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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.



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1AdanaAsia18 Mar 20098.00 km8
2AmsterdamEurope16 Oct 197732.70 km3391 mio.
3AnkaraAsia30 Aug 199623.10 km23108 mio.
4AntwerpEurope25 Mar 19757.60 km11
5AthensEurope195452.00 km51284 mio.
6AtlantaAmerica30 Jun 197979.20 km3931 mio.
7BakuAsia6 Nov 196731.70 km21161 mio.
8BaltimoreAmerica21 Nov 198324.50 km1413 mio.
9BangkokAsia5 Dec 199946.30 km44206 mio.
10BarcelonaEurope30 Dec 1924106.60 km147369 mio.
11BeijingAsia1 Oct 1969198.95 km123765 mio.
12Belo HorizonteAmerica1 Aug 198628.13 km19
13BerlinEurope18 Feb 1902144.10 km192466 mio.
14BielefeldEurope21 Sep 19715.20 km7
15BilbaoEurope11 Nov 199540.61 km3886 mio.
16BochumEurope26 May 197921.53 km29
17BonnEurope22 Mar 19759.00 km12
18BostonAmerica1 Sep 189760.50 km66128 mio.
19BrasiliaAmerica31 Mar 200142.00 km2316 mio.
20BrusselsEurope20 Sep 197632.20 km61113 mio.
21BucharestEurope16 Nov 197967.70 km50111 mio.
22BudapestEurope2 May 189633.00 km42280 mio.
23Buenos AiresAmerica1 Dec 191347.50 km76264 mio.
24BuffaloAmerica18 May 19858.36 km8
25BursaAsia19 Aug 200222.50 km23
26BusanAsia19 Jul 198595.00 km92264 mio.
27CairoAfrica27 Sep 198765.50 km55600 mio.
28CaracasAmerica27 Mar 198360.50 km47276 mio.
29CataniaEurope27 Jun 19993.80 km6
30ChangchunAsiaOct 200217.00 km16
31CharleroiEurope21 Jun 197617.50 km20
32ChennaiAsia19 Oct 199727.00 km17
33ChibaAsia28 Mar 198815.50 km18
34ChicagoAmerica6 Jun 1892166.00 km151187 mio.
35ChongqingAsia18 Jun 200519.50 km18
36ClevelandAmerica15 Mar 195531.00 km185 mio.
37CologneEurope11 Oct 196845.00 km51
38CopenhagenEurope19 Oct 200221.00 km2237 mio.
39DaeguAsia26 Nov 199753.90 km5651 mio.
40DaejeonAsia16 Mar 200622.60 km22
41DalianAsia1 May 200349.00 km12
42DelhiAsia24 Dec 200276.50 km68169 mio.
43DetroitAmericaJul 19874.80 km13
44DnepropetrovskEurope29 Dec 19957.10 km612 mio.
45DortmundEurope17 May 197629.45 km37
46DuesseldorfEurope4 Oct 19819.58 km14
47DuisburgEurope11 Jul 199214.34 km13
48EdmontonAmerica22 Apr 197813.10 km11
49EssenEurope5 Oct 196720.22 km27
50FrankfurtEurope4 Oct 196820.50 km31
51FukuokaAsia26 Jul 198129.80 km35106 mio.
52GelsenkirchenEurope1 Sep 19845.52 km9
53GenoaEurope13 Jun 19905.20 km7
54GlasgowEurope14 Dec 189610.40 km1513 mio.
55GuadalajaraAmerica1 Sep 198924.00 km29
56GuangzhouAsia28 Jun 1999116.00 km62134 mio.
57GwangjuAsia28 Apr 200420.10 km20
58HaifaAsia19591.75 km6
59HamburgEurope1 Mar 1912100.70 km97180 mio.
60HanoverEurope28 Sep 197518.60 km21
61HelsinkiEurope3 Aug 198221.00 km1757 mio.
62HiroshimaAsia20 Aug 199418.40 km2118 mio.
63Hong KongAsia1 Oct 1979174.00 km94867 mio.
64IncheonAsia6 Oct 199929.50 km29119 mio.
65IstanbulEurope16 Sep 200015.00 km1039 mio.
66IzmirAsia22 May 200011.50 km1030 mio.
67JacksonvilleAmerica30 May 19896.90 km6
68KamakuraAsia3 Mar 19706.60 km8
69KaohsiungAsia9 Mar 200842.70 km37
70KazanEurope27 Aug 20058.30 km66 mio.
71KharkovEurope23 Aug 197535.30 km28290 mio.
72KievEurope22 Oct 196059.80 km46642 mio.
73KitakyushuAsia9 Jan 19858.80 km13
74KobeAsia13 Mar 197730.60 km2692 mio.
75KolkataAsia24 Oct 198416.50 km17100 mio.
76Kryvy RihEurope26 Dec 198618.00 km12
77Kuala LumpurAsia16 Dec 199664.00 km6084 mio.
78KyotoAsia1 Apr 198131.30 km32111 mio.
79Las VegasAmerica15 Jul 20046.20 km7
80LausanneEurope24 May 199113.70 km29
81LilleEurope25 Apr 198345.50 km6274 mio.
82LimaAmerica13 Jan 200310.00 km6
83LisbonEurope29 Dec 195937.70 km50184 mio.
84LondonEurope10 Jan 1863408.00 km2681014 mio.
85Los AngelesAmerica30 Jan 199359.30 km3041 mio.
86LudwigshafenEurope29 May 19694.00 km11
87LyonEurope28 Apr 197830.70 km43182 mio.
88MadridEurope17 Oct 1919284.00 km281690 mio.
89ManilaAsia1 Dec 198445.70 km42315 mio.
90MaracaiboAmerica8 Jun 20096.50 km6
91MarseilleEurope26 Nov 197719.30 km2658 mio.
92MedellinAmerica30 Nov 199528.80 km26140 mio.
93Mexico CityAmerica5 Sep 1969201.70 km1751417 mio.
94MiamiAmerica21 May 198436.00 km2217 mio.
95MilanEurope1 Nov 196474.60 km88318 mio.
96MinskEurope26 Jun 198430.30 km25264 mio.
97MonterreyAmerica25 Apr 199131.50 km32
98MontrealAmerica14 Oct 196669.20 km73219 mio.
99MoscowEurope15 May 1935292.90 km1772529 mio.
100MulheimEurope3 Nov 19799.01 km13
101MumbaiAsia16 Apr 1853171.00 km73
102MunichEurope19 Oct 197192.50 km100330 mio.
103NagoyaAsia15 Nov 195789.00 km93405 mio.
104NahaAsia10 Aug 200312.80 km15
105NanjingAsia27 Aug 200521.70 km16
106NaplesEurope28 Mar 199331.80 km3029 mio.
107New YorkAmerica27 Oct 1904368.00 km4681635 mio.
108NewarkAmerica26 May 19352.20 km4
109NewcastleEurope7 Aug 198076.50 km6138 mio.
110Nizhny NovgorodEurope20 Nov 198515.50 km1433 mio.
111NovosibirskAsia7 Jan 198614.30 km1367 mio.
112NurembergEurope1 Mar 197234.60 km4692 mio.
113OportoEurope7 Dec 200221.70 km15
114OsakaAsia20 May 1933137.80 km133878 mio.
115OsloEurope22 May 196662.00 km7264 mio.
116Palma de MallorcaEurope25 Apr 20078.30 km9
117ParisEurope19 Jul 1900213.00 km3801410 mio.
118PerugiaEurope29 Jan 20083.00 km7
119PhiladelphiaAmerica4 Mar 190762.00 km6695 mio.
120PittsburghAmerica3 Jul 19850.003
121Porto AlegreAmerica2 Mar 198533.80 km17
122PoznanEurope1 Mar 19976.10 km6
123PragueEurope9 May 197459.10 km57537 mio.
124PyongyangAsia6 Sep 197322.50 km1635 mio.
125RecifeAmerica11 Mar 198539.70 km30
126RennesEurope16 Mar 20029.00 km1523 mio.
127Rio de JaneiroAmerica5 Mar 197936.53 km34135 mio.
128RomeEurope10 Feb 195539.00 km49272 mio.
129RotterdamEurope10 Feb 196847.00 km3885 mio.
130RouenEurope17 Dec 19942.20 km5
131Saint LouisAmerica31 Jul 199373.40 km37
132Saint PetersburgEurope15 Nov 1955105.50 km60828 mio.
133SamaraEurope26 Dec 198710.20 km912 mio.
134San FranciscoAmerica11 Sep 1972166.90 km4397 mio.
135San JuanAmerica6 Jun 200517.20 km16
136SantiagoAmerica15 Sep 197583.00 km92600 mio.
137Santo DomingoAmerica30 Jan 200914.50 km16
138Sao PauloAmerica14 Sep 197461.30 km58564 mio.
139SapporoAsia16 Dec 197148.00 km49252 mio.
140SeattleAmerica18 Jul 200922.20 km12
141SendaiAsia15 Jul 198714.80 km1757 mio.
142SeoulAsia15 Aug 1974286.90 km3481655 mio.
143SevilleEurope2 Apr 200918.00 km22
144ShanghaiAsia10 Apr 1995232.40 km163814 mio.
145ShenzhenAsia28 Dec 200421.50 km1973 mio.
146SingaporeAsia7 Nov 1987118.90 km76524 mio.
147SofiaEurope28 Jan 199815.60 km1329 mio.
148StockholmEurope1 Oct 1950105.70 km104297 mio.
149StuttgartEurope10 Jun 196624.00 km19
150SydneyOceania192622.06 km14
151TaipeiAsia28 Mar 199690.60 km85416 mio.
152TamaAsia27 Nov 199816.00 km19
153TashkentAsia6 Nov 197736.20 km2969 mio.
154TbilisiAsia11 Jan 196626.30 km22112 mio.
155TehranAsia21 Feb 200050.50 km47250 mio.
156The HagueEurope16 Oct 200427.90 km30
157TianjinAsia28 Mar 200471.98 km3715 mio.
158TokyoAsia30 Dec 1927304.50 km2903011 mio.
159TorontoAmerica30 Apr 195471.30 km74278 mio.
160ToulouseEurope26 Jun 199327.50 km3842 mio.
161TurinEurope4 Feb 20069.60 km14
162ValenciaEurope3 Oct 198831.80 km38
163ValenciaAmerica18 Oct 20066.20 km7
164ValparaisoAmerica23 Nov 200543.00 km20
165VancouverAmerica3 Jan 198650.00 km3369 mio.
166ViennaEurope25 Feb 197869.80 km96477 mio.
167VolgogradEurope5 Nov 19843.30 km2
168WarsawEurope7 Apr 199522.60 km21106 mio.
169WashingtonAmerica27 Mar 1976171.20 km90210 mio.
170WuhanAsia28 Sep 200410.20 km10
171WuppertalEurope1 Mar 190113.30 km20
172YekaterinburgAsia26 Apr 19918.50 km745 mio.
173YerevanAsia7 Mar 198112.10 km1015 mio.
174YokohamaAsia16 Dec 197257.60 km48150 mio.


Numerical data (except ridership) by Jordi Serradell 8/2009. Ridership data by John Kennes 7/2008. Ticket prices (for 10 km/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) by UBS: Prices and Earnings (PDF, p. 20) 2009. Non-numerical data by Mike Rohde 8/2009.






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