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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 London253.6 mi268268110.9524.41197 mio.4,721,000
2 New York228.7 mi468422270.5417.31624 mio.7,101,000
3 Shanghai207.6 mi230194101.0723.01122 mio.5,405,000
4 Tokyo189.2 mi290205130.9222.33174 mio.16,772,000
5 Moscow185.7 mi180144121.2915.02573 mio.13,855,000
6 Seoul178.3 mi348298100.6034.82048 mio.11,486,000
7 Madrid176.5 mi281231130.7621.6686 mio.3,887,000
8 Beijing141.4 mi14712591.1316.31200 mio.8,485,000
9 Paris132.4 mi380300160.4423.81473 mio.11,127,000
10 Mexico City125.4 mi175147110.8515.91460 mio.11,647,000
11 Hong Kong116.9 mi958291.4310.61309 mio.11,197,000
12 Washington106.4 mi908651.2418.0215 mio.2,021,000
13 Mumbai106.3 mi737351.4614.6
14 San Francisco103.7 mi434352.418.6100 mio.964,000
15 Chicago103.2 mi15114480.7218.9198 mio.1,919,000
16 Guangzhou92.3 mi887951.1717.6601 mio.6,512,000
17 Berlin91.6 mi195173100.5319.5447 mio.4,879,000
18 Osaka85.6 mi13310490.8214.8860 mio.10,042,000
19 Singapore73.9 mi766941.0719.0571 mio.7,727,000
20 Barcelona68.7 mi152128100.5415.2378 mio.5,504,000
21 Saint Petersburg68.5 mi635551.2512.6832 mio.12,148,000
22 Stockholm65.7 mi10410030.6634.7303 mio.4,612,000
23 Hamburg62.6 mi978930.7032.3184 mio.2,940,000
24 Delhi59.8 mi838130.7427.7310 mio.5,188,000
25 Busan59.0 mi928830.6730.7257 mio.4,353,000
26 Munich57.5 mi1009460.6116.7349 mio.6,071,000
27 Taipei56.3 mi858080.7010.6450 mio.7,992,000
28 Nagoya55.3 mi938240.6723.3427 mio.7,720,000
29 Santiago51.6 mi938650.6018.6642 mio.12,446,000
30 Atlanta49.2 mi393821.3019.534 mio.691,000
31 Newcastle47.5 mi615020.9530.538 mio.799,000
32 Milan46.4 mi888430.5529.3328 mio.7,074,000
33 Saint Louis45.6 mi373721.2318.5
34 Tianjin44.7 mi373721.2118.515 mio.335,000
35 Toronto44.3 mi746940.6418.5278 mio.6,274,000
36 Vienna43.4 mi968450.5219.2498 mio.11,480,000
37 Vancouver43.2 mi494730.9216.374 mio.1,713,000
38 Montreal43.0 mi736840.6318.3219 mio.5,092,000
39 Bucharest42.1 mi504340.9812.5111 mio.2,638,000
40 Cairo40.7 mi555320.7727.5700 mio.17,195,000
41 Kuala Lumpur39.8 mi605630.7120.0109 mio.2,740,000
42 Oslo38.5 mi727250.5414.464 mio.1,661,000
43 Philadelphia38.5 mi666230.6222.067 mio.1,739,000
44 Sao Paulo38.1 mi585540.6914.5684 mio.17,954,000
45 Caracas37.6 mi504650.8210.0510 mio.13,563,000
46 Boston37.6 mi666030.6322.0145 mio.3,856,000
47 Kiev37.2 mi464330.8615.3642 mio.17,274,000
48 Los Angeles36.9 mi303031.2310.045 mio.1,221,000
49 Prague36.7 mi575430.6819.0597 mio.16,253,000
50 Yokohama35.8 mi484530.8016.0198 mio.5,531,000
51 Daegu33.5 mi565520.6128.0110 mio.3,284,000
52 Athens32.3 mi524830.6717.3325 mio.10,056,000
53 Tehran31.4 mi474430.7115.7353 mio.11,247,000
54 Dalian30.5 mi121212.5412.0
55 Sapporo29.8 mi494630.6516.3209 mio.7,006,000
56 Buenos Aires29.5 mi766860.4312.7280 mio.9,485,000
57 Rotterdam29.2 mi383720.7919.085 mio.2,910,000
58 Bangkok28.8 mi444030.7214.7206 mio.7,159,000
59 Manila28.4 mi423930.7314.0346 mio.12,182,000
60 Lille28.3 mi626020.4731.074 mio.2,617,000
61 Cologne28.0 mi5151150.553.4
62 Valparaiso26.7 mi202011.3420.0
63 Kaohsiung26.5 mi373620.7418.530 mio.1,130,000
64 Rio de Janeiro26.1 mi343420.7717.0135 mio.5,172,000
65 Brasilia26.1 mi232311.1323.016 mio.613,000
66 Lisbon25.5 mi524640.5513.0180 mio.7,064,000
67 Bilbao25.2 mi383820.6619.086 mio.3,407,000
68 Dubai24.7 mi111112.2411.0
69 Recife24.7 mi302820.8815.0
70 Rome24.2 mi494820.5024.5331 mio.13,656,000
71 Tashkent22.5 mi292630.879.771 mio.3,156,000
72 Miami22.4 mi222211.0222.019 mio.849,000
73 Kharkov21.9 mi282530.889.3278 mio.12,671,000
74 Nuremberg21.5 mi464430.4915.392 mio.4,278,000
75 Porto Alegre21.0 mi171711.2417.0
76 Budapest20.5 mi424030.5114.0297 mio.14,481,000
77 Baku20.4 mi222120.9711.0176 mio.8,618,000
78 Amsterdam20.3 mi333340.628.391 mio.4,478,000
79 Brussels20.0 mi615930.3420.3136 mio.6,796,000
80 Naples19.8 mi302830.7110.029 mio.1,467,000
81 Valencia19.8 mi383730.5312.7
82 Monterrey19.6 mi323120.6316.0
83 Kyoto19.5 mi323120.6316.0126 mio.6,477,000
84 Cleveland19.3 mi181811.0718.06 mio.311,000
85 Lyon19.1 mi433940.4910.8182 mio.9,539,000
86 Kobe19.0 mi262420.7913.0121 mio.6,362,000
87 Minsk18.8 mi252420.7812.5262 mio.13,913,000
88 Fukuoka18.5 mi353430.5411.7124 mio.6,695,000
89 Incheon18.3 mi292910.6329.073 mio.3,982,000
90 Dortmund18.3 mi373730.4912.3
91 Medellin17.9 mi262520.7213.0155 mio.8,660,000
92 Belo Horizonte17.5 mi191910.9219.0
93 The Hague17.3 mi303030.5810.0
94 Toulouse17.1 mi383720.4619.042 mio.2,457,000
95 Chennai16.8 mi171710.9917.0
96 Tbilisi16.3 mi222120.7811.092 mio.5,628,000
97 Shenzhen15.7 mi232220.7111.573 mio.4,643,000
98 Baltimore15.2 mi141411.0914.014 mio.919,000
99 Guadalajara14.9 mi292820.5314.5
100 Stuttgart14.9 mi191720.889.5
101 Ankara14.4 mi232220.6511.5113 mio.7,871,000
102 Warsaw14.0 mi212110.6721.0114 mio.8,116,000
103 Kolkata14.0 mi212110.6721.0100 mio.7,119,000
104 Daejeon14.0 mi222210.6422.029 mio.2,065,000
105 Bursa14.0 mi232310.6123.0
106 Pyongyang14.0 mi161520.938.035 mio.2,503,000
107 Shenyang13.8 mi181810.7718.0
108 Seattle13.8 mi121211.1512.0
109 Sydney13.7 mi141430.984.7
110 Oporto13.5 mi151420.967.5
111 Nanjing13.5 mi161610.8416.0102 mio.7,563,000
112 Bochum13.4 mi292720.5014.5
113 Copenhagen13.1 mi222220.5911.037 mio.2,835,000
114 Helsinki13.1 mi171710.7717.058 mio.4,444,000
115 Frankfurt12.7 mi312730.4710.3
116 Essen12.6 mi272730.479.0
117 Gwangju12.5 mi202010.6220.017 mio.1,361,000
118 Chongqing12.1 mi181810.6718.0
119 Marseille12.0 mi262420.5013.058 mio.4,835,000
120 Hanover11.6 mi211730.687.0
121 Hiroshima11.4 mi212110.5421.018 mio.1,574,000
122 Kryvyi Rih11.2 mi121210.9312.0
123 Sofia11.2 mi141410.8014.051 mio.4,559,000
124 Seville11.2 mi212110.5321.0
125 Charleroi10.9 mi202040.545.0
126 San Juan10.7 mi161610.6716.09 mio.842,000
127 Changchun10.6 mi161610.6616.0
128 Tama9.9 mi191910.5219.0
129 Chiba9.6 mi181820.549.0
130 Nizhny Novgorod9.6 mi141320.747.033 mio.3,426,000
131 Istanbul9.3 mi101010.9310.068 mio.7,294,000
132 Sendai9.2 mi171710.5417.058 mio.6,306,000
133 Santo Domingo9.0 mi161610.5616.0
134 Duisburg8.9 mi131320.696.5
135 Novosibirsk8.9 mi131220.746.570 mio.7,876,000
136 Lausanne8.5 mi292820.3014.5
137 Wuppertal8.3 mi202010.4120.0
138 Edmonton8.1 mi111110.7411.0
139 Naha8.0 mi151510.5315.0
140 Yerevan7.5 mi101010.7510.017 mio.2,261,000
141 Izmir7.1 mi101010.7110.030 mio.4,197,000
142 Glasgow6.5 mi151510.4315.015 mio.2,321,000
143 Samara6.3 mi9910.709.012 mio.1,893,000
144 Wuhan6.3 mi101010.6310.0
145 Lima6.2 mi6611.046.0
146 Turin6.0 mi141410.4314.0
147 Duesseldorf6.0 mi141420.437.0
148 Mulheim5.6 mi131220.476.5
149 Rennes5.6 mi151510.3715.023 mio.4,112,000
150 Bonn5.6 mi121210.4712.0
151 Kitakyushu5.5 mi131310.4213.0
152 Yekaterinburg5.3 mi7710.757.046 mio.8,708,000
153 Buffalo5.2 mi8810.658.0
154 Kazan5.2 mi6610.866.07 mio.1,357,000
155 Palma de Mallorca5.2 mi9910.579.0
156 Adana5.0 mi8810.628.0
157 Antwerp4.7 mi111120.435.5
158 Dnepropetrovsk4.4 mi6610.746.011 mio.2,493,000
159 Jacksonville4.3 mi6610.716.0
160 Kamakura4.1 mi8810.518.0
161 Maracaibo4.0 mi6610.676.0
162 Valencia3.9 mi7710.557.018 mio.4,671,000
163 Las Vegas3.9 mi7710.557.0
164 Poznan3.8 mi6610.636.0
165 Gelsenkirchen3.4 mi9910.389.0
166 Genoa3.2 mi7710.467.0
167 Bielefeld3.2 mi7740.461.8
168 Detroit3.0 mi131310.2313.0
169 Ludwigshafen2.5 mi111100.23
170 Catania2.4 mi6610.396.0
171 Volgograd2.1 mi2211.032.0
172 Perugia1.9 mi7710.277.0
173 Newark1.4 mi4410.344.0
174 Rouen1.4 mi5510.275.0
175 Haifa1.1 mi6610.186.0
176 Pittsburgh0.9 mi3310.303.0


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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