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World Metro Database

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A list like this and the rail systems that appear in it may always be somewhat controversial. One reason is that definitions of what a metro is vary according to who you ask (a popular definition is here). Differences between commuter rail, metros and trams are increasingly fading as new hybrid trains make it easier for metros to include sections on streets or heavy-rail tracks. 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.

Numerical data (except ridership) by Jordi Serradell 09/2010. Ridership data by John Kennes 07/2010. Ticket prices by UBS: Prices and Earnings (PDF, p. 20) 2009. Non-numerical data by Mike Rohde 10/2010.

'Stations*' (with an asterisk) counts each interchange station as one. Daily ridership is annual ridership divided by 365 (for convenience; please note that weekday and weekend ridership may differ significantly and refer to the Annual Ridership column if desired). 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 shown.



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1 ShanghaiChinayes420.0 km3.56 million278
2 LondonUnited Kingdom408.0 km2.99 million268
3 New YorkUSAyes368.0 km4.33 million468
4 TokyoJapanyes304.5 km8.7 million290
5 MoscowRussialines 3, 5 since 2009302.0 km6.55 million182
6 SeoulSouth Koreayes286.9 km5.61 million348
7 MadridSpainyes284.0 km1.78 million281
8 BeijingChinayes227.6 km3.99 million147
9 ParisFrance213.0 km4.05 million380
10 Mexico CityMexico201.7 km3.88 million175
11 Hong KongChinayes188.1 km3.62 million95
12 GuangzhouChinayes176.3 km1.85 million111
13 WashingtonUSAyes171.2 km611,00090
14 MumbaiIndia171.0 km73
15 San FranciscoUSAyes166.9 km274,00043
16 ChicagoUSAyes166.0 km542,000151
17 BerlinGermany147.4 km1.39 million195
18 DelhiIndiayes138.8 km838,000116
19 OsakaJapan137.8 km2.36 million133
20 SingaporeSingaporeyes129.7 km1.81 million87
21 BarcelonaSpainyes119.4 km1.11 million162
22 Saint PetersburgRussia110.2 km2.25 million63
23 StockholmSweden105.7 km841,000104
24 HamburgGermany100.7 km518,00097
25 BusanSouth Korea95.0 km704,00092
26 TaipeiTaiwanyes94.2 km1.27 million85
27 MunichGermany94.2 km962,000102
28 SantiagoChile92.4 km1.67 million101
29 NagoyaJapan89.0 km1.17 million93
30 NanjingChina84.7 km400,00057
31 AtlantaUSAyes79.2 km93,20039
32 NewcastleUnited Kingdom76.5 km104,00061
33 BangkokThailandyes74.9 km564,00052
34 ViennaAustriayes74.6 km1.4 million102
35 MilanItalyyes74.6 km899,00088
36 Saint LouisUSA73.4 km37
37 TianjinChinayes72.0 km41,10037
38 TorontoCanadayes71.3 km762,00074
39 Sao PauloBrazilall metro lines and regional rail69.7 km1.93 million63
40 VancouverCanadayes69.5 km203,00049
41 MontrealCanada69.2 km600,00073
42 BucharestRomania67.7 km304,00050
43 TehranIranyes66.0 km1.26 million55
44 CairoEgypt5 stations65.5 km1.92 million55
45 Kuala LumpurMalaysiayes64.0 km299,00060
46 PhiladelphiaUSAyes62.0 km192,00066
47 OsloNorway62.0 km214,00073
48 CaracasVenezuelayes60.5 km1.25 million50
49 BostonUSAyes60.5 km400,00066
50 KievUkraine59.8 km1.76 million46
51 Los AngelesUSAyes59.3 km129,00030
52 PragueCzech Republic59.1 km1.6 million57
53 YokohamaJapan57.6 km542,00048
54 DaeguSouth Korea53.9 km301,00056
55 DubaiUnited Arab Emiratesyes52.1 km26
56 AthensGreeceyes52.0 km937,00053
57 ManilaPhilippinesyes51.5 km948,00043
58 DalianChina49.0 km12
59 Buenos AiresArgentina48.1 km789,00077
60 SapporoJapan48.0 km573,00049
61 RotterdamNetherlands47.0 km238,00038
62 LilleFrance45.5 km203,00062
63 CologneGermanynew light rail trains only45.0 km51
64 ValparaisoChile43.0 km20
65 KaohsiungTaiwan42.7 km82,20037
66 Rio de JaneiroBrazilyes42.0 km370,00034
67 BrasiliaBrazil42.0 km43,80024
68 LisbonPortugal41.0 km488,00052
69 BilbaoSpainyes40.6 km238,00038
70 RecifeBrazil39.7 km30
71 RomeItalyyes39.0 km907,00049
72 TashkentUzbekistan36.2 km195,00029
73 MiamiUSAyes36.0 km49,30022
74 KharkovUkraine35.3 km762,00028
75 NurembergGermany34.6 km315,00046
76 Porto AlegreBrazil33.8 km17
77 BudapestHungary33.0 km814,00042
78 BakuAzerbaijan32.9 km482,00022
79 AmsterdamNetherlands32.7 km233,00033
80 BrusselsBelgium32.2 km364,00061
81 NaplesItaly31.8 km79,50030
82 ValenciaSpainyes31.8 km38
83 MonterreyMexico31.5 km32
84 KyotoJapan31.3 km345,00032
85 ClevelandUSA31.0 km13,70018
86 LyonFrance30.7 km499,00043
87 KobeJapan30.6 km332,00026
88 MinskBelarus30.3 km718,00025
89 FukuokaJapan29.8 km340,00035
90 IncheonSouth Korea29.5 km200,00029
91 DortmundGermany29.5 km37
92 MedellinColombia28.8 km425,00026
93 Belo HorizonteBrazil28.1 km19
94 WuhanChina28.0 km35,60027
95 The HagueNetherlands27.9 km30
96 ShenyangChina27.8 km22
97 ToulouseFrance27.5 km115,00038
98 ChennaiIndia27.0 km17
99 TbilisiGeorgia26.3 km252,00022
100 ShenzhenChinayes25.3 km362,00023
101 BaltimoreUSAyes24.5 km35,60014
102 StuttgartGermanyyes24.0 km19
103 GuadalajaraMexico24.0 km29
104 AnkaraTurkey23.1 km310,00023
105 WarsawPoland22.6 km345,00021
106 DaejeonSouth Korea22.6 km79,50022
107 KolkataIndia22.6 km474,00023
108 PyongyangNorth Korea22.5 km95,90016
109 BursaTurkey22.5 km23
110 SeattleUSAyes22.2 km12
111 SydneyAustraliayes22.1 km14
112 MarseilleFrance21.8 km159,00030
113 OportoPortugalyes21.7 km15
114 BochumGermany21.5 km29
115 CopenhagenDenmarkall metro and S-Tog trains21.0 km126,00022
116 HelsinkiFinland21.0 km156,00017
117 FrankfurtGermany20.5 km31
118 EdmontonCanada20.4 km15
119 EssenGermany20.2 km27
120 GwangjuSouth Korea20.1 km46,60020
121 ChongqingChinayes19.5 km18
122 HanoverGermany18.6 km21
123 ChengduChinayes18.5 km16
124 HiroshimaJapan18.4 km49,30021
125 MeccaSaudi Arabiayes18.1 km9
126 Kryvyi RihUkraine18.0 km12
127 SofiaBulgaria18.0 km79,50014
128 SevilleSpain18.0 km21
129 CharleroiBelgium17.5 km20
130 San JuanPuerto Rico17.2 km24,70016
131 ChangchunChina17.0 km16
132 TamaJapan16.0 km19
133 ChibaJapan15.5 km18
134 Nizhny NovgorodRussia15.5 km90,40014
135 IstanbulTurkey15.0 km186,00010
136 SendaiJapan14.8 km159,00017
137 Santo DomingoDominican Republicyes14.5 km200,00016
138 DuisburgGermany14.3 km13
139 NovosibirskRussia14.3 km192,00013
140 LausanneSwitzerland13.7 km29
141 WuppertalGermany13.3 km20
142 NahaJapan12.8 km15
143 YerevanArmenia12.1 km46,60010
144 IzmirTurkey11.5 km82,20010
145 GlasgowUnited Kingdom10.4 km41,10015
146 SamaraRussia10.2 km32,9009
147 LimaPeru10.0 km6
148 TurinItalyyes9.6 km14
149 DuesseldorfGermany9.6 km14
150 MulheimGermany9.0 km13
151 RennesFrance9.0 km63,00015
152 BonnGermany9.0 km12
153 KitakyushuJapan8.8 km13
154 YekaterinburgRussia8.5 km126,0007
155 BuffaloUSA8.4 km8
156 Palma de MallorcaSpain8.3 km9
157 KazanRussia8.3 km19,2006
158 AdanaTurkey8.0 km8
159 AntwerpBelgium7.6 km11
160 DnepropetrovskUkraine7.1 km38,4006
161 JacksonvilleUSA6.9 km6
162 KamakuraJapan6.6 km8
163 MaracaiboVenezuelayes6.5 km6
164 Las VegasUSA6.2 km7
165 ValenciaVenezuela6.2 km49,3007
166 PoznanPoland6.1 km6
167 GelsenkirchenGermany5.5 km9
168 BielefeldGermany5.2 km7
169 GenoaItaly5.2 km7
170 DetroitUSAyes4.8 km13
171 LudwigshafenGermany4.0 km11
172 CataniaItaly3.8 km6
173 VolgogradRussia3.3 km2
174 PerugiaItaly3.0 km7
175 NewarkUSA2.2 km4
176 RouenFrance2.2 km5
177 HaifaIsrael1.8 km6
178 PittsburghUSA1.5 km3





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