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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 New York27 Oct 1904228.7 mi4682717.34.33 million
2 Paris19 Jul 1900132.4 mi3801623.84.05 million
3 Cologne11 Oct 196828.0 mi51153.4
4 Tokyo30 Dec 1927189.2 mi2901322.38.7 million
5 Madrid17 Oct 1919176.5 mi2811321.61.78 million
6 Moscow15 May 1935187.7 mi1821215.26.55 million
7 Shanghai10 Apr 1995261.0 mi2781223.23.56 million
8 London10 Jan 1863253.6 mi2681124.42.99 million
9 Mexico City5 Sep 1969125.4 mi1751115.93.88 million
10 Barcelona30 Dec 192474.2 mi1621114.71.11 million
11 Seoul15 Aug 1974178.3 mi3481034.85.61 million
12 Berlin18 Feb 190291.6 mi1951019.51.39 million
13 Osaka20 May 193385.6 mi133914.82.36 million
14 Beijing1 Oct 1969141.4 mi147916.33.99 million
15 Hong Kong1 Oct 1979116.9 mi95910.63.62 million
16 Chicago6 Jun 1892103.2 mi151818.9542,000
17 Taipei28 Mar 199658.5 mi85810.61.27 million
18 Buenos Aires1 Dec 191329.9 mi77612.8789,000
19 Munich19 Oct 197158.5 mi102617.0962,000
20 Washington27 Mar 1976106.4 mi90518.0611,000
21 Sao Paulo14 Sep 197443.3 mi63512.61.93 million
22 Saint Petersburg15 Nov 195568.5 mi63512.62.25 million
23 Mumbai106.3 mi73514.6
24 Vienna25 Feb 197846.4 mi102520.41.4 million
25 San Francisco11 Sep 1972103.7 mi4358.6274,000
26 Santiago15 Sep 197557.4 mi101520.21.67 million
27 Caracas27 Mar 198337.6 mi50510.01.25 million
28 Guangzhou28 Jun 1999109.6 mi111522.21.85 million
29 Oslo22 May 196638.5 mi73514.6214,000
30 Amsterdam16 Oct 197720.3 mi3348.3233,000
31 Toronto30 Apr 195444.3 mi74418.5762,000
32 Bielefeld21 Sep 19713.2 mi741.8
33 Bangkok5 Dec 199946.6 mi52413.0564,000
34 Delhi24 Dec 200286.2 mi116429.0838,000
35 Charleroi21 Jun 197610.9 mi2045.0
36 Bucharest16 Nov 197942.1 mi50412.5304,000
37 Singapore7 Nov 198780.6 mi87421.81.81 million
38 Nagoya15 Nov 195755.3 mi93423.31.17 million
39 Montreal14 Oct 196643.0 mi73418.3600,000
40 Lisbon29 Dec 195925.5 mi52413.0488,000
41 Lyon28 Apr 197819.1 mi43410.8499,000
42 Kiev22 Oct 196037.2 mi46315.31.76 million
43 Manila1 Dec 198432.0 mi43314.3948,000
44 Naples28 Mar 199319.8 mi30310.079,500
45 Hamburg1 Mar 191262.6 mi97332.3518,000
46 Busan19 Jul 198559.0 mi92330.7704,000
47 The Hague16 Oct 200417.3 mi30310.0
48 Essen5 Oct 196712.6 mi2739.0
49 Kharkov23 Aug 197521.9 mi2839.3762,000
50 Tashkent6 Nov 197722.5 mi2939.7195,000
51 Stockholm1 Oct 195065.7 mi104334.7841,000
52 Fukuoka26 Jul 198118.5 mi35311.7340,000
53 Boston1 Sep 189737.6 mi66322.0400,000
54 Sapporo16 Dec 197129.8 mi49316.3573,000
55 Vancouver3 Jan 198643.2 mi49316.3203,000
56 Milan1 Nov 196446.4 mi88329.3899,000
57 Tehran21 Feb 200041.0 mi55318.31.26 million
58 Prague9 May 197436.7 mi57319.01.6 million
59 Brussels20 Sep 197620.0 mi61320.3364,000
60 Sydney192613.7 mi1434.7
61 Philadelphia4 Mar 190738.5 mi66322.0192,000
62 Los Angeles30 Jan 199336.9 mi30310.0129,000
63 Nuremberg1 Mar 197221.5 mi46315.3315,000
64 Athens195432.3 mi53317.7937,000
65 Valencia3 Oct 198819.8 mi38312.7
66 Hanover28 Sep 197511.6 mi2137.0
67 Budapest2 May 189620.5 mi42314.0814,000
68 Frankfurt4 Oct 196812.7 mi31310.3
69 Dortmund17 May 197618.3 mi37312.3
70 Yokohama16 Dec 197235.8 mi48316.0542,000
71 Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 199639.8 mi60320.0299,000
72 Daegu26 Nov 199733.5 mi56228.0301,000
73 Baku6 Nov 196720.4 mi22211.0482,000
74 Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 197926.1 mi34217.0370,000
75 Tbilisi11 Jan 196616.3 mi22211.0252,000
76 Stuttgart10 Jun 196614.9 mi1929.5
77 Duisburg11 Jul 19928.9 mi1326.5
78 Novosibirsk7 Jan 19868.9 mi1326.5192,000
79 Kobe13 Mar 197719.0 mi26213.0332,000
80 Kaohsiung9 Mar 200826.5 mi37218.582,200
81 Antwerp25 Mar 19754.7 mi1125.5
82 Rotterdam10 Feb 196829.2 mi38219.0238,000
83 Minsk26 Jun 198418.8 mi25212.5718,000
84 Pyongyang6 Sep 197314.0 mi1628.095,900
85 Marseille26 Nov 197713.5 mi30215.0159,000
86 Lille25 Apr 198328.3 mi62231.0203,000
87 Bochum26 May 197913.4 mi29214.5
88 Copenhagen19 Oct 200213.1 mi22211.0126,000
89 Atlanta30 Jun 197949.2 mi39219.593,200
90 Chiba28 Mar 19889.6 mi1829.0
91 Saint Louis31 Jul 199345.6 mi37218.5
92 Kyoto1 Apr 198119.5 mi32216.0345,000
93 Duesseldorf4 Oct 19816.0 mi1427.0
94 Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 19859.6 mi1427.090,400
95 Nanjing27 Aug 200552.6 mi57228.5400,000
96 Ankara30 Aug 199614.4 mi23211.5310,000
97 Mulheim3 Nov 19795.6 mi1326.5
98 Toulouse26 Jun 199317.1 mi38219.0115,000
99 Rome10 Feb 195524.2 mi49224.5907,000
100 Lausanne24 May 19918.5 mi29214.5
101 Bilbao11 Nov 199525.2 mi38219.0238,000
102 Shenzhen28 Dec 200415.7 mi23211.5362,000
103 Monterrey25 Apr 199119.6 mi32216.0
104 Recife11 Mar 198524.7 mi30215.0
105 Medellin30 Nov 199517.9 mi26213.0425,000
106 Cairo27 Sep 198740.7 mi55227.51.92 million
107 Tianjin28 Mar 200444.7 mi37218.541,100
108 Guadalajara1 Sep 198914.9 mi29214.5
109 Oporto7 Dec 200213.5 mi1527.5
110 Newcastle7 Aug 198047.5 mi61230.5104,000
111 Naha10 Aug 20038.0 mi15115.0
112 Jacksonville30 May 19894.3 mi616.0
113 Mecca13 Nov 201011.2 mi919.0
114 Valparaiso23 Nov 200526.7 mi20120.0
115 Miami21 May 198422.4 mi22122.049,300
116 Hiroshima20 Aug 199411.4 mi21121.049,300
117 Catania27 Jun 19992.4 mi616.0
118 Gwangju28 Apr 200412.5 mi20120.046,600
119 Buffalo18 May 19855.2 mi818.0
120 Poznan1 Mar 19973.8 mi616.0
121 Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 19843.4 mi919.0
122 Brasilia31 Mar 200126.1 mi24124.043,800
123 Las Vegas15 Jul 20043.9 mi717.0
124 Perugia29 Jan 20081.9 mi717.0
125 Shenyang27 Sep 201017.3 mi22122.0
126 Wuppertal1 Mar 19018.3 mi20120.0
127 Seattle18 Jul 200913.8 mi12112.0
128 Cleveland15 Mar 195519.3 mi18118.013,700
129 Turin4 Feb 20066.0 mi14114.0
130 Incheon6 Oct 199918.3 mi29129.0200,000
131 Pittsburgh3 Jul 19850.9 mi313.0
132 Glasgow14 Dec 18966.5 mi15115.041,100
133 Santo Domingo30 Jan 20099.0 mi16116.0200,000
134 Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 19954.4 mi616.038,400
135 Yerevan7 Mar 19817.5 mi10110.046,600
136 Newark26 May 19351.4 mi414.0
137 Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 198611.2 mi12112.0
138 Warsaw7 Apr 199514.0 mi21121.0345,000
139 Valencia18 Oct 20063.9 mi717.049,300
140 Izmir22 May 20007.1 mi10110.082,200
141 Rennes16 Mar 20025.6 mi15115.063,000
142 Helsinki3 Aug 198213.1 mi17117.0156,000
143 Porto Alegre2 Mar 198521.0 mi17117.0
144 Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 20075.2 mi919.0
145 Dubai9 Sep 200932.4 mi26126.0
146 Dalian1 May 200330.5 mi12112.0
147 Wuhan28 Sep 200417.4 mi27127.035,600
148 Kitakyushu9 Jan 19855.5 mi13113.0
149 Daejeon16 Mar 200614.0 mi22122.079,500
150 Baltimore21 Nov 198315.2 mi14114.035,600
151 Kamakura3 Mar 19704.1 mi818.0
152 Chongqing18 Jun 200512.1 mi18118.0
153 Samara26 Dec 19876.3 mi919.032,900
154 ChangchunOct 200210.6 mi16116.0
155 Maracaibo8 Jun 20094.0 mi616.0
156 Haifa19591.1 mi616.0
157 Bursa19 Aug 200214.0 mi23123.0
158 Genoa13 Jun 19903.2 mi717.0
159 Edmonton22 Apr 197812.7 mi15115.0
160 Chengdu27 Sep 201011.5 mi16116.0
161 Yekaterinburg26 Apr 19915.3 mi717.0126,000
162 Sendai15 Jul 19879.2 mi17117.0159,000
163 Kolkata24 Oct 198414.0 mi23123.0474,000
164 DetroitJul 19873.0 mi13113.0
165 Kazan27 Aug 20055.2 mi616.019,200
166 Volgograd5 Nov 19842.1 mi212.0
167 San Juan6 Jun 200510.7 mi16116.024,700
168 Chennai19 Oct 199716.8 mi17117.0
169 Rouen17 Dec 19941.4 mi515.0
170 Istanbul16 Sep 20009.3 mi10110.0186,000
171 Tama27 Nov 19989.9 mi19119.0
172 Sofia28 Jan 199811.2 mi14114.079,500
173 Lima13 Jan 20036.2 mi616.0
174 Bonn22 Mar 19755.6 mi12112.0
175 Adana18 Mar 20095.0 mi818.0
176 Belo Horizonte1 Aug 198617.5 mi19119.0
177 Seville2 Apr 200911.2 mi21121.0
178 Ludwigshafen29 May 19692.5 mi110





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