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World Metro Database

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A list like this one and the metro systems that appear in it may always remain somewhat controversial. One reason is that definitions of what a metro is may vary according to whom you ask (a popular definition is here). Differences between commuter rail, metros and trams are increasingly fading as new hybrid trains allow metros to include sections in streets or shared with heavy rail. 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.

Stations* with an asterisk counts each interchange station as one. Passenger numbers are annual. 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 displayed.



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1 Buenos AiresArgentina1 Dec 19137647.5 km
2 YerevanArmenia7 Mar 19811012.1 km
3 SydneyAustralia19261422.1 km
4 ViennaAustria25 Feb 19789669.8 km
5 BakuAzerbaijan6 Nov 19672232.9 km
6 MinskBelarus26 Jun 19842530.3 km
7 BrusselsBelgium20 Sep 19766132.2 km
8 CharleroiBelgium21 Jun 19762017.5 km
9 AntwerpBelgium25 Mar 1975117.6 km
10 Rio de JaneiroBrazil5 Mar 19793442.0 km
11 RecifeBrazil11 Mar 19853039.7 km
12 BrasiliaBrazil31 Mar 20012342.0 km
13 Porto AlegreBrazil2 Mar 19851733.8 km
14 Belo HorizonteBrazil1 Aug 19861928.1 km
15 Sao PauloBrazil14 Sep 19745861.3 km
16 SofiaBulgaria28 Jan 19981418.0 km
17 MontrealCanada14 Oct 19667369.2 km
18 TorontoCanada30 Apr 19547471.3 km
19 EdmontonCanada22 Apr 19781113.1 km
20 VancouverCanada3 Jan 19864969.5 km
21 ValparaisoChile23 Nov 20052043.0 km
22 SantiagoChile15 Sep 19759383.0 km
23 ShenzhenChina28 Dec 20042325.3 km
24 ShanghaiChina10 Apr 1995230334.0 km
25 Hong KongChina1 Oct 197995188.1 km
26 BeijingChina1 Oct 1969147227.6 km
27 ShenyangChina23 Sep 20091822.2 km
28 GuangzhouChina28 Jun 199988148.5 km
29 TianjinChina28 Mar 20043772.0 km
30 DalianChina1 May 20031249.0 km
31 NanjingChina27 Aug 20051621.7 km
32 WuhanChina28 Sep 20041010.2 km
33 ChongqingChina18 Jun 20051819.5 km
34 ChangchunChinaOct 20021617.0 km
35 MedellinColombia30 Nov 19952628.8 km
36 PragueCzech Republic9 May 19745759.1 km
37 CopenhagenDenmark19 Oct 20022221.0 km
38 Santo DomingoDominican Republic30 Jan 20091614.5 km
39 CairoEgypt27 Sep 19875565.5 km
40 HelsinkiFinland3 Aug 19821721.0 km
41 ParisFrance19 Jul 1900380213.0 km
42 RouenFrance17 Dec 199452.2 km
43 MarseilleFrance26 Nov 19772619.3 km
44 LilleFrance25 Apr 19836245.5 km
45 RennesFrance16 Mar 2002159.0 km
46 LyonFrance28 Apr 19784330.7 km
47 ToulouseFrance26 Jun 19933827.5 km
48 TbilisiGeorgia11 Jan 19662226.3 km
49 EssenGermany5 Oct 19672720.2 km
50 GelsenkirchenGermany1 Sep 198495.5 km
51 DuisburgGermany11 Jul 19921314.3 km
52 WuppertalGermany1 Mar 19012013.3 km
53 HanoverGermany28 Sep 19752118.6 km
54 BerlinGermany18 Feb 1902195147.4 km
55 FrankfurtGermany4 Oct 19683120.5 km
56 DortmundGermany17 May 19763729.5 km
57 LudwigshafenGermany29 May 1969114.0 km
58 BochumGermany26 May 19792921.5 km
59 NurembergGermany1 Mar 19724634.6 km
60 StuttgartGermany10 Jun 19661924.0 km
61 CologneGermany11 Oct 19685145.0 km
62 MunichGermany19 Oct 197110092.5 km
63 BielefeldGermany21 Sep 197175.2 km
64 DuesseldorfGermany4 Oct 1981149.6 km
65 BonnGermany22 Mar 1975129.0 km
66 HamburgGermany1 Mar 191297100.7 km
67 MulheimGermany3 Nov 1979139.0 km
68 AthensGreece19545252.0 km
69 BudapestHungary2 May 18964233.0 km
70 KolkataIndia24 Oct 19842122.6 km
71 DelhiIndia24 Dec 20028396.2 km
72 MumbaiIndia73171.0 km
73 ChennaiIndia19 Oct 19971727.0 km
74 TehranIran21 Feb 20004750.5 km
75 HaifaIsrael195961.8 km
76 PerugiaItaly29 Jan 200873.0 km
77 NaplesItaly28 Mar 19933031.8 km
78 TurinItaly4 Feb 2006149.6 km
79 RomeItaly10 Feb 19554939.0 km
80 GenoaItaly13 Jun 199075.2 km
81 CataniaItaly27 Jun 199963.8 km
82 MilanItaly1 Nov 19648874.6 km
83 OsakaJapan20 May 1933133137.8 km
84 HiroshimaJapan20 Aug 19942118.4 km
85 NagoyaJapan15 Nov 19579389.0 km
86 ChibaJapan28 Mar 19881815.5 km
87 SendaiJapan15 Jul 19871714.8 km
88 TokyoJapan30 Dec 1927290304.5 km
89 KyotoJapan1 Apr 19813231.3 km
90 SapporoJapan16 Dec 19714948.0 km
91 KitakyushuJapan9 Jan 1985138.8 km
92 KamakuraJapan3 Mar 197086.6 km
93 YokohamaJapan16 Dec 19724857.6 km
94 NahaJapan10 Aug 20031512.8 km
95 KobeJapan13 Mar 19772630.6 km
96 FukuokaJapan26 Jul 19813529.8 km
97 TamaJapan27 Nov 19981916.0 km
98 Kuala LumpurMalaysia16 Dec 19966064.0 km
99 Mexico CityMexico5 Sep 1969175201.7 km
100 GuadalajaraMexico1 Sep 19892924.0 km
101 MonterreyMexico25 Apr 19913231.5 km
102 AmsterdamNetherlands16 Oct 19773332.7 km
103 The HagueNetherlands16 Oct 20043027.9 km
104 RotterdamNetherlands10 Feb 19683847.0 km
105 PyongyangNorth Korea6 Sep 19731622.5 km
106 OsloNorway22 May 19667262.0 km
107 LimaPeru13 Jan 2003610.0 km
108 ManilaPhilippines1 Dec 19844245.7 km
109 WarsawPoland7 Apr 19952122.6 km
110 PoznanPoland1 Mar 199766.1 km
111 LisbonPortugal29 Dec 19595241.0 km
112 OportoPortugal7 Dec 20021521.7 km
113 San JuanPuerto Rico6 Jun 20051617.2 km
114 BucharestRomania16 Nov 19795067.7 km
115 Saint PetersburgRussia15 Nov 195563110.2 km
116 KazanRussia27 Aug 200568.3 km
117 NovosibirskRussia7 Jan 19861314.3 km
118 SamaraRussia26 Dec 1987910.2 km
119 MoscowRussia15 May 1935180298.8 km
120 YekaterinburgRussia26 Apr 199178.5 km
121 VolgogradRussia5 Nov 198423.3 km
122 Nizhny NovgorodRussia20 Nov 19851415.5 km
123 SingaporeSingapore7 Nov 198776118.9 km
124 GwangjuSouth Korea28 Apr 20042020.1 km
125 BusanSouth Korea19 Jul 19859295.0 km
126 DaeguSouth Korea26 Nov 19975653.9 km
127 SeoulSouth Korea15 Aug 1974348286.9 km
128 IncheonSouth Korea6 Oct 19992929.5 km
129 DaejeonSouth Korea16 Mar 20062222.6 km
130 BilbaoSpain11 Nov 19953840.6 km
131 BarcelonaSpain30 Dec 1924152110.5 km
132 MadridSpain17 Oct 1919281284.0 km
133 ValenciaSpain3 Oct 19883831.8 km
134 Palma de MallorcaSpain25 Apr 200798.3 km
135 SevilleSpain2 Apr 20092118.0 km
136 StockholmSweden1 Oct 1950104105.7 km
137 LausanneSwitzerland24 May 19912913.7 km
138 TaipeiTaiwan28 Mar 19968590.6 km
139 KaohsiungTaiwan9 Mar 20083742.7 km
140 BangkokThailand5 Dec 19994446.3 km
141 BursaTurkey19 Aug 20022322.5 km
142 IstanbulTurkey16 Sep 20001015.0 km
143 AdanaTurkey18 Mar 200988.0 km
144 AnkaraTurkey30 Aug 19962323.1 km
145 IzmirTurkey22 May 20001011.5 km
146 DnepropetrovskUkraine29 Dec 199567.1 km
147 Kryvyi RihUkraine26 Dec 19861218.0 km
148 KharkovUkraine23 Aug 19752835.3 km
149 KievUkraine22 Oct 19604659.8 km
150 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates9 Sep 20091139.7 km
151 NewcastleUnited Kingdom7 Aug 19806176.5 km
152 LondonUnited Kingdom10 Jan 1863268408.0 km
153 GlasgowUnited Kingdom14 Dec 18961510.4 km
154 JacksonvilleUSA30 May 198966.9 km
155 NewarkUSA26 May 193542.2 km
156 Los AngelesUSA30 Jan 19933059.3 km
157 BostonUSA1 Sep 18976660.5 km
158 ClevelandUSA15 Mar 19551831.0 km
159 BaltimoreUSA21 Nov 19831424.5 km
160 WashingtonUSA27 Mar 197690171.2 km
161 ChicagoUSA6 Jun 1892151166.0 km
162 PhiladelphiaUSA4 Mar 19076662.0 km
163 MiamiUSA21 May 19842236.0 km
164 AtlantaUSA30 Jun 19793979.2 km
165 BuffaloUSA18 May 198588.4 km
166 Saint LouisUSA31 Jul 19933773.4 km
167 New YorkUSA27 Oct 1904468368.0 km
168 DetroitUSAJul 1987134.8 km
169 Las VegasUSA15 Jul 200476.2 km
170 SeattleUSA18 Jul 20091222.2 km
171 San FranciscoUSA11 Sep 197243166.9 km
172 PittsburghUSA3 Jul 198531.5 km
173 TashkentUzbekistan6 Nov 19772936.2 km
174 MaracaiboVenezuela8 Jun 200966.5 km
175 ValenciaVenezuela18 Oct 200676.2 km
176 CaracasVenezuela27 Mar 19835060.5 km


Numerical data (except ridership) by Jordi Serradell 1/2010. Ridership data by John Kennes 10/2009. Ticket prices by UBS: Prices and Earnings (PDF, p. 20) 2009. Non-numerical data by Mike Rohde 1/2010.




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