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





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