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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 VolgogradRussiaEurope5 Nov 19842.1 mi2
2 PittsburghUSAAmerica3 Jul 19850.9 mi3
3 NewarkUSAAmerica26 May 19351.4 mi4
4 RouenFranceEurope17 Dec 19941.4 mi5
5 MaracaiboVenezuelaAmerica8 Jun 20094.0 mi6
6 JacksonvilleUSAAmerica30 May 19894.3 mi6
7 DnepropetrovskUkraineEurope29 Dec 19954.4 mi611 mio.
8 PoznanPolandEurope1 Mar 19973.8 mi6
9 KazanRussiaEurope27 Aug 20055.2 mi67 mio.
10 HaifaIsraelAsia19591.1 mi6
11 CataniaItalyEurope27 Jun 19992.4 mi6
12 LimaPeruAmerica13 Jan 20036.2 mi6
13 ValenciaVenezuelaAmerica18 Oct 20063.9 mi718 mio.
14 PerugiaItalyEurope29 Jan 20081.9 mi7
15 GenoaItalyEurope13 Jun 19903.2 mi7
16 YekaterinburgRussiaAsia26 Apr 19915.3 mi746 mio.
17 Las VegasUSAAmerica15 Jul 20043.9 mi7
18 BielefeldGermanyEurope21 Sep 19713.2 mi7
19 AdanaTurkeyAsia18 Mar 20095.0 mi8
20 KamakuraJapanAsia3 Mar 19704.1 mi8
21 BuffaloUSAAmerica18 May 19855.2 mi8
22 GelsenkirchenGermanyEurope1 Sep 19843.4 mi9
23 SamaraRussiaEurope26 Dec 19876.3 mi912 mio.
24 Palma de MallorcaSpainEurope25 Apr 20075.2 mi9
25 YerevanArmeniaAsia7 Mar 19817.5 mi1017 mio.
26 IstanbulTurkeyEurope16 Sep 20009.3 mi1068 mio.
27 IzmirTurkeyAsia22 May 20007.1 mi1030 mio.
28 WuhanChinaAsia28 Sep 20046.3 mi10
29 LudwigshafenGermanyEurope29 May 19692.5 mi11
30 EdmontonCanadaAmerica22 Apr 19788.1 mi11
31 DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesAsia9 Sep 200924.7 mi11
32 AntwerpBelgiumEurope25 Mar 19754.7 mi11
33 Kryvyi RihUkraineEurope26 Dec 198611.2 mi12
34 SeattleUSAAmerica18 Jul 200913.8 mi12
35 DalianChinaAsia1 May 200330.5 mi12
36 BonnGermanyEurope22 Mar 19755.6 mi12
37 NovosibirskRussiaAsia7 Jan 19868.9 mi1370 mio.
38 DuisburgGermanyEurope11 Jul 19928.9 mi13
39 KitakyushuJapanAsia9 Jan 19855.5 mi13
40 DetroitUSAAmericaJul 19873.0 mi13
41 MulheimGermanyEurope3 Nov 19795.6 mi13
42 SydneyAustraliaOceania192613.7 mi14
43 TurinItalyEurope4 Feb 20066.0 mi14
44 BaltimoreUSAAmerica21 Nov 198315.2 mi1414 mio.
45 Nizhny NovgorodRussiaEurope20 Nov 19859.6 mi1433 mio.
46 DuesseldorfGermanyEurope4 Oct 19816.0 mi14
47 SofiaBulgariaEurope28 Jan 199811.2 mi1451 mio.
48 OportoPortugalEurope7 Dec 200213.5 mi15
49 NahaJapanAsia10 Aug 20038.0 mi15
50 RennesFranceEurope16 Mar 20025.6 mi1523 mio.
51 GlasgowUnited KingdomEurope14 Dec 18966.5 mi1515 mio.
52 Santo DomingoDominican RepublicAmerica30 Jan 20099.0 mi16
53 San JuanPuerto RicoAmerica6 Jun 200510.7 mi169 mio.
54 NanjingChinaAsia27 Aug 200513.5 mi16102 mio.
55 PyongyangNorth KoreaAsia6 Sep 197314.0 mi1635 mio.
56 ChangchunChinaAsiaOct 200210.6 mi16
57 SendaiJapanAsia15 Jul 19879.2 mi1758 mio.
58 HelsinkiFinlandEurope3 Aug 198213.1 mi1758 mio.
59 Porto AlegreBrazilAmerica2 Mar 198521.0 mi17
60 ChennaiIndiaAsia19 Oct 199716.8 mi17
61 ChibaJapanAsia28 Mar 19889.6 mi18
62 ClevelandUSAAmerica15 Mar 195519.3 mi186 mio.
63 ShenyangChinaAsia23 Sep 200913.8 mi18
64 ChongqingChinaAsia18 Jun 200512.1 mi18
65 StuttgartGermanyEurope10 Jun 196614.9 mi19
66 TamaJapanAsia27 Nov 19989.9 mi19
67 Belo HorizonteBrazilAmerica1 Aug 198617.5 mi19
68 GwangjuSouth KoreaAsia28 Apr 200412.5 mi2017 mio.
69 WuppertalGermanyEurope1 Mar 19018.3 mi20
70 CharleroiBelgiumEurope21 Jun 197610.9 mi20
71 ValparaisoChileAmerica23 Nov 200526.7 mi20
72 HiroshimaJapanAsia20 Aug 199411.4 mi2118 mio.
73 WarsawPolandEurope7 Apr 199514.0 mi21114 mio.
74 KolkataIndiaAsia24 Oct 198414.0 mi21100 mio.
75 HanoverGermanyEurope28 Sep 197511.6 mi21
76 SevilleSpainEurope2 Apr 200911.2 mi21
77 CopenhagenDenmarkEurope19 Oct 200213.1 mi2237 mio.
78 MiamiUSAAmerica21 May 198422.4 mi2219 mio.
79 TbilisiGeorgiaAsia11 Jan 196616.3 mi2292 mio.
80 DaejeonSouth KoreaAsia16 Mar 200614.0 mi2229 mio.
81 BakuAzerbaijanAsia6 Nov 196720.4 mi22176 mio.
82 BursaTurkeyAsia19 Aug 200214.0 mi23
83 ShenzhenChinaAsia28 Dec 200415.7 mi2373 mio.
84 AnkaraTurkeyAsia30 Aug 199614.4 mi23113 mio.
85 BrasiliaBrazilAmerica31 Mar 200126.1 mi2316 mio.
86 MinskBelarusEurope26 Jun 198418.8 mi25262 mio.
87 MarseilleFranceEurope26 Nov 197712.0 mi2658 mio.
88 KobeJapanAsia13 Mar 197719.0 mi26121 mio.
89 MedellinColombiaAmerica30 Nov 199517.9 mi26155 mio.
90 EssenGermanyEurope5 Oct 196712.6 mi27
91 KharkovUkraineEurope23 Aug 197521.9 mi28278 mio.
92 LausanneSwitzerlandEurope24 May 19918.5 mi29
93 TashkentUzbekistanAsia6 Nov 197722.5 mi2971 mio.
94 GuadalajaraMexicoAmerica1 Sep 198914.9 mi29
95 BochumGermanyEurope26 May 197913.4 mi29
96 IncheonSouth KoreaAsia6 Oct 199918.3 mi2973 mio.
97 Los AngelesUSAAmerica30 Jan 199336.9 mi3045 mio.
98 NaplesItalyEurope28 Mar 199319.8 mi3029 mio.
99 RecifeBrazilAmerica11 Mar 198524.7 mi30
100 The HagueNetherlandsEurope16 Oct 200417.3 mi30
101 FrankfurtGermanyEurope4 Oct 196812.7 mi31
102 KyotoJapanAsia1 Apr 198119.5 mi32126 mio.
103 MonterreyMexicoAmerica25 Apr 199119.6 mi32
104 AmsterdamNetherlandsEurope16 Oct 197720.3 mi3391 mio.
105 Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmerica5 Mar 197926.1 mi34135 mio.
106 FukuokaJapanAsia26 Jul 198118.5 mi35124 mio.
107 DortmundGermanyEurope17 May 197618.3 mi37
108 Saint LouisUSAAmerica31 Jul 199345.6 mi37
109 TianjinChinaAsia28 Mar 200444.7 mi3715 mio.
110 KaohsiungTaiwanAsia9 Mar 200826.5 mi3730 mio.
111 BilbaoSpainEurope11 Nov 199525.2 mi3886 mio.
112 ValenciaSpainEurope3 Oct 198819.8 mi38
113 RotterdamNetherlandsEurope10 Feb 196829.2 mi3885 mio.
114 ToulouseFranceEurope26 Jun 199317.1 mi3842 mio.
115 AtlantaUSAAmerica30 Jun 197949.2 mi3934 mio.
116 ManilaPhilippinesAsia1 Dec 198428.4 mi42346 mio.
117 BudapestHungaryEurope2 May 189620.5 mi42297 mio.
118 San FranciscoUSAAmerica11 Sep 1972103.7 mi43100 mio.
119 LyonFranceEurope28 Apr 197819.1 mi43182 mio.
120 BangkokThailandAsia5 Dec 199928.8 mi44206 mio.
121 NurembergGermanyEurope1 Mar 197221.5 mi4692 mio.
122 KievUkraineEurope22 Oct 196037.2 mi46642 mio.
123 TehranIranAsia21 Feb 200031.4 mi47353 mio.
124 YokohamaJapanAsia16 Dec 197235.8 mi48198 mio.
125 SapporoJapanAsia16 Dec 197129.8 mi49209 mio.
126 RomeItalyEurope10 Feb 195524.2 mi49331 mio.
127 VancouverCanadaAmerica3 Jan 198643.2 mi4974 mio.
128 CaracasVenezuelaAmerica27 Mar 198337.6 mi50510 mio.
129 BucharestRomaniaEurope16 Nov 197942.1 mi50111 mio.
130 CologneGermanyEurope11 Oct 196828.0 mi51
131 AthensGreeceEurope195432.3 mi52325 mio.
132 LisbonPortugalEurope29 Dec 195925.5 mi52180 mio.
133 CairoEgyptAfrica27 Sep 198740.7 mi55700 mio.
134 DaeguSouth KoreaAsia26 Nov 199733.5 mi56110 mio.
135 PragueCzech RepublicEurope9 May 197436.7 mi57597 mio.
136 Sao PauloBrazilAmerica14 Sep 197438.1 mi58684 mio.
137 Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAsia16 Dec 199639.8 mi60109 mio.
138 BrusselsBelgiumEurope20 Sep 197620.0 mi61136 mio.
139 NewcastleUnited KingdomEurope7 Aug 198047.5 mi6138 mio.
140 LilleFranceEurope25 Apr 198328.3 mi6274 mio.
141 Saint PetersburgRussiaEurope15 Nov 195568.5 mi63832 mio.
142 BostonUSAAmerica1 Sep 189737.6 mi66145 mio.
143 PhiladelphiaUSAAmerica4 Mar 190738.5 mi6667 mio.
144 OsloNorwayEurope22 May 196638.5 mi7264 mio.
145 MontrealCanadaAmerica14 Oct 196643.0 mi73219 mio.
146 MumbaiIndiaAsia106.3 mi73
147 TorontoCanadaAmerica30 Apr 195444.3 mi74278 mio.
148 Buenos AiresArgentinaAmerica1 Dec 191329.5 mi76280 mio.
149 SingaporeSingaporeAsia7 Nov 198773.9 mi76571 mio.
150 DelhiIndiaAsia24 Dec 200259.8 mi83310 mio.
151 TaipeiTaiwanAsia28 Mar 199656.3 mi85450 mio.
152 GuangzhouChinaAsia28 Jun 199992.3 mi88601 mio.
153 MilanItalyEurope1 Nov 196446.4 mi88328 mio.
154 WashingtonUSAAmerica27 Mar 1976106.4 mi90215 mio.
155 BusanSouth KoreaAsia19 Jul 198559.0 mi92257 mio.
156 NagoyaJapanAsia15 Nov 195755.3 mi93427 mio.
157 SantiagoChileAmerica15 Sep 197551.6 mi93642 mio.
158 Hong KongChinaAsia1 Oct 1979116.9 mi951309 mio.
159 ViennaAustriaEurope25 Feb 197843.4 mi96498 mio.
160 HamburgGermanyEurope1 Mar 191262.6 mi97184 mio.
161 MunichGermanyEurope19 Oct 197157.5 mi100349 mio.
162 StockholmSwedenEurope1 Oct 195065.7 mi104303 mio.
163 OsakaJapanAsia20 May 193385.6 mi133860 mio.
164 BeijingChinaAsia1 Oct 1969141.4 mi1471200 mio.
165 ChicagoUSAAmerica6 Jun 1892103.2 mi151198 mio.
166 BarcelonaSpainEurope30 Dec 192468.7 mi152378 mio.
167 Mexico CityMexicoAmerica5 Sep 1969125.4 mi1751460 mio.
168 MoscowRussiaEurope15 May 1935185.7 mi1802573 mio.
169 BerlinGermanyEurope18 Feb 190291.6 mi195447 mio.
170 ShanghaiChinaAsia10 Apr 1995207.6 mi2301122 mio.
171 LondonUnited KingdomEurope10 Jan 1863253.6 mi2681197 mio.
172 MadridSpainEurope17 Oct 1919176.5 mi281686 mio.
173 TokyoJapanAsia30 Dec 1927189.2 mi2903174 mio.
174 SeoulSouth KoreaAsia15 Aug 1974178.3 mi3482048 mio.
175 ParisFranceEurope19 Jul 1900132.4 mi3801473 mio.
176 New YorkUSAAmerica27 Oct 1904228.7 mi4681624 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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