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


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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