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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 Tokyo290Japan189.2 mi3174 mio.200816,772,000
2 Moscow180Russia185.7 mi2573 mio.200813,855,000
3 Seoul348South Korea178.3 mi2048 mio.200811,486,000
4 New York468USA228.7 mi1624 mio.20087,101,000
5 Paris380France132.4 mi1473 mio.200811,127,000
6 Mexico City175Mexico125.4 mi1460 mio.200811,647,000
7 Hong Kong95China116.9 mi1309 mio.200811,197,000
8 Beijing147China141.4 mi1200 mio.20088,485,000
9 London268United Kingdom253.6 mi1197 mio.20074,721,000
10 Shanghai230China207.6 mi1122 mio.20085,405,000
11 Osaka133Japan85.6 mi860 mio.200810,042,000
12 Saint Petersburg63Russia68.5 mi832 mio.200712,148,000
13 Cairo55Egypt40.7 mi700 mio.200217,195,000
14 Madrid281Spain176.5 mi686 mio.20083,887,000
15 Sao Paulo58Brazil38.1 mi684 mio.200817,954,000
16 Santiago93Chile51.6 mi642 mio.200812,446,000
17 Kiev46Ukraine37.2 mi642 mio.200717,274,000
18 Guangzhou88China92.3 mi601 mio.20086,512,000
19 Prague57Czech Republic36.7 mi597 mio.200816,253,000
20 Singapore76Singapore73.9 mi571 mio.20077,727,000
21 Caracas50Venezuela37.6 mi510 mio.200813,563,000
22 Vienna96Austria43.4 mi498 mio.200811,480,000
23 Taipei85Taiwan56.3 mi450 mio.20087,992,000
24 Berlin195Germany91.6 mi447 mio.20084,879,000
25 Nagoya93Japan55.3 mi427 mio.20087,720,000
26 Barcelona152Spain68.7 mi378 mio.20085,504,000
27 Tehran47Iran31.4 mi353 mio.200711,247,000
28 Munich100Germany57.5 mi349 mio.20086,071,000
29 Manila42Philippines28.4 mi346 mio.200812,182,000
30 Rome49Italy24.2 mi331 mio.200813,656,000
31 Milan88Italy46.4 mi328 mio.20077,074,000
32 Athens52Greece32.3 mi325 mio.200710,056,000
33 Delhi83India59.8 mi310 mio.20085,188,000
34 Stockholm104Sweden65.7 mi303 mio.20074,612,000
35 Budapest42Hungary20.5 mi297 mio.200814,481,000
36 Buenos Aires76Argentina29.5 mi280 mio.20089,485,000
37 Toronto74Canada44.3 mi278 mio.20066,274,000
38 Kharkov28Ukraine21.9 mi278 mio.200712,671,000
39 Minsk25Belarus18.8 mi262 mio.200713,913,000
40 Busan92South Korea59.0 mi257 mio.20084,353,000
41 Montreal73Canada43.0 mi219 mio.20065,092,000
42 Washington90USA106.4 mi215 mio.20082,021,000
43 Sapporo49Japan29.8 mi209 mio.20087,006,000
44 Bangkok44Thailand28.8 mi206 mio.20077,159,000
45 Yokohama48Japan35.8 mi198 mio.20085,531,000
46 Chicago151USA103.2 mi198 mio.20081,919,000
47 Hamburg97Germany62.6 mi184 mio.20072,940,000
48 Lyon43France19.1 mi182 mio.20049,539,000
49 Lisbon52Portugal25.5 mi180 mio.20077,064,000
50 Baku22Azerbaijan20.4 mi176 mio.20078,618,000
51 Medellin26Colombia17.9 mi155 mio.20088,660,000
52 Boston66USA37.6 mi145 mio.20073,856,000
53 Brussels61Belgium20.0 mi136 mio.20086,796,000
54 Rio de Janeiro34Brazil26.1 mi135 mio.20065,172,000
55 Kyoto32Japan19.5 mi126 mio.20086,477,000
56 Fukuoka35Japan18.5 mi124 mio.20076,695,000
57 Kobe26Japan19.0 mi121 mio.20086,362,000
58 Warsaw21Poland14.0 mi114 mio.20078,116,000
59 Ankara23Turkey14.4 mi113 mio.20077,871,000
60 Bucharest50Romania42.1 mi111 mio.19992,638,000
61 Daegu56South Korea33.5 mi110 mio.20083,284,000
62 Kuala Lumpur60Malaysia39.8 mi109 mio.20082,740,000
63 Nanjing16China13.5 mi102 mio.20087,563,000
64 Kolkata21India14.0 mi100 mio.20007,119,000
65 San Francisco43USA103.7 mi100 mio.2007964,000
66 Nuremberg46Germany21.5 mi92 mio.19974,278,000
67 Tbilisi22Georgia16.3 mi92 mio.20075,628,000
68 Amsterdam33Netherlands20.3 mi91 mio.20024,478,000
69 Bilbao38Spain25.2 mi86 mio.20083,407,000
70 Rotterdam38Netherlands29.2 mi85 mio.20062,910,000
71 Lille62France28.3 mi74 mio.20042,617,000
72 Vancouver49Canada43.2 mi74 mio.20081,713,000
73 Shenzhen23China15.7 mi73 mio.20054,643,000
74 Incheon29South Korea18.3 mi73 mio.20083,982,000
75 Tashkent29Uzbekistan22.5 mi71 mio.20073,156,000
76 Novosibirsk13Russia8.9 mi70 mio.20077,876,000
77 Istanbul10Turkey9.3 mi68 mio.20087,294,000
78 Philadelphia66USA38.5 mi67 mio.20081,739,000
79 Oslo72Norway38.5 mi64 mio.20051,661,000
80 Sendai17Japan9.2 mi58 mio.20086,306,000
81 Marseille26France12.0 mi58 mio.20044,835,000
82 Helsinki17Finland13.1 mi58 mio.20084,444,000
83 Sofia14Bulgaria11.2 mi51 mio.20084,559,000
84 Yekaterinburg7Russia5.3 mi46 mio.20078,708,000
85 Los Angeles30USA36.9 mi45 mio.20081,221,000
86 Toulouse38France17.1 mi42 mio.20042,457,000
87 Newcastle61United Kingdom47.5 mi38 mio.2006799,000
88 Copenhagen22Denmark13.1 mi37 mio.20022,835,000
89 Pyongyang16North Korea14.0 mi35 mio.20062,503,000
90 Atlanta39USA49.2 mi34 mio.1994691,000
91 Nizhny Novgorod14Russia9.6 mi33 mio.20073,426,000
92 Izmir10Turkey7.1 mi30 mio.20054,197,000
93 Kaohsiung37Taiwan26.5 mi30 mio.20081,130,000
94 Naples30Italy19.8 mi29 mio.20061,467,000
95 Daejeon22South Korea14.0 mi29 mio.20082,065,000
96 Rennes15France5.6 mi23 mio.20044,112,000
97 Miami22USA22.4 mi19 mio.2008849,000
98 Hiroshima21Japan11.4 mi18 mio.20051,574,000
99 Valencia7Venezuela3.9 mi18 mio.20084,671,000
100 Yerevan10Armenia7.5 mi17 mio.20072,261,000
101 Gwangju20South Korea12.5 mi17 mio.20081,361,000
102 Brasilia23Brazil26.1 mi16 mio.2002613,000
103 Tianjin37China44.7 mi15 mio.1993335,000
104 Glasgow15United Kingdom6.5 mi15 mio.20082,321,000
105 Baltimore14USA15.2 mi14 mio.2008919,000
106 Samara9Russia6.3 mi12 mio.20071,893,000
107 Dnepropetrovsk6Ukraine4.4 mi11 mio.20072,493,000
108 San Juan16Puerto Rico10.7 mi9 mio.2008842,000
109 Kazan6Russia5.2 mi7 mio.20071,357,000
110 Cleveland18USA19.3 mi6 mio.2008311,000
111 Essen27Germany12.6 mi
112 Santo Domingo16Dominican Republic9.0 mi
113 Bursa23Turkey14.0 mi
114 Maracaibo6Venezuela4.0 mi
115 Jacksonville6USA4.3 mi
116 Newark4USA1.4 mi
117 Sydney14Australia13.7 mi
118 Lausanne29Switzerland8.5 mi
119 Poznan6Poland3.8 mi
120 Chiba18Japan9.6 mi
121 Gelsenkirchen9Germany3.4 mi
122 Perugia7Italy1.9 mi
123 Duisburg13Germany8.9 mi
124 Rouen5France1.4 mi
125 Wuppertal20Germany8.3 mi
126 Recife30Brazil24.7 mi
127 Hanover21Germany11.6 mi
128 Mumbai73India106.3 mi
129 Oporto15Portugal13.5 mi
130 Guadalajara29Mexico14.9 mi
131 Charleroi20Belgium10.9 mi
132 Turin14Italy6.0 mi
133 Kitakyushu13Japan5.5 mi
134 Frankfurt31Germany12.7 mi
135 Adana8Turkey5.0 mi
136 The Hague30Netherlands17.3 mi
137 Kamakura8Japan4.1 mi
138 Dortmund37Germany18.3 mi
139 Ludwigshafen11Germany2.5 mi
140 Naha15Japan8.0 mi
141 Bochum29Germany13.4 mi
142 Haifa6Israel1.1 mi
143 Valparaiso20Chile26.7 mi
144 Kryvyi Rih12Ukraine11.2 mi
145 Genoa7Italy3.2 mi
146 Catania6Italy2.4 mi
147 Edmonton11Canada8.1 mi
148 Buffalo8USA5.2 mi
149 Saint Louis37USA45.6 mi
150 Detroit13USA3.0 mi
151 Stuttgart19Germany14.9 mi
152 Cologne51Germany28.0 mi
153 Volgograd2Russia2.1 mi
154 Bielefeld7Germany3.2 mi
155 Shenyang18China13.8 mi
156 Las Vegas7USA3.9 mi
157 Porto Alegre17Brazil21.0 mi
158 Monterrey32Mexico19.6 mi
159 Chennai17India16.8 mi
160 Valencia38Spain19.8 mi
161 Seattle12USA13.8 mi
162 Dubai11United Arab Emirates24.7 mi
163 Palma de Mallorca9Spain5.2 mi
164 Antwerp11Belgium4.7 mi
165 Duesseldorf14Germany6.0 mi
166 Dalian12China30.5 mi
167 Tama19Japan9.9 mi
168 Wuhan10China6.3 mi
169 Bonn12Germany5.6 mi
170 Lima6Peru6.2 mi
171 Mulheim13Germany5.6 mi
172 Chongqing18China12.1 mi
173 Seville21Spain11.2 mi
174 Belo Horizonte19Brazil17.5 mi
175 Pittsburgh3USA0.9 mi
176 Changchun16China10.6 mi


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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