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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 London268408.0 km268111.5224.437.11197 mio.2,934,000
2 New York468368.0 km422270.8717.313.61624 mio.4,413,000
3 Shanghai230334.0 km194101.7223.033.41122 mio.3,359,000
4 Tokyo290304.5 km205131.4922.323.43174 mio.10,424,000
5 Moscow180298.8 km144122.0715.024.92573 mio.8,611,000
6 Seoul348286.9 km298100.9634.828.72048 mio.7,138,000
7 Madrid281284.0 km231131.2321.621.8686 mio.2,415,000
8 Beijing147227.6 km12591.8216.325.31200 mio.5,274,000
9 Paris380213.0 km300160.7123.813.31473 mio.6,915,000
10 Mexico City175201.7 km147111.3715.918.31460 mio.7,238,000
11 Hong Kong95188.1 km8292.2910.620.91309 mio.6,959,000
12 Washington90171.2 km8651.9918.034.2215 mio.1,256,000
13 Mumbai73171.0 km7352.3414.634.2
14 San Francisco43166.9 km4353.888.633.4100 mio.599,000
15 Chicago151166.0 km14481.1518.920.8198 mio.1,193,000
16 Guangzhou88148.5 km7951.8817.629.7601 mio.4,047,000
17 Berlin195147.4 km173100.8519.514.7447 mio.3,033,000
18 Osaka133137.8 km10491.3314.815.3860 mio.6,241,000
19 Singapore76118.9 km6941.7219.029.7571 mio.4,802,000
20 Barcelona152110.5 km128100.8615.211.1378 mio.3,421,000
21 Saint Petersburg63110.2 km5552.0012.622.0832 mio.7,550,000
22 Stockholm104105.7 km10031.0634.735.2303 mio.2,867,000
23 Hamburg97100.7 km8931.1332.333.6184 mio.1,827,000
24 Delhi8396.2 km8131.1927.732.1310 mio.3,224,000
25 Busan9295.0 km8831.0830.731.7257 mio.2,705,000
26 Munich10092.5 km9460.9816.715.4349 mio.3,773,000
27 Taipei8590.6 km8081.1310.611.3450 mio.4,967,000
28 Nagoya9389.0 km8241.0923.322.3427 mio.4,798,000
29 Santiago9383.0 km8650.9718.616.6642 mio.7,735,000
30 Atlanta3979.2 km3822.0819.539.634 mio.429,000
31 Newcastle6176.5 km5021.5330.538.338 mio.497,000
32 Milan8874.6 km8430.8929.324.9328 mio.4,397,000
33 Saint Louis3773.4 km3721.9818.536.7
34 Tianjin3772.0 km3721.9518.536.015 mio.208,000
35 Toronto7471.3 km6941.0318.517.8278 mio.3,899,000
36 Vienna9669.8 km8450.8319.214.0498 mio.7,135,000
37 Vancouver4969.5 km4731.4816.323.274 mio.1,065,000
38 Montreal7369.2 km6841.0218.317.3219 mio.3,165,000
39 Bucharest5067.7 km4341.5712.516.9111 mio.1,640,000
40 Cairo5565.5 km5321.2427.532.8700 mio.10,687,000
41 Kuala Lumpur6064.0 km5631.1420.021.3109 mio.1,703,000
42 Oslo7262.0 km7250.8614.412.464 mio.1,032,000
43 Philadelphia6662.0 km6231.0022.020.767 mio.1,081,000
44 Sao Paulo5861.3 km5541.1114.515.3684 mio.11,158,000
45 Caracas5060.5 km4651.3210.012.1510 mio.8,430,000
46 Boston6660.5 km6031.0122.020.2145 mio.2,397,000
47 Kiev4659.8 km4331.3915.319.9642 mio.10,736,000
48 Los Angeles3059.3 km3031.9810.019.845 mio.759,000
49 Prague5759.1 km5431.0919.019.7597 mio.10,102,000
50 Yokohama4857.6 km4531.2816.019.2198 mio.3,438,000
51 Daegu5653.9 km5520.9828.027.0110 mio.2,041,000
52 Athens5252.0 km4831.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,000
53 Tehran4750.5 km4431.1515.716.8353 mio.6,990,000
54 Dalian1249.0 km1214.0812.049.0
55 Sapporo4948.0 km4631.0416.316.0209 mio.4,354,000
56 Buenos Aires7647.5 km6860.7012.77.9280 mio.5,895,000
57 Rotterdam3847.0 km3721.2719.023.585 mio.1,809,000
58 Bangkok4446.3 km4031.1614.715.4206 mio.4,449,000
59 Manila4245.7 km3931.1714.015.2346 mio.7,571,000
60 Lille6245.5 km6020.7631.022.874 mio.1,626,000
61 Cologne5145.0 km51150.883.43.0
62 Valparaiso2043.0 km2012.1520.043.0
63 Kaohsiung3742.7 km3621.1918.521.430 mio.703,000
64 Rio de Janeiro3442.0 km3421.2417.021.0135 mio.3,214,000
65 Brasilia2342.0 km2311.8323.042.016 mio.381,000
66 Lisbon5241.0 km4640.8913.010.3180 mio.4,390,000
67 Bilbao3840.6 km3821.0719.020.386 mio.2,118,000
68 Dubai1139.7 km1113.6111.039.7
69 Recife3039.7 km2821.4215.019.9
70 Rome4939.0 km4820.8124.519.5331 mio.8,487,000
71 Tashkent2936.2 km2631.399.712.171 mio.1,961,000
72 Miami2236.0 km2211.6422.036.019 mio.528,000
73 Kharkov2835.3 km2531.419.311.8278 mio.7,875,000
74 Nuremberg4634.6 km4430.7915.311.592 mio.2,659,000
75 Porto Alegre1733.8 km1711.9917.033.8
76 Budapest4233.0 km4030.8314.011.0297 mio.9,000,000
77 Baku2232.9 km2121.5611.016.4176 mio.5,356,000
78 Amsterdam3332.7 km3340.998.38.291 mio.2,783,000
79 Brussels6132.2 km5930.5520.310.7136 mio.4,224,000
80 Naples3031.8 km2831.1410.010.629 mio.912,000
81 Valencia3831.8 km3730.8612.710.6
82 Monterrey3231.5 km3121.0216.015.8
83 Kyoto3231.3 km3121.0116.015.6126 mio.4,026,000
84 Cleveland1831.0 km1811.7218.031.06 mio.194,000
85 Lyon4330.7 km3940.7910.87.7182 mio.5,928,000
86 Kobe2630.6 km2421.2813.015.3121 mio.3,954,000
87 Minsk2530.3 km2421.2612.515.1262 mio.8,647,000
88 Fukuoka3529.8 km3430.8811.79.9124 mio.4,161,000
89 Incheon2929.5 km2911.0229.029.573 mio.2,475,000
90 Dortmund3729.5 km3730.8012.39.8
91 Medellin2628.8 km2521.1513.014.4155 mio.5,382,000
92 Belo Horizonte1928.1 km1911.4819.028.1
93 The Hague3027.9 km3030.9310.09.3
94 Toulouse3827.5 km3720.7419.013.842 mio.1,527,000
95 Chennai1727.0 km1711.5917.027.0
96 Tbilisi2226.3 km2121.2511.013.192 mio.3,498,000
97 Shenzhen2325.3 km2221.1511.512.673 mio.2,885,000
98 Baltimore1424.5 km1411.7514.024.514 mio.571,000
99 Guadalajara2924.0 km2820.8614.512.0
100 Stuttgart1924.0 km1721.419.512.0
101 Ankara2323.1 km2221.0511.511.6113 mio.4,892,000
102 Warsaw2122.6 km2111.0821.022.6114 mio.5,044,000
103 Kolkata2122.6 km2111.0821.022.6100 mio.4,425,000
104 Daejeon2222.6 km2211.0322.022.629 mio.1,283,000
105 Bursa2322.5 km2310.9823.022.5
106 Pyongyang1622.5 km1521.508.011.335 mio.1,556,000
107 Shenyang1822.2 km1811.2318.022.2
108 Seattle1222.2 km1211.8512.022.2
109 Sydney1422.1 km1431.584.77.4
110 Oporto1521.7 km1421.557.510.9
111 Nanjing1621.7 km1611.3616.021.7102 mio.4,700,000
112 Bochum2921.5 km2720.8014.510.8
113 Copenhagen2221.0 km2220.9511.010.537 mio.1,762,000
114 Helsinki1721.0 km1711.2417.021.058 mio.2,762,000
115 Frankfurt3120.5 km2730.7610.36.8
116 Essen2720.2 km2730.759.06.7
117 Gwangju2020.1 km2011.0120.020.117 mio.846,000
118 Chongqing1819.5 km1811.0818.019.5
119 Marseille2619.3 km2420.8013.09.658 mio.3,005,000
120 Hanover2118.6 km1731.097.06.2
121 Hiroshima2118.4 km2110.8821.018.418 mio.978,000
122 Kryvyi Rih1218.0 km1211.5012.018.0
123 Sofia1418.0 km1411.2914.018.051 mio.2,833,000
124 Seville2118.0 km2110.8621.018.0
125 Charleroi2017.5 km2040.885.04.4
126 San Juan1617.2 km1611.0816.017.29 mio.523,000
127 Changchun1617.0 km1611.0616.017.0
128 Tama1916.0 km1910.8419.016.0
129 Chiba1815.5 km1820.869.07.8
130 Nizhny Novgorod1415.5 km1321.197.07.833 mio.2,129,000
131 Istanbul1015.0 km1011.5010.015.068 mio.4,533,000
132 Sendai1714.8 km1710.8717.014.858 mio.3,919,000
133 Santo Domingo1614.5 km1610.9116.014.5
134 Duisburg1314.3 km1321.106.57.2
135 Novosibirsk1314.3 km1221.196.57.270 mio.4,895,000
136 Lausanne2913.7 km2820.4914.56.8
137 Wuppertal2013.3 km2010.6720.013.3
138 Edmonton1113.1 km1111.1911.013.1
139 Naha1512.8 km1510.8515.012.8
140 Yerevan1012.1 km1011.2110.012.117 mio.1,405,000
141 Izmir1011.5 km1011.1510.011.530 mio.2,609,000
142 Glasgow1510.4 km1510.6915.010.415 mio.1,442,000
143 Samara910.2 km911.139.010.212 mio.1,176,000
144 Wuhan1010.2 km1011.0210.010.2
145 Lima610.0 km611.676.010.0
146 Turin149.6 km1410.6914.09.6
147 Duesseldorf149.6 km1420.687.04.8
148 Mulheim139.0 km1220.756.54.5
149 Rennes159.0 km1510.6015.09.023 mio.2,556,000
150 Bonn129.0 km1210.7512.09.0
151 Kitakyushu138.8 km1310.6813.08.8
152 Yekaterinburg78.5 km711.217.08.546 mio.5,412,000
153 Buffalo88.4 km811.048.08.4
154 Kazan68.3 km611.386.08.37 mio.843,000
155 Palma de Mallorca98.3 km910.929.08.3
156 Adana88.0 km811.008.08.0
157 Antwerp117.6 km1120.695.53.8
158 Dnepropetrovsk67.1 km611.186.07.111 mio.1,549,000
159 Jacksonville66.9 km611.156.06.9
160 Kamakura86.6 km810.828.06.6
161 Maracaibo66.5 km611.086.06.5
162 Valencia76.2 km710.897.06.218 mio.2,903,000
163 Las Vegas76.2 km710.897.06.2
164 Poznan66.1 km611.026.06.1
165 Gelsenkirchen95.5 km910.619.05.5
166 Genoa75.2 km710.747.05.2
167 Bielefeld75.2 km740.741.81.3
168 Detroit134.8 km1310.3713.04.8
169 Ludwigshafen114.0 km1100.36
170 Catania63.8 km610.636.03.8
171 Volgograd23.3 km211.652.03.3
172 Perugia73.0 km710.437.03.0
173 Newark42.2 km410.554.02.2
174 Rouen52.2 km510.445.02.2
175 Haifa61.8 km610.296.01.8
176 Pittsburgh31.5 km310.483.01.5


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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