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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.



Add column after stns/line:   Unit: km mi


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City >
<Length >
<Stations >
<Lines >
< stns/line >
<Passengers
1 Seoul286.9 km3481034.82048 mio.
2 Stockholm105.7 km104334.7303 mio.
3 Hamburg100.7 km97332.3184 mio.
4 Lille45.5 km62231.074 mio.
5 Busan95.0 km92330.7257 mio.
6 Newcastle76.5 km61230.538 mio.
7 Milan74.6 km88329.3328 mio.
8 Incheon29.5 km29129.073 mio.
9 Daegu53.9 km56228.0110 mio.
10 Delhi96.2 km83327.7310 mio.
11 Cairo65.5 km55227.5700 mio.
12 Rome39.0 km49224.5331 mio.
13 London408.0 km2681124.41197 mio.
14 Paris213.0 km3801623.81473 mio.
15 Nagoya89.0 km93423.3427 mio.
16 Bursa22.5 km23123.0
17 Shanghai334.0 km2301023.01122 mio.
18 Brasilia42.0 km23123.016 mio.
19 Tokyo304.5 km2901322.33174 mio.
20 Boston60.5 km66322.0145 mio.
21 Philadelphia62.0 km66322.067 mio.
22 Miami36.0 km22122.019 mio.
23 Daejeon22.6 km22122.029 mio.
24 Madrid284.0 km2811321.6686 mio.
25 Hiroshima18.4 km21121.018 mio.
26 Warsaw22.6 km21121.0114 mio.
27 Kolkata22.6 km21121.0100 mio.
28 Seville18.0 km21121.0
29 Brussels32.2 km61320.3136 mio.
30 Gwangju20.1 km20120.017 mio.
31 Wuppertal13.3 km20120.0
32 Valparaiso43.0 km20120.0
33 Kuala Lumpur64.0 km60320.0109 mio.
34 Berlin147.4 km1951019.5447 mio.
35 Atlanta79.2 km39219.534 mio.
36 Vienna69.8 km96519.2498 mio.
37 Bilbao40.6 km38219.086 mio.
38 Singapore118.9 km76419.0571 mio.
39 Prague59.1 km57319.0597 mio.
40 Tama16.0 km19119.0
41 Rotterdam47.0 km38219.085 mio.
42 Belo Horizonte28.1 km19119.0
43 Toulouse27.5 km38219.042 mio.
44 Chicago166.0 km151818.9198 mio.
45 Santiago83.0 km93518.6642 mio.
46 Toronto71.3 km74418.5278 mio.
47 Saint Louis73.4 km37218.5
48 Tianjin72.0 km37218.515 mio.
49 Kaohsiung42.7 km37218.530 mio.
50 Montreal69.2 km73418.3219 mio.
51 Cleveland31.0 km18118.06 mio.
52 Washington171.2 km90518.0215 mio.
53 Shenyang22.2 km18118.0
54 Chongqing19.5 km18118.0
55 Guangzhou148.5 km88517.6601 mio.
56 Athens52.0 km52317.3325 mio.
57 New York368.0 km4682717.31624 mio.
58 Rio de Janeiro42.0 km34217.0135 mio.
59 Sendai14.8 km17117.058 mio.
60 Helsinki21.0 km17117.058 mio.
61 Porto Alegre33.8 km17117.0
62 Chennai27.0 km17117.0
63 Munich92.5 km100616.7349 mio.
64 Sapporo48.0 km49316.3209 mio.
65 Beijing227.6 km147916.31200 mio.
66 Vancouver69.5 km49316.374 mio.
67 Santo Domingo14.5 km16116.0
68 San Juan17.2 km16116.09 mio.
69 Kyoto31.3 km32216.0126 mio.
70 Yokohama57.6 km48316.0198 mio.
71 Monterrey31.5 km32216.0
72 Nanjing21.7 km16116.0102 mio.
73 Changchun17.0 km16116.0
74 Mexico City201.7 km1751115.91460 mio.
75 Tehran50.5 km47315.7353 mio.
76 Nuremberg34.6 km46315.392 mio.
77 Kiev59.8 km46315.3642 mio.
78 Barcelona110.5 km1521015.2378 mio.
79 Recife39.7 km30215.0
80 Naha12.8 km15115.0
81 Moscow298.8 km1801215.02573 mio.
82 Rennes9.0 km15115.023 mio.
83 Glasgow10.4 km15115.015 mio.
84 Osaka137.8 km133914.8860 mio.
85 Bangkok46.3 km44314.7206 mio.
86 Mumbai171.0 km73514.6
87 Lausanne13.7 km29214.5
88 Guadalajara24.0 km29214.5
89 Bochum21.5 km29214.5
90 Sao Paulo61.3 km58414.5684 mio.
91 Oslo62.0 km72514.464 mio.
92 Turin9.6 km14114.0
93 Baltimore24.5 km14114.014 mio.
94 Manila45.7 km42314.0346 mio.
95 Budapest33.0 km42314.0297 mio.
96 Sofia18.0 km14114.051 mio.
97 Lisbon41.0 km52413.0180 mio.
98 Kitakyushu8.8 km13113.0
99 Marseille19.3 km26213.058 mio.
100 Detroit4.8 km13113.0
101 Kobe30.6 km26213.0121 mio.
102 Medellin28.8 km26213.0155 mio.
103 Buenos Aires47.5 km76612.7280 mio.
104 Valencia31.8 km38312.7
105 Saint Petersburg110.2 km63512.6832 mio.
106 Minsk30.3 km25212.5262 mio.
107 Bucharest67.7 km50412.5111 mio.
108 Dortmund29.5 km37312.3
109 Kryvyi Rih18.0 km12112.0
110 Seattle22.2 km12112.0
111 Dalian49.0 km12112.0
112 Bonn9.0 km12112.0
113 Fukuoka29.8 km35311.7124 mio.
114 Shenzhen25.3 km23211.573 mio.
115 Ankara23.1 km23211.5113 mio.
116 Copenhagen21.0 km22211.037 mio.
117 Edmonton13.1 km11111.0
118 Tbilisi26.3 km22211.092 mio.
119 Dubai39.7 km11111.0
120 Baku32.9 km22211.0176 mio.
121 Lyon30.7 km43410.8182 mio.
122 Taipei90.6 km85810.6450 mio.
123 Hong Kong188.1 km95910.61309 mio.
124 Frankfurt20.5 km31310.3
125 Yerevan12.1 km10110.017 mio.
126 Los Angeles59.3 km30310.045 mio.
127 Caracas60.5 km50510.0510 mio.
128 Istanbul15.0 km10110.068 mio.
129 Naples31.8 km30310.029 mio.
130 The Hague27.9 km30310.0
131 Izmir11.5 km10110.030 mio.
132 Wuhan10.2 km10110.0
133 Tashkent36.2 km2939.771 mio.
134 Stuttgart24.0 km1929.5
135 Kharkov35.3 km2839.3278 mio.
136 Essen20.2 km2739.0
137 Chiba15.5 km1829.0
138 Gelsenkirchen5.5 km919.0
139 Samara10.2 km919.012 mio.
140 Palma de Mallorca8.3 km919.0
141 San Francisco166.9 km4358.6100 mio.
142 Amsterdam32.7 km3348.391 mio.
143 Adana8.0 km818.0
144 Kamakura6.6 km818.0
145 Buffalo8.4 km818.0
146 Pyongyang22.5 km1628.035 mio.
147 Oporto21.7 km1527.5
148 Valencia6.2 km717.018 mio.
149 Perugia3.0 km717.0
150 Hanover18.6 km2137.0
151 Genoa5.2 km717.0
152 Yekaterinburg8.5 km717.046 mio.
153 Las Vegas6.2 km717.0
154 Duesseldorf9.6 km1427.0
155 Nizhny Novgorod15.5 km1427.033 mio.
156 Novosibirsk14.3 km1326.570 mio.
157 Duisburg14.3 km1326.5
158 Mulheim9.0 km1326.5
159 Maracaibo6.5 km616.0
160 Jacksonville6.9 km616.0
161 Dnepropetrovsk7.1 km616.011 mio.
162 Poznan6.1 km616.0
163 Kazan8.3 km616.07 mio.
164 Haifa1.8 km616.0
165 Catania3.8 km616.0
166 Lima10.0 km616.0
167 Antwerp7.6 km1125.5
168 Rouen2.2 km515.0
169 Charleroi17.5 km2045.0
170 Sydney22.1 km1434.7
171 Newark2.2 km414.0
172 Cologne45.0 km51153.4
173 Pittsburgh1.5 km313.0
174 Volgograd3.3 km212.0
175 Bielefeld5.2 km741.8
176 Ludwigshafen4.0 km110


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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