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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 Sao Paulo14 Sep 19745861.3 km5541.1115.3684 mio.14.511,158,0000.76 EUR
2 Kiev22 Oct 19604659.8 km4331.3919.9642 mio.15.310,736,0000.27 EUR
3 Cairo27 Sep 19875565.5 km5321.2432.8700 mio.27.510,687,0000.14 EUR
4 Tokyo30 Dec 1927290304.5 km205131.4923.43174 mio.22.310,424,0001.57 EUR
5 Prague9 May 19745759.1 km5431.0919.7597 mio.19.010,102,0000.65 EUR
6 Budapest2 May 18964233.0 km4030.8311.0297 mio.14.09,000,0000.95 EUR
7 Minsk26 Jun 19842530.3 km2421.2615.1262 mio.12.58,647,000
8 Moscow15 May 1935180298.8 km144122.0724.92573 mio.15.08,611,0000.50 EUR
9 Rome10 Feb 19554939.0 km4820.8119.5331 mio.24.58,487,0001.00 EUR
10 Caracas27 Mar 19835060.5 km4651.3212.1510 mio.10.08,430,0000.31 EUR
11 Kharkov23 Aug 19752835.3 km2531.4111.8278 mio.9.37,875,000
12 Santiago15 Sep 19759383.0 km8650.9716.6642 mio.18.67,735,0000.55 EUR
13 Manila1 Dec 19844245.7 km3931.1715.2346 mio.14.07,571,0000.18 EUR
14 Saint Petersburg15 Nov 195563110.2 km5552.0022.0832 mio.12.67,550,000
15 Mexico City5 Sep 1969175201.7 km147111.3718.31460 mio.15.97,238,0000.14 EUR
16 Seoul15 Aug 1974348286.9 km298100.9628.72048 mio.34.87,138,0000.54 EUR
17 Vienna25 Feb 19789669.8 km8450.8314.0498 mio.19.27,135,0001.70 EUR
18 Tehran21 Feb 20004750.5 km4431.1516.8353 mio.15.76,990,000
19 Hong Kong1 Oct 197995188.1 km8292.2920.91309 mio.10.66,959,0000.91 EUR
20 Paris19 Jul 1900380213.0 km300160.7113.31473 mio.23.86,915,0001.57 EUR
21 Athens19545252.0 km4831.0817.3325 mio.17.36,250,0001.00 EUR
22 Osaka20 May 1933133137.8 km10491.3315.3860 mio.14.86,241,000
23 Lyon28 Apr 19784330.7 km3940.797.7182 mio.10.85,928,0001.60 EUR
24 Buenos Aires1 Dec 19137647.5 km6860.707.9280 mio.12.75,895,0000.24 EUR
25 Yekaterinburg26 Apr 199178.5 km711.218.546 mio.7.05,412,000
26 Medellin30 Nov 19952628.8 km2521.1514.4155 mio.13.05,382,000
27 Baku6 Nov 19672232.9 km2121.5616.4176 mio.11.05,356,000
28 Beijing1 Oct 1969147227.6 km12591.8225.31200 mio.16.35,274,0000.15 EUR
29 Warsaw7 Apr 19952122.6 km2111.0822.6114 mio.21.05,044,0000.47 EUR
30 Taipei28 Mar 19968590.6 km8081.1311.3450 mio.10.64,967,0000.60 EUR
31 Novosibirsk7 Jan 19861314.3 km1221.197.270 mio.6.54,895,000
32 Ankara30 Aug 19962323.1 km2221.0511.6113 mio.11.54,892,000
33 Singapore7 Nov 198776118.9 km6941.7229.7571 mio.19.04,802,0000.97 EUR
34 Nagoya15 Nov 19579389.0 km8241.0922.3427 mio.23.34,798,000
35 Nanjing27 Aug 20051621.7 km1611.3621.7102 mio.16.04,700,000
36 Istanbul16 Sep 20001015.0 km1011.5015.068 mio.10.04,533,0000.63 EUR
37 Bangkok5 Dec 19994446.3 km4031.1615.4206 mio.14.74,449,0000.64 EUR
38 Kolkata24 Oct 19842122.6 km2111.0822.6100 mio.21.04,425,000
39 New York27 Oct 1904468368.0 km422270.8713.61624 mio.17.34,413,0001.53 EUR
40 Milan1 Nov 19648874.6 km8430.8924.9328 mio.29.34,397,0001.00 EUR
41 Lisbon29 Dec 19595241.0 km4640.8910.3180 mio.13.04,390,0000.80 EUR
42 Sapporo16 Dec 19714948.0 km4631.0416.0209 mio.16.34,354,000
43 Brussels20 Sep 19766132.2 km5930.5510.7136 mio.20.34,224,0001.53 EUR
44 Fukuoka26 Jul 19813529.8 km3430.889.9124 mio.11.74,161,000
45 Guangzhou28 Jun 199988148.5 km7951.8829.7601 mio.17.64,047,000
46 Kyoto1 Apr 19813231.3 km3121.0115.6126 mio.16.04,026,000
47 Kobe13 Mar 19772630.6 km2421.2815.3121 mio.13.03,954,000
48 Sendai15 Jul 19871714.8 km1710.8714.858 mio.17.03,919,000
49 Toronto30 Apr 19547471.3 km6941.0317.8278 mio.18.53,899,0001.67 EUR
50 Munich19 Oct 197110092.5 km9460.9815.4349 mio.16.73,773,0002.30 EUR
51 Tbilisi11 Jan 19662226.3 km2121.2513.192 mio.11.03,498,000
52 Yokohama16 Dec 19724857.6 km4531.2819.2198 mio.16.03,438,000
53 Barcelona30 Dec 1924152110.5 km128100.8611.1378 mio.15.23,421,0001.35 EUR
54 Shanghai10 Apr 1995230334.0 km194101.7233.41122 mio.23.03,359,0000.34 EUR
55 Delhi24 Dec 20028396.2 km8131.1932.1310 mio.27.73,224,0000.12 EUR
56 Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 19793442.0 km3421.2421.0135 mio.17.03,214,0000.77 EUR
57 Montreal14 Oct 19667369.2 km6841.0217.3219 mio.18.33,165,0001.67 EUR
58 Berlin18 Feb 1902195147.4 km173100.8514.7447 mio.19.53,033,0002.10 EUR
59 Marseille26 Nov 19772619.3 km2420.809.658 mio.13.03,005,000
60 London10 Jan 1863268408.0 km268111.5237.11197 mio.24.42,934,0002.75 EUR
61 Valencia18 Oct 200676.2 km710.896.218 mio.7.02,903,000
62 Shenzhen28 Dec 20042325.3 km2221.1512.673 mio.11.52,885,000
63 Stockholm1 Oct 1950104105.7 km10031.0635.2303 mio.34.72,867,0003.73 EUR
64 Sofia28 Jan 19981418.0 km1411.2918.051 mio.14.02,833,0000.51 EUR
65 Amsterdam16 Oct 19773332.7 km3340.998.291 mio.8.32,783,0002.09 EUR
66 Helsinki3 Aug 19821721.0 km1711.2421.058 mio.17.02,762,0002.10 EUR
67 Busan19 Jul 19859295.0 km8831.0831.7257 mio.30.72,705,000
68 Nuremberg1 Mar 19724634.6 km4430.7911.592 mio.15.32,659,000
69 Izmir22 May 20001011.5 km1011.1511.530 mio.10.02,609,000
70 Rennes16 Mar 2002159.0 km1510.609.023 mio.15.02,556,000
71 Incheon6 Oct 19992929.5 km2911.0229.573 mio.29.02,475,000
72 Madrid17 Oct 1919281284.0 km231131.2321.8686 mio.21.62,415,0001.00 EUR
73 Boston1 Sep 18976660.5 km6031.0120.2145 mio.22.02,397,000
74 Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 19851415.5 km1321.197.833 mio.7.02,129,000
75 Bilbao11 Nov 19953840.6 km3821.0720.386 mio.19.02,118,000
76 Daegu26 Nov 19975653.9 km5520.9827.0110 mio.28.02,041,000
77 Tashkent6 Nov 19772936.2 km2631.3912.171 mio.9.71,961,000
78 Hamburg1 Mar 191297100.7 km8931.1333.6184 mio.32.31,827,000
79 Rotterdam10 Feb 19683847.0 km3721.2723.585 mio.19.01,809,000
80 Copenhagen19 Oct 20022221.0 km2220.9510.537 mio.11.01,762,0002.81 EUR
81 Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 19966064.0 km5631.1421.3109 mio.20.01,703,0000.37 EUR
82 Bucharest16 Nov 19795067.7 km4341.5716.9111 mio.12.51,640,0000.40 EUR
83 Lille25 Apr 19836245.5 km6020.7622.874 mio.31.01,626,000
84 Pyongyang6 Sep 19731622.5 km1521.5011.335 mio.8.01,556,000
85 Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 199567.1 km611.187.111 mio.6.01,549,000
86 Toulouse26 Jun 19933827.5 km3720.7413.842 mio.19.01,527,000
87 Glasgow14 Dec 18961510.4 km1510.6910.415 mio.15.01,442,000
88 Yerevan7 Mar 19811012.1 km1011.2112.117 mio.10.01,405,000
89 Daejeon16 Mar 20062222.6 km2211.0322.629 mio.22.01,283,000
90 Washington27 Mar 197690171.2 km8651.9934.2215 mio.18.01,256,000
91 Chicago6 Jun 1892151166.0 km14481.1520.8198 mio.18.91,193,0001.58 EUR
92 Samara26 Dec 1987910.2 km911.1310.212 mio.9.01,176,000
93 Philadelphia4 Mar 19076662.0 km6231.0020.767 mio.22.01,081,000
94 Vancouver3 Jan 19864969.5 km4731.4823.274 mio.16.31,065,000
95 Oslo22 May 19667262.0 km7250.8612.464 mio.14.41,032,0002.67 EUR
96 Hiroshima20 Aug 19942118.4 km2110.8818.418 mio.21.0978,000
97 Naples28 Mar 19933031.8 km2831.1410.629 mio.10.0912,000
98 Gwangju28 Apr 20042020.1 km2011.0120.117 mio.20.0846,000
99 Kazan27 Aug 200568.3 km611.388.37 mio.6.0843,000
100 Los Angeles30 Jan 19933059.3 km3031.9819.845 mio.10.0759,0001.91 EUR
101 Kaohsiung9 Mar 20083742.7 km3621.1921.430 mio.18.5703,000
102 San Francisco11 Sep 197243166.9 km4353.8833.4100 mio.8.6599,000
103 Baltimore21 Nov 19831424.5 km1411.7524.514 mio.14.0571,000
104 Miami21 May 19842236.0 km2211.6436.019 mio.22.0528,0001.66 EUR
105 San Juan6 Jun 20051617.2 km1611.0817.29 mio.16.0523,000
106 Newcastle7 Aug 19806176.5 km5021.5338.338 mio.30.5497,000
107 Atlanta30 Jun 19793979.2 km3822.0839.634 mio.19.5429,000
108 Brasilia31 Mar 20012342.0 km2311.8342.016 mio.23.0381,000
109 Tianjin28 Mar 20043772.0 km3721.9536.015 mio.18.5208,000
110 Cleveland15 Mar 19551831.0 km1811.7231.06 mio.18.0194,000
111 Essen5 Oct 19672720.2 km2730.756.79.0
112 Santo Domingo30 Jan 20091614.5 km1610.9114.516.0
113 Bursa19 Aug 20022322.5 km2310.9822.523.0
114 Maracaibo8 Jun 200966.5 km611.086.56.0
115 Jacksonville30 May 198966.9 km611.156.96.0
116 Newark26 May 193542.2 km410.552.24.0
117 Sydney19261422.1 km1431.587.44.72.92 EUR
118 Lausanne24 May 19912913.7 km2820.496.814.5
119 Poznan1 Mar 199766.1 km611.026.16.0
120 Chiba28 Mar 19881815.5 km1820.867.89.0
121 Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 198495.5 km910.615.59.0
122 Duisburg11 Jul 19921314.3 km1321.107.26.5
123 Perugia29 Jan 200873.0 km710.433.07.0
124 Rouen17 Dec 199452.2 km510.442.25.0
125 Wuppertal1 Mar 19012013.3 km2010.6713.320.0
126 Hanover28 Sep 19752118.6 km1731.096.27.0
127 Recife11 Mar 19853039.7 km2821.4219.915.0
128 Mumbai73171.0 km7352.3434.214.60.17 EUR
129 Oporto7 Dec 20021521.7 km1421.5510.97.5
130 Guadalajara1 Sep 19892924.0 km2820.8612.014.5
131 Turin4 Feb 2006149.6 km1410.699.614.0
132 Charleroi21 Jun 19762017.5 km2040.884.45.0
133 Kitakyushu9 Jan 1985138.8 km1310.688.813.0
134 Frankfurt4 Oct 19683120.5 km2730.766.810.32.30 EUR
135 Adana18 Mar 200988.0 km811.008.08.0
136 The Hague16 Oct 20043027.9 km3030.939.310.0
137 Kamakura3 Mar 197086.6 km810.826.68.0
138 Dortmund17 May 19763729.5 km3730.809.812.3
139 Ludwigshafen29 May 1969114.0 km1100.36
140 Naha10 Aug 20031512.8 km1510.8512.815.0
141 Bochum26 May 19792921.5 km2720.8010.814.5
142 Haifa195961.8 km610.291.86.0
143 Valparaiso23 Nov 20052043.0 km2012.1543.020.0
144 Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 19861218.0 km1211.5018.012.0
145 Genoa13 Jun 199075.2 km710.745.27.0
146 Catania27 Jun 199963.8 km610.633.86.0
147 Edmonton22 Apr 19781113.1 km1111.1913.111.0
148 Buffalo18 May 198588.4 km811.048.48.0
149 Saint Louis31 Jul 19933773.4 km3721.9836.718.5
150 DetroitJul 1987134.8 km1310.374.813.0
151 Stuttgart10 Jun 19661924.0 km1721.4112.09.5
152 Cologne11 Oct 19685145.0 km51150.883.03.4
153 Volgograd5 Nov 198423.3 km211.653.32.0
154 Las Vegas15 Jul 200476.2 km710.896.27.0
155 Bielefeld21 Sep 197175.2 km740.741.31.8
156 Shenyang23 Sep 20091822.2 km1811.2322.218.0
157 Porto Alegre2 Mar 19851733.8 km1711.9933.817.0
158 Valencia3 Oct 19883831.8 km3730.8610.612.7
159 Monterrey25 Apr 19913231.5 km3121.0215.816.0
160 Chennai19 Oct 19971727.0 km1711.5927.017.0
161 Seattle18 Jul 20091222.2 km1211.8522.212.0
162 Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 200798.3 km910.928.39.0
163 Dubai9 Sep 20091139.7 km1113.6139.711.0
164 Antwerp25 Mar 1975117.6 km1120.693.85.5
165 Duesseldorf4 Oct 1981149.6 km1420.684.87.0
166 Dalian1 May 20031249.0 km1214.0849.012.0
167 Tama27 Nov 19981916.0 km1910.8416.019.0
168 Wuhan28 Sep 20041010.2 km1011.0210.210.0
169 Lima13 Jan 2003610.0 km611.6710.06.00.29 EUR
170 Bonn22 Mar 1975129.0 km1210.759.012.0
171 Chongqing18 Jun 20051819.5 km1811.0819.518.0
172 Mulheim3 Nov 1979139.0 km1220.754.56.5
173 Belo Horizonte1 Aug 19861928.1 km1911.4828.119.0
174 Seville2 Apr 20092118.0 km2110.8618.021.0
175 Pittsburgh3 Jul 198531.5 km310.481.53.0
176 ChangchunOct 20021617.0 km1611.0617.016.0


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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