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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 1904468368.0 km4222713.617.31624 mio.4,413,000
2 Paris19 Jul 1900380213.0 km3001613.323.81473 mio.6,915,000
3 Cologne11 Oct 19685145.0 km51153.03.4
4 Tokyo30 Dec 1927290304.5 km2051323.422.33174 mio.10,424,000
5 Madrid17 Oct 1919281284.0 km2311321.821.6686 mio.2,415,000
6 Moscow15 May 1935180298.8 km1441224.915.02573 mio.8,611,000
7 Mexico City5 Sep 1969175201.7 km1471118.315.91460 mio.7,238,000
8 London10 Jan 1863268408.0 km2681137.124.41197 mio.2,934,000
9 Barcelona30 Dec 1924152110.5 km1281011.115.2378 mio.3,421,000
10 Shanghai10 Apr 1995230334.0 km1941033.423.01122 mio.3,359,000
11 Berlin18 Feb 1902195147.4 km1731014.719.5447 mio.3,033,000
12 Seoul15 Aug 1974348286.9 km2981028.734.82048 mio.7,138,000
13 Osaka20 May 1933133137.8 km104915.314.8860 mio.6,241,000
14 Hong Kong1 Oct 197995188.1 km82920.910.61309 mio.6,959,000
15 Beijing1 Oct 1969147227.6 km125925.316.31200 mio.5,274,000
16 Taipei28 Mar 19968590.6 km80811.310.6450 mio.4,967,000
17 Chicago6 Jun 1892151166.0 km144820.818.9198 mio.1,193,000
18 Buenos Aires1 Dec 19137647.5 km6867.912.7280 mio.5,895,000
19 Munich19 Oct 197110092.5 km94615.416.7349 mio.3,773,000
20 Saint Petersburg15 Nov 195563110.2 km55522.012.6832 mio.7,550,000
21 Caracas27 Mar 19835060.5 km46512.110.0510 mio.8,430,000
22 Vienna25 Feb 19789669.8 km84514.019.2498 mio.7,135,000
23 Mumbai73171.0 km73534.214.6
24 Oslo22 May 19667262.0 km72512.414.464 mio.1,032,000
25 Washington27 Mar 197690171.2 km86534.218.0215 mio.1,256,000
26 Santiago15 Sep 19759383.0 km86516.618.6642 mio.7,735,000
27 Guangzhou28 Jun 199988148.5 km79529.717.6601 mio.4,047,000
28 San Francisco11 Sep 197243166.9 km43533.48.6100 mio.599,000
29 Amsterdam16 Oct 19773332.7 km3348.28.391 mio.2,783,000
30 Nagoya15 Nov 19579389.0 km82422.323.3427 mio.4,798,000
31 Montreal14 Oct 19667369.2 km68417.318.3219 mio.3,165,000
32 Lisbon29 Dec 19595241.0 km46410.313.0180 mio.4,390,000
33 Charleroi21 Jun 19762017.5 km2044.45.0
34 Bucharest16 Nov 19795067.7 km43416.912.5111 mio.1,640,000
35 Singapore7 Nov 198776118.9 km69429.719.0571 mio.4,802,000
36 Toronto30 Apr 19547471.3 km69417.818.5278 mio.3,899,000
37 Bielefeld21 Sep 197175.2 km741.31.8
38 Lyon28 Apr 19784330.7 km3947.710.8182 mio.5,928,000
39 Sao Paulo14 Sep 19745861.3 km55415.314.5684 mio.11,158,000
40 Essen5 Oct 19672720.2 km2736.79.0
41 Tehran21 Feb 20004750.5 km44316.815.7353 mio.6,990,000
42 Los Angeles30 Jan 19933059.3 km30319.810.045 mio.759,000
43 Brussels20 Sep 19766132.2 km59310.720.3136 mio.4,224,000
44 Sydney19261422.1 km1437.44.7
45 Athens19545252.0 km48317.317.3325 mio.6,250,000
46 Tashkent6 Nov 19772936.2 km26312.19.771 mio.1,961,000
47 Delhi24 Dec 20028396.2 km81332.127.7310 mio.3,224,000
48 Naples28 Mar 19933031.8 km28310.610.029 mio.912,000
49 Boston1 Sep 18976660.5 km60320.222.0145 mio.2,397,000
50 Stockholm1 Oct 1950104105.7 km100335.234.7303 mio.2,867,000
51 Hanover28 Sep 19752118.6 km1736.27.0
52 Sapporo16 Dec 19714948.0 km46316.016.3209 mio.4,354,000
53 Frankfurt4 Oct 19683120.5 km2736.810.3
54 Busan19 Jul 19859295.0 km88331.730.7257 mio.2,705,000
55 The Hague16 Oct 20043027.9 km3039.310.0
56 Dortmund17 May 19763729.5 km3739.812.3
57 Yokohama16 Dec 19724857.6 km45319.216.0198 mio.3,438,000
58 Prague9 May 19745759.1 km54319.719.0597 mio.10,102,000
59 Philadelphia4 Mar 19076662.0 km62320.722.067 mio.1,081,000
60 Kharkov23 Aug 19752835.3 km25311.89.3278 mio.7,875,000
61 Nuremberg1 Mar 19724634.6 km44311.515.392 mio.2,659,000
62 Manila1 Dec 19844245.7 km39315.214.0346 mio.7,571,000
63 Valencia3 Oct 19883831.8 km37310.612.7
64 Bangkok5 Dec 19994446.3 km40315.414.7206 mio.4,449,000
65 Fukuoka26 Jul 19813529.8 km3439.911.7124 mio.4,161,000
66 Budapest2 May 18964233.0 km40311.014.0297 mio.9,000,000
67 Hamburg1 Mar 191297100.7 km89333.632.3184 mio.1,827,000
68 Vancouver3 Jan 19864969.5 km47323.216.374 mio.1,065,000
69 Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 19966064.0 km56321.320.0109 mio.1,703,000
70 Milan1 Nov 19648874.6 km84324.929.3328 mio.4,397,000
71 Kiev22 Oct 19604659.8 km43319.915.3642 mio.10,736,000
72 Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 19793442.0 km34221.017.0135 mio.3,214,000
73 Copenhagen19 Oct 20022221.0 km22210.511.037 mio.1,762,000
74 Bilbao11 Nov 19953840.6 km38220.319.086 mio.2,118,000
75 Shenzhen28 Dec 20042325.3 km22212.611.573 mio.2,885,000
76 Lausanne24 May 19912913.7 km2826.814.5
77 Chiba28 Mar 19881815.5 km1827.89.0
78 Novosibirsk7 Jan 19861314.3 km1227.26.570 mio.4,895,000
79 Duisburg11 Jul 19921314.3 km1327.26.5
80 Recife11 Mar 19853039.7 km28219.915.0
81 Kyoto1 Apr 19813231.3 km31215.616.0126 mio.4,026,000
82 Oporto7 Dec 20021521.7 km14210.97.5
83 Guadalajara1 Sep 19892924.0 km28212.014.5
84 Minsk26 Jun 19842530.3 km24215.112.5262 mio.8,647,000
85 Marseille26 Nov 19772619.3 km2429.613.058 mio.3,005,000
86 Ankara30 Aug 19962323.1 km22211.611.5113 mio.4,892,000
87 Newcastle7 Aug 19806176.5 km50238.330.538 mio.497,000
88 Rome10 Feb 19554939.0 km48219.524.5331 mio.8,487,000
89 Daegu26 Nov 19975653.9 km55227.028.0110 mio.2,041,000
90 Bochum26 May 19792921.5 km27210.814.5
91 Lille25 Apr 19836245.5 km60222.831.074 mio.1,626,000
92 Atlanta30 Jun 19793979.2 km38239.619.534 mio.429,000
93 Tbilisi11 Jan 19662226.3 km21213.111.092 mio.3,498,000
94 Saint Louis31 Jul 19933773.4 km37236.718.5
95 Stuttgart10 Jun 19661924.0 km17212.09.5
96 Monterrey25 Apr 19913231.5 km31215.816.0
97 Kobe13 Mar 19772630.6 km24215.313.0121 mio.3,954,000
98 Cairo27 Sep 19875565.5 km53232.827.5700 mio.10,687,000
99 Tianjin28 Mar 20043772.0 km37236.018.515 mio.208,000
100 Medellin30 Nov 19952628.8 km25214.413.0155 mio.5,382,000
101 Antwerp25 Mar 1975117.6 km1123.85.5
102 Kaohsiung9 Mar 20083742.7 km36221.418.530 mio.703,000
103 Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 19851415.5 km1327.87.033 mio.2,129,000
104 Duesseldorf4 Oct 1981149.6 km1424.87.0
105 Rotterdam10 Feb 19683847.0 km37223.519.085 mio.1,809,000
106 Pyongyang6 Sep 19731622.5 km15211.38.035 mio.1,556,000
107 Mulheim3 Nov 1979139.0 km1224.56.5
108 Toulouse26 Jun 19933827.5 km37213.819.042 mio.1,527,000
109 Baku6 Nov 19672232.9 km21216.411.0176 mio.5,356,000
110 Santo Domingo30 Jan 20091614.5 km16114.516.0
111 Maracaibo8 Jun 200966.5 km616.56.0
112 Bursa19 Aug 20022322.5 km23122.523.0
113 Jacksonville30 May 198966.9 km616.96.0
114 Newark26 May 193542.2 km412.24.0
115 Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 199567.1 km617.16.011 mio.1,549,000
116 Yerevan7 Mar 19811012.1 km10112.110.017 mio.1,405,000
117 Hiroshima20 Aug 19942118.4 km21118.421.018 mio.978,000
118 Warsaw7 Apr 19952122.6 km21122.621.0114 mio.5,044,000
119 Poznan1 Mar 199766.1 km616.16.0
120 Gwangju28 Apr 20042020.1 km20120.120.017 mio.846,000
121 Valencia18 Oct 200676.2 km716.27.018 mio.2,903,000
122 Kolkata24 Oct 19842122.6 km21122.621.0100 mio.4,425,000
123 Sendai15 Jul 19871714.8 km17114.817.058 mio.3,919,000
124 Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 198495.5 km915.59.0
125 San Juan6 Jun 20051617.2 km16117.216.09 mio.523,000
126 Kazan27 Aug 200568.3 km618.36.07 mio.843,000
127 Perugia29 Jan 200873.0 km713.07.0
128 Istanbul16 Sep 20001015.0 km10115.010.068 mio.4,533,000
129 Rouen17 Dec 199452.2 km512.25.0
130 Wuppertal1 Mar 19012013.3 km20113.320.0
131 Cleveland15 Mar 19551831.0 km18131.018.06 mio.194,000
132 Turin4 Feb 2006149.6 km1419.614.0
133 Kitakyushu9 Jan 1985138.8 km1318.813.0
134 Baltimore21 Nov 19831424.5 km14124.514.014 mio.571,000
135 Adana18 Mar 200988.0 km818.08.0
136 Samara26 Dec 1987910.2 km9110.29.012 mio.1,176,000
137 Kamakura3 Mar 197086.6 km816.68.0
138 Naha10 Aug 20031512.8 km15112.815.0
139 Haifa195961.8 km611.86.0
140 Valparaiso23 Nov 20052043.0 km20143.020.0
141 Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 19861218.0 km12118.012.0
142 Genoa13 Jun 199075.2 km715.27.0
143 Catania27 Jun 199963.8 km613.86.0
144 Miami21 May 19842236.0 km22136.022.019 mio.528,000
145 Edmonton22 Apr 19781113.1 km11113.111.0
146 Buffalo18 May 198588.4 km818.48.0
147 Izmir22 May 20001011.5 km10111.510.030 mio.2,609,000
148 DetroitJul 1987134.8 km1314.813.0
149 Yekaterinburg26 Apr 199178.5 km718.57.046 mio.5,412,000
150 Brasilia31 Mar 20012342.0 km23142.023.016 mio.381,000
151 Helsinki3 Aug 19821721.0 km17121.017.058 mio.2,762,000
152 Rennes16 Mar 2002159.0 km1519.015.023 mio.2,556,000
153 Volgograd5 Nov 198423.3 km213.32.0
154 Shenyang23 Sep 20091822.2 km18122.218.0
155 Las Vegas15 Jul 200476.2 km716.27.0
156 Porto Alegre2 Mar 19851733.8 km17133.817.0
157 Chennai19 Oct 19971727.0 km17127.017.0
158 Seattle18 Jul 20091222.2 km12122.212.0
159 Dubai9 Sep 20091139.7 km11139.711.0
160 Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 200798.3 km918.39.0
161 Dalian1 May 20031249.0 km12149.012.0
162 Tama27 Nov 19981916.0 km19116.019.0
163 Incheon6 Oct 19992929.5 km29129.529.073 mio.2,475,000
164 Daejeon16 Mar 20062222.6 km22122.622.029 mio.1,283,000
165 Wuhan28 Sep 20041010.2 km10110.210.0
166 Nanjing27 Aug 20051621.7 km16121.716.0102 mio.4,700,000
167 Bonn22 Mar 1975129.0 km1219.012.0
168 Sofia28 Jan 19981418.0 km14118.014.051 mio.2,833,000
169 Lima13 Jan 2003610.0 km6110.06.0
170 Chongqing18 Jun 20051819.5 km18119.518.0
171 Seville2 Apr 20092118.0 km21118.021.0
172 Belo Horizonte1 Aug 19861928.1 km19128.119.0
173 Glasgow14 Dec 18961510.4 km15110.415.015 mio.1,442,000
174 Pittsburgh3 Jul 198531.5 km311.53.0
175 ChangchunOct 20021617.0 km16117.016.0
176 Ludwigshafen29 May 1969114.0 km110


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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