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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 AdanaTurkeyAsia8.0 km8
2 AmsterdamNetherlandsEurope91 mio.32.7 km33
3 AnkaraTurkeyAsia113 mio.23.1 km23
4 AntwerpBelgiumEurope7.6 km11
5 AthensGreeceEurope325 mio.52.0 km52
6 AtlantaUSAAmerica34 mio.79.2 km39
7 BakuAzerbaijanAsia176 mio.32.9 km22
8 BaltimoreUSAAmerica14 mio.24.5 km14
9 BangkokThailandAsia206 mio.46.3 km44
10 BarcelonaSpainEurope378 mio.110.5 km152
11 BeijingChinaAsia1200 mio.227.6 km147
12 Belo HorizonteBrazilAmerica28.1 km19
13 BerlinGermanyEurope447 mio.147.4 km195
14 BielefeldGermanyEurope5.2 km7
15 BilbaoSpainEurope86 mio.40.6 km38
16 BochumGermanyEurope21.5 km29
17 BonnGermanyEurope9.0 km12
18 BostonUSAAmerica145 mio.60.5 km66
19 BrasiliaBrazilAmerica16 mio.42.0 km23
20 BrusselsBelgiumEurope136 mio.32.2 km61
21 BucharestRomaniaEurope111 mio.67.7 km50
22 BudapestHungaryEurope297 mio.33.0 km42
23 Buenos AiresArgentinaAmerica280 mio.47.5 km76
24 BuffaloUSAAmerica8.4 km8
25 BursaTurkeyAsia22.5 km23
26 BusanSouth KoreaAsia257 mio.95.0 km92
27 CairoEgyptAfrica700 mio.65.5 km55
28 CaracasVenezuelaAmerica510 mio.60.5 km50
29 CataniaItalyEurope3.8 km6
30 ChangchunChinaAsia17.0 km16
31 CharleroiBelgiumEurope17.5 km20
32 ChennaiIndiaAsia27.0 km17
33 ChibaJapanAsia15.5 km18
34 ChicagoUSAAmerica198 mio.166.0 km151
35 ChongqingChinaAsia19.5 km18
36 ClevelandUSAAmerica6 mio.31.0 km18
37 CologneGermanyEurope45.0 km51
38 CopenhagenDenmarkEurope37 mio.21.0 km22
39 DaeguSouth KoreaAsia110 mio.53.9 km56
40 DaejeonSouth KoreaAsia29 mio.22.6 km22
41 DalianChinaAsia49.0 km12
42 DelhiIndiaAsia310 mio.96.2 km83
43 DetroitUSAAmerica4.8 km13
44 DnepropetrovskUkraineEurope11 mio.7.1 km6
45 DortmundGermanyEurope29.5 km37
46 DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesAsia39.7 km11
47 DuesseldorfGermanyEurope9.6 km14
48 DuisburgGermanyEurope14.3 km13
49 EdmontonCanadaAmerica13.1 km11
50 EssenGermanyEurope20.2 km27
51 FrankfurtGermanyEurope20.5 km31
52 FukuokaJapanAsia124 mio.29.8 km35
53 GelsenkirchenGermanyEurope5.5 km9
54 GenoaItalyEurope5.2 km7
55 GlasgowUnited KingdomEurope15 mio.10.4 km15
56 GuadalajaraMexicoAmerica24.0 km29
57 GuangzhouChinaAsia601 mio.148.5 km88
58 GwangjuSouth KoreaAsia17 mio.20.1 km20
59 HaifaIsraelAsia1.8 km6
60 HamburgGermanyEurope184 mio.100.7 km97
61 HanoverGermanyEurope18.6 km21
62 HelsinkiFinlandEurope58 mio.21.0 km17
63 HiroshimaJapanAsia18 mio.18.4 km21
64 Hong KongChinaAsia1309 mio.188.1 km95
65 IncheonSouth KoreaAsia73 mio.29.5 km29
66 IstanbulTurkeyEurope68 mio.15.0 km10
67 IzmirTurkeyAsia30 mio.11.5 km10
68 JacksonvilleUSAAmerica6.9 km6
69 KamakuraJapanAsia6.6 km8
70 KaohsiungTaiwanAsia30 mio.42.7 km37
71 KazanRussiaEurope7 mio.8.3 km6
72 KharkovUkraineEurope278 mio.35.3 km28
73 KievUkraineEurope642 mio.59.8 km46
74 KitakyushuJapanAsia8.8 km13
75 KobeJapanAsia121 mio.30.6 km26
76 KolkataIndiaAsia100 mio.22.6 km21
77 Kryvyi RihUkraineEurope18.0 km12
78 Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAsia109 mio.64.0 km60
79 KyotoJapanAsia126 mio.31.3 km32
80 Las VegasUSAAmerica6.2 km7
81 LausanneSwitzerlandEurope13.7 km29
82 LilleFranceEurope74 mio.45.5 km62
83 LimaPeruAmerica10.0 km6
84 LisbonPortugalEurope180 mio.41.0 km52
85 LondonUnited KingdomEurope1197 mio.408.0 km268
86 Los AngelesUSAAmerica45 mio.59.3 km30
87 LudwigshafenGermanyEurope4.0 km11
88 LyonFranceEurope182 mio.30.7 km43
89 MadridSpainEurope686 mio.284.0 km281
90 ManilaPhilippinesAsia346 mio.45.7 km42
91 MaracaiboVenezuelaAmerica6.5 km6
92 MarseilleFranceEurope58 mio.19.3 km26
93 MedellinColombiaAmerica155 mio.28.8 km26
94 Mexico CityMexicoAmerica1460 mio.201.7 km175
95 MiamiUSAAmerica19 mio.36.0 km22
96 MilanItalyEurope328 mio.74.6 km88
97 MinskBelarusEurope262 mio.30.3 km25
98 MonterreyMexicoAmerica31.5 km32
99 MontrealCanadaAmerica219 mio.69.2 km73
100 MoscowRussiaEurope2573 mio.298.8 km180
101 MulheimGermanyEurope9.0 km13
102 MumbaiIndiaAsia171.0 km73
103 MunichGermanyEurope349 mio.92.5 km100
104 NagoyaJapanAsia427 mio.89.0 km93
105 NahaJapanAsia12.8 km15
106 NanjingChinaAsia102 mio.21.7 km16
107 NaplesItalyEurope29 mio.31.8 km30
108 New YorkUSAAmerica1624 mio.368.0 km468
109 NewarkUSAAmerica2.2 km4
110 NewcastleUnited KingdomEurope38 mio.76.5 km61
111 Nizhny NovgorodRussiaEurope33 mio.15.5 km14
112 NovosibirskRussiaAsia70 mio.14.3 km13
113 NurembergGermanyEurope92 mio.34.6 km46
114 OportoPortugalEurope21.7 km15
115 OsakaJapanAsia860 mio.137.8 km133
116 OsloNorwayEurope64 mio.62.0 km72
117 Palma de MallorcaSpainEurope8.3 km9
118 ParisFranceEurope1473 mio.213.0 km380
119 PerugiaItalyEurope3.0 km7
120 PhiladelphiaUSAAmerica67 mio.62.0 km66
121 PittsburghUSAAmerica1.5 km3
122 Porto AlegreBrazilAmerica33.8 km17
123 PoznanPolandEurope6.1 km6
124 PragueCzech RepublicEurope597 mio.59.1 km57
125 PyongyangNorth KoreaAsia35 mio.22.5 km16
126 RecifeBrazilAmerica39.7 km30
127 RennesFranceEurope23 mio.9.0 km15
128 Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmerica135 mio.42.0 km34
129 RomeItalyEurope331 mio.39.0 km49
130 RotterdamNetherlandsEurope85 mio.47.0 km38
131 RouenFranceEurope2.2 km5
132 Saint LouisUSAAmerica73.4 km37
133 Saint PetersburgRussiaEurope832 mio.110.2 km63
134 SamaraRussiaEurope12 mio.10.2 km9
135 San FranciscoUSAAmerica100 mio.166.9 km43
136 San JuanPuerto RicoAmerica9 mio.17.2 km16
137 SantiagoChileAmerica642 mio.83.0 km93
138 Santo DomingoDominican RepublicAmerica14.5 km16
139 Sao PauloBrazilAmerica684 mio.61.3 km58
140 SapporoJapanAsia209 mio.48.0 km49
141 SeattleUSAAmerica22.2 km12
142 SendaiJapanAsia58 mio.14.8 km17
143 SeoulSouth KoreaAsia2048 mio.286.9 km348
144 SevilleSpainEurope18.0 km21
145 ShanghaiChinaAsia1122 mio.334.0 km230
146 ShenyangChinaAsia22.2 km18
147 ShenzhenChinaAsia73 mio.25.3 km23
148 SingaporeSingaporeAsia571 mio.118.9 km76
149 SofiaBulgariaEurope51 mio.18.0 km14
150 StockholmSwedenEurope303 mio.105.7 km104
151 StuttgartGermanyEurope24.0 km19
152 SydneyAustraliaOceania22.1 km14
153 TaipeiTaiwanAsia450 mio.90.6 km85
154 TamaJapanAsia16.0 km19
155 TashkentUzbekistanAsia71 mio.36.2 km29
156 TbilisiGeorgiaAsia92 mio.26.3 km22
157 TehranIranAsia353 mio.50.5 km47
158 The HagueNetherlandsEurope27.9 km30
159 TianjinChinaAsia15 mio.72.0 km37
160 TokyoJapanAsia3174 mio.304.5 km290
161 TorontoCanadaAmerica278 mio.71.3 km74
162 ToulouseFranceEurope42 mio.27.5 km38
163 TurinItalyEurope9.6 km14
164 ValenciaVenezuelaAmerica18 mio.6.2 km7
165 ValenciaSpainEurope31.8 km38
166 ValparaisoChileAmerica43.0 km20
167 VancouverCanadaAmerica74 mio.69.5 km49
168 ViennaAustriaEurope498 mio.69.8 km96
169 VolgogradRussiaEurope3.3 km2
170 WarsawPolandEurope114 mio.22.6 km21
171 WashingtonUSAAmerica215 mio.171.2 km90
172 WuhanChinaAsia10.2 km10
173 WuppertalGermanyEurope13.3 km20
174 YekaterinburgRussiaAsia46 mio.8.5 km7
175 YerevanArmeniaAsia17 mio.12.1 km10
176 YokohamaJapanAsia198 mio.57.6 km48


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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