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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 York228.7 mi468422270.548.517.31624 mio.7,101,000
2 Paris132.4 mi380300160.448.323.81473 mio.11,127,000
3 Seoul178.3 mi348298100.6017.834.82048 mio.11,486,000
4 London253.6 mi268268110.9523.124.41197 mio.4,721,000
5 Madrid176.5 mi281231130.7613.621.6686 mio.3,887,000
6 Tokyo189.2 mi290205130.9214.622.33174 mio.16,772,000
7 Shanghai207.6 mi230194101.0720.823.01122 mio.5,405,000
8 Berlin91.6 mi195173100.539.219.5447 mio.4,879,000
9 Mexico City125.4 mi175147110.8511.415.91460 mio.11,647,000
10 Chicago103.2 mi15114480.7212.918.9198 mio.1,919,000
11 Moscow185.7 mi180144121.2915.515.02573 mio.13,855,000
12 Barcelona68.7 mi152128100.546.915.2378 mio.5,504,000
13 Beijing141.4 mi14712591.1315.716.31200 mio.8,485,000
14 Osaka85.6 mi13310490.829.514.8860 mio.10,042,000
15 Stockholm65.7 mi10410030.6621.934.7303 mio.4,612,000
16 Munich57.5 mi1009460.619.616.7349 mio.6,071,000
17 Hamburg62.6 mi978930.7020.932.3184 mio.2,940,000
18 Busan59.0 mi928830.6719.730.7257 mio.4,353,000
19 Washington106.4 mi908651.2421.318.0215 mio.2,021,000
20 Santiago51.6 mi938650.6010.318.6642 mio.12,446,000
21 Vienna43.4 mi968450.528.719.2498 mio.11,480,000
22 Milan46.4 mi888430.5515.529.3328 mio.7,074,000
23 Nagoya55.3 mi938240.6713.823.3427 mio.7,720,000
24 Hong Kong116.9 mi958291.4313.010.61309 mio.11,197,000
25 Delhi59.8 mi838130.7419.927.7310 mio.5,188,000
26 Taipei56.3 mi858080.707.010.6450 mio.7,992,000
27 Guangzhou92.3 mi887951.1718.517.6601 mio.6,512,000
28 Mumbai106.3 mi737351.4621.314.6
29 Oslo38.5 mi727250.547.714.464 mio.1,661,000
30 Singapore73.9 mi766941.0718.519.0571 mio.7,727,000
31 Toronto44.3 mi746940.6411.118.5278 mio.6,274,000
32 Montreal43.0 mi736840.6310.818.3219 mio.5,092,000
33 Buenos Aires29.5 mi766860.434.912.7280 mio.9,485,000
34 Philadelphia38.5 mi666230.6212.822.067 mio.1,739,000
35 Boston37.6 mi666030.6312.522.0145 mio.3,856,000
36 Lille28.3 mi626020.4714.131.074 mio.2,617,000
37 Brussels20.0 mi615930.346.720.3136 mio.6,796,000
38 Kuala Lumpur39.8 mi605630.7113.320.0109 mio.2,740,000
39 Saint Petersburg68.5 mi635551.2513.712.6832 mio.12,148,000
40 Daegu33.5 mi565520.6116.728.0110 mio.3,284,000
41 Sao Paulo38.1 mi585540.699.514.5684 mio.17,954,000
42 Prague36.7 mi575430.6812.219.0597 mio.16,253,000
43 Cairo40.7 mi555320.7720.427.5700 mio.17,195,000
44 Cologne28.0 mi5151150.551.93.4
45 Newcastle47.5 mi615020.9523.830.538 mio.799,000
46 Athens32.3 mi524830.6710.817.3325 mio.10,056,000
47 Rome24.2 mi494820.5012.124.5331 mio.13,656,000
48 Vancouver43.2 mi494730.9214.416.374 mio.1,713,000
49 Caracas37.6 mi504650.827.510.0510 mio.13,563,000
50 Lisbon25.5 mi524640.556.413.0180 mio.7,064,000
51 Sapporo29.8 mi494630.659.916.3209 mio.7,006,000
52 Yokohama35.8 mi484530.8011.916.0198 mio.5,531,000
53 Tehran31.4 mi474430.7110.515.7353 mio.11,247,000
54 Nuremberg21.5 mi464430.497.215.392 mio.4,278,000
55 Bucharest42.1 mi504340.9810.512.5111 mio.2,638,000
56 San Francisco103.7 mi434352.4120.78.6100 mio.964,000
57 Kiev37.2 mi464330.8612.415.3642 mio.17,274,000
58 Bangkok28.8 mi444030.729.614.7206 mio.7,159,000
59 Budapest20.5 mi424030.516.814.0297 mio.14,481,000
60 Manila28.4 mi423930.739.514.0346 mio.12,182,000
61 Lyon19.1 mi433940.494.810.8182 mio.9,539,000
62 Bilbao25.2 mi383820.6612.619.086 mio.3,407,000
63 Atlanta49.2 mi393821.3024.619.534 mio.691,000
64 Dortmund18.3 mi373730.496.112.3
65 Saint Louis45.6 mi373721.2322.818.5
66 Valencia19.8 mi383730.536.612.7
67 Tianjin44.7 mi373721.2122.418.515 mio.335,000
68 Rotterdam29.2 mi383720.7914.619.085 mio.2,910,000
69 Toulouse17.1 mi383720.468.519.042 mio.2,457,000
70 Kaohsiung26.5 mi373620.7413.318.530 mio.1,130,000
71 Rio de Janeiro26.1 mi343420.7713.117.0135 mio.5,172,000
72 Fukuoka18.5 mi353430.546.211.7124 mio.6,695,000
73 Amsterdam20.3 mi333340.625.18.391 mio.4,478,000
74 Kyoto19.5 mi323120.639.716.0126 mio.6,477,000
75 Monterrey19.6 mi323120.639.816.0
76 Los Angeles36.9 mi303031.2312.310.045 mio.1,221,000
77 The Hague17.3 mi303030.585.810.0
78 Incheon18.3 mi292910.6318.329.073 mio.3,982,000
79 Lausanne8.5 mi292820.304.314.5
80 Naples19.8 mi302830.716.610.029 mio.1,467,000
81 Recife24.7 mi302820.8812.315.0
82 Guadalajara14.9 mi292820.537.514.5
83 Essen12.6 mi272730.474.29.0
84 Frankfurt12.7 mi312730.474.210.3
85 Bochum13.4 mi292720.506.714.5
86 Tashkent22.5 mi292630.877.59.771 mio.3,156,000
87 Kharkov21.9 mi282530.887.39.3278 mio.12,671,000
88 Medellin17.9 mi262520.728.913.0155 mio.8,660,000
89 Minsk18.8 mi252420.789.412.5262 mio.13,913,000
90 Marseille12.0 mi262420.506.013.058 mio.4,835,000
91 Kobe19.0 mi262420.799.513.0121 mio.6,362,000
92 Bursa14.0 mi232310.6114.023.0
93 Brasilia26.1 mi232311.1326.123.016 mio.613,000
94 Copenhagen13.1 mi222220.596.511.037 mio.2,835,000
95 Shenzhen15.7 mi232220.717.911.573 mio.4,643,000
96 Ankara14.4 mi232220.657.211.5113 mio.7,871,000
97 Miami22.4 mi222211.0222.422.019 mio.849,000
98 Daejeon14.0 mi222210.6414.022.029 mio.2,065,000
99 Hiroshima11.4 mi212110.5411.421.018 mio.1,574,000
100 Warsaw14.0 mi212110.6714.021.0114 mio.8,116,000
101 Kolkata14.0 mi212110.6714.021.0100 mio.7,119,000
102 Tbilisi16.3 mi222120.788.211.092 mio.5,628,000
103 Seville11.2 mi212110.5311.221.0
104 Baku20.4 mi222120.9710.211.0176 mio.8,618,000
105 Gwangju12.5 mi202010.6212.520.017 mio.1,361,000
106 Wuppertal8.3 mi202010.418.320.0
107 Charleroi10.9 mi202040.542.75.0
108 Valparaiso26.7 mi202011.3426.720.0
109 Tama9.9 mi191910.529.919.0
110 Belo Horizonte17.5 mi191910.9217.519.0
111 Chiba9.6 mi181820.544.89.0
112 Cleveland19.3 mi181811.0719.318.06 mio.311,000
113 Shenyang13.8 mi181810.7713.818.0
114 Chongqing12.1 mi181810.6712.118.0
115 Sendai9.2 mi171710.549.217.058 mio.6,306,000
116 Hanover11.6 mi211730.683.97.0
117 Stuttgart14.9 mi191720.887.59.5
118 Helsinki13.1 mi171710.7713.117.058 mio.4,444,000
119 Porto Alegre21.0 mi171711.2421.017.0
120 Chennai16.8 mi171710.9916.817.0
121 Santo Domingo9.0 mi161610.569.016.0
122 San Juan10.7 mi161610.6710.716.09 mio.842,000
123 Nanjing13.5 mi161610.8413.516.0102 mio.7,563,000
124 Changchun10.6 mi161610.6610.616.0
125 Naha8.0 mi151510.538.015.0
126 Rennes5.6 mi151510.375.615.023 mio.4,112,000
127 Pyongyang14.0 mi161520.937.08.035 mio.2,503,000
128 Glasgow6.5 mi151510.436.515.015 mio.2,321,000
129 Sydney13.7 mi141430.984.64.7
130 Oporto13.5 mi151420.966.77.5
131 Turin6.0 mi141410.436.014.0
132 Baltimore15.2 mi141411.0915.214.014 mio.919,000
133 Duesseldorf6.0 mi141420.433.07.0
134 Sofia11.2 mi141410.8011.214.051 mio.4,559,000
135 Duisburg8.9 mi131320.694.56.5
136 Kitakyushu5.5 mi131310.425.513.0
137 Detroit3.0 mi131310.233.013.0
138 Nizhny Novgorod9.6 mi141320.744.87.033 mio.3,426,000
139 Novosibirsk8.9 mi131220.744.46.570 mio.7,876,000
140 Kryvyi Rih11.2 mi121210.9311.212.0
141 Seattle13.8 mi121211.1513.812.0
142 Dalian30.5 mi121212.5430.512.0
143 Bonn5.6 mi121210.475.612.0
144 Mulheim5.6 mi131220.472.86.5
145 Ludwigshafen2.5 mi111100.23
146 Edmonton8.1 mi111110.748.111.0
147 Dubai24.7 mi111112.2424.711.0
148 Antwerp4.7 mi111120.432.45.5
149 Yerevan7.5 mi101010.757.510.017 mio.2,261,000
150 Istanbul9.3 mi101010.939.310.068 mio.7,294,000
151 Izmir7.1 mi101010.717.110.030 mio.4,197,000
152 Wuhan6.3 mi101010.636.310.0
153 Gelsenkirchen3.4 mi9910.383.49.0
154 Samara6.3 mi9910.706.39.012 mio.1,893,000
155 Palma de Mallorca5.2 mi9910.575.29.0
156 Adana5.0 mi8810.625.08.0
157 Kamakura4.1 mi8810.514.18.0
158 Buffalo5.2 mi8810.655.28.0
159 Valencia3.9 mi7710.553.97.018 mio.4,671,000
160 Perugia1.9 mi7710.271.97.0
161 Genoa3.2 mi7710.463.27.0
162 Yekaterinburg5.3 mi7710.755.37.046 mio.8,708,000
163 Las Vegas3.9 mi7710.553.97.0
164 Bielefeld3.2 mi7740.460.81.8
165 Maracaibo4.0 mi6610.674.06.0
166 Jacksonville4.3 mi6610.714.36.0
167 Dnepropetrovsk4.4 mi6610.744.46.011 mio.2,493,000
168 Poznan3.8 mi6610.633.86.0
169 Kazan5.2 mi6610.865.26.07 mio.1,357,000
170 Haifa1.1 mi6610.181.16.0
171 Catania2.4 mi6610.392.46.0
172 Lima6.2 mi6611.046.26.0
173 Rouen1.4 mi5510.271.45.0
174 Newark1.4 mi4410.341.44.0
175 Pittsburgh0.9 mi3310.300.93.0
176 Volgograd2.1 mi2211.032.12.0


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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