English original 
Automated Translation: 
 
 
METRO BITS - Unearthing the world's subway highlightsMETRO BITS - Unearthing the world's subway highlights


  



Printer-friendly Printer-friendly






World Metro Database

You might want to start with one of the predefined tables (Basics, Numerics, Features, Complete), then add columns or click to remove a column. Move columns < left or > right. Click headers to sort, click again to reverse sorting direction. Switch unit to miles if desired. Right-click here to bookmark current World Metro Table.

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.



Add column after stns/line:   Unit: km mi


#
City >
<Opening >
<Length >
<Stations >
<Stations* >
<km/stn* >
<Lines >
<km/line >
< stns/line >
<Pass/km >
<Passengers
1 Seoul15 Aug 1974286.9 km3482980.961028.734.87,138,0002048 mio.
2 Stockholm1 Oct 1950105.7 km1041001.06335.234.72,867,000303 mio.
3 Hamburg1 Mar 1912100.7 km97891.13333.632.31,827,000184 mio.
4 Lille25 Apr 198345.5 km62600.76222.831.01,626,00074 mio.
5 Busan19 Jul 198595.0 km92881.08331.730.72,705,000257 mio.
6 Newcastle7 Aug 198076.5 km61501.53238.330.5497,00038 mio.
7 Milan1 Nov 196474.6 km88840.89324.929.34,397,000328 mio.
8 Incheon6 Oct 199929.5 km29291.02129.529.02,475,00073 mio.
9 Daegu26 Nov 199753.9 km56550.98227.028.02,041,000110 mio.
10 Delhi24 Dec 200296.2 km83811.19332.127.73,224,000310 mio.
11 Cairo27 Sep 198765.5 km55531.24232.827.510,687,000700 mio.
12 Rome10 Feb 195539.0 km49480.81219.524.58,487,000331 mio.
13 London10 Jan 1863408.0 km2682681.521137.124.42,934,0001197 mio.
14 Paris19 Jul 1900213.0 km3803000.711613.323.86,915,0001473 mio.
15 Nagoya15 Nov 195789.0 km93821.09422.323.34,798,000427 mio.
16 Bursa19 Aug 200222.5 km23230.98122.523.0
17 Shanghai10 Apr 1995334.0 km2301941.721033.423.03,359,0001122 mio.
18 Brasilia31 Mar 200142.0 km23231.83142.023.0381,00016 mio.
19 Tokyo30 Dec 1927304.5 km2902051.491323.422.310,424,0003174 mio.
20 Boston1 Sep 189760.5 km66601.01320.222.02,397,000145 mio.
21 Philadelphia4 Mar 190762.0 km66621.00320.722.01,081,00067 mio.
22 Miami21 May 198436.0 km22221.64136.022.0528,00019 mio.
23 Daejeon16 Mar 200622.6 km22221.03122.622.01,283,00029 mio.
24 Madrid17 Oct 1919284.0 km2812311.231321.821.62,415,000686 mio.
25 Hiroshima20 Aug 199418.4 km21210.88118.421.0978,00018 mio.
26 Warsaw7 Apr 199522.6 km21211.08122.621.05,044,000114 mio.
27 Kolkata24 Oct 198422.6 km21211.08122.621.04,425,000100 mio.
28 Seville2 Apr 200918.0 km21210.86118.021.0
29 Brussels20 Sep 197632.2 km61590.55310.720.34,224,000136 mio.
30 Gwangju28 Apr 200420.1 km20201.01120.120.0846,00017 mio.
31 Wuppertal1 Mar 190113.3 km20200.67113.320.0
32 Valparaiso23 Nov 200543.0 km20202.15143.020.0
33 Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 199664.0 km60561.14321.320.01,703,000109 mio.
34 Berlin18 Feb 1902147.4 km1951730.851014.719.53,033,000447 mio.
35 Atlanta30 Jun 197979.2 km39382.08239.619.5429,00034 mio.
36 Vienna25 Feb 197869.8 km96840.83514.019.27,135,000498 mio.
37 Bilbao11 Nov 199540.6 km38381.07220.319.02,118,00086 mio.
38 Singapore7 Nov 1987118.9 km76691.72429.719.04,802,000571 mio.
39 Prague9 May 197459.1 km57541.09319.719.010,102,000597 mio.
40 Tama27 Nov 199816.0 km19190.84116.019.0
41 Rotterdam10 Feb 196847.0 km38371.27223.519.01,809,00085 mio.
42 Belo Horizonte1 Aug 198628.1 km19191.48128.119.0
43 Toulouse26 Jun 199327.5 km38370.74213.819.01,527,00042 mio.
44 Chicago6 Jun 1892166.0 km1511441.15820.818.91,193,000198 mio.
45 Santiago15 Sep 197583.0 km93860.97516.618.67,735,000642 mio.
46 Toronto30 Apr 195471.3 km74691.03417.818.53,899,000278 mio.
47 Saint Louis31 Jul 199373.4 km37371.98236.718.5
48 Tianjin28 Mar 200472.0 km37371.95236.018.5208,00015 mio.
49 Kaohsiung9 Mar 200842.7 km37361.19221.418.5703,00030 mio.
50 Montreal14 Oct 196669.2 km73681.02417.318.33,165,000219 mio.
51 Cleveland15 Mar 195531.0 km18181.72131.018.0194,0006 mio.
52 Washington27 Mar 1976171.2 km90861.99534.218.01,256,000215 mio.
53 Shenyang23 Sep 200922.2 km18181.23122.218.0
54 Chongqing18 Jun 200519.5 km18181.08119.518.0
55 Guangzhou28 Jun 1999148.5 km88791.88529.717.64,047,000601 mio.
56 Athens195452.0 km52481.08317.317.36,250,000325 mio.
57 New York27 Oct 1904368.0 km4684220.872713.617.34,413,0001624 mio.
58 Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 197942.0 km34341.24221.017.03,214,000135 mio.
59 Sendai15 Jul 198714.8 km17170.87114.817.03,919,00058 mio.
60 Helsinki3 Aug 198221.0 km17171.24121.017.02,762,00058 mio.
61 Porto Alegre2 Mar 198533.8 km17171.99133.817.0
62 Chennai19 Oct 199727.0 km17171.59127.017.0
63 Munich19 Oct 197192.5 km100940.98615.416.73,773,000349 mio.
64 Sapporo16 Dec 197148.0 km49461.04316.016.34,354,000209 mio.
65 Beijing1 Oct 1969227.6 km1471251.82925.316.35,274,0001200 mio.
66 Vancouver3 Jan 198669.5 km49471.48323.216.31,065,00074 mio.
67 Santo Domingo30 Jan 200914.5 km16160.91114.516.0
68 San Juan6 Jun 200517.2 km16161.08117.216.0523,0009 mio.
69 Kyoto1 Apr 198131.3 km32311.01215.616.04,026,000126 mio.
70 Yokohama16 Dec 197257.6 km48451.28319.216.03,438,000198 mio.
71 Monterrey25 Apr 199131.5 km32311.02215.816.0
72 Nanjing27 Aug 200521.7 km16161.36121.716.04,700,000102 mio.
73 ChangchunOct 200217.0 km16161.06117.016.0
74 Mexico City5 Sep 1969201.7 km1751471.371118.315.97,238,0001460 mio.
75 Tehran21 Feb 200050.5 km47441.15316.815.76,990,000353 mio.
76 Nuremberg1 Mar 197234.6 km46440.79311.515.32,659,00092 mio.
77 Kiev22 Oct 196059.8 km46431.39319.915.310,736,000642 mio.
78 Barcelona30 Dec 1924110.5 km1521280.861011.115.23,421,000378 mio.
79 Recife11 Mar 198539.7 km30281.42219.915.0
80 Naha10 Aug 200312.8 km15150.85112.815.0
81 Moscow15 May 1935298.8 km1801442.071224.915.08,611,0002573 mio.
82 Rennes16 Mar 20029.0 km15150.6019.015.02,556,00023 mio.
83 Glasgow14 Dec 189610.4 km15150.69110.415.01,442,00015 mio.
84 Osaka20 May 1933137.8 km1331041.33915.314.86,241,000860 mio.
85 Bangkok5 Dec 199946.3 km44401.16315.414.74,449,000206 mio.
86 Mumbai171.0 km73732.34534.214.6
87 Lausanne24 May 199113.7 km29280.4926.814.5
88 Guadalajara1 Sep 198924.0 km29280.86212.014.5
89 Bochum26 May 197921.5 km29270.80210.814.5
90 Sao Paulo14 Sep 197461.3 km58551.11415.314.511,158,000684 mio.
91 Oslo22 May 196662.0 km72720.86512.414.41,032,00064 mio.
92 Turin4 Feb 20069.6 km14140.6919.614.0
93 Baltimore21 Nov 198324.5 km14141.75124.514.0571,00014 mio.
94 Manila1 Dec 198445.7 km42391.17315.214.07,571,000346 mio.
95 Budapest2 May 189633.0 km42400.83311.014.09,000,000297 mio.
96 Sofia28 Jan 199818.0 km14141.29118.014.02,833,00051 mio.
97 Lisbon29 Dec 195941.0 km52460.89410.313.04,390,000180 mio.
98 Kitakyushu9 Jan 19858.8 km13130.6818.813.0
99 Marseille26 Nov 197719.3 km26240.8029.613.03,005,00058 mio.
100 DetroitJul 19874.8 km13130.3714.813.0
101 Kobe13 Mar 197730.6 km26241.28215.313.03,954,000121 mio.
102 Medellin30 Nov 199528.8 km26251.15214.413.05,382,000155 mio.
103 Buenos Aires1 Dec 191347.5 km76680.7067.912.75,895,000280 mio.
104 Valencia3 Oct 198831.8 km38370.86310.612.7
105 Saint Petersburg15 Nov 1955110.2 km63552.00522.012.67,550,000832 mio.
106 Minsk26 Jun 198430.3 km25241.26215.112.58,647,000262 mio.
107 Bucharest16 Nov 197967.7 km50431.57416.912.51,640,000111 mio.
108 Dortmund17 May 197629.5 km37370.8039.812.3
109 Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 198618.0 km12121.50118.012.0
110 Seattle18 Jul 200922.2 km12121.85122.212.0
111 Dalian1 May 200349.0 km12124.08149.012.0
112 Bonn22 Mar 19759.0 km12120.7519.012.0
113 Fukuoka26 Jul 198129.8 km35340.8839.911.74,161,000124 mio.
114 Shenzhen28 Dec 200425.3 km23221.15212.611.52,885,00073 mio.
115 Ankara30 Aug 199623.1 km23221.05211.611.54,892,000113 mio.
116 Copenhagen19 Oct 200221.0 km22220.95210.511.01,762,00037 mio.
117 Edmonton22 Apr 197813.1 km11111.19113.111.0
118 Tbilisi11 Jan 196626.3 km22211.25213.111.03,498,00092 mio.
119 Dubai9 Sep 200939.7 km11113.61139.711.0
120 Baku6 Nov 196732.9 km22211.56216.411.05,356,000176 mio.
121 Lyon28 Apr 197830.7 km43390.7947.710.85,928,000182 mio.
122 Taipei28 Mar 199690.6 km85801.13811.310.64,967,000450 mio.
123 Hong Kong1 Oct 1979188.1 km95822.29920.910.66,959,0001309 mio.
124 Frankfurt4 Oct 196820.5 km31270.7636.810.3
125 Yerevan7 Mar 198112.1 km10101.21112.110.01,405,00017 mio.
126 Los Angeles30 Jan 199359.3 km30301.98319.810.0759,00045 mio.
127 Caracas27 Mar 198360.5 km50461.32512.110.08,430,000510 mio.
128 Istanbul16 Sep 200015.0 km10101.50115.010.04,533,00068 mio.
129 Naples28 Mar 199331.8 km30281.14310.610.0912,00029 mio.
130 The Hague16 Oct 200427.9 km30300.9339.310.0
131 Izmir22 May 200011.5 km10101.15111.510.02,609,00030 mio.
132 Wuhan28 Sep 200410.2 km10101.02110.210.0
133 Tashkent6 Nov 197736.2 km29261.39312.19.71,961,00071 mio.
134 Stuttgart10 Jun 196624.0 km19171.41212.09.5
135 Kharkov23 Aug 197535.3 km28251.41311.89.37,875,000278 mio.
136 Essen5 Oct 196720.2 km27270.7536.79.0
137 Chiba28 Mar 198815.5 km18180.8627.89.0
138 Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 19845.5 km990.6115.59.0
139 Samara26 Dec 198710.2 km991.13110.29.01,176,00012 mio.
140 Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 20078.3 km990.9218.39.0
141 San Francisco11 Sep 1972166.9 km43433.88533.48.6599,000100 mio.
142 Amsterdam16 Oct 197732.7 km33330.9948.28.32,783,00091 mio.
143 Adana18 Mar 20098.0 km881.0018.08.0
144 Kamakura3 Mar 19706.6 km880.8216.68.0
145 Buffalo18 May 19858.4 km881.0418.48.0
146 Pyongyang6 Sep 197322.5 km16151.50211.38.01,556,00035 mio.
147 Oporto7 Dec 200221.7 km15141.55210.97.5
148 Valencia18 Oct 20066.2 km770.8916.27.02,903,00018 mio.
149 Perugia29 Jan 20083.0 km770.4313.07.0
150 Hanover28 Sep 197518.6 km21171.0936.27.0
151 Genoa13 Jun 19905.2 km770.7415.27.0
152 Yekaterinburg26 Apr 19918.5 km771.2118.57.05,412,00046 mio.
153 Las Vegas15 Jul 20046.2 km770.8916.27.0
154 Duesseldorf4 Oct 19819.6 km14140.6824.87.0
155 Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 198515.5 km14131.1927.87.02,129,00033 mio.
156 Duisburg11 Jul 199214.3 km13131.1027.26.5
157 Novosibirsk7 Jan 198614.3 km13121.1927.26.54,895,00070 mio.
158 Mulheim3 Nov 19799.0 km13120.7524.56.5
159 Maracaibo8 Jun 20096.5 km661.0816.56.0
160 Jacksonville30 May 19896.9 km661.1516.96.0
161 Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 19957.1 km661.1817.16.01,549,00011 mio.
162 Poznan1 Mar 19976.1 km661.0216.16.0
163 Kazan27 Aug 20058.3 km661.3818.36.0843,0007 mio.
164 Haifa19591.8 km660.2911.86.0
165 Catania27 Jun 19993.8 km660.6313.86.0
166 Lima13 Jan 200310.0 km661.67110.06.0
167 Antwerp25 Mar 19757.6 km11110.6923.85.5
168 Rouen17 Dec 19942.2 km550.4412.25.0
169 Charleroi21 Jun 197617.5 km20200.8844.45.0
170 Sydney192622.1 km14141.5837.44.7
171 Newark26 May 19352.2 km440.5512.24.0
172 Cologne11 Oct 196845.0 km51510.88153.03.4
173 Pittsburgh3 Jul 19851.5 km330.4811.53.0
174 Volgograd5 Nov 19843.3 km221.6513.32.0
175 Bielefeld21 Sep 19715.2 km770.7441.31.8
176 Ludwigshafen29 May 19694.0 km11110.360


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.




Feedback







Bookmark and Share

This page: http://mic-ro.com/metro/table.html?feat=CIOPLGSTSSLSLILLSLPLAP&orderby;=SL&sort;=DESC&unit;=km&status;=
Would you like to discuss this page or do you know of more facts that would fit in here? Visit Metro Bits Forum. Thanks to all who have already contributed!

© 2004-2010 metrobits.org


HomeFact SheetsWorld Metro DatabaseMetro Arts & ArchitectureMetro LogosResources About

 

Adana Algiers Amsterdam Ankara Antwerp Athens Atlanta Baku Baltimore Bangkok Barcelona Beijing Belo Horizonte Berlin Bielefeld Bilbao Bochum Bonn Boston Brasilia Brussels Bucharest Budapest Buenos Aires Buffalo Bursa Busan Cairo Caracas Catania Changchun Charleroi Chengdu Chennai Chiba Chicago Chongqing Cleveland Cologne Copenhagen Daegu Daejeon Dalian Delhi Detroit Dnepropetrovsk Dortmund Dubai Duesseldorf Duisburg Edmonton Essen Frankfurt Fukuoka Gelsenkirchen Genoa Glasgow Guadalajara Guangzhou Gwangju Haifa Hamburg Hangzhou Hanover Helsinki Hiroshima Hong Kong Incheon Istanbul Izmir Jacksonville Kamakura Kaohsiung Kazan Kharkov Kiev Kitakyushu Kobe Kolkata Kryvyi Rih Kuala Lumpur Kyoto Las Vegas Lausanne Lille Lima Lisbon London Los Angeles Ludwigshafen Lyon Madrid Manila Maracaibo Marseille Medellin Mexico City Miami Milan Minsk Monterrey Montreal Moscow Mulheim Mumbai Munich Nagoya Naha Nanjing Naples New York Newark Newcastle Nizhny Novgorod Novosibirsk Nuremberg Oporto Osaka Oslo Palma de Mallorca Paris Perugia Philadelphia Pittsburgh Porto Alegre Poznan Prague Pyongyang Recife Rennes Rio de Janeiro Rome Rotterdam Rouen Saint Louis Saint Petersburg Samara San Francisco San Juan Santiago Santo Domingo Sao Paulo Sapporo Seattle Sendai Seoul Seville Shanghai Shenyang Shenzhen Singapore Sofia Stockholm Stuttgart Suzhou Sydney Taipei Tama Tashkent Tbilisi Tehran The Hague Tianjin Tokyo Toronto Toulouse Turin Valencia Valencia Valparaiso Vancouver Vienna Volgograd Warsaw Washington Wuhan Wuppertal Yekaterinburg Yerevan Yokohama