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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.

Numerical data (except ridership) by Jordi Serradell 07/2010. Ridership data by John Kennes 07/2010. Ticket prices by UBS: Prices and Earnings (PDF, p. 20) 2009. Non-numerical data by Mike Rohde 07/2010.

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 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 displayed.



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1 Tokyo200830 Dec 1927189.2 mi2903,174 millionJapan45,900
2 Moscow200915 May 1935187.7 mi1822,392 millionRussia34,900
3 Seoul200915 Aug 1974178.3 mi3482,048 millionSouth Korea31,500
4 New York200927 Oct 1904228.7 mi4681,580 millionUSA18,900
5 Beijing20091 Oct 1969141.4 mi1471,457 millionChina28,200
6 Mexico City20095 Sep 1969125.4 mi1751,415 millionMexico30,900
7 Paris200919 Jul 1900132.4 mi3801,406 millionFrance29,100
8 Hong Kong20091 Oct 1979116.9 mi951,323 millionChina31,000
9 Shanghai200910 Apr 1995261.0 mi2771,300 millionChina13,600
10 London200810 Jan 1863253.6 mi2681,090 millionUnited Kingdom11,800
11 Osaka200820 May 193385.6 mi133860 millionJapan27,500
12 Saint Petersburg200915 Nov 195568.5 mi63822 millionRussia32,900
13 Sao Paulo200914 Sep 197441.5 mi61706 millionBrazil46,700
14 Cairo200227 Sep 198740.7 mi55700 millionEgypt47,100
15 Guangzhou200928 Jun 199992.3 mi88675 millionChina20,000
16 Singapore20097 Nov 198780.6 mi87660 millionSingapore22,400
17 Madrid200917 Oct 1919176.5 mi281650 millionSpain10,100
18 Kiev200722 Oct 196037.2 mi46642 millionUkraine47,300
19 Santiago200915 Sep 197557.4 mi101608 millionChile29,000
20 Prague20089 May 197436.7 mi57597 millionCzech Republic44,500
21 Vienna200925 Feb 197843.4 mi96510 millionAustria32,200
22 Berlin200918 Feb 190291.6 mi195509 millionGermany15,200
23 Taipei200928 Mar 199658.5 mi85462 millionTaiwan21,600
24 Tehran200921 Feb 200033.9 mi51459 millionIran37,100
25 Caracas200927 Mar 198337.6 mi50455 millionVenezuela33,200
26 Nagoya200815 Nov 195755.3 mi93427 millionJapan21,100
27 Barcelona200930 Dec 192472.5 mi158405.7 millionSpain15,300
28 Munich200919 Oct 197157.5 mi100351 millionGermany16,700
29 Manila20081 Dec 198432.0 mi43346 millionPhilippines29,600
30 Athens2008195432.3 mi52342 millionGreece29,000
31 Rome200810 Feb 195524.2 mi49331 millionItaly37,400
32 Milan20071 Nov 196446.4 mi88328 millionItaly19,400
33 Stockholm20081 Oct 195065.7 mi104307 millionSweden12,800
34 Delhi200924 Dec 200278.1 mi106306 millionIndia10,700
35 Budapest20082 May 189620.5 mi42297 millionHungary39,700
36 Buenos Aires20091 Dec 191329.5 mi76288 millionArgentina26,700
37 Toronto200630 Apr 195444.3 mi74278 millionCanada17,200
38 Kharkov200723 Aug 197521.9 mi28278 millionUkraine34,700
39 Minsk200726 Jun 198418.8 mi25262 millionBelarus38,100
40 Busan200819 Jul 198559.0 mi92257 millionSouth Korea11,900
41 Washington200927 Mar 1976106.4 mi90223 millionUSA5,740
42 Montreal200614 Oct 196643.0 mi73219 millionCanada14,000
43 Sapporo200816 Dec 197129.8 mi49209 millionJapan19,200
44 Bangkok20075 Dec 199928.8 mi44206 millionThailand19,600
45 Chicago20086 Jun 1892103.2 mi151198 millionUSA5,260
46 Yokohama200816 Dec 197235.8 mi48198 millionJapan15,200
47 Hamburg20081 Mar 191262.6 mi97189 millionGermany8,270
48 Lyon200428 Apr 197819.1 mi43182 millionFrance26,100
49 Lisbon200829 Dec 195925.5 mi52178 millionPortugal19,100
50 Baku20076 Nov 196720.4 mi22176 millionAzerbaijan23,600
51 Kolkata200924 Oct 198414.0 mi21173 millionIndia33,700
52 Medellin200830 Nov 199517.9 mi26155 millionColombia23,700
53 Boston20081 Sep 189737.6 mi66146 millionUSA10,600
54 Nanjing200927 Aug 200552.6 mi57146 millionChina7,600
55 Rio de Janeiro20065 Mar 197926.1 mi34135 millionBrazil14,200
56 Brussels200920 Sep 197620.0 mi61133 millionBelgium18,200
57 Shenzhen200928 Dec 200415.7 mi23132 millionChina23,000
58 Kyoto20081 Apr 198119.5 mi32126 millionJapan17,700
59 Warsaw20087 Apr 199514.0 mi21126 millionPoland24,600
60 Fukuoka200726 Jul 198118.5 mi35124 millionJapan18,300
61 Kobe200813 Mar 197719.0 mi26121 millionJapan17,400
62 Nuremberg20071 Mar 197221.5 mi46115 millionGermany14,700
63 Ankara200730 Aug 199614.4 mi23113 millionTurkey21,600
64 Bucharest199916 Nov 197942.1 mi50111 millionRomania7,230
65 Daegu200826 Nov 199733.5 mi56110 millionSouth Korea9,000
66 Kuala Lumpur200816 Dec 199639.8 mi60109 millionMalaysia7,510
67 San Francisco200711 Sep 1972103.7 mi43100 millionUSA2,640
68 Tbilisi200711 Jan 196616.3 mi2292 millionGeorgia15,400
69 Rotterdam200810 Feb 196829.2 mi3887 millionNetherlands8,160
70 Bilbao200911 Nov 199525.2 mi3887 millionSpain9,440
71 Amsterdam200916 Oct 197720.3 mi3385 millionNetherlands11,500
72 Oslo200822 May 196638.5 mi7278 millionNorway5,550
73 Lille200425 Apr 198328.3 mi6274 millionFrance7,170
74 Vancouver20083 Jan 198643.2 mi4974 millionCanada4,690
75 Santo Domingo200930 Jan 20099.0 mi1673 millionDominican Republic22,200
76 Incheon20086 Oct 199918.3 mi2973 millionSouth Korea10,900
77 Tashkent20076 Nov 197722.5 mi2971 millionUzbekistan8,650
78 Novosibirsk20077 Jan 19868.9 mi1370 millionRussia21,600
79 Philadelphia20094 Mar 190738.5 mi6670 millionUSA4,980
80 Istanbul200816 Sep 20009.3 mi1068 millionTurkey20,000
81 Marseille200426 Nov 197713.5 mi3058 millionFrance11,700
82 Sendai200815 Jul 19879.2 mi1758 millionJapan17,300
83 Helsinki20093 Aug 198213.1 mi1757 millionFinland12,000
84 Los Angeles200930 Jan 199336.9 mi3047 millionUSA3,490
85 Yekaterinburg200726 Apr 19915.3 mi746 millionRussia23,900
86 Copenhagen200819 Oct 200213.1 mi2246 millionDenmark9,660
87 Toulouse200426 Jun 199317.1 mi3842 millionFrance6,730
88 Newcastle20067 Aug 198047.5 mi6138 millionUnited Kingdom2,190
89 Pyongyang20066 Sep 197314.0 mi1635 millionNorth Korea6,860
90 Atlanta199430 Jun 197949.2 mi3934 millionUSA1,890
91 Nizhny Novgorod200720 Nov 19859.6 mi1433 millionRussia9,390
92 Izmir200522 May 20007.1 mi1030 millionTurkey11,500
93 Kaohsiung20089 Mar 200826.5 mi3730 millionTaiwan3,100
94 Daejeon200816 Mar 200614.0 mi2229 millionSouth Korea5,660
95 Naples200628 Mar 199319.8 mi3029 millionItaly4,020
96 Sofia200928 Jan 199811.2 mi1429 millionBulgaria7,100
97 Rennes200416 Mar 20025.6 mi1523 millionFrance11,300
98 Miami200921 May 198422.4 mi2218 millionUSA2,200
99 Hiroshima200520 Aug 199411.4 mi2118 millionJapan4,310
100 Valencia200818 Oct 20063.9 mi718 millionVenezuela12,800
101 Gwangju200828 Apr 200412.5 mi2017 millionSouth Korea3,730
102 Yerevan20077 Mar 19817.5 mi1017 millionArmenia6,190
103 Brasilia200231 Mar 200126.1 mi2416 millionBrazil1,680
104 Glasgow200814 Dec 18966.5 mi1515 millionUnited Kingdom6,360
105 Tianjin199328 Mar 200444.7 mi3715 millionChina918
106 Dnepropetrovsk200829 Dec 19954.4 mi614 millionUkraine8,690
107 Wuhan200928 Sep 20046.3 mi1013 millionChina5,620
108 Baltimore200921 Nov 198315.2 mi1413 millionUSA2,340
109 Samara200726 Dec 19876.3 mi912 millionRussia5,190
110 San Juan20096 Jun 200510.7 mi169 millionPuerto Rico2,310
111 Kazan200727 Aug 20055.2 mi67 millionRussia3,720
112 Cleveland200915 Mar 195519.3 mi185 millionUSA711
113 Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 20075.2 mi9Spain
114 Valparaiso23 Nov 200526.7 mi20Chile
115 The Hague16 Oct 200417.3 mi30Netherlands
116 Dubai9 Sep 200932.4 mi21United Arab Emirates
117 DetroitJul 19873.0 mi13USA
118 Jacksonville30 May 19894.3 mi6USA
119 Duesseldorf4 Oct 19816.0 mi14Germany
120 Dalian1 May 200330.5 mi12China
121 Pittsburgh3 Jul 19850.9 mi3USA
122 Cologne11 Oct 196828.0 mi51Germany
123 Volgograd5 Nov 19842.1 mi2Russia
124 Ludwigshafen29 May 19692.5 mi11Germany
125 Catania27 Jun 19992.4 mi6Italy
126 Valencia3 Oct 198819.8 mi38Spain
127 Buffalo18 May 19855.2 mi8USA
128 Rouen17 Dec 19941.4 mi5France
129 Essen5 Oct 196712.6 mi27Germany
130 Kitakyushu9 Jan 19855.5 mi13Japan
131 Monterrey25 Apr 199119.6 mi32Mexico
132 Bochum26 May 197913.4 mi29Germany
133 Poznan1 Mar 19973.8 mi6Poland
134 Chennai19 Oct 199716.8 mi17India
135 Stuttgart10 Jun 196614.9 mi19Germany
136 Kamakura3 Mar 19704.1 mi8Japan
137 Chongqing18 Jun 200512.1 mi18China
138 Hanover28 Sep 197511.6 mi21Germany
139 Newark26 May 19351.4 mi4USA
140 Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 19843.4 mi9Germany
141 Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 198611.2 mi12Ukraine
142 Mulheim3 Nov 19795.6 mi13Germany
143 Recife11 Mar 198524.7 mi30Brazil
144 Las Vegas15 Jul 20043.9 mi7USA
145 Duisburg11 Jul 19928.9 mi13Germany
146 Tama27 Nov 19989.9 mi19Japan
147 Perugia29 Jan 20081.9 mi7Italy
148 Bielefeld21 Sep 19713.2 mi7Germany
149 Oporto7 Dec 200213.5 mi15Portugal
150 Shenyang23 Sep 200913.8 mi18China
151 ChangchunOct 200210.6 mi16China
152 Guadalajara1 Sep 198914.9 mi29Mexico
153 Chiba28 Mar 19889.6 mi18Japan
154 Seattle18 Jul 200913.8 mi12USA
155 Haifa19591.1 mi6Israel
156 Lima13 Jan 20036.2 mi6Peru
157 Bursa19 Aug 200214.0 mi23Turkey
158 Saint Louis31 Jul 199345.6 mi37USA
159 Frankfurt4 Oct 196812.7 mi31Germany
160 Adana18 Mar 20095.0 mi8Turkey
161 Bonn22 Mar 19755.6 mi12Germany
162 Wuppertal1 Mar 19018.3 mi20Germany
163 Maracaibo8 Jun 20094.0 mi6Venezuela
164 Dortmund17 May 197618.3 mi37Germany
165 Sydney192613.7 mi14Australia
166 Belo Horizonte1 Aug 198617.5 mi19Brazil
167 Seville2 Apr 200911.2 mi21Spain
168 Antwerp25 Mar 19754.7 mi11Belgium
169 Genoa13 Jun 19903.2 mi7Italy
170 Mumbai106.3 mi73India
171 Turin4 Feb 20066.0 mi14Italy
172 Lausanne24 May 19918.5 mi29Switzerland
173 Naha10 Aug 20038.0 mi15Japan
174 Edmonton22 Apr 197812.7 mi15Canada
175 Porto Alegre2 Mar 198521.0 mi17Brazil
176 Charleroi21 Jun 197610.9 mi20Belgium





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