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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 1892151103.2 mi542,000
2 San FranciscoUSABART11 Sep 197243103.7 mi274,000
3 BursaTurkeyBursaray19 Aug 20022314.0 mi
4 HaifaIsraelCarmelit195961.1 mi
5 SydneyAustraliaCityrail19261413.7 mi
6 PoznanPolandFast Tram1 Mar 199763.8 mi
7 SeattleUSALight Rail18 Jul 20091213.8 mi
8 EdmontonCanadaLight Rail22 Apr 19781512.7 mi
9 ChangchunChinaLRTOct 20021610.6 mi
10 Kuala LumpurMalaysiaLRT, Monorail16 Dec 19966039.8 mi299,000
11 AtlantaUSAMARTA30 Jun 19793949.2 mi93,200
12 BakuAzerbaijanMetro6 Nov 19672220.4 mi482,000
13 KievUkraineMetro22 Oct 19604637.2 mi1.76 million
14 MoscowRussiaMetro15 May 1935182187.7 mi6.55 million
15 AmsterdamNetherlandsMetro16 Oct 19773320.3 mi233,000
16 MeccaSaudi ArabiaMetro13 Nov 2010911.2 mi
17 ValparaisoChileMetro23 Nov 20052026.7 mi
18 Saint PetersburgRussiaMetro15 Nov 19556368.5 mi2.25 million
19 TbilisiGeorgiaMetro11 Jan 19662216.3 mi252,000
20 NovosibirskRussiaMetro7 Jan 1986138.9 mi192,000
21 ShenyangChinaMetro27 Sep 20102217.3 mi
22 DelhiIndiaMetro24 Dec 200211686.2 mi838,000
23 RotterdamNetherlandsMetro10 Feb 19683829.2 mi238,000
24 MinskBelarusMetro26 Jun 19842518.8 mi718,000
25 PyongyangNorth KoreaMetro6 Sep 19731614.0 mi95,900
26 BucharestRomaniaMetro16 Nov 19795042.1 mi304,000
27 Santo DomingoDominican RepublicMetro30 Jan 2009169.0 mi200,000
28 DnepropetrovskUkraineMetro29 Dec 199564.4 mi38,400
29 YerevanArmeniaMetro7 Mar 1981107.5 mi46,600
30 WarsawPolandMetro7 Apr 19952114.0 mi345,000
31 SantiagoChileMetro15 Sep 197510157.4 mi1.67 million
32 KharkovUkraineMetro23 Aug 19752821.9 mi762,000
33 CopenhagenDenmarkMetro19 Oct 20022213.1 mi126,000
34 IzmirTurkeyMetro22 May 2000107.1 mi82,200
35 ValenciaVenezuelaMetro18 Oct 200673.9 mi49,300
36 MontrealCanadaMetro14 Oct 19667343.0 mi600,000
37 TokyoJapanMetro30 Dec 1927290189.2 mi8.7 million
38 Mexico CityMexicoMetro5 Sep 1969175125.4 mi3.88 million
39 HelsinkiFinlandMetro3 Aug 19821713.1 mi156,000
40 CaracasVenezuelaMetro27 Mar 19835037.6 mi1.25 million
41 MadridSpainMetro17 Oct 1919281176.5 mi1.78 million
42 GuangzhouChinaMetro28 Jun 1999111109.6 mi1.85 million
43 TashkentUzbekistanMetro6 Nov 19772922.5 mi195,000
44 Porto AlegreBrazilMetro2 Mar 19851721.0 mi
45 DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesMetro9 Sep 20092632.4 mi
46 Palma de MallorcaSpainMetro25 Apr 200795.2 mi
47 LisbonPortugalMetro29 Dec 19595225.5 mi488,000
48 Nizhny NovgorodRussiaMetro20 Nov 1985149.6 mi90,400
49 DalianChinaMetro1 May 20031230.5 mi
50 ShanghaiChinaMetro10 Apr 1995278261.0 mi3.56 million
51 WuhanChinaMetro28 Sep 20042717.4 mi35,600
52 NanjingChinaMetro27 Aug 20055752.6 mi400,000
53 AnkaraTurkeyMetro30 Aug 19962314.4 mi310,000
54 SamaraRussiaMetro26 Dec 198796.3 mi32,900
55 PragueCzech RepublicMetro9 May 19745736.7 mi1.6 million
56 MaracaiboVenezuelaMetro8 Jun 200964.0 mi
57 TehranIranMetro21 Feb 20005541.0 mi1.26 million
58 ShenzhenChinaMetro28 Dec 20042315.7 mi362,000
59 LausanneSwitzerlandMetro24 May 1991298.5 mi
60 BilbaoSpainMetro11 Nov 19953825.2 mi238,000
61 ChengduChinaMetro27 Sep 20101611.5 mi
62 BarcelonaSpainMetro30 Dec 192416274.2 mi1.11 million
63 YekaterinburgRussiaMetro26 Apr 199175.3 mi126,000
64 KazanRussiaMetro27 Aug 200565.2 mi19,200
65 AthensGreeceMetro19545332.3 mi937,000
66 VolgogradRussiaMetro5 Nov 198422.1 mi
67 IstanbulTurkeyMetro16 Sep 2000109.3 mi186,000
68 ValenciaSpainMetro3 Oct 19883819.8 mi
69 MonterreyMexicoMetro25 Apr 19913219.6 mi
70 TianjinChinaMetro28 Mar 20043744.7 mi41,100
71 MedellinColombiaMetro30 Nov 19952617.9 mi425,000
72 CairoEgyptMetro27 Sep 19875540.7 mi1.92 million
73 GuadalajaraMexicoMetro1 Sep 19892914.9 mi
74 BudapestHungaryMetro2 May 18964220.5 mi814,000
75 OportoPortugalMetro7 Dec 20021513.5 mi
76 AdanaTurkeyMetro18 Mar 200985.0 mi
77 SofiaBulgariaMetro28 Jan 19981411.2 mi79,500
78 SevilleSpainMetro2 Apr 20092111.2 mi
79 NewcastleUnited KingdomMetro7 Aug 19806147.5 mi104,000
80 BuffaloUSAMetro Rail18 May 198585.2 mi
81 Los AngelesUSAMetro Rail30 Jan 19933036.9 mi129,000
82 KolkataIndiaMetro Railway24 Oct 19842314.0 mi474,000
83 BaltimoreUSAMetro Subway21 Nov 19831415.2 mi35,600
84 Saint LouisUSAMetrolink31 Jul 19933745.6 mi
85 CataniaItalyMetropolitana27 Jun 199962.4 mi
86 NaplesItalyMetropolitana28 Mar 19933019.8 mi79,500
87 TurinItalyMetropolitana4 Feb 2006146.0 mi
88 RomeItalyMetropolitana10 Feb 19554924.2 mi907,000
89 MilanItalyMetropolitana1 Nov 19648846.4 mi899,000
90 GenoaItalyMetropolitana13 Jun 199073.2 mi
91 WashingtonUSAMetrorail27 Mar 197690106.4 mi611,000
92 MiamiUSAMetrorail21 May 19842222.4 mi49,300
93 Kryvyi RihUkraineMetrotram26 Dec 19861211.2 mi
94 Sao PauloBrazilMetrô14 Sep 19746343.3 mi1.93 million
95 Rio de JaneiroBrazilMetrô5 Mar 19793426.1 mi370,000
96 BrasiliaBrazilMetrô31 Mar 20012426.1 mi43,800
97 RecifeBrazilMetrô11 Mar 19853024.7 mi
98 Belo HorizonteBrazilMetrô1 Aug 19861917.5 mi
99 ParisFranceMétro19 Jul 1900380132.4 mi4.05 million
100 MarseilleFranceMétro26 Nov 19773013.5 mi159,000
101 LilleFranceMétro25 Apr 19836228.3 mi203,000
102 RennesFranceMétro16 Mar 2002155.6 mi63,000
103 ToulouseFranceMétro26 Jun 19933817.1 mi115,000
104 BrusselsBelgiumMétro20 Sep 19766120.0 mi364,000
105 RouenFranceMétro17 Dec 199451.4 mi
106 LyonFranceMétro28 Apr 19784319.1 mi499,000
107 CharleroiBelgiumMétro Léger21 Jun 19762010.9 mi
108 PerugiaItalyMinimetro29 Jan 200871.9 mi
109 NahaJapanMonorail10 Aug 2003158.0 mi
110 HiroshimaJapanMonorail20 Aug 19942111.4 mi49,300
111 Las VegasUSAMonorail15 Jul 200473.9 mi
112 ChibaJapanMonorail28 Mar 1988189.6 mi
113 KitakyushuJapanMonorail9 Jan 1985135.5 mi
114 KamakuraJapanMonorail3 Mar 197084.1 mi
115 ChongqingChinaMonorail18 Jun 20051812.1 mi
116 TamaJapanMonorail27 Nov 1998199.9 mi
117 ManilaPhilippinesMRT1 Dec 19844332.0 mi948,000
118 KaohsiungTaiwanMRT9 Mar 20083726.5 mi82,200
119 TaipeiTaiwanMRT28 Mar 19968558.5 mi1.27 million
120 SingaporeSingaporeMRT7 Nov 19878780.6 mi1.81 million
121 ChennaiIndiaMRTS19 Oct 19971716.8 mi
122 Hong KongChinaMTR1 Oct 197995116.9 mi3.62 million
123 DetroitUSAPeople MoverJul 1987133.0 mi
124 AntwerpBelgiumPremetro25 Mar 1975114.7 mi
125 The HagueNetherlandsRandstadRail16 Oct 20043017.3 mi
126 ClevelandUSARapid Transit15 Mar 19551819.3 mi13,700
127 WuppertalGermanySchwebebahn1 Mar 1901208.3 mi
128 VancouverCanadaSkyTrain3 Jan 19864943.2 mi203,000
129 BangkokThailandSkytrain, MRT5 Dec 19995246.6 mi564,000
130 JacksonvilleUSASkyway30 May 198964.3 mi
131 StuttgartGermanyStadtbahn10 Jun 19661914.9 mi
132 GelsenkirchenGermanyStadtbahn1 Sep 198493.4 mi
133 DuisburgGermanyStadtbahn11 Jul 1992138.9 mi
134 BielefeldGermanyStadtbahn21 Sep 197173.2 mi
135 LudwigshafenGermanyStadtbahn29 May 1969112.5 mi
136 EssenGermanyStadtbahn5 Oct 19672712.6 mi
137 BochumGermanyStadtbahn26 May 19792913.4 mi
138 DuesseldorfGermanyStadtbahn4 Oct 1981146.0 mi
139 MulheimGermanyStadtbahn3 Nov 1979135.6 mi
140 CologneGermanyStadtbahn11 Oct 19685128.0 mi
141 HanoverGermanyStadtbahn28 Sep 19752111.6 mi
142 BonnGermanyStadtbahn22 Mar 1975125.6 mi
143 DortmundGermanyStadtbahn17 May 19763718.3 mi
144 Buenos AiresArgentinaSubte1 Dec 19137729.9 mi789,000
145 MumbaiIndiaSuburban Railway73106.3 mi
146 DaeguSouth KoreaSubway26 Nov 19975633.5 mi301,000
147 TorontoCanadaSubway30 Apr 19547444.3 mi762,000
148 GwangjuSouth KoreaSubway28 Apr 20042012.5 mi46,600
149 KobeJapanSubway13 Mar 19772619.0 mi332,000
150 IncheonSouth KoreaSubway6 Oct 19992918.3 mi200,000
151 BusanSouth KoreaSubway19 Jul 19859259.0 mi704,000
152 GlasgowUnited KingdomSubway14 Dec 1896156.5 mi41,100
153 OsakaJapanSubway20 May 193313385.6 mi2.36 million
154 BeijingChinaSubway1 Oct 1969147141.4 mi3.99 million
155 SeoulSouth KoreaSubway15 Aug 1974348178.3 mi5.61 million
156 NewarkUSASubway26 May 193541.4 mi
157 NagoyaJapanSubway15 Nov 19579355.3 mi1.17 million
158 FukuokaJapanSubway26 Jul 19813518.5 mi340,000
159 KyotoJapanSubway1 Apr 19813219.5 mi345,000
160 SapporoJapanSubway16 Dec 19714929.8 mi573,000
161 DaejeonSouth KoreaSubway16 Mar 20062214.0 mi79,500
162 PhiladelphiaUSASubway4 Mar 19076638.5 mi192,000
163 SendaiJapanSubway15 Jul 1987179.2 mi159,000
164 New YorkUSASubway27 Oct 1904468228.7 mi4.33 million
165 YokohamaJapanSubway16 Dec 19724835.8 mi542,000
166 OsloNorwayT-Bane22 May 19667338.5 mi214,000
167 PittsburghUSAThe T3 Jul 198530.9 mi
168 BostonUSAThe T1 Sep 18976637.6 mi400,000
169 San JuanPuerto RicoTren Urbano6 Jun 20051610.7 mi24,700
170 LimaPeruTren Urbano13 Jan 200366.2 mi
171 StockholmSwedenTunnelbana1 Oct 195010465.7 mi841,000
172 ViennaAustriaU-Bahn25 Feb 197810246.4 mi1.4 million
173 HamburgGermanyU-Bahn1 Mar 19129762.6 mi518,000
174 BerlinGermanyU-Bahn18 Feb 190219591.6 mi1.39 million
175 NurembergGermanyU-Bahn1 Mar 19724621.5 mi315,000
176 MunichGermanyU-Bahn19 Oct 197110258.5 mi962,000
177 FrankfurtGermanyU-Bahn4 Oct 19683112.7 mi
178 LondonUnited KingdomUnderground10 Jan 1863268253.6 mi2.99 million





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