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





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