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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 km468422270.8713.617.34,413,0001624 mio.
2 Paris213.0 km380300160.7113.323.86,915,0001473 mio.
3 Seoul286.9 km348298100.9628.734.87,138,0002048 mio.
4 London408.0 km268268111.5237.124.42,934,0001197 mio.
5 Madrid284.0 km281231131.2321.821.62,415,000686 mio.
6 Tokyo304.5 km290205131.4923.422.310,424,0003174 mio.
7 Shanghai334.0 km230194101.7233.423.03,359,0001122 mio.
8 Berlin147.4 km195173100.8514.719.53,033,000447 mio.
9 Mexico City201.7 km175147111.3718.315.97,238,0001460 mio.
10 Chicago166.0 km15114481.1520.818.91,193,000198 mio.
11 Moscow298.8 km180144122.0724.915.08,611,0002573 mio.
12 Barcelona110.5 km152128100.8611.115.23,421,000378 mio.
13 Beijing227.6 km14712591.8225.316.35,274,0001200 mio.
14 Osaka137.8 km13310491.3315.314.86,241,000860 mio.
15 Stockholm105.7 km10410031.0635.234.72,867,000303 mio.
16 Munich92.5 km1009460.9815.416.73,773,000349 mio.
17 Hamburg100.7 km978931.1333.632.31,827,000184 mio.
18 Busan95.0 km928831.0831.730.72,705,000257 mio.
19 Washington171.2 km908651.9934.218.01,256,000215 mio.
20 Santiago83.0 km938650.9716.618.67,735,000642 mio.
21 Vienna69.8 km968450.8314.019.27,135,000498 mio.
22 Milan74.6 km888430.8924.929.34,397,000328 mio.
23 Nagoya89.0 km938241.0922.323.34,798,000427 mio.
24 Hong Kong188.1 km958292.2920.910.66,959,0001309 mio.
25 Delhi96.2 km838131.1932.127.73,224,000310 mio.
26 Taipei90.6 km858081.1311.310.64,967,000450 mio.
27 Guangzhou148.5 km887951.8829.717.64,047,000601 mio.
28 Mumbai171.0 km737352.3434.214.6
29 Oslo62.0 km727250.8612.414.41,032,00064 mio.
30 Singapore118.9 km766941.7229.719.04,802,000571 mio.
31 Toronto71.3 km746941.0317.818.53,899,000278 mio.
32 Montreal69.2 km736841.0217.318.33,165,000219 mio.
33 Buenos Aires47.5 km766860.707.912.75,895,000280 mio.
34 Philadelphia62.0 km666231.0020.722.01,081,00067 mio.
35 Boston60.5 km666031.0120.222.02,397,000145 mio.
36 Lille45.5 km626020.7622.831.01,626,00074 mio.
37 Brussels32.2 km615930.5510.720.34,224,000136 mio.
38 Kuala Lumpur64.0 km605631.1421.320.01,703,000109 mio.
39 Saint Petersburg110.2 km635552.0022.012.67,550,000832 mio.
40 Daegu53.9 km565520.9827.028.02,041,000110 mio.
41 Sao Paulo61.3 km585541.1115.314.511,158,000684 mio.
42 Prague59.1 km575431.0919.719.010,102,000597 mio.
43 Cairo65.5 km555321.2432.827.510,687,000700 mio.
44 Cologne45.0 km5151150.883.03.4
45 Newcastle76.5 km615021.5338.330.5497,00038 mio.
46 Athens52.0 km524831.0817.317.36,250,000325 mio.
47 Rome39.0 km494820.8119.524.58,487,000331 mio.
48 Vancouver69.5 km494731.4823.216.31,065,00074 mio.
49 Caracas60.5 km504651.3212.110.08,430,000510 mio.
50 Lisbon41.0 km524640.8910.313.04,390,000180 mio.
51 Sapporo48.0 km494631.0416.016.34,354,000209 mio.
52 Yokohama57.6 km484531.2819.216.03,438,000198 mio.
53 Tehran50.5 km474431.1516.815.76,990,000353 mio.
54 Nuremberg34.6 km464430.7911.515.32,659,00092 mio.
55 Bucharest67.7 km504341.5716.912.51,640,000111 mio.
56 San Francisco166.9 km434353.8833.48.6599,000100 mio.
57 Kiev59.8 km464331.3919.915.310,736,000642 mio.
58 Bangkok46.3 km444031.1615.414.74,449,000206 mio.
59 Budapest33.0 km424030.8311.014.09,000,000297 mio.
60 Manila45.7 km423931.1715.214.07,571,000346 mio.
61 Lyon30.7 km433940.797.710.85,928,000182 mio.
62 Bilbao40.6 km383821.0720.319.02,118,00086 mio.
63 Atlanta79.2 km393822.0839.619.5429,00034 mio.
64 Dortmund29.5 km373730.809.812.3
65 Saint Louis73.4 km373721.9836.718.5
66 Valencia31.8 km383730.8610.612.7
67 Tianjin72.0 km373721.9536.018.5208,00015 mio.
68 Rotterdam47.0 km383721.2723.519.01,809,00085 mio.
69 Toulouse27.5 km383720.7413.819.01,527,00042 mio.
70 Kaohsiung42.7 km373621.1921.418.5703,00030 mio.
71 Rio de Janeiro42.0 km343421.2421.017.03,214,000135 mio.
72 Fukuoka29.8 km353430.889.911.74,161,000124 mio.
73 Amsterdam32.7 km333340.998.28.32,783,00091 mio.
74 Kyoto31.3 km323121.0115.616.04,026,000126 mio.
75 Monterrey31.5 km323121.0215.816.0
76 Los Angeles59.3 km303031.9819.810.0759,00045 mio.
77 The Hague27.9 km303030.939.310.0
78 Incheon29.5 km292911.0229.529.02,475,00073 mio.
79 Lausanne13.7 km292820.496.814.5
80 Naples31.8 km302831.1410.610.0912,00029 mio.
81 Recife39.7 km302821.4219.915.0
82 Guadalajara24.0 km292820.8612.014.5
83 Essen20.2 km272730.756.79.0
84 Frankfurt20.5 km312730.766.810.3
85 Bochum21.5 km292720.8010.814.5
86 Tashkent36.2 km292631.3912.19.71,961,00071 mio.
87 Kharkov35.3 km282531.4111.89.37,875,000278 mio.
88 Medellin28.8 km262521.1514.413.05,382,000155 mio.
89 Minsk30.3 km252421.2615.112.58,647,000262 mio.
90 Marseille19.3 km262420.809.613.03,005,00058 mio.
91 Kobe30.6 km262421.2815.313.03,954,000121 mio.
92 Bursa22.5 km232310.9822.523.0
93 Brasilia42.0 km232311.8342.023.0381,00016 mio.
94 Copenhagen21.0 km222220.9510.511.01,762,00037 mio.
95 Shenzhen25.3 km232221.1512.611.52,885,00073 mio.
96 Ankara23.1 km232221.0511.611.54,892,000113 mio.
97 Miami36.0 km222211.6436.022.0528,00019 mio.
98 Daejeon22.6 km222211.0322.622.01,283,00029 mio.
99 Hiroshima18.4 km212110.8818.421.0978,00018 mio.
100 Warsaw22.6 km212111.0822.621.05,044,000114 mio.
101 Kolkata22.6 km212111.0822.621.04,425,000100 mio.
102 Tbilisi26.3 km222121.2513.111.03,498,00092 mio.
103 Seville18.0 km212110.8618.021.0
104 Baku32.9 km222121.5616.411.05,356,000176 mio.
105 Gwangju20.1 km202011.0120.120.0846,00017 mio.
106 Wuppertal13.3 km202010.6713.320.0
107 Charleroi17.5 km202040.884.45.0
108 Valparaiso43.0 km202012.1543.020.0
109 Tama16.0 km191910.8416.019.0
110 Belo Horizonte28.1 km191911.4828.119.0
111 Chiba15.5 km181820.867.89.0
112 Cleveland31.0 km181811.7231.018.0194,0006 mio.
113 Shenyang22.2 km181811.2322.218.0
114 Chongqing19.5 km181811.0819.518.0
115 Sendai14.8 km171710.8714.817.03,919,00058 mio.
116 Hanover18.6 km211731.096.27.0
117 Stuttgart24.0 km191721.4112.09.5
118 Helsinki21.0 km171711.2421.017.02,762,00058 mio.
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 km161611.0817.216.0523,0009 mio.
123 Nanjing21.7 km161611.3621.716.04,700,000102 mio.
124 Changchun17.0 km161611.0617.016.0
125 Naha12.8 km151510.8512.815.0
126 Rennes9.0 km151510.609.015.02,556,00023 mio.
127 Pyongyang22.5 km161521.5011.38.01,556,00035 mio.
128 Glasgow10.4 km151510.6910.415.01,442,00015 mio.
129 Sydney22.1 km141431.587.44.7
130 Oporto21.7 km151421.5510.97.5
131 Turin9.6 km141410.699.614.0
132 Baltimore24.5 km141411.7524.514.0571,00014 mio.
133 Duesseldorf9.6 km141420.684.87.0
134 Sofia18.0 km141411.2918.014.02,833,00051 mio.
135 Duisburg14.3 km131321.107.26.5
136 Kitakyushu8.8 km131310.688.813.0
137 Detroit4.8 km131310.374.813.0
138 Nizhny Novgorod15.5 km141321.197.87.02,129,00033 mio.
139 Novosibirsk14.3 km131221.197.26.54,895,00070 mio.
140 Kryvyi Rih18.0 km121211.5018.012.0
141 Seattle22.2 km121211.8522.212.0
142 Dalian49.0 km121214.0849.012.0
143 Bonn9.0 km121210.759.012.0
144 Mulheim9.0 km131220.754.56.5
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 km101011.2112.110.01,405,00017 mio.
150 Istanbul15.0 km101011.5015.010.04,533,00068 mio.
151 Izmir11.5 km101011.1511.510.02,609,00030 mio.
152 Wuhan10.2 km101011.0210.210.0
153 Gelsenkirchen5.5 km9910.615.59.0
154 Samara10.2 km9911.1310.29.01,176,00012 mio.
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 km7710.896.27.02,903,00018 mio.
160 Perugia3.0 km7710.433.07.0
161 Genoa5.2 km7710.745.27.0
162 Yekaterinburg8.5 km7711.218.57.05,412,00046 mio.
163 Las Vegas6.2 km7710.896.27.0
164 Bielefeld5.2 km7740.741.31.8
165 Maracaibo6.5 km6611.086.56.0
166 Jacksonville6.9 km6611.156.96.0
167 Dnepropetrovsk7.1 km6611.187.16.01,549,00011 mio.
168 Poznan6.1 km6611.026.16.0
169 Kazan8.3 km6611.388.36.0843,0007 mio.
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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