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World Metro Database

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A list like this and the rail systems that appear in it may always be somewhat controversial. One reason is that definitions of what a metro is vary according to who you ask (a popular definition is here). Differences between commuter rail, metros and trams are increasingly fading as new hybrid trains make it easier for metros to include sections on streets or heavy-rail tracks. 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.

Numerical data (except ridership) by Jordi Serradell 09/2010. Ridership data by John Kennes 07/2010. Ticket prices by UBS: Prices and Earnings (PDF, p. 20) 2009. Non-numerical data by Mike Rohde 10/2010.

'Stations*' (with an asterisk) counts each interchange station as one. Daily ridership is annual ridership divided by 365 (for convenience; please note that weekday and weekend ridership may differ significantly and refer to the Annual Ridership column if desired). 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 shown.



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1 New YorkUSA368.0 km27 Oct 19044684.33 million422
2 ParisFrance213.0 km19 Jul 19003804.05 million300
3 SeoulSouth Korea286.9 km15 Aug 19743485.61 million298
4 TokyoJapan304.5 km30 Dec 19272908.7 million205
5 MadridSpain284.0 km17 Oct 19192811.78 million231
6 ShanghaiChina420.0 km10 Apr 19952783.56 million235
7 LondonUnited Kingdom408.0 km10 Jan 18632682.99 million268
8 BerlinGermany147.4 km18 Feb 19021951.39 million173
9 MoscowRussia302.0 km15 May 19351826.55 million146
10 Mexico CityMexico201.7 km5 Sep 19691753.88 million147
11 BarcelonaSpain119.4 km30 Dec 19241621.11 million135
12 ChicagoUSA166.0 km6 Jun 1892151542,000144
13 BeijingChina227.6 km1 Oct 19691473.99 million125
14 OsakaJapan137.8 km20 May 19331332.36 million104
15 DelhiIndia138.8 km24 Dec 2002116838,000113
16 GuangzhouChina176.3 km28 Jun 19991111.85 million101
17 StockholmSweden105.7 km1 Oct 1950104841,000100
18 ViennaAustria74.6 km25 Feb 19781021.4 million90
19 MunichGermany94.2 km19 Oct 1971102962,00096
20 SantiagoChile92.4 km15 Sep 19751011.67 million93
21 HamburgGermany100.7 km1 Mar 191297518,00089
22 Hong KongChina188.1 km1 Oct 1979953.62 million82
23 NagoyaJapan89.0 km15 Nov 1957931.17 million82
24 BusanSouth Korea95.0 km19 Jul 198592704,00088
25 WashingtonUSA171.2 km27 Mar 197690611,00086
26 MilanItaly74.6 km1 Nov 196488899,00084
27 SingaporeSingapore129.7 km7 Nov 1987871.81 million78
28 TaipeiTaiwan94.2 km28 Mar 1996851.27 million80
29 Buenos AiresArgentina48.1 km1 Dec 191377789,00068
30 TorontoCanada71.3 km30 Apr 195474762,00069
31 MumbaiIndia171.0 km7373
32 MontrealCanada69.2 km14 Oct 196673600,00068
33 OsloNorway62.0 km22 May 196673214,00073
34 BostonUSA60.5 km1 Sep 189766400,00060
35 PhiladelphiaUSA62.0 km4 Mar 190766192,00062
36 Sao PauloBrazil69.7 km14 Sep 1974631.93 million59
37 Saint PetersburgRussia110.2 km15 Nov 1955632.25 million55
38 LilleFrance45.5 km25 Apr 198362203,00060
39 BrusselsBelgium32.2 km20 Sep 197661364,00059
40 NewcastleUnited Kingdom76.5 km7 Aug 198061104,00050
41 Kuala LumpurMalaysia64.0 km16 Dec 199660299,00056
42 NanjingChina84.7 km27 Aug 200557400,00055
43 PragueCzech Republic59.1 km9 May 1974571.6 million54
44 DaeguSouth Korea53.9 km26 Nov 199756301,00055
45 TehranIran66.0 km21 Feb 2000551.26 million52
46 CairoEgypt65.5 km27 Sep 1987551.92 million53
47 AthensGreece52.0 km195453937,00049
48 BangkokThailand74.9 km5 Dec 199952564,00046
49 LisbonPortugal41.0 km29 Dec 195952488,00046
50 CologneGermany45.0 km11 Oct 19685151
51 BucharestRomania67.7 km16 Nov 197950304,00043
52 CaracasVenezuela60.5 km27 Mar 1983501.25 million46
53 SapporoJapan48.0 km16 Dec 197149573,00046
54 VancouverCanada69.5 km3 Jan 198649203,00047
55 RomeItaly39.0 km10 Feb 195549907,00048
56 YokohamaJapan57.6 km16 Dec 197248542,00045
57 KievUkraine59.8 km22 Oct 1960461.76 million43
58 NurembergGermany34.6 km1 Mar 197246315,00044
59 ManilaPhilippines51.5 km1 Dec 198443948,00040
60 San FranciscoUSA166.9 km11 Sep 197243274,00043
61 LyonFrance30.7 km28 Apr 197843499,00039
62 BudapestHungary33.0 km2 May 189642814,00040
63 AtlantaUSA79.2 km30 Jun 19793993,20038
64 RotterdamNetherlands47.0 km10 Feb 196838238,00037
65 ToulouseFrance27.5 km26 Jun 199338115,00037
66 BilbaoSpain40.6 km11 Nov 199538238,00038
67 ValenciaSpain31.8 km3 Oct 19883837
68 KaohsiungTaiwan42.7 km9 Mar 20083782,20036
69 Saint LouisUSA73.4 km31 Jul 19933737
70 TianjinChina72.0 km28 Mar 20043741,10037
71 DortmundGermany29.5 km17 May 19763737
72 FukuokaJapan29.8 km26 Jul 198135340,00034
73 Rio de JaneiroBrazil42.0 km5 Mar 197934370,00034
74 AmsterdamNetherlands32.7 km16 Oct 197733233,00033
75 KyotoJapan31.3 km1 Apr 198132345,00031
76 MonterreyMexico31.5 km25 Apr 19913231
77 FrankfurtGermany20.5 km4 Oct 19683127
78 NaplesItaly31.8 km28 Mar 19933079,50028
79 MarseilleFrance21.8 km26 Nov 197730159,00028
80 The HagueNetherlands27.9 km16 Oct 20043030
81 Los AngelesUSA59.3 km30 Jan 199330129,00030
82 RecifeBrazil39.7 km11 Mar 19853028
83 IncheonSouth Korea29.5 km6 Oct 199929200,00029
84 BochumGermany21.5 km26 May 19792927
85 TashkentUzbekistan36.2 km6 Nov 197729195,00026
86 LausanneSwitzerland13.7 km24 May 19912928
87 GuadalajaraMexico24.0 km1 Sep 19892928
88 KharkovUkraine35.3 km23 Aug 197528762,00025
89 EssenGermany20.2 km5 Oct 19672727
90 WuhanChina28.0 km28 Sep 20042735,60027
91 KobeJapan30.6 km13 Mar 197726332,00024
92 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates52.1 km9 Sep 20092626
93 MedellinColombia28.8 km30 Nov 199526425,00025
94 MinskBelarus30.3 km26 Jun 198425718,00024
95 BrasiliaBrazil42.0 km31 Mar 20012443,80024
96 AnkaraTurkey23.1 km30 Aug 199623310,00022
97 BursaTurkey22.5 km19 Aug 20022323
98 ShenzhenChina25.3 km28 Dec 200423362,00022
99 KolkataIndia22.6 km24 Oct 198423474,00023
100 BakuAzerbaijan32.9 km6 Nov 196722482,00021
101 MiamiUSA36.0 km21 May 19842249,30022
102 TbilisiGeorgia26.3 km11 Jan 196622252,00021
103 ShenyangChina27.8 km27 Sep 20102222
104 CopenhagenDenmark21.0 km19 Oct 200222126,00022
105 DaejeonSouth Korea22.6 km16 Mar 20062279,50022
106 HiroshimaJapan18.4 km20 Aug 19942149,30021
107 WarsawPoland22.6 km7 Apr 199521345,00021
108 HanoverGermany18.6 km28 Sep 19752117
109 SevilleSpain18.0 km2 Apr 20092121
110 ValparaisoChile43.0 km23 Nov 20052020
111 GwangjuSouth Korea20.1 km28 Apr 20042046,60020
112 WuppertalGermany13.3 km1 Mar 19012020
113 CharleroiBelgium17.5 km21 Jun 19762020
114 StuttgartGermany24.0 km10 Jun 19661917
115 TamaJapan16.0 km27 Nov 19981919
116 Belo HorizonteBrazil28.1 km1 Aug 19861919
117 ClevelandUSA31.0 km15 Mar 19551813,70018
118 ChibaJapan15.5 km28 Mar 19881818
119 ChongqingChina19.5 km18 Jun 20051818
120 HelsinkiFinland21.0 km3 Aug 198217156,00017
121 Porto AlegreBrazil33.8 km2 Mar 19851717
122 SendaiJapan14.8 km15 Jul 198717159,00017
123 ChennaiIndia27.0 km19 Oct 19971717
124 PyongyangNorth Korea22.5 km6 Sep 19731695,90015
125 Santo DomingoDominican Republic14.5 km30 Jan 200916200,00016
126 ChangchunChina17.0 kmOct 20021616
127 ChengduChina18.5 km27 Sep 20101616
128 San JuanPuerto Rico17.2 km6 Jun 20051624,70016
129 NahaJapan12.8 km10 Aug 20031515
130 GlasgowUnited Kingdom10.4 km14 Dec 18961541,10015
131 RennesFrance9.0 km16 Mar 20021563,00015
132 EdmontonCanada20.4 km22 Apr 19781515
133 OportoPortugal21.7 km7 Dec 20021514
134 TurinItaly9.6 km4 Feb 20061414
135 DuesseldorfGermany9.6 km4 Oct 19811414
136 Nizhny NovgorodRussia15.5 km20 Nov 19851490,40013
137 BaltimoreUSA24.5 km21 Nov 19831435,60014
138 SydneyAustralia22.1 km19261414
139 SofiaBulgaria18.0 km28 Jan 19981479,50014
140 NovosibirskRussia14.3 km7 Jan 198613192,00012
141 DuisburgGermany14.3 km11 Jul 19921313
142 KitakyushuJapan8.8 km9 Jan 19851313
143 MulheimGermany9.0 km3 Nov 19791312
144 DetroitUSA4.8 kmJul 19871313
145 SeattleUSA22.2 km18 Jul 20091212
146 Kryvyi RihUkraine18.0 km26 Dec 19861212
147 DalianChina49.0 km1 May 20031212
148 BonnGermany9.0 km22 Mar 19751212
149 AntwerpBelgium7.6 km25 Mar 19751111
150 LudwigshafenGermany4.0 km29 May 19691111
151 YerevanArmenia12.1 km7 Mar 19811046,60010
152 IzmirTurkey11.5 km22 May 20001082,20010
153 IstanbulTurkey15.0 km16 Sep 200010186,00010
154 MeccaSaudi Arabia18.1 km13 Nov 201099
155 GelsenkirchenGermany5.5 km1 Sep 198499
156 Palma de MallorcaSpain8.3 km25 Apr 200799
157 SamaraRussia10.2 km26 Dec 1987932,9009
158 BuffaloUSA8.4 km18 May 198588
159 KamakuraJapan6.6 km3 Mar 197088
160 AdanaTurkey8.0 km18 Mar 200988
161 Las VegasUSA6.2 km15 Jul 200477
162 BielefeldGermany5.2 km21 Sep 197177
163 PerugiaItaly3.0 km29 Jan 200877
164 ValenciaVenezuela6.2 km18 Oct 2006749,3007
165 GenoaItaly5.2 km13 Jun 199077
166 YekaterinburgRussia8.5 km26 Apr 19917126,0007
167 JacksonvilleUSA6.9 km30 May 198966
168 CataniaItaly3.8 km27 Jun 199966
169 PoznanPoland6.1 km1 Mar 199766
170 DnepropetrovskUkraine7.1 km29 Dec 1995638,4006
171 MaracaiboVenezuela6.5 km8 Jun 200966
172 HaifaIsrael1.8 km195966
173 KazanRussia8.3 km27 Aug 2005619,2006
174 LimaPeru10.0 km13 Jan 200366
175 RouenFrance2.2 km17 Dec 199455
176 NewarkUSA2.2 km26 May 193544
177 PittsburghUSA1.5 km3 Jul 198533
178 VolgogradRussia3.3 km5 Nov 198422





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