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You might want to start with one of the predefined tables (Basics, Numerics, Features, Complete), then add columns or click to remove a column. Move columns < left or > right. Click headers to sort, click again to reverse sorting direction. Switch unit to miles if desired. Right-click here to bookmark current World Metro Table.

A list like this one and the metro systems that appear in it may always remain somewhat controversial. One reason is that definitions of what a metro is may vary according to whom you ask (a popular definition is here). Differences between commuter rail, metros and trams are increasingly fading as new hybrid trains allow metros to include sections in streets or shared with heavy rail. 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.

Stations* with an asterisk counts each interchange station as one. Passenger numbers are annual. 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 displayed.



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1 London408.0 kmUnited Kingdom26810 Jan 18631197 mio.
2 New York368.0 kmUSA46827 Oct 19041624 mio.
3 Shanghai334.0 kmChina23010 Apr 19951122 mio.
4 Tokyo304.5 kmJapan29030 Dec 19273174 mio.
5 Moscow298.8 kmRussia18015 May 19352573 mio.
6 Seoul286.9 kmSouth Korea34815 Aug 19742048 mio.
7 Madrid284.0 kmSpain28117 Oct 1919686 mio.
8 Beijing227.6 kmChina1471 Oct 19691200 mio.
9 Paris213.0 kmFrance38019 Jul 19001473 mio.
10 Mexico City201.7 kmMexico1755 Sep 19691460 mio.
11 Hong Kong188.1 kmChina951 Oct 19791309 mio.
12 Washington171.2 kmUSA9027 Mar 1976215 mio.
13 Mumbai171.0 kmIndia73
14 San Francisco166.9 kmUSA4311 Sep 1972100 mio.
15 Chicago166.0 kmUSA1516 Jun 1892198 mio.
16 Guangzhou148.5 kmChina8828 Jun 1999601 mio.
17 Berlin147.4 kmGermany19518 Feb 1902447 mio.
18 Osaka137.8 kmJapan13320 May 1933860 mio.
19 Singapore118.9 kmSingapore767 Nov 1987571 mio.
20 Barcelona110.5 kmSpain15230 Dec 1924378 mio.
21 Saint Petersburg110.2 kmRussia6315 Nov 1955832 mio.
22 Stockholm105.7 kmSweden1041 Oct 1950303 mio.
23 Hamburg100.7 kmGermany971 Mar 1912184 mio.
24 Delhi96.2 kmIndia8324 Dec 2002310 mio.
25 Busan95.0 kmSouth Korea9219 Jul 1985257 mio.
26 Munich92.5 kmGermany10019 Oct 1971349 mio.
27 Taipei90.6 kmTaiwan8528 Mar 1996450 mio.
28 Nagoya89.0 kmJapan9315 Nov 1957427 mio.
29 Santiago83.0 kmChile9315 Sep 1975642 mio.
30 Atlanta79.2 kmUSA3930 Jun 197934 mio.
31 Newcastle76.5 kmUnited Kingdom617 Aug 198038 mio.
32 Milan74.6 kmItaly881 Nov 1964328 mio.
33 Saint Louis73.4 kmUSA3731 Jul 1993
34 Tianjin72.0 kmChina3728 Mar 200415 mio.
35 Toronto71.3 kmCanada7430 Apr 1954278 mio.
36 Vienna69.8 kmAustria9625 Feb 1978498 mio.
37 Vancouver69.5 kmCanada493 Jan 198674 mio.
38 Montreal69.2 kmCanada7314 Oct 1966219 mio.
39 Bucharest67.7 kmRomania5016 Nov 1979111 mio.
40 Cairo65.5 kmEgypt5527 Sep 1987700 mio.
41 Kuala Lumpur64.0 kmMalaysia6016 Dec 1996109 mio.
42 Oslo62.0 kmNorway7222 May 196664 mio.
43 Philadelphia62.0 kmUSA664 Mar 190767 mio.
44 Sao Paulo61.3 kmBrazil5814 Sep 1974684 mio.
45 Caracas60.5 kmVenezuela5027 Mar 1983510 mio.
46 Boston60.5 kmUSA661 Sep 1897145 mio.
47 Kiev59.8 kmUkraine4622 Oct 1960642 mio.
48 Los Angeles59.3 kmUSA3030 Jan 199345 mio.
49 Prague59.1 kmCzech Republic579 May 1974597 mio.
50 Yokohama57.6 kmJapan4816 Dec 1972198 mio.
51 Daegu53.9 kmSouth Korea5626 Nov 1997110 mio.
52 Athens52.0 kmGreece521954325 mio.
53 Tehran50.5 kmIran4721 Feb 2000353 mio.
54 Dalian49.0 kmChina121 May 2003
55 Sapporo48.0 kmJapan4916 Dec 1971209 mio.
56 Buenos Aires47.5 kmArgentina761 Dec 1913280 mio.
57 Rotterdam47.0 kmNetherlands3810 Feb 196885 mio.
58 Bangkok46.3 kmThailand445 Dec 1999206 mio.
59 Manila45.7 kmPhilippines421 Dec 1984346 mio.
60 Lille45.5 kmFrance6225 Apr 198374 mio.
61 Cologne45.0 kmGermany5111 Oct 1968
62 Valparaiso43.0 kmChile2023 Nov 2005
63 Kaohsiung42.7 kmTaiwan379 Mar 200830 mio.
64 Rio de Janeiro42.0 kmBrazil345 Mar 1979135 mio.
65 Brasilia42.0 kmBrazil2331 Mar 200116 mio.
66 Lisbon41.0 kmPortugal5229 Dec 1959180 mio.
67 Bilbao40.6 kmSpain3811 Nov 199586 mio.
68 Dubai39.7 kmUnited Arab Emirates119 Sep 2009
69 Recife39.7 kmBrazil3011 Mar 1985
70 Rome39.0 kmItaly4910 Feb 1955331 mio.
71 Tashkent36.2 kmUzbekistan296 Nov 197771 mio.
72 Miami36.0 kmUSA2221 May 198419 mio.
73 Kharkov35.3 kmUkraine2823 Aug 1975278 mio.
74 Nuremberg34.6 kmGermany461 Mar 197292 mio.
75 Porto Alegre33.8 kmBrazil172 Mar 1985
76 Budapest33.0 kmHungary422 May 1896297 mio.
77 Baku32.9 kmAzerbaijan226 Nov 1967176 mio.
78 Amsterdam32.7 kmNetherlands3316 Oct 197791 mio.
79 Brussels32.2 kmBelgium6120 Sep 1976136 mio.
80 Naples31.8 kmItaly3028 Mar 199329 mio.
81 Valencia31.8 kmSpain383 Oct 1988
82 Monterrey31.5 kmMexico3225 Apr 1991
83 Kyoto31.3 kmJapan321 Apr 1981126 mio.
84 Cleveland31.0 kmUSA1815 Mar 19556 mio.
85 Lyon30.7 kmFrance4328 Apr 1978182 mio.
86 Kobe30.6 kmJapan2613 Mar 1977121 mio.
87 Minsk30.3 kmBelarus2526 Jun 1984262 mio.
88 Fukuoka29.8 kmJapan3526 Jul 1981124 mio.
89 Incheon29.5 kmSouth Korea296 Oct 199973 mio.
90 Dortmund29.5 kmGermany3717 May 1976
91 Medellin28.8 kmColombia2630 Nov 1995155 mio.
92 Belo Horizonte28.1 kmBrazil191 Aug 1986
93 The Hague27.9 kmNetherlands3016 Oct 2004
94 Toulouse27.5 kmFrance3826 Jun 199342 mio.
95 Chennai27.0 kmIndia1719 Oct 1997
96 Tbilisi26.3 kmGeorgia2211 Jan 196692 mio.
97 Shenzhen25.3 kmChina2328 Dec 200473 mio.
98 Baltimore24.5 kmUSA1421 Nov 198314 mio.
99 Guadalajara24.0 kmMexico291 Sep 1989
100 Stuttgart24.0 kmGermany1910 Jun 1966
101 Ankara23.1 kmTurkey2330 Aug 1996113 mio.
102 Warsaw22.6 kmPoland217 Apr 1995114 mio.
103 Kolkata22.6 kmIndia2124 Oct 1984100 mio.
104 Daejeon22.6 kmSouth Korea2216 Mar 200629 mio.
105 Bursa22.5 kmTurkey2319 Aug 2002
106 Pyongyang22.5 kmNorth Korea166 Sep 197335 mio.
107 Shenyang22.2 kmChina1823 Sep 2009
108 Seattle22.2 kmUSA1218 Jul 2009
109 Sydney22.1 kmAustralia141926
110 Oporto21.7 kmPortugal157 Dec 2002
111 Nanjing21.7 kmChina1627 Aug 2005102 mio.
112 Bochum21.5 kmGermany2926 May 1979
113 Copenhagen21.0 kmDenmark2219 Oct 200237 mio.
114 Helsinki21.0 kmFinland173 Aug 198258 mio.
115 Frankfurt20.5 kmGermany314 Oct 1968
116 Essen20.2 kmGermany275 Oct 1967
117 Gwangju20.1 kmSouth Korea2028 Apr 200417 mio.
118 Chongqing19.5 kmChina1818 Jun 2005
119 Marseille19.3 kmFrance2626 Nov 197758 mio.
120 Hanover18.6 kmGermany2128 Sep 1975
121 Hiroshima18.4 kmJapan2120 Aug 199418 mio.
122 Kryvyi Rih18.0 kmUkraine1226 Dec 1986
123 Sofia18.0 kmBulgaria1428 Jan 199851 mio.
124 Seville18.0 kmSpain212 Apr 2009
125 Charleroi17.5 kmBelgium2021 Jun 1976
126 San Juan17.2 kmPuerto Rico166 Jun 20059 mio.
127 Changchun17.0 kmChina16Oct 2002
128 Tama16.0 kmJapan1927 Nov 1998
129 Chiba15.5 kmJapan1828 Mar 1988
130 Nizhny Novgorod15.5 kmRussia1420 Nov 198533 mio.
131 Istanbul15.0 kmTurkey1016 Sep 200068 mio.
132 Sendai14.8 kmJapan1715 Jul 198758 mio.
133 Santo Domingo14.5 kmDominican Republic1630 Jan 2009
134 Duisburg14.3 kmGermany1311 Jul 1992
135 Novosibirsk14.3 kmRussia137 Jan 198670 mio.
136 Lausanne13.7 kmSwitzerland2924 May 1991
137 Wuppertal13.3 kmGermany201 Mar 1901
138 Edmonton13.1 kmCanada1122 Apr 1978
139 Naha12.8 kmJapan1510 Aug 2003
140 Yerevan12.1 kmArmenia107 Mar 198117 mio.
141 Izmir11.5 kmTurkey1022 May 200030 mio.
142 Glasgow10.4 kmUnited Kingdom1514 Dec 189615 mio.
143 Samara10.2 kmRussia926 Dec 198712 mio.
144 Wuhan10.2 kmChina1028 Sep 2004
145 Lima10.0 kmPeru613 Jan 2003
146 Turin9.6 kmItaly144 Feb 2006
147 Duesseldorf9.6 kmGermany144 Oct 1981
148 Mulheim9.0 kmGermany133 Nov 1979
149 Rennes9.0 kmFrance1516 Mar 200223 mio.
150 Bonn9.0 kmGermany1222 Mar 1975
151 Kitakyushu8.8 kmJapan139 Jan 1985
152 Yekaterinburg8.5 kmRussia726 Apr 199146 mio.
153 Buffalo8.4 kmUSA818 May 1985
154 Kazan8.3 kmRussia627 Aug 20057 mio.
155 Palma de Mallorca8.3 kmSpain925 Apr 2007
156 Adana8.0 kmTurkey818 Mar 2009
157 Antwerp7.6 kmBelgium1125 Mar 1975
158 Dnepropetrovsk7.1 kmUkraine629 Dec 199511 mio.
159 Jacksonville6.9 kmUSA630 May 1989
160 Kamakura6.6 kmJapan83 Mar 1970
161 Maracaibo6.5 kmVenezuela68 Jun 2009
162 Valencia6.2 kmVenezuela718 Oct 200618 mio.
163 Las Vegas6.2 kmUSA715 Jul 2004
164 Poznan6.1 kmPoland61 Mar 1997
165 Gelsenkirchen5.5 kmGermany91 Sep 1984
166 Genoa5.2 kmItaly713 Jun 1990
167 Bielefeld5.2 kmGermany721 Sep 1971
168 Detroit4.8 kmUSA13Jul 1987
169 Ludwigshafen4.0 kmGermany1129 May 1969
170 Catania3.8 kmItaly627 Jun 1999
171 Volgograd3.3 kmRussia25 Nov 1984
172 Perugia3.0 kmItaly729 Jan 2008
173 Newark2.2 kmUSA426 May 1935
174 Rouen2.2 kmFrance517 Dec 1994
175 Haifa1.8 kmIsrael61959
176 Pittsburgh1.5 kmUSA33 Jul 1985


Numerical data (except ridership) by Jordi Serradell 1/2010. Ridership data by John Kennes 10/2009. Ticket prices by UBS: Prices and Earnings (PDF, p. 20) 2009. Non-numerical data by Mike Rohde 1/2010.




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