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


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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