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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 London253.6 mi26810 Jan 18632681123.124.41197 mio.4,721,000
2 New York228.7 mi46827 Oct 1904422278.517.31624 mio.7,101,000
3 Shanghai207.6 mi23010 Apr 19951941020.823.01122 mio.5,405,000
4 Tokyo189.2 mi29030 Dec 19272051314.622.33174 mio.16,772,000
5 Moscow185.7 mi18015 May 19351441215.515.02573 mio.13,855,000
6 Seoul178.3 mi34815 Aug 19742981017.834.82048 mio.11,486,000
7 Madrid176.5 mi28117 Oct 19192311313.621.6686 mio.3,887,000
8 Beijing141.4 mi1471 Oct 1969125915.716.31200 mio.8,485,000
9 Paris132.4 mi38019 Jul 1900300168.323.81473 mio.11,127,000
10 Mexico City125.4 mi1755 Sep 19691471111.415.91460 mio.11,647,000
11 Hong Kong116.9 mi951 Oct 197982913.010.61309 mio.11,197,000
12 Washington106.4 mi9027 Mar 197686521.318.0215 mio.2,021,000
13 Mumbai106.3 mi7373521.314.6
14 San Francisco103.7 mi4311 Sep 197243520.78.6100 mio.964,000
15 Chicago103.2 mi1516 Jun 1892144812.918.9198 mio.1,919,000
16 Guangzhou92.3 mi8828 Jun 199979518.517.6601 mio.6,512,000
17 Berlin91.6 mi19518 Feb 1902173109.219.5447 mio.4,879,000
18 Osaka85.6 mi13320 May 193310499.514.8860 mio.10,042,000
19 Singapore73.9 mi767 Nov 198769418.519.0571 mio.7,727,000
20 Barcelona68.7 mi15230 Dec 1924128106.915.2378 mio.5,504,000
21 Saint Petersburg68.5 mi6315 Nov 195555513.712.6832 mio.12,148,000
22 Stockholm65.7 mi1041 Oct 1950100321.934.7303 mio.4,612,000
23 Hamburg62.6 mi971 Mar 191289320.932.3184 mio.2,940,000
24 Delhi59.8 mi8324 Dec 200281319.927.7310 mio.5,188,000
25 Busan59.0 mi9219 Jul 198588319.730.7257 mio.4,353,000
26 Munich57.5 mi10019 Oct 19719469.616.7349 mio.6,071,000
27 Taipei56.3 mi8528 Mar 19968087.010.6450 mio.7,992,000
28 Nagoya55.3 mi9315 Nov 195782413.823.3427 mio.7,720,000
29 Santiago51.6 mi9315 Sep 197586510.318.6642 mio.12,446,000
30 Atlanta49.2 mi3930 Jun 197938224.619.534 mio.691,000
31 Newcastle47.5 mi617 Aug 198050223.830.538 mio.799,000
32 Milan46.4 mi881 Nov 196484315.529.3328 mio.7,074,000
33 Saint Louis45.6 mi3731 Jul 199337222.818.5
34 Tianjin44.7 mi3728 Mar 200437222.418.515 mio.335,000
35 Toronto44.3 mi7430 Apr 195469411.118.5278 mio.6,274,000
36 Vienna43.4 mi9625 Feb 19788458.719.2498 mio.11,480,000
37 Vancouver43.2 mi493 Jan 198647314.416.374 mio.1,713,000
38 Montreal43.0 mi7314 Oct 196668410.818.3219 mio.5,092,000
39 Bucharest42.1 mi5016 Nov 197943410.512.5111 mio.2,638,000
40 Cairo40.7 mi5527 Sep 198753220.427.5700 mio.17,195,000
41 Kuala Lumpur39.8 mi6016 Dec 199656313.320.0109 mio.2,740,000
42 Oslo38.5 mi7222 May 19667257.714.464 mio.1,661,000
43 Philadelphia38.5 mi664 Mar 190762312.822.067 mio.1,739,000
44 Sao Paulo38.1 mi5814 Sep 19745549.514.5684 mio.17,954,000
45 Caracas37.6 mi5027 Mar 19834657.510.0510 mio.13,563,000
46 Boston37.6 mi661 Sep 189760312.522.0145 mio.3,856,000
47 Kiev37.2 mi4622 Oct 196043312.415.3642 mio.17,274,000
48 Los Angeles36.9 mi3030 Jan 199330312.310.045 mio.1,221,000
49 Prague36.7 mi579 May 197454312.219.0597 mio.16,253,000
50 Yokohama35.8 mi4816 Dec 197245311.916.0198 mio.5,531,000
51 Daegu33.5 mi5626 Nov 199755216.728.0110 mio.3,284,000
52 Athens32.3 mi52195448310.817.3325 mio.10,056,000
53 Tehran31.4 mi4721 Feb 200044310.515.7353 mio.11,247,000
54 Dalian30.5 mi121 May 200312130.512.0
55 Sapporo29.8 mi4916 Dec 19714639.916.3209 mio.7,006,000
56 Buenos Aires29.5 mi761 Dec 19136864.912.7280 mio.9,485,000
57 Rotterdam29.2 mi3810 Feb 196837214.619.085 mio.2,910,000
58 Bangkok28.8 mi445 Dec 19994039.614.7206 mio.7,159,000
59 Manila28.4 mi421 Dec 19843939.514.0346 mio.12,182,000
60 Lille28.3 mi6225 Apr 198360214.131.074 mio.2,617,000
61 Cologne28.0 mi5111 Oct 196851151.93.4
62 Valparaiso26.7 mi2023 Nov 200520126.720.0
63 Kaohsiung26.5 mi379 Mar 200836213.318.530 mio.1,130,000
64 Rio de Janeiro26.1 mi345 Mar 197934213.117.0135 mio.5,172,000
65 Brasilia26.1 mi2331 Mar 200123126.123.016 mio.613,000
66 Lisbon25.5 mi5229 Dec 19594646.413.0180 mio.7,064,000
67 Bilbao25.2 mi3811 Nov 199538212.619.086 mio.3,407,000
68 Dubai24.7 mi119 Sep 200911124.711.0
69 Recife24.7 mi3011 Mar 198528212.315.0
70 Rome24.2 mi4910 Feb 195548212.124.5331 mio.13,656,000
71 Tashkent22.5 mi296 Nov 19772637.59.771 mio.3,156,000
72 Miami22.4 mi2221 May 198422122.422.019 mio.849,000
73 Kharkov21.9 mi2823 Aug 19752537.39.3278 mio.12,671,000
74 Nuremberg21.5 mi461 Mar 19724437.215.392 mio.4,278,000
75 Porto Alegre21.0 mi172 Mar 198517121.017.0
76 Budapest20.5 mi422 May 18964036.814.0297 mio.14,481,000
77 Baku20.4 mi226 Nov 196721210.211.0176 mio.8,618,000
78 Amsterdam20.3 mi3316 Oct 19773345.18.391 mio.4,478,000
79 Brussels20.0 mi6120 Sep 19765936.720.3136 mio.6,796,000
80 Naples19.8 mi3028 Mar 19932836.610.029 mio.1,467,000
81 Valencia19.8 mi383 Oct 19883736.612.7
82 Monterrey19.6 mi3225 Apr 19913129.816.0
83 Kyoto19.5 mi321 Apr 19813129.716.0126 mio.6,477,000
84 Cleveland19.3 mi1815 Mar 195518119.318.06 mio.311,000
85 Lyon19.1 mi4328 Apr 19783944.810.8182 mio.9,539,000
86 Kobe19.0 mi2613 Mar 19772429.513.0121 mio.6,362,000
87 Minsk18.8 mi2526 Jun 19842429.412.5262 mio.13,913,000
88 Fukuoka18.5 mi3526 Jul 19813436.211.7124 mio.6,695,000
89 Incheon18.3 mi296 Oct 199929118.329.073 mio.3,982,000
90 Dortmund18.3 mi3717 May 19763736.112.3
91 Medellin17.9 mi2630 Nov 19952528.913.0155 mio.8,660,000
92 Belo Horizonte17.5 mi191 Aug 198619117.519.0
93 The Hague17.3 mi3016 Oct 20043035.810.0
94 Toulouse17.1 mi3826 Jun 19933728.519.042 mio.2,457,000
95 Chennai16.8 mi1719 Oct 199717116.817.0
96 Tbilisi16.3 mi2211 Jan 19662128.211.092 mio.5,628,000
97 Shenzhen15.7 mi2328 Dec 20042227.911.573 mio.4,643,000
98 Baltimore15.2 mi1421 Nov 198314115.214.014 mio.919,000
99 Guadalajara14.9 mi291 Sep 19892827.514.5
100 Stuttgart14.9 mi1910 Jun 19661727.59.5
101 Ankara14.4 mi2330 Aug 19962227.211.5113 mio.7,871,000
102 Warsaw14.0 mi217 Apr 199521114.021.0114 mio.8,116,000
103 Kolkata14.0 mi2124 Oct 198421114.021.0100 mio.7,119,000
104 Daejeon14.0 mi2216 Mar 200622114.022.029 mio.2,065,000
105 Bursa14.0 mi2319 Aug 200223114.023.0
106 Pyongyang14.0 mi166 Sep 19731527.08.035 mio.2,503,000
107 Shenyang13.8 mi1823 Sep 200918113.818.0
108 Seattle13.8 mi1218 Jul 200912113.812.0
109 Sydney13.7 mi1419261434.64.7
110 Oporto13.5 mi157 Dec 20021426.77.5
111 Nanjing13.5 mi1627 Aug 200516113.516.0102 mio.7,563,000
112 Bochum13.4 mi2926 May 19792726.714.5
113 Copenhagen13.1 mi2219 Oct 20022226.511.037 mio.2,835,000
114 Helsinki13.1 mi173 Aug 198217113.117.058 mio.4,444,000
115 Frankfurt12.7 mi314 Oct 19682734.210.3
116 Essen12.6 mi275 Oct 19672734.29.0
117 Gwangju12.5 mi2028 Apr 200420112.520.017 mio.1,361,000
118 Chongqing12.1 mi1818 Jun 200518112.118.0
119 Marseille12.0 mi2626 Nov 19772426.013.058 mio.4,835,000
120 Hanover11.6 mi2128 Sep 19751733.97.0
121 Hiroshima11.4 mi2120 Aug 199421111.421.018 mio.1,574,000
122 Kryvyi Rih11.2 mi1226 Dec 198612111.212.0
123 Sofia11.2 mi1428 Jan 199814111.214.051 mio.4,559,000
124 Seville11.2 mi212 Apr 200921111.221.0
125 Charleroi10.9 mi2021 Jun 19762042.75.0
126 San Juan10.7 mi166 Jun 200516110.716.09 mio.842,000
127 Changchun10.6 mi16Oct 200216110.616.0
128 Tama9.9 mi1927 Nov 19981919.919.0
129 Chiba9.6 mi1828 Mar 19881824.89.0
130 Nizhny Novgorod9.6 mi1420 Nov 19851324.87.033 mio.3,426,000
131 Istanbul9.3 mi1016 Sep 20001019.310.068 mio.7,294,000
132 Sendai9.2 mi1715 Jul 19871719.217.058 mio.6,306,000
133 Santo Domingo9.0 mi1630 Jan 20091619.016.0
134 Duisburg8.9 mi1311 Jul 19921324.56.5
135 Novosibirsk8.9 mi137 Jan 19861224.46.570 mio.7,876,000
136 Lausanne8.5 mi2924 May 19912824.314.5
137 Wuppertal8.3 mi201 Mar 19012018.320.0
138 Edmonton8.1 mi1122 Apr 19781118.111.0
139 Naha8.0 mi1510 Aug 20031518.015.0
140 Yerevan7.5 mi107 Mar 19811017.510.017 mio.2,261,000
141 Izmir7.1 mi1022 May 20001017.110.030 mio.4,197,000
142 Glasgow6.5 mi1514 Dec 18961516.515.015 mio.2,321,000
143 Samara6.3 mi926 Dec 1987916.39.012 mio.1,893,000
144 Wuhan6.3 mi1028 Sep 20041016.310.0
145 Lima6.2 mi613 Jan 2003616.26.0
146 Turin6.0 mi144 Feb 20061416.014.0
147 Duesseldorf6.0 mi144 Oct 19811423.07.0
148 Mulheim5.6 mi133 Nov 19791222.86.5
149 Rennes5.6 mi1516 Mar 20021515.615.023 mio.4,112,000
150 Bonn5.6 mi1222 Mar 19751215.612.0
151 Kitakyushu5.5 mi139 Jan 19851315.513.0
152 Yekaterinburg5.3 mi726 Apr 1991715.37.046 mio.8,708,000
153 Buffalo5.2 mi818 May 1985815.28.0
154 Kazan5.2 mi627 Aug 2005615.26.07 mio.1,357,000
155 Palma de Mallorca5.2 mi925 Apr 2007915.29.0
156 Adana5.0 mi818 Mar 2009815.08.0
157 Antwerp4.7 mi1125 Mar 19751122.45.5
158 Dnepropetrovsk4.4 mi629 Dec 1995614.46.011 mio.2,493,000
159 Jacksonville4.3 mi630 May 1989614.36.0
160 Kamakura4.1 mi83 Mar 1970814.18.0
161 Maracaibo4.0 mi68 Jun 2009614.06.0
162 Valencia3.9 mi718 Oct 2006713.97.018 mio.4,671,000
163 Las Vegas3.9 mi715 Jul 2004713.97.0
164 Poznan3.8 mi61 Mar 1997613.86.0
165 Gelsenkirchen3.4 mi91 Sep 1984913.49.0
166 Genoa3.2 mi713 Jun 1990713.27.0
167 Bielefeld3.2 mi721 Sep 1971740.81.8
168 Detroit3.0 mi13Jul 19871313.013.0
169 Ludwigshafen2.5 mi1129 May 1969110
170 Catania2.4 mi627 Jun 1999612.46.0
171 Volgograd2.1 mi25 Nov 1984212.12.0
172 Perugia1.9 mi729 Jan 2008711.97.0
173 Newark1.4 mi426 May 1935411.44.0
174 Rouen1.4 mi517 Dec 1994511.45.0
175 Haifa1.1 mi61959611.16.0
176 Pittsburgh0.9 mi33 Jul 1985310.93.0


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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