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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).



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1LondonUnited Kingdom10 Jan 1863253.6 mi1197 mio.
2New YorkUSA27 Oct 1904228.7 mi1624 mio.
3ShanghaiChina10 Apr 1995207.6 mi1122 mio.
4TokyoJapan30 Dec 1927189.2 mi3174 mio.
5MoscowRussia15 May 1935185.7 mi2573 mio.
6SeoulSouth Korea15 Aug 1974178.3 mi2048 mio.
7MadridSpain17 Oct 1919176.5 mi686 mio.
8BeijingChina1 Oct 1969141.4 mi1200 mio.
9ParisFrance19 Jul 1900132.4 mi1473 mio.
10Mexico CityMexico5 Sep 1969125.4 mi1460 mio.
11Hong KongChina1 Oct 1979116.9 mi1309 mio.
12GuangzhouChina28 Jun 1999109.4 mi601 mio.
13WashingtonUSA27 Mar 1976106.4 mi215 mio.
14MumbaiIndia106.3 mi
15San FranciscoUSA11 Sep 1972103.7 mi100 mio.
16ChicagoUSA6 Jun 1892103.2 mi198 mio.
17BerlinGermany18 Feb 190291.6 mi447 mio.
18OsakaJapan20 May 193385.6 mi860 mio.
19SingaporeSingapore7 Nov 198773.9 mi571 mio.
20BarcelonaSpain30 Dec 192468.7 mi378 mio.
21Saint PetersburgRussia15 Nov 195568.5 mi832 mio.
22StockholmSweden1 Oct 195065.7 mi303 mio.
23HamburgGermany1 Mar 191262.6 mi184 mio.
24BusanSouth Korea19 Jul 198559.0 mi257 mio.
25MunichGermany19 Oct 197157.5 mi349 mio.
26TaipeiTaiwan28 Mar 199656.3 mi450 mio.
27DelhiIndia24 Dec 200255.8 mi310 mio.
28NagoyaJapan15 Nov 195755.3 mi427 mio.
29SantiagoChile15 Sep 197551.6 mi642 mio.
30AtlantaUSA30 Jun 197949.2 mi34 mio.
31NewcastleUnited Kingdom7 Aug 198047.5 mi38 mio.
32MilanItaly1 Nov 196446.4 mi328 mio.
33Saint LouisUSA31 Jul 199345.6 mi
34TianjinChina28 Mar 200444.7 mi15 mio.
35TorontoCanada30 Apr 195444.3 mi278 mio.
36ViennaAustria25 Feb 197843.4 mi498 mio.
37VancouverCanada3 Jan 198643.2 mi74 mio.
38MontrealCanada14 Oct 196643.0 mi219 mio.
39BucharestRomania16 Nov 197942.1 mi111 mio.
40CairoEgypt27 Sep 198740.7 mi700 mio.
41Kuala LumpurMalaysia16 Dec 199639.8 mi109 mio.
42OsloNorway22 May 196638.5 mi64 mio.
43PhiladelphiaUSA4 Mar 190738.5 mi67 mio.
44Sao PauloBrazil14 Sep 197438.1 mi684 mio.
45BostonUSA1 Sep 189737.6 mi145 mio.
46CaracasVenezuela27 Mar 198337.6 mi510 mio.
47KievUkraine22 Oct 196037.2 mi642 mio.
48Los AngelesUSA30 Jan 199336.9 mi45 mio.
49PragueCzech Republic9 May 197436.7 mi597 mio.
50YokohamaJapan16 Dec 197235.8 mi198 mio.
51DaeguSouth Korea26 Nov 199733.5 mi110 mio.
52AthensGreece195432.3 mi325 mio.
53TehranIran21 Feb 200031.4 mi353 mio.
54DalianChina1 May 200330.5 mi
55SapporoJapan16 Dec 197129.8 mi209 mio.
56Buenos AiresArgentina1 Dec 191329.5 mi280 mio.
57RotterdamNetherlands10 Feb 196829.2 mi85 mio.
58BangkokThailand5 Dec 199928.8 mi206 mio.
59ManilaPhilippines1 Dec 198428.4 mi346 mio.
60LilleFrance25 Apr 198328.3 mi74 mio.
61CologneGermany11 Oct 196828.0 mi
62ValparaisoChile23 Nov 200526.7 mi
63KaohsiungTaiwan9 Mar 200826.5 mi30 mio.
64BrasiliaBrazil31 Mar 200126.1 mi16 mio.
65Rio de JaneiroBrazil5 Mar 197926.1 mi135 mio.
66LisbonPortugal29 Dec 195925.5 mi180 mio.
67BilbaoSpain11 Nov 199525.2 mi86 mio.
68DubaiUnited Arab Emirates9 Sep 200924.7 mi
69RecifeBrazil11 Mar 198524.7 mi
70RomeItaly10 Feb 195524.2 mi331 mio.
71TashkentUzbekistan6 Nov 197722.5 mi71 mio.
72MiamiUSA21 May 198422.4 mi19 mio.
73KharkovUkraine23 Aug 197521.9 mi278 mio.
74NurembergGermany1 Mar 197221.5 mi92 mio.
75Porto AlegreBrazil2 Mar 198521.0 mi
76BudapestHungary2 May 189620.5 mi297 mio.
77AmsterdamNetherlands16 Oct 197720.3 mi91 mio.
78BrusselsBelgium20 Sep 197620.0 mi136 mio.
79NaplesItaly28 Mar 199319.8 mi29 mio.
80ValenciaSpain3 Oct 198819.8 mi
81BakuAzerbaijan6 Nov 196719.7 mi176 mio.
82MonterreyMexico25 Apr 199119.6 mi
83KyotoJapan1 Apr 198119.5 mi126 mio.
84ClevelandUSA15 Mar 195519.3 mi6 mio.
85LyonFrance28 Apr 197819.1 mi182 mio.
86KobeJapan13 Mar 197719.0 mi121 mio.
87MinskBelarus26 Jun 198418.8 mi262 mio.
88FukuokaJapan26 Jul 198118.5 mi124 mio.
89IncheonSouth Korea6 Oct 199918.3 mi73 mio.
90DortmundGermany17 May 197618.3 mi
91MedellinColombia30 Nov 199517.9 mi155 mio.
92Belo HorizonteBrazil1 Aug 198617.5 mi
93The HagueNetherlands16 Oct 200417.3 mi
94ToulouseFrance26 Jun 199317.1 mi42 mio.
95ChennaiIndia19 Oct 199716.8 mi
96TbilisiGeorgia11 Jan 196616.3 mi92 mio.
97ShenzhenChina28 Dec 200415.7 mi73 mio.
98BaltimoreUSA21 Nov 198315.2 mi14 mio.
99StuttgartGermany10 Jun 196614.9 mi
100GuadalajaraMexico1 Sep 198914.9 mi
101AnkaraTurkey30 Aug 199614.4 mi113 mio.
102KolkataIndia24 Oct 198414.0 mi100 mio.
103DaejeonSouth Korea16 Mar 200614.0 mi29 mio.
104WarsawPoland7 Apr 199514.0 mi114 mio.
105BursaTurkey19 Aug 200214.0 mi
106PyongyangNorth Korea6 Sep 197314.0 mi35 mio.
107SeattleUSA18 Jul 200913.8 mi
108SydneyAustralia192613.7 mi
109NanjingChina27 Aug 200513.5 mi102 mio.
110OportoPortugal7 Dec 200213.5 mi
111BochumGermany26 May 197913.4 mi
112HelsinkiFinland3 Aug 198213.1 mi58 mio.
113CopenhagenDenmark19 Oct 200213.1 mi37 mio.
114FrankfurtGermany4 Oct 196812.7 mi
115EssenGermany5 Oct 196712.6 mi
116GwangjuSouth Korea28 Apr 200412.5 mi17 mio.
117ChongqingChina18 Jun 200512.1 mi
118MarseilleFrance26 Nov 197712.0 mi58 mio.
119HanoverGermany28 Sep 197511.6 mi
120HiroshimaJapan20 Aug 199411.4 mi18 mio.
121SevilleSpain2 Apr 200911.2 mi
122SofiaBulgaria28 Jan 199811.2 mi51 mio.
123Kryvyi RihUkraine26 Dec 198611.2 mi
124CharleroiBelgium21 Jun 197610.9 mi
125San JuanPuerto Rico6 Jun 200510.7 mi9 mio.
126ChangchunChinaOct 200210.6 mi
127TamaJapan27 Nov 19989.9 mi
128ChibaJapan28 Mar 19889.6 mi
129Nizhny NovgorodRussia20 Nov 19859.6 mi33 mio.
130IstanbulTurkey16 Sep 20009.3 mi68 mio.
131SendaiJapan15 Jul 19879.2 mi58 mio.
132Santo DomingoDominican Republic30 Jan 20099.0 mi
133DuisburgGermany11 Jul 19928.9 mi
134NovosibirskRussia7 Jan 19868.9 mi70 mio.
135LausanneSwitzerland24 May 19918.5 mi
136WuppertalGermany1 Mar 19018.3 mi
137EdmontonCanada22 Apr 19788.1 mi
138NahaJapan10 Aug 20038.0 mi
139YerevanArmenia7 Mar 19817.5 mi17 mio.
140IzmirTurkey22 May 20007.1 mi30 mio.
141GlasgowUnited Kingdom14 Dec 18966.5 mi15 mio.
142SamaraRussia26 Dec 19876.3 mi12 mio.
143WuhanChina28 Sep 20046.3 mi
144LimaPeru13 Jan 20036.2 mi
145TurinItaly4 Feb 20066.0 mi
146DuesseldorfGermany4 Oct 19816.0 mi
147MulheimGermany3 Nov 19795.6 mi
148RennesFrance16 Mar 20025.6 mi23 mio.
149AlgiersAlgeria20095.6 mi
150BonnGermany22 Mar 19755.6 mi
151KitakyushuJapan9 Jan 19855.5 mi
152YekaterinburgRussia26 Apr 19915.3 mi46 mio.
153BuffaloUSA18 May 19855.2 mi
154Palma de MallorcaSpain25 Apr 20075.2 mi
155KazanRussia27 Aug 20055.2 mi7 mio.
156AdanaTurkey18 Mar 20095.0 mi
157AntwerpBelgium25 Mar 19754.7 mi
158DnepropetrovskUkraine29 Dec 19954.4 mi11 mio.
159JacksonvilleUSA30 May 19894.3 mi
160KamakuraJapan3 Mar 19704.1 mi
161MaracaiboVenezuela8 Jun 20094.0 mi
162Las VegasUSA15 Jul 20043.9 mi
163ValenciaVenezuela18 Oct 20063.9 mi18 mio.
164PoznanPoland1 Mar 19973.8 mi
165GelsenkirchenGermany1 Sep 19843.4 mi
166BielefeldGermany21 Sep 19713.2 mi
167GenoaItaly13 Jun 19903.2 mi
168DetroitUSAJul 19873.0 mi
169LudwigshafenGermany29 May 19692.5 mi
170CataniaItaly27 Jun 19992.4 mi
171VolgogradRussia5 Nov 19842.1 mi
172PerugiaItaly29 Jan 20081.9 mi
173RouenFrance17 Dec 19941.4 mi
174NewarkUSA26 May 19351.4 mi
175HaifaIsrael19591.1 mi
176PittsburghUSA3 Jul 19850.9 mi


Numerical data (except ridership) by Jordi Serradell 8/2009. Ridership data by John Kennes 7/2008. Ticket prices by UBS: Prices and Earnings (PDF, p. 20) 2009. Non-numerical data by Mike Rohde 8/2009.






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