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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 km2681.521137.124.41197 mio.2,934,000
2 New York468368.0 km4220.872713.617.31624 mio.4,413,000
3 Shanghai230334.0 km1941.721033.423.01122 mio.3,359,000
4 Tokyo290304.5 km2051.491323.422.33174 mio.10,424,000
5 Moscow180298.8 km1442.071224.915.02573 mio.8,611,000
6 Seoul348286.9 km2980.961028.734.82048 mio.7,138,000
7 Madrid281284.0 km2311.231321.821.6686 mio.2,415,000
8 Beijing147227.6 km1251.82925.316.31200 mio.5,274,000
9 Paris380213.0 km3000.711613.323.81473 mio.6,915,000
10 Mexico City175201.7 km1471.371118.315.91460 mio.7,238,000
11 Hong Kong95188.1 km822.29920.910.61309 mio.6,959,000
12 Washington90171.2 km861.99534.218.0215 mio.1,256,000
13 Mumbai73171.0 km732.34534.214.6
14 San Francisco43166.9 km433.88533.48.6100 mio.599,000
15 Chicago151166.0 km1441.15820.818.9198 mio.1,193,000
16 Guangzhou88148.5 km791.88529.717.6601 mio.4,047,000
17 Berlin195147.4 km1730.851014.719.5447 mio.3,033,000
18 Osaka133137.8 km1041.33915.314.8860 mio.6,241,000
19 Singapore76118.9 km691.72429.719.0571 mio.4,802,000
20 Barcelona152110.5 km1280.861011.115.2378 mio.3,421,000
21 Saint Petersburg63110.2 km552.00522.012.6832 mio.7,550,000
22 Stockholm104105.7 km1001.06335.234.7303 mio.2,867,000
23 Hamburg97100.7 km891.13333.632.3184 mio.1,827,000
24 Delhi8396.2 km811.19332.127.7310 mio.3,224,000
25 Busan9295.0 km881.08331.730.7257 mio.2,705,000
26 Munich10092.5 km940.98615.416.7349 mio.3,773,000
27 Taipei8590.6 km801.13811.310.6450 mio.4,967,000
28 Nagoya9389.0 km821.09422.323.3427 mio.4,798,000
29 Santiago9383.0 km860.97516.618.6642 mio.7,735,000
30 Atlanta3979.2 km382.08239.619.534 mio.429,000
31 Newcastle6176.5 km501.53238.330.538 mio.497,000
32 Milan8874.6 km840.89324.929.3328 mio.4,397,000
33 Saint Louis3773.4 km371.98236.718.5
34 Tianjin3772.0 km371.95236.018.515 mio.208,000
35 Toronto7471.3 km691.03417.818.5278 mio.3,899,000
36 Vienna9669.8 km840.83514.019.2498 mio.7,135,000
37 Vancouver4969.5 km471.48323.216.374 mio.1,065,000
38 Montreal7369.2 km681.02417.318.3219 mio.3,165,000
39 Bucharest5067.7 km431.57416.912.5111 mio.1,640,000
40 Cairo5565.5 km531.24232.827.5700 mio.10,687,000
41 Kuala Lumpur6064.0 km561.14321.320.0109 mio.1,703,000
42 Oslo7262.0 km720.86512.414.464 mio.1,032,000
43 Philadelphia6662.0 km621.00320.722.067 mio.1,081,000
44 Sao Paulo5861.3 km551.11415.314.5684 mio.11,158,000
45 Caracas5060.5 km461.32512.110.0510 mio.8,430,000
46 Boston6660.5 km601.01320.222.0145 mio.2,397,000
47 Kiev4659.8 km431.39319.915.3642 mio.10,736,000
48 Los Angeles3059.3 km301.98319.810.045 mio.759,000
49 Prague5759.1 km541.09319.719.0597 mio.10,102,000
50 Yokohama4857.6 km451.28319.216.0198 mio.3,438,000
51 Daegu5653.9 km550.98227.028.0110 mio.2,041,000
52 Athens5252.0 km481.08317.317.3325 mio.6,250,000
53 Tehran4750.5 km441.15316.815.7353 mio.6,990,000
54 Dalian1249.0 km124.08149.012.0
55 Sapporo4948.0 km461.04316.016.3209 mio.4,354,000
56 Buenos Aires7647.5 km680.7067.912.7280 mio.5,895,000
57 Rotterdam3847.0 km371.27223.519.085 mio.1,809,000
58 Bangkok4446.3 km401.16315.414.7206 mio.4,449,000
59 Manila4245.7 km391.17315.214.0346 mio.7,571,000
60 Lille6245.5 km600.76222.831.074 mio.1,626,000
61 Cologne5145.0 km510.88153.03.4
62 Valparaiso2043.0 km202.15143.020.0
63 Kaohsiung3742.7 km361.19221.418.530 mio.703,000
64 Rio de Janeiro3442.0 km341.24221.017.0135 mio.3,214,000
65 Brasilia2342.0 km231.83142.023.016 mio.381,000
66 Lisbon5241.0 km460.89410.313.0180 mio.4,390,000
67 Bilbao3840.6 km381.07220.319.086 mio.2,118,000
68 Dubai1139.7 km113.61139.711.0
69 Recife3039.7 km281.42219.915.0
70 Rome4939.0 km480.81219.524.5331 mio.8,487,000
71 Tashkent2936.2 km261.39312.19.771 mio.1,961,000
72 Miami2236.0 km221.64136.022.019 mio.528,000
73 Kharkov2835.3 km251.41311.89.3278 mio.7,875,000
74 Nuremberg4634.6 km440.79311.515.392 mio.2,659,000
75 Porto Alegre1733.8 km171.99133.817.0
76 Budapest4233.0 km400.83311.014.0297 mio.9,000,000
77 Baku2232.9 km211.56216.411.0176 mio.5,356,000
78 Amsterdam3332.7 km330.9948.28.391 mio.2,783,000
79 Brussels6132.2 km590.55310.720.3136 mio.4,224,000
80 Naples3031.8 km281.14310.610.029 mio.912,000
81 Valencia3831.8 km370.86310.612.7
82 Monterrey3231.5 km311.02215.816.0
83 Kyoto3231.3 km311.01215.616.0126 mio.4,026,000
84 Cleveland1831.0 km181.72131.018.06 mio.194,000
85 Lyon4330.7 km390.7947.710.8182 mio.5,928,000
86 Kobe2630.6 km241.28215.313.0121 mio.3,954,000
87 Minsk2530.3 km241.26215.112.5262 mio.8,647,000
88 Fukuoka3529.8 km340.8839.911.7124 mio.4,161,000
89 Incheon2929.5 km291.02129.529.073 mio.2,475,000
90 Dortmund3729.5 km370.8039.812.3
91 Medellin2628.8 km251.15214.413.0155 mio.5,382,000
92 Belo Horizonte1928.1 km191.48128.119.0
93 The Hague3027.9 km300.9339.310.0
94 Toulouse3827.5 km370.74213.819.042 mio.1,527,000
95 Chennai1727.0 km171.59127.017.0
96 Tbilisi2226.3 km211.25213.111.092 mio.3,498,000
97 Shenzhen2325.3 km221.15212.611.573 mio.2,885,000
98 Baltimore1424.5 km141.75124.514.014 mio.571,000
99 Guadalajara2924.0 km280.86212.014.5
100 Stuttgart1924.0 km171.41212.09.5
101 Ankara2323.1 km221.05211.611.5113 mio.4,892,000
102 Warsaw2122.6 km211.08122.621.0114 mio.5,044,000
103 Kolkata2122.6 km211.08122.621.0100 mio.4,425,000
104 Daejeon2222.6 km221.03122.622.029 mio.1,283,000
105 Bursa2322.5 km230.98122.523.0
106 Pyongyang1622.5 km151.50211.38.035 mio.1,556,000
107 Shenyang1822.2 km181.23122.218.0
108 Seattle1222.2 km121.85122.212.0
109 Sydney1422.1 km141.5837.44.7
110 Oporto1521.7 km141.55210.97.5
111 Nanjing1621.7 km161.36121.716.0102 mio.4,700,000
112 Bochum2921.5 km270.80210.814.5
113 Copenhagen2221.0 km220.95210.511.037 mio.1,762,000
114 Helsinki1721.0 km171.24121.017.058 mio.2,762,000
115 Frankfurt3120.5 km270.7636.810.3
116 Essen2720.2 km270.7536.79.0
117 Gwangju2020.1 km201.01120.120.017 mio.846,000
118 Chongqing1819.5 km181.08119.518.0
119 Marseille2619.3 km240.8029.613.058 mio.3,005,000
120 Hanover2118.6 km171.0936.27.0
121 Hiroshima2118.4 km210.88118.421.018 mio.978,000
122 Kryvyi Rih1218.0 km121.50118.012.0
123 Sofia1418.0 km141.29118.014.051 mio.2,833,000
124 Seville2118.0 km210.86118.021.0
125 Charleroi2017.5 km200.8844.45.0
126 San Juan1617.2 km161.08117.216.09 mio.523,000
127 Changchun1617.0 km161.06117.016.0
128 Tama1916.0 km190.84116.019.0
129 Chiba1815.5 km180.8627.89.0
130 Nizhny Novgorod1415.5 km131.1927.87.033 mio.2,129,000
131 Istanbul1015.0 km101.50115.010.068 mio.4,533,000
132 Sendai1714.8 km170.87114.817.058 mio.3,919,000
133 Santo Domingo1614.5 km160.91114.516.0
134 Duisburg1314.3 km131.1027.26.5
135 Novosibirsk1314.3 km121.1927.26.570 mio.4,895,000
136 Lausanne2913.7 km280.4926.814.5
137 Wuppertal2013.3 km200.67113.320.0
138 Edmonton1113.1 km111.19113.111.0
139 Naha1512.8 km150.85112.815.0
140 Yerevan1012.1 km101.21112.110.017 mio.1,405,000
141 Izmir1011.5 km101.15111.510.030 mio.2,609,000
142 Glasgow1510.4 km150.69110.415.015 mio.1,442,000
143 Samara910.2 km91.13110.29.012 mio.1,176,000
144 Wuhan1010.2 km101.02110.210.0
145 Lima610.0 km61.67110.06.0
146 Turin149.6 km140.6919.614.0
147 Duesseldorf149.6 km140.6824.87.0
148 Mulheim139.0 km120.7524.56.5
149 Rennes159.0 km150.6019.015.023 mio.2,556,000
150 Bonn129.0 km120.7519.012.0
151 Kitakyushu138.8 km130.6818.813.0
152 Yekaterinburg78.5 km71.2118.57.046 mio.5,412,000
153 Buffalo88.4 km81.0418.48.0
154 Kazan68.3 km61.3818.36.07 mio.843,000
155 Palma de Mallorca98.3 km90.9218.39.0
156 Adana88.0 km81.0018.08.0
157 Antwerp117.6 km110.6923.85.5
158 Dnepropetrovsk67.1 km61.1817.16.011 mio.1,549,000
159 Jacksonville66.9 km61.1516.96.0
160 Kamakura86.6 km80.8216.68.0
161 Maracaibo66.5 km61.0816.56.0
162 Valencia76.2 km70.8916.27.018 mio.2,903,000
163 Las Vegas76.2 km70.8916.27.0
164 Poznan66.1 km61.0216.16.0
165 Gelsenkirchen95.5 km90.6115.59.0
166 Genoa75.2 km70.7415.27.0
167 Bielefeld75.2 km70.7441.31.8
168 Detroit134.8 km130.3714.813.0
169 Ludwigshafen114.0 km110.360
170 Catania63.8 km60.6313.86.0
171 Volgograd23.3 km21.6513.32.0
172 Perugia73.0 km70.4313.07.0
173 Newark42.2 km40.5512.24.0
174 Rouen52.2 km50.4412.25.0
175 Haifa61.8 km60.2911.86.0
176 Pittsburgh31.5 km30.4811.53.0


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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