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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 Seoul286.9 km3482980.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,0000.54 EUR
2 Stockholm105.7 km1041001.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,0003.73 EUR
3 Hamburg100.7 km97891.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,000
4 Lille45.5 km62600.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,000
5 Busan95.0 km92881.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,000
6 Newcastle76.5 km61501.5338.330.538 mio.497,000
7 Milan74.6 km88840.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,0001.00 EUR
8 Incheon29.5 km29291.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,000
9 Daegu53.9 km56550.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,000
10 Delhi96.2 km83811.1932.127.7310 mio.3,224,0000.12 EUR
11 Cairo65.5 km55531.2432.827.5700 mio.10,687,0000.14 EUR
12 Rome39.0 km49480.8119.524.5331 mio.8,487,0001.00 EUR
13 London408.0 km2682681.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,0002.75 EUR
14 Paris213.0 km3803000.7113.323.81473 mio.6,915,0001.57 EUR
15 Nagoya89.0 km93821.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,000
16 Bursa22.5 km23230.9822.523.0
17 Shanghai334.0 km2301941.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,0000.34 EUR
18 Brasilia42.0 km23231.8342.023.016 mio.381,000
19 Tokyo304.5 km2902051.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,0001.57 EUR
20 Boston60.5 km66601.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,000
21 Philadelphia62.0 km66621.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,000
22 Miami36.0 km22221.6436.022.019 mio.528,0001.66 EUR
23 Daejeon22.6 km22221.0322.622.029 mio.1,283,000
24 Madrid284.0 km2812311.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,0001.00 EUR
25 Hiroshima18.4 km21210.8818.421.018 mio.978,000
26 Warsaw22.6 km21211.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,0000.47 EUR
27 Kolkata22.6 km21211.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,000
28 Seville18.0 km21210.8618.021.0
29 Brussels32.2 km61590.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,0001.53 EUR
30 Gwangju20.1 km20201.0120.120.017 mio.846,000
31 Wuppertal13.3 km20200.6713.320.0
32 Valparaiso43.0 km20202.1543.020.0
33 Kuala Lumpur64.0 km60561.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,0000.37 EUR
34 Berlin147.4 km1951730.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,0002.10 EUR
35 Atlanta79.2 km39382.0839.619.534 mio.429,000
36 Vienna69.8 km96840.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,0001.70 EUR
37 Bilbao40.6 km38381.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,000
38 Singapore118.9 km76691.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,0000.97 EUR
39 Prague59.1 km57541.0919.719.0597 mio.10,102,0000.65 EUR
40 Tama16.0 km19190.8416.019.0
41 Rotterdam47.0 km38371.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,000
42 Belo Horizonte28.1 km19191.4828.119.0
43 Toulouse27.5 km38370.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,000
44 Chicago166.0 km1511441.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,0001.58 EUR
45 Santiago83.0 km93860.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,0000.55 EUR
46 Toronto71.3 km74691.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,0001.67 EUR
47 Saint Louis73.4 km37371.9836.718.5
48 Tianjin72.0 km37371.9536.018.515 mio.208,000
49 Kaohsiung42.7 km37361.1921.418.530 mio.703,000
50 Montreal69.2 km73681.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,0001.67 EUR
51 Cleveland31.0 km18181.7231.018.06 mio.194,000
52 Washington171.2 km90861.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,000
53 Shenyang22.2 km18181.2322.218.0
54 Chongqing19.5 km18181.0819.518.0
55 Guangzhou148.5 km88791.8829.717.6601 mio.4,047,000
56 Athens52.0 km52481.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,0001.00 EUR
57 New York368.0 km4684220.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,0001.53 EUR
58 Rio de Janeiro42.0 km34341.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,0000.77 EUR
59 Sendai14.8 km17170.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,000
60 Helsinki21.0 km17171.2421.017.058 mio.2,762,0002.10 EUR
61 Porto Alegre33.8 km17171.9933.817.0
62 Chennai27.0 km17171.5927.017.0
63 Munich92.5 km100940.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,0002.30 EUR
64 Sapporo48.0 km49461.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,000
65 Beijing227.6 km1471251.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,0000.15 EUR
66 Vancouver69.5 km49471.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,000
67 Santo Domingo14.5 km16160.9114.516.0
68 San Juan17.2 km16161.0817.216.09 mio.523,000
69 Kyoto31.3 km32311.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,000
70 Yokohama57.6 km48451.2819.216.0198 mio.3,438,000
71 Monterrey31.5 km32311.0215.816.0
72 Nanjing21.7 km16161.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,000
73 Changchun17.0 km16161.0617.016.0
74 Mexico City201.7 km1751471.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,0000.14 EUR
75 Tehran50.5 km47441.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,000
76 Nuremberg34.6 km46440.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,000
77 Kiev59.8 km46431.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,0000.27 EUR
78 Barcelona110.5 km1521280.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,0001.35 EUR
79 Recife39.7 km30281.4219.915.0
80 Naha12.8 km15150.8512.815.0
81 Moscow298.8 km1801442.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,0000.50 EUR
82 Rennes9.0 km15150.609.015.023 mio.2,556,000
83 Glasgow10.4 km15150.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,000
84 Osaka137.8 km1331041.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,000
85 Bangkok46.3 km44401.1615.414.7206 mio.4,449,0000.64 EUR
86 Mumbai171.0 km73732.3434.214.60.17 EUR
87 Lausanne13.7 km29280.496.814.5
88 Guadalajara24.0 km29280.8612.014.5
89 Bochum21.5 km29270.8010.814.5
90 Sao Paulo61.3 km58551.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,0000.76 EUR
91 Oslo62.0 km72720.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,0002.67 EUR
92 Turin9.6 km14140.699.614.0
93 Baltimore24.5 km14141.7524.514.014 mio.571,000
94 Manila45.7 km42391.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,0000.18 EUR
95 Budapest33.0 km42400.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,0000.95 EUR
96 Sofia18.0 km14141.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,0000.51 EUR
97 Lisbon41.0 km52460.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,0000.80 EUR
98 Kitakyushu8.8 km13130.688.813.0
99 Marseille19.3 km26240.809.613.058 mio.3,005,000
100 Detroit4.8 km13130.374.813.0
101 Kobe30.6 km26241.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,000
102 Medellin28.8 km26251.1514.413.0155 mio.5,382,000
103 Buenos Aires47.5 km76680.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,0000.24 EUR
104 Valencia31.8 km38370.8610.612.7
105 Saint Petersburg110.2 km63552.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,000
106 Minsk30.3 km25241.2615.112.5262 mio.8,647,000
107 Bucharest67.7 km50431.5716.912.5111 mio.1,640,0000.40 EUR
108 Dortmund29.5 km37370.809.812.3
109 Kryvyi Rih18.0 km12121.5018.012.0
110 Seattle22.2 km12121.8522.212.0
111 Dalian49.0 km12124.0849.012.0
112 Bonn9.0 km12120.759.012.0
113 Fukuoka29.8 km35340.889.911.7124 mio.4,161,000
114 Shenzhen25.3 km23221.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,000
115 Ankara23.1 km23221.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,000
116 Copenhagen21.0 km22220.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,0002.81 EUR
117 Edmonton13.1 km11111.1913.111.0
118 Tbilisi26.3 km22211.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,000
119 Dubai39.7 km11113.6139.711.0
120 Baku32.9 km22211.5616.411.0176 mio.5,356,000
121 Lyon30.7 km43390.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,0001.60 EUR
122 Taipei90.6 km85801.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,0000.60 EUR
123 Hong Kong188.1 km95822.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,0000.91 EUR
124 Frankfurt20.5 km31270.766.810.32.30 EUR
125 Yerevan12.1 km10101.2112.110.017 mio.1,405,000
126 Los Angeles59.3 km30301.9819.810.045 mio.759,0001.91 EUR
127 Caracas60.5 km50461.3212.110.0510 mio.8,430,0000.31 EUR
128 Istanbul15.0 km10101.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,0000.63 EUR
129 Naples31.8 km30281.1410.610.029 mio.912,000
130 The Hague27.9 km30300.939.310.0
131 Izmir11.5 km10101.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,000
132 Wuhan10.2 km10101.0210.210.0
133 Tashkent36.2 km29261.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,000
134 Stuttgart24.0 km19171.4112.09.5
135 Kharkov35.3 km28251.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,000
136 Essen20.2 km27270.756.79.0
137 Chiba15.5 km18180.867.89.0
138 Gelsenkirchen5.5 km990.615.59.0
139 Samara10.2 km991.1310.29.012 mio.1,176,000
140 Palma de Mallorca8.3 km990.928.39.0
141 San Francisco166.9 km43433.8833.48.6100 mio.599,000
142 Amsterdam32.7 km33330.998.28.391 mio.2,783,0002.09 EUR
143 Adana8.0 km881.008.08.0
144 Kamakura6.6 km880.826.68.0
145 Buffalo8.4 km881.048.48.0
146 Pyongyang22.5 km16151.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,000
147 Oporto21.7 km15141.5510.97.5
148 Valencia6.2 km770.896.27.018 mio.2,903,000
149 Perugia3.0 km770.433.07.0
150 Hanover18.6 km21171.096.27.0
151 Genoa5.2 km770.745.27.0
152 Yekaterinburg8.5 km771.218.57.046 mio.5,412,000
153 Las Vegas6.2 km770.896.27.0
154 Duesseldorf9.6 km14140.684.87.0
155 Nizhny Novgorod15.5 km14131.197.87.033 mio.2,129,000
156 Duisburg14.3 km13131.107.26.5
157 Novosibirsk14.3 km13121.197.26.570 mio.4,895,000
158 Mulheim9.0 km13120.754.56.5
159 Maracaibo6.5 km661.086.56.0
160 Jacksonville6.9 km661.156.96.0
161 Dnepropetrovsk7.1 km661.187.16.011 mio.1,549,000
162 Poznan6.1 km661.026.16.0
163 Kazan8.3 km661.388.36.07 mio.843,000
164 Haifa1.8 km660.291.86.0
165 Catania3.8 km660.633.86.0
166 Lima10.0 km661.6710.06.00.29 EUR
167 Antwerp7.6 km11110.693.85.5
168 Rouen2.2 km550.442.25.0
169 Charleroi17.5 km20200.884.45.0
170 Sydney22.1 km14141.587.44.72.92 EUR
171 Newark2.2 km440.552.24.0
172 Cologne45.0 km51510.883.03.4
173 Pittsburgh1.5 km330.481.53.0
174 Volgograd3.3 km221.653.32.0
175 Bielefeld5.2 km770.741.31.8
176 Ludwigshafen4.0 km11110.36


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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