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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 AdanaTurkeyAsia18 Mar 20095.0 mi
2 AmsterdamNetherlandsEurope16 Oct 197720.3 mi91 mio.
3 AnkaraTurkeyAsia30 Aug 199614.4 mi113 mio.
4 AntwerpBelgiumEurope25 Mar 19754.7 mi
5 AthensGreeceEurope195432.3 mi325 mio.
6 AtlantaUSAAmerica30 Jun 197949.2 mi34 mio.
7 BakuAzerbaijanAsia6 Nov 196720.4 mi176 mio.
8 BaltimoreUSAAmerica21 Nov 198315.2 mi14 mio.
9 BangkokThailandAsia5 Dec 199928.8 mi206 mio.
10 BarcelonaSpainEurope30 Dec 192468.7 mi378 mio.
11 BeijingChinaAsia1 Oct 1969141.4 mi1200 mio.
12 Belo HorizonteBrazilAmerica1 Aug 198617.5 mi
13 BerlinGermanyEurope18 Feb 190291.6 mi447 mio.
14 BielefeldGermanyEurope21 Sep 19713.2 mi
15 BilbaoSpainEurope11 Nov 199525.2 mi86 mio.
16 BochumGermanyEurope26 May 197913.4 mi
17 BonnGermanyEurope22 Mar 19755.6 mi
18 BostonUSAAmerica1 Sep 189737.6 mi145 mio.
19 BrasiliaBrazilAmerica31 Mar 200126.1 mi16 mio.
20 BrusselsBelgiumEurope20 Sep 197620.0 mi136 mio.
21 BucharestRomaniaEurope16 Nov 197942.1 mi111 mio.
22 BudapestHungaryEurope2 May 189620.5 mi297 mio.
23 Buenos AiresArgentinaAmerica1 Dec 191329.5 mi280 mio.
24 BuffaloUSAAmerica18 May 19855.2 mi
25 BursaTurkeyAsia19 Aug 200214.0 mi
26 BusanSouth KoreaAsia19 Jul 198559.0 mi257 mio.
27 CairoEgyptAfrica27 Sep 198740.7 mi700 mio.
28 CaracasVenezuelaAmerica27 Mar 198337.6 mi510 mio.
29 CataniaItalyEurope27 Jun 19992.4 mi
30 ChangchunChinaAsiaOct 200210.6 mi
31 CharleroiBelgiumEurope21 Jun 197610.9 mi
32 ChennaiIndiaAsia19 Oct 199716.8 mi
33 ChibaJapanAsia28 Mar 19889.6 mi
34 ChicagoUSAAmerica6 Jun 1892103.2 mi198 mio.
35 ChongqingChinaAsia18 Jun 200512.1 mi
36 ClevelandUSAAmerica15 Mar 195519.3 mi6 mio.
37 CologneGermanyEurope11 Oct 196828.0 mi
38 CopenhagenDenmarkEurope19 Oct 200213.1 mi37 mio.
39 DaeguSouth KoreaAsia26 Nov 199733.5 mi110 mio.
40 DaejeonSouth KoreaAsia16 Mar 200614.0 mi29 mio.
41 DalianChinaAsia1 May 200330.5 mi
42 DelhiIndiaAsia24 Dec 200259.8 mi310 mio.
43 DetroitUSAAmericaJul 19873.0 mi
44 DnepropetrovskUkraineEurope29 Dec 19954.4 mi11 mio.
45 DortmundGermanyEurope17 May 197618.3 mi
46 DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesAsia9 Sep 200924.7 mi
47 DuesseldorfGermanyEurope4 Oct 19816.0 mi
48 DuisburgGermanyEurope11 Jul 19928.9 mi
49 EdmontonCanadaAmerica22 Apr 19788.1 mi
50 EssenGermanyEurope5 Oct 196712.6 mi
51 FrankfurtGermanyEurope4 Oct 196812.7 mi
52 FukuokaJapanAsia26 Jul 198118.5 mi124 mio.
53 GelsenkirchenGermanyEurope1 Sep 19843.4 mi
54 GenoaItalyEurope13 Jun 19903.2 mi
55 GlasgowUnited KingdomEurope14 Dec 18966.5 mi15 mio.
56 GuadalajaraMexicoAmerica1 Sep 198914.9 mi
57 GuangzhouChinaAsia28 Jun 199992.3 mi601 mio.
58 GwangjuSouth KoreaAsia28 Apr 200412.5 mi17 mio.
59 HaifaIsraelAsia19591.1 mi
60 HamburgGermanyEurope1 Mar 191262.6 mi184 mio.
61 HanoverGermanyEurope28 Sep 197511.6 mi
62 HelsinkiFinlandEurope3 Aug 198213.1 mi58 mio.
63 HiroshimaJapanAsia20 Aug 199411.4 mi18 mio.
64 Hong KongChinaAsia1 Oct 1979116.9 mi1309 mio.
65 IncheonSouth KoreaAsia6 Oct 199918.3 mi73 mio.
66 IstanbulTurkeyEurope16 Sep 20009.3 mi68 mio.
67 IzmirTurkeyAsia22 May 20007.1 mi30 mio.
68 JacksonvilleUSAAmerica30 May 19894.3 mi
69 KamakuraJapanAsia3 Mar 19704.1 mi
70 KaohsiungTaiwanAsia9 Mar 200826.5 mi30 mio.
71 KazanRussiaEurope27 Aug 20055.2 mi7 mio.
72 KharkovUkraineEurope23 Aug 197521.9 mi278 mio.
73 KievUkraineEurope22 Oct 196037.2 mi642 mio.
74 KitakyushuJapanAsia9 Jan 19855.5 mi
75 KobeJapanAsia13 Mar 197719.0 mi121 mio.
76 KolkataIndiaAsia24 Oct 198414.0 mi100 mio.
77 Kryvyi RihUkraineEurope26 Dec 198611.2 mi
78 Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAsia16 Dec 199639.8 mi109 mio.
79 KyotoJapanAsia1 Apr 198119.5 mi126 mio.
80 Las VegasUSAAmerica15 Jul 20043.9 mi
81 LausanneSwitzerlandEurope24 May 19918.5 mi
82 LilleFranceEurope25 Apr 198328.3 mi74 mio.
83 LimaPeruAmerica13 Jan 20036.2 mi
84 LisbonPortugalEurope29 Dec 195925.5 mi180 mio.
85 LondonUnited KingdomEurope10 Jan 1863253.6 mi1197 mio.
86 Los AngelesUSAAmerica30 Jan 199336.9 mi45 mio.
87 LudwigshafenGermanyEurope29 May 19692.5 mi
88 LyonFranceEurope28 Apr 197819.1 mi182 mio.
89 MadridSpainEurope17 Oct 1919176.5 mi686 mio.
90 ManilaPhilippinesAsia1 Dec 198428.4 mi346 mio.
91 MaracaiboVenezuelaAmerica8 Jun 20094.0 mi
92 MarseilleFranceEurope26 Nov 197712.0 mi58 mio.
93 MedellinColombiaAmerica30 Nov 199517.9 mi155 mio.
94 Mexico CityMexicoAmerica5 Sep 1969125.4 mi1460 mio.
95 MiamiUSAAmerica21 May 198422.4 mi19 mio.
96 MilanItalyEurope1 Nov 196446.4 mi328 mio.
97 MinskBelarusEurope26 Jun 198418.8 mi262 mio.
98 MonterreyMexicoAmerica25 Apr 199119.6 mi
99 MontrealCanadaAmerica14 Oct 196643.0 mi219 mio.
100 MoscowRussiaEurope15 May 1935185.7 mi2573 mio.
101 MulheimGermanyEurope3 Nov 19795.6 mi
102 MumbaiIndiaAsia106.3 mi
103 MunichGermanyEurope19 Oct 197157.5 mi349 mio.
104 NagoyaJapanAsia15 Nov 195755.3 mi427 mio.
105 NahaJapanAsia10 Aug 20038.0 mi
106 NanjingChinaAsia27 Aug 200513.5 mi102 mio.
107 NaplesItalyEurope28 Mar 199319.8 mi29 mio.
108 New YorkUSAAmerica27 Oct 1904228.7 mi1624 mio.
109 NewarkUSAAmerica26 May 19351.4 mi
110 NewcastleUnited KingdomEurope7 Aug 198047.5 mi38 mio.
111 Nizhny NovgorodRussiaEurope20 Nov 19859.6 mi33 mio.
112 NovosibirskRussiaAsia7 Jan 19868.9 mi70 mio.
113 NurembergGermanyEurope1 Mar 197221.5 mi92 mio.
114 OportoPortugalEurope7 Dec 200213.5 mi
115 OsakaJapanAsia20 May 193385.6 mi860 mio.
116 OsloNorwayEurope22 May 196638.5 mi64 mio.
117 Palma de MallorcaSpainEurope25 Apr 20075.2 mi
118 ParisFranceEurope19 Jul 1900132.4 mi1473 mio.
119 PerugiaItalyEurope29 Jan 20081.9 mi
120 PhiladelphiaUSAAmerica4 Mar 190738.5 mi67 mio.
121 PittsburghUSAAmerica3 Jul 19850.9 mi
122 Porto AlegreBrazilAmerica2 Mar 198521.0 mi
123 PoznanPolandEurope1 Mar 19973.8 mi
124 PragueCzech RepublicEurope9 May 197436.7 mi597 mio.
125 PyongyangNorth KoreaAsia6 Sep 197314.0 mi35 mio.
126 RecifeBrazilAmerica11 Mar 198524.7 mi
127 RennesFranceEurope16 Mar 20025.6 mi23 mio.
128 Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmerica5 Mar 197926.1 mi135 mio.
129 RomeItalyEurope10 Feb 195524.2 mi331 mio.
130 RotterdamNetherlandsEurope10 Feb 196829.2 mi85 mio.
131 RouenFranceEurope17 Dec 19941.4 mi
132 Saint LouisUSAAmerica31 Jul 199345.6 mi
133 Saint PetersburgRussiaEurope15 Nov 195568.5 mi832 mio.
134 SamaraRussiaEurope26 Dec 19876.3 mi12 mio.
135 San FranciscoUSAAmerica11 Sep 1972103.7 mi100 mio.
136 San JuanPuerto RicoAmerica6 Jun 200510.7 mi9 mio.
137 SantiagoChileAmerica15 Sep 197551.6 mi642 mio.
138 Santo DomingoDominican RepublicAmerica30 Jan 20099.0 mi
139 Sao PauloBrazilAmerica14 Sep 197438.1 mi684 mio.
140 SapporoJapanAsia16 Dec 197129.8 mi209 mio.
141 SeattleUSAAmerica18 Jul 200913.8 mi
142 SendaiJapanAsia15 Jul 19879.2 mi58 mio.
143 SeoulSouth KoreaAsia15 Aug 1974178.3 mi2048 mio.
144 SevilleSpainEurope2 Apr 200911.2 mi
145 ShanghaiChinaAsia10 Apr 1995207.6 mi1122 mio.
146 ShenyangChinaAsia23 Sep 200913.8 mi
147 ShenzhenChinaAsia28 Dec 200415.7 mi73 mio.
148 SingaporeSingaporeAsia7 Nov 198773.9 mi571 mio.
149 SofiaBulgariaEurope28 Jan 199811.2 mi51 mio.
150 StockholmSwedenEurope1 Oct 195065.7 mi303 mio.
151 StuttgartGermanyEurope10 Jun 196614.9 mi
152 SydneyAustraliaOceania192613.7 mi
153 TaipeiTaiwanAsia28 Mar 199656.3 mi450 mio.
154 TamaJapanAsia27 Nov 19989.9 mi
155 TashkentUzbekistanAsia6 Nov 197722.5 mi71 mio.
156 TbilisiGeorgiaAsia11 Jan 196616.3 mi92 mio.
157 TehranIranAsia21 Feb 200031.4 mi353 mio.
158 The HagueNetherlandsEurope16 Oct 200417.3 mi
159 TianjinChinaAsia28 Mar 200444.7 mi15 mio.
160 TokyoJapanAsia30 Dec 1927189.2 mi3174 mio.
161 TorontoCanadaAmerica30 Apr 195444.3 mi278 mio.
162 ToulouseFranceEurope26 Jun 199317.1 mi42 mio.
163 TurinItalyEurope4 Feb 20066.0 mi
164 ValenciaVenezuelaAmerica18 Oct 20063.9 mi18 mio.
165 ValenciaSpainEurope3 Oct 198819.8 mi
166 ValparaisoChileAmerica23 Nov 200526.7 mi
167 VancouverCanadaAmerica3 Jan 198643.2 mi74 mio.
168 ViennaAustriaEurope25 Feb 197843.4 mi498 mio.
169 VolgogradRussiaEurope5 Nov 19842.1 mi
170 WarsawPolandEurope7 Apr 199514.0 mi114 mio.
171 WashingtonUSAAmerica27 Mar 1976106.4 mi215 mio.
172 WuhanChinaAsia28 Sep 20046.3 mi
173 WuppertalGermanyEurope1 Mar 19018.3 mi
174 YekaterinburgRussiaAsia26 Apr 19915.3 mi46 mio.
175 YerevanArmeniaAsia7 Mar 19817.5 mi17 mio.
176 YokohamaJapanAsia16 Dec 197235.8 mi198 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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