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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 ShanghaiChina10 Apr 1995261.0 mi2781221.83.56 million
2 LondonUnited Kingdom10 Jan 1863253.6 mi2681123.12.99 million
3 New YorkUSA27 Oct 1904228.7 mi468278.54.33 million
4 TokyoJapan30 Dec 1927189.2 mi2901314.68.7 million
5 MoscowRussia15 May 1935187.7 mi1821215.66.55 million
6 SeoulSouth Korea15 Aug 1974178.3 mi3481017.85.61 million
7 MadridSpain17 Oct 1919176.5 mi2811313.61.78 million
8 BeijingChina1 Oct 1969141.4 mi147915.73.99 million
9 ParisFrance19 Jul 1900132.4 mi380168.34.05 million
10 Mexico CityMexico5 Sep 1969125.4 mi1751111.43.88 million
11 Hong KongChina1 Oct 1979116.9 mi95913.03.62 million
12 GuangzhouChina28 Jun 1999109.6 mi111521.91.85 million
13 WashingtonUSA27 Mar 1976106.4 mi90521.3611,000
14 MumbaiIndia106.3 mi73521.3
15 San FranciscoUSA11 Sep 1972103.7 mi43520.7274,000
16 ChicagoUSA6 Jun 1892103.2 mi151812.9542,000
17 BerlinGermany18 Feb 190291.6 mi195109.21.39 million
18 DelhiIndia24 Dec 200286.2 mi116421.6838,000
19 OsakaJapan20 May 193385.6 mi13399.52.36 million
20 SingaporeSingapore7 Nov 198780.6 mi87420.21.81 million
21 BarcelonaSpain30 Dec 192474.2 mi162116.71.11 million
22 Saint PetersburgRussia15 Nov 195568.5 mi63513.72.25 million
23 StockholmSweden1 Oct 195065.7 mi104321.9841,000
24 HamburgGermany1 Mar 191262.6 mi97320.9518,000
25 BusanSouth Korea19 Jul 198559.0 mi92319.7704,000
26 TaipeiTaiwan28 Mar 199658.5 mi8587.31.27 million
27 MunichGermany19 Oct 197158.5 mi10269.8962,000
28 SantiagoChile15 Sep 197557.4 mi101511.51.67 million
29 NagoyaJapan15 Nov 195755.3 mi93413.81.17 million
30 NanjingChina27 Aug 200552.6 mi57226.3400,000
31 AtlantaUSA30 Jun 197949.2 mi39224.693,200
32 NewcastleUnited Kingdom7 Aug 198047.5 mi61223.8104,000
33 BangkokThailand5 Dec 199946.6 mi52411.6564,000
34 ViennaAustria25 Feb 197846.4 mi10259.31.4 million
35 MilanItaly1 Nov 196446.4 mi88315.5899,000
36 Saint LouisUSA31 Jul 199345.6 mi37222.8
37 TianjinChina28 Mar 200444.7 mi37222.441,100
38 TorontoCanada30 Apr 195444.3 mi74411.1762,000
39 Sao PauloBrazil14 Sep 197443.3 mi6358.71.93 million
40 VancouverCanada3 Jan 198643.2 mi49314.4203,000
41 MontrealCanada14 Oct 196643.0 mi73410.8600,000
42 BucharestRomania16 Nov 197942.1 mi50410.5304,000
43 TehranIran21 Feb 200041.0 mi55313.71.26 million
44 CairoEgypt27 Sep 198740.7 mi55220.41.92 million
45 Kuala LumpurMalaysia16 Dec 199639.8 mi60313.3299,000
46 PhiladelphiaUSA4 Mar 190738.5 mi66312.8192,000
47 OsloNorway22 May 196638.5 mi7357.7214,000
48 CaracasVenezuela27 Mar 198337.6 mi5057.51.25 million
49 BostonUSA1 Sep 189737.6 mi66312.5400,000
50 KievUkraine22 Oct 196037.2 mi46312.41.76 million
51 Los AngelesUSA30 Jan 199336.9 mi30312.3129,000
52 PragueCzech Republic9 May 197436.7 mi57312.21.6 million
53 YokohamaJapan16 Dec 197235.8 mi48311.9542,000
54 DaeguSouth Korea26 Nov 199733.5 mi56216.7301,000
55 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates9 Sep 200932.4 mi26132.4
56 AthensGreece195432.3 mi53310.8937,000
57 ManilaPhilippines1 Dec 198432.0 mi43310.7948,000
58 DalianChina1 May 200330.5 mi12130.5
59 Buenos AiresArgentina1 Dec 191329.9 mi7765.0789,000
60 SapporoJapan16 Dec 197129.8 mi4939.9573,000
61 RotterdamNetherlands10 Feb 196829.2 mi38214.6238,000
62 LilleFrance25 Apr 198328.3 mi62214.1203,000
63 CologneGermany11 Oct 196828.0 mi51151.9
64 ValparaisoChile23 Nov 200526.7 mi20126.7
65 KaohsiungTaiwan9 Mar 200826.5 mi37213.382,200
66 Rio de JaneiroBrazil5 Mar 197926.1 mi34213.1370,000
67 BrasiliaBrazil31 Mar 200126.1 mi24126.143,800
68 LisbonPortugal29 Dec 195925.5 mi5246.4488,000
69 BilbaoSpain11 Nov 199525.2 mi38212.6238,000
70 RecifeBrazil11 Mar 198524.7 mi30212.3
71 RomeItaly10 Feb 195524.2 mi49212.1907,000
72 TashkentUzbekistan6 Nov 197722.5 mi2937.5195,000
73 MiamiUSA21 May 198422.4 mi22122.449,300
74 KharkovUkraine23 Aug 197521.9 mi2837.3762,000
75 NurembergGermany1 Mar 197221.5 mi4637.2315,000
76 Porto AlegreBrazil2 Mar 198521.0 mi17121.0
77 BudapestHungary2 May 189620.5 mi4236.8814,000
78 BakuAzerbaijan6 Nov 196720.4 mi22210.2482,000
79 AmsterdamNetherlands16 Oct 197720.3 mi3345.1233,000
80 BrusselsBelgium20 Sep 197620.0 mi6136.7364,000
81 NaplesItaly28 Mar 199319.8 mi3036.679,500
82 ValenciaSpain3 Oct 198819.8 mi3836.6
83 MonterreyMexico25 Apr 199119.6 mi3229.8
84 KyotoJapan1 Apr 198119.5 mi3229.7345,000
85 ClevelandUSA15 Mar 195519.3 mi18119.313,700
86 LyonFrance28 Apr 197819.1 mi4344.8499,000
87 KobeJapan13 Mar 197719.0 mi2629.5332,000
88 MinskBelarus26 Jun 198418.8 mi2529.4718,000
89 FukuokaJapan26 Jul 198118.5 mi3536.2340,000
90 IncheonSouth Korea6 Oct 199918.3 mi29118.3200,000
91 DortmundGermany17 May 197618.3 mi3736.1
92 MedellinColombia30 Nov 199517.9 mi2628.9425,000
93 Belo HorizonteBrazil1 Aug 198617.5 mi19117.5
94 WuhanChina28 Sep 200417.4 mi27117.435,600
95 The HagueNetherlands16 Oct 200417.3 mi3035.8
96 ShenyangChina27 Sep 201017.3 mi22117.3
97 ToulouseFrance26 Jun 199317.1 mi3828.5115,000
98 ChennaiIndia19 Oct 199716.8 mi17116.8
99 TbilisiGeorgia11 Jan 196616.3 mi2228.2252,000
100 ShenzhenChina28 Dec 200415.7 mi2327.9362,000
101 BaltimoreUSA21 Nov 198315.2 mi14115.235,600
102 StuttgartGermany10 Jun 196614.9 mi1927.5
103 GuadalajaraMexico1 Sep 198914.9 mi2927.5
104 AnkaraTurkey30 Aug 199614.4 mi2327.2310,000
105 WarsawPoland7 Apr 199514.0 mi21114.0345,000
106 DaejeonSouth Korea16 Mar 200614.0 mi22114.079,500
107 KolkataIndia24 Oct 198414.0 mi23114.0474,000
108 PyongyangNorth Korea6 Sep 197314.0 mi1627.095,900
109 BursaTurkey19 Aug 200214.0 mi23114.0
110 SeattleUSA18 Jul 200913.8 mi12113.8
111 SydneyAustralia192613.7 mi1434.6
112 MarseilleFrance26 Nov 197713.5 mi3026.8159,000
113 OportoPortugal7 Dec 200213.5 mi1526.7
114 BochumGermany26 May 197913.4 mi2926.7
115 CopenhagenDenmark19 Oct 200213.1 mi2226.5126,000
116 HelsinkiFinland3 Aug 198213.1 mi17113.1156,000
117 FrankfurtGermany4 Oct 196812.7 mi3134.2
118 EdmontonCanada22 Apr 197812.7 mi15112.7
119 EssenGermany5 Oct 196712.6 mi2734.2
120 GwangjuSouth Korea28 Apr 200412.5 mi20112.546,600
121 ChongqingChina18 Jun 200512.1 mi18112.1
122 HanoverGermany28 Sep 197511.6 mi2133.9
123 ChengduChina27 Sep 201011.5 mi16111.5
124 HiroshimaJapan20 Aug 199411.4 mi21111.449,300
125 MeccaSaudi Arabia13 Nov 201011.2 mi9111.2
126 Kryvyi RihUkraine26 Dec 198611.2 mi12111.2
127 SofiaBulgaria28 Jan 199811.2 mi14111.279,500
128 SevilleSpain2 Apr 200911.2 mi21111.2
129 CharleroiBelgium21 Jun 197610.9 mi2042.7
130 San JuanPuerto Rico6 Jun 200510.7 mi16110.724,700
131 ChangchunChinaOct 200210.6 mi16110.6
132 TamaJapan27 Nov 19989.9 mi1919.9
133 ChibaJapan28 Mar 19889.6 mi1824.8
134 Nizhny NovgorodRussia20 Nov 19859.6 mi1424.890,400
135 IstanbulTurkey16 Sep 20009.3 mi1019.3186,000
136 SendaiJapan15 Jul 19879.2 mi1719.2159,000
137 Santo DomingoDominican Republic30 Jan 20099.0 mi1619.0200,000
138 DuisburgGermany11 Jul 19928.9 mi1324.5
139 NovosibirskRussia7 Jan 19868.9 mi1324.4192,000
140 LausanneSwitzerland24 May 19918.5 mi2924.3
141 WuppertalGermany1 Mar 19018.3 mi2018.3
142 NahaJapan10 Aug 20038.0 mi1518.0
143 YerevanArmenia7 Mar 19817.5 mi1017.546,600
144 IzmirTurkey22 May 20007.1 mi1017.182,200
145 GlasgowUnited Kingdom14 Dec 18966.5 mi1516.541,100
146 SamaraRussia26 Dec 19876.3 mi916.332,900
147 LimaPeru13 Jan 20036.2 mi616.2
148 TurinItaly4 Feb 20066.0 mi1416.0
149 DuesseldorfGermany4 Oct 19816.0 mi1423.0
150 MulheimGermany3 Nov 19795.6 mi1322.8
151 RennesFrance16 Mar 20025.6 mi1515.663,000
152 BonnGermany22 Mar 19755.6 mi1215.6
153 KitakyushuJapan9 Jan 19855.5 mi1315.5
154 YekaterinburgRussia26 Apr 19915.3 mi715.3126,000
155 BuffaloUSA18 May 19855.2 mi815.2
156 Palma de MallorcaSpain25 Apr 20075.2 mi915.2
157 KazanRussia27 Aug 20055.2 mi615.219,200
158 AdanaTurkey18 Mar 20095.0 mi815.0
159 AntwerpBelgium25 Mar 19754.7 mi1122.4
160 DnepropetrovskUkraine29 Dec 19954.4 mi614.438,400
161 JacksonvilleUSA30 May 19894.3 mi614.3
162 KamakuraJapan3 Mar 19704.1 mi814.1
163 MaracaiboVenezuela8 Jun 20094.0 mi614.0
164 Las VegasUSA15 Jul 20043.9 mi713.9
165 ValenciaVenezuela18 Oct 20063.9 mi713.949,300
166 PoznanPoland1 Mar 19973.8 mi613.8
167 GelsenkirchenGermany1 Sep 19843.4 mi913.4
168 BielefeldGermany21 Sep 19713.2 mi740.8
169 GenoaItaly13 Jun 19903.2 mi713.2
170 DetroitUSAJul 19873.0 mi1313.0
171 LudwigshafenGermany29 May 19692.5 mi110
172 CataniaItaly27 Jun 19992.4 mi612.4
173 VolgogradRussia5 Nov 19842.1 mi212.1
174 PerugiaItaly29 Jan 20081.9 mi711.9
175 NewarkUSA26 May 19351.4 mi411.4
176 RouenFrance17 Dec 19941.4 mi511.4
177 HaifaIsrael19591.1 mi611.1
178 PittsburghUSA3 Jul 19850.9 mi310.9





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