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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 mi4684224.33 million
2 Paris19 Jul 1900132.4 mi3803004.05 million
3 Seoul15 Aug 1974178.3 mi3482985.61 million
4 Tokyo30 Dec 1927189.2 mi2902058.7 million
5 Madrid17 Oct 1919176.5 mi2812311.78 million
6 Shanghai10 Apr 1995261.0 mi2782353.56 million
7 London10 Jan 1863253.6 mi2682682.99 million
8 Berlin18 Feb 190291.6 mi1951731.39 million
9 Moscow15 May 1935187.7 mi1821466.55 million
10 Mexico City5 Sep 1969125.4 mi1751473.88 million
11 Barcelona30 Dec 192474.2 mi1621351.11 million
12 Chicago6 Jun 1892103.2 mi151144542,000
13 Beijing1 Oct 1969141.4 mi1471253.99 million
14 Osaka20 May 193385.6 mi1331042.36 million
15 Delhi24 Dec 200286.2 mi116113838,000
16 Guangzhou28 Jun 1999109.6 mi1111011.85 million
17 Stockholm1 Oct 195065.7 mi104100841,000
18 Vienna25 Feb 197846.4 mi102901.4 million
19 Munich19 Oct 197158.5 mi10296962,000
20 Santiago15 Sep 197557.4 mi101931.67 million
21 Hamburg1 Mar 191262.6 mi9789518,000
22 Hong Kong1 Oct 1979116.9 mi95823.62 million
23 Nagoya15 Nov 195755.3 mi93821.17 million
24 Busan19 Jul 198559.0 mi9288704,000
25 Washington27 Mar 1976106.4 mi9086611,000
26 Milan1 Nov 196446.4 mi8884899,000
27 Singapore7 Nov 198780.6 mi87781.81 million
28 Taipei28 Mar 199658.5 mi85801.27 million
29 Buenos Aires1 Dec 191329.9 mi7768789,000
30 Toronto30 Apr 195444.3 mi7469762,000
31 Mumbai106.3 mi7373
32 Montreal14 Oct 196643.0 mi7368600,000
33 Oslo22 May 196638.5 mi7373214,000
34 Boston1 Sep 189737.6 mi6660400,000
35 Philadelphia4 Mar 190738.5 mi6662192,000
36 Sao Paulo14 Sep 197443.3 mi63591.93 million
37 Saint Petersburg15 Nov 195568.5 mi63552.25 million
38 Lille25 Apr 198328.3 mi6260203,000
39 Brussels20 Sep 197620.0 mi6159364,000
40 Newcastle7 Aug 198047.5 mi6150104,000
41 Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 199639.8 mi6056299,000
42 Nanjing27 Aug 200552.6 mi5755400,000
43 Prague9 May 197436.7 mi57541.6 million
44 Daegu26 Nov 199733.5 mi5655301,000
45 Tehran21 Feb 200041.0 mi55521.26 million
46 Cairo27 Sep 198740.7 mi55531.92 million
47 Athens195432.3 mi5349937,000
48 Bangkok5 Dec 199946.6 mi5246564,000
49 Lisbon29 Dec 195925.5 mi5246488,000
50 Cologne11 Oct 196828.0 mi5151
51 Bucharest16 Nov 197942.1 mi5043304,000
52 Caracas27 Mar 198337.6 mi50461.25 million
53 Sapporo16 Dec 197129.8 mi4946573,000
54 Vancouver3 Jan 198643.2 mi4947203,000
55 Rome10 Feb 195524.2 mi4948907,000
56 Yokohama16 Dec 197235.8 mi4845542,000
57 Kiev22 Oct 196037.2 mi46431.76 million
58 Nuremberg1 Mar 197221.5 mi4644315,000
59 Manila1 Dec 198432.0 mi4340948,000
60 San Francisco11 Sep 1972103.7 mi4343274,000
61 Lyon28 Apr 197819.1 mi4339499,000
62 Budapest2 May 189620.5 mi4240814,000
63 Atlanta30 Jun 197949.2 mi393893,200
64 Rotterdam10 Feb 196829.2 mi3837238,000
65 Toulouse26 Jun 199317.1 mi3837115,000
66 Bilbao11 Nov 199525.2 mi3838238,000
67 Valencia3 Oct 198819.8 mi3837
68 Kaohsiung9 Mar 200826.5 mi373682,200
69 Saint Louis31 Jul 199345.6 mi3737
70 Tianjin28 Mar 200444.7 mi373741,100
71 Dortmund17 May 197618.3 mi3737
72 Fukuoka26 Jul 198118.5 mi3534340,000
73 Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 197926.1 mi3434370,000
74 Amsterdam16 Oct 197720.3 mi3333233,000
75 Kyoto1 Apr 198119.5 mi3231345,000
76 Monterrey25 Apr 199119.6 mi3231
77 Frankfurt4 Oct 196812.7 mi3127
78 Naples28 Mar 199319.8 mi302879,500
79 Marseille26 Nov 197713.5 mi3028159,000
80 The Hague16 Oct 200417.3 mi3030
81 Los Angeles30 Jan 199336.9 mi3030129,000
82 Recife11 Mar 198524.7 mi3028
83 Incheon6 Oct 199918.3 mi2929200,000
84 Bochum26 May 197913.4 mi2927
85 Tashkent6 Nov 197722.5 mi2926195,000
86 Lausanne24 May 19918.5 mi2928
87 Guadalajara1 Sep 198914.9 mi2928
88 Kharkov23 Aug 197521.9 mi2825762,000
89 Essen5 Oct 196712.6 mi2727
90 Wuhan28 Sep 200417.4 mi272735,600
91 Kobe13 Mar 197719.0 mi2624332,000
92 Dubai9 Sep 200932.4 mi2626
93 Medellin30 Nov 199517.9 mi2625425,000
94 Minsk26 Jun 198418.8 mi2524718,000
95 Brasilia31 Mar 200126.1 mi242443,800
96 Ankara30 Aug 199614.4 mi2322310,000
97 Bursa19 Aug 200214.0 mi2323
98 Shenzhen28 Dec 200415.7 mi2322362,000
99 Kolkata24 Oct 198414.0 mi2323474,000
100 Baku6 Nov 196720.4 mi2221482,000
101 Miami21 May 198422.4 mi222249,300
102 Tbilisi11 Jan 196616.3 mi2221252,000
103 Shenyang27 Sep 201017.3 mi2222
104 Copenhagen19 Oct 200213.1 mi2222126,000
105 Daejeon16 Mar 200614.0 mi222279,500
106 Hiroshima20 Aug 199411.4 mi212149,300
107 Warsaw7 Apr 199514.0 mi2121345,000
108 Hanover28 Sep 197511.6 mi2117
109 Seville2 Apr 200911.2 mi2121
110 Valparaiso23 Nov 200526.7 mi2020
111 Gwangju28 Apr 200412.5 mi202046,600
112 Wuppertal1 Mar 19018.3 mi2020
113 Charleroi21 Jun 197610.9 mi2020
114 Stuttgart10 Jun 196614.9 mi1917
115 Tama27 Nov 19989.9 mi1919
116 Belo Horizonte1 Aug 198617.5 mi1919
117 Cleveland15 Mar 195519.3 mi181813,700
118 Chiba28 Mar 19889.6 mi1818
119 Chongqing18 Jun 200512.1 mi1818
120 Helsinki3 Aug 198213.1 mi1717156,000
121 Porto Alegre2 Mar 198521.0 mi1717
122 Sendai15 Jul 19879.2 mi1717159,000
123 Chennai19 Oct 199716.8 mi1717
124 Pyongyang6 Sep 197314.0 mi161595,900
125 Santo Domingo30 Jan 20099.0 mi1616200,000
126 ChangchunOct 200210.6 mi1616
127 Chengdu27 Sep 201011.5 mi1616
128 San Juan6 Jun 200510.7 mi161624,700
129 Naha10 Aug 20038.0 mi1515
130 Glasgow14 Dec 18966.5 mi151541,100
131 Rennes16 Mar 20025.6 mi151563,000
132 Edmonton22 Apr 197812.7 mi1515
133 Oporto7 Dec 200213.5 mi1514
134 Turin4 Feb 20066.0 mi1414
135 Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 19859.6 mi141390,400
136 Duesseldorf4 Oct 19816.0 mi1414
137 Baltimore21 Nov 198315.2 mi141435,600
138 Sydney192613.7 mi1414
139 Sofia28 Jan 199811.2 mi141479,500
140 Novosibirsk7 Jan 19868.9 mi1312192,000
141 Duisburg11 Jul 19928.9 mi1313
142 Kitakyushu9 Jan 19855.5 mi1313
143 Mulheim3 Nov 19795.6 mi1312
144 DetroitJul 19873.0 mi1313
145 Seattle18 Jul 200913.8 mi1212
146 Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 198611.2 mi1212
147 Dalian1 May 200330.5 mi1212
148 Bonn22 Mar 19755.6 mi1212
149 Antwerp25 Mar 19754.7 mi1111
150 Ludwigshafen29 May 19692.5 mi1111
151 Yerevan7 Mar 19817.5 mi101046,600
152 Izmir22 May 20007.1 mi101082,200
153 Istanbul16 Sep 20009.3 mi1010186,000
154 Mecca13 Nov 201011.2 mi99
155 Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 19843.4 mi99
156 Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 20075.2 mi99
157 Samara26 Dec 19876.3 mi9932,900
158 Buffalo18 May 19855.2 mi88
159 Kamakura3 Mar 19704.1 mi88
160 Adana18 Mar 20095.0 mi88
161 Las Vegas15 Jul 20043.9 mi77
162 Bielefeld21 Sep 19713.2 mi77
163 Perugia29 Jan 20081.9 mi77
164 Valencia18 Oct 20063.9 mi7749,300
165 Genoa13 Jun 19903.2 mi77
166 Yekaterinburg26 Apr 19915.3 mi77126,000
167 Jacksonville30 May 19894.3 mi66
168 Catania27 Jun 19992.4 mi66
169 Poznan1 Mar 19973.8 mi66
170 Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 19954.4 mi6638,400
171 Maracaibo8 Jun 20094.0 mi66
172 Haifa19591.1 mi66
173 Kazan27 Aug 20055.2 mi6619,200
174 Lima13 Jan 20036.2 mi66
175 Rouen17 Dec 19941.4 mi55
176 Newark26 May 19351.4 mi44
177 Pittsburgh3 Jul 19850.9 mi33
178 Volgograd5 Nov 19842.1 mi22





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