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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 AdanaTurkeyMetro18 Mar 20095.0 mi8
2 AmsterdamNetherlandsMetro16 Oct 197720.3 mi33233,000
3 AnkaraTurkeyMetro30 Aug 199614.4 mi23310,000
4 AntwerpBelgiumPremetro25 Mar 19754.7 mi11
5 AthensGreeceMetro195432.3 mi53937,000
6 AtlantaUSAMARTA30 Jun 197949.2 mi3993,200
7 BakuAzerbaijanMetro6 Nov 196720.4 mi22482,000
8 BaltimoreUSAMetro Subway21 Nov 198315.2 mi1435,600
9 BangkokThailandSkytrain, MRT5 Dec 199946.6 mi52564,000
10 BarcelonaSpainMetro30 Dec 192474.2 mi1621.11 million
11 BeijingChinaSubway1 Oct 1969141.4 mi1473.99 million
12 Belo HorizonteBrazilMetrô1 Aug 198617.5 mi19
13 BerlinGermanyU-Bahn18 Feb 190291.6 mi1951.39 million
14 BielefeldGermanyStadtbahn21 Sep 19713.2 mi7
15 BilbaoSpainMetro11 Nov 199525.2 mi38238,000
16 BochumGermanyStadtbahn26 May 197913.4 mi29
17 BonnGermanyStadtbahn22 Mar 19755.6 mi12
18 BostonUSAThe T1 Sep 189737.6 mi66400,000
19 BrasiliaBrazilMetrô31 Mar 200126.1 mi2443,800
20 BrusselsBelgiumMétro20 Sep 197620.0 mi61364,000
21 BucharestRomaniaMetro16 Nov 197942.1 mi50304,000
22 BudapestHungaryMetro2 May 189620.5 mi42814,000
23 Buenos AiresArgentinaSubte1 Dec 191329.9 mi77789,000
24 BuffaloUSAMetro Rail18 May 19855.2 mi8
25 BursaTurkeyBursaray19 Aug 200214.0 mi23
26 BusanSouth KoreaSubway19 Jul 198559.0 mi92704,000
27 CairoEgyptMetro27 Sep 198740.7 mi551.92 million
28 CaracasVenezuelaMetro27 Mar 198337.6 mi501.25 million
29 CataniaItalyMetropolitana27 Jun 19992.4 mi6
30 ChangchunChinaLRTOct 200210.6 mi16
31 CharleroiBelgiumMétro Léger21 Jun 197610.9 mi20
32 ChengduChinaMetro27 Sep 201011.5 mi16
33 ChennaiIndiaMRTS19 Oct 199716.8 mi17
34 ChibaJapanMonorail28 Mar 19889.6 mi18
35 ChicagoUSA"L"6 Jun 1892103.2 mi151542,000
36 ChongqingChinaMonorail18 Jun 200512.1 mi18
37 ClevelandUSARapid Transit15 Mar 195519.3 mi1813,700
38 CologneGermanyStadtbahn11 Oct 196828.0 mi51
39 CopenhagenDenmarkMetro19 Oct 200213.1 mi22126,000
40 DaeguSouth KoreaSubway26 Nov 199733.5 mi56301,000
41 DaejeonSouth KoreaSubway16 Mar 200614.0 mi2279,500
42 DalianChinaMetro1 May 200330.5 mi12
43 DelhiIndiaMetro24 Dec 200286.2 mi116838,000
44 DetroitUSAPeople MoverJul 19873.0 mi13
45 DnepropetrovskUkraineMetro29 Dec 19954.4 mi638,400
46 DortmundGermanyStadtbahn17 May 197618.3 mi37
47 DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesMetro9 Sep 200932.4 mi26
48 DuesseldorfGermanyStadtbahn4 Oct 19816.0 mi14
49 DuisburgGermanyStadtbahn11 Jul 19928.9 mi13
50 EdmontonCanadaLight Rail22 Apr 197812.7 mi15
51 EssenGermanyStadtbahn5 Oct 196712.6 mi27
52 FrankfurtGermanyU-Bahn4 Oct 196812.7 mi31
53 FukuokaJapanSubway26 Jul 198118.5 mi35340,000
54 GelsenkirchenGermanyStadtbahn1 Sep 19843.4 mi9
55 GenoaItalyMetropolitana13 Jun 19903.2 mi7
56 GlasgowUnited KingdomSubway14 Dec 18966.5 mi1541,100
57 GuadalajaraMexicoMetro1 Sep 198914.9 mi29
58 GuangzhouChinaMetro28 Jun 1999109.6 mi1111.85 million
59 GwangjuSouth KoreaSubway28 Apr 200412.5 mi2046,600
60 HaifaIsraelCarmelit19591.1 mi6
61 HamburgGermanyU-Bahn1 Mar 191262.6 mi97518,000
62 HanoverGermanyStadtbahn28 Sep 197511.6 mi21
63 HelsinkiFinlandMetro3 Aug 198213.1 mi17156,000
64 HiroshimaJapanMonorail20 Aug 199411.4 mi2149,300
65 Hong KongChinaMTR1 Oct 1979116.9 mi953.62 million
66 IncheonSouth KoreaSubway6 Oct 199918.3 mi29200,000
67 IstanbulTurkeyMetro16 Sep 20009.3 mi10186,000
68 IzmirTurkeyMetro22 May 20007.1 mi1082,200
69 JacksonvilleUSASkyway30 May 19894.3 mi6
70 KamakuraJapanMonorail3 Mar 19704.1 mi8
71 KaohsiungTaiwanMRT9 Mar 200826.5 mi3782,200
72 KazanRussiaMetro27 Aug 20055.2 mi619,200
73 KharkovUkraineMetro23 Aug 197521.9 mi28762,000
74 KievUkraineMetro22 Oct 196037.2 mi461.76 million
75 KitakyushuJapanMonorail9 Jan 19855.5 mi13
76 KobeJapanSubway13 Mar 197719.0 mi26332,000
77 KolkataIndiaMetro Railway24 Oct 198414.0 mi23474,000
78 Kryvyi RihUkraineMetrotram26 Dec 198611.2 mi12
79 Kuala LumpurMalaysiaLRT, Monorail16 Dec 199639.8 mi60299,000
80 KyotoJapanSubway1 Apr 198119.5 mi32345,000
81 Las VegasUSAMonorail15 Jul 20043.9 mi7
82 LausanneSwitzerlandMetro24 May 19918.5 mi29
83 LilleFranceMétro25 Apr 198328.3 mi62203,000
84 LimaPeruTren Urbano13 Jan 20036.2 mi6
85 LisbonPortugalMetro29 Dec 195925.5 mi52488,000
86 LondonUnited KingdomUnderground10 Jan 1863253.6 mi2682.99 million
87 Los AngelesUSAMetro Rail30 Jan 199336.9 mi30129,000
88 LudwigshafenGermanyStadtbahn29 May 19692.5 mi11
89 LyonFranceMétro28 Apr 197819.1 mi43499,000
90 MadridSpainMetro17 Oct 1919176.5 mi2811.78 million
91 ManilaPhilippinesMRT1 Dec 198432.0 mi43948,000
92 MaracaiboVenezuelaMetro8 Jun 20094.0 mi6
93 MarseilleFranceMétro26 Nov 197713.5 mi30159,000
94 MeccaSaudi ArabiaMetro13 Nov 201011.2 mi9
95 MedellinColombiaMetro30 Nov 199517.9 mi26425,000
96 Mexico CityMexicoMetro5 Sep 1969125.4 mi1753.88 million
97 MiamiUSAMetrorail21 May 198422.4 mi2249,300
98 MilanItalyMetropolitana1 Nov 196446.4 mi88899,000
99 MinskBelarusMetro26 Jun 198418.8 mi25718,000
100 MonterreyMexicoMetro25 Apr 199119.6 mi32
101 MontrealCanadaMetro14 Oct 196643.0 mi73600,000
102 MoscowRussiaMetro15 May 1935187.7 mi1826.55 million
103 MulheimGermanyStadtbahn3 Nov 19795.6 mi13
104 MumbaiIndiaSuburban Railway106.3 mi73
105 MunichGermanyU-Bahn19 Oct 197158.5 mi102962,000
106 NagoyaJapanSubway15 Nov 195755.3 mi931.17 million
107 NahaJapanMonorail10 Aug 20038.0 mi15
108 NanjingChinaMetro27 Aug 200552.6 mi57400,000
109 NaplesItalyMetropolitana28 Mar 199319.8 mi3079,500
110 New YorkUSASubway27 Oct 1904228.7 mi4684.33 million
111 NewarkUSASubway26 May 19351.4 mi4
112 NewcastleUnited KingdomMetro7 Aug 198047.5 mi61104,000
113 Nizhny NovgorodRussiaMetro20 Nov 19859.6 mi1490,400
114 NovosibirskRussiaMetro7 Jan 19868.9 mi13192,000
115 NurembergGermanyU-Bahn1 Mar 197221.5 mi46315,000
116 OportoPortugalMetro7 Dec 200213.5 mi15
117 OsakaJapanSubway20 May 193385.6 mi1332.36 million
118 OsloNorwayT-Bane22 May 196638.5 mi73214,000
119 Palma de MallorcaSpainMetro25 Apr 20075.2 mi9
120 ParisFranceMétro19 Jul 1900132.4 mi3804.05 million
121 PerugiaItalyMinimetro29 Jan 20081.9 mi7
122 PhiladelphiaUSASubway4 Mar 190738.5 mi66192,000
123 PittsburghUSAThe T3 Jul 19850.9 mi3
124 Porto AlegreBrazilMetro2 Mar 198521.0 mi17
125 PoznanPolandFast Tram1 Mar 19973.8 mi6
126 PragueCzech RepublicMetro9 May 197436.7 mi571.6 million
127 PyongyangNorth KoreaMetro6 Sep 197314.0 mi1695,900
128 RecifeBrazilMetrô11 Mar 198524.7 mi30
129 RennesFranceMétro16 Mar 20025.6 mi1563,000
130 Rio de JaneiroBrazilMetrô5 Mar 197926.1 mi34370,000
131 RomeItalyMetropolitana10 Feb 195524.2 mi49907,000
132 RotterdamNetherlandsMetro10 Feb 196829.2 mi38238,000
133 RouenFranceMétro17 Dec 19941.4 mi5
134 Saint LouisUSAMetrolink31 Jul 199345.6 mi37
135 Saint PetersburgRussiaMetro15 Nov 195568.5 mi632.25 million
136 SamaraRussiaMetro26 Dec 19876.3 mi932,900
137 San FranciscoUSABART11 Sep 1972103.7 mi43274,000
138 San JuanPuerto RicoTren Urbano6 Jun 200510.7 mi1624,700
139 SantiagoChileMetro15 Sep 197557.4 mi1011.67 million
140 Santo DomingoDominican RepublicMetro30 Jan 20099.0 mi16200,000
141 Sao PauloBrazilMetrô14 Sep 197443.3 mi631.93 million
142 SapporoJapanSubway16 Dec 197129.8 mi49573,000
143 SeattleUSALight Rail18 Jul 200913.8 mi12
144 SendaiJapanSubway15 Jul 19879.2 mi17159,000
145 SeoulSouth KoreaSubway15 Aug 1974178.3 mi3485.61 million
146 SevilleSpainMetro2 Apr 200911.2 mi21
147 ShanghaiChinaMetro10 Apr 1995261.0 mi2783.56 million
148 ShenyangChinaMetro27 Sep 201017.3 mi22
149 ShenzhenChinaMetro28 Dec 200415.7 mi23362,000
150 SingaporeSingaporeMRT7 Nov 198780.6 mi871.81 million
151 SofiaBulgariaMetro28 Jan 199811.2 mi1479,500
152 StockholmSwedenTunnelbana1 Oct 195065.7 mi104841,000
153 StuttgartGermanyStadtbahn10 Jun 196614.9 mi19
154 SydneyAustraliaCityrail192613.7 mi14
155 TaipeiTaiwanMRT28 Mar 199658.5 mi851.27 million
156 TamaJapanMonorail27 Nov 19989.9 mi19
157 TashkentUzbekistanMetro6 Nov 197722.5 mi29195,000
158 TbilisiGeorgiaMetro11 Jan 196616.3 mi22252,000
159 TehranIranMetro21 Feb 200041.0 mi551.26 million
160 The HagueNetherlandsRandstadRail16 Oct 200417.3 mi30
161 TianjinChinaMetro28 Mar 200444.7 mi3741,100
162 TokyoJapanMetro30 Dec 1927189.2 mi2908.7 million
163 TorontoCanadaSubway30 Apr 195444.3 mi74762,000
164 ToulouseFranceMétro26 Jun 199317.1 mi38115,000
165 TurinItalyMetropolitana4 Feb 20066.0 mi14
166 ValenciaVenezuelaMetro18 Oct 20063.9 mi749,300
167 ValenciaSpainMetro3 Oct 198819.8 mi38
168 ValparaisoChileMetro23 Nov 200526.7 mi20
169 VancouverCanadaSkyTrain3 Jan 198643.2 mi49203,000
170 ViennaAustriaU-Bahn25 Feb 197846.4 mi1021.4 million
171 VolgogradRussiaMetro5 Nov 19842.1 mi2
172 WarsawPolandMetro7 Apr 199514.0 mi21345,000
173 WashingtonUSAMetrorail27 Mar 1976106.4 mi90611,000
174 WuhanChinaMetro28 Sep 200417.4 mi2735,600
175 WuppertalGermanySchwebebahn1 Mar 19018.3 mi20
176 YekaterinburgRussiaMetro26 Apr 19915.3 mi7126,000
177 YerevanArmeniaMetro7 Mar 19817.5 mi1046,600
178 YokohamaJapanSubway16 Dec 197235.8 mi48542,000





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