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World Metro Database

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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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<Passengers >
<Pass/km
1 Dalian49.0 km14.0849.012.0
2 Valparaiso43.0 km12.1543.020.0
3 Brasilia42.0 km11.8342.023.016 mio.381,000
4 Dubai39.7 km13.6139.711.0
5 Atlanta79.2 km22.0839.619.534 mio.429,000
6 Newcastle76.5 km21.5338.330.538 mio.497,000
7 London408.0 km111.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,000
8 Saint Louis73.4 km21.9836.718.5
9 Miami36.0 km11.6436.022.019 mio.528,000
10 Tianjin72.0 km21.9536.018.515 mio.208,000
11 Stockholm105.7 km31.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,000
12 Washington171.2 km51.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,000
13 Mumbai171.0 km52.3434.214.6
14 Porto Alegre33.8 km11.9933.817.0
15 Hamburg100.7 km31.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,000
16 Shanghai334.0 km101.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,000
17 San Francisco166.9 km53.8833.48.6100 mio.599,000
18 Cairo65.5 km21.2432.827.5700 mio.10,687,000
19 Delhi96.2 km31.1932.127.7310 mio.3,224,000
20 Busan95.0 km31.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,000
21 Cleveland31.0 km11.7231.018.06 mio.194,000
22 Singapore118.9 km41.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,000
23 Guangzhou148.5 km51.8829.717.6601 mio.4,047,000
24 Incheon29.5 km11.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,000
25 Seoul286.9 km100.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,000
26 Belo Horizonte28.1 km11.4828.119.0
27 Chennai27.0 km11.5927.017.0
28 Daegu53.9 km20.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,000
29 Beijing227.6 km91.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,000
30 Moscow298.8 km122.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,000
31 Milan74.6 km30.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,000
32 Baltimore24.5 km11.7524.514.014 mio.571,000
33 Rotterdam47.0 km21.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,000
34 Tokyo304.5 km131.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,000
35 Vancouver69.5 km31.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,000
36 Lille45.5 km20.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,000
37 Warsaw22.6 km11.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,000
38 Kolkata22.6 km11.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,000
39 Daejeon22.6 km11.0322.622.029 mio.1,283,000
40 Bursa22.5 km10.9822.523.0
41 Nagoya89.0 km41.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,000
42 Shenyang22.2 km11.2322.218.0
43 Seattle22.2 km11.8522.212.0
44 Saint Petersburg110.2 km52.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,000
45 Madrid284.0 km131.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,000
46 Nanjing21.7 km11.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,000
47 Kaohsiung42.7 km21.1921.418.530 mio.703,000
48 Kuala Lumpur64.0 km31.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,000
49 Rio de Janeiro42.0 km21.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,000
50 Helsinki21.0 km11.2421.017.058 mio.2,762,000
51 Hong Kong188.1 km92.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,000
52 Chicago166.0 km81.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,000
53 Philadelphia62.0 km31.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,000
54 Bilbao40.6 km21.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,000
55 Boston60.5 km31.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,000
56 Gwangju20.1 km11.0120.120.017 mio.846,000
57 Kiev59.8 km31.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,000
58 Recife39.7 km21.4219.915.0
59 Los Angeles59.3 km31.9819.810.045 mio.759,000
60 Prague59.1 km31.0919.719.0597 mio.10,102,000
61 Rome39.0 km20.8119.524.5331 mio.8,487,000
62 Chongqing19.5 km11.0819.518.0
63 Yokohama57.6 km31.2819.216.0198 mio.3,438,000
64 Hiroshima18.4 km10.8818.421.018 mio.978,000
65 Mexico City201.7 km111.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,000
66 Kryvyi Rih18.0 km11.5018.012.0
67 Sofia18.0 km11.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,000
68 Seville18.0 km10.8618.021.0
69 Toronto71.3 km41.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,000
70 Athens52.0 km31.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,000
71 Montreal69.2 km41.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,000
72 San Juan17.2 km11.0817.216.09 mio.523,000
73 Changchun17.0 km11.0617.016.0
74 Bucharest67.7 km41.5716.912.5111 mio.1,640,000
75 Tehran50.5 km31.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,000
76 Santiago83.0 km50.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,000
77 Baku32.9 km21.5616.411.0176 mio.5,356,000
78 Sapporo48.0 km31.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,000
79 Tama16.0 km10.8416.019.0
80 Monterrey31.5 km21.0215.816.0
81 Kyoto31.3 km21.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,000
82 Bangkok46.3 km31.1615.414.7206 mio.4,449,000
83 Munich92.5 km60.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,000
84 Sao Paulo61.3 km41.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,000
85 Osaka137.8 km91.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,000
86 Kobe30.6 km21.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,000
87 Manila45.7 km31.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,000
88 Minsk30.3 km21.2615.112.5262 mio.8,647,000
89 Istanbul15.0 km11.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,000
90 Sendai14.8 km10.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,000
91 Berlin147.4 km100.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,000
92 Santo Domingo14.5 km10.9114.516.0
93 Medellin28.8 km21.1514.413.0155 mio.5,382,000
94 Vienna69.8 km50.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,000
95 Toulouse27.5 km20.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,000
96 New York368.0 km270.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,000
97 Paris213.0 km160.7113.323.81473 mio.6,915,000
98 Wuppertal13.3 km10.6713.320.0
99 Tbilisi26.3 km21.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,000
100 Edmonton13.1 km11.1913.111.0
101 Naha12.8 km10.8512.815.0
102 Shenzhen25.3 km21.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,000
103 Oslo62.0 km50.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,000
104 Yerevan12.1 km11.2112.110.017 mio.1,405,000
105 Caracas60.5 km51.3212.110.0510 mio.8,430,000
106 Tashkent36.2 km31.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,000
107 Guadalajara24.0 km20.8612.014.5
108 Stuttgart24.0 km21.4112.09.5
109 Kharkov35.3 km31.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,000
110 Ankara23.1 km21.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,000
111 Nuremberg34.6 km30.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,000
112 Izmir11.5 km11.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,000
113 Taipei90.6 km81.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,000
114 Pyongyang22.5 km21.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,000
115 Barcelona110.5 km100.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,000
116 Budapest33.0 km30.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,000
117 Oporto21.7 km21.5510.97.5
118 Bochum21.5 km20.8010.814.5
119 Brussels32.2 km30.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,000
120 Naples31.8 km31.1410.610.029 mio.912,000
121 Valencia31.8 km30.8610.612.7
122 Copenhagen21.0 km20.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,000
123 Glasgow10.4 km10.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,000
124 Lisbon41.0 km40.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,000
125 Samara10.2 km11.1310.29.012 mio.1,176,000
126 Wuhan10.2 km11.0210.210.0
127 Lima10.0 km11.6710.06.0
128 Fukuoka29.8 km30.889.911.7124 mio.4,161,000
129 Dortmund29.5 km30.809.812.3
130 Marseille19.3 km20.809.613.058 mio.3,005,000
131 Turin9.6 km10.699.614.0
132 The Hague27.9 km30.939.310.0
133 Rennes9.0 km10.609.015.023 mio.2,556,000
134 Bonn9.0 km10.759.012.0
135 Kitakyushu8.8 km10.688.813.0
136 Yekaterinburg8.5 km11.218.57.046 mio.5,412,000
137 Buffalo8.4 km11.048.48.0
138 Kazan8.3 km11.388.36.07 mio.843,000
139 Palma de Mallorca8.3 km10.928.39.0
140 Amsterdam32.7 km40.998.28.391 mio.2,783,000
141 Adana8.0 km11.008.08.0
142 Buenos Aires47.5 km60.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,000
143 Chiba15.5 km20.867.89.0
144 Nizhny Novgorod15.5 km21.197.87.033 mio.2,129,000
145 Lyon30.7 km40.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,000
146 Sydney22.1 km31.587.44.7
147 Duisburg14.3 km21.107.26.5
148 Novosibirsk14.3 km21.197.26.570 mio.4,895,000
149 Dnepropetrovsk7.1 km11.187.16.011 mio.1,549,000
150 Jacksonville6.9 km11.156.96.0
151 Lausanne13.7 km20.496.814.5
152 Frankfurt20.5 km30.766.810.3
153 Essen20.2 km30.756.79.0
154 Kamakura6.6 km10.826.68.0
155 Maracaibo6.5 km11.086.56.0
156 Hanover18.6 km31.096.27.0
157 Valencia6.2 km10.896.27.018 mio.2,903,000
158 Las Vegas6.2 km10.896.27.0
159 Poznan6.1 km11.026.16.0
160 Gelsenkirchen5.5 km10.615.59.0
161 Genoa5.2 km10.745.27.0
162 Detroit4.8 km10.374.813.0
163 Duesseldorf9.6 km20.684.87.0
164 Mulheim9.0 km20.754.56.5
165 Charleroi17.5 km40.884.45.0
166 Catania3.8 km10.633.86.0
167 Antwerp7.6 km20.693.85.5
168 Volgograd3.3 km11.653.32.0
169 Perugia3.0 km10.433.07.0
170 Cologne45.0 km150.883.03.4
171 Newark2.2 km10.552.24.0
172 Rouen2.2 km10.442.25.0
173 Haifa1.8 km10.291.86.0
174 Pittsburgh1.5 km10.481.53.0
175 Bielefeld5.2 km40.741.31.8
176 Ludwigshafen4.0 km00.36


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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