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World Metro Database

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A list like this and the rail systems that appear in it may always be somewhat controversial. One reason is that definitions of what a metro is vary according to who you ask (a popular definition is here). Differences between commuter rail, metros and trams are increasingly fading as new hybrid trains make it easier for metros to include sections on streets or heavy-rail tracks. 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.

Numerical data (except ridership) by Jordi Serradell 09/2010. Ridership data by John Kennes 07/2010. Ticket prices by UBS: Prices and Earnings (PDF, p. 20) 2009. Non-numerical data by Mike Rohde 10/2010.

'Stations*' (with an asterisk) counts each interchange station as one. Daily ridership is annual ridership divided by 365 (for convenience; please note that weekday and weekend ridership may differ significantly and refer to the Annual Ridership column if desired). 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 shown.



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1 Haifa1959Israel660.29
2 Ludwigshafen29 May 1969Germany11110.36
3 DetroitJul 1987USA13130.37
4 Perugia29 Jan 2008Italy770.43
5 Rouen17 Dec 1994France550.44
6 Pittsburgh3 Jul 1985USA330.48
7 Lausanne24 May 1991Switzerland29280.49
8 Brussels20 Sep 1976Belgium61590.55364,000
9 Newark26 May 1935USA440.55
10 Rennes16 Mar 2002France15150.6063,000
11 Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 1984Germany990.61
12 Catania27 Jun 1999Italy660.63
13 Wuppertal1 Mar 1901Germany20200.67
14 Kitakyushu9 Jan 1985Japan13130.68
15 Duesseldorf4 Oct 1981Germany14140.68
16 Turin4 Feb 2006Italy14140.69
17 Antwerp25 Mar 1975Belgium11110.69
18 Glasgow14 Dec 1896United Kingdom15150.6941,100
19 Buenos Aires1 Dec 1913Argentina77680.71789,000
20 Paris19 Jul 1900France3803000.714.05 million
21 Bielefeld21 Sep 1971Germany770.74
22 Genoa13 Jun 1990Italy770.74
23 Toulouse26 Jun 1993France38370.74115,000
24 Essen5 Oct 1967Germany27270.75
25 Bonn22 Mar 1975Germany12120.75
26 Mulheim3 Nov 1979Germany13120.75
27 Lille25 Apr 1983France62600.76203,000
28 Frankfurt4 Oct 1968Germany31270.76
29 Marseille26 Nov 1977France30280.78159,000
30 Nuremberg1 Mar 1972Germany46440.79315,000
31 Lyon28 Apr 1978France43390.79499,000
32 Dortmund17 May 1976Germany37370.80
33 Bochum26 May 1979Germany29270.80
34 Rome10 Feb 1955Italy49480.81907,000
35 Kamakura3 Mar 1970Japan880.82
36 Budapest2 May 1896Hungary42400.83814,000
37 Vienna25 Feb 1978Austria102900.831.4 million
38 Tama27 Nov 1998Japan19190.84
39 Oslo22 May 1966Norway73730.85214,000
40 Berlin18 Feb 1902Germany1951730.851.39 million
41 Naha10 Aug 2003Japan15150.85
42 Guadalajara1 Sep 1989Mexico29280.86
43 Seville2 Apr 2009Spain21210.86
44 Valencia3 Oct 1988Spain38370.86
45 Chiba28 Mar 1988Japan18180.86
46 Sendai15 Jul 1987Japan17170.87159,000
47 New York27 Oct 1904USA4684220.874.33 million
48 Charleroi21 Jun 1976Belgium20200.88
49 Hiroshima20 Aug 1994Japan21210.8849,300
50 Fukuoka26 Jul 1981Japan35340.88340,000
51 Cologne11 Oct 1968Germany51510.88
52 Barcelona30 Dec 1924Spain1621350.881.11 million
53 Las Vegas15 Jul 2004USA770.89
54 Valencia18 Oct 2006Venezuela770.8949,300
55 Milan1 Nov 1964Italy88840.89899,000
56 Lisbon29 Dec 1959Portugal52460.89488,000
57 Santo Domingo30 Jan 2009Dominican Republic16160.91200,000
58 Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 2007Spain990.92
59 The Hague16 Oct 2004Netherlands30300.93
60 Copenhagen19 Oct 2002Denmark22220.95126,000
61 Seoul15 Aug 1974South Korea3482980.965.61 million
62 Bursa19 Aug 2002Turkey23230.98
63 Daegu26 Nov 1997South Korea56550.98301,000
64 Munich19 Oct 1971Germany102960.98962,000
65 Kolkata24 Oct 1984India23230.98474,000
66 Amsterdam16 Oct 1977Netherlands33330.99233,000
67 Santiago15 Sep 1975Chile101930.991.67 million
68 Philadelphia4 Mar 1907USA66621.00192,000
69 Adana18 Mar 2009Turkey881.00
70 Gwangju28 Apr 2004South Korea20201.0146,600
71 Boston1 Sep 1897USA66601.01400,000
72 Kyoto1 Apr 1981Japan32311.01345,000
73 Monterrey25 Apr 1991Mexico32311.02
74 Poznan1 Mar 1997Poland661.02
75 Incheon6 Oct 1999South Korea29291.02200,000
76 Montreal14 Oct 1966Canada73681.02600,000
77 Daejeon16 Mar 2006South Korea22221.0379,500
78 Toronto30 Apr 1954Canada74691.03762,000
79 Wuhan28 Sep 2004China27271.0435,600
80 Sapporo16 Dec 1971Japan49461.04573,000
81 Buffalo18 May 1985USA881.04
82 Ankara30 Aug 1996Turkey23221.05310,000
83 Stockholm1 Oct 1950Sweden1041001.06841,000
84 Athens1954Greece53491.06937,000
85 ChangchunOct 2002China16161.06
86 Bilbao11 Nov 1995Spain38381.07238,000
87 San Juan6 Jun 2005Puerto Rico16161.0824,700
88 Warsaw7 Apr 1995Poland21211.08345,000
89 Busan19 Jul 1985South Korea92881.08704,000
90 Chongqing18 Jun 2005China18181.08
91 Maracaibo8 Jun 2009Venezuela661.08
92 Nagoya15 Nov 1957Japan93821.091.17 million
93 Hanover28 Sep 1975Germany21171.09
94 Prague9 May 1974Czech Republic57541.091.6 million
95 Duisburg11 Jul 1992Germany13131.10
96 Hamburg1 Mar 1912Germany97891.13518,000
97 Samara26 Dec 1987Russia991.1332,900
98 Naples28 Mar 1993Italy30281.1479,500
99 Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 1996Malaysia60561.14299,000
100 Shenzhen28 Dec 2004China23221.15362,000
101 Izmir22 May 2000Turkey10101.1582,200
102 Jacksonville30 May 1989USA661.15
103 Medellin30 Nov 1995Colombia26251.15425,000
104 Chicago6 Jun 1892USA1511441.15542,000
105 Chengdu27 Sep 2010China16161.16
106 Taipei28 Mar 1996Taiwan85801.181.27 million
107 Sao Paulo14 Sep 1974Brazil63591.181.93 million
108 Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 1995Ukraine661.1838,400
109 Kaohsiung9 Mar 2008Taiwan37361.1982,200
110 Novosibirsk7 Jan 1986Russia13121.19192,000
111 Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 1985Russia14131.1990,400
112 Yerevan7 Mar 1981Armenia10101.2146,600
113 Yekaterinburg26 Apr 1991Russia771.21126,000
114 Delhi24 Dec 2002India1161131.23838,000
115 Madrid17 Oct 1919Spain2812311.231.78 million
116 Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 1979Brazil34341.24370,000
117 Helsinki3 Aug 1982Finland17171.24156,000
118 Cairo27 Sep 1987Egypt55531.241.92 million
119 Tbilisi11 Jan 1966Georgia22211.25252,000
120 Minsk26 Jun 1984Belarus25241.26718,000
121 Shenyang27 Sep 2010China22221.26
122 Tehran21 Feb 2000Iran55521.271.26 million
123 Rotterdam10 Feb 1968Netherlands38371.27238,000
124 Kobe13 Mar 1977Japan26241.28332,000
125 Yokohama16 Dec 1972Japan48451.28542,000
126 Sofia28 Jan 1998Bulgaria14141.2979,500
127 Manila1 Dec 1984Philippines43401.29948,000
128 Caracas27 Mar 1983Venezuela50461.321.25 million
129 Osaka20 May 1933Japan1331041.332.36 million
130 Edmonton22 Apr 1978Canada15151.36
131 Mexico City5 Sep 1969Mexico1751471.373.88 million
132 Kazan27 Aug 2005Russia661.3819,200
133 Kiev22 Oct 1960Ukraine46431.391.76 million
134 Tashkent6 Nov 1977Uzbekistan29261.39195,000
135 Stuttgart10 Jun 1966Germany19171.41
136 Kharkov23 Aug 1975Ukraine28251.41762,000
137 Recife11 Mar 1985Brazil30281.42
138 Vancouver3 Jan 1986Canada49471.48203,000
139 Belo Horizonte1 Aug 1986Brazil19191.48
140 Tokyo30 Dec 1927Japan2902051.498.7 million
141 Pyongyang6 Sep 1973North Korea16151.5095,900
142 Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 1986Ukraine12121.50
143 Istanbul16 Sep 2000Turkey10101.50186,000
144 London10 Jan 1863United Kingdom2682681.522.99 million
145 Newcastle7 Aug 1980United Kingdom61501.53104,000
146 Nanjing27 Aug 2005China57551.54400,000
147 Oporto7 Dec 2002Portugal15141.55
148 Baku6 Nov 1967Azerbaijan22211.56482,000
149 Bucharest16 Nov 1979Romania50431.57304,000
150 Sydney1926Australia14141.58
151 Chennai19 Oct 1997India17171.59
152 Bangkok5 Dec 1999Thailand52461.63564,000
153 Miami21 May 1984USA22221.6449,300
154 Volgograd5 Nov 1984Russia221.65
155 Singapore7 Nov 1987Singapore87781.661.81 million
156 Lima13 Jan 2003Peru661.67
157 Cleveland15 Mar 1955USA18181.7213,700
158 Guangzhou28 Jun 1999China1111011.751.85 million
159 Brasilia31 Mar 2001Brazil24241.7543,800
160 Baltimore21 Nov 1983USA14141.7535,600
161 Shanghai10 Apr 1995China2782351.793.56 million
162 Beijing1 Oct 1969China1471251.823.99 million
163 Seattle18 Jul 2009USA12121.85
164 Tianjin28 Mar 2004China37371.9541,100
165 Los Angeles30 Jan 1993USA30301.98129,000
166 Saint Louis31 Jul 1993USA37371.98
167 Porto Alegre2 Mar 1985Brazil17171.99
168 Washington27 Mar 1976USA90861.99611,000
169 Saint Petersburg15 Nov 1955Russia63552.002.25 million
170 Dubai9 Sep 2009United Arab Emirates26262.00
171 Mecca13 Nov 2010Saudi Arabia992.01
172 Moscow15 May 1935Russia1821462.076.55 million
173 Atlanta30 Jun 1979USA39382.0893,200
174 Valparaiso23 Nov 2005Chile20202.15
175 Hong Kong1 Oct 1979China95822.293.62 million
176 MumbaiIndia73732.34
177 San Francisco11 Sep 1972USA43433.88274,000
178 Dalian1 May 2003China12124.08





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