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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).



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1AdanaTurkeyAsia5.0 mi18 Mar 20098
2AlgiersAlgeriaAfrica5.6 mi200910
3AmsterdamNetherlandsEurope20.3 mi16 Oct 19773391 mio.
4AnkaraTurkeyAsia14.4 mi30 Aug 199623113 mio.
5AntwerpBelgiumEurope4.7 mi25 Mar 197511
6AthensGreeceEurope32.3 mi195452325 mio.
7AtlantaUSAAmerica49.2 mi30 Jun 19793934 mio.
8BakuAzerbaijanAsia19.7 mi6 Nov 196721176 mio.
9BaltimoreUSAAmerica15.2 mi21 Nov 19831414 mio.
10BangkokThailandAsia28.8 mi5 Dec 199944206 mio.
11BarcelonaSpainEurope68.7 mi30 Dec 1924152378 mio.
12BeijingChinaAsia141.4 mi1 Oct 19691471200 mio.
13Belo HorizonteBrazilAmerica17.5 mi1 Aug 198619
14BerlinGermanyEurope91.6 mi18 Feb 1902195447 mio.
15BielefeldGermanyEurope3.2 mi21 Sep 19717
16BilbaoSpainEurope25.2 mi11 Nov 19953886 mio.
17BochumGermanyEurope13.4 mi26 May 197929
18BonnGermanyEurope5.6 mi22 Mar 197512
19BostonUSAAmerica37.6 mi1 Sep 189766145 mio.
20BrasiliaBrazilAmerica26.1 mi31 Mar 20012316 mio.
21BrusselsBelgiumEurope20.0 mi20 Sep 197661136 mio.
22BucharestRomaniaEurope42.1 mi16 Nov 197950111 mio.
23BudapestHungaryEurope20.5 mi2 May 189642297 mio.
24Buenos AiresArgentinaAmerica29.5 mi1 Dec 191376280 mio.
25BuffaloUSAAmerica5.2 mi18 May 19858
26BursaTurkeyAsia14.0 mi19 Aug 200223
27BusanSouth KoreaAsia59.0 mi19 Jul 198592257 mio.
28CairoEgyptAfrica40.7 mi27 Sep 198755700 mio.
29CaracasVenezuelaAmerica37.6 mi27 Mar 198347510 mio.
30CataniaItalyEurope2.4 mi27 Jun 19996
31ChangchunChinaAsia10.6 miOct 200216
32CharleroiBelgiumEurope10.9 mi21 Jun 197620
33ChennaiIndiaAsia16.8 mi19 Oct 199717
34ChibaJapanAsia9.6 mi28 Mar 198818
35ChicagoUSAAmerica103.2 mi6 Jun 1892151198 mio.
36ChongqingChinaAsia12.1 mi18 Jun 200518
37ClevelandUSAAmerica19.3 mi15 Mar 1955186 mio.
38CologneGermanyEurope28.0 mi11 Oct 196851
39CopenhagenDenmarkEurope13.1 mi19 Oct 20022237 mio.
40DaeguSouth KoreaAsia33.5 mi26 Nov 199756110 mio.
41DaejeonSouth KoreaAsia14.0 mi16 Mar 20062229 mio.
42DalianChinaAsia30.5 mi1 May 200312
43DelhiIndiaAsia55.8 mi24 Dec 200278310 mio.
44DetroitUSAAmerica3.0 miJul 198713
45DnepropetrovskUkraineEurope4.4 mi29 Dec 1995611 mio.
46DortmundGermanyEurope18.3 mi17 May 197637
47DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesAsia24.7 mi9 Sep 200910
48DuesseldorfGermanyEurope6.0 mi4 Oct 198114
49DuisburgGermanyEurope8.9 mi11 Jul 199213
50EdmontonCanadaAmerica8.1 mi22 Apr 197811
51EssenGermanyEurope12.6 mi5 Oct 196727
52FrankfurtGermanyEurope12.7 mi4 Oct 196831
53FukuokaJapanAsia18.5 mi26 Jul 198135124 mio.
54GelsenkirchenGermanyEurope3.4 mi1 Sep 19849
55GenoaItalyEurope3.2 mi13 Jun 19907
56GlasgowUnited KingdomEurope6.5 mi14 Dec 18961515 mio.
57GuadalajaraMexicoAmerica14.9 mi1 Sep 198929
58GuangzhouChinaAsia109.4 mi28 Jun 199988601 mio.
59GwangjuSouth KoreaAsia12.5 mi28 Apr 20042017 mio.
60HaifaIsraelAsia1.1 mi19596
61HamburgGermanyEurope62.6 mi1 Mar 191297184 mio.
62HanoverGermanyEurope11.6 mi28 Sep 197521
63HelsinkiFinlandEurope13.1 mi3 Aug 19821758 mio.
64HiroshimaJapanAsia11.4 mi20 Aug 19942118 mio.
65Hong KongChinaAsia116.9 mi1 Oct 1979951309 mio.
66IncheonSouth KoreaAsia18.3 mi6 Oct 19992973 mio.
67IstanbulTurkeyEurope9.3 mi16 Sep 20001068 mio.
68IzmirTurkeyAsia7.1 mi22 May 20001030 mio.
69JacksonvilleUSAAmerica4.3 mi30 May 19896
70KamakuraJapanAsia4.1 mi3 Mar 19708
71KaohsiungTaiwanAsia26.5 mi9 Mar 20083730 mio.
72KazanRussiaEurope5.2 mi27 Aug 200567 mio.
73KharkovUkraineEurope21.9 mi23 Aug 197528278 mio.
74KievUkraineEurope37.2 mi22 Oct 196046642 mio.
75KitakyushuJapanAsia5.5 mi9 Jan 198513
76KobeJapanAsia19.0 mi13 Mar 197726121 mio.
77KolkataIndiaAsia14.0 mi24 Oct 198421100 mio.
78Kryvyi RihUkraineEurope11.2 mi26 Dec 198612
79Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAsia39.8 mi16 Dec 199660109 mio.
80KyotoJapanAsia19.5 mi1 Apr 198132126 mio.
81Las VegasUSAAmerica3.9 mi15 Jul 20047
82LausanneSwitzerlandEurope8.5 mi24 May 199129
83LilleFranceEurope28.3 mi25 Apr 19836274 mio.
84LimaPeruAmerica6.2 mi13 Jan 20036
85LisbonPortugalEurope25.5 mi29 Dec 195952180 mio.
86LondonUnited KingdomEurope253.6 mi10 Jan 18632681197 mio.
87Los AngelesUSAAmerica36.9 mi30 Jan 19933045 mio.
88LudwigshafenGermanyEurope2.5 mi29 May 196911
89LyonFranceEurope19.1 mi28 Apr 197843182 mio.
90MadridSpainEurope176.5 mi17 Oct 1919281686 mio.
91ManilaPhilippinesAsia28.4 mi1 Dec 198442346 mio.
92MaracaiboVenezuelaAmerica4.0 mi8 Jun 20096
93MarseilleFranceEurope12.0 mi26 Nov 19772658 mio.
94MedellinColombiaAmerica17.9 mi30 Nov 199526155 mio.
95Mexico CityMexicoAmerica125.4 mi5 Sep 19691751460 mio.
96MiamiUSAAmerica22.4 mi21 May 19842219 mio.
97MilanItalyEurope46.4 mi1 Nov 196488328 mio.
98MinskBelarusEurope18.8 mi26 Jun 198425262 mio.
99MonterreyMexicoAmerica19.6 mi25 Apr 199132
100MontrealCanadaAmerica43.0 mi14 Oct 196673219 mio.
101MoscowRussiaEurope185.7 mi15 May 19351802573 mio.
102MulheimGermanyEurope5.6 mi3 Nov 197913
103MumbaiIndiaAsia106.3 mi73
104MunichGermanyEurope57.5 mi19 Oct 1971100349 mio.
105NagoyaJapanAsia55.3 mi15 Nov 195793427 mio.
106NahaJapanAsia8.0 mi10 Aug 200315
107NanjingChinaAsia13.5 mi27 Aug 200516102 mio.
108NaplesItalyEurope19.8 mi28 Mar 19933029 mio.
109New YorkUSAAmerica228.7 mi27 Oct 19044681624 mio.
110NewarkUSAAmerica1.4 mi26 May 19354
111NewcastleUnited KingdomEurope47.5 mi7 Aug 19806138 mio.
112Nizhny NovgorodRussiaEurope9.6 mi20 Nov 19851433 mio.
113NovosibirskRussiaAsia8.9 mi7 Jan 19861370 mio.
114NurembergGermanyEurope21.5 mi1 Mar 19724692 mio.
115OportoPortugalEurope13.5 mi7 Dec 200215
116OsakaJapanAsia85.6 mi20 May 1933133860 mio.
117OsloNorwayEurope38.5 mi22 May 19667264 mio.
118Palma de MallorcaSpainEurope5.2 mi25 Apr 20079
119ParisFranceEurope132.4 mi19 Jul 19003801473 mio.
120PerugiaItalyEurope1.9 mi29 Jan 20087
121PhiladelphiaUSAAmerica38.5 mi4 Mar 19076667 mio.
122PittsburghUSAAmerica0.9 mi3 Jul 19853
123Porto AlegreBrazilAmerica21.0 mi2 Mar 198517
124PoznanPolandEurope3.8 mi1 Mar 19976
125PragueCzech RepublicEurope36.7 mi9 May 197457597 mio.
126PyongyangNorth KoreaAsia14.0 mi6 Sep 19731635 mio.
127RecifeBrazilAmerica24.7 mi11 Mar 198530
128RennesFranceEurope5.6 mi16 Mar 20021523 mio.
129Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmerica26.1 mi5 Mar 197934135 mio.
130RomeItalyEurope24.2 mi10 Feb 195549331 mio.
131RotterdamNetherlandsEurope29.2 mi10 Feb 19683885 mio.
132RouenFranceEurope1.4 mi17 Dec 19945
133Saint LouisUSAAmerica45.6 mi31 Jul 199337
134Saint PetersburgRussiaEurope68.5 mi15 Nov 195563832 mio.
135SamaraRussiaEurope6.3 mi26 Dec 1987912 mio.
136San FranciscoUSAAmerica103.7 mi11 Sep 197243100 mio.
137San JuanPuerto RicoAmerica10.7 mi6 Jun 2005169 mio.
138SantiagoChileAmerica51.6 mi15 Sep 197593642 mio.
139Santo DomingoDominican RepublicAmerica9.0 mi30 Jan 200916
140Sao PauloBrazilAmerica38.1 mi14 Sep 197458684 mio.
141SapporoJapanAsia29.8 mi16 Dec 197149209 mio.
142SeattleUSAAmerica13.8 mi18 Jul 200912
143SendaiJapanAsia9.2 mi15 Jul 19871758 mio.
144SeoulSouth KoreaAsia178.3 mi15 Aug 19743482048 mio.
145SevilleSpainEurope11.2 mi2 Apr 200921
146ShanghaiChinaAsia207.6 mi10 Apr 19952301122 mio.
147ShenzhenChinaAsia15.7 mi28 Dec 20042373 mio.
148SingaporeSingaporeAsia73.9 mi7 Nov 198776571 mio.
149SofiaBulgariaEurope11.2 mi28 Jan 19981451 mio.
150StockholmSwedenEurope65.7 mi1 Oct 1950104303 mio.
151StuttgartGermanyEurope14.9 mi10 Jun 196619
152SydneyAustraliaOceania13.7 mi192614
153TaipeiTaiwanAsia56.3 mi28 Mar 199685450 mio.
154TamaJapanAsia9.9 mi27 Nov 199819
155TashkentUzbekistanAsia22.5 mi6 Nov 19772971 mio.
156TbilisiGeorgiaAsia16.3 mi11 Jan 19662292 mio.
157TehranIranAsia31.4 mi21 Feb 200047353 mio.
158The HagueNetherlandsEurope17.3 mi16 Oct 200430
159TianjinChinaAsia44.7 mi28 Mar 20043715 mio.
160TokyoJapanAsia189.2 mi30 Dec 19272903174 mio.
161TorontoCanadaAmerica44.3 mi30 Apr 195474278 mio.
162ToulouseFranceEurope17.1 mi26 Jun 19933842 mio.
163TurinItalyEurope6.0 mi4 Feb 200614
164ValenciaSpainEurope19.8 mi3 Oct 198838
165ValenciaVenezuelaAmerica3.9 mi18 Oct 2006718 mio.
166ValparaisoChileAmerica26.7 mi23 Nov 200520
167VancouverCanadaAmerica43.2 mi3 Jan 19864974 mio.
168ViennaAustriaEurope43.4 mi25 Feb 197896498 mio.
169VolgogradRussiaEurope2.1 mi5 Nov 19842
170WarsawPolandEurope14.0 mi7 Apr 199521114 mio.
171WashingtonUSAAmerica106.4 mi27 Mar 197690215 mio.
172WuhanChinaAsia6.3 mi28 Sep 200410
173WuppertalGermanyEurope8.3 mi1 Mar 190120
174YekaterinburgRussiaAsia5.3 mi26 Apr 1991746 mio.
175YerevanArmeniaAsia7.5 mi7 Mar 19811017 mio.
176YokohamaJapanAsia35.8 mi16 Dec 197248198 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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