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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 Sao Paulo61.3 km555841.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,000
2 Kiev59.8 km434631.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,000
3 Cairo65.5 km535521.2432.827.5700 mio.10,687,000
4 Tokyo304.5 km205290131.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,000
5 Prague59.1 km545731.0919.719.0597 mio.10,102,000
6 Budapest33.0 km404230.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,000
7 Minsk30.3 km242521.2615.112.5262 mio.8,647,000
8 Moscow298.8 km144180122.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,000
9 Rome39.0 km484920.8119.524.5331 mio.8,487,000
10 Caracas60.5 km465051.3212.110.0510 mio.8,430,000
11 Kharkov35.3 km252831.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,000
12 Santiago83.0 km869350.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,000
13 Manila45.7 km394231.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,000
14 Saint Petersburg110.2 km556352.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,000
15 Mexico City201.7 km147175111.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,000
16 Seoul286.9 km298348100.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,000
17 Vienna69.8 km849650.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,000
18 Tehran50.5 km444731.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,000
19 Hong Kong188.1 km829592.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,000
20 Paris213.0 km300380160.7113.323.81473 mio.6,915,000
21 Athens52.0 km485231.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,000
22 Osaka137.8 km10413391.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,000
23 Lyon30.7 km394340.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,000
24 Buenos Aires47.5 km687660.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,000
25 Yekaterinburg8.5 km7711.218.57.046 mio.5,412,000
26 Medellin28.8 km252621.1514.413.0155 mio.5,382,000
27 Baku32.9 km212221.5616.411.0176 mio.5,356,000
28 Beijing227.6 km12514791.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,000
29 Warsaw22.6 km212111.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,000
30 Taipei90.6 km808581.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,000
31 Novosibirsk14.3 km121321.197.26.570 mio.4,895,000
32 Ankara23.1 km222321.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,000
33 Singapore118.9 km697641.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,000
34 Nagoya89.0 km829341.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,000
35 Nanjing21.7 km161611.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,000
36 Istanbul15.0 km101011.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,000
37 Bangkok46.3 km404431.1615.414.7206 mio.4,449,000
38 Kolkata22.6 km212111.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,000
39 New York368.0 km422468270.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,000
40 Milan74.6 km848830.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,000
41 Lisbon41.0 km465240.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,000
42 Sapporo48.0 km464931.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,000
43 Brussels32.2 km596130.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,000
44 Fukuoka29.8 km343530.889.911.7124 mio.4,161,000
45 Guangzhou148.5 km798851.8829.717.6601 mio.4,047,000
46 Kyoto31.3 km313221.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,000
47 Kobe30.6 km242621.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,000
48 Sendai14.8 km171710.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,000
49 Toronto71.3 km697441.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,000
50 Munich92.5 km9410060.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,000
51 Tbilisi26.3 km212221.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,000
52 Yokohama57.6 km454831.2819.216.0198 mio.3,438,000
53 Barcelona110.5 km128152100.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,000
54 Shanghai334.0 km194230101.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,000
55 Delhi96.2 km818331.1932.127.7310 mio.3,224,000
56 Rio de Janeiro42.0 km343421.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,000
57 Montreal69.2 km687341.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,000
58 Berlin147.4 km173195100.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,000
59 Marseille19.3 km242620.809.613.058 mio.3,005,000
60 London408.0 km268268111.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,000
61 Valencia6.2 km7710.896.27.018 mio.2,903,000
62 Shenzhen25.3 km222321.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,000
63 Stockholm105.7 km10010431.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,000
64 Sofia18.0 km141411.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,000
65 Amsterdam32.7 km333340.998.28.391 mio.2,783,000
66 Helsinki21.0 km171711.2421.017.058 mio.2,762,000
67 Busan95.0 km889231.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,000
68 Nuremberg34.6 km444630.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,000
69 Izmir11.5 km101011.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,000
70 Rennes9.0 km151510.609.015.023 mio.2,556,000
71 Incheon29.5 km292911.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,000
72 Madrid284.0 km231281131.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,000
73 Boston60.5 km606631.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,000
74 Nizhny Novgorod15.5 km131421.197.87.033 mio.2,129,000
75 Bilbao40.6 km383821.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,000
76 Daegu53.9 km555620.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,000
77 Tashkent36.2 km262931.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,000
78 Hamburg100.7 km899731.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,000
79 Rotterdam47.0 km373821.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,000
80 Copenhagen21.0 km222220.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,000
81 Kuala Lumpur64.0 km566031.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,000
82 Bucharest67.7 km435041.5716.912.5111 mio.1,640,000
83 Lille45.5 km606220.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,000
84 Pyongyang22.5 km151621.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,000
85 Dnepropetrovsk7.1 km6611.187.16.011 mio.1,549,000
86 Toulouse27.5 km373820.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,000
87 Glasgow10.4 km151510.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,000
88 Yerevan12.1 km101011.2112.110.017 mio.1,405,000
89 Daejeon22.6 km222211.0322.622.029 mio.1,283,000
90 Washington171.2 km869051.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,000
91 Chicago166.0 km14415181.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,000
92 Samara10.2 km9911.1310.29.012 mio.1,176,000
93 Philadelphia62.0 km626631.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,000
94 Vancouver69.5 km474931.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,000
95 Oslo62.0 km727250.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,000
96 Hiroshima18.4 km212110.8818.421.018 mio.978,000
97 Naples31.8 km283031.1410.610.029 mio.912,000
98 Gwangju20.1 km202011.0120.120.017 mio.846,000
99 Kazan8.3 km6611.388.36.07 mio.843,000
100 Los Angeles59.3 km303031.9819.810.045 mio.759,000
101 Kaohsiung42.7 km363721.1921.418.530 mio.703,000
102 San Francisco166.9 km434353.8833.48.6100 mio.599,000
103 Baltimore24.5 km141411.7524.514.014 mio.571,000
104 Miami36.0 km222211.6436.022.019 mio.528,000
105 San Juan17.2 km161611.0817.216.09 mio.523,000
106 Newcastle76.5 km506121.5338.330.538 mio.497,000
107 Atlanta79.2 km383922.0839.619.534 mio.429,000
108 Brasilia42.0 km232311.8342.023.016 mio.381,000
109 Tianjin72.0 km373721.9536.018.515 mio.208,000
110 Cleveland31.0 km181811.7231.018.06 mio.194,000
111 Essen20.2 km272730.756.79.0
112 Santo Domingo14.5 km161610.9114.516.0
113 Bursa22.5 km232310.9822.523.0
114 Maracaibo6.5 km6611.086.56.0
115 Jacksonville6.9 km6611.156.96.0
116 Newark2.2 km4410.552.24.0
117 Sydney22.1 km141431.587.44.7
118 Lausanne13.7 km282920.496.814.5
119 Poznan6.1 km6611.026.16.0
120 Chiba15.5 km181820.867.89.0
121 Gelsenkirchen5.5 km9910.615.59.0
122 Duisburg14.3 km131321.107.26.5
123 Perugia3.0 km7710.433.07.0
124 Rouen2.2 km5510.442.25.0
125 Wuppertal13.3 km202010.6713.320.0
126 Hanover18.6 km172131.096.27.0
127 Recife39.7 km283021.4219.915.0
128 Mumbai171.0 km737352.3434.214.6
129 Oporto21.7 km141521.5510.97.5
130 Guadalajara24.0 km282920.8612.014.5
131 Charleroi17.5 km202040.884.45.0
132 Turin9.6 km141410.699.614.0
133 Kitakyushu8.8 km131310.688.813.0
134 Frankfurt20.5 km273130.766.810.3
135 Adana8.0 km8811.008.08.0
136 The Hague27.9 km303030.939.310.0
137 Kamakura6.6 km8810.826.68.0
138 Dortmund29.5 km373730.809.812.3
139 Ludwigshafen4.0 km111100.36
140 Naha12.8 km151510.8512.815.0
141 Bochum21.5 km272920.8010.814.5
142 Haifa1.8 km6610.291.86.0
143 Valparaiso43.0 km202012.1543.020.0
144 Kryvyi Rih18.0 km121211.5018.012.0
145 Genoa5.2 km7710.745.27.0
146 Catania3.8 km6610.633.86.0
147 Edmonton13.1 km111111.1913.111.0
148 Buffalo8.4 km8811.048.48.0
149 Saint Louis73.4 km373721.9836.718.5
150 Detroit4.8 km131310.374.813.0
151 Stuttgart24.0 km171921.4112.09.5
152 Cologne45.0 km5151150.883.03.4
153 Volgograd3.3 km2211.653.32.0
154 Bielefeld5.2 km7740.741.31.8
155 Shenyang22.2 km181811.2322.218.0
156 Las Vegas6.2 km7710.896.27.0
157 Porto Alegre33.8 km171711.9933.817.0
158 Valencia31.8 km373830.8610.612.7
159 Monterrey31.5 km313221.0215.816.0
160 Chennai27.0 km171711.5927.017.0
161 Seattle22.2 km121211.8522.212.0
162 Palma de Mallorca8.3 km9910.928.39.0
163 Dubai39.7 km111113.6139.711.0
164 Antwerp7.6 km111120.693.85.5
165 Duesseldorf9.6 km141420.684.87.0
166 Dalian49.0 km121214.0849.012.0
167 Tama16.0 km191910.8416.019.0
168 Wuhan10.2 km101011.0210.210.0
169 Lima10.0 km6611.6710.06.0
170 Bonn9.0 km121210.759.012.0
171 Chongqing19.5 km181811.0819.518.0
172 Mulheim9.0 km121320.754.56.5
173 Belo Horizonte28.1 km191911.4828.119.0
174 Seville18.0 km212110.8618.021.0
175 Pittsburgh1.5 km3310.481.53.0
176 Changchun17.0 km161611.0617.016.0


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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