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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 mi4684220.544.33 million
2 ParisFrance19 Jul 1900132.4 mi3803000.444.05 million
3 SeoulSouth Korea15 Aug 1974178.3 mi3482980.605.61 million
4 LondonUnited Kingdom10 Jan 1863253.6 mi2682680.952.99 million
5 ShanghaiChina10 Apr 1995261.0 mi2782351.113.56 million
6 MadridSpain17 Oct 1919176.5 mi2812310.761.78 million
7 TokyoJapan30 Dec 1927189.2 mi2902050.928.7 million
8 BerlinGermany18 Feb 190291.6 mi1951730.531.39 million
9 Mexico CityMexico5 Sep 1969125.4 mi1751470.853.88 million
10 MoscowRussia15 May 1935187.7 mi1821461.296.55 million
11 ChicagoUSA6 Jun 1892103.2 mi1511440.72542,000
12 BarcelonaSpain30 Dec 192474.2 mi1621350.551.11 million
13 BeijingChina1 Oct 1969141.4 mi1471251.133.99 million
14 DelhiIndia24 Dec 200286.2 mi1161130.76838,000
15 OsakaJapan20 May 193385.6 mi1331040.822.36 million
16 GuangzhouChina28 Jun 1999109.6 mi1111011.081.85 million
17 StockholmSweden1 Oct 195065.7 mi1041000.66841,000
18 MunichGermany19 Oct 197158.5 mi102960.61962,000
19 SantiagoChile15 Sep 197557.4 mi101930.621.67 million
20 ViennaAustria25 Feb 197846.4 mi102900.521.4 million
21 HamburgGermany1 Mar 191262.6 mi97890.70518,000
22 BusanSouth Korea19 Jul 198559.0 mi92880.67704,000
23 WashingtonUSA27 Mar 1976106.4 mi90861.24611,000
24 MilanItaly1 Nov 196446.4 mi88840.55899,000
25 NagoyaJapan15 Nov 195755.3 mi93820.671.17 million
26 Hong KongChina1 Oct 1979116.9 mi95821.433.62 million
27 TaipeiTaiwan28 Mar 199658.5 mi85800.731.27 million
28 SingaporeSingapore7 Nov 198780.6 mi87781.031.81 million
29 MumbaiIndia106.3 mi73731.46
30 OsloNorway22 May 196638.5 mi73730.53214,000
31 TorontoCanada30 Apr 195444.3 mi74690.64762,000
32 MontrealCanada14 Oct 196643.0 mi73680.63600,000
33 Buenos AiresArgentina1 Dec 191329.9 mi77680.44789,000
34 PhiladelphiaUSA4 Mar 190738.5 mi66620.62192,000
35 LilleFrance25 Apr 198328.3 mi62600.47203,000
36 BostonUSA1 Sep 189737.6 mi66600.63400,000
37 Sao PauloBrazil14 Sep 197443.3 mi63590.731.93 million
38 BrusselsBelgium20 Sep 197620.0 mi61590.34364,000
39 Kuala LumpurMalaysia16 Dec 199639.8 mi60560.71299,000
40 DaeguSouth Korea26 Nov 199733.5 mi56550.61301,000
41 Saint PetersburgRussia15 Nov 195568.5 mi63551.252.25 million
42 NanjingChina27 Aug 200552.6 mi57550.96400,000
43 PragueCzech Republic9 May 197436.7 mi57540.681.6 million
44 CairoEgypt27 Sep 198740.7 mi55530.771.92 million
45 TehranIran21 Feb 200041.0 mi55520.791.26 million
46 CologneGermany11 Oct 196828.0 mi51510.55
47 NewcastleUnited Kingdom7 Aug 198047.5 mi61500.95104,000
48 AthensGreece195432.3 mi53490.66937,000
49 RomeItaly10 Feb 195524.2 mi49480.50907,000
50 VancouverCanada3 Jan 198643.2 mi49470.92203,000
51 BangkokThailand5 Dec 199946.6 mi52461.01564,000
52 CaracasVenezuela27 Mar 198337.6 mi50460.821.25 million
53 LisbonPortugal29 Dec 195925.5 mi52460.55488,000
54 SapporoJapan16 Dec 197129.8 mi49460.65573,000
55 YokohamaJapan16 Dec 197235.8 mi48450.80542,000
56 NurembergGermany1 Mar 197221.5 mi46440.49315,000
57 KievUkraine22 Oct 196037.2 mi46430.861.76 million
58 San FranciscoUSA11 Sep 1972103.7 mi43432.41274,000
59 BucharestRomania16 Nov 197942.1 mi50430.98304,000
60 ManilaPhilippines1 Dec 198432.0 mi43400.80948,000
61 BudapestHungary2 May 189620.5 mi42400.51814,000
62 LyonFrance28 Apr 197819.1 mi43390.49499,000
63 AtlantaUSA30 Jun 197949.2 mi39381.3093,200
64 BilbaoSpain11 Nov 199525.2 mi38380.66238,000
65 RotterdamNetherlands10 Feb 196829.2 mi38370.79238,000
66 Saint LouisUSA31 Jul 199345.6 mi37371.23
67 ToulouseFrance26 Jun 199317.1 mi38370.46115,000
68 ValenciaSpain3 Oct 198819.8 mi38370.53
69 TianjinChina28 Mar 200444.7 mi37371.2141,100
70 DortmundGermany17 May 197618.3 mi37370.49
71 KaohsiungTaiwan9 Mar 200826.5 mi37360.7482,200
72 Rio de JaneiroBrazil5 Mar 197926.1 mi34340.77370,000
73 FukuokaJapan26 Jul 198118.5 mi35340.54340,000
74 AmsterdamNetherlands16 Oct 197720.3 mi33330.62233,000
75 KyotoJapan1 Apr 198119.5 mi32310.63345,000
76 MonterreyMexico25 Apr 199119.6 mi32310.63
77 The HagueNetherlands16 Oct 200417.3 mi30300.58
78 Los AngelesUSA30 Jan 199336.9 mi30301.23129,000
79 IncheonSouth Korea6 Oct 199918.3 mi29290.63200,000
80 NaplesItaly28 Mar 199319.8 mi30280.7179,500
81 MarseilleFrance26 Nov 197713.5 mi30280.48159,000
82 LausanneSwitzerland24 May 19918.5 mi29280.30
83 RecifeBrazil11 Mar 198524.7 mi30280.88
84 GuadalajaraMexico1 Sep 198914.9 mi29280.53
85 EssenGermany5 Oct 196712.6 mi27270.47
86 BochumGermany26 May 197913.4 mi29270.50
87 WuhanChina28 Sep 200417.4 mi27270.6435,600
88 FrankfurtGermany4 Oct 196812.7 mi31270.47
89 TashkentUzbekistan6 Nov 197722.5 mi29260.87195,000
90 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates9 Sep 200932.4 mi26261.25
91 KharkovUkraine23 Aug 197521.9 mi28250.88762,000
92 MedellinColombia30 Nov 199517.9 mi26250.72425,000
93 BrasiliaBrazil31 Mar 200126.1 mi24241.0943,800
94 KobeJapan13 Mar 197719.0 mi26240.79332,000
95 MinskBelarus26 Jun 198418.8 mi25240.78718,000
96 BursaTurkey19 Aug 200214.0 mi23230.61
97 KolkataIndia24 Oct 198414.0 mi23230.61474,000
98 MiamiUSA21 May 198422.4 mi22221.0249,300
99 ShenyangChina27 Sep 201017.3 mi22220.79
100 CopenhagenDenmark19 Oct 200213.1 mi22220.59126,000
101 DaejeonSouth Korea16 Mar 200614.0 mi22220.6479,500
102 AnkaraTurkey30 Aug 199614.4 mi23220.65310,000
103 ShenzhenChina28 Dec 200415.7 mi23220.71362,000
104 BakuAzerbaijan6 Nov 196720.4 mi22210.97482,000
105 HiroshimaJapan20 Aug 199411.4 mi21210.5449,300
106 TbilisiGeorgia11 Jan 196616.3 mi22210.78252,000
107 WarsawPoland7 Apr 199514.0 mi21210.67345,000
108 SevilleSpain2 Apr 200911.2 mi21210.53
109 ValparaisoChile23 Nov 200526.7 mi20201.34
110 GwangjuSouth Korea28 Apr 200412.5 mi20200.6246,600
111 WuppertalGermany1 Mar 19018.3 mi20200.41
112 CharleroiBelgium21 Jun 197610.9 mi20200.54
113 TamaJapan27 Nov 19989.9 mi19190.52
114 Belo HorizonteBrazil1 Aug 198617.5 mi19190.92
115 ClevelandUSA15 Mar 195519.3 mi18181.0713,700
116 ChibaJapan28 Mar 19889.6 mi18180.54
117 ChongqingChina18 Jun 200512.1 mi18180.67
118 StuttgartGermany10 Jun 196614.9 mi19170.88
119 HelsinkiFinland3 Aug 198213.1 mi17170.77156,000
120 Porto AlegreBrazil2 Mar 198521.0 mi17171.24
121 SendaiJapan15 Jul 19879.2 mi17170.54159,000
122 ChennaiIndia19 Oct 199716.8 mi17170.99
123 HanoverGermany28 Sep 197511.6 mi21170.68
124 Santo DomingoDominican Republic30 Jan 20099.0 mi16160.56200,000
125 ChangchunChinaOct 200210.6 mi16160.66
126 ChengduChina27 Sep 201011.5 mi16160.72
127 San JuanPuerto Rico6 Jun 200510.7 mi16160.6724,700
128 NahaJapan10 Aug 20038.0 mi15150.53
129 PyongyangNorth Korea6 Sep 197314.0 mi16150.9395,900
130 GlasgowUnited Kingdom14 Dec 18966.5 mi15150.4341,100
131 RennesFrance16 Mar 20025.6 mi15150.3763,000
132 EdmontonCanada22 Apr 197812.7 mi15150.85
133 TurinItaly4 Feb 20066.0 mi14140.43
134 DuesseldorfGermany4 Oct 19816.0 mi14140.43
135 BaltimoreUSA21 Nov 198315.2 mi14141.0935,600
136 SydneyAustralia192613.7 mi14140.98
137 OportoPortugal7 Dec 200213.5 mi15140.96
138 SofiaBulgaria28 Jan 199811.2 mi14140.8079,500
139 DuisburgGermany11 Jul 19928.9 mi13130.69
140 Nizhny NovgorodRussia20 Nov 19859.6 mi14130.7490,400
141 KitakyushuJapan9 Jan 19855.5 mi13130.42
142 DetroitUSAJul 19873.0 mi13130.23
143 NovosibirskRussia7 Jan 19868.9 mi13120.74192,000
144 SeattleUSA18 Jul 200913.8 mi12121.15
145 Kryvyi RihUkraine26 Dec 198611.2 mi12120.93
146 DalianChina1 May 200330.5 mi12122.54
147 MulheimGermany3 Nov 19795.6 mi13120.47
148 BonnGermany22 Mar 19755.6 mi12120.47
149 AntwerpBelgium25 Mar 19754.7 mi11110.43
150 LudwigshafenGermany29 May 19692.5 mi11110.23
151 YerevanArmenia7 Mar 19817.5 mi10100.7546,600
152 IzmirTurkey22 May 20007.1 mi10100.7182,200
153 IstanbulTurkey16 Sep 20009.3 mi10100.93186,000
154 MeccaSaudi Arabia13 Nov 201011.2 mi991.25
155 GelsenkirchenGermany1 Sep 19843.4 mi990.38
156 Palma de MallorcaSpain25 Apr 20075.2 mi990.57
157 SamaraRussia26 Dec 19876.3 mi990.7032,900
158 BuffaloUSA18 May 19855.2 mi880.65
159 KamakuraJapan3 Mar 19704.1 mi880.51
160 AdanaTurkey18 Mar 20095.0 mi880.62
161 BielefeldGermany21 Sep 19713.2 mi770.46
162 PerugiaItaly29 Jan 20081.9 mi770.27
163 Las VegasUSA15 Jul 20043.9 mi770.55
164 ValenciaVenezuela18 Oct 20063.9 mi770.5549,300
165 GenoaItaly13 Jun 19903.2 mi770.46
166 YekaterinburgRussia26 Apr 19915.3 mi770.75126,000
167 JacksonvilleUSA30 May 19894.3 mi660.71
168 CataniaItaly27 Jun 19992.4 mi660.39
169 PoznanPoland1 Mar 19973.8 mi660.63
170 DnepropetrovskUkraine29 Dec 19954.4 mi660.7438,400
171 HaifaIsrael19591.1 mi660.18
172 MaracaiboVenezuela8 Jun 20094.0 mi660.67
173 KazanRussia27 Aug 20055.2 mi660.8619,200
174 LimaPeru13 Jan 20036.2 mi661.04
175 RouenFrance17 Dec 19941.4 mi550.27
176 NewarkUSA26 May 19351.4 mi440.34
177 PittsburghUSA3 Jul 19850.9 mi330.30
178 VolgogradRussia5 Nov 19842.1 mi221.03





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