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World Metro Database

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A list like this and the rail systems that appear in it may always be somewhat controversial. One reason is that definitions of what a metro is vary according to who you ask (a popular definition is here). Differences between commuter rail, metros and trams are increasingly fading as new hybrid trains make it easier for metros to include sections on streets or heavy-rail tracks. 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 09/2010. Ridership data by John Kennes 07/2010. Ticket prices by UBS: Prices and Earnings (PDF, p. 20) 2009. Non-numerical data by Mike Rohde 10/2010.

'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 the 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 shown.



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1 Chicago"L"6 Jun 1892103.2 mi151542,000
2 San FranciscoBART11 Sep 1972103.7 mi43274,000
3 BursaBursaray19 Aug 200214.0 mi23
4 HaifaCarmelit19591.1 mi6
5 SydneyCityrail192613.7 mi14
6 PoznanFast Tram1 Mar 19973.8 mi6
7 SeattleLight Rail18 Jul 200913.8 mi12
8 EdmontonLight Rail22 Apr 197812.7 mi15
9 ChangchunLRTOct 200210.6 mi16
10 Kuala LumpurLRT, Monorail16 Dec 199639.8 mi60299,000
11 AtlantaMARTA30 Jun 197949.2 mi3993,200
12 BakuMetro6 Nov 196720.4 mi22482,000
13 KievMetro22 Oct 196037.2 mi461.76 million
14 Saint PetersburgMetro15 Nov 195568.5 mi632.25 million
15 MoscowMetro15 May 1935187.7 mi1826.55 million
16 MeccaMetro13 Nov 201011.2 mi9
17 AmsterdamMetro16 Oct 197720.3 mi33233,000
18 ValparaisoMetro23 Nov 200526.7 mi20
19 TbilisiMetro11 Jan 196616.3 mi22252,000
20 ShenyangMetro27 Sep 201017.3 mi22
21 NovosibirskMetro7 Jan 19868.9 mi13192,000
22 DelhiMetro24 Dec 200286.2 mi116838,000
23 MinskMetro26 Jun 198418.8 mi25718,000
24 RotterdamMetro10 Feb 196829.2 mi38238,000
25 PyongyangMetro6 Sep 197314.0 mi1695,900
26 BucharestMetro16 Nov 197942.1 mi50304,000
27 Santo DomingoMetro30 Jan 20099.0 mi16200,000
28 DnepropetrovskMetro29 Dec 19954.4 mi638,400
29 YerevanMetro7 Mar 19817.5 mi1046,600
30 CopenhagenMetro19 Oct 200213.1 mi22126,000
31 WarsawMetro7 Apr 199514.0 mi21345,000
32 SantiagoMetro15 Sep 197557.4 mi1011.67 million
33 KharkovMetro23 Aug 197521.9 mi28762,000
34 MontrealMetro14 Oct 196643.0 mi73600,000
35 IzmirMetro22 May 20007.1 mi1082,200
36 ValenciaMetro18 Oct 20063.9 mi749,300
37 CaracasMetro27 Mar 198337.6 mi501.25 million
38 TokyoMetro30 Dec 1927189.2 mi2908.7 million
39 Mexico CityMetro5 Sep 1969125.4 mi1753.88 million
40 HelsinkiMetro3 Aug 198213.1 mi17156,000
41 TashkentMetro6 Nov 197722.5 mi29195,000
42 Porto AlegreMetro2 Mar 198521.0 mi17
43 MadridMetro17 Oct 1919176.5 mi2811.78 million
44 GuangzhouMetro28 Jun 1999109.6 mi1111.85 million
45 DubaiMetro9 Sep 200932.4 mi26
46 Palma de MallorcaMetro25 Apr 20075.2 mi9
47 LisbonMetro29 Dec 195925.5 mi52488,000
48 ShanghaiMetro10 Apr 1995261.0 mi2783.56 million
49 Nizhny NovgorodMetro20 Nov 19859.6 mi1490,400
50 DalianMetro1 May 200330.5 mi12
51 WuhanMetro28 Sep 200417.4 mi2735,600
52 NanjingMetro27 Aug 200552.6 mi57400,000
53 SamaraMetro26 Dec 19876.3 mi932,900
54 AnkaraMetro30 Aug 199614.4 mi23310,000
55 TehranMetro21 Feb 200041.0 mi551.26 million
56 PragueMetro9 May 197436.7 mi571.6 million
57 MaracaiboMetro8 Jun 20094.0 mi6
58 BilbaoMetro11 Nov 199525.2 mi38238,000
59 ChengduMetro27 Sep 201011.5 mi16
60 ShenzhenMetro28 Dec 200415.7 mi23362,000
61 LausanneMetro24 May 19918.5 mi29
62 BarcelonaMetro30 Dec 192474.2 mi1621.11 million
63 YekaterinburgMetro26 Apr 19915.3 mi7126,000
64 AthensMetro195432.3 mi53937,000
65 VolgogradMetro5 Nov 19842.1 mi2
66 KazanMetro27 Aug 20055.2 mi619,200
67 MonterreyMetro25 Apr 199119.6 mi32
68 IstanbulMetro16 Sep 20009.3 mi10186,000
69 ValenciaMetro3 Oct 198819.8 mi38
70 CairoMetro27 Sep 198740.7 mi551.92 million
71 TianjinMetro28 Mar 200444.7 mi3741,100
72 MedellinMetro30 Nov 199517.9 mi26425,000
73 OportoMetro7 Dec 200213.5 mi15
74 GuadalajaraMetro1 Sep 198914.9 mi29
75 BudapestMetro2 May 189620.5 mi42814,000
76 AdanaMetro18 Mar 20095.0 mi8
77 SofiaMetro28 Jan 199811.2 mi1479,500
78 SevilleMetro2 Apr 200911.2 mi21
79 NewcastleMetro7 Aug 198047.5 mi61104,000
80 BuffaloMetro Rail18 May 19855.2 mi8
81 Los AngelesMetro Rail30 Jan 199336.9 mi30129,000
82 KolkataMetro Railway24 Oct 198414.0 mi23474,000
83 BaltimoreMetro Subway21 Nov 198315.2 mi1435,600
84 Saint LouisMetrolink31 Jul 199345.6 mi37
85 CataniaMetropolitana27 Jun 19992.4 mi6
86 NaplesMetropolitana28 Mar 199319.8 mi3079,500
87 TurinMetropolitana4 Feb 20066.0 mi14
88 RomeMetropolitana10 Feb 195524.2 mi49907,000
89 MilanMetropolitana1 Nov 196446.4 mi88899,000
90 GenoaMetropolitana13 Jun 19903.2 mi7
91 WashingtonMetrorail27 Mar 1976106.4 mi90611,000
92 MiamiMetrorail21 May 198422.4 mi2249,300
93 Kryvyi RihMetrotram26 Dec 198611.2 mi12
94 Sao PauloMetrô14 Sep 197443.3 mi631.93 million
95 Rio de JaneiroMetrô5 Mar 197926.1 mi34370,000
96 BrasiliaMetrô31 Mar 200126.1 mi2443,800
97 RecifeMetrô11 Mar 198524.7 mi30
98 Belo HorizonteMetrô1 Aug 198617.5 mi19
99 ParisMétro19 Jul 1900132.4 mi3804.05 million
100 MarseilleMétro26 Nov 197713.5 mi30159,000
101 LilleMétro25 Apr 198328.3 mi62203,000
102 RennesMétro16 Mar 20025.6 mi1563,000
103 ToulouseMétro26 Jun 199317.1 mi38115,000
104 BrusselsMétro20 Sep 197620.0 mi61364,000
105 RouenMétro17 Dec 19941.4 mi5
106 LyonMétro28 Apr 197819.1 mi43499,000
107 CharleroiMétro Léger21 Jun 197610.9 mi20
108 PerugiaMinimetro29 Jan 20081.9 mi7
109 NahaMonorail10 Aug 20038.0 mi15
110 HiroshimaMonorail20 Aug 199411.4 mi2149,300
111 Las VegasMonorail15 Jul 20043.9 mi7
112 ChibaMonorail28 Mar 19889.6 mi18
113 KitakyushuMonorail9 Jan 19855.5 mi13
114 KamakuraMonorail3 Mar 19704.1 mi8
115 ChongqingMonorail18 Jun 200512.1 mi18
116 TamaMonorail27 Nov 19989.9 mi19
117 ManilaMRT1 Dec 198432.0 mi43948,000
118 KaohsiungMRT9 Mar 200826.5 mi3782,200
119 TaipeiMRT28 Mar 199658.5 mi851.27 million
120 SingaporeMRT7 Nov 198780.6 mi871.81 million
121 ChennaiMRTS19 Oct 199716.8 mi17
122 Hong KongMTR1 Oct 1979116.9 mi953.62 million
123 DetroitPeople MoverJul 19873.0 mi13
124 AntwerpPremetro25 Mar 19754.7 mi11
125 The HagueRandstadRail16 Oct 200417.3 mi30
126 ClevelandRapid Transit15 Mar 195519.3 mi1813,700
127 WuppertalSchwebebahn1 Mar 19018.3 mi20
128 VancouverSkyTrain3 Jan 198643.2 mi49203,000
129 BangkokSkytrain, MRT5 Dec 199946.6 mi52564,000
130 JacksonvilleSkyway30 May 19894.3 mi6
131 GelsenkirchenStadtbahn1 Sep 19843.4 mi9
132 StuttgartStadtbahn10 Jun 196614.9 mi19
133 DuisburgStadtbahn11 Jul 19928.9 mi13
134 BielefeldStadtbahn21 Sep 19713.2 mi7
135 LudwigshafenStadtbahn29 May 19692.5 mi11
136 BochumStadtbahn26 May 197913.4 mi29
137 EssenStadtbahn5 Oct 196712.6 mi27
138 DuesseldorfStadtbahn4 Oct 19816.0 mi14
139 MulheimStadtbahn3 Nov 19795.6 mi13
140 CologneStadtbahn11 Oct 196828.0 mi51
141 HanoverStadtbahn28 Sep 197511.6 mi21
142 BonnStadtbahn22 Mar 19755.6 mi12
143 DortmundStadtbahn17 May 197618.3 mi37
144 Buenos AiresSubte1 Dec 191329.9 mi77789,000
145 MumbaiSuburban Railway106.3 mi73
146 DaeguSubway26 Nov 199733.5 mi56301,000
147 TorontoSubway30 Apr 195444.3 mi74762,000
148 GwangjuSubway28 Apr 200412.5 mi2046,600
149 KobeSubway13 Mar 197719.0 mi26332,000
150 IncheonSubway6 Oct 199918.3 mi29200,000
151 BusanSubway19 Jul 198559.0 mi92704,000
152 GlasgowSubway14 Dec 18966.5 mi1541,100
153 OsakaSubway20 May 193385.6 mi1332.36 million
154 NewarkSubway26 May 19351.4 mi4
155 BeijingSubway1 Oct 1969141.4 mi1473.99 million
156 SeoulSubway15 Aug 1974178.3 mi3485.61 million
157 NagoyaSubway15 Nov 195755.3 mi931.17 million
158 FukuokaSubway26 Jul 198118.5 mi35340,000
159 KyotoSubway1 Apr 198119.5 mi32345,000
160 DaejeonSubway16 Mar 200614.0 mi2279,500
161 SapporoSubway16 Dec 197129.8 mi49573,000
162 PhiladelphiaSubway4 Mar 190738.5 mi66192,000
163 New YorkSubway27 Oct 1904228.7 mi4684.33 million
164 SendaiSubway15 Jul 19879.2 mi17159,000
165 YokohamaSubway16 Dec 197235.8 mi48542,000
166 OsloT-Bane22 May 196638.5 mi73214,000
167 PittsburghThe T3 Jul 19850.9 mi3
168 BostonThe T1 Sep 189737.6 mi66400,000
169 San JuanTren Urbano6 Jun 200510.7 mi1624,700
170 LimaTren Urbano13 Jan 20036.2 mi6
171 StockholmTunnelbana1 Oct 195065.7 mi104841,000
172 ViennaU-Bahn25 Feb 197846.4 mi1021.4 million
173 HamburgU-Bahn1 Mar 191262.6 mi97518,000
174 BerlinU-Bahn18 Feb 190291.6 mi1951.39 million
175 NurembergU-Bahn1 Mar 197221.5 mi46315,000
176 MunichU-Bahn19 Oct 197158.5 mi102962,000
177 FrankfurtU-Bahn4 Oct 196812.7 mi31
178 LondonUnderground10 Jan 1863253.6 mi2682.99 million





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