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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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1United Arab Emirates Dubai9 Sep 200932.4 mi26132.4
2China Dalian1 May 200330.5 mi12130.5
3Chile Valparaiso23 Nov 200526.7 mi20126.7
4China Nanjing27 Aug 200552.6 mi57226.3400,000
5Brazil Brasilia31 Mar 200126.1 mi24126.143,800
6USA Atlanta30 Jun 197949.2 mi39224.693,200
7United Kingdom Newcastle7 Aug 198047.5 mi61223.8104,000
8United Kingdom London10 Jan 1863253.6 mi2681123.12.99 million
9USA Saint Louis31 Jul 199345.6 mi37222.8
10USA Miami21 May 198422.4 mi22122.449,300
11China Tianjin28 Mar 200444.7 mi37222.441,100
12China Guangzhou28 Jun 1999109.6 mi111521.91.85 million
13Sweden Stockholm1 Oct 195065.7 mi104321.9841,000
14China Shanghai10 Apr 1995261.0 mi2781221.83.56 million
15India Delhi24 Dec 200286.2 mi116421.6838,000
16USA Washington27 Mar 1976106.4 mi90521.3611,000
17India Mumbai106.3 mi73521.3
18Brazil Porto Alegre2 Mar 198521.0 mi17121.0
19Germany Hamburg1 Mar 191262.6 mi97320.9518,000
20USA San Francisco11 Sep 1972103.7 mi43520.7274,000
21Egypt Cairo27 Sep 198740.7 mi55220.41.92 million
22Singapore Singapore7 Nov 198780.6 mi87420.21.81 million
23South Korea Busan19 Jul 198559.0 mi92319.7704,000
24USA Cleveland15 Mar 195519.3 mi18119.313,700
25South Korea Incheon6 Oct 199918.3 mi29118.3200,000
26South Korea Seoul15 Aug 1974178.3 mi3481017.85.61 million
27Brazil Belo Horizonte1 Aug 198617.5 mi19117.5
28China Wuhan28 Sep 200417.4 mi27117.435,600
29China Shenyang27 Sep 201017.3 mi22117.3
30India Chennai19 Oct 199716.8 mi17116.8
31South Korea Daegu26 Nov 199733.5 mi56216.7301,000
32China Beijing1 Oct 1969141.4 mi147915.73.99 million
33Russia Moscow15 May 1935187.7 mi1821215.66.55 million
34Italy Milan1 Nov 196446.4 mi88315.5899,000
35USA Baltimore21 Nov 198315.2 mi14115.235,600
36Netherlands Rotterdam10 Feb 196829.2 mi38214.6238,000
37Japan Tokyo30 Dec 1927189.2 mi2901314.68.7 million
38Canada Vancouver3 Jan 198643.2 mi49314.4203,000
39France Lille25 Apr 198328.3 mi62214.1203,000
40Poland Warsaw7 Apr 199514.0 mi21114.0345,000
41South Korea Daejeon16 Mar 200614.0 mi22114.079,500
42India Kolkata24 Oct 198414.0 mi23114.0474,000
43Turkey Bursa19 Aug 200214.0 mi23114.0
44Japan Nagoya15 Nov 195755.3 mi93413.81.17 million
45USA Seattle18 Jul 200913.8 mi12113.8
46Russia Saint Petersburg15 Nov 195568.5 mi63513.72.25 million
47Iran Tehran21 Feb 200041.0 mi55313.71.26 million
48Spain Madrid17 Oct 1919176.5 mi2811313.61.78 million
49Taiwan Kaohsiung9 Mar 200826.5 mi37213.382,200
50Malaysia Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 199639.8 mi60313.3299,000
51Brazil Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 197926.1 mi34213.1370,000
52Finland Helsinki3 Aug 198213.1 mi17113.1156,000
53China Hong Kong1 Oct 1979116.9 mi95913.03.62 million
54USA Chicago6 Jun 1892103.2 mi151812.9542,000
55USA Philadelphia4 Mar 190738.5 mi66312.8192,000
56Canada Edmonton22 Apr 197812.7 mi15112.7
57Spain Bilbao11 Nov 199525.2 mi38212.6238,000
58USA Boston1 Sep 189737.6 mi66312.5400,000
59South Korea Gwangju28 Apr 200412.5 mi20112.546,600
60Ukraine Kiev22 Oct 196037.2 mi46312.41.76 million
61Brazil Recife11 Mar 198524.7 mi30212.3
62USA Los Angeles30 Jan 199336.9 mi30312.3129,000
63Czech Republic Prague9 May 197436.7 mi57312.21.6 million
64China Chongqing18 Jun 200512.1 mi18112.1
65Italy Rome10 Feb 195524.2 mi49212.1907,000
66Japan Yokohama16 Dec 197235.8 mi48311.9542,000
67Thailand Bangkok5 Dec 199946.6 mi52411.6564,000
68China Chengdu27 Sep 201011.5 mi16111.5
69Chile Santiago15 Sep 197557.4 mi101511.51.67 million
70Japan Hiroshima20 Aug 199411.4 mi21111.449,300
71Mexico Mexico City5 Sep 1969125.4 mi1751111.43.88 million
72Saudi Arabia Mecca13 Nov 201011.2 mi9111.2
73Ukraine Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 198611.2 mi12111.2
74Bulgaria Sofia28 Jan 199811.2 mi14111.279,500
75Spain Seville2 Apr 200911.2 mi21111.2
76Canada Toronto30 Apr 195444.3 mi74411.1762,000
77Greece Athens195432.3 mi53310.8937,000
78Canada Montreal14 Oct 196643.0 mi73410.8600,000
79Puerto Rico San Juan6 Jun 200510.7 mi16110.724,700
80Philippines Manila1 Dec 198432.0 mi43310.7948,000
81China ChangchunOct 200210.6 mi16110.6
82Romania Bucharest16 Nov 197942.1 mi50410.5304,000
83Azerbaijan Baku6 Nov 196720.4 mi22210.2482,000
84Japan Sapporo16 Dec 197129.8 mi4939.9573,000
85Japan Tama27 Nov 19989.9 mi1919.9
86Mexico Monterrey25 Apr 199119.6 mi3229.8
87Germany Munich19 Oct 197158.5 mi10269.8962,000
88Japan Kyoto1 Apr 198119.5 mi3229.7345,000
89Japan Osaka20 May 193385.6 mi13399.52.36 million
90Japan Kobe13 Mar 197719.0 mi2629.5332,000
91Belarus Minsk26 Jun 198418.8 mi2529.4718,000
92Turkey Istanbul16 Sep 20009.3 mi1019.3186,000
93Austria Vienna25 Feb 197846.4 mi10259.31.4 million
94Japan Sendai15 Jul 19879.2 mi1719.2159,000
95Germany Berlin18 Feb 190291.6 mi195109.21.39 million
96Dominican Republic Santo Domingo30 Jan 20099.0 mi1619.0200,000
97Colombia Medellin30 Nov 199517.9 mi2628.9425,000
98Brazil Sao Paulo14 Sep 197443.3 mi6358.71.93 million
99France Toulouse26 Jun 199317.1 mi3828.5115,000
100USA New York27 Oct 1904228.7 mi468278.54.33 million
101France Paris19 Jul 1900132.4 mi380168.34.05 million
102Germany Wuppertal1 Mar 19018.3 mi2018.3
103Georgia Tbilisi11 Jan 196616.3 mi2228.2252,000
104Japan Naha10 Aug 20038.0 mi1518.0
105China Shenzhen28 Dec 200415.7 mi2327.9362,000
106Norway Oslo22 May 196638.5 mi7357.7214,000
107Armenia Yerevan7 Mar 19817.5 mi1017.546,600
108Venezuela Caracas27 Mar 198337.6 mi5057.51.25 million
109Uzbekistan Tashkent6 Nov 197722.5 mi2937.5195,000
110Germany Stuttgart10 Jun 196614.9 mi1927.5
111Mexico Guadalajara1 Sep 198914.9 mi2927.5
112Taiwan Taipei28 Mar 199658.5 mi8587.31.27 million
113Ukraine Kharkov23 Aug 197521.9 mi2837.3762,000
114Turkey Ankara30 Aug 199614.4 mi2327.2310,000
115Germany Nuremberg1 Mar 197221.5 mi4637.2315,000
116Turkey Izmir22 May 20007.1 mi1017.182,200
117North Korea Pyongyang6 Sep 197314.0 mi1627.095,900
118Hungary Budapest2 May 189620.5 mi4236.8814,000
119France Marseille26 Nov 197713.5 mi3026.8159,000
120Spain Barcelona30 Dec 192474.2 mi162116.71.11 million
121Portugal Oporto7 Dec 200213.5 mi1526.7
122Germany Bochum26 May 197913.4 mi2926.7
123Belgium Brussels20 Sep 197620.0 mi6136.7364,000
124Italy Naples28 Mar 199319.8 mi3036.679,500
125Spain Valencia3 Oct 198819.8 mi3836.6
126Denmark Copenhagen19 Oct 200213.1 mi2226.5126,000
127United Kingdom Glasgow14 Dec 18966.5 mi1516.541,100
128Portugal Lisbon29 Dec 195925.5 mi5246.4488,000
129Russia Samara26 Dec 19876.3 mi916.332,900
130Peru Lima13 Jan 20036.2 mi616.2
131Japan Fukuoka26 Jul 198118.5 mi3536.2340,000
132Germany Dortmund17 May 197618.3 mi3736.1
133Italy Turin4 Feb 20066.0 mi1416.0
134Netherlands The Hague16 Oct 200417.3 mi3035.8
135France Rennes16 Mar 20025.6 mi1515.663,000
136Germany Bonn22 Mar 19755.6 mi1215.6
137Japan Kitakyushu9 Jan 19855.5 mi1315.5
138Russia Yekaterinburg26 Apr 19915.3 mi715.3126,000
139USA Buffalo18 May 19855.2 mi815.2
140Spain Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 20075.2 mi915.2
141Russia Kazan27 Aug 20055.2 mi615.219,200
142Netherlands Amsterdam16 Oct 197720.3 mi3345.1233,000
143Argentina Buenos Aires1 Dec 191329.9 mi7765.0789,000
144Turkey Adana18 Mar 20095.0 mi815.0
145Japan Chiba28 Mar 19889.6 mi1824.8
146Russia Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 19859.6 mi1424.890,400
147France Lyon28 Apr 197819.1 mi4344.8499,000
148Australia Sydney192613.7 mi1434.6
149Germany Duisburg11 Jul 19928.9 mi1324.5
150Russia Novosibirsk7 Jan 19868.9 mi1324.4192,000
151Ukraine Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 19954.4 mi614.438,400
152USA Jacksonville30 May 19894.3 mi614.3
153Switzerland Lausanne24 May 19918.5 mi2924.3
154Germany Frankfurt4 Oct 196812.7 mi3134.2
155Germany Essen5 Oct 196712.6 mi2734.2
156Japan Kamakura3 Mar 19704.1 mi814.1
157Venezuela Maracaibo8 Jun 20094.0 mi614.0
158Germany Hanover28 Sep 197511.6 mi2133.9
159USA Las Vegas15 Jul 20043.9 mi713.9
160Venezuela Valencia18 Oct 20063.9 mi713.949,300
161Poland Poznan1 Mar 19973.8 mi613.8
162Germany Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 19843.4 mi913.4
163Italy Genoa13 Jun 19903.2 mi713.2
164USA DetroitJul 19873.0 mi1313.0
165Germany Duesseldorf4 Oct 19816.0 mi1423.0
166Germany Mulheim3 Nov 19795.6 mi1322.8
167Belgium Charleroi21 Jun 197610.9 mi2042.7
168Italy Catania27 Jun 19992.4 mi612.4
169Belgium Antwerp25 Mar 19754.7 mi1122.4
170Russia Volgograd5 Nov 19842.1 mi212.1
171Italy Perugia29 Jan 20081.9 mi711.9
172Germany Cologne11 Oct 196828.0 mi51151.9
173USA Newark26 May 19351.4 mi411.4
174France Rouen17 Dec 19941.4 mi511.4
175Israel Haifa19591.1 mi611.1
176USA Pittsburgh3 Jul 19850.9 mi310.9
177Germany Bielefeld21 Sep 19713.2 mi740.8
178Germany Ludwigshafen29 May 19692.5 mi110





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