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World Metro Database

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A list like this and the rail systems that appear in it may always be somewhat controversial. One reason is that definitions of what a metro is vary according to who you ask (a popular definition is here). Differences between commuter rail, metros and trams are increasingly fading as new hybrid trains make it easier for metros to include sections on streets or heavy-rail tracks. 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.

Numerical data (except ridership) by Jordi Serradell 09/2010. Ridership data by John Kennes 07/2010. Ticket prices by UBS: Prices and Earnings (PDF, p. 20) 2009. Non-numerical data by Mike Rohde 10/2010.

'Stations*' (with an asterisk) counts each interchange station as one. Daily ridership is annual ridership divided by 365 (for convenience; please note that weekday and weekend ridership may differ significantly and refer to the Annual Ridership column if desired). 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 shown.



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1Japan Tokyo30 Dec 1927304.5 km2901323.48.7 million
2Russia Moscow15 May 1935302.0 km1821225.26.55 million
3South Korea Seoul15 Aug 1974286.9 km3481028.75.61 million
4USA New York27 Oct 1904368.0 km4682713.64.33 million
5France Paris19 Jul 1900213.0 km3801613.34.05 million
6China Beijing1 Oct 1969227.6 km147925.33.99 million
7Mexico Mexico City5 Sep 1969201.7 km1751118.33.88 million
8China Hong Kong1 Oct 1979188.1 km95920.93.62 million
9China Shanghai10 Apr 1995420.0 km2781235.03.56 million
10United Kingdom London10 Jan 1863408.0 km2681137.12.99 million
11Japan Osaka20 May 1933137.8 km133915.32.36 million
12Russia Saint Petersburg15 Nov 1955110.2 km63522.02.25 million
13Brazil Sao Paulo14 Sep 197469.7 km63513.91.93 million
14Egypt Cairo27 Sep 198765.5 km55232.81.92 million
15China Guangzhou28 Jun 1999176.3 km111535.31.85 million
16Singapore Singapore7 Nov 1987129.7 km87432.41.81 million
17Spain Madrid17 Oct 1919284.0 km2811321.81.78 million
18Ukraine Kiev22 Oct 196059.8 km46319.91.76 million
19Chile Santiago15 Sep 197592.4 km101518.51.67 million
20Czech Republic Prague9 May 197459.1 km57319.71.6 million
21Austria Vienna25 Feb 197874.6 km102514.91.4 million
22Germany Berlin18 Feb 1902147.4 km1951014.71.39 million
23Taiwan Taipei28 Mar 199694.2 km85811.81.27 million
24Iran Tehran21 Feb 200066.0 km55322.01.26 million
25Venezuela Caracas27 Mar 198360.5 km50512.11.25 million
26Japan Nagoya15 Nov 195789.0 km93422.31.17 million
27Spain Barcelona30 Dec 1924119.4 km1621110.91.11 million
28Germany Munich19 Oct 197194.2 km102615.7962,000
29Philippines Manila1 Dec 198451.5 km43317.2948,000
30Greece Athens195452.0 km53317.3937,000
31Italy Rome10 Feb 195539.0 km49219.5907,000
32Italy Milan1 Nov 196474.6 km88324.9899,000
33Sweden Stockholm1 Oct 1950105.7 km104335.2841,000
34India Delhi24 Dec 2002138.8 km116434.7838,000
35Hungary Budapest2 May 189633.0 km42311.0814,000
36Argentina Buenos Aires1 Dec 191348.1 km7768.0789,000
37Canada Toronto30 Apr 195471.3 km74417.8762,000
38Ukraine Kharkov23 Aug 197535.3 km28311.8762,000
39Belarus Minsk26 Jun 198430.3 km25215.1718,000
40South Korea Busan19 Jul 198595.0 km92331.7704,000
41USA Washington27 Mar 1976171.2 km90534.2611,000
42Canada Montreal14 Oct 196669.2 km73417.3600,000
43Japan Sapporo16 Dec 197148.0 km49316.0573,000
44Thailand Bangkok5 Dec 199974.9 km52418.7564,000
45USA Chicago6 Jun 1892166.0 km151820.8542,000
46Japan Yokohama16 Dec 197257.6 km48319.2542,000
47Germany Hamburg1 Mar 1912100.7 km97333.6518,000
48France Lyon28 Apr 197830.7 km4347.7499,000
49Portugal Lisbon29 Dec 195941.0 km52410.3488,000
50Azerbaijan Baku6 Nov 196732.9 km22216.4482,000
51India Kolkata24 Oct 198422.6 km23122.6474,000
52Colombia Medellin30 Nov 199528.8 km26214.4425,000
53USA Boston1 Sep 189760.5 km66320.2400,000
54China Nanjing27 Aug 200584.7 km57242.3400,000
55Brazil Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 197942.0 km34221.0370,000
56Belgium Brussels20 Sep 197632.2 km61310.7364,000
57China Shenzhen28 Dec 200425.3 km23212.6362,000
58Poland Warsaw7 Apr 199522.6 km21122.6345,000
59Japan Kyoto1 Apr 198131.3 km32215.6345,000
60Japan Fukuoka26 Jul 198129.8 km3539.9340,000
61Japan Kobe13 Mar 197730.6 km26215.3332,000
62Germany Nuremberg1 Mar 197234.6 km46311.5315,000
63Turkey Ankara30 Aug 199623.1 km23211.6310,000
64Romania Bucharest16 Nov 197967.7 km50416.9304,000
65South Korea Daegu26 Nov 199753.9 km56227.0301,000
66Malaysia Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 199664.0 km60321.3299,000
67USA San Francisco11 Sep 1972166.9 km43533.4274,000
68Georgia Tbilisi11 Jan 196626.3 km22213.1252,000
69Netherlands Rotterdam10 Feb 196847.0 km38223.5238,000
70Spain Bilbao11 Nov 199540.6 km38220.3238,000
71Netherlands Amsterdam16 Oct 197732.7 km3348.2233,000
72Norway Oslo22 May 196662.0 km73512.4214,000
73France Lille25 Apr 198345.5 km62222.8203,000
74Canada Vancouver3 Jan 198669.5 km49323.2203,000
75South Korea Incheon6 Oct 199929.5 km29129.5200,000
76Dominican Republic Santo Domingo30 Jan 200914.5 km16114.5200,000
77Uzbekistan Tashkent6 Nov 197736.2 km29312.1195,000
78Russia Novosibirsk7 Jan 198614.3 km1327.2192,000
79USA Philadelphia4 Mar 190762.0 km66320.7192,000
80Turkey Istanbul16 Sep 200015.0 km10115.0186,000
81France Marseille26 Nov 197721.8 km30210.9159,000
82Japan Sendai15 Jul 198714.8 km17114.8159,000
83Finland Helsinki3 Aug 198221.0 km17121.0156,000
84USA Los Angeles30 Jan 199359.3 km30319.8129,000
85Denmark Copenhagen19 Oct 200221.0 km22210.5126,000
86Russia Yekaterinburg26 Apr 19918.5 km718.5126,000
87France Toulouse26 Jun 199327.5 km38213.8115,000
88United Kingdom Newcastle7 Aug 198076.5 km61238.3104,000
89North Korea Pyongyang6 Sep 197322.5 km16211.395,900
90USA Atlanta30 Jun 197979.2 km39239.693,200
91Russia Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 198515.5 km1427.890,400
92Taiwan Kaohsiung9 Mar 200842.7 km37221.482,200
93Turkey Izmir22 May 200011.5 km10111.582,200
94Italy Naples28 Mar 199331.8 km30310.679,500
95South Korea Daejeon16 Mar 200622.6 km22122.679,500
96Bulgaria Sofia28 Jan 199818.0 km14118.079,500
97France Rennes16 Mar 20029.0 km1519.063,000
98USA Miami21 May 198436.0 km22136.049,300
99Japan Hiroshima20 Aug 199418.4 km21118.449,300
100Venezuela Valencia18 Oct 20066.2 km716.249,300
101South Korea Gwangju28 Apr 200420.1 km20120.146,600
102Armenia Yerevan7 Mar 198112.1 km10112.146,600
103Brazil Brasilia31 Mar 200142.0 km24142.043,800
104United Kingdom Glasgow14 Dec 189610.4 km15110.441,100
105China Tianjin28 Mar 200472.0 km37236.041,100
106Ukraine Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 19957.1 km617.138,400
107USA Baltimore21 Nov 198324.5 km14124.535,600
108China Wuhan28 Sep 200428.0 km27128.035,600
109Russia Samara26 Dec 198710.2 km9110.232,900
110Puerto Rico San Juan6 Jun 200517.2 km16117.224,700
111Russia Kazan27 Aug 20058.3 km618.319,200
112USA Cleveland15 Mar 195531.0 km18131.013,700
113Japan Naha10 Aug 200312.8 km15112.8
114Saudi Arabia Mecca13 Nov 201018.1 km9118.1
115Chile Valparaiso23 Nov 200543.0 km20143.0
116USA Jacksonville30 May 19896.9 km616.9
117Italy Catania27 Jun 19993.8 km613.8
118USA Buffalo18 May 19858.4 km818.4
119Poland Poznan1 Mar 19976.1 km616.1
120Germany Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 19845.5 km915.5
121Germany Stuttgart10 Jun 196624.0 km19212.0
122Germany Duisburg11 Jul 199214.3 km1327.2
123Germany Bielefeld21 Sep 19715.2 km741.3
124Italy Perugia29 Jan 20083.0 km713.0
125China Shenyang27 Sep 201027.8 km22127.8
126USA Las Vegas15 Jul 20046.2 km716.2
127USA Seattle18 Jul 200922.2 km12122.2
128Germany Wuppertal1 Mar 190113.3 km20113.3
129Belgium Antwerp25 Mar 19757.6 km1123.8
130India Mumbai171.0 km73534.2
131Belgium Charleroi21 Jun 197617.5 km2044.4
132Italy Turin4 Feb 20069.6 km1419.6
133Netherlands The Hague16 Oct 200427.9 km3039.3
134USA Pittsburgh3 Jul 19851.5 km311.5
135Germany Ludwigshafen29 May 19694.0 km110
136Germany Essen5 Oct 196720.2 km2736.7
137Germany Bochum26 May 197921.5 km29210.8
138USA Newark26 May 19352.2 km412.2
139Ukraine Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 198618.0 km12118.0
140USA Saint Louis31 Jul 199373.4 km37236.7
141Japan Chiba28 Mar 198815.5 km1827.8
142Brazil Porto Alegre2 Mar 198533.8 km17133.8
143Spain Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 20078.3 km918.3
144United Arab Emirates Dubai9 Sep 200952.1 km26152.1
145China Dalian1 May 200349.0 km12149.0
146Germany Duesseldorf4 Oct 19819.6 km1424.8
147Japan Kitakyushu9 Jan 19858.8 km1318.8
148China Chongqing18 Jun 200519.5 km18119.5
149Germany Mulheim3 Nov 19799.0 km1324.5
150Japan Kamakura3 Mar 19706.6 km816.6
151China ChangchunOct 200217.0 km16117.0
152Turkey Bursa19 Aug 200222.5 km23122.5
153Venezuela Maracaibo8 Jun 20096.5 km616.5
154Israel Haifa19591.8 km611.8
155Australia Sydney192622.1 km1437.4
156Italy Genoa13 Jun 19905.2 km715.2
157Canada Edmonton22 Apr 197820.4 km15120.4
158China Chengdu27 Sep 201018.5 km16118.5
159Switzerland Lausanne24 May 199113.7 km2926.8
160USA DetroitJul 19874.8 km1314.8
161Germany Cologne11 Oct 196845.0 km51153.0
162Russia Volgograd5 Nov 19843.3 km213.3
163Spain Valencia3 Oct 198831.8 km38310.6
164France Rouen17 Dec 19942.2 km512.2
165Mexico Monterrey25 Apr 199131.5 km32215.8
166India Chennai19 Oct 199727.0 km17127.0
167Germany Hanover28 Sep 197518.6 km2136.2
168Brazil Recife11 Mar 198539.7 km30219.9
169Japan Tama27 Nov 199816.0 km19116.0
170Portugal Oporto7 Dec 200221.7 km15210.9
171Mexico Guadalajara1 Sep 198924.0 km29212.0
172Peru Lima13 Jan 200310.0 km6110.0
173Germany Frankfurt4 Oct 196820.5 km3136.8
174Germany Bonn22 Mar 19759.0 km1219.0
175Turkey Adana18 Mar 20098.0 km818.0
176Brazil Belo Horizonte1 Aug 198628.1 km19128.1
177Spain Seville2 Apr 200918.0 km21118.0
178Germany Dortmund17 May 197629.5 km3739.8





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