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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 Ludwigshafen4.0 km111100.36
2 Santo Domingo14.5 km161610.9114.516.0
3 Maracaibo6.5 km6611.086.56.0
4 Bursa22.5 km232310.9822.523.0
5 Jacksonville6.9 km6611.156.96.0
6 Dnepropetrovsk7.1 km6611.187.16.011 mio.1,549,000
7 Yerevan12.1 km101011.2112.110.017 mio.1,405,000
8 Newark2.2 km4410.552.24.0
9 Hiroshima18.4 km212110.8818.421.018 mio.978,000
10 Warsaw22.6 km212111.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,000
11 Poznan6.1 km6611.026.16.0
12 Gwangju20.1 km202011.0120.120.017 mio.846,000
13 Valencia6.2 km7710.896.27.018 mio.2,903,000
14 Kolkata22.6 km212111.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,000
15 Sendai14.8 km171710.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,000
16 Gelsenkirchen5.5 km9910.615.59.0
17 San Juan17.2 km161611.0817.216.09 mio.523,000
18 Kazan8.3 km6611.388.36.07 mio.843,000
19 Perugia3.0 km7710.433.07.0
20 Istanbul15.0 km101011.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,000
21 Rouen2.2 km5510.442.25.0
22 Wuppertal13.3 km202010.6713.320.0
23 Cleveland31.0 km181811.7231.018.06 mio.194,000
24 Turin9.6 km141410.699.614.0
25 Baltimore24.5 km141411.7524.514.014 mio.571,000
26 Kitakyushu8.8 km131310.688.813.0
27 Adana8.0 km8811.008.08.0
28 Samara10.2 km9911.1310.29.012 mio.1,176,000
29 Kamakura6.6 km8810.826.68.0
30 Naha12.8 km151510.8512.815.0
31 Haifa1.8 km6610.291.86.0
32 Valparaiso43.0 km202012.1543.020.0
33 Kryvyi Rih18.0 km121211.5018.012.0
34 Genoa5.2 km7710.745.27.0
35 Catania3.8 km6610.633.86.0
36 Miami36.0 km222211.6436.022.019 mio.528,000
37 Edmonton13.1 km111111.1913.111.0
38 Buffalo8.4 km8811.048.48.0
39 Izmir11.5 km101011.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,000
40 Detroit4.8 km131310.374.813.0
41 Yekaterinburg8.5 km7711.218.57.046 mio.5,412,000
42 Brasilia42.0 km232311.8342.023.016 mio.381,000
43 Rennes9.0 km151510.609.015.023 mio.2,556,000
44 Helsinki21.0 km171711.2421.017.058 mio.2,762,000
45 Volgograd3.3 km2211.653.32.0
46 Las Vegas6.2 km7710.896.27.0
47 Shenyang22.2 km181811.2322.218.0
48 Porto Alegre33.8 km171711.9933.817.0
49 Chennai27.0 km171711.5927.017.0
50 Seattle22.2 km121211.8522.212.0
51 Dubai39.7 km111113.6139.711.0
52 Palma de Mallorca8.3 km9910.928.39.0
53 Dalian49.0 km121214.0849.012.0
54 Tama16.0 km191910.8416.019.0
55 Incheon29.5 km292911.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,000
56 Daejeon22.6 km222211.0322.622.029 mio.1,283,000
57 Wuhan10.2 km101011.0210.210.0
58 Nanjing21.7 km161611.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,000
59 Bonn9.0 km121210.759.012.0
60 Sofia18.0 km141411.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,000
61 Lima10.0 km6611.6710.06.0
62 Chongqing19.5 km181811.0819.518.0
63 Belo Horizonte28.1 km191911.4828.119.0
64 Seville18.0 km212110.8618.021.0
65 Glasgow10.4 km151510.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,000
66 Pittsburgh1.5 km3310.481.53.0
67 Changchun17.0 km161611.0617.016.0
68 Rio de Janeiro42.0 km343421.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,000
69 Copenhagen21.0 km222220.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,000
70 Shenzhen25.3 km232221.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,000
71 Lausanne13.7 km292820.496.814.5
72 Bilbao40.6 km383821.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,000
73 Chiba15.5 km181820.867.89.0
74 Novosibirsk14.3 km131221.197.26.570 mio.4,895,000
75 Duisburg14.3 km131321.107.26.5
76 Recife39.7 km302821.4219.915.0
77 Kyoto31.3 km323121.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,000
78 Guadalajara24.0 km292820.8612.014.5
79 Oporto21.7 km151421.5510.97.5
80 Minsk30.3 km252421.2615.112.5262 mio.8,647,000
81 Marseille19.3 km262420.809.613.058 mio.3,005,000
82 Ankara23.1 km232221.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,000
83 Newcastle76.5 km615021.5338.330.538 mio.497,000
84 Rome39.0 km494820.8119.524.5331 mio.8,487,000
85 Daegu53.9 km565520.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,000
86 Lille45.5 km626020.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,000
87 Bochum21.5 km292720.8010.814.5
88 Atlanta79.2 km393822.0839.619.534 mio.429,000
89 Tbilisi26.3 km222121.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,000
90 Saint Louis73.4 km373721.9836.718.5
91 Stuttgart24.0 km191721.4112.09.5
92 Monterrey31.5 km323121.0215.816.0
93 Kobe30.6 km262421.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,000
94 Tianjin72.0 km373721.9536.018.515 mio.208,000
95 Medellin28.8 km262521.1514.413.0155 mio.5,382,000
96 Cairo65.5 km555321.2432.827.5700 mio.10,687,000
97 Kaohsiung42.7 km373621.1921.418.530 mio.703,000
98 Antwerp7.6 km111120.693.85.5
99 Nizhny Novgorod15.5 km141321.197.87.033 mio.2,129,000
100 Duesseldorf9.6 km141420.684.87.0
101 Rotterdam47.0 km383721.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,000
102 Pyongyang22.5 km161521.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,000
103 Mulheim9.0 km131220.754.56.5
104 Toulouse27.5 km383720.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,000
105 Baku32.9 km222121.5616.411.0176 mio.5,356,000
106 Essen20.2 km272730.756.79.0
107 Tehran50.5 km474431.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,000
108 Brussels32.2 km615930.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,000
109 Sydney22.1 km141431.587.44.7
110 Los Angeles59.3 km303031.9819.810.045 mio.759,000
111 Athens52.0 km524831.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,000
112 Tashkent36.2 km292631.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,000
113 Delhi96.2 km838131.1932.127.7310 mio.3,224,000
114 Naples31.8 km302831.1410.610.029 mio.912,000
115 Boston60.5 km666031.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,000
116 Stockholm105.7 km10410031.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,000
117 Hanover18.6 km211731.096.27.0
118 Sapporo48.0 km494631.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,000
119 Frankfurt20.5 km312730.766.810.3
120 The Hague27.9 km303030.939.310.0
121 Busan95.0 km928831.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,000
122 Dortmund29.5 km373730.809.812.3
123 Yokohama57.6 km484531.2819.216.0198 mio.3,438,000
124 Prague59.1 km575431.0919.719.0597 mio.10,102,000
125 Philadelphia62.0 km666231.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,000
126 Kharkov35.3 km282531.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,000
127 Nuremberg34.6 km464430.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,000
128 Manila45.7 km423931.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,000
129 Valencia31.8 km383730.8610.612.7
130 Bangkok46.3 km444031.1615.414.7206 mio.4,449,000
131 Fukuoka29.8 km353430.889.911.7124 mio.4,161,000
132 Budapest33.0 km424030.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,000
133 Hamburg100.7 km978931.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,000
134 Vancouver69.5 km494731.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,000
135 Kuala Lumpur64.0 km605631.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,000
136 Milan74.6 km888430.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,000
137 Kiev59.8 km464331.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,000
138 Amsterdam32.7 km333340.998.28.391 mio.2,783,000
139 Nagoya89.0 km938241.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,000
140 Montreal69.2 km736841.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,000
141 Lisbon41.0 km524640.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,000
142 Charleroi17.5 km202040.884.45.0
143 Bucharest67.7 km504341.5716.912.5111 mio.1,640,000
144 Singapore118.9 km766941.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,000
145 Toronto71.3 km746941.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,000
146 Bielefeld5.2 km7740.741.31.8
147 Lyon30.7 km433940.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,000
148 Sao Paulo61.3 km585541.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,000
149 Saint Petersburg110.2 km635552.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,000
150 Caracas60.5 km504651.3212.110.0510 mio.8,430,000
151 Mumbai171.0 km737352.3434.214.6
152 Vienna69.8 km968450.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,000
153 Oslo62.0 km727250.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,000
154 Washington171.2 km908651.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,000
155 Santiago83.0 km938650.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,000
156 Guangzhou148.5 km887951.8829.717.6601 mio.4,047,000
157 San Francisco166.9 km434353.8833.48.6100 mio.599,000
158 Buenos Aires47.5 km766860.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,000
159 Munich92.5 km1009460.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,000
160 Taipei90.6 km858081.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,000
161 Chicago166.0 km15114481.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,000
162 Osaka137.8 km13310491.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,000
163 Hong Kong188.1 km958292.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,000
164 Beijing227.6 km14712591.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,000
165 Barcelona110.5 km152128100.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,000
166 Berlin147.4 km195173100.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,000
167 Shanghai334.0 km230194101.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,000
168 Seoul286.9 km348298100.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,000
169 Mexico City201.7 km175147111.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,000
170 London408.0 km268268111.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,000
171 Moscow298.8 km180144122.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,000
172 Tokyo304.5 km290205131.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,000
173 Madrid284.0 km281231131.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,000
174 Cologne45.0 km5151150.883.03.4
175 Paris213.0 km380300160.7113.323.81473 mio.6,915,000
176 New York368.0 km468422270.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,000


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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