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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 New York368.0 km468270.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,0001.53 EUR
2 Paris213.0 km380160.7113.323.81473 mio.6,915,0001.57 EUR
3 Cologne45.0 km51150.883.03.4
4 Tokyo304.5 km290131.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,0001.57 EUR
5 Madrid284.0 km281131.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,0001.00 EUR
6 Moscow298.8 km180122.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,0000.50 EUR
7 Mexico City201.7 km175111.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,0000.14 EUR
8 London408.0 km268111.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,0002.75 EUR
9 Barcelona110.5 km152100.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,0001.35 EUR
10 Berlin147.4 km195100.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,0002.10 EUR
11 Shanghai334.0 km230101.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,0000.34 EUR
12 Seoul286.9 km348100.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,0000.54 EUR
13 Osaka137.8 km13391.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,000
14 Hong Kong188.1 km9592.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,0000.91 EUR
15 Beijing227.6 km14791.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,0000.15 EUR
16 Taipei90.6 km8581.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,0000.60 EUR
17 Chicago166.0 km15181.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,0001.58 EUR
18 Buenos Aires47.5 km7660.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,0000.24 EUR
19 Munich92.5 km10060.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,0002.30 EUR
20 Saint Petersburg110.2 km6352.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,000
21 Caracas60.5 km5051.3212.110.0510 mio.8,430,0000.31 EUR
22 Mumbai171.0 km7352.3434.214.60.17 EUR
23 Vienna69.8 km9650.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,0001.70 EUR
24 Oslo62.0 km7250.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,0002.67 EUR
25 Washington171.2 km9051.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,000
26 Santiago83.0 km9350.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,0000.55 EUR
27 Guangzhou148.5 km8851.8829.717.6601 mio.4,047,000
28 San Francisco166.9 km4353.8833.48.6100 mio.599,000
29 Amsterdam32.7 km3340.998.28.391 mio.2,783,0002.09 EUR
30 Nagoya89.0 km9341.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,000
31 Montreal69.2 km7341.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,0001.67 EUR
32 Lisbon41.0 km5240.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,0000.80 EUR
33 Charleroi17.5 km2040.884.45.0
34 Bucharest67.7 km5041.5716.912.5111 mio.1,640,0000.40 EUR
35 Singapore118.9 km7641.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,0000.97 EUR
36 Toronto71.3 km7441.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,0001.67 EUR
37 Bielefeld5.2 km740.741.31.8
38 Lyon30.7 km4340.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,0001.60 EUR
39 Sao Paulo61.3 km5841.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,0000.76 EUR
40 Essen20.2 km2730.756.79.0
41 Tehran50.5 km4731.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,000
42 Brussels32.2 km6130.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,0001.53 EUR
43 Sydney22.1 km1431.587.44.72.92 EUR
44 Los Angeles59.3 km3031.9819.810.045 mio.759,0001.91 EUR
45 Athens52.0 km5231.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,0001.00 EUR
46 Tashkent36.2 km2931.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,000
47 Naples31.8 km3031.1410.610.029 mio.912,000
48 Delhi96.2 km8331.1932.127.7310 mio.3,224,0000.12 EUR
49 Stockholm105.7 km10431.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,0003.73 EUR
50 Boston60.5 km6631.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,000
51 Hanover18.6 km2131.096.27.0
52 Sapporo48.0 km4931.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,000
53 Frankfurt20.5 km3130.766.810.32.30 EUR
54 Busan95.0 km9231.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,000
55 The Hague27.9 km3030.939.310.0
56 Dortmund29.5 km3730.809.812.3
57 Yokohama57.6 km4831.2819.216.0198 mio.3,438,000
58 Prague59.1 km5731.0919.719.0597 mio.10,102,0000.65 EUR
59 Philadelphia62.0 km6631.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,000
60 Kharkov35.3 km2831.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,000
61 Nuremberg34.6 km4630.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,000
62 Manila45.7 km4231.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,0000.18 EUR
63 Valencia31.8 km3830.8610.612.7
64 Bangkok46.3 km4431.1615.414.7206 mio.4,449,0000.64 EUR
65 Fukuoka29.8 km3530.889.911.7124 mio.4,161,000
66 Budapest33.0 km4230.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,0000.95 EUR
67 Hamburg100.7 km9731.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,000
68 Vancouver69.5 km4931.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,000
69 Kuala Lumpur64.0 km6031.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,0000.37 EUR
70 Milan74.6 km8830.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,0001.00 EUR
71 Kiev59.8 km4631.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,0000.27 EUR
72 Rio de Janeiro42.0 km3421.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,0000.77 EUR
73 Copenhagen21.0 km2220.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,0002.81 EUR
74 Lausanne13.7 km2920.496.814.5
75 Bilbao40.6 km3821.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,000
76 Shenzhen25.3 km2321.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,000
77 Chiba15.5 km1820.867.89.0
78 Duisburg14.3 km1321.107.26.5
79 Novosibirsk14.3 km1321.197.26.570 mio.4,895,000
80 Recife39.7 km3021.4219.915.0
81 Kyoto31.3 km3221.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,000
82 Oporto21.7 km1521.5510.97.5
83 Guadalajara24.0 km2920.8612.014.5
84 Minsk30.3 km2521.2615.112.5262 mio.8,647,000
85 Marseille19.3 km2620.809.613.058 mio.3,005,000
86 Ankara23.1 km2321.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,000
87 Newcastle76.5 km6121.5338.330.538 mio.497,000
88 Rome39.0 km4920.8119.524.5331 mio.8,487,0001.00 EUR
89 Daegu53.9 km5620.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,000
90 Lille45.5 km6220.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,000
91 Bochum21.5 km2920.8010.814.5
92 Atlanta79.2 km3922.0839.619.534 mio.429,000
93 Tbilisi26.3 km2221.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,000
94 Saint Louis73.4 km3721.9836.718.5
95 Stuttgart24.0 km1921.4112.09.5
96 Monterrey31.5 km3221.0215.816.0
97 Kobe30.6 km2621.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,000
98 Medellin28.8 km2621.1514.413.0155 mio.5,382,000
99 Cairo65.5 km5521.2432.827.5700 mio.10,687,0000.14 EUR
100 Tianjin72.0 km3721.9536.018.515 mio.208,000
101 Kaohsiung42.7 km3721.1921.418.530 mio.703,000
102 Antwerp7.6 km1120.693.85.5
103 Duesseldorf9.6 km1420.684.87.0
104 Nizhny Novgorod15.5 km1421.197.87.033 mio.2,129,000
105 Rotterdam47.0 km3821.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,000
106 Pyongyang22.5 km1621.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,000
107 Mulheim9.0 km1320.754.56.5
108 Toulouse27.5 km3820.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,000
109 Baku32.9 km2221.5616.411.0176 mio.5,356,000
110 Santo Domingo14.5 km1610.9114.516.0
111 Maracaibo6.5 km611.086.56.0
112 Bursa22.5 km2310.9822.523.0
113 Jacksonville6.9 km611.156.96.0
114 Dnepropetrovsk7.1 km611.187.16.011 mio.1,549,000
115 Yerevan12.1 km1011.2112.110.017 mio.1,405,000
116 Newark2.2 km410.552.24.0
117 Hiroshima18.4 km2110.8818.421.018 mio.978,000
118 Warsaw22.6 km2111.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,0000.47 EUR
119 Gwangju20.1 km2011.0120.120.017 mio.846,000
120 Poznan6.1 km611.026.16.0
121 Valencia6.2 km710.896.27.018 mio.2,903,000
122 Sendai14.8 km1710.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,000
123 Kolkata22.6 km2111.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,000
124 Gelsenkirchen5.5 km910.615.59.0
125 Kazan8.3 km611.388.36.07 mio.843,000
126 San Juan17.2 km1611.0817.216.09 mio.523,000
127 Perugia3.0 km710.433.07.0
128 Rouen2.2 km510.442.25.0
129 Istanbul15.0 km1011.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,0000.63 EUR
130 Wuppertal13.3 km2010.6713.320.0
131 Cleveland31.0 km1811.7231.018.06 mio.194,000
132 Turin9.6 km1410.699.614.0
133 Kitakyushu8.8 km1310.688.813.0
134 Baltimore24.5 km1411.7524.514.014 mio.571,000
135 Adana8.0 km811.008.08.0
136 Kamakura6.6 km810.826.68.0
137 Samara10.2 km911.1310.29.012 mio.1,176,000
138 Naha12.8 km1510.8512.815.0
139 Haifa1.8 km610.291.86.0
140 Valparaiso43.0 km2012.1543.020.0
141 Kryvyi Rih18.0 km1211.5018.012.0
142 Genoa5.2 km710.745.27.0
143 Miami36.0 km2211.6436.022.019 mio.528,0001.66 EUR
144 Catania3.8 km610.633.86.0
145 Edmonton13.1 km1111.1913.111.0
146 Buffalo8.4 km811.048.48.0
147 Izmir11.5 km1011.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,000
148 Yekaterinburg8.5 km711.218.57.046 mio.5,412,000
149 Detroit4.8 km1310.374.813.0
150 Brasilia42.0 km2311.8342.023.016 mio.381,000
151 Rennes9.0 km1510.609.015.023 mio.2,556,000
152 Helsinki21.0 km1711.2421.017.058 mio.2,762,0002.10 EUR
153 Volgograd3.3 km211.653.32.0
154 Las Vegas6.2 km710.896.27.0
155 Shenyang22.2 km1811.2322.218.0
156 Porto Alegre33.8 km1711.9933.817.0
157 Chennai27.0 km1711.5927.017.0
158 Seattle22.2 km1211.8522.212.0
159 Palma de Mallorca8.3 km910.928.39.0
160 Dubai39.7 km1113.6139.711.0
161 Dalian49.0 km1214.0849.012.0
162 Tama16.0 km1910.8416.019.0
163 Incheon29.5 km2911.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,000
164 Nanjing21.7 km1611.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,000
165 Daejeon22.6 km2211.0322.622.029 mio.1,283,000
166 Wuhan10.2 km1011.0210.210.0
167 Lima10.0 km611.6710.06.00.29 EUR
168 Bonn9.0 km1210.759.012.0
169 Sofia18.0 km1411.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,0000.51 EUR
170 Chongqing19.5 km1811.0819.518.0
171 Belo Horizonte28.1 km1911.4828.119.0
172 Seville18.0 km2110.8618.021.0
173 Pittsburgh1.5 km310.481.53.0
174 Glasgow10.4 km1510.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,000
175 Changchun17.0 km1611.0617.016.0
176 Ludwigshafen4.0 km1100.36


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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