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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 TokyoJapanAsia30 Dec 1927189.2 mi3174 mio.290
2 MoscowRussiaEurope15 May 1935185.7 mi2573 mio.180
3 SeoulSouth KoreaAsia15 Aug 1974178.3 mi2048 mio.348
4 New YorkUSAAmerica27 Oct 1904228.7 mi1624 mio.468
5 ParisFranceEurope19 Jul 1900132.4 mi1473 mio.380
6 Mexico CityMexicoAmerica5 Sep 1969125.4 mi1460 mio.175
7 Hong KongChinaAsia1 Oct 1979116.9 mi1309 mio.95
8 BeijingChinaAsia1 Oct 1969141.4 mi1200 mio.147
9 LondonUnited KingdomEurope10 Jan 1863253.6 mi1197 mio.268
10 ShanghaiChinaAsia10 Apr 1995207.6 mi1122 mio.230
11 OsakaJapanAsia20 May 193385.6 mi860 mio.133
12 Saint PetersburgRussiaEurope15 Nov 195568.5 mi832 mio.63
13 CairoEgyptAfrica27 Sep 198740.7 mi700 mio.55
14 MadridSpainEurope17 Oct 1919176.5 mi686 mio.281
15 Sao PauloBrazilAmerica14 Sep 197438.1 mi684 mio.58
16 SantiagoChileAmerica15 Sep 197551.6 mi642 mio.93
17 KievUkraineEurope22 Oct 196037.2 mi642 mio.46
18 GuangzhouChinaAsia28 Jun 199992.3 mi601 mio.88
19 PragueCzech RepublicEurope9 May 197436.7 mi597 mio.57
20 SingaporeSingaporeAsia7 Nov 198773.9 mi571 mio.76
21 CaracasVenezuelaAmerica27 Mar 198337.6 mi510 mio.50
22 ViennaAustriaEurope25 Feb 197843.4 mi498 mio.96
23 TaipeiTaiwanAsia28 Mar 199656.3 mi450 mio.85
24 BerlinGermanyEurope18 Feb 190291.6 mi447 mio.195
25 NagoyaJapanAsia15 Nov 195755.3 mi427 mio.93
26 BarcelonaSpainEurope30 Dec 192468.7 mi378 mio.152
27 TehranIranAsia21 Feb 200031.4 mi353 mio.47
28 MunichGermanyEurope19 Oct 197157.5 mi349 mio.100
29 ManilaPhilippinesAsia1 Dec 198428.4 mi346 mio.42
30 RomeItalyEurope10 Feb 195524.2 mi331 mio.49
31 MilanItalyEurope1 Nov 196446.4 mi328 mio.88
32 AthensGreeceEurope195432.3 mi325 mio.52
33 DelhiIndiaAsia24 Dec 200259.8 mi310 mio.83
34 StockholmSwedenEurope1 Oct 195065.7 mi303 mio.104
35 BudapestHungaryEurope2 May 189620.5 mi297 mio.42
36 Buenos AiresArgentinaAmerica1 Dec 191329.5 mi280 mio.76
37 TorontoCanadaAmerica30 Apr 195444.3 mi278 mio.74
38 KharkovUkraineEurope23 Aug 197521.9 mi278 mio.28
39 MinskBelarusEurope26 Jun 198418.8 mi262 mio.25
40 BusanSouth KoreaAsia19 Jul 198559.0 mi257 mio.92
41 MontrealCanadaAmerica14 Oct 196643.0 mi219 mio.73
42 WashingtonUSAAmerica27 Mar 1976106.4 mi215 mio.90
43 SapporoJapanAsia16 Dec 197129.8 mi209 mio.49
44 BangkokThailandAsia5 Dec 199928.8 mi206 mio.44
45 YokohamaJapanAsia16 Dec 197235.8 mi198 mio.48
46 ChicagoUSAAmerica6 Jun 1892103.2 mi198 mio.151
47 HamburgGermanyEurope1 Mar 191262.6 mi184 mio.97
48 LyonFranceEurope28 Apr 197819.1 mi182 mio.43
49 LisbonPortugalEurope29 Dec 195925.5 mi180 mio.52
50 BakuAzerbaijanAsia6 Nov 196720.4 mi176 mio.22
51 MedellinColombiaAmerica30 Nov 199517.9 mi155 mio.26
52 BostonUSAAmerica1 Sep 189737.6 mi145 mio.66
53 BrusselsBelgiumEurope20 Sep 197620.0 mi136 mio.61
54 Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmerica5 Mar 197926.1 mi135 mio.34
55 KyotoJapanAsia1 Apr 198119.5 mi126 mio.32
56 FukuokaJapanAsia26 Jul 198118.5 mi124 mio.35
57 KobeJapanAsia13 Mar 197719.0 mi121 mio.26
58 WarsawPolandEurope7 Apr 199514.0 mi114 mio.21
59 AnkaraTurkeyAsia30 Aug 199614.4 mi113 mio.23
60 BucharestRomaniaEurope16 Nov 197942.1 mi111 mio.50
61 DaeguSouth KoreaAsia26 Nov 199733.5 mi110 mio.56
62 Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAsia16 Dec 199639.8 mi109 mio.60
63 NanjingChinaAsia27 Aug 200513.5 mi102 mio.16
64 KolkataIndiaAsia24 Oct 198414.0 mi100 mio.21
65 San FranciscoUSAAmerica11 Sep 1972103.7 mi100 mio.43
66 NurembergGermanyEurope1 Mar 197221.5 mi92 mio.46
67 TbilisiGeorgiaAsia11 Jan 196616.3 mi92 mio.22
68 AmsterdamNetherlandsEurope16 Oct 197720.3 mi91 mio.33
69 BilbaoSpainEurope11 Nov 199525.2 mi86 mio.38
70 RotterdamNetherlandsEurope10 Feb 196829.2 mi85 mio.38
71 LilleFranceEurope25 Apr 198328.3 mi74 mio.62
72 VancouverCanadaAmerica3 Jan 198643.2 mi74 mio.49
73 ShenzhenChinaAsia28 Dec 200415.7 mi73 mio.23
74 IncheonSouth KoreaAsia6 Oct 199918.3 mi73 mio.29
75 TashkentUzbekistanAsia6 Nov 197722.5 mi71 mio.29
76 NovosibirskRussiaAsia7 Jan 19868.9 mi70 mio.13
77 IstanbulTurkeyEurope16 Sep 20009.3 mi68 mio.10
78 PhiladelphiaUSAAmerica4 Mar 190738.5 mi67 mio.66
79 OsloNorwayEurope22 May 196638.5 mi64 mio.72
80 SendaiJapanAsia15 Jul 19879.2 mi58 mio.17
81 MarseilleFranceEurope26 Nov 197712.0 mi58 mio.26
82 HelsinkiFinlandEurope3 Aug 198213.1 mi58 mio.17
83 SofiaBulgariaEurope28 Jan 199811.2 mi51 mio.14
84 YekaterinburgRussiaAsia26 Apr 19915.3 mi46 mio.7
85 Los AngelesUSAAmerica30 Jan 199336.9 mi45 mio.30
86 ToulouseFranceEurope26 Jun 199317.1 mi42 mio.38
87 NewcastleUnited KingdomEurope7 Aug 198047.5 mi38 mio.61
88 CopenhagenDenmarkEurope19 Oct 200213.1 mi37 mio.22
89 PyongyangNorth KoreaAsia6 Sep 197314.0 mi35 mio.16
90 AtlantaUSAAmerica30 Jun 197949.2 mi34 mio.39
91 Nizhny NovgorodRussiaEurope20 Nov 19859.6 mi33 mio.14
92 IzmirTurkeyAsia22 May 20007.1 mi30 mio.10
93 KaohsiungTaiwanAsia9 Mar 200826.5 mi30 mio.37
94 NaplesItalyEurope28 Mar 199319.8 mi29 mio.30
95 DaejeonSouth KoreaAsia16 Mar 200614.0 mi29 mio.22
96 RennesFranceEurope16 Mar 20025.6 mi23 mio.15
97 MiamiUSAAmerica21 May 198422.4 mi19 mio.22
98 HiroshimaJapanAsia20 Aug 199411.4 mi18 mio.21
99 ValenciaVenezuelaAmerica18 Oct 20063.9 mi18 mio.7
100 YerevanArmeniaAsia7 Mar 19817.5 mi17 mio.10
101 GwangjuSouth KoreaAsia28 Apr 200412.5 mi17 mio.20
102 BrasiliaBrazilAmerica31 Mar 200126.1 mi16 mio.23
103 TianjinChinaAsia28 Mar 200444.7 mi15 mio.37
104 GlasgowUnited KingdomEurope14 Dec 18966.5 mi15 mio.15
105 BaltimoreUSAAmerica21 Nov 198315.2 mi14 mio.14
106 SamaraRussiaEurope26 Dec 19876.3 mi12 mio.9
107 DnepropetrovskUkraineEurope29 Dec 19954.4 mi11 mio.6
108 San JuanPuerto RicoAmerica6 Jun 200510.7 mi9 mio.16
109 KazanRussiaEurope27 Aug 20055.2 mi7 mio.6
110 ClevelandUSAAmerica15 Mar 195519.3 mi6 mio.18
111 EssenGermanyEurope5 Oct 196712.6 mi27
112 Santo DomingoDominican RepublicAmerica30 Jan 20099.0 mi16
113 MaracaiboVenezuelaAmerica8 Jun 20094.0 mi6
114 BursaTurkeyAsia19 Aug 200214.0 mi23
115 JacksonvilleUSAAmerica30 May 19894.3 mi6
116 NewarkUSAAmerica26 May 19351.4 mi4
117 SydneyAustraliaOceania192613.7 mi14
118 LausanneSwitzerlandEurope24 May 19918.5 mi29
119 PoznanPolandEurope1 Mar 19973.8 mi6
120 ChibaJapanAsia28 Mar 19889.6 mi18
121 GelsenkirchenGermanyEurope1 Sep 19843.4 mi9
122 DuisburgGermanyEurope11 Jul 19928.9 mi13
123 PerugiaItalyEurope29 Jan 20081.9 mi7
124 RouenFranceEurope17 Dec 19941.4 mi5
125 WuppertalGermanyEurope1 Mar 19018.3 mi20
126 RecifeBrazilAmerica11 Mar 198524.7 mi30
127 HanoverGermanyEurope28 Sep 197511.6 mi21
128 MumbaiIndiaAsia106.3 mi73
129 GuadalajaraMexicoAmerica1 Sep 198914.9 mi29
130 OportoPortugalEurope7 Dec 200213.5 mi15
131 CharleroiBelgiumEurope21 Jun 197610.9 mi20
132 TurinItalyEurope4 Feb 20066.0 mi14
133 KitakyushuJapanAsia9 Jan 19855.5 mi13
134 FrankfurtGermanyEurope4 Oct 196812.7 mi31
135 AdanaTurkeyAsia18 Mar 20095.0 mi8
136 The HagueNetherlandsEurope16 Oct 200417.3 mi30
137 KamakuraJapanAsia3 Mar 19704.1 mi8
138 DortmundGermanyEurope17 May 197618.3 mi37
139 LudwigshafenGermanyEurope29 May 19692.5 mi11
140 NahaJapanAsia10 Aug 20038.0 mi15
141 BochumGermanyEurope26 May 197913.4 mi29
142 HaifaIsraelAsia19591.1 mi6
143 ValparaisoChileAmerica23 Nov 200526.7 mi20
144 Kryvyi RihUkraineEurope26 Dec 198611.2 mi12
145 GenoaItalyEurope13 Jun 19903.2 mi7
146 CataniaItalyEurope27 Jun 19992.4 mi6
147 EdmontonCanadaAmerica22 Apr 19788.1 mi11
148 BuffaloUSAAmerica18 May 19855.2 mi8
149 Saint LouisUSAAmerica31 Jul 199345.6 mi37
150 DetroitUSAAmericaJul 19873.0 mi13
151 StuttgartGermanyEurope10 Jun 196614.9 mi19
152 CologneGermanyEurope11 Oct 196828.0 mi51
153 VolgogradRussiaEurope5 Nov 19842.1 mi2
154 Las VegasUSAAmerica15 Jul 20043.9 mi7
155 BielefeldGermanyEurope21 Sep 19713.2 mi7
156 ShenyangChinaAsia23 Sep 200913.8 mi18
157 Porto AlegreBrazilAmerica2 Mar 198521.0 mi17
158 ChennaiIndiaAsia19 Oct 199716.8 mi17
159 ValenciaSpainEurope3 Oct 198819.8 mi38
160 MonterreyMexicoAmerica25 Apr 199119.6 mi32
161 SeattleUSAAmerica18 Jul 200913.8 mi12
162 DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesAsia9 Sep 200924.7 mi11
163 Palma de MallorcaSpainEurope25 Apr 20075.2 mi9
164 AntwerpBelgiumEurope25 Mar 19754.7 mi11
165 DuesseldorfGermanyEurope4 Oct 19816.0 mi14
166 DalianChinaAsia1 May 200330.5 mi12
167 TamaJapanAsia27 Nov 19989.9 mi19
168 WuhanChinaAsia28 Sep 20046.3 mi10
169 LimaPeruAmerica13 Jan 20036.2 mi6
170 BonnGermanyEurope22 Mar 19755.6 mi12
171 MulheimGermanyEurope3 Nov 19795.6 mi13
172 ChongqingChinaAsia18 Jun 200512.1 mi18
173 Belo HorizonteBrazilAmerica1 Aug 198617.5 mi19
174 SevilleSpainEurope2 Apr 200911.2 mi21
175 PittsburghUSAAmerica3 Jul 19850.9 mi3
176 ChangchunChinaAsiaOct 200210.6 mi16


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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