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


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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