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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 1904468422368.0 km270.8713.61624 mio.17.34,413,000
2 Paris19 Jul 1900380300213.0 km160.7113.31473 mio.23.86,915,000
3 Seoul15 Aug 1974348298286.9 km100.9628.72048 mio.34.87,138,000
4 London10 Jan 1863268268408.0 km111.5237.11197 mio.24.42,934,000
5 Madrid17 Oct 1919281231284.0 km131.2321.8686 mio.21.62,415,000
6 Tokyo30 Dec 1927290205304.5 km131.4923.43174 mio.22.310,424,000
7 Shanghai10 Apr 1995230194334.0 km101.7233.41122 mio.23.03,359,000
8 Berlin18 Feb 1902195173147.4 km100.8514.7447 mio.19.53,033,000
9 Mexico City5 Sep 1969175147201.7 km111.3718.31460 mio.15.97,238,000
10 Chicago6 Jun 1892151144166.0 km81.1520.8198 mio.18.91,193,000
11 Moscow15 May 1935180144298.8 km122.0724.92573 mio.15.08,611,000
12 Barcelona30 Dec 1924152128110.5 km100.8611.1378 mio.15.23,421,000
13 Beijing1 Oct 1969147125227.6 km91.8225.31200 mio.16.35,274,000
14 Osaka20 May 1933133104137.8 km91.3315.3860 mio.14.86,241,000
15 Stockholm1 Oct 1950104100105.7 km31.0635.2303 mio.34.72,867,000
16 Munich19 Oct 19711009492.5 km60.9815.4349 mio.16.73,773,000
17 Hamburg1 Mar 19129789100.7 km31.1333.6184 mio.32.31,827,000
18 Busan19 Jul 1985928895.0 km31.0831.7257 mio.30.72,705,000
19 Washington27 Mar 19769086171.2 km51.9934.2215 mio.18.01,256,000
20 Santiago15 Sep 1975938683.0 km50.9716.6642 mio.18.67,735,000
21 Vienna25 Feb 1978968469.8 km50.8314.0498 mio.19.27,135,000
22 Milan1 Nov 1964888474.6 km30.8924.9328 mio.29.34,397,000
23 Nagoya15 Nov 1957938289.0 km41.0922.3427 mio.23.34,798,000
24 Hong Kong1 Oct 19799582188.1 km92.2920.91309 mio.10.66,959,000
25 Delhi24 Dec 2002838196.2 km31.1932.1310 mio.27.73,224,000
26 Taipei28 Mar 1996858090.6 km81.1311.3450 mio.10.64,967,000
27 Guangzhou28 Jun 19998879148.5 km51.8829.7601 mio.17.64,047,000
28 Mumbai7373171.0 km52.3434.214.6
29 Oslo22 May 1966727262.0 km50.8612.464 mio.14.41,032,000
30 Singapore7 Nov 19877669118.9 km41.7229.7571 mio.19.04,802,000
31 Toronto30 Apr 1954746971.3 km41.0317.8278 mio.18.53,899,000
32 Montreal14 Oct 1966736869.2 km41.0217.3219 mio.18.33,165,000
33 Buenos Aires1 Dec 1913766847.5 km60.707.9280 mio.12.75,895,000
34 Philadelphia4 Mar 1907666262.0 km31.0020.767 mio.22.01,081,000
35 Boston1 Sep 1897666060.5 km31.0120.2145 mio.22.02,397,000
36 Lille25 Apr 1983626045.5 km20.7622.874 mio.31.01,626,000
37 Brussels20 Sep 1976615932.2 km30.5510.7136 mio.20.34,224,000
38 Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 1996605664.0 km31.1421.3109 mio.20.01,703,000
39 Saint Petersburg15 Nov 19556355110.2 km52.0022.0832 mio.12.67,550,000
40 Daegu26 Nov 1997565553.9 km20.9827.0110 mio.28.02,041,000
41 Sao Paulo14 Sep 1974585561.3 km41.1115.3684 mio.14.511,158,000
42 Prague9 May 1974575459.1 km31.0919.7597 mio.19.010,102,000
43 Cairo27 Sep 1987555365.5 km21.2432.8700 mio.27.510,687,000
44 Cologne11 Oct 1968515145.0 km150.883.03.4
45 Newcastle7 Aug 1980615076.5 km21.5338.338 mio.30.5497,000
46 Athens1954524852.0 km31.0817.3325 mio.17.36,250,000
47 Rome10 Feb 1955494839.0 km20.8119.5331 mio.24.58,487,000
48 Vancouver3 Jan 1986494769.5 km31.4823.274 mio.16.31,065,000
49 Caracas27 Mar 1983504660.5 km51.3212.1510 mio.10.08,430,000
50 Lisbon29 Dec 1959524641.0 km40.8910.3180 mio.13.04,390,000
51 Sapporo16 Dec 1971494648.0 km31.0416.0209 mio.16.34,354,000
52 Yokohama16 Dec 1972484557.6 km31.2819.2198 mio.16.03,438,000
53 Tehran21 Feb 2000474450.5 km31.1516.8353 mio.15.76,990,000
54 Nuremberg1 Mar 1972464434.6 km30.7911.592 mio.15.32,659,000
55 Bucharest16 Nov 1979504367.7 km41.5716.9111 mio.12.51,640,000
56 San Francisco11 Sep 19724343166.9 km53.8833.4100 mio.8.6599,000
57 Kiev22 Oct 1960464359.8 km31.3919.9642 mio.15.310,736,000
58 Bangkok5 Dec 1999444046.3 km31.1615.4206 mio.14.74,449,000
59 Budapest2 May 1896424033.0 km30.8311.0297 mio.14.09,000,000
60 Manila1 Dec 1984423945.7 km31.1715.2346 mio.14.07,571,000
61 Lyon28 Apr 1978433930.7 km40.797.7182 mio.10.85,928,000
62 Bilbao11 Nov 1995383840.6 km21.0720.386 mio.19.02,118,000
63 Atlanta30 Jun 1979393879.2 km22.0839.634 mio.19.5429,000
64 Dortmund17 May 1976373729.5 km30.809.812.3
65 Saint Louis31 Jul 1993373773.4 km21.9836.718.5
66 Valencia3 Oct 1988383731.8 km30.8610.612.7
67 Tianjin28 Mar 2004373772.0 km21.9536.015 mio.18.5208,000
68 Rotterdam10 Feb 1968383747.0 km21.2723.585 mio.19.01,809,000
69 Toulouse26 Jun 1993383727.5 km20.7413.842 mio.19.01,527,000
70 Kaohsiung9 Mar 2008373642.7 km21.1921.430 mio.18.5703,000
71 Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 1979343442.0 km21.2421.0135 mio.17.03,214,000
72 Fukuoka26 Jul 1981353429.8 km30.889.9124 mio.11.74,161,000
73 Amsterdam16 Oct 1977333332.7 km40.998.291 mio.8.32,783,000
74 Kyoto1 Apr 1981323131.3 km21.0115.6126 mio.16.04,026,000
75 Monterrey25 Apr 1991323131.5 km21.0215.816.0
76 Los Angeles30 Jan 1993303059.3 km31.9819.845 mio.10.0759,000
77 The Hague16 Oct 2004303027.9 km30.939.310.0
78 Incheon6 Oct 1999292929.5 km11.0229.573 mio.29.02,475,000
79 Lausanne24 May 1991292813.7 km20.496.814.5
80 Naples28 Mar 1993302831.8 km31.1410.629 mio.10.0912,000
81 Recife11 Mar 1985302839.7 km21.4219.915.0
82 Guadalajara1 Sep 1989292824.0 km20.8612.014.5
83 Essen5 Oct 1967272720.2 km30.756.79.0
84 Frankfurt4 Oct 1968312720.5 km30.766.810.3
85 Bochum26 May 1979292721.5 km20.8010.814.5
86 Tashkent6 Nov 1977292636.2 km31.3912.171 mio.9.71,961,000
87 Kharkov23 Aug 1975282535.3 km31.4111.8278 mio.9.37,875,000
88 Medellin30 Nov 1995262528.8 km21.1514.4155 mio.13.05,382,000
89 Minsk26 Jun 1984252430.3 km21.2615.1262 mio.12.58,647,000
90 Marseille26 Nov 1977262419.3 km20.809.658 mio.13.03,005,000
91 Kobe13 Mar 1977262430.6 km21.2815.3121 mio.13.03,954,000
92 Bursa19 Aug 2002232322.5 km10.9822.523.0
93 Brasilia31 Mar 2001232342.0 km11.8342.016 mio.23.0381,000
94 Copenhagen19 Oct 2002222221.0 km20.9510.537 mio.11.01,762,000
95 Shenzhen28 Dec 2004232225.3 km21.1512.673 mio.11.52,885,000
96 Ankara30 Aug 1996232223.1 km21.0511.6113 mio.11.54,892,000
97 Miami21 May 1984222236.0 km11.6436.019 mio.22.0528,000
98 Daejeon16 Mar 2006222222.6 km11.0322.629 mio.22.01,283,000
99 Hiroshima20 Aug 1994212118.4 km10.8818.418 mio.21.0978,000
100 Warsaw7 Apr 1995212122.6 km11.0822.6114 mio.21.05,044,000
101 Kolkata24 Oct 1984212122.6 km11.0822.6100 mio.21.04,425,000
102 Tbilisi11 Jan 1966222126.3 km21.2513.192 mio.11.03,498,000
103 Seville2 Apr 2009212118.0 km10.8618.021.0
104 Baku6 Nov 1967222132.9 km21.5616.4176 mio.11.05,356,000
105 Gwangju28 Apr 2004202020.1 km11.0120.117 mio.20.0846,000
106 Wuppertal1 Mar 1901202013.3 km10.6713.320.0
107 Charleroi21 Jun 1976202017.5 km40.884.45.0
108 Valparaiso23 Nov 2005202043.0 km12.1543.020.0
109 Tama27 Nov 1998191916.0 km10.8416.019.0
110 Belo Horizonte1 Aug 1986191928.1 km11.4828.119.0
111 Chiba28 Mar 1988181815.5 km20.867.89.0
112 Cleveland15 Mar 1955181831.0 km11.7231.06 mio.18.0194,000
113 Shenyang23 Sep 2009181822.2 km11.2322.218.0
114 Chongqing18 Jun 2005181819.5 km11.0819.518.0
115 Sendai15 Jul 1987171714.8 km10.8714.858 mio.17.03,919,000
116 Hanover28 Sep 1975211718.6 km31.096.27.0
117 Stuttgart10 Jun 1966191724.0 km21.4112.09.5
118 Helsinki3 Aug 1982171721.0 km11.2421.058 mio.17.02,762,000
119 Porto Alegre2 Mar 1985171733.8 km11.9933.817.0
120 Chennai19 Oct 1997171727.0 km11.5927.017.0
121 Santo Domingo30 Jan 2009161614.5 km10.9114.516.0
122 San Juan6 Jun 2005161617.2 km11.0817.29 mio.16.0523,000
123 Nanjing27 Aug 2005161621.7 km11.3621.7102 mio.16.04,700,000
124 ChangchunOct 2002161617.0 km11.0617.016.0
125 Naha10 Aug 2003151512.8 km10.8512.815.0
126 Rennes16 Mar 200215159.0 km10.609.023 mio.15.02,556,000
127 Pyongyang6 Sep 1973161522.5 km21.5011.335 mio.8.01,556,000
128 Glasgow14 Dec 1896151510.4 km10.6910.415 mio.15.01,442,000
129 Sydney1926141422.1 km31.587.44.7
130 Oporto7 Dec 2002151421.7 km21.5510.97.5
131 Turin4 Feb 200614149.6 km10.699.614.0
132 Baltimore21 Nov 1983141424.5 km11.7524.514 mio.14.0571,000
133 Duesseldorf4 Oct 198114149.6 km20.684.87.0
134 Sofia28 Jan 1998141418.0 km11.2918.051 mio.14.02,833,000
135 Duisburg11 Jul 1992131314.3 km21.107.26.5
136 Kitakyushu9 Jan 198513138.8 km10.688.813.0
137 DetroitJul 198713134.8 km10.374.813.0
138 Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 1985141315.5 km21.197.833 mio.7.02,129,000
139 Novosibirsk7 Jan 1986131214.3 km21.197.270 mio.6.54,895,000
140 Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 1986121218.0 km11.5018.012.0
141 Seattle18 Jul 2009121222.2 km11.8522.212.0
142 Dalian1 May 2003121249.0 km14.0849.012.0
143 Bonn22 Mar 197512129.0 km10.759.012.0
144 Mulheim3 Nov 197913129.0 km20.754.56.5
145 Ludwigshafen29 May 196911114.0 km00.36
146 Edmonton22 Apr 1978111113.1 km11.1913.111.0
147 Dubai9 Sep 2009111139.7 km13.6139.711.0
148 Antwerp25 Mar 197511117.6 km20.693.85.5
149 Yerevan7 Mar 1981101012.1 km11.2112.117 mio.10.01,405,000
150 Istanbul16 Sep 2000101015.0 km11.5015.068 mio.10.04,533,000
151 Izmir22 May 2000101011.5 km11.1511.530 mio.10.02,609,000
152 Wuhan28 Sep 2004101010.2 km11.0210.210.0
153 Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 1984995.5 km10.615.59.0
154 Samara26 Dec 19879910.2 km11.1310.212 mio.9.01,176,000
155 Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 2007998.3 km10.928.39.0
156 Adana18 Mar 2009888.0 km11.008.08.0
157 Kamakura3 Mar 1970886.6 km10.826.68.0
158 Buffalo18 May 1985888.4 km11.048.48.0
159 Valencia18 Oct 2006776.2 km10.896.218 mio.7.02,903,000
160 Perugia29 Jan 2008773.0 km10.433.07.0
161 Genoa13 Jun 1990775.2 km10.745.27.0
162 Yekaterinburg26 Apr 1991778.5 km11.218.546 mio.7.05,412,000
163 Las Vegas15 Jul 2004776.2 km10.896.27.0
164 Bielefeld21 Sep 1971775.2 km40.741.31.8
165 Maracaibo8 Jun 2009666.5 km11.086.56.0
166 Jacksonville30 May 1989666.9 km11.156.96.0
167 Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 1995667.1 km11.187.111 mio.6.01,549,000
168 Poznan1 Mar 1997666.1 km11.026.16.0
169 Kazan27 Aug 2005668.3 km11.388.37 mio.6.0843,000
170 Haifa1959661.8 km10.291.86.0
171 Catania27 Jun 1999663.8 km10.633.86.0
172 Lima13 Jan 20036610.0 km11.6710.06.0
173 Rouen17 Dec 1994552.2 km10.442.25.0
174 Newark26 May 1935442.2 km10.552.24.0
175 Pittsburgh3 Jul 1985331.5 km10.481.53.0
176 Volgograd5 Nov 1984223.3 km11.653.32.0


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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