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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 New YorkUSA27 Oct 1904368.0 km4224680.874.33 million
2 ParisFrance19 Jul 1900213.0 km3003800.714.05 million
3 SeoulSouth Korea15 Aug 1974286.9 km2983480.965.61 million
4 LondonUnited Kingdom10 Jan 1863408.0 km2682681.522.99 million
5 ShanghaiChina10 Apr 1995420.0 km2352781.793.56 million
6 MadridSpain17 Oct 1919284.0 km2312811.231.78 million
7 TokyoJapan30 Dec 1927304.5 km2052901.498.7 million
8 BerlinGermany18 Feb 1902147.4 km1731950.851.39 million
9 Mexico CityMexico5 Sep 1969201.7 km1471751.373.88 million
10 MoscowRussia15 May 1935302.0 km1461822.076.55 million
11 ChicagoUSA6 Jun 1892166.0 km1441511.15542,000
12 BarcelonaSpain30 Dec 1924119.4 km1351620.881.11 million
13 BeijingChina1 Oct 1969227.6 km1251471.823.99 million
14 DelhiIndia24 Dec 2002138.8 km1131161.23838,000
15 OsakaJapan20 May 1933137.8 km1041331.332.36 million
16 GuangzhouChina28 Jun 1999176.3 km1011111.751.85 million
17 StockholmSweden1 Oct 1950105.7 km1001041.06841,000
18 MunichGermany19 Oct 197194.2 km961020.98962,000
19 SantiagoChile15 Sep 197592.4 km931010.991.67 million
20 ViennaAustria25 Feb 197874.6 km901020.831.4 million
21 HamburgGermany1 Mar 1912100.7 km89971.13518,000
22 BusanSouth Korea19 Jul 198595.0 km88921.08704,000
23 WashingtonUSA27 Mar 1976171.2 km86901.99611,000
24 MilanItaly1 Nov 196474.6 km84880.89899,000
25 NagoyaJapan15 Nov 195789.0 km82931.091.17 million
26 Hong KongChina1 Oct 1979188.1 km82952.293.62 million
27 TaipeiTaiwan28 Mar 199694.2 km80851.181.27 million
28 SingaporeSingapore7 Nov 1987129.7 km78871.661.81 million
29 MumbaiIndia171.0 km73732.34
30 OsloNorway22 May 196662.0 km73730.85214,000
31 TorontoCanada30 Apr 195471.3 km69741.03762,000
32 MontrealCanada14 Oct 196669.2 km68731.02600,000
33 Buenos AiresArgentina1 Dec 191348.1 km68770.71789,000
34 PhiladelphiaUSA4 Mar 190762.0 km62661.00192,000
35 LilleFrance25 Apr 198345.5 km60620.76203,000
36 BostonUSA1 Sep 189760.5 km60661.01400,000
37 Sao PauloBrazil14 Sep 197469.7 km59631.181.93 million
38 BrusselsBelgium20 Sep 197632.2 km59610.55364,000
39 Kuala LumpurMalaysia16 Dec 199664.0 km56601.14299,000
40 DaeguSouth Korea26 Nov 199753.9 km55560.98301,000
41 Saint PetersburgRussia15 Nov 1955110.2 km55632.002.25 million
42 NanjingChina27 Aug 200584.7 km55571.54400,000
43 PragueCzech Republic9 May 197459.1 km54571.091.6 million
44 CairoEgypt27 Sep 198765.5 km53551.241.92 million
45 TehranIran21 Feb 200066.0 km52551.271.26 million
46 CologneGermany11 Oct 196845.0 km51510.88
47 NewcastleUnited Kingdom7 Aug 198076.5 km50611.53104,000
48 AthensGreece195452.0 km49531.06937,000
49 RomeItaly10 Feb 195539.0 km48490.81907,000
50 VancouverCanada3 Jan 198669.5 km47491.48203,000
51 BangkokThailand5 Dec 199974.9 km46521.63564,000
52 CaracasVenezuela27 Mar 198360.5 km46501.321.25 million
53 LisbonPortugal29 Dec 195941.0 km46520.89488,000
54 SapporoJapan16 Dec 197148.0 km46491.04573,000
55 YokohamaJapan16 Dec 197257.6 km45481.28542,000
56 NurembergGermany1 Mar 197234.6 km44460.79315,000
57 KievUkraine22 Oct 196059.8 km43461.391.76 million
58 San FranciscoUSA11 Sep 1972166.9 km43433.88274,000
59 BucharestRomania16 Nov 197967.7 km43501.57304,000
60 ManilaPhilippines1 Dec 198451.5 km40431.29948,000
61 BudapestHungary2 May 189633.0 km40420.83814,000
62 LyonFrance28 Apr 197830.7 km39430.79499,000
63 AtlantaUSA30 Jun 197979.2 km38392.0893,200
64 BilbaoSpain11 Nov 199540.6 km38381.07238,000
65 RotterdamNetherlands10 Feb 196847.0 km37381.27238,000
66 Saint LouisUSA31 Jul 199373.4 km37371.98
67 ToulouseFrance26 Jun 199327.5 km37380.74115,000
68 ValenciaSpain3 Oct 198831.8 km37380.86
69 TianjinChina28 Mar 200472.0 km37371.9541,100
70 DortmundGermany17 May 197629.5 km37370.80
71 KaohsiungTaiwan9 Mar 200842.7 km36371.1982,200
72 Rio de JaneiroBrazil5 Mar 197942.0 km34341.24370,000
73 FukuokaJapan26 Jul 198129.8 km34350.88340,000
74 AmsterdamNetherlands16 Oct 197732.7 km33330.99233,000
75 KyotoJapan1 Apr 198131.3 km31321.01345,000
76 MonterreyMexico25 Apr 199131.5 km31321.02
77 The HagueNetherlands16 Oct 200427.9 km30300.93
78 Los AngelesUSA30 Jan 199359.3 km30301.98129,000
79 IncheonSouth Korea6 Oct 199929.5 km29291.02200,000
80 NaplesItaly28 Mar 199331.8 km28301.1479,500
81 MarseilleFrance26 Nov 197721.8 km28300.78159,000
82 LausanneSwitzerland24 May 199113.7 km28290.49
83 RecifeBrazil11 Mar 198539.7 km28301.42
84 GuadalajaraMexico1 Sep 198924.0 km28290.86
85 EssenGermany5 Oct 196720.2 km27270.75
86 BochumGermany26 May 197921.5 km27290.80
87 WuhanChina28 Sep 200428.0 km27271.0435,600
88 FrankfurtGermany4 Oct 196820.5 km27310.76
89 TashkentUzbekistan6 Nov 197736.2 km26291.39195,000
90 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates9 Sep 200952.1 km26262.00
91 KharkovUkraine23 Aug 197535.3 km25281.41762,000
92 MedellinColombia30 Nov 199528.8 km25261.15425,000
93 BrasiliaBrazil31 Mar 200142.0 km24241.7543,800
94 KobeJapan13 Mar 197730.6 km24261.28332,000
95 MinskBelarus26 Jun 198430.3 km24251.26718,000
96 BursaTurkey19 Aug 200222.5 km23230.98
97 KolkataIndia24 Oct 198422.6 km23230.98474,000
98 MiamiUSA21 May 198436.0 km22221.6449,300
99 ShenyangChina27 Sep 201027.8 km22221.26
100 CopenhagenDenmark19 Oct 200221.0 km22220.95126,000
101 DaejeonSouth Korea16 Mar 200622.6 km22221.0379,500
102 AnkaraTurkey30 Aug 199623.1 km22231.05310,000
103 ShenzhenChina28 Dec 200425.3 km22231.15362,000
104 BakuAzerbaijan6 Nov 196732.9 km21221.56482,000
105 HiroshimaJapan20 Aug 199418.4 km21210.8849,300
106 TbilisiGeorgia11 Jan 196626.3 km21221.25252,000
107 WarsawPoland7 Apr 199522.6 km21211.08345,000
108 SevilleSpain2 Apr 200918.0 km21210.86
109 ValparaisoChile23 Nov 200543.0 km20202.15
110 GwangjuSouth Korea28 Apr 200420.1 km20201.0146,600
111 WuppertalGermany1 Mar 190113.3 km20200.67
112 CharleroiBelgium21 Jun 197617.5 km20200.88
113 TamaJapan27 Nov 199816.0 km19190.84
114 Belo HorizonteBrazil1 Aug 198628.1 km19191.48
115 ClevelandUSA15 Mar 195531.0 km18181.7213,700
116 ChibaJapan28 Mar 198815.5 km18180.86
117 ChongqingChina18 Jun 200519.5 km18181.08
118 StuttgartGermany10 Jun 196624.0 km17191.41
119 HelsinkiFinland3 Aug 198221.0 km17171.24156,000
120 Porto AlegreBrazil2 Mar 198533.8 km17171.99
121 SendaiJapan15 Jul 198714.8 km17170.87159,000
122 ChennaiIndia19 Oct 199727.0 km17171.59
123 HanoverGermany28 Sep 197518.6 km17211.09
124 Santo DomingoDominican Republic30 Jan 200914.5 km16160.91200,000
125 ChangchunChinaOct 200217.0 km16161.06
126 ChengduChina27 Sep 201018.5 km16161.16
127 San JuanPuerto Rico6 Jun 200517.2 km16161.0824,700
128 NahaJapan10 Aug 200312.8 km15150.85
129 PyongyangNorth Korea6 Sep 197322.5 km15161.5095,900
130 GlasgowUnited Kingdom14 Dec 189610.4 km15150.6941,100
131 RennesFrance16 Mar 20029.0 km15150.6063,000
132 EdmontonCanada22 Apr 197820.4 km15151.36
133 TurinItaly4 Feb 20069.6 km14140.69
134 DuesseldorfGermany4 Oct 19819.6 km14140.68
135 BaltimoreUSA21 Nov 198324.5 km14141.7535,600
136 SydneyAustralia192622.1 km14141.58
137 OportoPortugal7 Dec 200221.7 km14151.55
138 SofiaBulgaria28 Jan 199818.0 km14141.2979,500
139 DuisburgGermany11 Jul 199214.3 km13131.10
140 Nizhny NovgorodRussia20 Nov 198515.5 km13141.1990,400
141 KitakyushuJapan9 Jan 19858.8 km13130.68
142 DetroitUSAJul 19874.8 km13130.37
143 NovosibirskRussia7 Jan 198614.3 km12131.19192,000
144 SeattleUSA18 Jul 200922.2 km12121.85
145 Kryvyi RihUkraine26 Dec 198618.0 km12121.50
146 DalianChina1 May 200349.0 km12124.08
147 MulheimGermany3 Nov 19799.0 km12130.75
148 BonnGermany22 Mar 19759.0 km12120.75
149 AntwerpBelgium25 Mar 19757.6 km11110.69
150 LudwigshafenGermany29 May 19694.0 km11110.36
151 YerevanArmenia7 Mar 198112.1 km10101.2146,600
152 IzmirTurkey22 May 200011.5 km10101.1582,200
153 IstanbulTurkey16 Sep 200015.0 km10101.50186,000
154 MeccaSaudi Arabia13 Nov 201018.1 km992.01
155 GelsenkirchenGermany1 Sep 19845.5 km990.61
156 Palma de MallorcaSpain25 Apr 20078.3 km990.92
157 SamaraRussia26 Dec 198710.2 km991.1332,900
158 BuffaloUSA18 May 19858.4 km881.04
159 KamakuraJapan3 Mar 19706.6 km880.82
160 AdanaTurkey18 Mar 20098.0 km881.00
161 BielefeldGermany21 Sep 19715.2 km770.74
162 PerugiaItaly29 Jan 20083.0 km770.43
163 Las VegasUSA15 Jul 20046.2 km770.89
164 ValenciaVenezuela18 Oct 20066.2 km770.8949,300
165 GenoaItaly13 Jun 19905.2 km770.74
166 YekaterinburgRussia26 Apr 19918.5 km771.21126,000
167 JacksonvilleUSA30 May 19896.9 km661.15
168 CataniaItaly27 Jun 19993.8 km660.63
169 PoznanPoland1 Mar 19976.1 km661.02
170 DnepropetrovskUkraine29 Dec 19957.1 km661.1838,400
171 HaifaIsrael19591.8 km660.29
172 MaracaiboVenezuela8 Jun 20096.5 km661.08
173 KazanRussia27 Aug 20058.3 km661.3819,200
174 LimaPeru13 Jan 200310.0 km661.67
175 RouenFrance17 Dec 19942.2 km550.44
176 NewarkUSA26 May 19352.2 km440.55
177 PittsburghUSA3 Jul 19851.5 km330.48
178 VolgogradRussia5 Nov 19843.3 km221.65





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