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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 km12124.0812.0
2 San Francisco11 Sep 1972166.9 km43433.88100 mio.8.6599,000
3 Dubai9 Sep 200939.7 km11113.6111.0
4 Mumbai171.0 km73732.3414.6
5 Hong Kong1 Oct 1979188.1 km95822.291309 mio.10.66,959,000
6 Valparaiso23 Nov 200543.0 km20202.1520.0
7 Atlanta30 Jun 197979.2 km39382.0834 mio.19.5429,000
8 Moscow15 May 1935298.8 km1801442.072573 mio.15.08,611,000
9 Saint Petersburg15 Nov 1955110.2 km63552.00832 mio.12.67,550,000
10 Washington27 Mar 1976171.2 km90861.99215 mio.18.01,256,000
11 Porto Alegre2 Mar 198533.8 km17171.9917.0
12 Saint Louis31 Jul 199373.4 km37371.9818.5
13 Los Angeles30 Jan 199359.3 km30301.9845 mio.10.0759,000
14 Tianjin28 Mar 200472.0 km37371.9515 mio.18.5208,000
15 Guangzhou28 Jun 1999148.5 km88791.88601 mio.17.64,047,000
16 Seattle18 Jul 200922.2 km12121.8512.0
17 Brasilia31 Mar 200142.0 km23231.8316 mio.23.0381,000
18 Beijing1 Oct 1969227.6 km1471251.821200 mio.16.35,274,000
19 Baltimore21 Nov 198324.5 km14141.7514 mio.14.0571,000
20 Singapore7 Nov 1987118.9 km76691.72571 mio.19.04,802,000
21 Cleveland15 Mar 195531.0 km18181.726 mio.18.0194,000
22 Shanghai10 Apr 1995334.0 km2301941.721122 mio.23.03,359,000
23 Lima13 Jan 200310.0 km661.676.0
24 Volgograd5 Nov 19843.3 km221.652.0
25 Miami21 May 198436.0 km22221.6419 mio.22.0528,000
26 Chennai19 Oct 199727.0 km17171.5917.0
27 Sydney192622.1 km14141.584.7
28 Bucharest16 Nov 197967.7 km50431.57111 mio.12.51,640,000
29 Baku6 Nov 196732.9 km22211.56176 mio.11.05,356,000
30 Oporto7 Dec 200221.7 km15141.557.5
31 Newcastle7 Aug 198076.5 km61501.5338 mio.30.5497,000
32 London10 Jan 1863408.0 km2682681.521197 mio.24.42,934,000
33 Istanbul16 Sep 200015.0 km10101.5068 mio.10.04,533,000
34 Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 198618.0 km12121.5012.0
35 Pyongyang6 Sep 197322.5 km16151.5035 mio.8.01,556,000
36 Tokyo30 Dec 1927304.5 km2902051.493174 mio.22.310,424,000
37 Belo Horizonte1 Aug 198628.1 km19191.4819.0
38 Vancouver3 Jan 198669.5 km49471.4874 mio.16.31,065,000
39 Recife11 Mar 198539.7 km30281.4215.0
40 Kharkov23 Aug 197535.3 km28251.41278 mio.9.37,875,000
41 Stuttgart10 Jun 196624.0 km19171.419.5
42 Tashkent6 Nov 197736.2 km29261.3971 mio.9.71,961,000
43 Kiev22 Oct 196059.8 km46431.39642 mio.15.310,736,000
44 Kazan27 Aug 20058.3 km661.387 mio.6.0843,000
45 Mexico City5 Sep 1969201.7 km1751471.371460 mio.15.97,238,000
46 Nanjing27 Aug 200521.7 km16161.36102 mio.16.04,700,000
47 Osaka20 May 1933137.8 km1331041.33860 mio.14.86,241,000
48 Caracas27 Mar 198360.5 km50461.32510 mio.10.08,430,000
49 Sofia28 Jan 199818.0 km14141.2951 mio.14.02,833,000
50 Yokohama16 Dec 197257.6 km48451.28198 mio.16.03,438,000
51 Kobe13 Mar 197730.6 km26241.28121 mio.13.03,954,000
52 Rotterdam10 Feb 196847.0 km38371.2785 mio.19.01,809,000
53 Minsk26 Jun 198430.3 km25241.26262 mio.12.58,647,000
54 Tbilisi11 Jan 196626.3 km22211.2592 mio.11.03,498,000
55 Cairo27 Sep 198765.5 km55531.24700 mio.27.510,687,000
56 Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 197942.0 km34341.24135 mio.17.03,214,000
57 Helsinki3 Aug 198221.0 km17171.2458 mio.17.02,762,000
58 Shenyang23 Sep 200922.2 km18181.2318.0
59 Madrid17 Oct 1919284.0 km2812311.23686 mio.21.62,415,000
60 Yekaterinburg26 Apr 19918.5 km771.2146 mio.7.05,412,000
61 Yerevan7 Mar 198112.1 km10101.2117 mio.10.01,405,000
62 Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 198515.5 km14131.1933 mio.7.02,129,000
63 Novosibirsk7 Jan 198614.3 km13121.1970 mio.6.54,895,000
64 Edmonton22 Apr 197813.1 km11111.1911.0
65 Delhi24 Dec 200296.2 km83811.19310 mio.27.73,224,000
66 Kaohsiung9 Mar 200842.7 km37361.1930 mio.18.5703,000
67 Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 19957.1 km661.1811 mio.6.01,549,000
68 Manila1 Dec 198445.7 km42391.17346 mio.14.07,571,000
69 Bangkok5 Dec 199946.3 km44401.16206 mio.14.74,449,000
70 Chicago6 Jun 1892166.0 km1511441.15198 mio.18.91,193,000
71 Medellin30 Nov 199528.8 km26251.15155 mio.13.05,382,000
72 Jacksonville30 May 19896.9 km661.156.0
73 Izmir22 May 200011.5 km10101.1530 mio.10.02,609,000
74 Shenzhen28 Dec 200425.3 km23221.1573 mio.11.52,885,000
75 Tehran21 Feb 200050.5 km47441.15353 mio.15.76,990,000
76 Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 199664.0 km60561.14109 mio.20.01,703,000
77 Naples28 Mar 199331.8 km30281.1429 mio.10.0912,000
78 Samara26 Dec 198710.2 km991.1312 mio.9.01,176,000
79 Taipei28 Mar 199690.6 km85801.13450 mio.10.64,967,000
80 Hamburg1 Mar 1912100.7 km97891.13184 mio.32.31,827,000
81 Sao Paulo14 Sep 197461.3 km58551.11684 mio.14.511,158,000
82 Duisburg11 Jul 199214.3 km13131.106.5
83 Prague9 May 197459.1 km57541.09597 mio.19.010,102,000
84 Hanover28 Sep 197518.6 km21171.097.0
85 Nagoya15 Nov 195789.0 km93821.09427 mio.23.34,798,000
86 Maracaibo8 Jun 20096.5 km661.086.0
87 Athens195452.0 km52481.08325 mio.17.36,250,000
88 Chongqing18 Jun 200519.5 km18181.0818.0
89 Busan19 Jul 198595.0 km92881.08257 mio.30.72,705,000
90 Warsaw7 Apr 199522.6 km21211.08114 mio.21.05,044,000
91 Kolkata24 Oct 198422.6 km21211.08100 mio.21.04,425,000
92 San Juan6 Jun 200517.2 km16161.089 mio.16.0523,000
93 Bilbao11 Nov 199540.6 km38381.0786 mio.19.02,118,000
94 ChangchunOct 200217.0 km16161.0616.0
95 Stockholm1 Oct 1950105.7 km1041001.06303 mio.34.72,867,000
96 Ankara30 Aug 199623.1 km23221.05113 mio.11.54,892,000
97 Buffalo18 May 19858.4 km881.048.0
98 Sapporo16 Dec 197148.0 km49461.04209 mio.16.34,354,000
99 Toronto30 Apr 195471.3 km74691.03278 mio.18.53,899,000
100 Daejeon16 Mar 200622.6 km22221.0329 mio.22.01,283,000
101 Wuhan28 Sep 200410.2 km10101.0210.0
102 Montreal14 Oct 196669.2 km73681.02219 mio.18.33,165,000
103 Incheon6 Oct 199929.5 km29291.0273 mio.29.02,475,000
104 Poznan1 Mar 19976.1 km661.026.0
105 Monterrey25 Apr 199131.5 km32311.0216.0
106 Kyoto1 Apr 198131.3 km32311.01126 mio.16.04,026,000
107 Boston1 Sep 189760.5 km66601.01145 mio.22.02,397,000
108 Gwangju28 Apr 200420.1 km20201.0117 mio.20.0846,000
109 Adana18 Mar 20098.0 km881.008.0
110 Philadelphia4 Mar 190762.0 km66621.0067 mio.22.01,081,000
111 Amsterdam16 Oct 197732.7 km33330.9991 mio.8.32,783,000
112 Munich19 Oct 197192.5 km100940.98349 mio.16.73,773,000
113 Daegu26 Nov 199753.9 km56550.98110 mio.28.02,041,000
114 Bursa19 Aug 200222.5 km23230.9823.0
115 Santiago15 Sep 197583.0 km93860.97642 mio.18.67,735,000
116 Seoul15 Aug 1974286.9 km3482980.962048 mio.34.87,138,000
117 Copenhagen19 Oct 200221.0 km22220.9537 mio.11.01,762,000
118 The Hague16 Oct 200427.9 km30300.9310.0
119 Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 20078.3 km990.929.0
120 Santo Domingo30 Jan 200914.5 km16160.9116.0
121 Lisbon29 Dec 195941.0 km52460.89180 mio.13.04,390,000
122 Milan1 Nov 196474.6 km88840.89328 mio.29.34,397,000
123 Valencia18 Oct 20066.2 km770.8918 mio.7.02,903,000
124 Las Vegas15 Jul 20046.2 km770.897.0
125 Cologne11 Oct 196845.0 km51510.883.4
126 Fukuoka26 Jul 198129.8 km35340.88124 mio.11.74,161,000
127 Hiroshima20 Aug 199418.4 km21210.8818 mio.21.0978,000
128 Charleroi21 Jun 197617.5 km20200.885.0
129 New York27 Oct 1904368.0 km4684220.871624 mio.17.34,413,000
130 Sendai15 Jul 198714.8 km17170.8758 mio.17.03,919,000
131 Barcelona30 Dec 1924110.5 km1521280.86378 mio.15.23,421,000
132 Chiba28 Mar 198815.5 km18180.869.0
133 Oslo22 May 196662.0 km72720.8664 mio.14.41,032,000
134 Valencia3 Oct 198831.8 km38370.8612.7
135 Guadalajara1 Sep 198924.0 km29280.8614.5
136 Seville2 Apr 200918.0 km21210.8621.0
137 Naha10 Aug 200312.8 km15150.8515.0
138 Berlin18 Feb 1902147.4 km1951730.85447 mio.19.53,033,000
139 Tama27 Nov 199816.0 km19190.8419.0
140 Vienna25 Feb 197869.8 km96840.83498 mio.19.27,135,000
141 Budapest2 May 189633.0 km42400.83297 mio.14.09,000,000
142 Kamakura3 Mar 19706.6 km880.828.0
143 Rome10 Feb 195539.0 km49480.81331 mio.24.58,487,000
144 Marseille26 Nov 197719.3 km26240.8058 mio.13.03,005,000
145 Bochum26 May 197921.5 km29270.8014.5
146 Dortmund17 May 197629.5 km37370.8012.3
147 Lyon28 Apr 197830.7 km43390.79182 mio.10.85,928,000
148 Nuremberg1 Mar 197234.6 km46440.7992 mio.15.32,659,000
149 Frankfurt4 Oct 196820.5 km31270.7610.3
150 Lille25 Apr 198345.5 km62600.7674 mio.31.01,626,000
151 Mulheim3 Nov 19799.0 km13120.756.5
152 Bonn22 Mar 19759.0 km12120.7512.0
153 Essen5 Oct 196720.2 km27270.759.0
154 Toulouse26 Jun 199327.5 km38370.7442 mio.19.01,527,000
155 Genoa13 Jun 19905.2 km770.747.0
156 Bielefeld21 Sep 19715.2 km770.741.8
157 Paris19 Jul 1900213.0 km3803000.711473 mio.23.86,915,000
158 Buenos Aires1 Dec 191347.5 km76680.70280 mio.12.75,895,000
159 Glasgow14 Dec 189610.4 km15150.6915 mio.15.01,442,000
160 Antwerp25 Mar 19757.6 km11110.695.5
161 Turin4 Feb 20069.6 km14140.6914.0
162 Duesseldorf4 Oct 19819.6 km14140.687.0
163 Kitakyushu9 Jan 19858.8 km13130.6813.0
164 Wuppertal1 Mar 190113.3 km20200.6720.0
165 Catania27 Jun 19993.8 km660.636.0
166 Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 19845.5 km990.619.0
167 Rennes16 Mar 20029.0 km15150.6023 mio.15.02,556,000
168 Newark26 May 19352.2 km440.554.0
169 Brussels20 Sep 197632.2 km61590.55136 mio.20.34,224,000
170 Lausanne24 May 199113.7 km29280.4914.5
171 Pittsburgh3 Jul 19851.5 km330.483.0
172 Rouen17 Dec 19942.2 km550.445.0
173 Perugia29 Jan 20083.0 km770.437.0
174 DetroitJul 19874.8 km13130.3713.0
175 Ludwigshafen29 May 19694.0 km11110.36
176 Haifa19591.8 km660.296.0


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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