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


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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