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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 AdanaTurkey18 Mar 2009Asia5.0 mi8
2 AmsterdamNetherlands16 Oct 1977Europe20.3 mi91 mio.33
3 AnkaraTurkey30 Aug 1996Asia14.4 mi113 mio.23
4 AntwerpBelgium25 Mar 1975Europe4.7 mi11
5 AthensGreece1954Europe32.3 mi325 mio.52
6 AtlantaUSA30 Jun 1979America49.2 mi34 mio.39
7 BakuAzerbaijan6 Nov 1967Asia20.4 mi176 mio.22
8 BaltimoreUSA21 Nov 1983America15.2 mi14 mio.14
9 BangkokThailand5 Dec 1999Asia28.8 mi206 mio.44
10 BarcelonaSpain30 Dec 1924Europe68.7 mi378 mio.152
11 BeijingChina1 Oct 1969Asia141.4 mi1200 mio.147
12 Belo HorizonteBrazil1 Aug 1986America17.5 mi19
13 BerlinGermany18 Feb 1902Europe91.6 mi447 mio.195
14 BielefeldGermany21 Sep 1971Europe3.2 mi7
15 BilbaoSpain11 Nov 1995Europe25.2 mi86 mio.38
16 BochumGermany26 May 1979Europe13.4 mi29
17 BonnGermany22 Mar 1975Europe5.6 mi12
18 BostonUSA1 Sep 1897America37.6 mi145 mio.66
19 BrasiliaBrazil31 Mar 2001America26.1 mi16 mio.23
20 BrusselsBelgium20 Sep 1976Europe20.0 mi136 mio.61
21 BucharestRomania16 Nov 1979Europe42.1 mi111 mio.50
22 BudapestHungary2 May 1896Europe20.5 mi297 mio.42
23 Buenos AiresArgentina1 Dec 1913America29.5 mi280 mio.76
24 BuffaloUSA18 May 1985America5.2 mi8
25 BursaTurkey19 Aug 2002Asia14.0 mi23
26 BusanSouth Korea19 Jul 1985Asia59.0 mi257 mio.92
27 CairoEgypt27 Sep 1987Africa40.7 mi700 mio.55
28 CaracasVenezuela27 Mar 1983America37.6 mi510 mio.50
29 CataniaItaly27 Jun 1999Europe2.4 mi6
30 ChangchunChinaOct 2002Asia10.6 mi16
31 CharleroiBelgium21 Jun 1976Europe10.9 mi20
32 ChennaiIndia19 Oct 1997Asia16.8 mi17
33 ChibaJapan28 Mar 1988Asia9.6 mi18
34 ChicagoUSA6 Jun 1892America103.2 mi198 mio.151
35 ChongqingChina18 Jun 2005Asia12.1 mi18
36 ClevelandUSA15 Mar 1955America19.3 mi6 mio.18
37 CologneGermany11 Oct 1968Europe28.0 mi51
38 CopenhagenDenmark19 Oct 2002Europe13.1 mi37 mio.22
39 DaeguSouth Korea26 Nov 1997Asia33.5 mi110 mio.56
40 DaejeonSouth Korea16 Mar 2006Asia14.0 mi29 mio.22
41 DalianChina1 May 2003Asia30.5 mi12
42 DelhiIndia24 Dec 2002Asia59.8 mi310 mio.83
43 DetroitUSAJul 1987America3.0 mi13
44 DnepropetrovskUkraine29 Dec 1995Europe4.4 mi11 mio.6
45 DortmundGermany17 May 1976Europe18.3 mi37
46 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates9 Sep 2009Asia24.7 mi11
47 DuesseldorfGermany4 Oct 1981Europe6.0 mi14
48 DuisburgGermany11 Jul 1992Europe8.9 mi13
49 EdmontonCanada22 Apr 1978America8.1 mi11
50 EssenGermany5 Oct 1967Europe12.6 mi27
51 FrankfurtGermany4 Oct 1968Europe12.7 mi31
52 FukuokaJapan26 Jul 1981Asia18.5 mi124 mio.35
53 GelsenkirchenGermany1 Sep 1984Europe3.4 mi9
54 GenoaItaly13 Jun 1990Europe3.2 mi7
55 GlasgowUnited Kingdom14 Dec 1896Europe6.5 mi15 mio.15
56 GuadalajaraMexico1 Sep 1989America14.9 mi29
57 GuangzhouChina28 Jun 1999Asia92.3 mi601 mio.88
58 GwangjuSouth Korea28 Apr 2004Asia12.5 mi17 mio.20
59 HaifaIsrael1959Asia1.1 mi6
60 HamburgGermany1 Mar 1912Europe62.6 mi184 mio.97
61 HanoverGermany28 Sep 1975Europe11.6 mi21
62 HelsinkiFinland3 Aug 1982Europe13.1 mi58 mio.17
63 HiroshimaJapan20 Aug 1994Asia11.4 mi18 mio.21
64 Hong KongChina1 Oct 1979Asia116.9 mi1309 mio.95
65 IncheonSouth Korea6 Oct 1999Asia18.3 mi73 mio.29
66 IstanbulTurkey16 Sep 2000Europe9.3 mi68 mio.10
67 IzmirTurkey22 May 2000Asia7.1 mi30 mio.10
68 JacksonvilleUSA30 May 1989America4.3 mi6
69 KamakuraJapan3 Mar 1970Asia4.1 mi8
70 KaohsiungTaiwan9 Mar 2008Asia26.5 mi30 mio.37
71 KazanRussia27 Aug 2005Europe5.2 mi7 mio.6
72 KharkovUkraine23 Aug 1975Europe21.9 mi278 mio.28
73 KievUkraine22 Oct 1960Europe37.2 mi642 mio.46
74 KitakyushuJapan9 Jan 1985Asia5.5 mi13
75 KobeJapan13 Mar 1977Asia19.0 mi121 mio.26
76 KolkataIndia24 Oct 1984Asia14.0 mi100 mio.21
77 Kryvyi RihUkraine26 Dec 1986Europe11.2 mi12
78 Kuala LumpurMalaysia16 Dec 1996Asia39.8 mi109 mio.60
79 KyotoJapan1 Apr 1981Asia19.5 mi126 mio.32
80 Las VegasUSA15 Jul 2004America3.9 mi7
81 LausanneSwitzerland24 May 1991Europe8.5 mi29
82 LilleFrance25 Apr 1983Europe28.3 mi74 mio.62
83 LimaPeru13 Jan 2003America6.2 mi6
84 LisbonPortugal29 Dec 1959Europe25.5 mi180 mio.52
85 LondonUnited Kingdom10 Jan 1863Europe253.6 mi1197 mio.268
86 Los AngelesUSA30 Jan 1993America36.9 mi45 mio.30
87 LudwigshafenGermany29 May 1969Europe2.5 mi11
88 LyonFrance28 Apr 1978Europe19.1 mi182 mio.43
89 MadridSpain17 Oct 1919Europe176.5 mi686 mio.281
90 ManilaPhilippines1 Dec 1984Asia28.4 mi346 mio.42
91 MaracaiboVenezuela8 Jun 2009America4.0 mi6
92 MarseilleFrance26 Nov 1977Europe12.0 mi58 mio.26
93 MedellinColombia30 Nov 1995America17.9 mi155 mio.26
94 Mexico CityMexico5 Sep 1969America125.4 mi1460 mio.175
95 MiamiUSA21 May 1984America22.4 mi19 mio.22
96 MilanItaly1 Nov 1964Europe46.4 mi328 mio.88
97 MinskBelarus26 Jun 1984Europe18.8 mi262 mio.25
98 MonterreyMexico25 Apr 1991America19.6 mi32
99 MontrealCanada14 Oct 1966America43.0 mi219 mio.73
100 MoscowRussia15 May 1935Europe185.7 mi2573 mio.180
101 MulheimGermany3 Nov 1979Europe5.6 mi13
102 MumbaiIndiaAsia106.3 mi73
103 MunichGermany19 Oct 1971Europe57.5 mi349 mio.100
104 NagoyaJapan15 Nov 1957Asia55.3 mi427 mio.93
105 NahaJapan10 Aug 2003Asia8.0 mi15
106 NanjingChina27 Aug 2005Asia13.5 mi102 mio.16
107 NaplesItaly28 Mar 1993Europe19.8 mi29 mio.30
108 New YorkUSA27 Oct 1904America228.7 mi1624 mio.468
109 NewarkUSA26 May 1935America1.4 mi4
110 NewcastleUnited Kingdom7 Aug 1980Europe47.5 mi38 mio.61
111 Nizhny NovgorodRussia20 Nov 1985Europe9.6 mi33 mio.14
112 NovosibirskRussia7 Jan 1986Asia8.9 mi70 mio.13
113 NurembergGermany1 Mar 1972Europe21.5 mi92 mio.46
114 OportoPortugal7 Dec 2002Europe13.5 mi15
115 OsakaJapan20 May 1933Asia85.6 mi860 mio.133
116 OsloNorway22 May 1966Europe38.5 mi64 mio.72
117 Palma de MallorcaSpain25 Apr 2007Europe5.2 mi9
118 ParisFrance19 Jul 1900Europe132.4 mi1473 mio.380
119 PerugiaItaly29 Jan 2008Europe1.9 mi7
120 PhiladelphiaUSA4 Mar 1907America38.5 mi67 mio.66
121 PittsburghUSA3 Jul 1985America0.9 mi3
122 Porto AlegreBrazil2 Mar 1985America21.0 mi17
123 PoznanPoland1 Mar 1997Europe3.8 mi6
124 PragueCzech Republic9 May 1974Europe36.7 mi597 mio.57
125 PyongyangNorth Korea6 Sep 1973Asia14.0 mi35 mio.16
126 RecifeBrazil11 Mar 1985America24.7 mi30
127 RennesFrance16 Mar 2002Europe5.6 mi23 mio.15
128 Rio de JaneiroBrazil5 Mar 1979America26.1 mi135 mio.34
129 RomeItaly10 Feb 1955Europe24.2 mi331 mio.49
130 RotterdamNetherlands10 Feb 1968Europe29.2 mi85 mio.38
131 RouenFrance17 Dec 1994Europe1.4 mi5
132 Saint LouisUSA31 Jul 1993America45.6 mi37
133 Saint PetersburgRussia15 Nov 1955Europe68.5 mi832 mio.63
134 SamaraRussia26 Dec 1987Europe6.3 mi12 mio.9
135 San FranciscoUSA11 Sep 1972America103.7 mi100 mio.43
136 San JuanPuerto Rico6 Jun 2005America10.7 mi9 mio.16
137 SantiagoChile15 Sep 1975America51.6 mi642 mio.93
138 Santo DomingoDominican Republic30 Jan 2009America9.0 mi16
139 Sao PauloBrazil14 Sep 1974America38.1 mi684 mio.58
140 SapporoJapan16 Dec 1971Asia29.8 mi209 mio.49
141 SeattleUSA18 Jul 2009America13.8 mi12
142 SendaiJapan15 Jul 1987Asia9.2 mi58 mio.17
143 SeoulSouth Korea15 Aug 1974Asia178.3 mi2048 mio.348
144 SevilleSpain2 Apr 2009Europe11.2 mi21
145 ShanghaiChina10 Apr 1995Asia207.6 mi1122 mio.230
146 ShenyangChina23 Sep 2009Asia13.8 mi18
147 ShenzhenChina28 Dec 2004Asia15.7 mi73 mio.23
148 SingaporeSingapore7 Nov 1987Asia73.9 mi571 mio.76
149 SofiaBulgaria28 Jan 1998Europe11.2 mi51 mio.14
150 StockholmSweden1 Oct 1950Europe65.7 mi303 mio.104
151 StuttgartGermany10 Jun 1966Europe14.9 mi19
152 SydneyAustralia1926Oceania13.7 mi14
153 TaipeiTaiwan28 Mar 1996Asia56.3 mi450 mio.85
154 TamaJapan27 Nov 1998Asia9.9 mi19
155 TashkentUzbekistan6 Nov 1977Asia22.5 mi71 mio.29
156 TbilisiGeorgia11 Jan 1966Asia16.3 mi92 mio.22
157 TehranIran21 Feb 2000Asia31.4 mi353 mio.47
158 The HagueNetherlands16 Oct 2004Europe17.3 mi30
159 TianjinChina28 Mar 2004Asia44.7 mi15 mio.37
160 TokyoJapan30 Dec 1927Asia189.2 mi3174 mio.290
161 TorontoCanada30 Apr 1954America44.3 mi278 mio.74
162 ToulouseFrance26 Jun 1993Europe17.1 mi42 mio.38
163 TurinItaly4 Feb 2006Europe6.0 mi14
164 ValenciaVenezuela18 Oct 2006America3.9 mi18 mio.7
165 ValenciaSpain3 Oct 1988Europe19.8 mi38
166 ValparaisoChile23 Nov 2005America26.7 mi20
167 VancouverCanada3 Jan 1986America43.2 mi74 mio.49
168 ViennaAustria25 Feb 1978Europe43.4 mi498 mio.96
169 VolgogradRussia5 Nov 1984Europe2.1 mi2
170 WarsawPoland7 Apr 1995Europe14.0 mi114 mio.21
171 WashingtonUSA27 Mar 1976America106.4 mi215 mio.90
172 WuhanChina28 Sep 2004Asia6.3 mi10
173 WuppertalGermany1 Mar 1901Europe8.3 mi20
174 YekaterinburgRussia26 Apr 1991Asia5.3 mi46 mio.7
175 YerevanArmenia7 Mar 1981Asia7.5 mi17 mio.10
176 YokohamaJapan16 Dec 1972Asia35.8 mi198 mio.48


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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