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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 km4684220.874.33 million
2France Paris19 Jul 1900213.0 km3803000.714.05 million
3South Korea Seoul15 Aug 1974286.9 km3482980.965.61 million
4Japan Tokyo30 Dec 1927304.5 km2902051.498.7 million
5Spain Madrid17 Oct 1919284.0 km2812311.231.78 million
6China Shanghai10 Apr 1995420.0 km2782351.793.56 million
7United Kingdom London10 Jan 1863408.0 km2682681.522.99 million
8Germany Berlin18 Feb 1902147.4 km1951730.851.39 million
9Russia Moscow15 May 1935302.0 km1821462.076.55 million
10Mexico Mexico City5 Sep 1969201.7 km1751471.373.88 million
11Spain Barcelona30 Dec 1924119.4 km1621350.881.11 million
12USA Chicago6 Jun 1892166.0 km1511441.15542,000
13China Beijing1 Oct 1969227.6 km1471251.823.99 million
14Japan Osaka20 May 1933137.8 km1331041.332.36 million
15India Delhi24 Dec 2002138.8 km1161131.23838,000
16China Guangzhou28 Jun 1999176.3 km1111011.751.85 million
17Sweden Stockholm1 Oct 1950105.7 km1041001.06841,000
18Austria Vienna25 Feb 197874.6 km102900.831.4 million
19Germany Munich19 Oct 197194.2 km102960.98962,000
20Chile Santiago15 Sep 197592.4 km101930.991.67 million
21Germany Hamburg1 Mar 1912100.7 km97891.13518,000
22China Hong Kong1 Oct 1979188.1 km95822.293.62 million
23Japan Nagoya15 Nov 195789.0 km93821.091.17 million
24South Korea Busan19 Jul 198595.0 km92881.08704,000
25USA Washington27 Mar 1976171.2 km90861.99611,000
26Italy Milan1 Nov 196474.6 km88840.89899,000
27Singapore Singapore7 Nov 1987129.7 km87781.661.81 million
28Taiwan Taipei28 Mar 199694.2 km85801.181.27 million
29Argentina Buenos Aires1 Dec 191348.1 km77680.71789,000
30Canada Toronto30 Apr 195471.3 km74691.03762,000
31India Mumbai171.0 km73732.34
32Canada Montreal14 Oct 196669.2 km73681.02600,000
33Norway Oslo22 May 196662.0 km73730.85214,000
34USA Boston1 Sep 189760.5 km66601.01400,000
35USA Philadelphia4 Mar 190762.0 km66621.00192,000
36Brazil Sao Paulo14 Sep 197469.7 km63591.181.93 million
37Russia Saint Petersburg15 Nov 1955110.2 km63552.002.25 million
38France Lille25 Apr 198345.5 km62600.76203,000
39Belgium Brussels20 Sep 197632.2 km61590.55364,000
40United Kingdom Newcastle7 Aug 198076.5 km61501.53104,000
41Malaysia Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 199664.0 km60561.14299,000
42China Nanjing27 Aug 200584.7 km57551.54400,000
43Czech Republic Prague9 May 197459.1 km57541.091.6 million
44South Korea Daegu26 Nov 199753.9 km56550.98301,000
45Iran Tehran21 Feb 200066.0 km55521.271.26 million
46Egypt Cairo27 Sep 198765.5 km55531.241.92 million
47Greece Athens195452.0 km53491.06937,000
48Thailand Bangkok5 Dec 199974.9 km52461.63564,000
49Portugal Lisbon29 Dec 195941.0 km52460.89488,000
50Germany Cologne11 Oct 196845.0 km51510.88
51Romania Bucharest16 Nov 197967.7 km50431.57304,000
52Venezuela Caracas27 Mar 198360.5 km50461.321.25 million
53Japan Sapporo16 Dec 197148.0 km49461.04573,000
54Canada Vancouver3 Jan 198669.5 km49471.48203,000
55Italy Rome10 Feb 195539.0 km49480.81907,000
56Japan Yokohama16 Dec 197257.6 km48451.28542,000
57Ukraine Kiev22 Oct 196059.8 km46431.391.76 million
58Germany Nuremberg1 Mar 197234.6 km46440.79315,000
59Philippines Manila1 Dec 198451.5 km43401.29948,000
60USA San Francisco11 Sep 1972166.9 km43433.88274,000
61France Lyon28 Apr 197830.7 km43390.79499,000
62Hungary Budapest2 May 189633.0 km42400.83814,000
63USA Atlanta30 Jun 197979.2 km39382.0893,200
64Netherlands Rotterdam10 Feb 196847.0 km38371.27238,000
65France Toulouse26 Jun 199327.5 km38370.74115,000
66Spain Bilbao11 Nov 199540.6 km38381.07238,000
67Spain Valencia3 Oct 198831.8 km38370.86
68Taiwan Kaohsiung9 Mar 200842.7 km37361.1982,200
69USA Saint Louis31 Jul 199373.4 km37371.98
70China Tianjin28 Mar 200472.0 km37371.9541,100
71Germany Dortmund17 May 197629.5 km37370.80
72Japan Fukuoka26 Jul 198129.8 km35340.88340,000
73Brazil Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 197942.0 km34341.24370,000
74Netherlands Amsterdam16 Oct 197732.7 km33330.99233,000
75Japan Kyoto1 Apr 198131.3 km32311.01345,000
76Mexico Monterrey25 Apr 199131.5 km32311.02
77Germany Frankfurt4 Oct 196820.5 km31270.76
78Italy Naples28 Mar 199331.8 km30281.1479,500
79France Marseille26 Nov 197721.8 km30280.78159,000
80Netherlands The Hague16 Oct 200427.9 km30300.93
81USA Los Angeles30 Jan 199359.3 km30301.98129,000
82Brazil Recife11 Mar 198539.7 km30281.42
83South Korea Incheon6 Oct 199929.5 km29291.02200,000
84Germany Bochum26 May 197921.5 km29270.80
85Uzbekistan Tashkent6 Nov 197736.2 km29261.39195,000
86Switzerland Lausanne24 May 199113.7 km29280.49
87Mexico Guadalajara1 Sep 198924.0 km29280.86
88Ukraine Kharkov23 Aug 197535.3 km28251.41762,000
89Germany Essen5 Oct 196720.2 km27270.75
90China Wuhan28 Sep 200428.0 km27271.0435,600
91Japan Kobe13 Mar 197730.6 km26241.28332,000
92United Arab Emirates Dubai9 Sep 200952.1 km26262.00
93Colombia Medellin30 Nov 199528.8 km26251.15425,000
94Belarus Minsk26 Jun 198430.3 km25241.26718,000
95Brazil Brasilia31 Mar 200142.0 km24241.7543,800
96Turkey Ankara30 Aug 199623.1 km23221.05310,000
97Turkey Bursa19 Aug 200222.5 km23230.98
98China Shenzhen28 Dec 200425.3 km23221.15362,000
99India Kolkata24 Oct 198422.6 km23230.98474,000
100Azerbaijan Baku6 Nov 196732.9 km22211.56482,000
101USA Miami21 May 198436.0 km22221.6449,300
102Georgia Tbilisi11 Jan 196626.3 km22211.25252,000
103China Shenyang27 Sep 201027.8 km22221.26
104Denmark Copenhagen19 Oct 200221.0 km22220.95126,000
105South Korea Daejeon16 Mar 200622.6 km22221.0379,500
106Japan Hiroshima20 Aug 199418.4 km21210.8849,300
107Poland Warsaw7 Apr 199522.6 km21211.08345,000
108Germany Hanover28 Sep 197518.6 km21171.09
109Spain Seville2 Apr 200918.0 km21210.86
110Chile Valparaiso23 Nov 200543.0 km20202.15
111South Korea Gwangju28 Apr 200420.1 km20201.0146,600
112Germany Wuppertal1 Mar 190113.3 km20200.67
113Belgium Charleroi21 Jun 197617.5 km20200.88
114Germany Stuttgart10 Jun 196624.0 km19171.41
115Japan Tama27 Nov 199816.0 km19190.84
116Brazil Belo Horizonte1 Aug 198628.1 km19191.48
117USA Cleveland15 Mar 195531.0 km18181.7213,700
118Japan Chiba28 Mar 198815.5 km18180.86
119China Chongqing18 Jun 200519.5 km18181.08
120Finland Helsinki3 Aug 198221.0 km17171.24156,000
121Brazil Porto Alegre2 Mar 198533.8 km17171.99
122Japan Sendai15 Jul 198714.8 km17170.87159,000
123India Chennai19 Oct 199727.0 km17171.59
124North Korea Pyongyang6 Sep 197322.5 km16151.5095,900
125Dominican Republic Santo Domingo30 Jan 200914.5 km16160.91200,000
126China ChangchunOct 200217.0 km16161.06
127China Chengdu27 Sep 201018.5 km16161.16
128Puerto Rico San Juan6 Jun 200517.2 km16161.0824,700
129Japan Naha10 Aug 200312.8 km15150.85
130United Kingdom Glasgow14 Dec 189610.4 km15150.6941,100
131France Rennes16 Mar 20029.0 km15150.6063,000
132Canada Edmonton22 Apr 197820.4 km15151.36
133Portugal Oporto7 Dec 200221.7 km15141.55
134Italy Turin4 Feb 20069.6 km14140.69
135Germany Duesseldorf4 Oct 19819.6 km14140.68
136Russia Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 198515.5 km14131.1990,400
137USA Baltimore21 Nov 198324.5 km14141.7535,600
138Australia Sydney192622.1 km14141.58
139Bulgaria Sofia28 Jan 199818.0 km14141.2979,500
140Russia Novosibirsk7 Jan 198614.3 km13121.19192,000
141Germany Duisburg11 Jul 199214.3 km13131.10
142Japan Kitakyushu9 Jan 19858.8 km13130.68
143Germany Mulheim3 Nov 19799.0 km13120.75
144USA DetroitJul 19874.8 km13130.37
145USA Seattle18 Jul 200922.2 km12121.85
146Ukraine Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 198618.0 km12121.50
147China Dalian1 May 200349.0 km12124.08
148Germany Bonn22 Mar 19759.0 km12120.75
149Belgium Antwerp25 Mar 19757.6 km11110.69
150Germany Ludwigshafen29 May 19694.0 km11110.36
151Armenia Yerevan7 Mar 198112.1 km10101.2146,600
152Turkey Izmir22 May 200011.5 km10101.1582,200
153Turkey Istanbul16 Sep 200015.0 km10101.50186,000
154Saudi Arabia Mecca13 Nov 201018.1 km992.01
155Germany Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 19845.5 km990.61
156Spain Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 20078.3 km990.92
157Russia Samara26 Dec 198710.2 km991.1332,900
158USA Buffalo18 May 19858.4 km881.04
159Japan Kamakura3 Mar 19706.6 km880.82
160Turkey Adana18 Mar 20098.0 km881.00
161USA Las Vegas15 Jul 20046.2 km770.89
162Germany Bielefeld21 Sep 19715.2 km770.74
163Italy Perugia29 Jan 20083.0 km770.43
164Venezuela Valencia18 Oct 20066.2 km770.8949,300
165Italy Genoa13 Jun 19905.2 km770.74
166Russia Yekaterinburg26 Apr 19918.5 km771.21126,000
167USA Jacksonville30 May 19896.9 km661.15
168Italy Catania27 Jun 19993.8 km660.63
169Poland Poznan1 Mar 19976.1 km661.02
170Ukraine Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 19957.1 km661.1838,400
171Venezuela Maracaibo8 Jun 20096.5 km661.08
172Israel Haifa19591.8 km660.29
173Russia Kazan27 Aug 20058.3 km661.3819,200
174Peru Lima13 Jan 200310.0 km661.67
175France Rouen17 Dec 19942.2 km550.44
176USA Newark26 May 19352.2 km440.55
177USA Pittsburgh3 Jul 19851.5 km330.48
178Russia Volgograd5 Nov 19843.3 km221.65





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