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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 ChicagoUSA6 Jun 1892"L"151542,000
2 San FranciscoUSA11 Sep 1972BART43274,000
3 BursaTurkey19 Aug 2002Bursaray23
4 HaifaIsrael1959Carmelit6
5 SydneyAustralia1926Cityrail14
6 PoznanPoland1 Mar 1997Fast Tram6
7 SeattleUSA18 Jul 2009Light Rail12
8 EdmontonCanada22 Apr 1978Light Rail15
9 ChangchunChinaOct 2002LRT16
10 Kuala LumpurMalaysia16 Dec 1996LRT, Monorail60299,000
11 AtlantaUSA30 Jun 1979MARTA3993,200
12 KievUkraine22 Oct 1960Metro461.76 million
13 BakuAzerbaijan6 Nov 1967Metro22482,000
14 AmsterdamNetherlands16 Oct 1977Metro33233,000
15 MeccaSaudi Arabia13 Nov 2010Metro9
16 ValparaisoChile23 Nov 2005Metro20
17 Saint PetersburgRussia15 Nov 1955Metro632.25 million
18 MoscowRussia15 May 1935Metro1826.55 million
19 TbilisiGeorgia11 Jan 1966Metro22252,000
20 ShenyangChina27 Sep 2010Metro22
21 NovosibirskRussia7 Jan 1986Metro13192,000
22 DelhiIndia24 Dec 2002Metro116838,000
23 RotterdamNetherlands10 Feb 1968Metro38238,000
24 MinskBelarus26 Jun 1984Metro25718,000
25 PyongyangNorth Korea6 Sep 1973Metro1695,900
26 BucharestRomania16 Nov 1979Metro50304,000
27 Santo DomingoDominican Republic30 Jan 2009Metro16200,000
28 YerevanArmenia7 Mar 1981Metro1046,600
29 DnepropetrovskUkraine29 Dec 1995Metro638,400
30 KharkovUkraine23 Aug 1975Metro28762,000
31 CopenhagenDenmark19 Oct 2002Metro22126,000
32 WarsawPoland7 Apr 1995Metro21345,000
33 SantiagoChile15 Sep 1975Metro1011.67 million
34 ValenciaVenezuela18 Oct 2006Metro749,300
35 MontrealCanada14 Oct 1966Metro73600,000
36 IzmirTurkey22 May 2000Metro1082,200
37 Mexico CityMexico5 Sep 1969Metro1753.88 million
38 HelsinkiFinland3 Aug 1982Metro17156,000
39 CaracasVenezuela27 Mar 1983Metro501.25 million
40 TokyoJapan30 Dec 1927Metro2908.7 million
41 TashkentUzbekistan6 Nov 1977Metro29195,000
42 Porto AlegreBrazil2 Mar 1985Metro17
43 MadridSpain17 Oct 1919Metro2811.78 million
44 GuangzhouChina28 Jun 1999Metro1111.85 million
45 Palma de MallorcaSpain25 Apr 2007Metro9
46 LisbonPortugal29 Dec 1959Metro52488,000
47 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates9 Sep 2009Metro26
48 DalianChina1 May 2003Metro12
49 ShanghaiChina10 Apr 1995Metro2783.56 million
50 Nizhny NovgorodRussia20 Nov 1985Metro1490,400
51 NanjingChina27 Aug 2005Metro57400,000
52 WuhanChina28 Sep 2004Metro2735,600
53 AnkaraTurkey30 Aug 1996Metro23310,000
54 SamaraRussia26 Dec 1987Metro932,900
55 TehranIran21 Feb 2000Metro551.26 million
56 PragueCzech Republic9 May 1974Metro571.6 million
57 MaracaiboVenezuela8 Jun 2009Metro6
58 LausanneSwitzerland24 May 1991Metro29
59 BilbaoSpain11 Nov 1995Metro38238,000
60 ChengduChina27 Sep 2010Metro16
61 ShenzhenChina28 Dec 2004Metro23362,000
62 BarcelonaSpain30 Dec 1924Metro1621.11 million
63 YekaterinburgRussia26 Apr 1991Metro7126,000
64 KazanRussia27 Aug 2005Metro619,200
65 AthensGreece1954Metro53937,000
66 VolgogradRussia5 Nov 1984Metro2
67 ValenciaSpain3 Oct 1988Metro38
68 MonterreyMexico25 Apr 1991Metro32
69 IstanbulTurkey16 Sep 2000Metro10186,000
70 MedellinColombia30 Nov 1995Metro26425,000
71 CairoEgypt27 Sep 1987Metro551.92 million
72 TianjinChina28 Mar 2004Metro3741,100
73 BudapestHungary2 May 1896Metro42814,000
74 OportoPortugal7 Dec 2002Metro15
75 GuadalajaraMexico1 Sep 1989Metro29
76 AdanaTurkey18 Mar 2009Metro8
77 SofiaBulgaria28 Jan 1998Metro1479,500
78 SevilleSpain2 Apr 2009Metro21
79 NewcastleUnited Kingdom7 Aug 1980Metro61104,000
80 BuffaloUSA18 May 1985Metro Rail8
81 Los AngelesUSA30 Jan 1993Metro Rail30129,000
82 KolkataIndia24 Oct 1984Metro Railway23474,000
83 BaltimoreUSA21 Nov 1983Metro Subway1435,600
84 Saint LouisUSA31 Jul 1993Metrolink37
85 CataniaItaly27 Jun 1999Metropolitana6
86 NaplesItaly28 Mar 1993Metropolitana3079,500
87 TurinItaly4 Feb 2006Metropolitana14
88 RomeItaly10 Feb 1955Metropolitana49907,000
89 MilanItaly1 Nov 1964Metropolitana88899,000
90 GenoaItaly13 Jun 1990Metropolitana7
91 WashingtonUSA27 Mar 1976Metrorail90611,000
92 MiamiUSA21 May 1984Metrorail2249,300
93 Kryvyi RihUkraine26 Dec 1986Metrotram12
94 Sao PauloBrazil14 Sep 1974Metrô631.93 million
95 Rio de JaneiroBrazil5 Mar 1979Metrô34370,000
96 BrasiliaBrazil31 Mar 2001Metrô2443,800
97 RecifeBrazil11 Mar 1985Metrô30
98 Belo HorizonteBrazil1 Aug 1986Metrô19
99 ParisFrance19 Jul 1900Métro3804.05 million
100 MarseilleFrance26 Nov 1977Métro30159,000
101 LilleFrance25 Apr 1983Métro62203,000
102 RennesFrance16 Mar 2002Métro1563,000
103 ToulouseFrance26 Jun 1993Métro38115,000
104 BrusselsBelgium20 Sep 1976Métro61364,000
105 RouenFrance17 Dec 1994Métro5
106 LyonFrance28 Apr 1978Métro43499,000
107 CharleroiBelgium21 Jun 1976Métro Léger20
108 PerugiaItaly29 Jan 2008Minimetro7
109 NahaJapan10 Aug 2003Monorail15
110 HiroshimaJapan20 Aug 1994Monorail2149,300
111 Las VegasUSA15 Jul 2004Monorail7
112 ChibaJapan28 Mar 1988Monorail18
113 KitakyushuJapan9 Jan 1985Monorail13
114 KamakuraJapan3 Mar 1970Monorail8
115 ChongqingChina18 Jun 2005Monorail18
116 TamaJapan27 Nov 1998Monorail19
117 ManilaPhilippines1 Dec 1984MRT43948,000
118 KaohsiungTaiwan9 Mar 2008MRT3782,200
119 TaipeiTaiwan28 Mar 1996MRT851.27 million
120 SingaporeSingapore7 Nov 1987MRT871.81 million
121 ChennaiIndia19 Oct 1997MRTS17
122 Hong KongChina1 Oct 1979MTR953.62 million
123 DetroitUSAJul 1987People Mover13
124 AntwerpBelgium25 Mar 1975Premetro11
125 The HagueNetherlands16 Oct 2004RandstadRail30
126 ClevelandUSA15 Mar 1955Rapid Transit1813,700
127 WuppertalGermany1 Mar 1901Schwebebahn20
128 VancouverCanada3 Jan 1986SkyTrain49203,000
129 BangkokThailand5 Dec 1999Skytrain, MRT52564,000
130 JacksonvilleUSA30 May 1989Skyway6
131 StuttgartGermany10 Jun 1966Stadtbahn19
132 GelsenkirchenGermany1 Sep 1984Stadtbahn9
133 DuisburgGermany11 Jul 1992Stadtbahn13
134 BielefeldGermany21 Sep 1971Stadtbahn7
135 LudwigshafenGermany29 May 1969Stadtbahn11
136 EssenGermany5 Oct 1967Stadtbahn27
137 BochumGermany26 May 1979Stadtbahn29
138 DuesseldorfGermany4 Oct 1981Stadtbahn14
139 MulheimGermany3 Nov 1979Stadtbahn13
140 CologneGermany11 Oct 1968Stadtbahn51
141 HanoverGermany28 Sep 1975Stadtbahn21
142 BonnGermany22 Mar 1975Stadtbahn12
143 DortmundGermany17 May 1976Stadtbahn37
144 Buenos AiresArgentina1 Dec 1913Subte77789,000
145 MumbaiIndiaSuburban Railway73
146 DaeguSouth Korea26 Nov 1997Subway56301,000
147 TorontoCanada30 Apr 1954Subway74762,000
148 GwangjuSouth Korea28 Apr 2004Subway2046,600
149 KobeJapan13 Mar 1977Subway26332,000
150 IncheonSouth Korea6 Oct 1999Subway29200,000
151 BusanSouth Korea19 Jul 1985Subway92704,000
152 GlasgowUnited Kingdom14 Dec 1896Subway1541,100
153 OsakaJapan20 May 1933Subway1332.36 million
154 BeijingChina1 Oct 1969Subway1473.99 million
155 SeoulSouth Korea15 Aug 1974Subway3485.61 million
156 NewarkUSA26 May 1935Subway4
157 NagoyaJapan15 Nov 1957Subway931.17 million
158 FukuokaJapan26 Jul 1981Subway35340,000
159 KyotoJapan1 Apr 1981Subway32345,000
160 SapporoJapan16 Dec 1971Subway49573,000
161 DaejeonSouth Korea16 Mar 2006Subway2279,500
162 PhiladelphiaUSA4 Mar 1907Subway66192,000
163 SendaiJapan15 Jul 1987Subway17159,000
164 New YorkUSA27 Oct 1904Subway4684.33 million
165 YokohamaJapan16 Dec 1972Subway48542,000
166 OsloNorway22 May 1966T-Bane73214,000
167 PittsburghUSA3 Jul 1985The T3
168 BostonUSA1 Sep 1897The T66400,000
169 San JuanPuerto Rico6 Jun 2005Tren Urbano1624,700
170 LimaPeru13 Jan 2003Tren Urbano6
171 StockholmSweden1 Oct 1950Tunnelbana104841,000
172 ViennaAustria25 Feb 1978U-Bahn1021.4 million
173 HamburgGermany1 Mar 1912U-Bahn97518,000
174 BerlinGermany18 Feb 1902U-Bahn1951.39 million
175 NurembergGermany1 Mar 1972U-Bahn46315,000
176 MunichGermany19 Oct 1971U-Bahn102962,000
177 FrankfurtGermany4 Oct 1968U-Bahn31
178 LondonUnited Kingdom10 Jan 1863Underground2682.99 million





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