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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 AdanaTurkeyAsia5.0 mi18 Mar 2009
2 AmsterdamNetherlandsEurope20.3 mi16 Oct 197791 mio.
3 AnkaraTurkeyAsia14.4 mi30 Aug 1996113 mio.
4 AntwerpBelgiumEurope4.7 mi25 Mar 1975
5 AthensGreeceEurope32.3 mi1954325 mio.
6 AtlantaUSAAmerica49.2 mi30 Jun 197934 mio.
7 BakuAzerbaijanAsia20.4 mi6 Nov 1967176 mio.
8 BaltimoreUSAAmerica15.2 mi21 Nov 198314 mio.
9 BangkokThailandAsia28.8 mi5 Dec 1999206 mio.
10 BarcelonaSpainEurope68.7 mi30 Dec 1924378 mio.
11 BeijingChinaAsia141.4 mi1 Oct 19691200 mio.
12 Belo HorizonteBrazilAmerica17.5 mi1 Aug 1986
13 BerlinGermanyEurope91.6 mi18 Feb 1902447 mio.
14 BielefeldGermanyEurope3.2 mi21 Sep 1971
15 BilbaoSpainEurope25.2 mi11 Nov 199586 mio.
16 BochumGermanyEurope13.4 mi26 May 1979
17 BonnGermanyEurope5.6 mi22 Mar 1975
18 BostonUSAAmerica37.6 mi1 Sep 1897145 mio.
19 BrasiliaBrazilAmerica26.1 mi31 Mar 200116 mio.
20 BrusselsBelgiumEurope20.0 mi20 Sep 1976136 mio.
21 BucharestRomaniaEurope42.1 mi16 Nov 1979111 mio.
22 BudapestHungaryEurope20.5 mi2 May 1896297 mio.
23 Buenos AiresArgentinaAmerica29.5 mi1 Dec 1913280 mio.
24 BuffaloUSAAmerica5.2 mi18 May 1985
25 BursaTurkeyAsia14.0 mi19 Aug 2002
26 BusanSouth KoreaAsia59.0 mi19 Jul 1985257 mio.
27 CairoEgyptAfrica40.7 mi27 Sep 1987700 mio.
28 CaracasVenezuelaAmerica37.6 mi27 Mar 1983510 mio.
29 CataniaItalyEurope2.4 mi27 Jun 1999
30 ChangchunChinaAsia10.6 miOct 2002
31 CharleroiBelgiumEurope10.9 mi21 Jun 1976
32 ChennaiIndiaAsia16.8 mi19 Oct 1997
33 ChibaJapanAsia9.6 mi28 Mar 1988
34 ChicagoUSAAmerica103.2 mi6 Jun 1892198 mio.
35 ChongqingChinaAsia12.1 mi18 Jun 2005
36 ClevelandUSAAmerica19.3 mi15 Mar 19556 mio.
37 CologneGermanyEurope28.0 mi11 Oct 1968
38 CopenhagenDenmarkEurope13.1 mi19 Oct 200237 mio.
39 DaeguSouth KoreaAsia33.5 mi26 Nov 1997110 mio.
40 DaejeonSouth KoreaAsia14.0 mi16 Mar 200629 mio.
41 DalianChinaAsia30.5 mi1 May 2003
42 DelhiIndiaAsia59.8 mi24 Dec 2002310 mio.
43 DetroitUSAAmerica3.0 miJul 1987
44 DnepropetrovskUkraineEurope4.4 mi29 Dec 199511 mio.
45 DortmundGermanyEurope18.3 mi17 May 1976
46 DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesAsia24.7 mi9 Sep 2009
47 DuesseldorfGermanyEurope6.0 mi4 Oct 1981
48 DuisburgGermanyEurope8.9 mi11 Jul 1992
49 EdmontonCanadaAmerica8.1 mi22 Apr 1978
50 EssenGermanyEurope12.6 mi5 Oct 1967
51 FrankfurtGermanyEurope12.7 mi4 Oct 1968
52 FukuokaJapanAsia18.5 mi26 Jul 1981124 mio.
53 GelsenkirchenGermanyEurope3.4 mi1 Sep 1984
54 GenoaItalyEurope3.2 mi13 Jun 1990
55 GlasgowUnited KingdomEurope6.5 mi14 Dec 189615 mio.
56 GuadalajaraMexicoAmerica14.9 mi1 Sep 1989
57 GuangzhouChinaAsia92.3 mi28 Jun 1999601 mio.
58 GwangjuSouth KoreaAsia12.5 mi28 Apr 200417 mio.
59 HaifaIsraelAsia1.1 mi1959
60 HamburgGermanyEurope62.6 mi1 Mar 1912184 mio.
61 HanoverGermanyEurope11.6 mi28 Sep 1975
62 HelsinkiFinlandEurope13.1 mi3 Aug 198258 mio.
63 HiroshimaJapanAsia11.4 mi20 Aug 199418 mio.
64 Hong KongChinaAsia116.9 mi1 Oct 19791309 mio.
65 IncheonSouth KoreaAsia18.3 mi6 Oct 199973 mio.
66 IstanbulTurkeyEurope9.3 mi16 Sep 200068 mio.
67 IzmirTurkeyAsia7.1 mi22 May 200030 mio.
68 JacksonvilleUSAAmerica4.3 mi30 May 1989
69 KamakuraJapanAsia4.1 mi3 Mar 1970
70 KaohsiungTaiwanAsia26.5 mi9 Mar 200830 mio.
71 KazanRussiaEurope5.2 mi27 Aug 20057 mio.
72 KharkovUkraineEurope21.9 mi23 Aug 1975278 mio.
73 KievUkraineEurope37.2 mi22 Oct 1960642 mio.
74 KitakyushuJapanAsia5.5 mi9 Jan 1985
75 KobeJapanAsia19.0 mi13 Mar 1977121 mio.
76 KolkataIndiaAsia14.0 mi24 Oct 1984100 mio.
77 Kryvyi RihUkraineEurope11.2 mi26 Dec 1986
78 Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAsia39.8 mi16 Dec 1996109 mio.
79 KyotoJapanAsia19.5 mi1 Apr 1981126 mio.
80 Las VegasUSAAmerica3.9 mi15 Jul 2004
81 LausanneSwitzerlandEurope8.5 mi24 May 1991
82 LilleFranceEurope28.3 mi25 Apr 198374 mio.
83 LimaPeruAmerica6.2 mi13 Jan 2003
84 LisbonPortugalEurope25.5 mi29 Dec 1959180 mio.
85 LondonUnited KingdomEurope253.6 mi10 Jan 18631197 mio.
86 Los AngelesUSAAmerica36.9 mi30 Jan 199345 mio.
87 LudwigshafenGermanyEurope2.5 mi29 May 1969
88 LyonFranceEurope19.1 mi28 Apr 1978182 mio.
89 MadridSpainEurope176.5 mi17 Oct 1919686 mio.
90 ManilaPhilippinesAsia28.4 mi1 Dec 1984346 mio.
91 MaracaiboVenezuelaAmerica4.0 mi8 Jun 2009
92 MarseilleFranceEurope12.0 mi26 Nov 197758 mio.
93 MedellinColombiaAmerica17.9 mi30 Nov 1995155 mio.
94 Mexico CityMexicoAmerica125.4 mi5 Sep 19691460 mio.
95 MiamiUSAAmerica22.4 mi21 May 198419 mio.
96 MilanItalyEurope46.4 mi1 Nov 1964328 mio.
97 MinskBelarusEurope18.8 mi26 Jun 1984262 mio.
98 MonterreyMexicoAmerica19.6 mi25 Apr 1991
99 MontrealCanadaAmerica43.0 mi14 Oct 1966219 mio.
100 MoscowRussiaEurope185.7 mi15 May 19352573 mio.
101 MulheimGermanyEurope5.6 mi3 Nov 1979
102 MumbaiIndiaAsia106.3 mi
103 MunichGermanyEurope57.5 mi19 Oct 1971349 mio.
104 NagoyaJapanAsia55.3 mi15 Nov 1957427 mio.
105 NahaJapanAsia8.0 mi10 Aug 2003
106 NanjingChinaAsia13.5 mi27 Aug 2005102 mio.
107 NaplesItalyEurope19.8 mi28 Mar 199329 mio.
108 New YorkUSAAmerica228.7 mi27 Oct 19041624 mio.
109 NewarkUSAAmerica1.4 mi26 May 1935
110 NewcastleUnited KingdomEurope47.5 mi7 Aug 198038 mio.
111 Nizhny NovgorodRussiaEurope9.6 mi20 Nov 198533 mio.
112 NovosibirskRussiaAsia8.9 mi7 Jan 198670 mio.
113 NurembergGermanyEurope21.5 mi1 Mar 197292 mio.
114 OportoPortugalEurope13.5 mi7 Dec 2002
115 OsakaJapanAsia85.6 mi20 May 1933860 mio.
116 OsloNorwayEurope38.5 mi22 May 196664 mio.
117 Palma de MallorcaSpainEurope5.2 mi25 Apr 2007
118 ParisFranceEurope132.4 mi19 Jul 19001473 mio.
119 PerugiaItalyEurope1.9 mi29 Jan 2008
120 PhiladelphiaUSAAmerica38.5 mi4 Mar 190767 mio.
121 PittsburghUSAAmerica0.9 mi3 Jul 1985
122 Porto AlegreBrazilAmerica21.0 mi2 Mar 1985
123 PoznanPolandEurope3.8 mi1 Mar 1997
124 PragueCzech RepublicEurope36.7 mi9 May 1974597 mio.
125 PyongyangNorth KoreaAsia14.0 mi6 Sep 197335 mio.
126 RecifeBrazilAmerica24.7 mi11 Mar 1985
127 RennesFranceEurope5.6 mi16 Mar 200223 mio.
128 Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmerica26.1 mi5 Mar 1979135 mio.
129 RomeItalyEurope24.2 mi10 Feb 1955331 mio.
130 RotterdamNetherlandsEurope29.2 mi10 Feb 196885 mio.
131 RouenFranceEurope1.4 mi17 Dec 1994
132 Saint LouisUSAAmerica45.6 mi31 Jul 1993
133 Saint PetersburgRussiaEurope68.5 mi15 Nov 1955832 mio.
134 SamaraRussiaEurope6.3 mi26 Dec 198712 mio.
135 San FranciscoUSAAmerica103.7 mi11 Sep 1972100 mio.
136 San JuanPuerto RicoAmerica10.7 mi6 Jun 20059 mio.
137 SantiagoChileAmerica51.6 mi15 Sep 1975642 mio.
138 Santo DomingoDominican RepublicAmerica9.0 mi30 Jan 2009
139 Sao PauloBrazilAmerica38.1 mi14 Sep 1974684 mio.
140 SapporoJapanAsia29.8 mi16 Dec 1971209 mio.
141 SeattleUSAAmerica13.8 mi18 Jul 2009
142 SendaiJapanAsia9.2 mi15 Jul 198758 mio.
143 SeoulSouth KoreaAsia178.3 mi15 Aug 19742048 mio.
144 SevilleSpainEurope11.2 mi2 Apr 2009
145 ShanghaiChinaAsia207.6 mi10 Apr 19951122 mio.
146 ShenyangChinaAsia13.8 mi23 Sep 2009
147 ShenzhenChinaAsia15.7 mi28 Dec 200473 mio.
148 SingaporeSingaporeAsia73.9 mi7 Nov 1987571 mio.
149 SofiaBulgariaEurope11.2 mi28 Jan 199851 mio.
150 StockholmSwedenEurope65.7 mi1 Oct 1950303 mio.
151 StuttgartGermanyEurope14.9 mi10 Jun 1966
152 SydneyAustraliaOceania13.7 mi1926
153 TaipeiTaiwanAsia56.3 mi28 Mar 1996450 mio.
154 TamaJapanAsia9.9 mi27 Nov 1998
155 TashkentUzbekistanAsia22.5 mi6 Nov 197771 mio.
156 TbilisiGeorgiaAsia16.3 mi11 Jan 196692 mio.
157 TehranIranAsia31.4 mi21 Feb 2000353 mio.
158 The HagueNetherlandsEurope17.3 mi16 Oct 2004
159 TianjinChinaAsia44.7 mi28 Mar 200415 mio.
160 TokyoJapanAsia189.2 mi30 Dec 19273174 mio.
161 TorontoCanadaAmerica44.3 mi30 Apr 1954278 mio.
162 ToulouseFranceEurope17.1 mi26 Jun 199342 mio.
163 TurinItalyEurope6.0 mi4 Feb 2006
164 ValenciaVenezuelaAmerica3.9 mi18 Oct 200618 mio.
165 ValenciaSpainEurope19.8 mi3 Oct 1988
166 ValparaisoChileAmerica26.7 mi23 Nov 2005
167 VancouverCanadaAmerica43.2 mi3 Jan 198674 mio.
168 ViennaAustriaEurope43.4 mi25 Feb 1978498 mio.
169 VolgogradRussiaEurope2.1 mi5 Nov 1984
170 WarsawPolandEurope14.0 mi7 Apr 1995114 mio.
171 WashingtonUSAAmerica106.4 mi27 Mar 1976215 mio.
172 WuhanChinaAsia6.3 mi28 Sep 2004
173 WuppertalGermanyEurope8.3 mi1 Mar 1901
174 YekaterinburgRussiaAsia5.3 mi26 Apr 199146 mio.
175 YerevanArmeniaAsia7.5 mi7 Mar 198117 mio.
176 YokohamaJapanAsia35.8 mi16 Dec 1972198 mio.


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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