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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 km468274220.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,000
2 Paris213.0 km380163000.7113.323.81473 mio.6,915,000
3 Seoul286.9 km348102980.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,000
4 London408.0 km268112681.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,000
5 Madrid284.0 km281132311.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,000
6 Tokyo304.5 km290132051.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,000
7 Shanghai334.0 km230101941.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,000
8 Berlin147.4 km195101730.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,000
9 Mexico City201.7 km175111471.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,000
10 Moscow298.8 km180121442.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,000
11 Chicago166.0 km15181441.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,000
12 Barcelona110.5 km152101280.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,000
13 Beijing227.6 km14791251.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,000
14 Osaka137.8 km13391041.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,000
15 Stockholm105.7 km10431001.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,000
16 Munich92.5 km1006940.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,000
17 Hamburg100.7 km973891.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,000
18 Busan95.0 km923881.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,000
19 Washington171.2 km905861.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,000
20 Santiago83.0 km935860.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,000
21 Vienna69.8 km965840.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,000
22 Milan74.6 km883840.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,000
23 Nagoya89.0 km934821.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,000
24 Hong Kong188.1 km959822.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,000
25 Delhi96.2 km833811.1932.127.7310 mio.3,224,000
26 Taipei90.6 km858801.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,000
27 Guangzhou148.5 km885791.8829.717.6601 mio.4,047,000
28 Mumbai171.0 km735732.3434.214.6
29 Oslo62.0 km725720.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,000
30 Singapore118.9 km764691.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,000
31 Toronto71.3 km744691.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,000
32 Montreal69.2 km734681.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,000
33 Buenos Aires47.5 km766680.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,000
34 Philadelphia62.0 km663621.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,000
35 Boston60.5 km663601.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,000
36 Lille45.5 km622600.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,000
37 Brussels32.2 km613590.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,000
38 Kuala Lumpur64.0 km603561.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,000
39 Saint Petersburg110.2 km635552.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,000
40 Daegu53.9 km562550.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,000
41 Sao Paulo61.3 km584551.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,000
42 Prague59.1 km573541.0919.719.0597 mio.10,102,000
43 Cairo65.5 km552531.2432.827.5700 mio.10,687,000
44 Cologne45.0 km5115510.883.03.4
45 Newcastle76.5 km612501.5338.330.538 mio.497,000
46 Athens52.0 km523481.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,000
47 Rome39.0 km492480.8119.524.5331 mio.8,487,000
48 Vancouver69.5 km493471.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,000
49 Caracas60.5 km505461.3212.110.0510 mio.8,430,000
50 Lisbon41.0 km524460.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,000
51 Sapporo48.0 km493461.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,000
52 Yokohama57.6 km483451.2819.216.0198 mio.3,438,000
53 Tehran50.5 km473441.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,000
54 Nuremberg34.6 km463440.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,000
55 Bucharest67.7 km504431.5716.912.5111 mio.1,640,000
56 San Francisco166.9 km435433.8833.48.6100 mio.599,000
57 Kiev59.8 km463431.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,000
58 Bangkok46.3 km443401.1615.414.7206 mio.4,449,000
59 Budapest33.0 km423400.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,000
60 Manila45.7 km423391.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,000
61 Lyon30.7 km434390.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,000
62 Bilbao40.6 km382381.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,000
63 Atlanta79.2 km392382.0839.619.534 mio.429,000
64 Dortmund29.5 km373370.809.812.3
65 Saint Louis73.4 km372371.9836.718.5
66 Valencia31.8 km383370.8610.612.7
67 Tianjin72.0 km372371.9536.018.515 mio.208,000
68 Rotterdam47.0 km382371.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,000
69 Toulouse27.5 km382370.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,000
70 Kaohsiung42.7 km372361.1921.418.530 mio.703,000
71 Rio de Janeiro42.0 km342341.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,000
72 Fukuoka29.8 km353340.889.911.7124 mio.4,161,000
73 Amsterdam32.7 km334330.998.28.391 mio.2,783,000
74 Kyoto31.3 km322311.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,000
75 Monterrey31.5 km322311.0215.816.0
76 Los Angeles59.3 km303301.9819.810.045 mio.759,000
77 The Hague27.9 km303300.939.310.0
78 Incheon29.5 km291291.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,000
79 Lausanne13.7 km292280.496.814.5
80 Naples31.8 km303281.1410.610.029 mio.912,000
81 Recife39.7 km302281.4219.915.0
82 Guadalajara24.0 km292280.8612.014.5
83 Essen20.2 km273270.756.79.0
84 Frankfurt20.5 km313270.766.810.3
85 Bochum21.5 km292270.8010.814.5
86 Tashkent36.2 km293261.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,000
87 Kharkov35.3 km283251.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,000
88 Medellin28.8 km262251.1514.413.0155 mio.5,382,000
89 Minsk30.3 km252241.2615.112.5262 mio.8,647,000
90 Marseille19.3 km262240.809.613.058 mio.3,005,000
91 Kobe30.6 km262241.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,000
92 Bursa22.5 km231230.9822.523.0
93 Brasilia42.0 km231231.8342.023.016 mio.381,000
94 Copenhagen21.0 km222220.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,000
95 Shenzhen25.3 km232221.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,000
96 Ankara23.1 km232221.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,000
97 Miami36.0 km221221.6436.022.019 mio.528,000
98 Daejeon22.6 km221221.0322.622.029 mio.1,283,000
99 Hiroshima18.4 km211210.8818.421.018 mio.978,000
100 Warsaw22.6 km211211.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,000
101 Kolkata22.6 km211211.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,000
102 Tbilisi26.3 km222211.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,000
103 Seville18.0 km211210.8618.021.0
104 Baku32.9 km222211.5616.411.0176 mio.5,356,000
105 Gwangju20.1 km201201.0120.120.017 mio.846,000
106 Wuppertal13.3 km201200.6713.320.0
107 Charleroi17.5 km204200.884.45.0
108 Valparaiso43.0 km201202.1543.020.0
109 Tama16.0 km191190.8416.019.0
110 Belo Horizonte28.1 km191191.4828.119.0
111 Chiba15.5 km182180.867.89.0
112 Cleveland31.0 km181181.7231.018.06 mio.194,000
113 Shenyang22.2 km181181.2322.218.0
114 Chongqing19.5 km181181.0819.518.0
115 Sendai14.8 km171170.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,000
116 Hanover18.6 km213171.096.27.0
117 Stuttgart24.0 km192171.4112.09.5
118 Helsinki21.0 km171171.2421.017.058 mio.2,762,000
119 Porto Alegre33.8 km171171.9933.817.0
120 Chennai27.0 km171171.5927.017.0
121 Santo Domingo14.5 km161160.9114.516.0
122 San Juan17.2 km161161.0817.216.09 mio.523,000
123 Nanjing21.7 km161161.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,000
124 Changchun17.0 km161161.0617.016.0
125 Naha12.8 km151150.8512.815.0
126 Rennes9.0 km151150.609.015.023 mio.2,556,000
127 Pyongyang22.5 km162151.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,000
128 Glasgow10.4 km151150.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,000
129 Sydney22.1 km143141.587.44.7
130 Oporto21.7 km152141.5510.97.5
131 Turin9.6 km141140.699.614.0
132 Baltimore24.5 km141141.7524.514.014 mio.571,000
133 Duesseldorf9.6 km142140.684.87.0
134 Sofia18.0 km141141.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,000
135 Duisburg14.3 km132131.107.26.5
136 Kitakyushu8.8 km131130.688.813.0
137 Detroit4.8 km131130.374.813.0
138 Nizhny Novgorod15.5 km142131.197.87.033 mio.2,129,000
139 Novosibirsk14.3 km132121.197.26.570 mio.4,895,000
140 Kryvyi Rih18.0 km121121.5018.012.0
141 Seattle22.2 km121121.8522.212.0
142 Dalian49.0 km121124.0849.012.0
143 Bonn9.0 km121120.759.012.0
144 Mulheim9.0 km132120.754.56.5
145 Ludwigshafen4.0 km110110.36
146 Edmonton13.1 km111111.1913.111.0
147 Dubai39.7 km111113.6139.711.0
148 Antwerp7.6 km112110.693.85.5
149 Yerevan12.1 km101101.2112.110.017 mio.1,405,000
150 Istanbul15.0 km101101.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,000
151 Izmir11.5 km101101.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,000
152 Wuhan10.2 km101101.0210.210.0
153 Gelsenkirchen5.5 km9190.615.59.0
154 Samara10.2 km9191.1310.29.012 mio.1,176,000
155 Palma de Mallorca8.3 km9190.928.39.0
156 Adana8.0 km8181.008.08.0
157 Kamakura6.6 km8180.826.68.0
158 Buffalo8.4 km8181.048.48.0
159 Valencia6.2 km7170.896.27.018 mio.2,903,000
160 Perugia3.0 km7170.433.07.0
161 Genoa5.2 km7170.745.27.0
162 Yekaterinburg8.5 km7171.218.57.046 mio.5,412,000
163 Bielefeld5.2 km7470.741.31.8
164 Las Vegas6.2 km7170.896.27.0
165 Maracaibo6.5 km6161.086.56.0
166 Jacksonville6.9 km6161.156.96.0
167 Dnepropetrovsk7.1 km6161.187.16.011 mio.1,549,000
168 Poznan6.1 km6161.026.16.0
169 Kazan8.3 km6161.388.36.07 mio.843,000
170 Haifa1.8 km6160.291.86.0
171 Catania3.8 km6160.633.86.0
172 Lima10.0 km6161.6710.06.0
173 Rouen2.2 km5150.442.25.0
174 Newark2.2 km4140.552.24.0
175 Pittsburgh1.5 km3130.481.53.0
176 Volgograd3.3 km2121.653.32.0


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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