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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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1Japan TokyoAsia30 Dec 1927189.2 mi2903174 mio.
2Russia MoscowEurope15 May 1935185.7 mi1802573 mio.
3South Korea SeoulAsia15 Aug 1974178.3 mi3482048 mio.
4USA New YorkAmerica27 Oct 1904228.7 mi4681624 mio.
5France ParisEurope19 Jul 1900132.4 mi3801473 mio.
6Mexico Mexico CityAmerica5 Sep 1969125.4 mi1751460 mio.
7China Hong KongAsia1 Oct 1979116.9 mi951309 mio.
8China BeijingAsia1 Oct 1969141.4 mi1471200 mio.
9United Kingdom LondonEurope10 Jan 1863253.6 mi2681197 mio.
10China ShanghaiAsia10 Apr 1995207.6 mi2301122 mio.
11Japan OsakaAsia20 May 193385.6 mi133860 mio.
12Russia Saint PetersburgEurope15 Nov 195568.5 mi63832 mio.
13Egypt CairoAfrica27 Sep 198740.7 mi55700 mio.
14Spain MadridEurope17 Oct 1919176.5 mi281686 mio.
15Brazil Sao PauloAmerica14 Sep 197438.1 mi58684 mio.
16Chile SantiagoAmerica15 Sep 197551.6 mi93642 mio.
17Ukraine KievEurope22 Oct 196037.2 mi46642 mio.
18China GuangzhouAsia28 Jun 199992.3 mi88601 mio.
19Czech Republic PragueEurope9 May 197436.7 mi57597 mio.
20Singapore SingaporeAsia7 Nov 198773.9 mi76571 mio.
21Venezuela CaracasAmerica27 Mar 198337.6 mi50510 mio.
22Austria ViennaEurope25 Feb 197843.4 mi96498 mio.
23Taiwan TaipeiAsia28 Mar 199656.3 mi85450 mio.
24Germany BerlinEurope18 Feb 190291.6 mi195447 mio.
25Japan NagoyaAsia15 Nov 195755.3 mi93427 mio.
26Spain BarcelonaEurope30 Dec 192468.7 mi152378 mio.
27Iran TehranAsia21 Feb 200031.4 mi47353 mio.
28Germany MunichEurope19 Oct 197157.5 mi100349 mio.
29Philippines ManilaAsia1 Dec 198428.4 mi42346 mio.
30Italy RomeEurope10 Feb 195524.2 mi49331 mio.
31Italy MilanEurope1 Nov 196446.4 mi88328 mio.
32Greece AthensEurope195432.3 mi52325 mio.
33India DelhiAsia24 Dec 200259.8 mi83310 mio.
34Sweden StockholmEurope1 Oct 195065.7 mi104303 mio.
35Hungary BudapestEurope2 May 189620.5 mi42297 mio.
36Argentina Buenos AiresAmerica1 Dec 191329.5 mi76280 mio.
37Canada TorontoAmerica30 Apr 195444.3 mi74278 mio.
38Ukraine KharkovEurope23 Aug 197521.9 mi28278 mio.
39Belarus MinskEurope26 Jun 198418.8 mi25262 mio.
40South Korea BusanAsia19 Jul 198559.0 mi92257 mio.
41Canada MontrealAmerica14 Oct 196643.0 mi73219 mio.
42USA WashingtonAmerica27 Mar 1976106.4 mi90215 mio.
43Japan SapporoAsia16 Dec 197129.8 mi49209 mio.
44Thailand BangkokAsia5 Dec 199928.8 mi44206 mio.
45Japan YokohamaAsia16 Dec 197235.8 mi48198 mio.
46USA ChicagoAmerica6 Jun 1892103.2 mi151198 mio.
47Germany HamburgEurope1 Mar 191262.6 mi97184 mio.
48France LyonEurope28 Apr 197819.1 mi43182 mio.
49Portugal LisbonEurope29 Dec 195925.5 mi52180 mio.
50Azerbaijan BakuAsia6 Nov 196720.4 mi22176 mio.
51Colombia MedellinAmerica30 Nov 199517.9 mi26155 mio.
52USA BostonAmerica1 Sep 189737.6 mi66145 mio.
53Belgium BrusselsEurope20 Sep 197620.0 mi61136 mio.
54Brazil Rio de JaneiroAmerica5 Mar 197926.1 mi34135 mio.
55Japan KyotoAsia1 Apr 198119.5 mi32126 mio.
56Japan FukuokaAsia26 Jul 198118.5 mi35124 mio.
57Japan KobeAsia13 Mar 197719.0 mi26121 mio.
58Poland WarsawEurope7 Apr 199514.0 mi21114 mio.
59Turkey AnkaraAsia30 Aug 199614.4 mi23113 mio.
60Romania BucharestEurope16 Nov 197942.1 mi50111 mio.
61South Korea DaeguAsia26 Nov 199733.5 mi56110 mio.
62Malaysia Kuala LumpurAsia16 Dec 199639.8 mi60109 mio.
63China NanjingAsia27 Aug 200513.5 mi16102 mio.
64India KolkataAsia24 Oct 198414.0 mi21100 mio.
65USA San FranciscoAmerica11 Sep 1972103.7 mi43100 mio.
66Germany NurembergEurope1 Mar 197221.5 mi4692 mio.
67Georgia TbilisiAsia11 Jan 196616.3 mi2292 mio.
68Netherlands AmsterdamEurope16 Oct 197720.3 mi3391 mio.
69Spain BilbaoEurope11 Nov 199525.2 mi3886 mio.
70Netherlands RotterdamEurope10 Feb 196829.2 mi3885 mio.
71France LilleEurope25 Apr 198328.3 mi6274 mio.
72Canada VancouverAmerica3 Jan 198643.2 mi4974 mio.
73China ShenzhenAsia28 Dec 200415.7 mi2373 mio.
74South Korea IncheonAsia6 Oct 199918.3 mi2973 mio.
75Uzbekistan TashkentAsia6 Nov 197722.5 mi2971 mio.
76Russia NovosibirskAsia7 Jan 19868.9 mi1370 mio.
77Turkey IstanbulEurope16 Sep 20009.3 mi1068 mio.
78USA PhiladelphiaAmerica4 Mar 190738.5 mi6667 mio.
79Norway OsloEurope22 May 196638.5 mi7264 mio.
80Japan SendaiAsia15 Jul 19879.2 mi1758 mio.
81France MarseilleEurope26 Nov 197712.0 mi2658 mio.
82Finland HelsinkiEurope3 Aug 198213.1 mi1758 mio.
83Bulgaria SofiaEurope28 Jan 199811.2 mi1451 mio.
84Russia YekaterinburgAsia26 Apr 19915.3 mi746 mio.
85USA Los AngelesAmerica30 Jan 199336.9 mi3045 mio.
86France ToulouseEurope26 Jun 199317.1 mi3842 mio.
87United Kingdom NewcastleEurope7 Aug 198047.5 mi6138 mio.
88Denmark CopenhagenEurope19 Oct 200213.1 mi2237 mio.
89North Korea PyongyangAsia6 Sep 197314.0 mi1635 mio.
90USA AtlantaAmerica30 Jun 197949.2 mi3934 mio.
91Russia Nizhny NovgorodEurope20 Nov 19859.6 mi1433 mio.
92Turkey IzmirAsia22 May 20007.1 mi1030 mio.
93Taiwan KaohsiungAsia9 Mar 200826.5 mi3730 mio.
94Italy NaplesEurope28 Mar 199319.8 mi3029 mio.
95South Korea DaejeonAsia16 Mar 200614.0 mi2229 mio.
96France RennesEurope16 Mar 20025.6 mi1523 mio.
97USA MiamiAmerica21 May 198422.4 mi2219 mio.
98Japan HiroshimaAsia20 Aug 199411.4 mi2118 mio.
99Venezuela ValenciaAmerica18 Oct 20063.9 mi718 mio.
100Armenia YerevanAsia7 Mar 19817.5 mi1017 mio.
101South Korea GwangjuAsia28 Apr 200412.5 mi2017 mio.
102Brazil BrasiliaAmerica31 Mar 200126.1 mi2316 mio.
103China TianjinAsia28 Mar 200444.7 mi3715 mio.
104United Kingdom GlasgowEurope14 Dec 18966.5 mi1515 mio.
105USA BaltimoreAmerica21 Nov 198315.2 mi1414 mio.
106Russia SamaraEurope26 Dec 19876.3 mi912 mio.
107Ukraine DnepropetrovskEurope29 Dec 19954.4 mi611 mio.
108Puerto Rico San JuanAmerica6 Jun 200510.7 mi169 mio.
109Russia KazanEurope27 Aug 20055.2 mi67 mio.
110USA ClevelandAmerica15 Mar 195519.3 mi186 mio.
111Germany EssenEurope5 Oct 196712.6 mi27
112Dominican Republic Santo DomingoAmerica30 Jan 20099.0 mi16
113Venezuela MaracaiboAmerica8 Jun 20094.0 mi6
114Turkey BursaAsia19 Aug 200214.0 mi23
115USA JacksonvilleAmerica30 May 19894.3 mi6
116USA NewarkAmerica26 May 19351.4 mi4
117Australia SydneyOceania192613.7 mi14
118Switzerland LausanneEurope24 May 19918.5 mi29
119Poland PoznanEurope1 Mar 19973.8 mi6
120Japan ChibaAsia28 Mar 19889.6 mi18
121Germany GelsenkirchenEurope1 Sep 19843.4 mi9
122Germany DuisburgEurope11 Jul 19928.9 mi13
123Italy PerugiaEurope29 Jan 20081.9 mi7
124France RouenEurope17 Dec 19941.4 mi5
125Germany WuppertalEurope1 Mar 19018.3 mi20
126Brazil RecifeAmerica11 Mar 198524.7 mi30
127Germany HanoverEurope28 Sep 197511.6 mi21
128India MumbaiAsia106.3 mi73
129Mexico GuadalajaraAmerica1 Sep 198914.9 mi29
130Portugal OportoEurope7 Dec 200213.5 mi15
131Belgium CharleroiEurope21 Jun 197610.9 mi20
132Italy TurinEurope4 Feb 20066.0 mi14
133Japan KitakyushuAsia9 Jan 19855.5 mi13
134Germany FrankfurtEurope4 Oct 196812.7 mi31
135Turkey AdanaAsia18 Mar 20095.0 mi8
136Netherlands The HagueEurope16 Oct 200417.3 mi30
137Japan KamakuraAsia3 Mar 19704.1 mi8
138Germany DortmundEurope17 May 197618.3 mi37
139Germany LudwigshafenEurope29 May 19692.5 mi11
140Japan NahaAsia10 Aug 20038.0 mi15
141Germany BochumEurope26 May 197913.4 mi29
142Israel HaifaAsia19591.1 mi6
143Chile ValparaisoAmerica23 Nov 200526.7 mi20
144Ukraine Kryvyi RihEurope26 Dec 198611.2 mi12
145Italy GenoaEurope13 Jun 19903.2 mi7
146Italy CataniaEurope27 Jun 19992.4 mi6
147Canada EdmontonAmerica22 Apr 19788.1 mi11
148USA BuffaloAmerica18 May 19855.2 mi8
149USA Saint LouisAmerica31 Jul 199345.6 mi37
150USA DetroitAmericaJul 19873.0 mi13
151Germany StuttgartEurope10 Jun 196614.9 mi19
152Germany CologneEurope11 Oct 196828.0 mi51
153Russia VolgogradEurope5 Nov 19842.1 mi2
154USA Las VegasAmerica15 Jul 20043.9 mi7
155Germany BielefeldEurope21 Sep 19713.2 mi7
156China ShenyangAsia23 Sep 200913.8 mi18
157Brazil Porto AlegreAmerica2 Mar 198521.0 mi17
158India ChennaiAsia19 Oct 199716.8 mi17
159Spain ValenciaEurope3 Oct 198819.8 mi38
160Mexico MonterreyAmerica25 Apr 199119.6 mi32
161USA SeattleAmerica18 Jul 200913.8 mi12
162United Arab Emirates DubaiAsia9 Sep 200924.7 mi11
163Spain Palma de MallorcaEurope25 Apr 20075.2 mi9
164Belgium AntwerpEurope25 Mar 19754.7 mi11
165Germany DuesseldorfEurope4 Oct 19816.0 mi14
166China DalianAsia1 May 200330.5 mi12
167Japan TamaAsia27 Nov 19989.9 mi19
168China WuhanAsia28 Sep 20046.3 mi10
169Peru LimaAmerica13 Jan 20036.2 mi6
170Germany BonnEurope22 Mar 19755.6 mi12
171Germany MulheimEurope3 Nov 19795.6 mi13
172China ChongqingAsia18 Jun 200512.1 mi18
173Brazil Belo HorizonteAmerica1 Aug 198617.5 mi19
174Spain SevilleEurope2 Apr 200911.2 mi21
175USA PittsburghAmerica3 Jul 19850.9 mi3
176China ChangchunAsiaOct 200210.6 mi16


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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