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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 TokyoJapan189.2 mi2903174 mio.200816,772,000
2 MoscowRussia185.7 mi1802573 mio.200813,855,000
3 SeoulSouth Korea178.3 mi3482048 mio.200811,486,000
4 New YorkUSA228.7 mi4681624 mio.20087,101,000
5 ParisFrance132.4 mi3801473 mio.200811,127,000
6 Mexico CityMexico125.4 mi1751460 mio.200811,647,000
7 Hong KongChina116.9 mi951309 mio.200811,197,000
8 BeijingChina141.4 mi1471200 mio.20088,485,000
9 LondonUnited Kingdom253.6 mi2681197 mio.20074,721,000
10 ShanghaiChina207.6 mi2301122 mio.20085,405,000
11 OsakaJapan85.6 mi133860 mio.200810,042,000
12 Saint PetersburgRussia68.5 mi63832 mio.200712,148,000
13 CairoEgypt40.7 mi55700 mio.200217,195,000
14 MadridSpain176.5 mi281686 mio.20083,887,000
15 Sao PauloBrazil38.1 mi58684 mio.200817,954,000
16 SantiagoChile51.6 mi93642 mio.200812,446,000
17 KievUkraine37.2 mi46642 mio.200717,274,000
18 GuangzhouChina92.3 mi88601 mio.20086,512,000
19 PragueCzech Republic36.7 mi57597 mio.200816,253,000
20 SingaporeSingapore73.9 mi76571 mio.20077,727,000
21 CaracasVenezuela37.6 mi50510 mio.200813,563,000
22 ViennaAustria43.4 mi96498 mio.200811,480,000
23 TaipeiTaiwan56.3 mi85450 mio.20087,992,000
24 BerlinGermany91.6 mi195447 mio.20084,879,000
25 NagoyaJapan55.3 mi93427 mio.20087,720,000
26 BarcelonaSpain68.7 mi152378 mio.20085,504,000
27 TehranIran31.4 mi47353 mio.200711,247,000
28 MunichGermany57.5 mi100349 mio.20086,071,000
29 ManilaPhilippines28.4 mi42346 mio.200812,182,000
30 RomeItaly24.2 mi49331 mio.200813,656,000
31 MilanItaly46.4 mi88328 mio.20077,074,000
32 AthensGreece32.3 mi52325 mio.200710,056,000
33 DelhiIndia59.8 mi83310 mio.20085,188,000
34 StockholmSweden65.7 mi104303 mio.20074,612,000
35 BudapestHungary20.5 mi42297 mio.200814,481,000
36 Buenos AiresArgentina29.5 mi76280 mio.20089,485,000
37 TorontoCanada44.3 mi74278 mio.20066,274,000
38 KharkovUkraine21.9 mi28278 mio.200712,671,000
39 MinskBelarus18.8 mi25262 mio.200713,913,000
40 BusanSouth Korea59.0 mi92257 mio.20084,353,000
41 MontrealCanada43.0 mi73219 mio.20065,092,000
42 WashingtonUSA106.4 mi90215 mio.20082,021,000
43 SapporoJapan29.8 mi49209 mio.20087,006,000
44 BangkokThailand28.8 mi44206 mio.20077,159,000
45 YokohamaJapan35.8 mi48198 mio.20085,531,000
46 ChicagoUSA103.2 mi151198 mio.20081,919,000
47 HamburgGermany62.6 mi97184 mio.20072,940,000
48 LyonFrance19.1 mi43182 mio.20049,539,000
49 LisbonPortugal25.5 mi52180 mio.20077,064,000
50 BakuAzerbaijan20.4 mi22176 mio.20078,618,000
51 MedellinColombia17.9 mi26155 mio.20088,660,000
52 BostonUSA37.6 mi66145 mio.20073,856,000
53 BrusselsBelgium20.0 mi61136 mio.20086,796,000
54 Rio de JaneiroBrazil26.1 mi34135 mio.20065,172,000
55 KyotoJapan19.5 mi32126 mio.20086,477,000
56 FukuokaJapan18.5 mi35124 mio.20076,695,000
57 KobeJapan19.0 mi26121 mio.20086,362,000
58 WarsawPoland14.0 mi21114 mio.20078,116,000
59 AnkaraTurkey14.4 mi23113 mio.20077,871,000
60 BucharestRomania42.1 mi50111 mio.19992,638,000
61 DaeguSouth Korea33.5 mi56110 mio.20083,284,000
62 Kuala LumpurMalaysia39.8 mi60109 mio.20082,740,000
63 NanjingChina13.5 mi16102 mio.20087,563,000
64 KolkataIndia14.0 mi21100 mio.20007,119,000
65 San FranciscoUSA103.7 mi43100 mio.2007964,000
66 NurembergGermany21.5 mi4692 mio.19974,278,000
67 TbilisiGeorgia16.3 mi2292 mio.20075,628,000
68 AmsterdamNetherlands20.3 mi3391 mio.20024,478,000
69 BilbaoSpain25.2 mi3886 mio.20083,407,000
70 RotterdamNetherlands29.2 mi3885 mio.20062,910,000
71 LilleFrance28.3 mi6274 mio.20042,617,000
72 VancouverCanada43.2 mi4974 mio.20081,713,000
73 ShenzhenChina15.7 mi2373 mio.20054,643,000
74 IncheonSouth Korea18.3 mi2973 mio.20083,982,000
75 TashkentUzbekistan22.5 mi2971 mio.20073,156,000
76 NovosibirskRussia8.9 mi1370 mio.20077,876,000
77 IstanbulTurkey9.3 mi1068 mio.20087,294,000
78 PhiladelphiaUSA38.5 mi6667 mio.20081,739,000
79 OsloNorway38.5 mi7264 mio.20051,661,000
80 SendaiJapan9.2 mi1758 mio.20086,306,000
81 MarseilleFrance12.0 mi2658 mio.20044,835,000
82 HelsinkiFinland13.1 mi1758 mio.20084,444,000
83 SofiaBulgaria11.2 mi1451 mio.20084,559,000
84 YekaterinburgRussia5.3 mi746 mio.20078,708,000
85 Los AngelesUSA36.9 mi3045 mio.20081,221,000
86 ToulouseFrance17.1 mi3842 mio.20042,457,000
87 NewcastleUnited Kingdom47.5 mi6138 mio.2006799,000
88 CopenhagenDenmark13.1 mi2237 mio.20022,835,000
89 PyongyangNorth Korea14.0 mi1635 mio.20062,503,000
90 AtlantaUSA49.2 mi3934 mio.1994691,000
91 Nizhny NovgorodRussia9.6 mi1433 mio.20073,426,000
92 IzmirTurkey7.1 mi1030 mio.20054,197,000
93 KaohsiungTaiwan26.5 mi3730 mio.20081,130,000
94 NaplesItaly19.8 mi3029 mio.20061,467,000
95 DaejeonSouth Korea14.0 mi2229 mio.20082,065,000
96 RennesFrance5.6 mi1523 mio.20044,112,000
97 MiamiUSA22.4 mi2219 mio.2008849,000
98 HiroshimaJapan11.4 mi2118 mio.20051,574,000
99 ValenciaVenezuela3.9 mi718 mio.20084,671,000
100 YerevanArmenia7.5 mi1017 mio.20072,261,000
101 GwangjuSouth Korea12.5 mi2017 mio.20081,361,000
102 BrasiliaBrazil26.1 mi2316 mio.2002613,000
103 TianjinChina44.7 mi3715 mio.1993335,000
104 GlasgowUnited Kingdom6.5 mi1515 mio.20082,321,000
105 BaltimoreUSA15.2 mi1414 mio.2008919,000
106 SamaraRussia6.3 mi912 mio.20071,893,000
107 DnepropetrovskUkraine4.4 mi611 mio.20072,493,000
108 San JuanPuerto Rico10.7 mi169 mio.2008842,000
109 KazanRussia5.2 mi67 mio.20071,357,000
110 ClevelandUSA19.3 mi186 mio.2008311,000
111 Santo DomingoDominican Republic9.0 mi16
112 EssenGermany12.6 mi27
113 MaracaiboVenezuela4.0 mi6
114 BursaTurkey14.0 mi23
115 JacksonvilleUSA4.3 mi6
116 NewarkUSA1.4 mi4
117 SydneyAustralia13.7 mi14
118 LausanneSwitzerland8.5 mi29
119 PoznanPoland3.8 mi6
120 ChibaJapan9.6 mi18
121 GelsenkirchenGermany3.4 mi9
122 DuisburgGermany8.9 mi13
123 PerugiaItaly1.9 mi7
124 RouenFrance1.4 mi5
125 WuppertalGermany8.3 mi20
126 RecifeBrazil24.7 mi30
127 HanoverGermany11.6 mi21
128 MumbaiIndia106.3 mi73
129 OportoPortugal13.5 mi15
130 GuadalajaraMexico14.9 mi29
131 CharleroiBelgium10.9 mi20
132 TurinItaly6.0 mi14
133 KitakyushuJapan5.5 mi13
134 FrankfurtGermany12.7 mi31
135 AdanaTurkey5.0 mi8
136 The HagueNetherlands17.3 mi30
137 KamakuraJapan4.1 mi8
138 DortmundGermany18.3 mi37
139 LudwigshafenGermany2.5 mi11
140 NahaJapan8.0 mi15
141 BochumGermany13.4 mi29
142 HaifaIsrael1.1 mi6
143 ValparaisoChile26.7 mi20
144 Kryvyi RihUkraine11.2 mi12
145 GenoaItaly3.2 mi7
146 CataniaItaly2.4 mi6
147 EdmontonCanada8.1 mi11
148 BuffaloUSA5.2 mi8
149 Saint LouisUSA45.6 mi37
150 DetroitUSA3.0 mi13
151 StuttgartGermany14.9 mi19
152 VolgogradRussia2.1 mi2
153 CologneGermany28.0 mi51
154 ShenyangChina13.8 mi18
155 Las VegasUSA3.9 mi7
156 BielefeldGermany3.2 mi7
157 Porto AlegreBrazil21.0 mi17
158 MonterreyMexico19.6 mi32
159 ChennaiIndia16.8 mi17
160 ValenciaSpain19.8 mi38
161 SeattleUSA13.8 mi12
162 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates24.7 mi11
163 Palma de MallorcaSpain5.2 mi9
164 AntwerpBelgium4.7 mi11
165 DuesseldorfGermany6.0 mi14
166 DalianChina30.5 mi12
167 TamaJapan9.9 mi19
168 WuhanChina6.3 mi10
169 BonnGermany5.6 mi12
170 LimaPeru6.2 mi6
171 MulheimGermany5.6 mi13
172 ChongqingChina12.1 mi18
173 SevilleSpain11.2 mi21
174 Belo HorizonteBrazil17.5 mi19
175 PittsburghUSA0.9 mi3
176 ChangchunChina10.6 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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