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





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