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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 ChicagoUSA"L"103.2 mi6 Jun 1892151542,000
2 San FranciscoUSABART103.7 mi11 Sep 197243274,000
3 BursaTurkeyBursaray14.0 mi19 Aug 200223
4 HaifaIsraelCarmelit1.1 mi19596
5 SydneyAustraliaCityrail13.7 mi192614
6 PoznanPolandFast Tram3.8 mi1 Mar 19976
7 SeattleUSALight Rail13.8 mi18 Jul 200912
8 EdmontonCanadaLight Rail12.7 mi22 Apr 197815
9 ChangchunChinaLRT10.6 miOct 200216
10 Kuala LumpurMalaysiaLRT, Monorail39.8 mi16 Dec 199660299,000
11 AtlantaUSAMARTA49.2 mi30 Jun 19793993,200
12 BakuAzerbaijanMetro20.4 mi6 Nov 196722482,000
13 KievUkraineMetro37.2 mi22 Oct 1960461.76 million
14 Saint PetersburgRussiaMetro68.5 mi15 Nov 1955632.25 million
15 MoscowRussiaMetro187.7 mi15 May 19351826.55 million
16 AmsterdamNetherlandsMetro20.3 mi16 Oct 197733233,000
17 MeccaSaudi ArabiaMetro11.2 mi13 Nov 20109
18 ValparaisoChileMetro26.7 mi23 Nov 200520
19 TbilisiGeorgiaMetro16.3 mi11 Jan 196622252,000
20 ShenyangChinaMetro17.3 mi27 Sep 201022
21 NovosibirskRussiaMetro8.9 mi7 Jan 198613192,000
22 DelhiIndiaMetro86.2 mi24 Dec 2002116838,000
23 MinskBelarusMetro18.8 mi26 Jun 198425718,000
24 RotterdamNetherlandsMetro29.2 mi10 Feb 196838238,000
25 PyongyangNorth KoreaMetro14.0 mi6 Sep 19731695,900
26 BucharestRomaniaMetro42.1 mi16 Nov 197950304,000
27 Santo DomingoDominican RepublicMetro9.0 mi30 Jan 200916200,000
28 DnepropetrovskUkraineMetro4.4 mi29 Dec 1995638,400
29 YerevanArmeniaMetro7.5 mi7 Mar 19811046,600
30 WarsawPolandMetro14.0 mi7 Apr 199521345,000
31 SantiagoChileMetro57.4 mi15 Sep 19751011.67 million
32 KharkovUkraineMetro21.9 mi23 Aug 197528762,000
33 CopenhagenDenmarkMetro13.1 mi19 Oct 200222126,000
34 MontrealCanadaMetro43.0 mi14 Oct 196673600,000
35 IzmirTurkeyMetro7.1 mi22 May 20001082,200
36 ValenciaVenezuelaMetro3.9 mi18 Oct 2006749,300
37 CaracasVenezuelaMetro37.6 mi27 Mar 1983501.25 million
38 TokyoJapanMetro189.2 mi30 Dec 19272908.7 million
39 Mexico CityMexicoMetro125.4 mi5 Sep 19691753.88 million
40 HelsinkiFinlandMetro13.1 mi3 Aug 198217156,000
41 Porto AlegreBrazilMetro21.0 mi2 Mar 198517
42 MadridSpainMetro176.5 mi17 Oct 19192811.78 million
43 GuangzhouChinaMetro109.6 mi28 Jun 19991111.85 million
44 TashkentUzbekistanMetro22.5 mi6 Nov 197729195,000
45 DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesMetro32.4 mi9 Sep 200926
46 Palma de MallorcaSpainMetro5.2 mi25 Apr 20079
47 LisbonPortugalMetro25.5 mi29 Dec 195952488,000
48 ShanghaiChinaMetro261.0 mi10 Apr 19952783.56 million
49 Nizhny NovgorodRussiaMetro9.6 mi20 Nov 19851490,400
50 DalianChinaMetro30.5 mi1 May 200312
51 WuhanChinaMetro17.4 mi28 Sep 20042735,600
52 NanjingChinaMetro52.6 mi27 Aug 200557400,000
53 SamaraRussiaMetro6.3 mi26 Dec 1987932,900
54 AnkaraTurkeyMetro14.4 mi30 Aug 199623310,000
55 TehranIranMetro41.0 mi21 Feb 2000551.26 million
56 PragueCzech RepublicMetro36.7 mi9 May 1974571.6 million
57 MaracaiboVenezuelaMetro4.0 mi8 Jun 20096
58 ChengduChinaMetro11.5 mi27 Sep 201016
59 ShenzhenChinaMetro15.7 mi28 Dec 200423362,000
60 LausanneSwitzerlandMetro8.5 mi24 May 199129
61 BilbaoSpainMetro25.2 mi11 Nov 199538238,000
62 BarcelonaSpainMetro74.2 mi30 Dec 19241621.11 million
63 YekaterinburgRussiaMetro5.3 mi26 Apr 19917126,000
64 AthensGreeceMetro32.3 mi195453937,000
65 VolgogradRussiaMetro2.1 mi5 Nov 19842
66 KazanRussiaMetro5.2 mi27 Aug 2005619,200
67 MonterreyMexicoMetro19.6 mi25 Apr 199132
68 IstanbulTurkeyMetro9.3 mi16 Sep 200010186,000
69 ValenciaSpainMetro19.8 mi3 Oct 198838
70 CairoEgyptMetro40.7 mi27 Sep 1987551.92 million
71 TianjinChinaMetro44.7 mi28 Mar 20043741,100
72 MedellinColombiaMetro17.9 mi30 Nov 199526425,000
73 OportoPortugalMetro13.5 mi7 Dec 200215
74 GuadalajaraMexicoMetro14.9 mi1 Sep 198929
75 BudapestHungaryMetro20.5 mi2 May 189642814,000
76 AdanaTurkeyMetro5.0 mi18 Mar 20098
77 SofiaBulgariaMetro11.2 mi28 Jan 19981479,500
78 NewcastleUnited KingdomMetro47.5 mi7 Aug 198061104,000
79 SevilleSpainMetro11.2 mi2 Apr 200921
80 BuffaloUSAMetro Rail5.2 mi18 May 19858
81 Los AngelesUSAMetro Rail36.9 mi30 Jan 199330129,000
82 KolkataIndiaMetro Railway14.0 mi24 Oct 198423474,000
83 BaltimoreUSAMetro Subway15.2 mi21 Nov 19831435,600
84 Saint LouisUSAMetrolink45.6 mi31 Jul 199337
85 CataniaItalyMetropolitana2.4 mi27 Jun 19996
86 NaplesItalyMetropolitana19.8 mi28 Mar 19933079,500
87 TurinItalyMetropolitana6.0 mi4 Feb 200614
88 RomeItalyMetropolitana24.2 mi10 Feb 195549907,000
89 MilanItalyMetropolitana46.4 mi1 Nov 196488899,000
90 GenoaItalyMetropolitana3.2 mi13 Jun 19907
91 WashingtonUSAMetrorail106.4 mi27 Mar 197690611,000
92 MiamiUSAMetrorail22.4 mi21 May 19842249,300
93 Kryvyi RihUkraineMetrotram11.2 mi26 Dec 198612
94 Sao PauloBrazilMetrô43.3 mi14 Sep 1974631.93 million
95 Rio de JaneiroBrazilMetrô26.1 mi5 Mar 197934370,000
96 BrasiliaBrazilMetrô26.1 mi31 Mar 20012443,800
97 RecifeBrazilMetrô24.7 mi11 Mar 198530
98 Belo HorizonteBrazilMetrô17.5 mi1 Aug 198619
99 ParisFranceMétro132.4 mi19 Jul 19003804.05 million
100 MarseilleFranceMétro13.5 mi26 Nov 197730159,000
101 LilleFranceMétro28.3 mi25 Apr 198362203,000
102 RennesFranceMétro5.6 mi16 Mar 20021563,000
103 ToulouseFranceMétro17.1 mi26 Jun 199338115,000
104 BrusselsBelgiumMétro20.0 mi20 Sep 197661364,000
105 RouenFranceMétro1.4 mi17 Dec 19945
106 LyonFranceMétro19.1 mi28 Apr 197843499,000
107 CharleroiBelgiumMétro Léger10.9 mi21 Jun 197620
108 PerugiaItalyMinimetro1.9 mi29 Jan 20087
109 NahaJapanMonorail8.0 mi10 Aug 200315
110 HiroshimaJapanMonorail11.4 mi20 Aug 19942149,300
111 Las VegasUSAMonorail3.9 mi15 Jul 20047
112 ChibaJapanMonorail9.6 mi28 Mar 198818
113 KitakyushuJapanMonorail5.5 mi9 Jan 198513
114 KamakuraJapanMonorail4.1 mi3 Mar 19708
115 ChongqingChinaMonorail12.1 mi18 Jun 200518
116 TamaJapanMonorail9.9 mi27 Nov 199819
117 ManilaPhilippinesMRT32.0 mi1 Dec 198443948,000
118 KaohsiungTaiwanMRT26.5 mi9 Mar 20083782,200
119 TaipeiTaiwanMRT58.5 mi28 Mar 1996851.27 million
120 SingaporeSingaporeMRT80.6 mi7 Nov 1987871.81 million
121 ChennaiIndiaMRTS16.8 mi19 Oct 199717
122 Hong KongChinaMTR116.9 mi1 Oct 1979953.62 million
123 DetroitUSAPeople Mover3.0 miJul 198713
124 AntwerpBelgiumPremetro4.7 mi25 Mar 197511
125 The HagueNetherlandsRandstadRail17.3 mi16 Oct 200430
126 ClevelandUSARapid Transit19.3 mi15 Mar 19551813,700
127 WuppertalGermanySchwebebahn8.3 mi1 Mar 190120
128 VancouverCanadaSkyTrain43.2 mi3 Jan 198649203,000
129 BangkokThailandSkytrain, MRT46.6 mi5 Dec 199952564,000
130 JacksonvilleUSASkyway4.3 mi30 May 19896
131 GelsenkirchenGermanyStadtbahn3.4 mi1 Sep 19849
132 StuttgartGermanyStadtbahn14.9 mi10 Jun 196619
133 DuisburgGermanyStadtbahn8.9 mi11 Jul 199213
134 BielefeldGermanyStadtbahn3.2 mi21 Sep 19717
135 LudwigshafenGermanyStadtbahn2.5 mi29 May 196911
136 BochumGermanyStadtbahn13.4 mi26 May 197929
137 EssenGermanyStadtbahn12.6 mi5 Oct 196727
138 DuesseldorfGermanyStadtbahn6.0 mi4 Oct 198114
139 MulheimGermanyStadtbahn5.6 mi3 Nov 197913
140 CologneGermanyStadtbahn28.0 mi11 Oct 196851
141 HanoverGermanyStadtbahn11.6 mi28 Sep 197521
142 BonnGermanyStadtbahn5.6 mi22 Mar 197512
143 DortmundGermanyStadtbahn18.3 mi17 May 197637
144 Buenos AiresArgentinaSubte29.9 mi1 Dec 191377789,000
145 MumbaiIndiaSuburban Railway106.3 mi73
146 DaeguSouth KoreaSubway33.5 mi26 Nov 199756301,000
147 TorontoCanadaSubway44.3 mi30 Apr 195474762,000
148 GwangjuSouth KoreaSubway12.5 mi28 Apr 20042046,600
149 KobeJapanSubway19.0 mi13 Mar 197726332,000
150 IncheonSouth KoreaSubway18.3 mi6 Oct 199929200,000
151 BusanSouth KoreaSubway59.0 mi19 Jul 198592704,000
152 GlasgowUnited KingdomSubway6.5 mi14 Dec 18961541,100
153 OsakaJapanSubway85.6 mi20 May 19331332.36 million
154 NewarkUSASubway1.4 mi26 May 19354
155 BeijingChinaSubway141.4 mi1 Oct 19691473.99 million
156 SeoulSouth KoreaSubway178.3 mi15 Aug 19743485.61 million
157 NagoyaJapanSubway55.3 mi15 Nov 1957931.17 million
158 FukuokaJapanSubway18.5 mi26 Jul 198135340,000
159 KyotoJapanSubway19.5 mi1 Apr 198132345,000
160 DaejeonSouth KoreaSubway14.0 mi16 Mar 20062279,500
161 SapporoJapanSubway29.8 mi16 Dec 197149573,000
162 PhiladelphiaUSASubway38.5 mi4 Mar 190766192,000
163 SendaiJapanSubway9.2 mi15 Jul 198717159,000
164 New YorkUSASubway228.7 mi27 Oct 19044684.33 million
165 YokohamaJapanSubway35.8 mi16 Dec 197248542,000
166 OsloNorwayT-Bane38.5 mi22 May 196673214,000
167 PittsburghUSAThe T0.9 mi3 Jul 19853
168 BostonUSAThe T37.6 mi1 Sep 189766400,000
169 San JuanPuerto RicoTren Urbano10.7 mi6 Jun 20051624,700
170 LimaPeruTren Urbano6.2 mi13 Jan 20036
171 StockholmSwedenTunnelbana65.7 mi1 Oct 1950104841,000
172 ViennaAustriaU-Bahn46.4 mi25 Feb 19781021.4 million
173 HamburgGermanyU-Bahn62.6 mi1 Mar 191297518,000
174 BerlinGermanyU-Bahn91.6 mi18 Feb 19021951.39 million
175 NurembergGermanyU-Bahn21.5 mi1 Mar 197246315,000
176 MunichGermanyU-Bahn58.5 mi19 Oct 1971102962,000
177 FrankfurtGermanyU-Bahn12.7 mi4 Oct 196831
178 LondonUnited KingdomUnderground253.6 mi10 Jan 18632682.99 million





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