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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 New YorkUSA27 Oct 1904228.7 mi468271624 mio.
2 ParisFrance19 Jul 1900132.4 mi380161473 mio.
3 CologneGermany11 Oct 196828.0 mi5115
4 TokyoJapan30 Dec 1927189.2 mi290133174 mio.
5 MadridSpain17 Oct 1919176.5 mi28113686 mio.
6 MoscowRussia15 May 1935185.7 mi180122573 mio.
7 Mexico CityMexico5 Sep 1969125.4 mi175111460 mio.
8 LondonUnited Kingdom10 Jan 1863253.6 mi268111197 mio.
9 BarcelonaSpain30 Dec 192468.7 mi15210378 mio.
10 BerlinGermany18 Feb 190291.6 mi19510447 mio.
11 ShanghaiChina10 Apr 1995207.6 mi230101122 mio.
12 SeoulSouth Korea15 Aug 1974178.3 mi348102048 mio.
13 OsakaJapan20 May 193385.6 mi1339860 mio.
14 Hong KongChina1 Oct 1979116.9 mi9591309 mio.
15 BeijingChina1 Oct 1969141.4 mi14791200 mio.
16 TaipeiTaiwan28 Mar 199656.3 mi858450 mio.
17 ChicagoUSA6 Jun 1892103.2 mi1518198 mio.
18 Buenos AiresArgentina1 Dec 191329.5 mi766280 mio.
19 MunichGermany19 Oct 197157.5 mi1006349 mio.
20 Saint PetersburgRussia15 Nov 195568.5 mi635832 mio.
21 CaracasVenezuela27 Mar 198337.6 mi505510 mio.
22 ViennaAustria25 Feb 197843.4 mi965498 mio.
23 MumbaiIndia106.3 mi735
24 OsloNorway22 May 196638.5 mi72564 mio.
25 WashingtonUSA27 Mar 1976106.4 mi905215 mio.
26 SantiagoChile15 Sep 197551.6 mi935642 mio.
27 GuangzhouChina28 Jun 199992.3 mi885601 mio.
28 San FranciscoUSA11 Sep 1972103.7 mi435100 mio.
29 AmsterdamNetherlands16 Oct 197720.3 mi33491 mio.
30 NagoyaJapan15 Nov 195755.3 mi934427 mio.
31 MontrealCanada14 Oct 196643.0 mi734219 mio.
32 LisbonPortugal29 Dec 195925.5 mi524180 mio.
33 CharleroiBelgium21 Jun 197610.9 mi204
34 BucharestRomania16 Nov 197942.1 mi504111 mio.
35 SingaporeSingapore7 Nov 198773.9 mi764571 mio.
36 TorontoCanada30 Apr 195444.3 mi744278 mio.
37 BielefeldGermany21 Sep 19713.2 mi74
38 LyonFrance28 Apr 197819.1 mi434182 mio.
39 Sao PauloBrazil14 Sep 197438.1 mi584684 mio.
40 EssenGermany5 Oct 196712.6 mi273
41 TehranIran21 Feb 200031.4 mi473353 mio.
42 Los AngelesUSA30 Jan 199336.9 mi30345 mio.
43 BrusselsBelgium20 Sep 197620.0 mi613136 mio.
44 SydneyAustralia192613.7 mi143
45 AthensGreece195432.3 mi523325 mio.
46 TashkentUzbekistan6 Nov 197722.5 mi29371 mio.
47 NaplesItaly28 Mar 199319.8 mi30329 mio.
48 DelhiIndia24 Dec 200259.8 mi833310 mio.
49 BostonUSA1 Sep 189737.6 mi663145 mio.
50 StockholmSweden1 Oct 195065.7 mi1043303 mio.
51 HanoverGermany28 Sep 197511.6 mi213
52 SapporoJapan16 Dec 197129.8 mi493209 mio.
53 FrankfurtGermany4 Oct 196812.7 mi313
54 BusanSouth Korea19 Jul 198559.0 mi923257 mio.
55 The HagueNetherlands16 Oct 200417.3 mi303
56 DortmundGermany17 May 197618.3 mi373
57 YokohamaJapan16 Dec 197235.8 mi483198 mio.
58 PragueCzech Republic9 May 197436.7 mi573597 mio.
59 PhiladelphiaUSA4 Mar 190738.5 mi66367 mio.
60 KharkovUkraine23 Aug 197521.9 mi283278 mio.
61 NurembergGermany1 Mar 197221.5 mi46392 mio.
62 ManilaPhilippines1 Dec 198428.4 mi423346 mio.
63 ValenciaSpain3 Oct 198819.8 mi383
64 BangkokThailand5 Dec 199928.8 mi443206 mio.
65 FukuokaJapan26 Jul 198118.5 mi353124 mio.
66 BudapestHungary2 May 189620.5 mi423297 mio.
67 HamburgGermany1 Mar 191262.6 mi973184 mio.
68 VancouverCanada3 Jan 198643.2 mi49374 mio.
69 Kuala LumpurMalaysia16 Dec 199639.8 mi603109 mio.
70 MilanItaly1 Nov 196446.4 mi883328 mio.
71 KievUkraine22 Oct 196037.2 mi463642 mio.
72 Rio de JaneiroBrazil5 Mar 197926.1 mi342135 mio.
73 CopenhagenDenmark19 Oct 200213.1 mi22237 mio.
74 BilbaoSpain11 Nov 199525.2 mi38286 mio.
75 ShenzhenChina28 Dec 200415.7 mi23273 mio.
76 LausanneSwitzerland24 May 19918.5 mi292
77 ChibaJapan28 Mar 19889.6 mi182
78 NovosibirskRussia7 Jan 19868.9 mi13270 mio.
79 DuisburgGermany11 Jul 19928.9 mi132
80 RecifeBrazil11 Mar 198524.7 mi302
81 KyotoJapan1 Apr 198119.5 mi322126 mio.
82 OportoPortugal7 Dec 200213.5 mi152
83 GuadalajaraMexico1 Sep 198914.9 mi292
84 MinskBelarus26 Jun 198418.8 mi252262 mio.
85 MarseilleFrance26 Nov 197712.0 mi26258 mio.
86 AnkaraTurkey30 Aug 199614.4 mi232113 mio.
87 NewcastleUnited Kingdom7 Aug 198047.5 mi61238 mio.
88 RomeItaly10 Feb 195524.2 mi492331 mio.
89 DaeguSouth Korea26 Nov 199733.5 mi562110 mio.
90 BochumGermany26 May 197913.4 mi292
91 LilleFrance25 Apr 198328.3 mi62274 mio.
92 AtlantaUSA30 Jun 197949.2 mi39234 mio.
93 TbilisiGeorgia11 Jan 196616.3 mi22292 mio.
94 Saint LouisUSA31 Jul 199345.6 mi372
95 StuttgartGermany10 Jun 196614.9 mi192
96 MonterreyMexico25 Apr 199119.6 mi322
97 KobeJapan13 Mar 197719.0 mi262121 mio.
98 CairoEgypt27 Sep 198740.7 mi552700 mio.
99 TianjinChina28 Mar 200444.7 mi37215 mio.
100 MedellinColombia30 Nov 199517.9 mi262155 mio.
101 AntwerpBelgium25 Mar 19754.7 mi112
102 KaohsiungTaiwan9 Mar 200826.5 mi37230 mio.
103 Nizhny NovgorodRussia20 Nov 19859.6 mi14233 mio.
104 DuesseldorfGermany4 Oct 19816.0 mi142
105 RotterdamNetherlands10 Feb 196829.2 mi38285 mio.
106 PyongyangNorth Korea6 Sep 197314.0 mi16235 mio.
107 MulheimGermany3 Nov 19795.6 mi132
108 ToulouseFrance26 Jun 199317.1 mi38242 mio.
109 BakuAzerbaijan6 Nov 196720.4 mi222176 mio.
110 Santo DomingoDominican Republic30 Jan 20099.0 mi161
111 BursaTurkey19 Aug 200214.0 mi231
112 MaracaiboVenezuela8 Jun 20094.0 mi61
113 JacksonvilleUSA30 May 19894.3 mi61
114 NewarkUSA26 May 19351.4 mi41
115 DnepropetrovskUkraine29 Dec 19954.4 mi6111 mio.
116 YerevanArmenia7 Mar 19817.5 mi10117 mio.
117 HiroshimaJapan20 Aug 199411.4 mi21118 mio.
118 WarsawPoland7 Apr 199514.0 mi211114 mio.
119 PoznanPoland1 Mar 19973.8 mi61
120 GwangjuSouth Korea28 Apr 200412.5 mi20117 mio.
121 ValenciaVenezuela18 Oct 20063.9 mi7118 mio.
122 SendaiJapan15 Jul 19879.2 mi17158 mio.
123 KolkataIndia24 Oct 198414.0 mi211100 mio.
124 GelsenkirchenGermany1 Sep 19843.4 mi91
125 San JuanPuerto Rico6 Jun 200510.7 mi1619 mio.
126 KazanRussia27 Aug 20055.2 mi617 mio.
127 PerugiaItaly29 Jan 20081.9 mi71
128 RouenFrance17 Dec 19941.4 mi51
129 IstanbulTurkey16 Sep 20009.3 mi10168 mio.
130 WuppertalGermany1 Mar 19018.3 mi201
131 ClevelandUSA15 Mar 195519.3 mi1816 mio.
132 TurinItaly4 Feb 20066.0 mi141
133 KitakyushuJapan9 Jan 19855.5 mi131
134 BaltimoreUSA21 Nov 198315.2 mi14114 mio.
135 AdanaTurkey18 Mar 20095.0 mi81
136 SamaraRussia26 Dec 19876.3 mi9112 mio.
137 KamakuraJapan3 Mar 19704.1 mi81
138 NahaJapan10 Aug 20038.0 mi151
139 HaifaIsrael19591.1 mi61
140 ValparaisoChile23 Nov 200526.7 mi201
141 Kryvyi RihUkraine26 Dec 198611.2 mi121
142 GenoaItaly13 Jun 19903.2 mi71
143 MiamiUSA21 May 198422.4 mi22119 mio.
144 CataniaItaly27 Jun 19992.4 mi61
145 EdmontonCanada22 Apr 19788.1 mi111
146 BuffaloUSA18 May 19855.2 mi81
147 IzmirTurkey22 May 20007.1 mi10130 mio.
148 DetroitUSAJul 19873.0 mi131
149 YekaterinburgRussia26 Apr 19915.3 mi7146 mio.
150 BrasiliaBrazil31 Mar 200126.1 mi23116 mio.
151 HelsinkiFinland3 Aug 198213.1 mi17158 mio.
152 RennesFrance16 Mar 20025.6 mi15123 mio.
153 VolgogradRussia5 Nov 19842.1 mi21
154 ShenyangChina23 Sep 200913.8 mi181
155 Las VegasUSA15 Jul 20043.9 mi71
156 Porto AlegreBrazil2 Mar 198521.0 mi171
157 ChennaiIndia19 Oct 199716.8 mi171
158 SeattleUSA18 Jul 200913.8 mi121
159 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates9 Sep 200924.7 mi111
160 Palma de MallorcaSpain25 Apr 20075.2 mi91
161 DalianChina1 May 200330.5 mi121
162 TamaJapan27 Nov 19989.9 mi191
163 IncheonSouth Korea6 Oct 199918.3 mi29173 mio.
164 NanjingChina27 Aug 200513.5 mi161102 mio.
165 DaejeonSouth Korea16 Mar 200614.0 mi22129 mio.
166 WuhanChina28 Sep 20046.3 mi101
167 LimaPeru13 Jan 20036.2 mi61
168 BonnGermany22 Mar 19755.6 mi121
169 SofiaBulgaria28 Jan 199811.2 mi14151 mio.
170 ChongqingChina18 Jun 200512.1 mi181
171 SevilleSpain2 Apr 200911.2 mi211
172 Belo HorizonteBrazil1 Aug 198617.5 mi191
173 PittsburghUSA3 Jul 19850.9 mi31
174 GlasgowUnited Kingdom14 Dec 18966.5 mi15115 mio.
175 ChangchunChinaOct 200210.6 mi161
176 LudwigshafenGermany29 May 19692.5 mi110


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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