English original 
Automated Translation: 
 
 
METRO BITS - Unearthing the world's subway highlightsMETRO BITS - Unearthing the world's subway highlights


  



Printer-friendly Printer-friendly






World Metro Database

You might want to start with one of the predefined tables (Basics, Numerics, Features, Complete), then add columns or click to remove a column. Move columns < left or > right. Click headers to sort, click again to reverse sorting direction. Switch unit to miles if desired. Right-click here to bookmark current World Metro Table.

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).



Add column after System:   Unit: km mi


#
City >
<City aka >
<Country >
<Continent >
< System >
<Length >
<Stations >
<Stations* >
<Lines >
<km/stn* >
<km/line >
<stns/line >
<Passengers >
<Pass/km >
<Pass.year >
<Tracks >
<Driverless >
<Rubber-tyred >
<Driverless since >
<PSDs >
<Aircon trains >
<Walk-through
1AdanaTurkeyAsia8.0 km8811.008.08.0
2BursaTurkeyAsia22.5 km232310.9822.523.0
3ChangchunChinaAsia17.0 km161611.0617.016.0
4Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAsia64.0 km605631.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,0002008leftLRT1996KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stationsyes
5PoznanPolandEurope6.1 km6611.026.16.0
6CharleroiBelgiumEurope17.5 km202040.884.45.0
7AntwerpBelgiumEurope7.6 km111120.693.85.5
8ChicagoUSAAmerica"L"166.0 km15114481.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,0002008rightyes
9San FranciscoUSAAmericaBART166.9 km434353.8833.48.6100 mio.599,0002007rightyes
10HaifaIsraelAsiaCarmelit1.8 km6610.291.86.0
11SydneyAustraliaOceaniaCityrail22.1 km141431.587.44.7yes
12SeattleUSAAmericaLight Rail22.2 km121211.8522.212.0yes
13EdmontonCanadaAmericaLight Rail13.1 km111111.1913.111.0
14AtlantaUSAAmericaMARTA79.2 km393822.0839.619.534 mio.429,0001994rightyes
15ValparaisoChileAmericaMetro43.0 km202012.1543.020.0
16Palma de MallorcaSpainEuropeMetro8.3 km9910.928.39.0
17AmsterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro32.7 km333340.998.28.391 mio.2,783,0002002right
18Saint PetersburgLeningradRussiaEuropeMetro110.2 km635552.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,0002007rightwindowless steel doors in ten stations
19LisbonPortugalEuropeMetro41.0 km524640.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,0002007leftyes
20MoscowRussiaEuropeMetro298.8 km180144122.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,0002008right
21MaracaiboVenezuelaAmericaMetro6.5 km6611.086.56.0yes
22TehranIranAsiaMetro50.5 km474431.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,0002007yes
23DelhiIndiaAsiaMetro89.9 km787631.1829.926.0310 mio.3,450,0002008leftyes
24NaplesItalyEuropeMetro31.8 km302831.1410.610.029 mio.912,0002006left
25PragueCzech RepublicEuropeMetro59.1 km575431.0919.719.0597 mio.10,102,0002008rightyes
26IstanbulTurkeyEuropeMetro15.0 km101011.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,0002008right
27RouenFranceEuropeMetro2.2 km5510.442.25.0
28LilleFranceEuropeMetro45.5 km626020.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,0002004rightVALyes1983VAL, all stationsyes
29MonterreyMexicoAmericaMetro31.5 km323121.0215.816.0yes
30ValenciaSpainEuropeMetro31.8 km383730.8610.612.7
31MadridSpainEuropeMetro284.0 km281231131.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,0002008leftyesyes
32TashkentUzbekistanAsiaMetro36.2 km292631.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,0002007right
33GuangzhouCantonChinaAsiaMetro176.1 km887952.2335.217.6601 mio.3,414,0002008rightyesyes
34Porto AlegreBrazilAmericaMetro33.8 km171711.9933.817.0
35BakuAzerbaijanAsiaMetro31.7 km212021.5915.910.5176 mio.5,552,0002007right
36KievKyivUkraineEuropeMetro59.8 km464331.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,0002007right
37Sao PauloBrazilAmericaMetro61.3 km585541.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,0002008rightlines 4, 5, and regional rail
38RomeItalyEuropeMetro39.0 km494820.8119.524.5331 mio.8,487,0002008leftyesyes
39MilanItalyEuropeMetro74.6 km888430.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,0002007rightyesyes
40ToulouseFranceEuropeMetro27.5 km383720.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,0002004rightVALyes1993VALyes
41NovosibirskRussiaAsiaMetro14.3 km131221.197.26.570 mio.4,895,0002007right
42VolgogradStalingradRussiaEuropeMetro3.3 km2211.653.32.0
43AthensGreeceEuropeMetro52.0 km524831.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,0002007rightyesyes
44KazanRussiaEuropeMetro8.3 km6611.388.36.07 mio.843,0002007
45BucharestRomaniaEuropeMetro67.7 km504341.5716.912.5111 mio.1,640,0001999right
46Belo HorizonteBrazilAmericaMetro28.1 km191911.4828.119.0
47SevilleSevillaSpainEuropeMetro18.0 km212110.8618.021.0Line 1
48CaracasVenezuelaAmericaMetro60.5 km474351.4112.19.4510 mio.8,430,0002008yes
49Mexico CityMexicoAmericaMetro201.7 km175147111.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,0002008rightyes
50TokyoJapanAsiaMetro304.5 km290205131.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,0002008leftYurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyredYurikamome line1995Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome linesyesyes
51HelsinkiFinlandEuropeMetro21.0 km171711.2421.017.058 mio.2,762,0002008rightyes
52RennesFranceEuropeMetro9.0 km151510.609.015.023 mio.2,556,0002004rightVALyes2002VALyes
53ParisFranceEuropeMetro213.0 km380300160.7113.323.81473 mio.6,915,0002008right (metro), left (RER)line 14/Météor, rubber-tyredlines 1, 4, 6, 11, 141998all stations on line 14, under construction on line 13lines 1, 14
54AnkaraTurkeyAsiaMetro23.1 km232221.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,0002007rightmetro line1997
55AlgiersAlgeriaAfricaMetro9.0 km101010.909.010.0yesyes
56SamaraRussiaEuropeMetro10.2 km9911.1310.29.012 mio.1,176,0002007right
57BrasiliaBrazilAmericaMetro42.0 km232311.8342.023.016 mio.381,0002002
58MarseilleFranceEuropeMetro19.3 km262420.809.613.058 mio.3,005,0002004rightyes
59YekaterinburgEkaterinburgRussiaAsiaMetro8.5 km7711.218.57.046 mio.5,412,0002007right
60PyongyangNorth KoreaAsiaMetro22.5 km161521.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,0002006
61BarcelonaSpainEuropeMetro110.5 km152128100.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,0002008rightunder construction on lines 5, 11, planned for lines 9, 10yesyes
62DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesAsiaMetro39.7 km101013.9739.710.0rightmetro2009metro, monorailyesyes
63IzmirTurkeyAsiaMetro11.5 km101011.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,0002005
64SofiaBulgariaEuropeMetro18.0 km141411.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,0002008right
65MontrealMontréalCanadaAmericaMetro69.2 km736841.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,0002006rightyes
66ValenciaVenezuelaAmericaMetro6.2 km7710.896.27.018 mio.2,903,0002008
67TbilisiGeorgiaAsiaMetro26.3 km222121.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,0002007right
68NanjingChinaAsiaMetro21.7 km161611.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,0002008
69WuhanChinaAsiaMetro10.2 km101011.0210.210.0right
70Santo DomingoDominican RepublicAmericaMetro14.5 km161610.9114.516.0
71RotterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro47.0 km383721.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,0002006right
72BilbaoSpainEuropeMetro40.6 km383821.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,0002008leftyesyes
73LausanneSwitzerlandEuropeMetro13.7 km292820.496.814.5line m2line m22008yes
74ShenzhenChinaAsiaMetro25.3 km232221.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,0002005rightyesyes
75MinskBelarusEuropeMetro30.3 km252421.2615.112.5262 mio.8,647,0002007right
76TurinItalyEuropeMetro9.6 km141410.699.614.0rightVALyes2006VALyesyes
77CopenhagenDenmarkEuropeMetro21.0 km222220.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,0002002rightall metro lines2002all underground stationsall metro and S-Tog trainsyes
78WarsawPolandEuropeMetro22.6 km212111.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,0002007right
79GuadalajaraMexicoAmericaMetro24.0 km292820.8612.014.5
80OportoPortoPortugalEuropeMetro21.7 km151421.5510.97.5rightyesyes
81KharkovKharkivUkraineEuropeMetro35.3 km282531.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,0002007right
82SantiagoSantiago de ChileChileAmericaMetro83.0 km938650.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,0002008rightyes
83BudapestHungaryEuropeMetro33.0 km424030.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,0002008right
84LyonFranceEuropeMetro30.7 km433940.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,0002004leftline D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDsyes1991
85Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmericaMetro42.0 km343421.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,0002006rightyes
86ShanghaiChinaAsiaMetro334.0 km230194101.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,0002008rightnewer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stationsyes
87CataniaItalyEuropeMetro3.8 km6610.633.86.0right
88Nizhny NovgorodGorkyRussiaEuropeMetro15.5 km141321.197.87.033 mio.2,129,0002007right
89DalianChinaAsiaMetro49.0 km121214.0849.012.0
90GenoaItalyEuropeMetro5.2 km7710.745.27.0rightyes
91BrusselsBelgiumEuropeMetro32.2 km615930.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,0002008rightline 1B
92CairoEgyptAfricaMetro65.5 km555321.2432.827.5700 mio.10,687,0002002left5 stns
93MedellinMedellínColombiaAmericaMetro28.8 km262521.1514.413.0155 mio.5,382,0002008
94TianjinChinaAsiaMetro72.0 km373721.9536.018.515 mio.208,0001993platform gate doorsyes
95DnepropetrovskDnipropetrovskUkraineEuropeMetro7.1 km6611.187.16.011 mio.1,549,0002007
96YerevanErevanArmeniaAsiaMetro12.1 km101011.2112.110.017 mio.1,405,0002007right
97RecifeBrazilAmericaMetro39.7 km302821.4219.915.0
98BuffaloUSAAmericaMetro Rail8.4 km8811.048.48.0
99Los AngelesUSAAmericaMetro Rail59.3 km303031.9819.810.045 mio.759,0002008rightyes
100KolkataCalcuttaIndiaAsiaMetro Railway22.6 km212111.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,0002000right
101BaltimoreUSAAmericaMetro Subway24.5 km141411.7524.514.014 mio.571,0002008rightyes
102Saint LouisUSAAmericaMetrolink73.4 km373721.9836.718.5
103WashingtonUSAAmericaMetrorail171.2 km908651.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,0002008rightyes
104MiamiUSAAmericaMetrorail36.0 km222211.6436.022.019 mio.528,0002008rightdowntown people mover, rubber-tyredDowntown people mover1986yes
105Kryvyi RihKrivoy RogUkraineEuropeMetrotram18.0 km121211.5018.012.0
106PerugiaItalyEuropeMinimetro3.0 km7710.433.07.0
107NahaJapanAsiaMonorail12.8 km151510.8512.815.0
108Las VegasUSAAmericaMonorail6.2 km7710.896.27.0monorail2004
109KamakuraJapanAsiaMonorail6.6 km8810.826.68.0
110ChongqingChinaAsiaMonorail19.5 km181811.0819.518.0rightThe three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDsyesyes
111ChibaJapanAsiaMonorail15.5 km181820.867.89.0
112KitakyushuJapanAsiaMonorail8.8 km131310.688.813.0leftyes
113TamaJapanAsiaMonorail16.0 km191910.8416.019.0leftyes
114HiroshimaJapanAsiaMonorail18.4 km212110.8818.421.018 mio.978,0002005left
115SingaporeSingaporeAsiaMRT118.9 km766941.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,0002007leftNorth-East MTR line and 3 rubber-tyred LRT linesLRT lines2003yesyes
116TaipeiTaiwanAsiaMRT90.6 km858081.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,0002008rightMuzha line, VALyes1996Muzha line VAL MRTyesyes
117ManilaPhilippinesAsiaMRT45.7 km423931.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,0002008yesyes
118KaohsiungTaiwanAsiaMRT42.7 km373621.1921.418.530 mio.703,0002008MRT
119ChennaiMadrasIndiaAsiaMRTS27.0 km171711.5927.017.0
120Hong KongChinaAsiaMTR188.1 km958292.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,0002008leftDisneyland Resort LineSI, WI lines, planned2005all underground stationsyesyes
121DetroitUSAAmericaPeople Mover4.8 km131310.374.813.0downtown people mover, LIM technology1987yes
122The HagueNetherlandsEuropeRandstadRail27.9 km303030.939.310.0
123ClevelandUSAAmericaRapid Transit31.0 km181811.7231.018.06 mio.194,0002008
124WuppertalGermanyEuropeSchwebebahn13.3 km202010.6713.320.0right
125VancouverCanadaAmericaSky Train69.5 km494731.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,0002008rightSkytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system1986yesyes
126BangkokThailandAsiaSkytrain, MRT46.3 km444031.1615.414.7206 mio.4,449,0002007leftGreen line1999Green line, Blue lineyes
127JacksonvilleUSAAmericaSkyway6.9 km6611.156.96.0downtown monorail people mover1989
128BochumGermanyEuropeStadtbahn21.5 km292720.8010.814.5right
129EssenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn20.2 km272730.756.79.0rightyes
130BielefeldGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.2 km7740.741.31.8right
131DuisburgGermanyEuropeStadtbahn14.3 km131321.107.26.5rightyes
132CologneGermanyEuropeStadtbahn45.0 km5151150.883.03.4rightnew light rail trains onlyyes
133LudwigshafenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn4.0 km111100.36right
134DortmundGermanyEuropeStadtbahn29.5 km373730.809.812.3rightyes
135GelsenkirchenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.5 km9910.615.59.0right
136StuttgartGermanyEuropeStadtbahn24.0 km191721.4112.09.5rightyes
137MulheimMülheimGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.0 km131220.754.56.5right
138BonnGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.0 km121210.759.012.0right
139DuesseldorfDüsseldorfGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.6 km141420.684.87.0rightyes
140HanoverGermanyEuropeStadtbahn18.6 km211731.096.27.0rightyes
141Buenos AiresArgentinaAmericaSubte47.5 km766860.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,0002008leftyes
142MumbaiBombayIndiaAsiaSuburban Railway171.0 km737352.3434.214.6
143FukuokaJapanAsiaSubway29.8 km353430.889.911.7124 mio.4,161,0002007leftyes
144KobeJapanAsiaSubway30.6 km262421.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,0002008leftPort Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyredPort Liner and Rokko Liner1981Port Liner and Rokko Lineryes
145OsakaJapanAsiaSubway137.8 km13310491.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,0002008leftNanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyredNanko Port Town Line1981all stations on the Nanko Port Town Lineyes
146DaeguTaeguSouth KoreaAsiaSubway53.9 km565520.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,0002008
147GlasgowUnited KingdomEuropeSubway10.4 km151510.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,0002008left
148YokohamaJapanAsiaSubway57.6 km484531.2819.216.0198 mio.3,438,0002008leftKanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyredKanazawa Seaside LRT1989Kanazawa Seaside LRT lineyes
149SendaiJapanAsiaSubway14.8 km171710.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,0002008leftyes
150BusanSouth KoreaAsiaSubway95.0 km928831.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,0002008right
151New YorkNew York CityUSAAmericaSubway368.0 km468422270.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,0002008rightplanned for new Second Avenue Lineyes
152DaejeonTaejonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway22.6 km222211.0322.622.029 mio.1,283,0002008
153GwangjuSouth KoreaAsiaSubway20.1 km202011.0120.120.017 mio.846,0002008
154SapporoJapanAsiaSubway48.0 km494631.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,0002008leftyes
155IncheonInchonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway29.5 km292911.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,0002008
156NagoyaJapanAsiaSubway89.0 km938241.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,0002008leftTobu Kyuryo maglev line2005Tobu Kyuryo maglev lineyes
157KyotoJapanAsiaSubway31.3 km323121.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,0002008leftTozai lineyes
158TorontoCanadaAmericaSubway71.3 km746941.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,0002006rightyes
159PhiladelphiaUSAAmericaSubway62.0 km666231.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,0002008rightyes
160SeoulSouth KoreaAsiaSubway286.9 km348298100.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,0002008rightlines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010yesyes
161NewarkUSAAmericaSubway2.2 km4410.552.24.0right
162BeijingChinaAsiaSubway227.6 km14712591.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,0002008rightPGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10recentlyall lines
163OsloNorwayEuropeT-Bane62.0 km727250.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,0002005rightyes
164BostonUSAAmericaThe T60.5 km666031.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,0002007rightyes
165PittsburghUSAAmericaThe T1.5 km3310.481.53.0
166San JuanPuerto RicoAmericaTren Urbano17.2 km161611.0817.216.09 mio.523,0002008
167LimaPeruAmericaTren Urbano10.0 km6611.6710.06.0
168StockholmSwedenEuropeTunnelbana105.7 km10410031.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,0002007left
169NewcastleUnited KingdomEuropeTyne & Wear Metro76.5 km615021.5338.330.538 mio.497,0002006left
170MunichGermanyEuropeU-Bahn92.5 km1009460.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,0002008rightyes
171HamburgGermanyEuropeU-Bahn100.7 km978931.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,0002007right
172FrankfurtGermanyEuropeU-Bahn20.5 km312730.766.810.3rightyes
173NurembergGermanyEuropeU-Bahn34.6 km464430.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,0001997rightline U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated line U22008yes
174BerlinGermanyEuropeU-Bahn147.4 km195173100.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,0002008rightyes
175ViennaAustriaEuropeU-Bahn69.8 km968450.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,0002008rightyesyes
176LondonUnited KingdomEuropeUnderground408.0 km268268111.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,0002007leftDocklands Light Rail1987Jubilee Line extensionyes (DLR)


Numerical data (except ridership) by Jordi Serradell 8/2009. Ridership data by John Kennes 7/2008. Ticket prices by UBS: Prices and Earnings (PDF, p. 20) 2009. Non-numerical data by Mike Rohde 8/2009.






Bookmark and Share

This page: http://mic-ro.com/metro/table.html?feat=CIANCOCNSNLGSTSSLILSLLSLAPPLPYTRDRRUDYPDACWT&orderby;=SN&sort;=ASC&unit;=&status;=
Would you like to discuss this page or do you know of more facts that would fit in here? Visit Metro Bits Forum. Thanks to all who have already contributed!

© 2009 metrobits.org


HomeFact SheetsWorld Metro DatabaseMetro Arts & ArchitectureMetro LogosResources About

 
Random city

Adana Amsterdam Ankara Antwerp Athens Atlanta Baku Baltimore Bangkok Barcelona Beijing Belo Horizonte Berlin Bielefeld Bilbao Bochum Bonn Boston Brasilia Brussels Bucharest Budapest Buenos Aires Buffalo Bursa Busan Cairo Caracas Catania Changchun Charleroi Chennai Chiba Chicago Chongqing Cleveland Cologne Copenhagen Daegu Daejeon Dalian Delhi Detroit Dnepropetrovsk Dortmund Dubai Duesseldorf Duisburg Edmonton Essen Frankfurt Fukuoka Gelsenkirchen Genoa Glasgow Guadalajara Guangzhou Gwangju Haifa Hamburg Hanover Helsinki Hiroshima Hong Kong Incheon Istanbul Izmir Jacksonville Kamakura Kaohsiung Kazan Kharkov Kiev Kitakyushu Kobe Kolkata Kryvyi Rih Kuala Lumpur Kyoto Las Vegas Lausanne Lille Lima Lisbon London Los Angeles Ludwigshafen Lyon Madrid Manila Maracaibo Marseille Medellin Mexico City Miami Milan Minsk Monterrey Montreal Moscow Mulheim Mumbai Munich Nagoya Naha Nanjing Naples New York Newark Newcastle Nizhny Novgorod Novosibirsk Nuremberg Oporto Osaka Oslo Palma de Mallorca Paris Perugia Philadelphia Pittsburgh Porto Alegre Poznan Prague Pyongyang Recife Rennes Rio de Janeiro Rome Rotterdam Rouen Saint Louis Saint Petersburg Samara San Francisco San Juan Santiago Santo Domingo Sao Paulo Sapporo Seattle Sendai Seoul Seville Shanghai Shenzhen Singapore Sofia Stockholm Stuttgart Sydney Taipei Tama Tashkent Tbilisi Tehran The Hague Tianjin Tokyo Toronto Toulouse Turin Valencia Valencia Valparaiso Vancouver Vienna Volgograd Warsaw Washington Wuhan Wuppertal Yekaterinburg Yerevan Yokohama