631.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,0002008leftLRT1996KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stationsyes
70 MilanItalyEuropeMetro74.6 km888430.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,0002007rightyesyes
71 KievKyivUkraineEuropeMetro59.8 km464331.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,0002007right
72 Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmericaMetro42.0 km343421.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,0002006rightyes
73 CopenhagenDenmarkEuropeMetro21.0 km222220.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,0002002rightall metro lines2002all underground stationsall metro and S-Tog trainsyes
74 BilbaoSpainEuropeMetro40.6 km383821.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,0002008leftyesyes
75 ShenzhenChinaAsiaMetro25.3 km232221.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,0002005rightyesyes
76 LausanneSwitzerlandEuropeMetro13.7 km292820.496.814.5line m22008yes
77 ChibaJapanAsiaMonorail15.5 km181820.867.89.0left
78 DuisburgGermanyEuropeStadtbahn14.3 km131321.107.26.5rightyes
79 NovosibirskRussiaAsiaMetro14.3 km131221.197.26.570 mio.4,895,0002007right
80 RecifeBrazilAmericaMetro39.7 km302821.4219.915.0right
81 KyotoJapanAsiaSubway31.3 km323121.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,0002008leftTozai lineyes
82 OportoPortoPortugalEuropeMetro21.7 km151421.5510.97.5rightyesyes
83 GuadalajaraMexicoAmericaMetro24.0 km292820.8612.014.5right
84 MinskBelarusEuropeMetro30.3 km252421.2615.112.5262 mio.8,647,0002007right
85 MarseilleFranceEuropeMetro19.3 km262420.809.613.058 mio.3,005,0002004right
86 AnkaraTurkeyAsiaMetro23.1 km232221.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,0002007rightmetro line1997
87 NewcastleUnited KingdomEuropeTyne & Wear Metro76.5 km615021.5338.330.538 mio.497,0002006left
88 RomeItalyEuropeMetro39.0 km494820.8119.524.5331 mio.8,487,0002008leftyesyes
89 DaeguTaeguSouth KoreaAsiaSubway53.9 km565520.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,0002008
90 LilleFranceEuropeMetro45.5 km626020.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,0002004rightVAL1983VAL, all stationsyes
91 BochumGermanyEuropeStadtbahn21.5 km292720.8010.814.5right
92 AtlantaUSAAmericaMARTA79.2 km393822.0839.619.534 mio.429,0001994rightyes
93 TbilisiGeorgiaAsiaMetro26.3 km222121.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,0002007right
94 Saint LouisUSAAmericaMetrolink73.4 km373721.9836.718.5right
95 StuttgartGermanyEuropeStadtbahn24.0 km191721.4112.09.5rightyes
96 MonterreyMexicoAmericaMetro31.5 km323121.0215.816.0right
97 KobeJapanAsiaSubway30.6 km262421.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,0002008leftPort Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyred1981Port Liner and Rokko Lineryes
98 CairoEgyptAfricaMetro65.5 km555321.2432.827.5700 mio.10,687,0002002left5 stns
99 TianjinChinaAsiaMetro72.0 km373721.9536.018.515 mio.208,0001993rightplatform gate doorsyes
100 MedellinMedellínColombiaAmericaMetro28.8 km262521.1514.413.0155 mio.5,382,0002008
101 AntwerpBelgiumEuropePremetro7.6 km111120.693.85.5
102 KaohsiungTaiwanAsiaMRT42.7 km373621.1921.418.530 mio.703,0002008MRT
103 Nizhny NovgorodGorkyRussiaEuropeMetro15.5 km141321.197.87.033 mio.2,129,0002007right
104 DuesseldorfDüsseldorfGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.6 km141420.684.87.0rightyes
105 RotterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro47.0 km383721.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,0002006right
106 PyongyangNorth KoreaAsiaMetro22.5 km161521.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,0002006
107 MulheimMülheimGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.0 km131220.754.56.5right
108 ToulouseFranceEuropeMetro27.5 km383720.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,0002004rightVAL1993VALyes
109 BakuAzerbaijanAsiaMetro32.9 km222121.5616.411.0176 mio.5,356,0002007right
110 Santo DomingoDominican RepublicAmericaMetro14.5 km161610.9114.516.0
111 BursaTurkeyAsia22.5 km232310.9822.523.0
112 MaracaiboVenezuelaAmericaMetro6.5 km6611.086.56.0yes
113 JacksonvilleUSAAmericaSkyway6.9 km6611.156.96.0rightdowntown monorail people mover1989
114 NewarkUSAAmericaSubway2.2 km4410.552.24.0right
115 DnepropetrovskDnipropetrovskUkraineEuropeMetro7.1 km6611.187.16.011 mio.1,549,0002007
116 YerevanErevanArmeniaAsiaMetro12.1 km101011.2112.110.017 mio.1,405,0002007right
117 HiroshimaJapanAsiaMonorail18.4 km212110.8818.421.018 mio.978,0002005left
118 WarsawPolandEuropeMetro22.6 km212111.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,0002007right
119 PoznanPolandEurope6.1 km6611.026.16.0
120 GwangjuSouth KoreaAsiaSubway20.1 km202011.0120.120.017 mio.846,0002008
121 ValenciaVenezuelaAmericaMetro6.2 km7710.896.27.018 mio.2,903,0002008
122 SendaiJapanAsiaSubway14.8 km171710.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,0002008leftyes
123 KolkataCalcuttaIndiaAsiaMetro Railway22.6 km212111.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,0002000right
124 GelsenkirchenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.5 km9910.615.59.0right
125 KazanRussiaEuropeMetro8.3 km6611.388.36.07 mio.843,0002007right
126 San JuanPuerto RicoAmericaTren Urbano17.2 km161611.0817.216.09 mio.523,0002008
127 PerugiaItalyEuropeMinimetro3.0 km7710.433.07.0
128 RouenFranceEuropeMetro2.2 km5510.442.25.0
129 IstanbulTurkeyEuropeMetro15.0 km101011.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,0002008right
130 WuppertalGermanyEuropeSchwebebahn13.3 km202010.6713.320.0right
131 ClevelandUSAAmericaRapid Transit31.0 km181811.7231.018.06 mio.194,0002008right
132 TurinItalyEuropeMetro9.6 km141410.699.614.0rightVAL2006VALyesyes
133 KitakyushuJapanAsiaMonorail8.8 km131310.688.813.0leftyes
134 BaltimoreUSAAmericaMetro Subway24.5 km141411.7524.514.014 mio.571,0002008rightyes
135 AdanaTurkeyAsia8.0 km8811.008.08.0
136 SamaraRussiaEuropeMetro10.2 km9911.1310.29.012 mio.1,176,0002007right
137 KamakuraJapanAsiaMonorail6.6 km8810.826.68.0left
138 NahaJapanAsiaMonorail12.8 km151510.8512.815.0left
139 HaifaIsraelAsiaCarmelit1.8 km6610.291.86.0
140 ValparaisoChileAmericaMetro43.0 km202012.1543.020.0right
141 Kryvyi RihKrivoy RogUkraineEuropeMetrotram18.0 km121211.5018.012.0
142 GenoaItalyEuropeMetro5.2 km7710.745.27.0rightyes
143 MiamiUSAAmericaMetrorail36.0 km222211.6436.022.019 mio.528,0002008rightdowntown people mover, rubber-tyred1986yes
144 CataniaItalyEuropeMetro3.8 km6610.633.86.0right
145 EdmontonCanadaAmericaLight Rail13.1 km111111.1913.111.0right
146 BuffaloUSAAmericaMetro Rail8.4 km8811.048.48.0right
147 IzmirTurkeyAsiaMetro11.5 km101011.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,0002005
148 DetroitUSAAmericaPeople Mover4.8 km131310.374.813.0rightdowntown people mover, LIM technology1987yes
149 YekaterinburgEkaterinburgRussiaAsiaMetro8.5 km7711.218.57.046 mio.5,412,0002007right
150 BrasiliaBrazilAmericaMetro42.0 km232311.8342.023.016 mio.381,0002002right
151 HelsinkiFinlandEuropeMetro21.0 km171711.2421.017.058 mio.2,762,0002008rightyes
152 RennesFranceEuropeMetro9.0 km151510.609.015.023 mio.2,556,0002004rightVAL2002VALyes
153 VolgogradStalingradRussiaEuropeMetro3.3 km2211.653.32.0
154 ShenyangMukdenChinaAsiaMetro22.2 km181811.2322.218.0right
155 Las VegasUSAAmericaMonorail6.2 km7710.896.27.0rightmonorail2004
156 Porto AlegreBrazilAmericaMetro33.8 km171711.9933.817.0right
157 ChennaiMadrasIndiaAsiaMRTS27.0 km171711.5927.017.0
158 SeattleUSAAmericaLight Rail22.2 km121211.8522.212.0rightyes
159 DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesAsiaMetro39.7 km111113.6139.711.0rightmetro2009metro, monorailyesyes
160 Palma de MallorcaSpainEuropeMetro8.3 km9910.928.39.0
161 DalianChinaAsiaMetro49.0 km121214.0849.012.0right
162 TamaJapanAsiaMonorail16.0 km191910.8416.019.0leftyes
163 IncheonInchonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway29.5 km292911.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,0002008
164 NanjingChinaAsiaMetro21.7 km161611.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,0002008right
165 DaejeonTaejonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway22.6 km222211.0322.622.029 mio.1,283,0002008
166 WuhanChinaAsiaMetro10.2 km101011.0210.210.0right
167 LimaPeruAmericaTren Urbano10.0 km6611.6710.06.0
168 BonnGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.0 km121210.759.012.0right
169 SofiaBulgariaEuropeMetro18.0 km141411.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,0002008right
170 ChongqingChinaAsiaMonorail19.5 km181811.0819.518.0rightThe three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDsyesyes
171 Belo HorizonteBrazilAmericaMetro28.1 km191911.4828.119.0right
172 SevilleSevillaSpainEuropeMetro18.0 km212110.8618.021.0Line 1
173 PittsburghUSAAmericaThe T1.5 km3310.481.53.0right
174 GlasgowUnited KingdomEuropeSubway10.4 km151510.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,0002008left
175 ChangchunChinaAsia17.0 km161611.0617.016.0right
176 LudwigshafenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn4.0 km111100.36right


Numerical data (except ridership) by Jordi Serradell 1/2010. Ridership data by John Kennes 10/2009. Ticket prices by UBS: Prices and Earnings (PDF, p. 20) 2009. Non-numerical data by Mike Rohde 1/2010.




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