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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 New York27 Oct 1904228.7 mi468422270.548.517.31624 mio.7,101,000
2 Paris19 Jul 1900132.4 mi380300160.448.323.81473 mio.11,127,000
3 Seoul15 Aug 1974178.3 mi348298100.6017.834.82048 mio.11,486,000
4 Tokyo30 Dec 1927189.2 mi290205130.9214.622.33174 mio.16,772,000
5 Madrid17 Oct 1919176.5 mi281231130.7613.621.6686 mio.3,887,000
6 London10 Jan 1863253.6 mi268268110.9523.124.41197 mio.4,721,000
7 Shanghai10 Apr 1995207.6 mi230194101.0720.823.01122 mio.5,405,000
8 Berlin18 Feb 190291.6 mi195173100.539.219.5447 mio.4,879,000
9 Moscow15 May 1935185.7 mi180144121.2915.515.02573 mio.13,855,000
10 Mexico City5 Sep 1969125.4 mi175147110.8511.415.91460 mio.11,647,000
11 Barcelona30 Dec 192468.7 mi152128100.546.915.2378 mio.5,504,000
12 Chicago6 Jun 1892103.2 mi15114480.7212.918.9198 mio.1,919,000
13 Beijing1 Oct 1969141.4 mi14712591.1315.716.31200 mio.8,485,000
14 Osaka20 May 193385.6 mi13310490.829.514.8860 mio.10,042,000
15 Stockholm1 Oct 195065.7 mi10410030.6621.934.7303 mio.4,612,000
16 Munich19 Oct 197157.5 mi1009460.619.616.7349 mio.6,071,000
17 Hamburg1 Mar 191262.6 mi978930.7020.932.3184 mio.2,940,000
18 Vienna25 Feb 197843.4 mi968450.528.719.2498 mio.11,480,000
19 Hong Kong1 Oct 1979116.9 mi958291.4313.010.61309 mio.11,197,000
20 Nagoya15 Nov 195755.3 mi938240.6713.823.3427 mio.7,720,000
21 Santiago15 Sep 197551.6 mi938650.6010.318.6642 mio.12,446,000
22 Busan19 Jul 198559.0 mi928830.6719.730.7257 mio.4,353,000
23 Washington27 Mar 1976106.4 mi908651.2421.318.0215 mio.2,021,000
24 Guangzhou28 Jun 199992.3 mi887951.1718.517.6601 mio.6,512,000
25 Milan1 Nov 196446.4 mi888430.5515.529.3328 mio.7,074,000
26 Taipei28 Mar 199656.3 mi858080.707.010.6450 mio.7,992,000
27 Delhi24 Dec 200259.8 mi838130.7419.927.7310 mio.5,188,000
28 Buenos Aires1 Dec 191329.5 mi766860.434.912.7280 mio.9,485,000
29 Singapore7 Nov 198773.9 mi766941.0718.519.0571 mio.7,727,000
30 Toronto30 Apr 195444.3 mi746940.6411.118.5278 mio.6,274,000
31 Montreal14 Oct 196643.0 mi736840.6310.818.3219 mio.5,092,000
32 Mumbai106.3 mi737351.4621.314.6
33 Oslo22 May 196638.5 mi727250.547.714.464 mio.1,661,000
34 Boston1 Sep 189737.6 mi666030.6312.522.0145 mio.3,856,000
35 Philadelphia4 Mar 190738.5 mi666230.6212.822.067 mio.1,739,000
36 Saint Petersburg15 Nov 195568.5 mi635551.2513.712.6832 mio.12,148,000
37 Lille25 Apr 198328.3 mi626020.4714.131.074 mio.2,617,000
38 Brussels20 Sep 197620.0 mi615930.346.720.3136 mio.6,796,000
39 Newcastle7 Aug 198047.5 mi615020.9523.830.538 mio.799,000
40 Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 199639.8 mi605630.7113.320.0109 mio.2,740,000
41 Sao Paulo14 Sep 197438.1 mi585540.699.514.5684 mio.17,954,000
42 Prague9 May 197436.7 mi575430.6812.219.0597 mio.16,253,000
43 Daegu26 Nov 199733.5 mi565520.6116.728.0110 mio.3,284,000
44 Cairo27 Sep 198740.7 mi555320.7720.427.5700 mio.17,195,000
45 Athens195432.3 mi524830.6710.817.3325 mio.10,056,000
46 Lisbon29 Dec 195925.5 mi524640.556.413.0180 mio.7,064,000
47 Cologne11 Oct 196828.0 mi5151150.551.93.4
48 Caracas27 Mar 198337.6 mi504650.827.510.0510 mio.13,563,000
49 Bucharest16 Nov 197942.1 mi504340.9810.512.5111 mio.2,638,000
50 Sapporo16 Dec 197129.8 mi494630.659.916.3209 mio.7,006,000
51 Rome10 Feb 195524.2 mi494820.5012.124.5331 mio.13,656,000
52 Vancouver3 Jan 198643.2 mi494730.9214.416.374 mio.1,713,000
53 Yokohama16 Dec 197235.8 mi484530.8011.916.0198 mio.5,531,000
54 Tehran21 Feb 200031.4 mi474430.7110.515.7353 mio.11,247,000
55 Nuremberg1 Mar 197221.5 mi464430.497.215.392 mio.4,278,000
56 Kiev22 Oct 196037.2 mi464330.8612.415.3642 mio.17,274,000
57 Bangkok5 Dec 199928.8 mi444030.729.614.7206 mio.7,159,000
58 San Francisco11 Sep 1972103.7 mi434352.4120.78.6100 mio.964,000
59 Lyon28 Apr 197819.1 mi433940.494.810.8182 mio.9,539,000
60 Manila1 Dec 198428.4 mi423930.739.514.0346 mio.12,182,000
61 Budapest2 May 189620.5 mi424030.516.814.0297 mio.14,481,000
62 Atlanta30 Jun 197949.2 mi393821.3024.619.534 mio.691,000
63 Bilbao11 Nov 199525.2 mi383820.6612.619.086 mio.3,407,000
64 Valencia3 Oct 198819.8 mi383730.536.612.7
65 Rotterdam10 Feb 196829.2 mi383720.7914.619.085 mio.2,910,000
66 Toulouse26 Jun 199317.1 mi383720.468.519.042 mio.2,457,000
67 Dortmund17 May 197618.3 mi373730.496.112.3
68 Saint Louis31 Jul 199345.6 mi373721.2322.818.5
69 Tianjin28 Mar 200444.7 mi373721.2122.418.515 mio.335,000
70 Kaohsiung9 Mar 200826.5 mi373620.7413.318.530 mio.1,130,000
71 Fukuoka26 Jul 198118.5 mi353430.546.211.7124 mio.6,695,000
72 Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 197926.1 mi343420.7713.117.0135 mio.5,172,000
73 Amsterdam16 Oct 197720.3 mi333340.625.18.391 mio.4,478,000
74 Kyoto1 Apr 198119.5 mi323120.639.716.0126 mio.6,477,000
75 Monterrey25 Apr 199119.6 mi323120.639.816.0
76 Frankfurt4 Oct 196812.7 mi312730.474.210.3
77 Los Angeles30 Jan 199336.9 mi303031.2312.310.045 mio.1,221,000
78 Naples28 Mar 199319.8 mi302830.716.610.029 mio.1,467,000
79 Recife11 Mar 198524.7 mi302820.8812.315.0
80 The Hague16 Oct 200417.3 mi303030.585.810.0
81 Lausanne24 May 19918.5 mi292820.304.314.5
82 Tashkent6 Nov 197722.5 mi292630.877.59.771 mio.3,156,000
83 Guadalajara1 Sep 198914.9 mi292820.537.514.5
84 Bochum26 May 197913.4 mi292720.506.714.5
85 Incheon6 Oct 199918.3 mi292910.6318.329.073 mio.3,982,000
86 Kharkov23 Aug 197521.9 mi282530.887.39.3278 mio.12,671,000
87 Essen5 Oct 196712.6 mi272730.474.29.0
88 Marseille26 Nov 197712.0 mi262420.506.013.058 mio.4,835,000
89 Kobe13 Mar 197719.0 mi262420.799.513.0121 mio.6,362,000
90 Medellin30 Nov 199517.9 mi262520.728.913.0155 mio.8,660,000
91 Minsk26 Jun 198418.8 mi252420.789.412.5262 mio.13,913,000
92 Bursa19 Aug 200214.0 mi232310.6114.023.0
93 Shenzhen28 Dec 200415.7 mi232220.717.911.573 mio.4,643,000
94 Ankara30 Aug 199614.4 mi232220.657.211.5113 mio.7,871,000
95 Brasilia31 Mar 200126.1 mi232311.1326.123.016 mio.613,000
96 Copenhagen19 Oct 200213.1 mi222220.596.511.037 mio.2,835,000
97 Miami21 May 198422.4 mi222211.0222.422.019 mio.849,000
98 Tbilisi11 Jan 196616.3 mi222120.788.211.092 mio.5,628,000
99 Daejeon16 Mar 200614.0 mi222210.6414.022.029 mio.2,065,000
100 Baku6 Nov 196720.4 mi222120.9710.211.0176 mio.8,618,000
101 Hiroshima20 Aug 199411.4 mi212110.5411.421.018 mio.1,574,000
102 Warsaw7 Apr 199514.0 mi212110.6714.021.0114 mio.8,116,000
103 Kolkata24 Oct 198414.0 mi212110.6714.021.0100 mio.7,119,000
104 Hanover28 Sep 197511.6 mi211730.683.97.0
105 Seville2 Apr 200911.2 mi212110.5311.221.0
106 Gwangju28 Apr 200412.5 mi202010.6212.520.017 mio.1,361,000
107 Wuppertal1 Mar 19018.3 mi202010.418.320.0
108 Charleroi21 Jun 197610.9 mi202040.542.75.0
109 Valparaiso23 Nov 200526.7 mi202011.3426.720.0
110 Stuttgart10 Jun 196614.9 mi191720.887.59.5
111 Tama27 Nov 19989.9 mi191910.529.919.0
112 Belo Horizonte1 Aug 198617.5 mi191910.9217.519.0
113 Chiba28 Mar 19889.6 mi181820.544.89.0
114 Cleveland15 Mar 195519.3 mi181811.0719.318.06 mio.311,000
115 Shenyang23 Sep 200913.8 mi181810.7713.818.0
116 Chongqing18 Jun 200512.1 mi181810.6712.118.0
117 Sendai15 Jul 19879.2 mi171710.549.217.058 mio.6,306,000
118 Helsinki3 Aug 198213.1 mi171710.7713.117.058 mio.4,444,000
119 Porto Alegre2 Mar 198521.0 mi171711.2421.017.0
120 Chennai19 Oct 199716.8 mi171710.9916.817.0
121 Santo Domingo30 Jan 20099.0 mi161610.569.016.0
122 San Juan6 Jun 200510.7 mi161610.6710.716.09 mio.842,000
123 Nanjing27 Aug 200513.5 mi161610.8413.516.0102 mio.7,563,000
124 Pyongyang6 Sep 197314.0 mi161520.937.08.035 mio.2,503,000
125 ChangchunOct 200210.6 mi161610.6610.616.0
126 Oporto7 Dec 200213.5 mi151420.966.77.5
127 Naha10 Aug 20038.0 mi151510.538.015.0
128 Rennes16 Mar 20025.6 mi151510.375.615.023 mio.4,112,000
129 Glasgow14 Dec 18966.5 mi151510.436.515.015 mio.2,321,000
130 Sydney192613.7 mi141430.984.64.7
131 Turin4 Feb 20066.0 mi141410.436.014.0
132 Baltimore21 Nov 198315.2 mi141411.0915.214.014 mio.919,000
133 Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 19859.6 mi141320.744.87.033 mio.3,426,000
134 Duesseldorf4 Oct 19816.0 mi141420.433.07.0
135 Sofia28 Jan 199811.2 mi141410.8011.214.051 mio.4,559,000
136 Novosibirsk7 Jan 19868.9 mi131220.744.46.570 mio.7,876,000
137 Duisburg11 Jul 19928.9 mi131320.694.56.5
138 Kitakyushu9 Jan 19855.5 mi131310.425.513.0
139 DetroitJul 19873.0 mi131310.233.013.0
140 Mulheim3 Nov 19795.6 mi131220.472.86.5
141 Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 198611.2 mi121210.9311.212.0
142 Seattle18 Jul 200913.8 mi121211.1513.812.0
143 Dalian1 May 200330.5 mi121212.5430.512.0
144 Bonn22 Mar 19755.6 mi121210.475.612.0
145 Ludwigshafen29 May 19692.5 mi111100.23
146 Edmonton22 Apr 19788.1 mi111110.748.111.0
147 Dubai9 Sep 200924.7 mi111112.2424.711.0
148 Antwerp25 Mar 19754.7 mi111120.432.45.5
149 Yerevan7 Mar 19817.5 mi101010.757.510.017 mio.2,261,000
150 Istanbul16 Sep 20009.3 mi101010.939.310.068 mio.7,294,000
151 Izmir22 May 20007.1 mi101010.717.110.030 mio.4,197,000
152 Wuhan28 Sep 20046.3 mi101010.636.310.0
153 Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 19843.4 mi9910.383.49.0
154 Samara26 Dec 19876.3 mi9910.706.39.012 mio.1,893,000
155 Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 20075.2 mi9910.575.29.0
156 Adana18 Mar 20095.0 mi8810.625.08.0
157 Kamakura3 Mar 19704.1 mi8810.514.18.0
158 Buffalo18 May 19855.2 mi8810.655.28.0
159 Valencia18 Oct 20063.9 mi7710.553.97.018 mio.4,671,000
160 Perugia29 Jan 20081.9 mi7710.271.97.0
161 Genoa13 Jun 19903.2 mi7710.463.27.0
162 Yekaterinburg26 Apr 19915.3 mi7710.755.37.046 mio.8,708,000
163 Las Vegas15 Jul 20043.9 mi7710.553.97.0
164 Bielefeld21 Sep 19713.2 mi7740.460.81.8
165 Maracaibo8 Jun 20094.0 mi6610.674.06.0
166 Jacksonville30 May 19894.3 mi6610.714.36.0
167 Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 19954.4 mi6610.744.46.011 mio.2,493,000
168 Poznan1 Mar 19973.8 mi6610.633.86.0
169 Kazan27 Aug 20055.2 mi6610.865.26.07 mio.1,357,000
170 Haifa19591.1 mi6610.181.16.0
171 Catania27 Jun 19992.4 mi6610.392.46.0
172 Lima13 Jan 20036.2 mi6611.046.26.0
173 Rouen17 Dec 19941.4 mi5510.271.45.0
174 Newark26 May 19351.4 mi4410.341.44.0
175 Pittsburgh3 Jul 19850.9 mi3310.300.93.0
176 Volgograd5 Nov 19842.1 mi2211.032.12.0


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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