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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 Dalian1 May 200349.0 km1212149.012.0
2 Valparaiso23 Nov 200543.0 km2020143.020.0
3 Brasilia31 Mar 200142.0 km2323142.016 mio.23.0381,000
4 Dubai9 Sep 200939.7 km1111139.711.0
5 Atlanta30 Jun 197979.2 km3938239.634 mio.19.5429,000
6 Newcastle7 Aug 198076.5 km6150238.338 mio.30.5497,000
7 London10 Jan 1863408.0 km2682681137.11197 mio.24.42,934,000
8 Saint Louis31 Jul 199373.4 km3737236.718.5
9 Miami21 May 198436.0 km2222136.019 mio.22.0528,000
10 Tianjin28 Mar 200472.0 km3737236.015 mio.18.5208,000
11 Stockholm1 Oct 1950105.7 km104100335.2303 mio.34.72,867,000
12 Washington27 Mar 1976171.2 km9086534.2215 mio.18.01,256,000
13 Mumbai171.0 km7373534.214.6
14 Porto Alegre2 Mar 198533.8 km1717133.817.0
15 Hamburg1 Mar 1912100.7 km9789333.6184 mio.32.31,827,000
16 Shanghai10 Apr 1995334.0 km2301941033.41122 mio.23.03,359,000
17 San Francisco11 Sep 1972166.9 km4343533.4100 mio.8.6599,000
18 Cairo27 Sep 198765.5 km5553232.8700 mio.27.510,687,000
19 Delhi24 Dec 200296.2 km8381332.1310 mio.27.73,224,000
20 Busan19 Jul 198595.0 km9288331.7257 mio.30.72,705,000
21 Cleveland15 Mar 195531.0 km1818131.06 mio.18.0194,000
22 Singapore7 Nov 1987118.9 km7669429.7571 mio.19.04,802,000
23 Guangzhou28 Jun 1999148.5 km8879529.7601 mio.17.64,047,000
24 Incheon6 Oct 199929.5 km2929129.573 mio.29.02,475,000
25 Seoul15 Aug 1974286.9 km3482981028.72048 mio.34.87,138,000
26 Belo Horizonte1 Aug 198628.1 km1919128.119.0
27 Chennai19 Oct 199727.0 km1717127.017.0
28 Daegu26 Nov 199753.9 km5655227.0110 mio.28.02,041,000
29 Beijing1 Oct 1969227.6 km147125925.31200 mio.16.35,274,000
30 Moscow15 May 1935298.8 km1801441224.92573 mio.15.08,611,000
31 Milan1 Nov 196474.6 km8884324.9328 mio.29.34,397,000
32 Baltimore21 Nov 198324.5 km1414124.514 mio.14.0571,000
33 Rotterdam10 Feb 196847.0 km3837223.585 mio.19.01,809,000
34 Tokyo30 Dec 1927304.5 km2902051323.43174 mio.22.310,424,000
35 Vancouver3 Jan 198669.5 km4947323.274 mio.16.31,065,000
36 Lille25 Apr 198345.5 km6260222.874 mio.31.01,626,000
37 Warsaw7 Apr 199522.6 km2121122.6114 mio.21.05,044,000
38 Kolkata24 Oct 198422.6 km2121122.6100 mio.21.04,425,000
39 Daejeon16 Mar 200622.6 km2222122.629 mio.22.01,283,000
40 Bursa19 Aug 200222.5 km2323122.523.0
41 Nagoya15 Nov 195789.0 km9382422.3427 mio.23.34,798,000
42 Shenyang23 Sep 200922.2 km1818122.218.0
43 Seattle18 Jul 200922.2 km1212122.212.0
44 Saint Petersburg15 Nov 1955110.2 km6355522.0832 mio.12.67,550,000
45 Madrid17 Oct 1919284.0 km2812311321.8686 mio.21.62,415,000
46 Nanjing27 Aug 200521.7 km1616121.7102 mio.16.04,700,000
47 Kaohsiung9 Mar 200842.7 km3736221.430 mio.18.5703,000
48 Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 199664.0 km6056321.3109 mio.20.01,703,000
49 Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 197942.0 km3434221.0135 mio.17.03,214,000
50 Helsinki3 Aug 198221.0 km1717121.058 mio.17.02,762,000
51 Hong Kong1 Oct 1979188.1 km9582920.91309 mio.10.66,959,000
52 Chicago6 Jun 1892166.0 km151144820.8198 mio.18.91,193,000
53 Philadelphia4 Mar 190762.0 km6662320.767 mio.22.01,081,000
54 Bilbao11 Nov 199540.6 km3838220.386 mio.19.02,118,000
55 Boston1 Sep 189760.5 km6660320.2145 mio.22.02,397,000
56 Gwangju28 Apr 200420.1 km2020120.117 mio.20.0846,000
57 Kiev22 Oct 196059.8 km4643319.9642 mio.15.310,736,000
58 Recife11 Mar 198539.7 km3028219.915.0
59 Los Angeles30 Jan 199359.3 km3030319.845 mio.10.0759,000
60 Prague9 May 197459.1 km5754319.7597 mio.19.010,102,000
61 Rome10 Feb 195539.0 km4948219.5331 mio.24.58,487,000
62 Chongqing18 Jun 200519.5 km1818119.518.0
63 Yokohama16 Dec 197257.6 km4845319.2198 mio.16.03,438,000
64 Hiroshima20 Aug 199418.4 km2121118.418 mio.21.0978,000
65 Mexico City5 Sep 1969201.7 km1751471118.31460 mio.15.97,238,000
66 Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 198618.0 km1212118.012.0
67 Sofia28 Jan 199818.0 km1414118.051 mio.14.02,833,000
68 Seville2 Apr 200918.0 km2121118.021.0
69 Toronto30 Apr 195471.3 km7469417.8278 mio.18.53,899,000
70 Athens195452.0 km5248317.3325 mio.17.36,250,000
71 Montreal14 Oct 196669.2 km7368417.3219 mio.18.33,165,000
72 San Juan6 Jun 200517.2 km1616117.29 mio.16.0523,000
73 ChangchunOct 200217.0 km1616117.016.0
74 Bucharest16 Nov 197967.7 km5043416.9111 mio.12.51,640,000
75 Tehran21 Feb 200050.5 km4744316.8353 mio.15.76,990,000
76 Santiago15 Sep 197583.0 km9386516.6642 mio.18.67,735,000
77 Baku6 Nov 196732.9 km2221216.4176 mio.11.05,356,000
78 Sapporo16 Dec 197148.0 km4946316.0209 mio.16.34,354,000
79 Tama27 Nov 199816.0 km1919116.019.0
80 Monterrey25 Apr 199131.5 km3231215.816.0
81 Kyoto1 Apr 198131.3 km3231215.6126 mio.16.04,026,000
82 Bangkok5 Dec 199946.3 km4440315.4206 mio.14.74,449,000
83 Munich19 Oct 197192.5 km10094615.4349 mio.16.73,773,000
84 Sao Paulo14 Sep 197461.3 km5855415.3684 mio.14.511,158,000
85 Osaka20 May 1933137.8 km133104915.3860 mio.14.86,241,000
86 Kobe13 Mar 197730.6 km2624215.3121 mio.13.03,954,000
87 Manila1 Dec 198445.7 km4239315.2346 mio.14.07,571,000
88 Minsk26 Jun 198430.3 km2524215.1262 mio.12.58,647,000
89 Istanbul16 Sep 200015.0 km1010115.068 mio.10.04,533,000
90 Sendai15 Jul 198714.8 km1717114.858 mio.17.03,919,000
91 Berlin18 Feb 1902147.4 km1951731014.7447 mio.19.53,033,000
92 Santo Domingo30 Jan 200914.5 km1616114.516.0
93 Medellin30 Nov 199528.8 km2625214.4155 mio.13.05,382,000
94 Vienna25 Feb 197869.8 km9684514.0498 mio.19.27,135,000
95 Toulouse26 Jun 199327.5 km3837213.842 mio.19.01,527,000
96 New York27 Oct 1904368.0 km4684222713.61624 mio.17.34,413,000
97 Paris19 Jul 1900213.0 km3803001613.31473 mio.23.86,915,000
98 Wuppertal1 Mar 190113.3 km2020113.320.0
99 Tbilisi11 Jan 196626.3 km2221213.192 mio.11.03,498,000
100 Edmonton22 Apr 197813.1 km1111113.111.0
101 Naha10 Aug 200312.8 km1515112.815.0
102 Shenzhen28 Dec 200425.3 km2322212.673 mio.11.52,885,000
103 Oslo22 May 196662.0 km7272512.464 mio.14.41,032,000
104 Yerevan7 Mar 198112.1 km1010112.117 mio.10.01,405,000
105 Caracas27 Mar 198360.5 km5046512.1510 mio.10.08,430,000
106 Tashkent6 Nov 197736.2 km2926312.171 mio.9.71,961,000
107 Guadalajara1 Sep 198924.0 km2928212.014.5
108 Stuttgart10 Jun 196624.0 km1917212.09.5
109 Kharkov23 Aug 197535.3 km2825311.8278 mio.9.37,875,000
110 Ankara30 Aug 199623.1 km2322211.6113 mio.11.54,892,000
111 Nuremberg1 Mar 197234.6 km4644311.592 mio.15.32,659,000
112 Izmir22 May 200011.5 km1010111.530 mio.10.02,609,000
113 Taipei28 Mar 199690.6 km8580811.3450 mio.10.64,967,000
114 Pyongyang6 Sep 197322.5 km1615211.335 mio.8.01,556,000
115 Barcelona30 Dec 1924110.5 km1521281011.1378 mio.15.23,421,000
116 Budapest2 May 189633.0 km4240311.0297 mio.14.09,000,000
117 Oporto7 Dec 200221.7 km1514210.97.5
118 Bochum26 May 197921.5 km2927210.814.5
119 Brussels20 Sep 197632.2 km6159310.7136 mio.20.34,224,000
120 Naples28 Mar 199331.8 km3028310.629 mio.10.0912,000
121 Valencia3 Oct 198831.8 km3837310.612.7
122 Copenhagen19 Oct 200221.0 km2222210.537 mio.11.01,762,000
123 Glasgow14 Dec 189610.4 km1515110.415 mio.15.01,442,000
124 Lisbon29 Dec 195941.0 km5246410.3180 mio.13.04,390,000
125 Samara26 Dec 198710.2 km99110.212 mio.9.01,176,000
126 Wuhan28 Sep 200410.2 km1010110.210.0
127 Lima13 Jan 200310.0 km66110.06.0
128 Fukuoka26 Jul 198129.8 km353439.9124 mio.11.74,161,000
129 Dortmund17 May 197629.5 km373739.812.3
130 Marseille26 Nov 197719.3 km262429.658 mio.13.03,005,000
131 Turin4 Feb 20069.6 km141419.614.0
132 The Hague16 Oct 200427.9 km303039.310.0
133 Rennes16 Mar 20029.0 km151519.023 mio.15.02,556,000
134 Bonn22 Mar 19759.0 km121219.012.0
135 Kitakyushu9 Jan 19858.8 km131318.813.0
136 Yekaterinburg26 Apr 19918.5 km7718.546 mio.7.05,412,000
137 Buffalo18 May 19858.4 km8818.48.0
138 Kazan27 Aug 20058.3 km6618.37 mio.6.0843,000
139 Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 20078.3 km9918.39.0
140 Amsterdam16 Oct 197732.7 km333348.291 mio.8.32,783,000
141 Adana18 Mar 20098.0 km8818.08.0
142 Buenos Aires1 Dec 191347.5 km766867.9280 mio.12.75,895,000
143 Chiba28 Mar 198815.5 km181827.89.0
144 Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 198515.5 km141327.833 mio.7.02,129,000
145 Lyon28 Apr 197830.7 km433947.7182 mio.10.85,928,000
146 Sydney192622.1 km141437.44.7
147 Duisburg11 Jul 199214.3 km131327.26.5
148 Novosibirsk7 Jan 198614.3 km131227.270 mio.6.54,895,000
149 Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 19957.1 km6617.111 mio.6.01,549,000
150 Jacksonville30 May 19896.9 km6616.96.0
151 Lausanne24 May 199113.7 km292826.814.5
152 Frankfurt4 Oct 196820.5 km312736.810.3
153 Essen5 Oct 196720.2 km272736.79.0
154 Kamakura3 Mar 19706.6 km8816.68.0
155 Maracaibo8 Jun 20096.5 km6616.56.0
156 Hanover28 Sep 197518.6 km211736.27.0
157 Valencia18 Oct 20066.2 km7716.218 mio.7.02,903,000
158 Las Vegas15 Jul 20046.2 km7716.27.0
159 Poznan1 Mar 19976.1 km6616.16.0
160 Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 19845.5 km9915.59.0
161 Genoa13 Jun 19905.2 km7715.27.0
162 DetroitJul 19874.8 km131314.813.0
163 Duesseldorf4 Oct 19819.6 km141424.87.0
164 Mulheim3 Nov 19799.0 km131224.56.5
165 Charleroi21 Jun 197617.5 km202044.45.0
166 Catania27 Jun 19993.8 km6613.86.0
167 Antwerp25 Mar 19757.6 km111123.85.5
168 Volgograd5 Nov 19843.3 km2213.32.0
169 Perugia29 Jan 20083.0 km7713.07.0
170 Cologne11 Oct 196845.0 km5151153.03.4
171 Newark26 May 19352.2 km4412.24.0
172 Rouen17 Dec 19942.2 km5512.25.0
173 Haifa19591.8 km6611.86.0
174 Pittsburgh3 Jul 19851.5 km3311.53.0
175 Bielefeld21 Sep 19715.2 km7741.31.8
176 Ludwigshafen29 May 19694.0 km11110


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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