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





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