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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 1904368.0 km4684220.874.33 million
2 Paris19 Jul 1900213.0 km3803000.714.05 million
3 Seoul15 Aug 1974286.9 km3482980.965.61 million
4 Tokyo30 Dec 1927304.5 km2902051.498.7 million
5 Madrid17 Oct 1919284.0 km2812311.231.78 million
6 Shanghai10 Apr 1995420.0 km2782351.793.56 million
7 London10 Jan 1863408.0 km2682681.522.99 million
8 Berlin18 Feb 1902147.4 km1951730.851.39 million
9 Moscow15 May 1935302.0 km1821462.076.55 million
10 Mexico City5 Sep 1969201.7 km1751471.373.88 million
11 Barcelona30 Dec 1924119.4 km1621350.881.11 million
12 Chicago6 Jun 1892166.0 km1511441.15542,000
13 Beijing1 Oct 1969227.6 km1471251.823.99 million
14 Osaka20 May 1933137.8 km1331041.332.36 million
15 Delhi24 Dec 2002138.8 km1161131.23838,000
16 Guangzhou28 Jun 1999176.3 km1111011.751.85 million
17 Stockholm1 Oct 1950105.7 km1041001.06841,000
18 Vienna25 Feb 197874.6 km102900.831.4 million
19 Munich19 Oct 197194.2 km102960.98962,000
20 Santiago15 Sep 197592.4 km101930.991.67 million
21 Hamburg1 Mar 1912100.7 km97891.13518,000
22 Hong Kong1 Oct 1979188.1 km95822.293.62 million
23 Nagoya15 Nov 195789.0 km93821.091.17 million
24 Busan19 Jul 198595.0 km92881.08704,000
25 Washington27 Mar 1976171.2 km90861.99611,000
26 Milan1 Nov 196474.6 km88840.89899,000
27 Singapore7 Nov 1987129.7 km87781.661.81 million
28 Taipei28 Mar 199694.2 km85801.181.27 million
29 Buenos Aires1 Dec 191348.1 km77680.71789,000
30 Toronto30 Apr 195471.3 km74691.03762,000
31 Mumbai171.0 km73732.34
32 Montreal14 Oct 196669.2 km73681.02600,000
33 Oslo22 May 196662.0 km73730.85214,000
34 Boston1 Sep 189760.5 km66601.01400,000
35 Philadelphia4 Mar 190762.0 km66621.00192,000
36 Sao Paulo14 Sep 197469.7 km63591.181.93 million
37 Saint Petersburg15 Nov 1955110.2 km63552.002.25 million
38 Lille25 Apr 198345.5 km62600.76203,000
39 Brussels20 Sep 197632.2 km61590.55364,000
40 Newcastle7 Aug 198076.5 km61501.53104,000
41 Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 199664.0 km60561.14299,000
42 Nanjing27 Aug 200584.7 km57551.54400,000
43 Prague9 May 197459.1 km57541.091.6 million
44 Daegu26 Nov 199753.9 km56550.98301,000
45 Tehran21 Feb 200066.0 km55521.271.26 million
46 Cairo27 Sep 198765.5 km55531.241.92 million
47 Athens195452.0 km53491.06937,000
48 Bangkok5 Dec 199974.9 km52461.63564,000
49 Lisbon29 Dec 195941.0 km52460.89488,000
50 Cologne11 Oct 196845.0 km51510.88
51 Bucharest16 Nov 197967.7 km50431.57304,000
52 Caracas27 Mar 198360.5 km50461.321.25 million
53 Sapporo16 Dec 197148.0 km49461.04573,000
54 Vancouver3 Jan 198669.5 km49471.48203,000
55 Rome10 Feb 195539.0 km49480.81907,000
56 Yokohama16 Dec 197257.6 km48451.28542,000
57 Kiev22 Oct 196059.8 km46431.391.76 million
58 Nuremberg1 Mar 197234.6 km46440.79315,000
59 Manila1 Dec 198451.5 km43401.29948,000
60 San Francisco11 Sep 1972166.9 km43433.88274,000
61 Lyon28 Apr 197830.7 km43390.79499,000
62 Budapest2 May 189633.0 km42400.83814,000
63 Atlanta30 Jun 197979.2 km39382.0893,200
64 Rotterdam10 Feb 196847.0 km38371.27238,000
65 Toulouse26 Jun 199327.5 km38370.74115,000
66 Bilbao11 Nov 199540.6 km38381.07238,000
67 Valencia3 Oct 198831.8 km38370.86
68 Kaohsiung9 Mar 200842.7 km37361.1982,200
69 Saint Louis31 Jul 199373.4 km37371.98
70 Tianjin28 Mar 200472.0 km37371.9541,100
71 Dortmund17 May 197629.5 km37370.80
72 Fukuoka26 Jul 198129.8 km35340.88340,000
73 Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 197942.0 km34341.24370,000
74 Amsterdam16 Oct 197732.7 km33330.99233,000
75 Kyoto1 Apr 198131.3 km32311.01345,000
76 Monterrey25 Apr 199131.5 km32311.02
77 Frankfurt4 Oct 196820.5 km31270.76
78 Naples28 Mar 199331.8 km30281.1479,500
79 Marseille26 Nov 197721.8 km30280.78159,000
80 The Hague16 Oct 200427.9 km30300.93
81 Los Angeles30 Jan 199359.3 km30301.98129,000
82 Recife11 Mar 198539.7 km30281.42
83 Incheon6 Oct 199929.5 km29291.02200,000
84 Bochum26 May 197921.5 km29270.80
85 Tashkent6 Nov 197736.2 km29261.39195,000
86 Lausanne24 May 199113.7 km29280.49
87 Guadalajara1 Sep 198924.0 km29280.86
88 Kharkov23 Aug 197535.3 km28251.41762,000
89 Essen5 Oct 196720.2 km27270.75
90 Wuhan28 Sep 200428.0 km27271.0435,600
91 Kobe13 Mar 197730.6 km26241.28332,000
92 Dubai9 Sep 200952.1 km26262.00
93 Medellin30 Nov 199528.8 km26251.15425,000
94 Minsk26 Jun 198430.3 km25241.26718,000
95 Brasilia31 Mar 200142.0 km24241.7543,800
96 Ankara30 Aug 199623.1 km23221.05310,000
97 Bursa19 Aug 200222.5 km23230.98
98 Shenzhen28 Dec 200425.3 km23221.15362,000
99 Kolkata24 Oct 198422.6 km23230.98474,000
100 Baku6 Nov 196732.9 km22211.56482,000
101 Miami21 May 198436.0 km22221.6449,300
102 Tbilisi11 Jan 196626.3 km22211.25252,000
103 Shenyang27 Sep 201027.8 km22221.26
104 Copenhagen19 Oct 200221.0 km22220.95126,000
105 Daejeon16 Mar 200622.6 km22221.0379,500
106 Hiroshima20 Aug 199418.4 km21210.8849,300
107 Warsaw7 Apr 199522.6 km21211.08345,000
108 Hanover28 Sep 197518.6 km21171.09
109 Seville2 Apr 200918.0 km21210.86
110 Valparaiso23 Nov 200543.0 km20202.15
111 Gwangju28 Apr 200420.1 km20201.0146,600
112 Wuppertal1 Mar 190113.3 km20200.67
113 Charleroi21 Jun 197617.5 km20200.88
114 Stuttgart10 Jun 196624.0 km19171.41
115 Tama27 Nov 199816.0 km19190.84
116 Belo Horizonte1 Aug 198628.1 km19191.48
117 Cleveland15 Mar 195531.0 km18181.7213,700
118 Chiba28 Mar 198815.5 km18180.86
119 Chongqing18 Jun 200519.5 km18181.08
120 Helsinki3 Aug 198221.0 km17171.24156,000
121 Porto Alegre2 Mar 198533.8 km17171.99
122 Sendai15 Jul 198714.8 km17170.87159,000
123 Chennai19 Oct 199727.0 km17171.59
124 Pyongyang6 Sep 197322.5 km16151.5095,900
125 Santo Domingo30 Jan 200914.5 km16160.91200,000
126 ChangchunOct 200217.0 km16161.06
127 Chengdu27 Sep 201018.5 km16161.16
128 San Juan6 Jun 200517.2 km16161.0824,700
129 Naha10 Aug 200312.8 km15150.85
130 Glasgow14 Dec 189610.4 km15150.6941,100
131 Rennes16 Mar 20029.0 km15150.6063,000
132 Edmonton22 Apr 197820.4 km15151.36
133 Oporto7 Dec 200221.7 km15141.55
134 Turin4 Feb 20069.6 km14140.69
135 Duesseldorf4 Oct 19819.6 km14140.68
136 Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 198515.5 km14131.1990,400
137 Baltimore21 Nov 198324.5 km14141.7535,600
138 Sydney192622.1 km14141.58
139 Sofia28 Jan 199818.0 km14141.2979,500
140 Novosibirsk7 Jan 198614.3 km13121.19192,000
141 Duisburg11 Jul 199214.3 km13131.10
142 Kitakyushu9 Jan 19858.8 km13130.68
143 Mulheim3 Nov 19799.0 km13120.75
144 DetroitJul 19874.8 km13130.37
145 Seattle18 Jul 200922.2 km12121.85
146 Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 198618.0 km12121.50
147 Dalian1 May 200349.0 km12124.08
148 Bonn22 Mar 19759.0 km12120.75
149 Antwerp25 Mar 19757.6 km11110.69
150 Ludwigshafen29 May 19694.0 km11110.36
151 Yerevan7 Mar 198112.1 km10101.2146,600
152 Izmir22 May 200011.5 km10101.1582,200
153 Istanbul16 Sep 200015.0 km10101.50186,000
154 Mecca13 Nov 201018.1 km992.01
155 Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 19845.5 km990.61
156 Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 20078.3 km990.92
157 Samara26 Dec 198710.2 km991.1332,900
158 Buffalo18 May 19858.4 km881.04
159 Kamakura3 Mar 19706.6 km880.82
160 Adana18 Mar 20098.0 km881.00
161 Las Vegas15 Jul 20046.2 km770.89
162 Bielefeld21 Sep 19715.2 km770.74
163 Perugia29 Jan 20083.0 km770.43
164 Valencia18 Oct 20066.2 km770.8949,300
165 Genoa13 Jun 19905.2 km770.74
166 Yekaterinburg26 Apr 19918.5 km771.21126,000
167 Jacksonville30 May 19896.9 km661.15
168 Catania27 Jun 19993.8 km660.63
169 Poznan1 Mar 19976.1 km661.02
170 Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 19957.1 km661.1838,400
171 Maracaibo8 Jun 20096.5 km661.08
172 Haifa19591.8 km660.29
173 Kazan27 Aug 20058.3 km661.3819,200
174 Lima13 Jan 200310.0 km661.67
175 Rouen17 Dec 19942.2 km550.44
176 Newark26 May 19352.2 km440.55
177 Pittsburgh3 Jul 19851.5 km330.48
178 Volgograd5 Nov 19843.3 km221.65





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