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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"6 Jun 1892103.2 mi151
2 San FranciscoUSABART11 Sep 1972103.7 mi43
3 BursaTurkeyBursaray19 Aug 200214.0 mi23
4 HaifaIsraelCarmelit19591.1 mi6
5 SydneyAustraliaCityrail192613.7 mi14
6 PoznanPolandFast Tram1 Mar 19973.8 mi6
7 SeattleUSALight Rail18 Jul 200913.8 mi12
8 EdmontonCanadaLight Rail22 Apr 197812.7 mi15
9 ChangchunChinaLRTOct 200210.6 mi16
10 Kuala LumpurMalaysiaLRT, Monorail16 Dec 199639.8 mi60
11 AtlantaUSAMARTA30 Jun 197949.2 mi39
12 KievUkraineMetro22 Oct 196037.2 mi46
13 BakuAzerbaijanMetro6 Nov 196720.4 mi22
14 AmsterdamNetherlandsMetro16 Oct 197720.3 mi33
15 MeccaSaudi ArabiaMetro13 Nov 201011.2 mi9
16 ValparaisoChileMetro23 Nov 200526.7 mi20
17 Saint PetersburgRussiaMetro15 Nov 195568.5 mi63
18 MoscowRussiaMetro15 May 1935187.7 mi182
19 TbilisiGeorgiaMetro11 Jan 196616.3 mi22
20 ShenyangChinaMetro27 Sep 201017.3 mi22
21 NovosibirskRussiaMetro7 Jan 19868.9 mi13
22 DelhiIndiaMetro24 Dec 200286.2 mi116
23 RotterdamNetherlandsMetro10 Feb 196829.2 mi38
24 MinskBelarusMetro26 Jun 198418.8 mi25
25 PyongyangNorth KoreaMetro6 Sep 197314.0 mi16
26 BucharestRomaniaMetro16 Nov 197942.1 mi50
27 Santo DomingoDominican RepublicMetro30 Jan 20099.0 mi16
28 YerevanArmeniaMetro7 Mar 19817.5 mi10
29 DnepropetrovskUkraineMetro29 Dec 19954.4 mi6
30 KharkovUkraineMetro23 Aug 197521.9 mi28
31 CopenhagenDenmarkMetro19 Oct 200213.1 mi22
32 WarsawPolandMetro7 Apr 199514.0 mi21
33 SantiagoChileMetro15 Sep 197557.4 mi101
34 ValenciaVenezuelaMetro18 Oct 20063.9 mi7
35 MontrealCanadaMetro14 Oct 196643.0 mi73
36 IzmirTurkeyMetro22 May 20007.1 mi10
37 Mexico CityMexicoMetro5 Sep 1969125.4 mi175
38 HelsinkiFinlandMetro3 Aug 198213.1 mi17
39 CaracasVenezuelaMetro27 Mar 198337.6 mi50
40 TokyoJapanMetro30 Dec 1927189.2 mi290
41 TashkentUzbekistanMetro6 Nov 197722.5 mi29
42 Porto AlegreBrazilMetro2 Mar 198521.0 mi17
43 MadridSpainMetro17 Oct 1919176.5 mi281
44 GuangzhouChinaMetro28 Jun 1999109.6 mi111
45 Palma de MallorcaSpainMetro25 Apr 20075.2 mi9
46 LisbonPortugalMetro29 Dec 195925.5 mi52
47 DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesMetro9 Sep 200932.4 mi26
48 DalianChinaMetro1 May 200330.5 mi12
49 ShanghaiChinaMetro10 Apr 1995261.0 mi278
50 Nizhny NovgorodRussiaMetro20 Nov 19859.6 mi14
51 NanjingChinaMetro27 Aug 200552.6 mi57
52 WuhanChinaMetro28 Sep 200417.4 mi27
53 AnkaraTurkeyMetro30 Aug 199614.4 mi23
54 SamaraRussiaMetro26 Dec 19876.3 mi9
55 TehranIranMetro21 Feb 200041.0 mi55
56 PragueCzech RepublicMetro9 May 197436.7 mi57
57 MaracaiboVenezuelaMetro8 Jun 20094.0 mi6
58 LausanneSwitzerlandMetro24 May 19918.5 mi29
59 BilbaoSpainMetro11 Nov 199525.2 mi38
60 ChengduChinaMetro27 Sep 201011.5 mi16
61 ShenzhenChinaMetro28 Dec 200415.7 mi23
62 BarcelonaSpainMetro30 Dec 192474.2 mi162
63 YekaterinburgRussiaMetro26 Apr 19915.3 mi7
64 KazanRussiaMetro27 Aug 20055.2 mi6
65 AthensGreeceMetro195432.3 mi53
66 VolgogradRussiaMetro5 Nov 19842.1 mi2
67 ValenciaSpainMetro3 Oct 198819.8 mi38
68 MonterreyMexicoMetro25 Apr 199119.6 mi32
69 IstanbulTurkeyMetro16 Sep 20009.3 mi10
70 MedellinColombiaMetro30 Nov 199517.9 mi26
71 CairoEgyptMetro27 Sep 198740.7 mi55
72 TianjinChinaMetro28 Mar 200444.7 mi37
73 BudapestHungaryMetro2 May 189620.5 mi42
74 OportoPortugalMetro7 Dec 200213.5 mi15
75 GuadalajaraMexicoMetro1 Sep 198914.9 mi29
76 AdanaTurkeyMetro18 Mar 20095.0 mi8
77 SofiaBulgariaMetro28 Jan 199811.2 mi14
78 SevilleSpainMetro2 Apr 200911.2 mi21
79 NewcastleUnited KingdomMetro7 Aug 198047.5 mi61
80 BuffaloUSAMetro Rail18 May 19855.2 mi8
81 Los AngelesUSAMetro Rail30 Jan 199336.9 mi30
82 KolkataIndiaMetro Railway24 Oct 198414.0 mi23
83 BaltimoreUSAMetro Subway21 Nov 198315.2 mi14
84 Saint LouisUSAMetrolink31 Jul 199345.6 mi37
85 CataniaItalyMetropolitana27 Jun 19992.4 mi6
86 NaplesItalyMetropolitana28 Mar 199319.8 mi30
87 TurinItalyMetropolitana4 Feb 20066.0 mi14
88 RomeItalyMetropolitana10 Feb 195524.2 mi49
89 MilanItalyMetropolitana1 Nov 196446.4 mi88
90 GenoaItalyMetropolitana13 Jun 19903.2 mi7
91 WashingtonUSAMetrorail27 Mar 1976106.4 mi90
92 MiamiUSAMetrorail21 May 198422.4 mi22
93 Kryvyi RihUkraineMetrotram26 Dec 198611.2 mi12
94 Sao PauloBrazilMetrô14 Sep 197443.3 mi63
95 Rio de JaneiroBrazilMetrô5 Mar 197926.1 mi34
96 BrasiliaBrazilMetrô31 Mar 200126.1 mi24
97 RecifeBrazilMetrô11 Mar 198524.7 mi30
98 Belo HorizonteBrazilMetrô1 Aug 198617.5 mi19
99 ParisFranceMétro19 Jul 1900132.4 mi380
100 MarseilleFranceMétro26 Nov 197713.5 mi30
101 LilleFranceMétro25 Apr 198328.3 mi62
102 RennesFranceMétro16 Mar 20025.6 mi15
103 ToulouseFranceMétro26 Jun 199317.1 mi38
104 BrusselsBelgiumMétro20 Sep 197620.0 mi61
105 RouenFranceMétro17 Dec 19941.4 mi5
106 LyonFranceMétro28 Apr 197819.1 mi43
107 CharleroiBelgiumMétro Léger21 Jun 197610.9 mi20
108 PerugiaItalyMinimetro29 Jan 20081.9 mi7
109 NahaJapanMonorail10 Aug 20038.0 mi15
110 HiroshimaJapanMonorail20 Aug 199411.4 mi21
111 Las VegasUSAMonorail15 Jul 20043.9 mi7
112 ChibaJapanMonorail28 Mar 19889.6 mi18
113 KitakyushuJapanMonorail9 Jan 19855.5 mi13
114 KamakuraJapanMonorail3 Mar 19704.1 mi8
115 ChongqingChinaMonorail18 Jun 200512.1 mi18
116 TamaJapanMonorail27 Nov 19989.9 mi19
117 ManilaPhilippinesMRT1 Dec 198432.0 mi43
118 KaohsiungTaiwanMRT9 Mar 200826.5 mi37
119 TaipeiTaiwanMRT28 Mar 199658.5 mi85
120 SingaporeSingaporeMRT7 Nov 198780.6 mi87
121 ChennaiIndiaMRTS19 Oct 199716.8 mi17
122 Hong KongChinaMTR1 Oct 1979116.9 mi95
123 DetroitUSAPeople MoverJul 19873.0 mi13
124 AntwerpBelgiumPremetro25 Mar 19754.7 mi11
125 The HagueNetherlandsRandstadRail16 Oct 200417.3 mi30
126 ClevelandUSARapid Transit15 Mar 195519.3 mi18
127 WuppertalGermanySchwebebahn1 Mar 19018.3 mi20
128 VancouverCanadaSkyTrain3 Jan 198643.2 mi49
129 BangkokThailandSkytrain, MRT5 Dec 199946.6 mi52
130 JacksonvilleUSASkyway30 May 19894.3 mi6
131 StuttgartGermanyStadtbahn10 Jun 196614.9 mi19
132 GelsenkirchenGermanyStadtbahn1 Sep 19843.4 mi9
133 DuisburgGermanyStadtbahn11 Jul 19928.9 mi13
134 BielefeldGermanyStadtbahn21 Sep 19713.2 mi7
135 LudwigshafenGermanyStadtbahn29 May 19692.5 mi11
136 EssenGermanyStadtbahn5 Oct 196712.6 mi27
137 BochumGermanyStadtbahn26 May 197913.4 mi29
138 DuesseldorfGermanyStadtbahn4 Oct 19816.0 mi14
139 MulheimGermanyStadtbahn3 Nov 19795.6 mi13
140 CologneGermanyStadtbahn11 Oct 196828.0 mi51
141 HanoverGermanyStadtbahn28 Sep 197511.6 mi21
142 BonnGermanyStadtbahn22 Mar 19755.6 mi12
143 DortmundGermanyStadtbahn17 May 197618.3 mi37
144 Buenos AiresArgentinaSubte1 Dec 191329.9 mi77
145 MumbaiIndiaSuburban Railway106.3 mi73
146 DaeguSouth KoreaSubway26 Nov 199733.5 mi56
147 TorontoCanadaSubway30 Apr 195444.3 mi74
148 GwangjuSouth KoreaSubway28 Apr 200412.5 mi20
149 KobeJapanSubway13 Mar 197719.0 mi26
150 IncheonSouth KoreaSubway6 Oct 199918.3 mi29
151 BusanSouth KoreaSubway19 Jul 198559.0 mi92
152 GlasgowUnited KingdomSubway14 Dec 18966.5 mi15
153 OsakaJapanSubway20 May 193385.6 mi133
154 BeijingChinaSubway1 Oct 1969141.4 mi147
155 SeoulSouth KoreaSubway15 Aug 1974178.3 mi348
156 NewarkUSASubway26 May 19351.4 mi4
157 NagoyaJapanSubway15 Nov 195755.3 mi93
158 FukuokaJapanSubway26 Jul 198118.5 mi35
159 KyotoJapanSubway1 Apr 198119.5 mi32
160 SapporoJapanSubway16 Dec 197129.8 mi49
161 DaejeonSouth KoreaSubway16 Mar 200614.0 mi22
162 PhiladelphiaUSASubway4 Mar 190738.5 mi66
163 SendaiJapanSubway15 Jul 19879.2 mi17
164 New YorkUSASubway27 Oct 1904228.7 mi468
165 YokohamaJapanSubway16 Dec 197235.8 mi48
166 OsloNorwayT-Bane22 May 196638.5 mi73
167 PittsburghUSAThe T3 Jul 19850.9 mi3
168 BostonUSAThe T1 Sep 189737.6 mi66
169 San JuanPuerto RicoTren Urbano6 Jun 200510.7 mi16
170 LimaPeruTren Urbano13 Jan 20036.2 mi6
171 StockholmSwedenTunnelbana1 Oct 195065.7 mi104
172 ViennaAustriaU-Bahn25 Feb 197846.4 mi102
173 HamburgGermanyU-Bahn1 Mar 191262.6 mi97
174 BerlinGermanyU-Bahn18 Feb 190291.6 mi195
175 NurembergGermanyU-Bahn1 Mar 197221.5 mi46
176 MunichGermanyU-Bahn19 Oct 197158.5 mi102
177 FrankfurtGermanyU-Bahn4 Oct 196812.7 mi31
178 LondonUnited KingdomUnderground10 Jan 1863253.6 mi268





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