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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 AdanaAsiaTurkey18 Mar 20095.0 mi8
2 AmsterdamEuropeNetherlands16 Oct 197720.3 mi91 mio.33
3 AnkaraAsiaTurkey30 Aug 199614.4 mi113 mio.23
4 AntwerpEuropeBelgium25 Mar 19754.7 mi11
5 AthensEuropeGreece195432.3 mi325 mio.52
6 AtlantaAmericaUSA30 Jun 197949.2 mi34 mio.39
7 BakuAsiaAzerbaijan6 Nov 196720.4 mi176 mio.22
8 BaltimoreAmericaUSA21 Nov 198315.2 mi14 mio.14
9 BangkokAsiaThailand5 Dec 199928.8 mi206 mio.44
10 BarcelonaEuropeSpain30 Dec 192468.7 mi378 mio.152
11 BeijingAsiaChina1 Oct 1969141.4 mi1200 mio.147
12 Belo HorizonteAmericaBrazil1 Aug 198617.5 mi19
13 BerlinEuropeGermany18 Feb 190291.6 mi447 mio.195
14 BielefeldEuropeGermany21 Sep 19713.2 mi7
15 BilbaoEuropeSpain11 Nov 199525.2 mi86 mio.38
16 BochumEuropeGermany26 May 197913.4 mi29
17 BonnEuropeGermany22 Mar 19755.6 mi12
18 BostonAmericaUSA1 Sep 189737.6 mi145 mio.66
19 BrasiliaAmericaBrazil31 Mar 200126.1 mi16 mio.23
20 BrusselsEuropeBelgium20 Sep 197620.0 mi136 mio.61
21 BucharestEuropeRomania16 Nov 197942.1 mi111 mio.50
22 BudapestEuropeHungary2 May 189620.5 mi297 mio.42
23 Buenos AiresAmericaArgentina1 Dec 191329.5 mi280 mio.76
24 BuffaloAmericaUSA18 May 19855.2 mi8
25 BursaAsiaTurkey19 Aug 200214.0 mi23
26 BusanAsiaSouth Korea19 Jul 198559.0 mi257 mio.92
27 CairoAfricaEgypt27 Sep 198740.7 mi700 mio.55
28 CaracasAmericaVenezuela27 Mar 198337.6 mi510 mio.50
29 CataniaEuropeItaly27 Jun 19992.4 mi6
30 ChangchunAsiaChinaOct 200210.6 mi16
31 CharleroiEuropeBelgium21 Jun 197610.9 mi20
32 ChennaiAsiaIndia19 Oct 199716.8 mi17
33 ChibaAsiaJapan28 Mar 19889.6 mi18
34 ChicagoAmericaUSA6 Jun 1892103.2 mi198 mio.151
35 ChongqingAsiaChina18 Jun 200512.1 mi18
36 ClevelandAmericaUSA15 Mar 195519.3 mi6 mio.18
37 CologneEuropeGermany11 Oct 196828.0 mi51
38 CopenhagenEuropeDenmark19 Oct 200213.1 mi37 mio.22
39 DaeguAsiaSouth Korea26 Nov 199733.5 mi110 mio.56
40 DaejeonAsiaSouth Korea16 Mar 200614.0 mi29 mio.22
41 DalianAsiaChina1 May 200330.5 mi12
42 DelhiAsiaIndia24 Dec 200259.8 mi310 mio.83
43 DetroitAmericaUSAJul 19873.0 mi13
44 DnepropetrovskEuropeUkraine29 Dec 19954.4 mi11 mio.6
45 DortmundEuropeGermany17 May 197618.3 mi37
46 DubaiAsiaUnited Arab Emirates9 Sep 200924.7 mi11
47 DuesseldorfEuropeGermany4 Oct 19816.0 mi14
48 DuisburgEuropeGermany11 Jul 19928.9 mi13
49 EdmontonAmericaCanada22 Apr 19788.1 mi11
50 EssenEuropeGermany5 Oct 196712.6 mi27
51 FrankfurtEuropeGermany4 Oct 196812.7 mi31
52 FukuokaAsiaJapan26 Jul 198118.5 mi124 mio.35
53 GelsenkirchenEuropeGermany1 Sep 19843.4 mi9
54 GenoaEuropeItaly13 Jun 19903.2 mi7
55 GlasgowEuropeUnited Kingdom14 Dec 18966.5 mi15 mio.15
56 GuadalajaraAmericaMexico1 Sep 198914.9 mi29
57 GuangzhouAsiaChina28 Jun 199992.3 mi601 mio.88
58 GwangjuAsiaSouth Korea28 Apr 200412.5 mi17 mio.20
59 HaifaAsiaIsrael19591.1 mi6
60 HamburgEuropeGermany1 Mar 191262.6 mi184 mio.97
61 HanoverEuropeGermany28 Sep 197511.6 mi21
62 HelsinkiEuropeFinland3 Aug 198213.1 mi58 mio.17
63 HiroshimaAsiaJapan20 Aug 199411.4 mi18 mio.21
64 Hong KongAsiaChina1 Oct 1979116.9 mi1309 mio.95
65 IncheonAsiaSouth Korea6 Oct 199918.3 mi73 mio.29
66 IstanbulEuropeTurkey16 Sep 20009.3 mi68 mio.10
67 IzmirAsiaTurkey22 May 20007.1 mi30 mio.10
68 JacksonvilleAmericaUSA30 May 19894.3 mi6
69 KamakuraAsiaJapan3 Mar 19704.1 mi8
70 KaohsiungAsiaTaiwan9 Mar 200826.5 mi30 mio.37
71 KazanEuropeRussia27 Aug 20055.2 mi7 mio.6
72 KharkovEuropeUkraine23 Aug 197521.9 mi278 mio.28
73 KievEuropeUkraine22 Oct 196037.2 mi642 mio.46
74 KitakyushuAsiaJapan9 Jan 19855.5 mi13
75 KobeAsiaJapan13 Mar 197719.0 mi121 mio.26
76 KolkataAsiaIndia24 Oct 198414.0 mi100 mio.21
77 Kryvyi RihEuropeUkraine26 Dec 198611.2 mi12
78 Kuala LumpurAsiaMalaysia16 Dec 199639.8 mi109 mio.60
79 KyotoAsiaJapan1 Apr 198119.5 mi126 mio.32
80 Las VegasAmericaUSA15 Jul 20043.9 mi7
81 LausanneEuropeSwitzerland24 May 19918.5 mi29
82 LilleEuropeFrance25 Apr 198328.3 mi74 mio.62
83 LimaAmericaPeru13 Jan 20036.2 mi6
84 LisbonEuropePortugal29 Dec 195925.5 mi180 mio.52
85 LondonEuropeUnited Kingdom10 Jan 1863253.6 mi1197 mio.268
86 Los AngelesAmericaUSA30 Jan 199336.9 mi45 mio.30
87 LudwigshafenEuropeGermany29 May 19692.5 mi11
88 LyonEuropeFrance28 Apr 197819.1 mi182 mio.43
89 MadridEuropeSpain17 Oct 1919176.5 mi686 mio.281
90 ManilaAsiaPhilippines1 Dec 198428.4 mi346 mio.42
91 MaracaiboAmericaVenezuela8 Jun 20094.0 mi6
92 MarseilleEuropeFrance26 Nov 197712.0 mi58 mio.26
93 MedellinAmericaColombia30 Nov 199517.9 mi155 mio.26
94 Mexico CityAmericaMexico5 Sep 1969125.4 mi1460 mio.175
95 MiamiAmericaUSA21 May 198422.4 mi19 mio.22
96 MilanEuropeItaly1 Nov 196446.4 mi328 mio.88
97 MinskEuropeBelarus26 Jun 198418.8 mi262 mio.25
98 MonterreyAmericaMexico25 Apr 199119.6 mi32
99 MontrealAmericaCanada14 Oct 196643.0 mi219 mio.73
100 MoscowEuropeRussia15 May 1935185.7 mi2573 mio.180
101 MulheimEuropeGermany3 Nov 19795.6 mi13
102 MumbaiAsiaIndia106.3 mi73
103 MunichEuropeGermany19 Oct 197157.5 mi349 mio.100
104 NagoyaAsiaJapan15 Nov 195755.3 mi427 mio.93
105 NahaAsiaJapan10 Aug 20038.0 mi15
106 NanjingAsiaChina27 Aug 200513.5 mi102 mio.16
107 NaplesEuropeItaly28 Mar 199319.8 mi29 mio.30
108 New YorkAmericaUSA27 Oct 1904228.7 mi1624 mio.468
109 NewarkAmericaUSA26 May 19351.4 mi4
110 NewcastleEuropeUnited Kingdom7 Aug 198047.5 mi38 mio.61
111 Nizhny NovgorodEuropeRussia20 Nov 19859.6 mi33 mio.14
112 NovosibirskAsiaRussia7 Jan 19868.9 mi70 mio.13
113 NurembergEuropeGermany1 Mar 197221.5 mi92 mio.46
114 OportoEuropePortugal7 Dec 200213.5 mi15
115 OsakaAsiaJapan20 May 193385.6 mi860 mio.133
116 OsloEuropeNorway22 May 196638.5 mi64 mio.72
117 Palma de MallorcaEuropeSpain25 Apr 20075.2 mi9
118 ParisEuropeFrance19 Jul 1900132.4 mi1473 mio.380
119 PerugiaEuropeItaly29 Jan 20081.9 mi7
120 PhiladelphiaAmericaUSA4 Mar 190738.5 mi67 mio.66
121 PittsburghAmericaUSA3 Jul 19850.9 mi3
122 Porto AlegreAmericaBrazil2 Mar 198521.0 mi17
123 PoznanEuropePoland1 Mar 19973.8 mi6
124 PragueEuropeCzech Republic9 May 197436.7 mi597 mio.57
125 PyongyangAsiaNorth Korea6 Sep 197314.0 mi35 mio.16
126 RecifeAmericaBrazil11 Mar 198524.7 mi30
127 RennesEuropeFrance16 Mar 20025.6 mi23 mio.15
128 Rio de JaneiroAmericaBrazil5 Mar 197926.1 mi135 mio.34
129 RomeEuropeItaly10 Feb 195524.2 mi331 mio.49
130 RotterdamEuropeNetherlands10 Feb 196829.2 mi85 mio.38
131 RouenEuropeFrance17 Dec 19941.4 mi5
132 Saint LouisAmericaUSA31 Jul 199345.6 mi37
133 Saint PetersburgEuropeRussia15 Nov 195568.5 mi832 mio.63
134 SamaraEuropeRussia26 Dec 19876.3 mi12 mio.9
135 San FranciscoAmericaUSA11 Sep 1972103.7 mi100 mio.43
136 San JuanAmericaPuerto Rico6 Jun 200510.7 mi9 mio.16
137 SantiagoAmericaChile15 Sep 197551.6 mi642 mio.93
138 Santo DomingoAmericaDominican Republic30 Jan 20099.0 mi16
139 Sao PauloAmericaBrazil14 Sep 197438.1 mi684 mio.58
140 SapporoAsiaJapan16 Dec 197129.8 mi209 mio.49
141 SeattleAmericaUSA18 Jul 200913.8 mi12
142 SendaiAsiaJapan15 Jul 19879.2 mi58 mio.17
143 SeoulAsiaSouth Korea15 Aug 1974178.3 mi2048 mio.348
144 SevilleEuropeSpain2 Apr 200911.2 mi21
145 ShanghaiAsiaChina10 Apr 1995207.6 mi1122 mio.230
146 ShenyangAsiaChina23 Sep 200913.8 mi18
147 ShenzhenAsiaChina28 Dec 200415.7 mi73 mio.23
148 SingaporeAsiaSingapore7 Nov 198773.9 mi571 mio.76
149 SofiaEuropeBulgaria28 Jan 199811.2 mi51 mio.14
150 StockholmEuropeSweden1 Oct 195065.7 mi303 mio.104
151 StuttgartEuropeGermany10 Jun 196614.9 mi19
152 SydneyOceaniaAustralia192613.7 mi14
153 TaipeiAsiaTaiwan28 Mar 199656.3 mi450 mio.85
154 TamaAsiaJapan27 Nov 19989.9 mi19
155 TashkentAsiaUzbekistan6 Nov 197722.5 mi71 mio.29
156 TbilisiAsiaGeorgia11 Jan 196616.3 mi92 mio.22
157 TehranAsiaIran21 Feb 200031.4 mi353 mio.47
158 The HagueEuropeNetherlands16 Oct 200417.3 mi30
159 TianjinAsiaChina28 Mar 200444.7 mi15 mio.37
160 TokyoAsiaJapan30 Dec 1927189.2 mi3174 mio.290
161 TorontoAmericaCanada30 Apr 195444.3 mi278 mio.74
162 ToulouseEuropeFrance26 Jun 199317.1 mi42 mio.38
163 TurinEuropeItaly4 Feb 20066.0 mi14
164 ValenciaAmericaVenezuela18 Oct 20063.9 mi18 mio.7
165 ValenciaEuropeSpain3 Oct 198819.8 mi38
166 ValparaisoAmericaChile23 Nov 200526.7 mi20
167 VancouverAmericaCanada3 Jan 198643.2 mi74 mio.49
168 ViennaEuropeAustria25 Feb 197843.4 mi498 mio.96
169 VolgogradEuropeRussia5 Nov 19842.1 mi2
170 WarsawEuropePoland7 Apr 199514.0 mi114 mio.21
171 WashingtonAmericaUSA27 Mar 1976106.4 mi215 mio.90
172 WuhanAsiaChina28 Sep 20046.3 mi10
173 WuppertalEuropeGermany1 Mar 19018.3 mi20
174 YekaterinburgAsiaRussia26 Apr 19915.3 mi46 mio.7
175 YerevanAsiaArmenia7 Mar 19817.5 mi17 mio.10
176 YokohamaAsiaJapan16 Dec 197235.8 mi198 mio.48


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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