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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 km4684220.87
2 ParisFrance19 Jul 1900213.0 km3803000.71
3 SeoulSouth Korea15 Aug 1974286.9 km3482980.96
4 TokyoJapan30 Dec 1927304.5 km2902051.49
5 MadridSpain17 Oct 1919284.0 km2812311.23
6 ShanghaiChina10 Apr 1995420.0 km2782351.79
7 LondonUnited Kingdom10 Jan 1863408.0 km2682681.52
8 BerlinGermany18 Feb 1902147.4 km1951730.85
9 MoscowRussia15 May 1935302.0 km1821462.07
10 Mexico CityMexico5 Sep 1969201.7 km1751471.37
11 BarcelonaSpain30 Dec 1924119.4 km1621350.88
12 ChicagoUSA6 Jun 1892166.0 km1511441.15
13 BeijingChina1 Oct 1969227.6 km1471251.82
14 OsakaJapan20 May 1933137.8 km1331041.33
15 DelhiIndia24 Dec 2002138.8 km1161131.23
16 GuangzhouChina28 Jun 1999176.3 km1111011.75
17 StockholmSweden1 Oct 1950105.7 km1041001.06
18 ViennaAustria25 Feb 197874.6 km102900.83
19 MunichGermany19 Oct 197194.2 km102960.98
20 SantiagoChile15 Sep 197592.4 km101930.99
21 HamburgGermany1 Mar 1912100.7 km97891.13
22 Hong KongChina1 Oct 1979188.1 km95822.29
23 NagoyaJapan15 Nov 195789.0 km93821.09
24 BusanSouth Korea19 Jul 198595.0 km92881.08
25 WashingtonUSA27 Mar 1976171.2 km90861.99
26 MilanItaly1 Nov 196474.6 km88840.89
27 SingaporeSingapore7 Nov 1987129.7 km87781.66
28 TaipeiTaiwan28 Mar 199694.2 km85801.18
29 Buenos AiresArgentina1 Dec 191348.1 km77680.71
30 TorontoCanada30 Apr 195471.3 km74691.03
31 MumbaiIndia171.0 km73732.34
32 MontrealCanada14 Oct 196669.2 km73681.02
33 OsloNorway22 May 196662.0 km73730.85
34 BostonUSA1 Sep 189760.5 km66601.01
35 PhiladelphiaUSA4 Mar 190762.0 km66621.00
36 Sao PauloBrazil14 Sep 197469.7 km63591.18
37 Saint PetersburgRussia15 Nov 1955110.2 km63552.00
38 LilleFrance25 Apr 198345.5 km62600.76
39 BrusselsBelgium20 Sep 197632.2 km61590.55
40 NewcastleUnited Kingdom7 Aug 198076.5 km61501.53
41 Kuala LumpurMalaysia16 Dec 199664.0 km60561.14
42 NanjingChina27 Aug 200584.7 km57551.54
43 PragueCzech Republic9 May 197459.1 km57541.09
44 DaeguSouth Korea26 Nov 199753.9 km56550.98
45 TehranIran21 Feb 200066.0 km55521.27
46 CairoEgypt27 Sep 198765.5 km55531.24
47 AthensGreece195452.0 km53491.06
48 BangkokThailand5 Dec 199974.9 km52461.63
49 LisbonPortugal29 Dec 195941.0 km52460.89
50 CologneGermany11 Oct 196845.0 km51510.88
51 BucharestRomania16 Nov 197967.7 km50431.57
52 CaracasVenezuela27 Mar 198360.5 km50461.32
53 SapporoJapan16 Dec 197148.0 km49461.04
54 VancouverCanada3 Jan 198669.5 km49471.48
55 RomeItaly10 Feb 195539.0 km49480.81
56 YokohamaJapan16 Dec 197257.6 km48451.28
57 KievUkraine22 Oct 196059.8 km46431.39
58 NurembergGermany1 Mar 197234.6 km46440.79
59 ManilaPhilippines1 Dec 198451.5 km43401.29
60 San FranciscoUSA11 Sep 1972166.9 km43433.88
61 LyonFrance28 Apr 197830.7 km43390.79
62 BudapestHungary2 May 189633.0 km42400.83
63 AtlantaUSA30 Jun 197979.2 km39382.08
64 RotterdamNetherlands10 Feb 196847.0 km38371.27
65 ToulouseFrance26 Jun 199327.5 km38370.74
66 BilbaoSpain11 Nov 199540.6 km38381.07
67 ValenciaSpain3 Oct 198831.8 km38370.86
68 KaohsiungTaiwan9 Mar 200842.7 km37361.19
69 Saint LouisUSA31 Jul 199373.4 km37371.98
70 TianjinChina28 Mar 200472.0 km37371.95
71 DortmundGermany17 May 197629.5 km37370.80
72 FukuokaJapan26 Jul 198129.8 km35340.88
73 Rio de JaneiroBrazil5 Mar 197942.0 km34341.24
74 AmsterdamNetherlands16 Oct 197732.7 km33330.99
75 KyotoJapan1 Apr 198131.3 km32311.01
76 MonterreyMexico25 Apr 199131.5 km32311.02
77 FrankfurtGermany4 Oct 196820.5 km31270.76
78 NaplesItaly28 Mar 199331.8 km30281.14
79 MarseilleFrance26 Nov 197721.8 km30280.78
80 The HagueNetherlands16 Oct 200427.9 km30300.93
81 Los AngelesUSA30 Jan 199359.3 km30301.98
82 RecifeBrazil11 Mar 198539.7 km30281.42
83 IncheonSouth Korea6 Oct 199929.5 km29291.02
84 BochumGermany26 May 197921.5 km29270.80
85 TashkentUzbekistan6 Nov 197736.2 km29261.39
86 LausanneSwitzerland24 May 199113.7 km29280.49
87 GuadalajaraMexico1 Sep 198924.0 km29280.86
88 KharkovUkraine23 Aug 197535.3 km28251.41
89 EssenGermany5 Oct 196720.2 km27270.75
90 WuhanChina28 Sep 200428.0 km27271.04
91 KobeJapan13 Mar 197730.6 km26241.28
92 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates9 Sep 200952.1 km26262.00
93 MedellinColombia30 Nov 199528.8 km26251.15
94 MinskBelarus26 Jun 198430.3 km25241.26
95 BrasiliaBrazil31 Mar 200142.0 km24241.75
96 AnkaraTurkey30 Aug 199623.1 km23221.05
97 BursaTurkey19 Aug 200222.5 km23230.98
98 ShenzhenChina28 Dec 200425.3 km23221.15
99 KolkataIndia24 Oct 198422.6 km23230.98
100 BakuAzerbaijan6 Nov 196732.9 km22211.56
101 MiamiUSA21 May 198436.0 km22221.64
102 TbilisiGeorgia11 Jan 196626.3 km22211.25
103 ShenyangChina27 Sep 201027.8 km22221.26
104 CopenhagenDenmark19 Oct 200221.0 km22220.95
105 DaejeonSouth Korea16 Mar 200622.6 km22221.03
106 HiroshimaJapan20 Aug 199418.4 km21210.88
107 WarsawPoland7 Apr 199522.6 km21211.08
108 HanoverGermany28 Sep 197518.6 km21171.09
109 SevilleSpain2 Apr 200918.0 km21210.86
110 ValparaisoChile23 Nov 200543.0 km20202.15
111 GwangjuSouth Korea28 Apr 200420.1 km20201.01
112 WuppertalGermany1 Mar 190113.3 km20200.67
113 CharleroiBelgium21 Jun 197617.5 km20200.88
114 StuttgartGermany10 Jun 196624.0 km19171.41
115 TamaJapan27 Nov 199816.0 km19190.84
116 Belo HorizonteBrazil1 Aug 198628.1 km19191.48
117 ClevelandUSA15 Mar 195531.0 km18181.72
118 ChibaJapan28 Mar 198815.5 km18180.86
119 ChongqingChina18 Jun 200519.5 km18181.08
120 HelsinkiFinland3 Aug 198221.0 km17171.24
121 Porto AlegreBrazil2 Mar 198533.8 km17171.99
122 SendaiJapan15 Jul 198714.8 km17170.87
123 ChennaiIndia19 Oct 199727.0 km17171.59
124 PyongyangNorth Korea6 Sep 197322.5 km16151.50
125 Santo DomingoDominican Republic30 Jan 200914.5 km16160.91
126 ChangchunChinaOct 200217.0 km16161.06
127 ChengduChina27 Sep 201018.5 km16161.16
128 San JuanPuerto Rico6 Jun 200517.2 km16161.08
129 NahaJapan10 Aug 200312.8 km15150.85
130 GlasgowUnited Kingdom14 Dec 189610.4 km15150.69
131 RennesFrance16 Mar 20029.0 km15150.60
132 EdmontonCanada22 Apr 197820.4 km15151.36
133 OportoPortugal7 Dec 200221.7 km15141.55
134 TurinItaly4 Feb 20069.6 km14140.69
135 DuesseldorfGermany4 Oct 19819.6 km14140.68
136 Nizhny NovgorodRussia20 Nov 198515.5 km14131.19
137 BaltimoreUSA21 Nov 198324.5 km14141.75
138 SydneyAustralia192622.1 km14141.58
139 SofiaBulgaria28 Jan 199818.0 km14141.29
140 NovosibirskRussia7 Jan 198614.3 km13121.19
141 DuisburgGermany11 Jul 199214.3 km13131.10
142 KitakyushuJapan9 Jan 19858.8 km13130.68
143 MulheimGermany3 Nov 19799.0 km13120.75
144 DetroitUSAJul 19874.8 km13130.37
145 SeattleUSA18 Jul 200922.2 km12121.85
146 Kryvyi RihUkraine26 Dec 198618.0 km12121.50
147 DalianChina1 May 200349.0 km12124.08
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 km10101.21
152 IzmirTurkey22 May 200011.5 km10101.15
153 IstanbulTurkey16 Sep 200015.0 km10101.50
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 km991.13
158 BuffaloUSA18 May 19858.4 km881.04
159 KamakuraJapan3 Mar 19706.6 km880.82
160 AdanaTurkey18 Mar 20098.0 km881.00
161 Las VegasUSA15 Jul 20046.2 km770.89
162 BielefeldGermany21 Sep 19715.2 km770.74
163 PerugiaItaly29 Jan 20083.0 km770.43
164 ValenciaVenezuela18 Oct 20066.2 km770.89
165 GenoaItaly13 Jun 19905.2 km770.74
166 YekaterinburgRussia26 Apr 19918.5 km771.21
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 km661.18
171 MaracaiboVenezuela8 Jun 20096.5 km661.08
172 HaifaIsrael19591.8 km660.29
173 KazanRussia27 Aug 20058.3 km661.38
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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