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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 1904468228.7 mi2717.34.33 million
2 ParisFrance19 Jul 1900380132.4 mi1623.84.05 million
3 CologneGermany11 Oct 19685128.0 mi153.4
4 TokyoJapan30 Dec 1927290189.2 mi1322.38.7 million
5 MadridSpain17 Oct 1919281176.5 mi1321.61.78 million
6 MoscowRussia15 May 1935182187.7 mi1215.26.55 million
7 ShanghaiChina10 Apr 1995278261.0 mi1223.23.56 million
8 LondonUnited Kingdom10 Jan 1863268253.6 mi1124.42.99 million
9 Mexico CityMexico5 Sep 1969175125.4 mi1115.93.88 million
10 BarcelonaSpain30 Dec 192416274.2 mi1114.71.11 million
11 SeoulSouth Korea15 Aug 1974348178.3 mi1034.85.61 million
12 BerlinGermany18 Feb 190219591.6 mi1019.51.39 million
13 OsakaJapan20 May 193313385.6 mi914.82.36 million
14 BeijingChina1 Oct 1969147141.4 mi916.33.99 million
15 Hong KongChina1 Oct 197995116.9 mi910.63.62 million
16 ChicagoUSA6 Jun 1892151103.2 mi818.9542,000
17 TaipeiTaiwan28 Mar 19968558.5 mi810.61.27 million
18 Buenos AiresArgentina1 Dec 19137729.9 mi612.8789,000
19 MunichGermany19 Oct 197110258.5 mi617.0962,000
20 WashingtonUSA27 Mar 197690106.4 mi518.0611,000
21 Sao PauloBrazil14 Sep 19746343.3 mi512.61.93 million
22 Saint PetersburgRussia15 Nov 19556368.5 mi512.62.25 million
23 MumbaiIndia73106.3 mi514.6
24 ViennaAustria25 Feb 197810246.4 mi520.41.4 million
25 San FranciscoUSA11 Sep 197243103.7 mi58.6274,000
26 SantiagoChile15 Sep 197510157.4 mi520.21.67 million
27 CaracasVenezuela27 Mar 19835037.6 mi510.01.25 million
28 GuangzhouChina28 Jun 1999111109.6 mi522.21.85 million
29 OsloNorway22 May 19667338.5 mi514.6214,000
30 AmsterdamNetherlands16 Oct 19773320.3 mi48.3233,000
31 TorontoCanada30 Apr 19547444.3 mi418.5762,000
32 BielefeldGermany21 Sep 197173.2 mi41.8
33 BangkokThailand5 Dec 19995246.6 mi413.0564,000
34 DelhiIndia24 Dec 200211686.2 mi429.0838,000
35 CharleroiBelgium21 Jun 19762010.9 mi45.0
36 BucharestRomania16 Nov 19795042.1 mi412.5304,000
37 SingaporeSingapore7 Nov 19878780.6 mi421.81.81 million
38 NagoyaJapan15 Nov 19579355.3 mi423.31.17 million
39 MontrealCanada14 Oct 19667343.0 mi418.3600,000
40 LisbonPortugal29 Dec 19595225.5 mi413.0488,000
41 LyonFrance28 Apr 19784319.1 mi410.8499,000
42 KievUkraine22 Oct 19604637.2 mi315.31.76 million
43 ManilaPhilippines1 Dec 19844332.0 mi314.3948,000
44 NaplesItaly28 Mar 19933019.8 mi310.079,500
45 HamburgGermany1 Mar 19129762.6 mi332.3518,000
46 BusanSouth Korea19 Jul 19859259.0 mi330.7704,000
47 The HagueNetherlands16 Oct 20043017.3 mi310.0
48 EssenGermany5 Oct 19672712.6 mi39.0
49 KharkovUkraine23 Aug 19752821.9 mi39.3762,000
50 TashkentUzbekistan6 Nov 19772922.5 mi39.7195,000
51 StockholmSweden1 Oct 195010465.7 mi334.7841,000
52 FukuokaJapan26 Jul 19813518.5 mi311.7340,000
53 BostonUSA1 Sep 18976637.6 mi322.0400,000
54 SapporoJapan16 Dec 19714929.8 mi316.3573,000
55 VancouverCanada3 Jan 19864943.2 mi316.3203,000
56 MilanItaly1 Nov 19648846.4 mi329.3899,000
57 TehranIran21 Feb 20005541.0 mi318.31.26 million
58 PragueCzech Republic9 May 19745736.7 mi319.01.6 million
59 BrusselsBelgium20 Sep 19766120.0 mi320.3364,000
60 SydneyAustralia19261413.7 mi34.7
61 PhiladelphiaUSA4 Mar 19076638.5 mi322.0192,000
62 Los AngelesUSA30 Jan 19933036.9 mi310.0129,000
63 NurembergGermany1 Mar 19724621.5 mi315.3315,000
64 AthensGreece19545332.3 mi317.7937,000
65 ValenciaSpain3 Oct 19883819.8 mi312.7
66 HanoverGermany28 Sep 19752111.6 mi37.0
67 BudapestHungary2 May 18964220.5 mi314.0814,000
68 FrankfurtGermany4 Oct 19683112.7 mi310.3
69 DortmundGermany17 May 19763718.3 mi312.3
70 YokohamaJapan16 Dec 19724835.8 mi316.0542,000
71 Kuala LumpurMalaysia16 Dec 19966039.8 mi320.0299,000
72 DaeguSouth Korea26 Nov 19975633.5 mi228.0301,000
73 BakuAzerbaijan6 Nov 19672220.4 mi211.0482,000
74 Rio de JaneiroBrazil5 Mar 19793426.1 mi217.0370,000
75 TbilisiGeorgia11 Jan 19662216.3 mi211.0252,000
76 StuttgartGermany10 Jun 19661914.9 mi29.5
77 DuisburgGermany11 Jul 1992138.9 mi26.5
78 NovosibirskRussia7 Jan 1986138.9 mi26.5192,000
79 KobeJapan13 Mar 19772619.0 mi213.0332,000
80 KaohsiungTaiwan9 Mar 20083726.5 mi218.582,200
81 AntwerpBelgium25 Mar 1975114.7 mi25.5
82 RotterdamNetherlands10 Feb 19683829.2 mi219.0238,000
83 MinskBelarus26 Jun 19842518.8 mi212.5718,000
84 PyongyangNorth Korea6 Sep 19731614.0 mi28.095,900
85 MarseilleFrance26 Nov 19773013.5 mi215.0159,000
86 LilleFrance25 Apr 19836228.3 mi231.0203,000
87 BochumGermany26 May 19792913.4 mi214.5
88 CopenhagenDenmark19 Oct 20022213.1 mi211.0126,000
89 AtlantaUSA30 Jun 19793949.2 mi219.593,200
90 ChibaJapan28 Mar 1988189.6 mi29.0
91 Saint LouisUSA31 Jul 19933745.6 mi218.5
92 KyotoJapan1 Apr 19813219.5 mi216.0345,000
93 DuesseldorfGermany4 Oct 1981146.0 mi27.0
94 Nizhny NovgorodRussia20 Nov 1985149.6 mi27.090,400
95 NanjingChina27 Aug 20055752.6 mi228.5400,000
96 AnkaraTurkey30 Aug 19962314.4 mi211.5310,000
97 MulheimGermany3 Nov 1979135.6 mi26.5
98 ToulouseFrance26 Jun 19933817.1 mi219.0115,000
99 RomeItaly10 Feb 19554924.2 mi224.5907,000
100 LausanneSwitzerland24 May 1991298.5 mi214.5
101 BilbaoSpain11 Nov 19953825.2 mi219.0238,000
102 ShenzhenChina28 Dec 20042315.7 mi211.5362,000
103 MonterreyMexico25 Apr 19913219.6 mi216.0
104 RecifeBrazil11 Mar 19853024.7 mi215.0
105 MedellinColombia30 Nov 19952617.9 mi213.0425,000
106 CairoEgypt27 Sep 19875540.7 mi227.51.92 million
107 TianjinChina28 Mar 20043744.7 mi218.541,100
108 GuadalajaraMexico1 Sep 19892914.9 mi214.5
109 OportoPortugal7 Dec 20021513.5 mi27.5
110 NewcastleUnited Kingdom7 Aug 19806147.5 mi230.5104,000
111 NahaJapan10 Aug 2003158.0 mi115.0
112 JacksonvilleUSA30 May 198964.3 mi16.0
113 MeccaSaudi Arabia13 Nov 2010911.2 mi19.0
114 ValparaisoChile23 Nov 20052026.7 mi120.0
115 MiamiUSA21 May 19842222.4 mi122.049,300
116 HiroshimaJapan20 Aug 19942111.4 mi121.049,300
117 CataniaItaly27 Jun 199962.4 mi16.0
118 GwangjuSouth Korea28 Apr 20042012.5 mi120.046,600
119 BuffaloUSA18 May 198585.2 mi18.0
120 PoznanPoland1 Mar 199763.8 mi16.0
121 GelsenkirchenGermany1 Sep 198493.4 mi19.0
122 BrasiliaBrazil31 Mar 20012426.1 mi124.043,800
123 Las VegasUSA15 Jul 200473.9 mi17.0
124 PerugiaItaly29 Jan 200871.9 mi17.0
125 ShenyangChina27 Sep 20102217.3 mi122.0
126 WuppertalGermany1 Mar 1901208.3 mi120.0
127 SeattleUSA18 Jul 20091213.8 mi112.0
128 ClevelandUSA15 Mar 19551819.3 mi118.013,700
129 TurinItaly4 Feb 2006146.0 mi114.0
130 IncheonSouth Korea6 Oct 19992918.3 mi129.0200,000
131 PittsburghUSA3 Jul 198530.9 mi13.0
132 GlasgowUnited Kingdom14 Dec 1896156.5 mi115.041,100
133 Santo DomingoDominican Republic30 Jan 2009169.0 mi116.0200,000
134 DnepropetrovskUkraine29 Dec 199564.4 mi16.038,400
135 YerevanArmenia7 Mar 1981107.5 mi110.046,600
136 NewarkUSA26 May 193541.4 mi14.0
137 Kryvyi RihUkraine26 Dec 19861211.2 mi112.0
138 WarsawPoland7 Apr 19952114.0 mi121.0345,000
139 ValenciaVenezuela18 Oct 200673.9 mi17.049,300
140 IzmirTurkey22 May 2000107.1 mi110.082,200
141 RennesFrance16 Mar 2002155.6 mi115.063,000
142 HelsinkiFinland3 Aug 19821713.1 mi117.0156,000
143 Porto AlegreBrazil2 Mar 19851721.0 mi117.0
144 Palma de MallorcaSpain25 Apr 200795.2 mi19.0
145 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates9 Sep 20092632.4 mi126.0
146 DalianChina1 May 20031230.5 mi112.0
147 WuhanChina28 Sep 20042717.4 mi127.035,600
148 KitakyushuJapan9 Jan 1985135.5 mi113.0
149 DaejeonSouth Korea16 Mar 20062214.0 mi122.079,500
150 BaltimoreUSA21 Nov 19831415.2 mi114.035,600
151 KamakuraJapan3 Mar 197084.1 mi18.0
152 ChongqingChina18 Jun 20051812.1 mi118.0
153 SamaraRussia26 Dec 198796.3 mi19.032,900
154 ChangchunChinaOct 20021610.6 mi116.0
155 MaracaiboVenezuela8 Jun 200964.0 mi16.0
156 HaifaIsrael195961.1 mi16.0
157 BursaTurkey19 Aug 20022314.0 mi123.0
158 GenoaItaly13 Jun 199073.2 mi17.0
159 EdmontonCanada22 Apr 19781512.7 mi115.0
160 ChengduChina27 Sep 20101611.5 mi116.0
161 YekaterinburgRussia26 Apr 199175.3 mi17.0126,000
162 SendaiJapan15 Jul 1987179.2 mi117.0159,000
163 KolkataIndia24 Oct 19842314.0 mi123.0474,000
164 DetroitUSAJul 1987133.0 mi113.0
165 KazanRussia27 Aug 200565.2 mi16.019,200
166 VolgogradRussia5 Nov 198422.1 mi12.0
167 San JuanPuerto Rico6 Jun 20051610.7 mi116.024,700
168 ChennaiIndia19 Oct 19971716.8 mi117.0
169 RouenFrance17 Dec 199451.4 mi15.0
170 IstanbulTurkey16 Sep 2000109.3 mi110.0186,000
171 TamaJapan27 Nov 1998199.9 mi119.0
172 SofiaBulgaria28 Jan 19981411.2 mi114.079,500
173 LimaPeru13 Jan 200366.2 mi16.0
174 BonnGermany22 Mar 1975125.6 mi112.0
175 AdanaTurkey18 Mar 200985.0 mi18.0
176 Belo HorizonteBrazil1 Aug 19861917.5 mi119.0
177 SevilleSpain2 Apr 20092111.2 mi121.0
178 LudwigshafenGermany29 May 1969112.5 mi0





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