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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 Seoul15 Aug 1974286.9 km348298102048 mio.0.9628.734.87,138,000
2 Stockholm1 Oct 1950105.7 km1041003303 mio.1.0635.234.72,867,000
3 Hamburg1 Mar 1912100.7 km97893184 mio.1.1333.632.31,827,000
4 Lille25 Apr 198345.5 km6260274 mio.0.7622.831.01,626,000
5 Busan19 Jul 198595.0 km92883257 mio.1.0831.730.72,705,000
6 Newcastle7 Aug 198076.5 km6150238 mio.1.5338.330.5497,000
7 Milan1 Nov 196474.6 km88843328 mio.0.8924.929.34,397,000
8 Incheon6 Oct 199929.5 km2929173 mio.1.0229.529.02,475,000
9 Daegu26 Nov 199753.9 km56552110 mio.0.9827.028.02,041,000
10 Delhi24 Dec 200296.2 km83813310 mio.1.1932.127.73,224,000
11 Cairo27 Sep 198765.5 km55532700 mio.1.2432.827.510,687,000
12 Rome10 Feb 195539.0 km49482331 mio.0.8119.524.58,487,000
13 London10 Jan 1863408.0 km268268111197 mio.1.5237.124.42,934,000
14 Paris19 Jul 1900213.0 km380300161473 mio.0.7113.323.86,915,000
15 Nagoya15 Nov 195789.0 km93824427 mio.1.0922.323.34,798,000
16 Bursa19 Aug 200222.5 km232310.9822.523.0
17 Shanghai10 Apr 1995334.0 km230194101122 mio.1.7233.423.03,359,000
18 Brasilia31 Mar 200142.0 km2323116 mio.1.8342.023.0381,000
19 Tokyo30 Dec 1927304.5 km290205133174 mio.1.4923.422.310,424,000
20 Boston1 Sep 189760.5 km66603145 mio.1.0120.222.02,397,000
21 Philadelphia4 Mar 190762.0 km6662367 mio.1.0020.722.01,081,000
22 Miami21 May 198436.0 km2222119 mio.1.6436.022.0528,000
23 Daejeon16 Mar 200622.6 km2222129 mio.1.0322.622.01,283,000
24 Madrid17 Oct 1919284.0 km28123113686 mio.1.2321.821.62,415,000
25 Hiroshima20 Aug 199418.4 km2121118 mio.0.8818.421.0978,000
26 Warsaw7 Apr 199522.6 km21211114 mio.1.0822.621.05,044,000
27 Kolkata24 Oct 198422.6 km21211100 mio.1.0822.621.04,425,000
28 Seville2 Apr 200918.0 km212110.8618.021.0
29 Brussels20 Sep 197632.2 km61593136 mio.0.5510.720.34,224,000
30 Gwangju28 Apr 200420.1 km2020117 mio.1.0120.120.0846,000
31 Wuppertal1 Mar 190113.3 km202010.6713.320.0
32 Valparaiso23 Nov 200543.0 km202012.1543.020.0
33 Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 199664.0 km60563109 mio.1.1421.320.01,703,000
34 Berlin18 Feb 1902147.4 km19517310447 mio.0.8514.719.53,033,000
35 Atlanta30 Jun 197979.2 km3938234 mio.2.0839.619.5429,000
36 Vienna25 Feb 197869.8 km96845498 mio.0.8314.019.27,135,000
37 Bilbao11 Nov 199540.6 km3838286 mio.1.0720.319.02,118,000
38 Singapore7 Nov 1987118.9 km76694571 mio.1.7229.719.04,802,000
39 Prague9 May 197459.1 km57543597 mio.1.0919.719.010,102,000
40 Tama27 Nov 199816.0 km191910.8416.019.0
41 Rotterdam10 Feb 196847.0 km3837285 mio.1.2723.519.01,809,000
42 Belo Horizonte1 Aug 198628.1 km191911.4828.119.0
43 Toulouse26 Jun 199327.5 km3837242 mio.0.7413.819.01,527,000
44 Chicago6 Jun 1892166.0 km1511448198 mio.1.1520.818.91,193,000
45 Santiago15 Sep 197583.0 km93865642 mio.0.9716.618.67,735,000
46 Toronto30 Apr 195471.3 km74694278 mio.1.0317.818.53,899,000
47 Saint Louis31 Jul 199373.4 km373721.9836.718.5
48 Tianjin28 Mar 200472.0 km3737215 mio.1.9536.018.5208,000
49 Kaohsiung9 Mar 200842.7 km3736230 mio.1.1921.418.5703,000
50 Montreal14 Oct 196669.2 km73684219 mio.1.0217.318.33,165,000
51 Cleveland15 Mar 195531.0 km181816 mio.1.7231.018.0194,000
52 Washington27 Mar 1976171.2 km90865215 mio.1.9934.218.01,256,000
53 Shenyang23 Sep 200922.2 km181811.2322.218.0
54 Chongqing18 Jun 200519.5 km181811.0819.518.0
55 Guangzhou28 Jun 1999148.5 km88795601 mio.1.8829.717.64,047,000
56 Athens195452.0 km52483325 mio.1.0817.317.36,250,000
57 New York27 Oct 1904368.0 km468422271624 mio.0.8713.617.34,413,000
58 Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 197942.0 km34342135 mio.1.2421.017.03,214,000
59 Sendai15 Jul 198714.8 km1717158 mio.0.8714.817.03,919,000
60 Helsinki3 Aug 198221.0 km1717158 mio.1.2421.017.02,762,000
61 Porto Alegre2 Mar 198533.8 km171711.9933.817.0
62 Chennai19 Oct 199727.0 km171711.5927.017.0
63 Munich19 Oct 197192.5 km100946349 mio.0.9815.416.73,773,000
64 Sapporo16 Dec 197148.0 km49463209 mio.1.0416.016.34,354,000
65 Beijing1 Oct 1969227.6 km14712591200 mio.1.8225.316.35,274,000
66 Vancouver3 Jan 198669.5 km4947374 mio.1.4823.216.31,065,000
67 Santo Domingo30 Jan 200914.5 km161610.9114.516.0
68 San Juan6 Jun 200517.2 km161619 mio.1.0817.216.0523,000
69 Kyoto1 Apr 198131.3 km32312126 mio.1.0115.616.04,026,000
70 Yokohama16 Dec 197257.6 km48453198 mio.1.2819.216.03,438,000
71 Monterrey25 Apr 199131.5 km323121.0215.816.0
72 Nanjing27 Aug 200521.7 km16161102 mio.1.3621.716.04,700,000
73 ChangchunOct 200217.0 km161611.0617.016.0
74 Mexico City5 Sep 1969201.7 km175147111460 mio.1.3718.315.97,238,000
75 Tehran21 Feb 200050.5 km47443353 mio.1.1516.815.76,990,000
76 Nuremberg1 Mar 197234.6 km4644392 mio.0.7911.515.32,659,000
77 Kiev22 Oct 196059.8 km46433642 mio.1.3919.915.310,736,000
78 Barcelona30 Dec 1924110.5 km15212810378 mio.0.8611.115.23,421,000
79 Recife11 Mar 198539.7 km302821.4219.915.0
80 Naha10 Aug 200312.8 km151510.8512.815.0
81 Moscow15 May 1935298.8 km180144122573 mio.2.0724.915.08,611,000
82 Rennes16 Mar 20029.0 km1515123 mio.0.609.015.02,556,000
83 Glasgow14 Dec 189610.4 km1515115 mio.0.6910.415.01,442,000
84 Osaka20 May 1933137.8 km1331049860 mio.1.3315.314.86,241,000
85 Bangkok5 Dec 199946.3 km44403206 mio.1.1615.414.74,449,000
86 Mumbai171.0 km737352.3434.214.6
87 Lausanne24 May 199113.7 km292820.496.814.5
88 Guadalajara1 Sep 198924.0 km292820.8612.014.5
89 Bochum26 May 197921.5 km292720.8010.814.5
90 Sao Paulo14 Sep 197461.3 km58554684 mio.1.1115.314.511,158,000
91 Oslo22 May 196662.0 km7272564 mio.0.8612.414.41,032,000
92 Turin4 Feb 20069.6 km141410.699.614.0
93 Baltimore21 Nov 198324.5 km1414114 mio.1.7524.514.0571,000
94 Manila1 Dec 198445.7 km42393346 mio.1.1715.214.07,571,000
95 Budapest2 May 189633.0 km42403297 mio.0.8311.014.09,000,000
96 Sofia28 Jan 199818.0 km1414151 mio.1.2918.014.02,833,000
97 Lisbon29 Dec 195941.0 km52464180 mio.0.8910.313.04,390,000
98 Kitakyushu9 Jan 19858.8 km131310.688.813.0
99 Marseille26 Nov 197719.3 km2624258 mio.0.809.613.03,005,000
100 DetroitJul 19874.8 km131310.374.813.0
101 Kobe13 Mar 197730.6 km26242121 mio.1.2815.313.03,954,000
102 Medellin30 Nov 199528.8 km26252155 mio.1.1514.413.05,382,000
103 Buenos Aires1 Dec 191347.5 km76686280 mio.0.707.912.75,895,000
104 Valencia3 Oct 198831.8 km383730.8610.612.7
105 Saint Petersburg15 Nov 1955110.2 km63555832 mio.2.0022.012.67,550,000
106 Minsk26 Jun 198430.3 km25242262 mio.1.2615.112.58,647,000
107 Bucharest16 Nov 197967.7 km50434111 mio.1.5716.912.51,640,000
108 Dortmund17 May 197629.5 km373730.809.812.3
109 Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 198618.0 km121211.5018.012.0
110 Seattle18 Jul 200922.2 km121211.8522.212.0
111 Dalian1 May 200349.0 km121214.0849.012.0
112 Bonn22 Mar 19759.0 km121210.759.012.0
113 Fukuoka26 Jul 198129.8 km35343124 mio.0.889.911.74,161,000
114 Shenzhen28 Dec 200425.3 km2322273 mio.1.1512.611.52,885,000
115 Ankara30 Aug 199623.1 km23222113 mio.1.0511.611.54,892,000
116 Copenhagen19 Oct 200221.0 km2222237 mio.0.9510.511.01,762,000
117 Edmonton22 Apr 197813.1 km111111.1913.111.0
118 Tbilisi11 Jan 196626.3 km2221292 mio.1.2513.111.03,498,000
119 Dubai9 Sep 200939.7 km111113.6139.711.0
120 Baku6 Nov 196732.9 km22212176 mio.1.5616.411.05,356,000
121 Lyon28 Apr 197830.7 km43394182 mio.0.797.710.85,928,000
122 Taipei28 Mar 199690.6 km85808450 mio.1.1311.310.64,967,000
123 Hong Kong1 Oct 1979188.1 km958291309 mio.2.2920.910.66,959,000
124 Frankfurt4 Oct 196820.5 km312730.766.810.3
125 Yerevan7 Mar 198112.1 km1010117 mio.1.2112.110.01,405,000
126 Los Angeles30 Jan 199359.3 km3030345 mio.1.9819.810.0759,000
127 Caracas27 Mar 198360.5 km50465510 mio.1.3212.110.08,430,000
128 Istanbul16 Sep 200015.0 km1010168 mio.1.5015.010.04,533,000
129 Naples28 Mar 199331.8 km3028329 mio.1.1410.610.0912,000
130 The Hague16 Oct 200427.9 km303030.939.310.0
131 Izmir22 May 200011.5 km1010130 mio.1.1511.510.02,609,000
132 Wuhan28 Sep 200410.2 km101011.0210.210.0
133 Tashkent6 Nov 197736.2 km2926371 mio.1.3912.19.71,961,000
134 Stuttgart10 Jun 196624.0 km191721.4112.09.5
135 Kharkov23 Aug 197535.3 km28253278 mio.1.4111.89.37,875,000
136 Essen5 Oct 196720.2 km272730.756.79.0
137 Chiba28 Mar 198815.5 km181820.867.89.0
138 Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 19845.5 km9910.615.59.0
139 Samara26 Dec 198710.2 km99112 mio.1.1310.29.01,176,000
140 Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 20078.3 km9910.928.39.0
141 San Francisco11 Sep 1972166.9 km43435100 mio.3.8833.48.6599,000
142 Amsterdam16 Oct 197732.7 km3333491 mio.0.998.28.32,783,000
143 Adana18 Mar 20098.0 km8811.008.08.0
144 Kamakura3 Mar 19706.6 km8810.826.68.0
145 Buffalo18 May 19858.4 km8811.048.48.0
146 Pyongyang6 Sep 197322.5 km1615235 mio.1.5011.38.01,556,000
147 Oporto7 Dec 200221.7 km151421.5510.97.5
148 Valencia18 Oct 20066.2 km77118 mio.0.896.27.02,903,000
149 Perugia29 Jan 20083.0 km7710.433.07.0
150 Hanover28 Sep 197518.6 km211731.096.27.0
151 Genoa13 Jun 19905.2 km7710.745.27.0
152 Yekaterinburg26 Apr 19918.5 km77146 mio.1.218.57.05,412,000
153 Las Vegas15 Jul 20046.2 km7710.896.27.0
154 Duesseldorf4 Oct 19819.6 km141420.684.87.0
155 Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 198515.5 km1413233 mio.1.197.87.02,129,000
156 Novosibirsk7 Jan 198614.3 km1312270 mio.1.197.26.54,895,000
157 Duisburg11 Jul 199214.3 km131321.107.26.5
158 Mulheim3 Nov 19799.0 km131220.754.56.5
159 Maracaibo8 Jun 20096.5 km6611.086.56.0
160 Jacksonville30 May 19896.9 km6611.156.96.0
161 Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 19957.1 km66111 mio.1.187.16.01,549,000
162 Poznan1 Mar 19976.1 km6611.026.16.0
163 Kazan27 Aug 20058.3 km6617 mio.1.388.36.0843,000
164 Haifa19591.8 km6610.291.86.0
165 Catania27 Jun 19993.8 km6610.633.86.0
166 Lima13 Jan 200310.0 km6611.6710.06.0
167 Antwerp25 Mar 19757.6 km111120.693.85.5
168 Rouen17 Dec 19942.2 km5510.442.25.0
169 Charleroi21 Jun 197617.5 km202040.884.45.0
170 Sydney192622.1 km141431.587.44.7
171 Newark26 May 19352.2 km4410.552.24.0
172 Cologne11 Oct 196845.0 km5151150.883.03.4
173 Pittsburgh3 Jul 19851.5 km3310.481.53.0
174 Volgograd5 Nov 19843.3 km2211.653.32.0
175 Bielefeld21 Sep 19715.2 km7740.741.31.8
176 Ludwigshafen29 May 19694.0 km111100.36


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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