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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 Pittsburgh1.5 km3310.481.53.0
2 Haifa1.8 km6610.291.86.0
3 Newark2.2 km4410.552.24.0
4 Rouen2.2 km5510.442.25.0
5 Perugia3.0 km7710.433.07.0
6 Volgograd3.3 km2211.653.32.0
7 Catania3.8 km6610.633.86.0
8 Ludwigshafen4.0 km111100.36
9 Detroit4.8 km131310.374.813.0
10 Genoa5.2 km7710.745.27.0
11 Bielefeld5.2 km7740.741.31.8
12 Gelsenkirchen5.5 km9910.615.59.0
13 Poznan6.1 km6611.026.16.0
14 Valencia6.2 km7710.896.218 mio.7.02,903,000
15 Las Vegas6.2 km7710.896.27.0
16 Maracaibo6.5 km6611.086.56.0
17 Kamakura6.6 km8810.826.68.0
18 Jacksonville6.9 km6611.156.96.0
19 Dnepropetrovsk7.1 km6611.187.111 mio.6.01,549,000
20 Antwerp7.6 km111120.693.85.5
21 Adana8.0 km8811.008.08.0
22 Kazan8.3 km6611.388.37 mio.6.0843,000
23 Palma de Mallorca8.3 km9910.928.39.0
24 Buffalo8.4 km8811.048.48.0
25 Yekaterinburg8.5 km7711.218.546 mio.7.05,412,000
26 Kitakyushu8.8 km131310.688.813.0
27 Rennes9.0 km151510.609.023 mio.15.02,556,000
28 Bonn9.0 km121210.759.012.0
29 Mulheim9.0 km131220.754.56.5
30 Duesseldorf9.6 km141420.684.87.0
31 Turin9.6 km141410.699.614.0
32 Lima10.0 km6611.6710.06.0
33 Samara10.2 km9911.1310.212 mio.9.01,176,000
34 Wuhan10.2 km101011.0210.210.0
35 Glasgow10.4 km151510.6910.415 mio.15.01,442,000
36 Izmir11.5 km101011.1511.530 mio.10.02,609,000
37 Yerevan12.1 km101011.2112.117 mio.10.01,405,000
38 Naha12.8 km151510.8512.815.0
39 Edmonton13.1 km111111.1913.111.0
40 Wuppertal13.3 km202010.6713.320.0
41 Lausanne13.7 km292820.496.814.5
42 Novosibirsk14.3 km131221.197.270 mio.6.54,895,000
43 Duisburg14.3 km131321.107.26.5
44 Santo Domingo14.5 km161610.9114.516.0
45 Sendai14.8 km171710.8714.858 mio.17.03,919,000
46 Istanbul15.0 km101011.5015.068 mio.10.04,533,000
47 Chiba15.5 km181820.867.89.0
48 Nizhny Novgorod15.5 km141321.197.833 mio.7.02,129,000
49 Tama16.0 km191910.8416.019.0
50 Changchun17.0 km161611.0617.016.0
51 San Juan17.2 km161611.0817.29 mio.16.0523,000
52 Charleroi17.5 km202040.884.45.0
53 Kryvyi Rih18.0 km121211.5018.012.0
54 Sofia18.0 km141411.2918.051 mio.14.02,833,000
55 Seville18.0 km212110.8618.021.0
56 Hiroshima18.4 km212110.8818.418 mio.21.0978,000
57 Hanover18.6 km211731.096.27.0
58 Marseille19.3 km262420.809.658 mio.13.03,005,000
59 Chongqing19.5 km181811.0819.518.0
60 Gwangju20.1 km202011.0120.117 mio.20.0846,000
61 Essen20.2 km272730.756.79.0
62 Frankfurt20.5 km312730.766.810.3
63 Copenhagen21.0 km222220.9510.537 mio.11.01,762,000
64 Helsinki21.0 km171711.2421.058 mio.17.02,762,000
65 Bochum21.5 km292720.8010.814.5
66 Oporto21.7 km151421.5510.97.5
67 Nanjing21.7 km161611.3621.7102 mio.16.04,700,000
68 Sydney22.1 km141431.587.44.7
69 Shenyang22.2 km181811.2322.218.0
70 Seattle22.2 km121211.8522.212.0
71 Bursa22.5 km232310.9822.523.0
72 Pyongyang22.5 km161521.5011.335 mio.8.01,556,000
73 Warsaw22.6 km212111.0822.6114 mio.21.05,044,000
74 Kolkata22.6 km212111.0822.6100 mio.21.04,425,000
75 Daejeon22.6 km222211.0322.629 mio.22.01,283,000
76 Ankara23.1 km232221.0511.6113 mio.11.54,892,000
77 Guadalajara24.0 km292820.8612.014.5
78 Stuttgart24.0 km191721.4112.09.5
79 Baltimore24.5 km141411.7524.514 mio.14.0571,000
80 Shenzhen25.3 km232221.1512.673 mio.11.52,885,000
81 Tbilisi26.3 km222121.2513.192 mio.11.03,498,000
82 Chennai27.0 km171711.5927.017.0
83 Toulouse27.5 km383720.7413.842 mio.19.01,527,000
84 The Hague27.9 km303030.939.310.0
85 Belo Horizonte28.1 km191911.4828.119.0
86 Medellin28.8 km262521.1514.4155 mio.13.05,382,000
87 Dortmund29.5 km373730.809.812.3
88 Incheon29.5 km292911.0229.573 mio.29.02,475,000
89 Fukuoka29.8 km353430.889.9124 mio.11.74,161,000
90 Minsk30.3 km252421.2615.1262 mio.12.58,647,000
91 Kobe30.6 km262421.2815.3121 mio.13.03,954,000
92 Lyon30.7 km433940.797.7182 mio.10.85,928,000
93 Cleveland31.0 km181811.7231.06 mio.18.0194,000
94 Kyoto31.3 km323121.0115.6126 mio.16.04,026,000
95 Monterrey31.5 km323121.0215.816.0
96 Naples31.8 km302831.1410.629 mio.10.0912,000
97 Valencia31.8 km383730.8610.612.7
98 Brussels32.2 km615930.5510.7136 mio.20.34,224,000
99 Amsterdam32.7 km333340.998.291 mio.8.32,783,000
100 Baku32.9 km222121.5616.4176 mio.11.05,356,000
101 Budapest33.0 km424030.8311.0297 mio.14.09,000,000
102 Porto Alegre33.8 km171711.9933.817.0
103 Nuremberg34.6 km464430.7911.592 mio.15.32,659,000
104 Kharkov35.3 km282531.4111.8278 mio.9.37,875,000
105 Miami36.0 km222211.6436.019 mio.22.0528,000
106 Tashkent36.2 km292631.3912.171 mio.9.71,961,000
107 Rome39.0 km494820.8119.5331 mio.24.58,487,000
108 Recife39.7 km302821.4219.915.0
109 Dubai39.7 km111113.6139.711.0
110 Bilbao40.6 km383821.0720.386 mio.19.02,118,000
111 Lisbon41.0 km524640.8910.3180 mio.13.04,390,000
112 Rio de Janeiro42.0 km343421.2421.0135 mio.17.03,214,000
113 Brasilia42.0 km232311.8342.016 mio.23.0381,000
114 Kaohsiung42.7 km373621.1921.430 mio.18.5703,000
115 Valparaiso43.0 km202012.1543.020.0
116 Cologne45.0 km5151150.883.03.4
117 Lille45.5 km626020.7622.874 mio.31.01,626,000
118 Manila45.7 km423931.1715.2346 mio.14.07,571,000
119 Bangkok46.3 km444031.1615.4206 mio.14.74,449,000
120 Rotterdam47.0 km383721.2723.585 mio.19.01,809,000
121 Buenos Aires47.5 km766860.707.9280 mio.12.75,895,000
122 Sapporo48.0 km494631.0416.0209 mio.16.34,354,000
123 Dalian49.0 km121214.0849.012.0
124 Tehran50.5 km474431.1516.8353 mio.15.76,990,000
125 Athens52.0 km524831.0817.3325 mio.17.36,250,000
126 Daegu53.9 km565520.9827.0110 mio.28.02,041,000
127 Yokohama57.6 km484531.2819.2198 mio.16.03,438,000
128 Prague59.1 km575431.0919.7597 mio.19.010,102,000
129 Los Angeles59.3 km303031.9819.845 mio.10.0759,000
130 Kiev59.8 km464331.3919.9642 mio.15.310,736,000
131 Caracas60.5 km504651.3212.1510 mio.10.08,430,000
132 Boston60.5 km666031.0120.2145 mio.22.02,397,000
133 Sao Paulo61.3 km585541.1115.3684 mio.14.511,158,000
134 Oslo62.0 km727250.8612.464 mio.14.41,032,000
135 Philadelphia62.0 km666231.0020.767 mio.22.01,081,000
136 Kuala Lumpur64.0 km605631.1421.3109 mio.20.01,703,000
137 Cairo65.5 km555321.2432.8700 mio.27.510,687,000
138 Bucharest67.7 km504341.5716.9111 mio.12.51,640,000
139 Montreal69.2 km736841.0217.3219 mio.18.33,165,000
140 Vancouver69.5 km494731.4823.274 mio.16.31,065,000
141 Vienna69.8 km968450.8314.0498 mio.19.27,135,000
142 Toronto71.3 km746941.0317.8278 mio.18.53,899,000
143 Tianjin72.0 km373721.9536.015 mio.18.5208,000
144 Saint Louis73.4 km373721.9836.718.5
145 Milan74.6 km888430.8924.9328 mio.29.34,397,000
146 Newcastle76.5 km615021.5338.338 mio.30.5497,000
147 Atlanta79.2 km393822.0839.634 mio.19.5429,000
148 Santiago83.0 km938650.9716.6642 mio.18.67,735,000
149 Nagoya89.0 km938241.0922.3427 mio.23.34,798,000
150 Taipei90.6 km858081.1311.3450 mio.10.64,967,000
151 Munich92.5 km1009460.9815.4349 mio.16.73,773,000
152 Busan95.0 km928831.0831.7257 mio.30.72,705,000
153 Delhi96.2 km838131.1932.1310 mio.27.73,224,000
154 Hamburg100.7 km978931.1333.6184 mio.32.31,827,000
155 Stockholm105.7 km10410031.0635.2303 mio.34.72,867,000
156 Saint Petersburg110.2 km635552.0022.0832 mio.12.67,550,000
157 Barcelona110.5 km152128100.8611.1378 mio.15.23,421,000
158 Singapore118.9 km766941.7229.7571 mio.19.04,802,000
159 Osaka137.8 km13310491.3315.3860 mio.14.86,241,000
160 Berlin147.4 km195173100.8514.7447 mio.19.53,033,000
161 Guangzhou148.5 km887951.8829.7601 mio.17.64,047,000
162 Chicago166.0 km15114481.1520.8198 mio.18.91,193,000
163 San Francisco166.9 km434353.8833.4100 mio.8.6599,000
164 Mumbai171.0 km737352.3434.214.6
165 Washington171.2 km908651.9934.2215 mio.18.01,256,000
166 Hong Kong188.1 km958292.2920.91309 mio.10.66,959,000
167 Mexico City201.7 km175147111.3718.31460 mio.15.97,238,000
168 Paris213.0 km380300160.7113.31473 mio.23.86,915,000
169 Beijing227.6 km14712591.8225.31200 mio.16.35,274,000
170 Madrid284.0 km281231131.2321.8686 mio.21.62,415,000
171 Seoul286.9 km348298100.9628.72048 mio.34.87,138,000
172 Moscow298.8 km180144122.0724.92573 mio.15.08,611,000
173 Tokyo304.5 km290205131.4923.43174 mio.22.310,424,000
174 Shanghai334.0 km230194101.7233.41122 mio.23.03,359,000
175 New York368.0 km468422270.8713.61624 mio.17.34,413,000
176 London408.0 km268268111.5237.11197 mio.24.42,934,000


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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