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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).



Add column after Aircon trains:   Unit: km mi


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City >
<Country >
< Aircon trains >
<Length >
<Stations >
<Passengers
1BostonUSAyes37.6 mi66145 mio.
2ChicagoUSAyes103.2 mi151198 mio.
3TehranIranyes31.4 mi47353 mio.
4DelhiIndiayes55.8 mi78310 mio.
5BangkokThailandyes28.8 mi44206 mio.
6SeattleUSAyes13.8 mi12
7MaracaiboVenezuelayes4.0 mi6
8SingaporeSingaporeyes73.9 mi76571 mio.
9WashingtonUSAyes106.4 mi90215 mio.
10GuangzhouChinayes109.4 mi88601 mio.
11MadridSpainyes176.5 mi281686 mio.
12MilanItalyyes46.4 mi88328 mio.
13Hong KongChinayes116.9 mi951309 mio.
14RomeItalyyes24.2 mi49331 mio.
15AthensGreeceyes32.3 mi52325 mio.
16TaipeiTaiwanyes56.3 mi85450 mio.
17CaracasVenezuelayes37.6 mi47510 mio.
18TokyoJapanyes189.2 mi2903174 mio.
19Kuala LumpurMalaysiayes39.8 mi60109 mio.
20AlgiersAlgeriayes5.6 mi10
21ChongqingChinayes12.1 mi18
22VancouverCanadayes43.2 mi4974 mio.
23DetroitUSAyes3.0 mi13
24New YorkUSAyes228.7 mi4681624 mio.
25BarcelonaSpainyes68.7 mi152378 mio.
26DubaiUnited Arab Emiratesyes24.7 mi10
27BaltimoreUSAyes15.2 mi1414 mio.
28ManilaPhilippinesyes28.4 mi42346 mio.
29BilbaoSpainyes25.2 mi3886 mio.
30ShenzhenChinayes15.7 mi2373 mio.
31TurinItalyyes6.0 mi14
32OportoPortugalyes13.5 mi15
33AtlantaUSAyes49.2 mi3934 mio.
34ShanghaiChinayes207.6 mi2301122 mio.
35MiamiUSAyes22.4 mi2219 mio.
36TorontoCanadayes44.3 mi74278 mio.
37Rio de JaneiroBrazilyes26.1 mi34135 mio.
38PhiladelphiaUSAyes38.5 mi6667 mio.
39San FranciscoUSAyes103.7 mi43100 mio.
40Los AngelesUSAyes36.9 mi3045 mio.
41SydneyAustraliayes13.7 mi14
42ViennaAustriayes43.4 mi96498 mio.
43TianjinChinayes44.7 mi3715 mio.
44SeoulSouth Koreayes178.3 mi3482048 mio.
45BeijingChinarecently141.4 mi1471200 mio.
46CologneGermanynew light rail trains only28.0 mi51
47Sao PauloBrazillines 4, 5, and regional rail38.1 mi58684 mio.
48BrusselsBelgiumline 1B20.0 mi61136 mio.
49CopenhagenDenmarkall metro and S-Tog trains13.1 mi2237 mio.
50CairoEgypt5 stns40.7 mi55700 mio.
51AmsterdamNetherlands20.3 mi3391 mio.
52JacksonvilleUSA4.3 mi6
53Saint PetersburgRussia68.5 mi63832 mio.
54LisbonPortugal25.5 mi52180 mio.
55StockholmSweden65.7 mi104303 mio.
56MoscowRussia185.7 mi1802573 mio.
57FukuokaJapan18.5 mi35124 mio.
58NaplesItaly19.8 mi3029 mio.
59WuppertalGermany8.3 mi20
60HaifaIsrael1.1 mi6
61PragueCzech Republic36.7 mi57597 mio.
62KobeJapan19.0 mi26121 mio.
63BursaTurkey14.0 mi23
64RouenFrance1.4 mi5
65BochumGermany13.4 mi29
66LilleFrance28.3 mi6274 mio.
67ChennaiIndia16.8 mi17
68MonterreyMexico19.6 mi32
69ValenciaSpain19.8 mi38
70EssenGermany12.6 mi27
71OsakaJapan85.6 mi133860 mio.
72IstanbulTurkey9.3 mi1068 mio.
73NahaJapan8.0 mi15
74Porto AlegreBrazil21.0 mi17
75BakuAzerbaijan19.7 mi21176 mio.
76KievUkraine37.2 mi46642 mio.
77Buenos AiresArgentina29.5 mi76280 mio.
78TashkentUzbekistan22.5 mi2971 mio.
79DaeguSouth Korea33.5 mi56110 mio.
80Las VegasUSA3.9 mi7
81ToulouseFrance17.1 mi3842 mio.
82DuisburgGermany8.9 mi13
83NovosibirskRussia8.9 mi1370 mio.
84BielefeldGermany3.2 mi7
85VolgogradRussia2.1 mi2
86GlasgowUnited Kingdom6.5 mi1515 mio.
87PittsburghUSA0.9 mi3
88BucharestRomania42.1 mi50111 mio.
89LudwigshafenGermany2.5 mi11
90MunichGermany57.5 mi100349 mio.
91Mexico CityMexico125.4 mi1751460 mio.
92DortmundGermany18.3 mi37
93NewcastleUnited Kingdom47.5 mi6138 mio.
94YokohamaJapan35.8 mi48198 mio.
95HelsinkiFinland13.1 mi1758 mio.
96RennesFrance5.6 mi1523 mio.
97Belo HorizonteBrazil17.5 mi19
98ParisFrance132.4 mi3801473 mio.
99AnkaraTurkey14.4 mi23113 mio.
100KamakuraJapan4.1 mi8
101SamaraRussia6.3 mi912 mio.
102BrasiliaBrazil26.1 mi2316 mio.
103LondonUnited Kingdom253.6 mi2681197 mio.
104StuttgartGermany14.9 mi19
105MulheimGermany5.6 mi13
106GelsenkirchenGermany3.4 mi9
107MarseilleFrance12.0 mi2658 mio.
108YekaterinburgRussia5.3 mi746 mio.
109HamburgGermany62.6 mi97184 mio.
110PyongyangNorth Korea14.0 mi1635 mio.
111KolkataIndia14.0 mi21100 mio.
112SendaiJapan9.2 mi1758 mio.
113BusanSouth Korea59.0 mi92257 mio.
114IzmirTurkey7.1 mi1030 mio.
115Saint LouisUSA45.6 mi37
116BonnGermany5.6 mi12
117LimaPeru6.2 mi6
118SofiaBulgaria11.2 mi1451 mio.
119ChibaJapan9.6 mi18
120MontrealCanada43.0 mi73219 mio.
121FrankfurtGermany12.7 mi31
122OsloNorway38.5 mi7264 mio.
123DaejeonSouth Korea14.0 mi2229 mio.
124WuhanChina6.3 mi10
125GwangjuSouth Korea12.5 mi2017 mio.
126KitakyushuJapan5.5 mi13
127SapporoJapan29.8 mi49209 mio.
128BuffaloUSA5.2 mi8
129TbilisiGeorgia16.3 mi2292 mio.
130LausanneSwitzerland8.5 mi29
131CharleroiBelgium10.9 mi20
132MinskBelarus18.8 mi25262 mio.
133EdmontonCanada8.1 mi11
134NurembergGermany21.5 mi4692 mio.
135IncheonSouth Korea18.3 mi2973 mio.
136RotterdamNetherlands29.2 mi3885 mio.
137WarsawPoland14.0 mi21114 mio.
138GuadalajaraMexico14.9 mi29
139KharkovUkraine21.9 mi28278 mio.
140SantiagoChile51.6 mi93642 mio.
141BudapestHungary20.5 mi42297 mio.
142LyonFrance19.1 mi43182 mio.
143TamaJapan9.9 mi19
144NagoyaJapan55.3 mi93427 mio.
145CataniaItaly2.4 mi6
146DuesseldorfGermany6.0 mi14
147Nizhny NovgorodRussia9.6 mi1433 mio.
148HiroshimaJapan11.4 mi2118 mio.
149BerlinGermany91.6 mi195447 mio.
150KyotoJapan19.5 mi32126 mio.
151AntwerpBelgium4.7 mi11
152ClevelandUSA19.3 mi186 mio.
153MumbaiIndia106.3 mi73
154GenoaItaly3.2 mi7
155MedellinColombia17.9 mi26155 mio.
156DnepropetrovskUkraine4.4 mi611 mio.
157NewarkUSA1.4 mi4
158YerevanArmenia7.5 mi1017 mio.
159HanoverGermany11.6 mi21
160RecifeBrazil24.7 mi30
161Kryvyi RihUkraine11.2 mi12
162ValparaisoChile26.7 mi20
163Palma de MallorcaSpain5.2 mi9
164AdanaTurkey5.0 mi8
165ChangchunChina10.6 mi16
166PerugiaItaly1.9 mi7
167KazanRussia5.2 mi67 mio.
168San JuanPuerto Rico10.7 mi169 mio.
169SevilleSpain11.2 mi21
170The HagueNetherlands17.3 mi30
171ValenciaVenezuela3.9 mi718 mio.
172NanjingChina13.5 mi16102 mio.
173PoznanPoland3.8 mi6
174Santo DomingoDominican Republic9.0 mi16
175DalianChina30.5 mi12
176KaohsiungTaiwan26.5 mi3730 mio.


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.






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