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





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