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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 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates32.4 mi9 Sep 200926132.4
2 DalianChina30.5 mi1 May 200312130.5
3 ValparaisoChile26.7 mi23 Nov 200520126.7
4 NanjingChina52.6 mi27 Aug 200557226.3400,000
5 BrasiliaBrazil26.1 mi31 Mar 200124126.143,800
6 AtlantaUSA49.2 mi30 Jun 197939224.693,200
7 NewcastleUnited Kingdom47.5 mi7 Aug 198061223.8104,000
8 LondonUnited Kingdom253.6 mi10 Jan 18632681123.12.99 million
9 Saint LouisUSA45.6 mi31 Jul 199337222.8
10 MiamiUSA22.4 mi21 May 198422122.449,300
11 TianjinChina44.7 mi28 Mar 200437222.441,100
12 GuangzhouChina109.6 mi28 Jun 1999111521.91.85 million
13 StockholmSweden65.7 mi1 Oct 1950104321.9841,000
14 ShanghaiChina261.0 mi10 Apr 19952781221.83.56 million
15 DelhiIndia86.2 mi24 Dec 2002116421.6838,000
16 WashingtonUSA106.4 mi27 Mar 197690521.3611,000
17 MumbaiIndia106.3 mi73521.3
18 Porto AlegreBrazil21.0 mi2 Mar 198517121.0
19 HamburgGermany62.6 mi1 Mar 191297320.9518,000
20 San FranciscoUSA103.7 mi11 Sep 197243520.7274,000
21 CairoEgypt40.7 mi27 Sep 198755220.41.92 million
22 SingaporeSingapore80.6 mi7 Nov 198787420.21.81 million
23 BusanSouth Korea59.0 mi19 Jul 198592319.7704,000
24 ClevelandUSA19.3 mi15 Mar 195518119.313,700
25 IncheonSouth Korea18.3 mi6 Oct 199929118.3200,000
26 SeoulSouth Korea178.3 mi15 Aug 19743481017.85.61 million
27 Belo HorizonteBrazil17.5 mi1 Aug 198619117.5
28 WuhanChina17.4 mi28 Sep 200427117.435,600
29 ShenyangChina17.3 mi27 Sep 201022117.3
30 ChennaiIndia16.8 mi19 Oct 199717116.8
31 DaeguSouth Korea33.5 mi26 Nov 199756216.7301,000
32 BeijingChina141.4 mi1 Oct 1969147915.73.99 million
33 MoscowRussia187.7 mi15 May 19351821215.66.55 million
34 MilanItaly46.4 mi1 Nov 196488315.5899,000
35 BaltimoreUSA15.2 mi21 Nov 198314115.235,600
36 RotterdamNetherlands29.2 mi10 Feb 196838214.6238,000
37 TokyoJapan189.2 mi30 Dec 19272901314.68.7 million
38 VancouverCanada43.2 mi3 Jan 198649314.4203,000
39 LilleFrance28.3 mi25 Apr 198362214.1203,000
40 WarsawPoland14.0 mi7 Apr 199521114.0345,000
41 DaejeonSouth Korea14.0 mi16 Mar 200622114.079,500
42 KolkataIndia14.0 mi24 Oct 198423114.0474,000
43 BursaTurkey14.0 mi19 Aug 200223114.0
44 NagoyaJapan55.3 mi15 Nov 195793413.81.17 million
45 SeattleUSA13.8 mi18 Jul 200912113.8
46 Saint PetersburgRussia68.5 mi15 Nov 195563513.72.25 million
47 TehranIran41.0 mi21 Feb 200055313.71.26 million
48 MadridSpain176.5 mi17 Oct 19192811313.61.78 million
49 KaohsiungTaiwan26.5 mi9 Mar 200837213.382,200
50 Kuala LumpurMalaysia39.8 mi16 Dec 199660313.3299,000
51 Rio de JaneiroBrazil26.1 mi5 Mar 197934213.1370,000
52 HelsinkiFinland13.1 mi3 Aug 198217113.1156,000
53 Hong KongChina116.9 mi1 Oct 197995913.03.62 million
54 ChicagoUSA103.2 mi6 Jun 1892151812.9542,000
55 PhiladelphiaUSA38.5 mi4 Mar 190766312.8192,000
56 EdmontonCanada12.7 mi22 Apr 197815112.7
57 BilbaoSpain25.2 mi11 Nov 199538212.6238,000
58 BostonUSA37.6 mi1 Sep 189766312.5400,000
59 GwangjuSouth Korea12.5 mi28 Apr 200420112.546,600
60 KievUkraine37.2 mi22 Oct 196046312.41.76 million
61 RecifeBrazil24.7 mi11 Mar 198530212.3
62 Los AngelesUSA36.9 mi30 Jan 199330312.3129,000
63 PragueCzech Republic36.7 mi9 May 197457312.21.6 million
64 ChongqingChina12.1 mi18 Jun 200518112.1
65 RomeItaly24.2 mi10 Feb 195549212.1907,000
66 YokohamaJapan35.8 mi16 Dec 197248311.9542,000
67 BangkokThailand46.6 mi5 Dec 199952411.6564,000
68 ChengduChina11.5 mi27 Sep 201016111.5
69 SantiagoChile57.4 mi15 Sep 1975101511.51.67 million
70 HiroshimaJapan11.4 mi20 Aug 199421111.449,300
71 Mexico CityMexico125.4 mi5 Sep 19691751111.43.88 million
72 MeccaSaudi Arabia11.2 mi13 Nov 20109111.2
73 Kryvyi RihUkraine11.2 mi26 Dec 198612111.2
74 SofiaBulgaria11.2 mi28 Jan 199814111.279,500
75 SevilleSpain11.2 mi2 Apr 200921111.2
76 TorontoCanada44.3 mi30 Apr 195474411.1762,000
77 AthensGreece32.3 mi195453310.8937,000
78 MontrealCanada43.0 mi14 Oct 196673410.8600,000
79 San JuanPuerto Rico10.7 mi6 Jun 200516110.724,700
80 ManilaPhilippines32.0 mi1 Dec 198443310.7948,000
81 ChangchunChina10.6 miOct 200216110.6
82 BucharestRomania42.1 mi16 Nov 197950410.5304,000
83 BakuAzerbaijan20.4 mi6 Nov 196722210.2482,000
84 SapporoJapan29.8 mi16 Dec 19714939.9573,000
85 TamaJapan9.9 mi27 Nov 19981919.9
86 MonterreyMexico19.6 mi25 Apr 19913229.8
87 MunichGermany58.5 mi19 Oct 197110269.8962,000
88 KyotoJapan19.5 mi1 Apr 19813229.7345,000
89 OsakaJapan85.6 mi20 May 193313399.52.36 million
90 KobeJapan19.0 mi13 Mar 19772629.5332,000
91 MinskBelarus18.8 mi26 Jun 19842529.4718,000
92 IstanbulTurkey9.3 mi16 Sep 20001019.3186,000
93 ViennaAustria46.4 mi25 Feb 197810259.31.4 million
94 SendaiJapan9.2 mi15 Jul 19871719.2159,000
95 BerlinGermany91.6 mi18 Feb 1902195109.21.39 million
96 Santo DomingoDominican Republic9.0 mi30 Jan 20091619.0200,000
97 MedellinColombia17.9 mi30 Nov 19952628.9425,000
98 Sao PauloBrazil43.3 mi14 Sep 19746358.71.93 million
99 ToulouseFrance17.1 mi26 Jun 19933828.5115,000
100 New YorkUSA228.7 mi27 Oct 1904468278.54.33 million
101 ParisFrance132.4 mi19 Jul 1900380168.34.05 million
102 WuppertalGermany8.3 mi1 Mar 19012018.3
103 TbilisiGeorgia16.3 mi11 Jan 19662228.2252,000
104 NahaJapan8.0 mi10 Aug 20031518.0
105 ShenzhenChina15.7 mi28 Dec 20042327.9362,000
106 OsloNorway38.5 mi22 May 19667357.7214,000
107 YerevanArmenia7.5 mi7 Mar 19811017.546,600
108 CaracasVenezuela37.6 mi27 Mar 19835057.51.25 million
109 TashkentUzbekistan22.5 mi6 Nov 19772937.5195,000
110 StuttgartGermany14.9 mi10 Jun 19661927.5
111 GuadalajaraMexico14.9 mi1 Sep 19892927.5
112 TaipeiTaiwan58.5 mi28 Mar 19968587.31.27 million
113 KharkovUkraine21.9 mi23 Aug 19752837.3762,000
114 AnkaraTurkey14.4 mi30 Aug 19962327.2310,000
115 NurembergGermany21.5 mi1 Mar 19724637.2315,000
116 IzmirTurkey7.1 mi22 May 20001017.182,200
117 PyongyangNorth Korea14.0 mi6 Sep 19731627.095,900
118 BudapestHungary20.5 mi2 May 18964236.8814,000
119 MarseilleFrance13.5 mi26 Nov 19773026.8159,000
120 BarcelonaSpain74.2 mi30 Dec 1924162116.71.11 million
121 OportoPortugal13.5 mi7 Dec 20021526.7
122 BochumGermany13.4 mi26 May 19792926.7
123 BrusselsBelgium20.0 mi20 Sep 19766136.7364,000
124 NaplesItaly19.8 mi28 Mar 19933036.679,500
125 ValenciaSpain19.8 mi3 Oct 19883836.6
126 CopenhagenDenmark13.1 mi19 Oct 20022226.5126,000
127 GlasgowUnited Kingdom6.5 mi14 Dec 18961516.541,100
128 LisbonPortugal25.5 mi29 Dec 19595246.4488,000
129 SamaraRussia6.3 mi26 Dec 1987916.332,900
130 LimaPeru6.2 mi13 Jan 2003616.2
131 FukuokaJapan18.5 mi26 Jul 19813536.2340,000
132 DortmundGermany18.3 mi17 May 19763736.1
133 TurinItaly6.0 mi4 Feb 20061416.0
134 The HagueNetherlands17.3 mi16 Oct 20043035.8
135 RennesFrance5.6 mi16 Mar 20021515.663,000
136 BonnGermany5.6 mi22 Mar 19751215.6
137 KitakyushuJapan5.5 mi9 Jan 19851315.5
138 YekaterinburgRussia5.3 mi26 Apr 1991715.3126,000
139 BuffaloUSA5.2 mi18 May 1985815.2
140 Palma de MallorcaSpain5.2 mi25 Apr 2007915.2
141 KazanRussia5.2 mi27 Aug 2005615.219,200
142 AmsterdamNetherlands20.3 mi16 Oct 19773345.1233,000
143 Buenos AiresArgentina29.9 mi1 Dec 19137765.0789,000
144 AdanaTurkey5.0 mi18 Mar 2009815.0
145 ChibaJapan9.6 mi28 Mar 19881824.8
146 Nizhny NovgorodRussia9.6 mi20 Nov 19851424.890,400
147 LyonFrance19.1 mi28 Apr 19784344.8499,000
148 SydneyAustralia13.7 mi19261434.6
149 DuisburgGermany8.9 mi11 Jul 19921324.5
150 NovosibirskRussia8.9 mi7 Jan 19861324.4192,000
151 DnepropetrovskUkraine4.4 mi29 Dec 1995614.438,400
152 JacksonvilleUSA4.3 mi30 May 1989614.3
153 LausanneSwitzerland8.5 mi24 May 19912924.3
154 FrankfurtGermany12.7 mi4 Oct 19683134.2
155 EssenGermany12.6 mi5 Oct 19672734.2
156 KamakuraJapan4.1 mi3 Mar 1970814.1
157 MaracaiboVenezuela4.0 mi8 Jun 2009614.0
158 HanoverGermany11.6 mi28 Sep 19752133.9
159 Las VegasUSA3.9 mi15 Jul 2004713.9
160 ValenciaVenezuela3.9 mi18 Oct 2006713.949,300
161 PoznanPoland3.8 mi1 Mar 1997613.8
162 GelsenkirchenGermany3.4 mi1 Sep 1984913.4
163 GenoaItaly3.2 mi13 Jun 1990713.2
164 DetroitUSA3.0 miJul 19871313.0
165 DuesseldorfGermany6.0 mi4 Oct 19811423.0
166 MulheimGermany5.6 mi3 Nov 19791322.8
167 CharleroiBelgium10.9 mi21 Jun 19762042.7
168 CataniaItaly2.4 mi27 Jun 1999612.4
169 AntwerpBelgium4.7 mi25 Mar 19751122.4
170 VolgogradRussia2.1 mi5 Nov 1984212.1
171 PerugiaItaly1.9 mi29 Jan 2008711.9
172 CologneGermany28.0 mi11 Oct 196851151.9
173 NewarkUSA1.4 mi26 May 1935411.4
174 RouenFrance1.4 mi17 Dec 1994511.4
175 HaifaIsrael1.1 mi1959611.1
176 PittsburghUSA0.9 mi3 Jul 1985310.9
177 BielefeldGermany3.2 mi21 Sep 1971740.8
178 LudwigshafenGermany2.5 mi29 May 1969110





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