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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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1 Seoul286.9 km15 Aug 19743482981028.70.962048 mio.34.87,138,000
2 Stockholm105.7 km1 Oct 1950104100335.21.06303 mio.34.72,867,000
3 Hamburg100.7 km1 Mar 19129789333.61.13184 mio.32.31,827,000
4 Lille45.5 km25 Apr 19836260222.80.7674 mio.31.01,626,000
5 Busan95.0 km19 Jul 19859288331.71.08257 mio.30.72,705,000
6 Newcastle76.5 km7 Aug 19806150238.31.5338 mio.30.5497,000
7 Milan74.6 km1 Nov 19648884324.90.89328 mio.29.34,397,000
8 Incheon29.5 km6 Oct 19992929129.51.0273 mio.29.02,475,000
9 Daegu53.9 km26 Nov 19975655227.00.98110 mio.28.02,041,000
10 Delhi96.2 km24 Dec 20028381332.11.19310 mio.27.73,224,000
11 Cairo65.5 km27 Sep 19875553232.81.24700 mio.27.510,687,000
12 Rome39.0 km10 Feb 19554948219.50.81331 mio.24.58,487,000
13 London408.0 km10 Jan 18632682681137.11.521197 mio.24.42,934,000
14 Paris213.0 km19 Jul 19003803001613.30.711473 mio.23.86,915,000
15 Nagoya89.0 km15 Nov 19579382422.31.09427 mio.23.34,798,000
16 Bursa22.5 km19 Aug 20022323122.50.9823.0
17 Shanghai334.0 km10 Apr 19952301941033.41.721122 mio.23.03,359,000
18 Brasilia42.0 km31 Mar 20012323142.01.8316 mio.23.0381,000
19 Tokyo304.5 km30 Dec 19272902051323.41.493174 mio.22.310,424,000
20 Boston60.5 km1 Sep 18976660320.21.01145 mio.22.02,397,000
21 Philadelphia62.0 km4 Mar 19076662320.71.0067 mio.22.01,081,000
22 Miami36.0 km21 May 19842222136.01.6419 mio.22.0528,000
23 Daejeon22.6 km16 Mar 20062222122.61.0329 mio.22.01,283,000
24 Madrid284.0 km17 Oct 19192812311321.81.23686 mio.21.62,415,000
25 Hiroshima18.4 km20 Aug 19942121118.40.8818 mio.21.0978,000
26 Warsaw22.6 km7 Apr 19952121122.61.08114 mio.21.05,044,000
27 Kolkata22.6 km24 Oct 19842121122.61.08100 mio.21.04,425,000
28 Seville18.0 km2 Apr 20092121118.00.8621.0
29 Brussels32.2 km20 Sep 19766159310.70.55136 mio.20.34,224,000
30 Gwangju20.1 km28 Apr 20042020120.11.0117 mio.20.0846,000
31 Wuppertal13.3 km1 Mar 19012020113.30.6720.0
32 Valparaiso43.0 km23 Nov 20052020143.02.1520.0
33 Kuala Lumpur64.0 km16 Dec 19966056321.31.14109 mio.20.01,703,000
34 Berlin147.4 km18 Feb 19021951731014.70.85447 mio.19.53,033,000
35 Atlanta79.2 km30 Jun 19793938239.62.0834 mio.19.5429,000
36 Vienna69.8 km25 Feb 19789684514.00.83498 mio.19.27,135,000
37 Bilbao40.6 km11 Nov 19953838220.31.0786 mio.19.02,118,000
38 Singapore118.9 km7 Nov 19877669429.71.72571 mio.19.04,802,000
39 Prague59.1 km9 May 19745754319.71.09597 mio.19.010,102,000
40 Tama16.0 km27 Nov 19981919116.00.8419.0
41 Rotterdam47.0 km10 Feb 19683837223.51.2785 mio.19.01,809,000
42 Belo Horizonte28.1 km1 Aug 19861919128.11.4819.0
43 Toulouse27.5 km26 Jun 19933837213.80.7442 mio.19.01,527,000
44 Chicago166.0 km6 Jun 1892151144820.81.15198 mio.18.91,193,000
45 Santiago83.0 km15 Sep 19759386516.60.97642 mio.18.67,735,000
46 Toronto71.3 km30 Apr 19547469417.81.03278 mio.18.53,899,000
47 Saint Louis73.4 km31 Jul 19933737236.71.9818.5
48 Tianjin72.0 km28 Mar 20043737236.01.9515 mio.18.5208,000
49 Kaohsiung42.7 km9 Mar 20083736221.41.1930 mio.18.5703,000
50 Montreal69.2 km14 Oct 19667368417.31.02219 mio.18.33,165,000
51 Cleveland31.0 km15 Mar 19551818131.01.726 mio.18.0194,000
52 Washington171.2 km27 Mar 19769086534.21.99215 mio.18.01,256,000
53 Shenyang22.2 km23 Sep 20091818122.21.2318.0
54 Chongqing19.5 km18 Jun 20051818119.51.0818.0
55 Guangzhou148.5 km28 Jun 19998879529.71.88601 mio.17.64,047,000
56 Athens52.0 km19545248317.31.08325 mio.17.36,250,000
57 New York368.0 km27 Oct 19044684222713.60.871624 mio.17.34,413,000
58 Rio de Janeiro42.0 km5 Mar 19793434221.01.24135 mio.17.03,214,000
59 Sendai14.8 km15 Jul 19871717114.80.8758 mio.17.03,919,000
60 Helsinki21.0 km3 Aug 19821717121.01.2458 mio.17.02,762,000
61 Porto Alegre33.8 km2 Mar 19851717133.81.9917.0
62 Chennai27.0 km19 Oct 19971717127.01.5917.0
63 Munich92.5 km19 Oct 197110094615.40.98349 mio.16.73,773,000
64 Sapporo48.0 km16 Dec 19714946316.01.04209 mio.16.34,354,000
65 Beijing227.6 km1 Oct 1969147125925.31.821200 mio.16.35,274,000
66 Vancouver69.5 km3 Jan 19864947323.21.4874 mio.16.31,065,000
67 Santo Domingo14.5 km30 Jan 20091616114.50.9116.0
68 San Juan17.2 km6 Jun 20051616117.21.089 mio.16.0523,000
69 Kyoto31.3 km1 Apr 19813231215.61.01126 mio.16.04,026,000
70 Yokohama57.6 km16 Dec 19724845319.21.28198 mio.16.03,438,000
71 Monterrey31.5 km25 Apr 19913231215.81.0216.0
72 Nanjing21.7 km27 Aug 20051616121.71.36102 mio.16.04,700,000
73 Changchun17.0 kmOct 20021616117.01.0616.0
74 Mexico City201.7 km5 Sep 19691751471118.31.371460 mio.15.97,238,000
75 Tehran50.5 km21 Feb 20004744316.81.15353 mio.15.76,990,000
76 Nuremberg34.6 km1 Mar 19724644311.50.7992 mio.15.32,659,000
77 Kiev59.8 km22 Oct 19604643319.91.39642 mio.15.310,736,000
78 Barcelona110.5 km30 Dec 19241521281011.10.86378 mio.15.23,421,000
79 Recife39.7 km11 Mar 19853028219.91.4215.0
80 Naha12.8 km10 Aug 20031515112.80.8515.0
81 Moscow298.8 km15 May 19351801441224.92.072573 mio.15.08,611,000
82 Rennes9.0 km16 Mar 2002151519.00.6023 mio.15.02,556,000
83 Glasgow10.4 km14 Dec 18961515110.40.6915 mio.15.01,442,000
84 Osaka137.8 km20 May 1933133104915.31.33860 mio.14.86,241,000
85 Bangkok46.3 km5 Dec 19994440315.41.16206 mio.14.74,449,000
86 Mumbai171.0 km7373534.22.3414.6
87 Lausanne13.7 km24 May 1991292826.80.4914.5
88 Guadalajara24.0 km1 Sep 19892928212.00.8614.5
89 Bochum21.5 km26 May 19792927210.80.8014.5
90 Sao Paulo61.3 km14 Sep 19745855415.31.11684 mio.14.511,158,000
91 Oslo62.0 km22 May 19667272512.40.8664 mio.14.41,032,000
92 Turin9.6 km4 Feb 2006141419.60.6914.0
93 Baltimore24.5 km21 Nov 19831414124.51.7514 mio.14.0571,000
94 Manila45.7 km1 Dec 19844239315.21.17346 mio.14.07,571,000
95 Budapest33.0 km2 May 18964240311.00.83297 mio.14.09,000,000
96 Sofia18.0 km28 Jan 19981414118.01.2951 mio.14.02,833,000
97 Lisbon41.0 km29 Dec 19595246410.30.89180 mio.13.04,390,000
98 Kitakyushu8.8 km9 Jan 1985131318.80.6813.0
99 Marseille19.3 km26 Nov 1977262429.60.8058 mio.13.03,005,000
100 Detroit4.8 kmJul 1987131314.80.3713.0
101 Kobe30.6 km13 Mar 19772624215.31.28121 mio.13.03,954,000
102 Medellin28.8 km30 Nov 19952625214.41.15155 mio.13.05,382,000
103 Buenos Aires47.5 km1 Dec 1913766867.90.70280 mio.12.75,895,000
104 Valencia31.8 km3 Oct 19883837310.60.8612.7
105 Saint Petersburg110.2 km15 Nov 19556355522.02.00832 mio.12.67,550,000
106 Minsk30.3 km26 Jun 19842524215.11.26262 mio.12.58,647,000
107 Bucharest67.7 km16 Nov 19795043416.91.57111 mio.12.51,640,000
108 Dortmund29.5 km17 May 1976373739.80.8012.3
109 Kryvyi Rih18.0 km26 Dec 19861212118.01.5012.0
110 Seattle22.2 km18 Jul 20091212122.21.8512.0
111 Dalian49.0 km1 May 20031212149.04.0812.0
112 Bonn9.0 km22 Mar 1975121219.00.7512.0
113 Fukuoka29.8 km26 Jul 1981353439.90.88124 mio.11.74,161,000
114 Shenzhen25.3 km28 Dec 20042322212.61.1573 mio.11.52,885,000
115 Ankara23.1 km30 Aug 19962322211.61.05113 mio.11.54,892,000
116 Copenhagen21.0 km19 Oct 20022222210.50.9537 mio.11.01,762,000
117 Edmonton13.1 km22 Apr 19781111113.11.1911.0
118 Tbilisi26.3 km11 Jan 19662221213.11.2592 mio.11.03,498,000
119 Dubai39.7 km9 Sep 20091111139.73.6111.0
120 Baku32.9 km6 Nov 19672221216.41.56176 mio.11.05,356,000
121 Lyon30.7 km28 Apr 1978433947.70.79182 mio.10.85,928,000
122 Taipei90.6 km28 Mar 19968580811.31.13450 mio.10.64,967,000
123 Hong Kong188.1 km1 Oct 19799582920.92.291309 mio.10.66,959,000
124 Frankfurt20.5 km4 Oct 1968312736.80.7610.3
125 Yerevan12.1 km7 Mar 19811010112.11.2117 mio.10.01,405,000
126 Los Angeles59.3 km30 Jan 19933030319.81.9845 mio.10.0759,000
127 Caracas60.5 km27 Mar 19835046512.11.32510 mio.10.08,430,000
128 Istanbul15.0 km16 Sep 20001010115.01.5068 mio.10.04,533,000
129 Naples31.8 km28 Mar 19933028310.61.1429 mio.10.0912,000
130 The Hague27.9 km16 Oct 2004303039.30.9310.0
131 Izmir11.5 km22 May 20001010111.51.1530 mio.10.02,609,000
132 Wuhan10.2 km28 Sep 20041010110.21.0210.0
133 Tashkent36.2 km6 Nov 19772926312.11.3971 mio.9.71,961,000
134 Stuttgart24.0 km10 Jun 19661917212.01.419.5
135 Kharkov35.3 km23 Aug 19752825311.81.41278 mio.9.37,875,000
136 Essen20.2 km5 Oct 1967272736.70.759.0
137 Chiba15.5 km28 Mar 1988181827.80.869.0
138 Gelsenkirchen5.5 km1 Sep 19849915.50.619.0
139 Samara10.2 km26 Dec 198799110.21.1312 mio.9.01,176,000
140 Palma de Mallorca8.3 km25 Apr 20079918.30.929.0
141 San Francisco166.9 km11 Sep 19724343533.43.88100 mio.8.6599,000
142 Amsterdam32.7 km16 Oct 1977333348.20.9991 mio.8.32,783,000
143 Adana8.0 km18 Mar 20098818.01.008.0
144 Kamakura6.6 km3 Mar 19708816.60.828.0
145 Buffalo8.4 km18 May 19858818.41.048.0
146 Pyongyang22.5 km6 Sep 19731615211.31.5035 mio.8.01,556,000
147 Oporto21.7 km7 Dec 20021514210.91.557.5
148 Valencia6.2 km18 Oct 20067716.20.8918 mio.7.02,903,000
149 Perugia3.0 km29 Jan 20087713.00.437.0
150 Hanover18.6 km28 Sep 1975211736.21.097.0
151 Genoa5.2 km13 Jun 19907715.20.747.0
152 Yekaterinburg8.5 km26 Apr 19917718.51.2146 mio.7.05,412,000
153 Las Vegas6.2 km15 Jul 20047716.20.897.0
154 Duesseldorf9.6 km4 Oct 1981141424.80.687.0
155 Nizhny Novgorod15.5 km20 Nov 1985141327.81.1933 mio.7.02,129,000
156 Novosibirsk14.3 km7 Jan 1986131227.21.1970 mio.6.54,895,000
157 Duisburg14.3 km11 Jul 1992131327.21.106.5
158 Mulheim9.0 km3 Nov 1979131224.50.756.5
159 Maracaibo6.5 km8 Jun 20096616.51.086.0
160 Jacksonville6.9 km30 May 19896616.91.156.0
161 Dnepropetrovsk7.1 km29 Dec 19956617.11.1811 mio.6.01,549,000
162 Poznan6.1 km1 Mar 19976616.11.026.0
163 Kazan8.3 km27 Aug 20056618.31.387 mio.6.0843,000
164 Haifa1.8 km19596611.80.296.0
165 Catania3.8 km27 Jun 19996613.80.636.0
166 Lima10.0 km13 Jan 200366110.01.676.0
167 Antwerp7.6 km25 Mar 1975111123.80.695.5
168 Rouen2.2 km17 Dec 19945512.20.445.0
169 Charleroi17.5 km21 Jun 1976202044.40.885.0
170 Sydney22.1 km1926141437.41.584.7
171 Newark2.2 km26 May 19354412.20.554.0
172 Cologne45.0 km11 Oct 19685151153.00.883.4
173 Pittsburgh1.5 km3 Jul 19853311.50.483.0
174 Volgograd3.3 km5 Nov 19842213.31.652.0
175 Bielefeld5.2 km21 Sep 19717741.30.741.8
176 Ludwigshafen4.0 km29 May 1969111100.36


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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