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World Metro Database

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A list like this one and the metro systems that appear in it may always remain somewhat controversial. One reason is that definitions of what a metro is may vary according to whom you ask (a popular definition is here). Differences between commuter rail, metros and trams are increasingly fading as new hybrid trains allow metros to include sections in streets or shared with heavy rail. 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.

Stations* with an asterisk counts each interchange station as one. Passenger numbers are annual. 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 displayed.



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1TurkeyAsia Adana18 Mar 20095.0 mi8
2NetherlandsEurope Amsterdam16 Oct 197720.3 mi3391 mio.
3TurkeyAsia Ankara30 Aug 199614.4 mi23113 mio.
4BelgiumEurope Antwerp25 Mar 19754.7 mi11
5GreeceEurope Athens195432.3 mi52325 mio.
6USAAmerica Atlanta30 Jun 197949.2 mi3934 mio.
7AzerbaijanAsia Baku6 Nov 196720.4 mi22176 mio.
8USAAmerica Baltimore21 Nov 198315.2 mi1414 mio.
9ThailandAsia Bangkok5 Dec 199928.8 mi44206 mio.
10SpainEurope Barcelona30 Dec 192468.7 mi152378 mio.
11ChinaAsia Beijing1 Oct 1969141.4 mi1471200 mio.
12BrazilAmerica Belo Horizonte1 Aug 198617.5 mi19
13GermanyEurope Berlin18 Feb 190291.6 mi195447 mio.
14GermanyEurope Bielefeld21 Sep 19713.2 mi7
15SpainEurope Bilbao11 Nov 199525.2 mi3886 mio.
16GermanyEurope Bochum26 May 197913.4 mi29
17GermanyEurope Bonn22 Mar 19755.6 mi12
18USAAmerica Boston1 Sep 189737.6 mi66145 mio.
19BrazilAmerica Brasilia31 Mar 200126.1 mi2316 mio.
20BelgiumEurope Brussels20 Sep 197620.0 mi61136 mio.
21RomaniaEurope Bucharest16 Nov 197942.1 mi50111 mio.
22HungaryEurope Budapest2 May 189620.5 mi42297 mio.
23ArgentinaAmerica Buenos Aires1 Dec 191329.5 mi76280 mio.
24USAAmerica Buffalo18 May 19855.2 mi8
25TurkeyAsia Bursa19 Aug 200214.0 mi23
26South KoreaAsia Busan19 Jul 198559.0 mi92257 mio.
27EgyptAfrica Cairo27 Sep 198740.7 mi55700 mio.
28VenezuelaAmerica Caracas27 Mar 198337.6 mi50510 mio.
29ItalyEurope Catania27 Jun 19992.4 mi6
30ChinaAsia ChangchunOct 200210.6 mi16
31BelgiumEurope Charleroi21 Jun 197610.9 mi20
32IndiaAsia Chennai19 Oct 199716.8 mi17
33JapanAsia Chiba28 Mar 19889.6 mi18
34USAAmerica Chicago6 Jun 1892103.2 mi151198 mio.
35ChinaAsia Chongqing18 Jun 200512.1 mi18
36USAAmerica Cleveland15 Mar 195519.3 mi186 mio.
37GermanyEurope Cologne11 Oct 196828.0 mi51
38DenmarkEurope Copenhagen19 Oct 200213.1 mi2237 mio.
39South KoreaAsia Daegu26 Nov 199733.5 mi56110 mio.
40South KoreaAsia Daejeon16 Mar 200614.0 mi2229 mio.
41ChinaAsia Dalian1 May 200330.5 mi12
42IndiaAsia Delhi24 Dec 200259.8 mi83310 mio.
43USAAmerica DetroitJul 19873.0 mi13
44UkraineEurope Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 19954.4 mi611 mio.
45GermanyEurope Dortmund17 May 197618.3 mi37
46United Arab EmiratesAsia Dubai9 Sep 200924.7 mi11
47GermanyEurope Duesseldorf4 Oct 19816.0 mi14
48GermanyEurope Duisburg11 Jul 19928.9 mi13
49CanadaAmerica Edmonton22 Apr 19788.1 mi11
50GermanyEurope Essen5 Oct 196712.6 mi27
51GermanyEurope Frankfurt4 Oct 196812.7 mi31
52JapanAsia Fukuoka26 Jul 198118.5 mi35124 mio.
53GermanyEurope Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 19843.4 mi9
54ItalyEurope Genoa13 Jun 19903.2 mi7
55United KingdomEurope Glasgow14 Dec 18966.5 mi1515 mio.
56MexicoAmerica Guadalajara1 Sep 198914.9 mi29
57ChinaAsia Guangzhou28 Jun 199992.3 mi88601 mio.
58South KoreaAsia Gwangju28 Apr 200412.5 mi2017 mio.
59IsraelAsia Haifa19591.1 mi6
60GermanyEurope Hamburg1 Mar 191262.6 mi97184 mio.
61GermanyEurope Hanover28 Sep 197511.6 mi21
62FinlandEurope Helsinki3 Aug 198213.1 mi1758 mio.
63JapanAsia Hiroshima20 Aug 199411.4 mi2118 mio.
64ChinaAsia Hong Kong1 Oct 1979116.9 mi951309 mio.
65South KoreaAsia Incheon6 Oct 199918.3 mi2973 mio.
66TurkeyEurope Istanbul16 Sep 20009.3 mi1068 mio.
67TurkeyAsia Izmir22 May 20007.1 mi1030 mio.
68USAAmerica Jacksonville30 May 19894.3 mi6
69JapanAsia Kamakura3 Mar 19704.1 mi8
70TaiwanAsia Kaohsiung9 Mar 200826.5 mi3730 mio.
71RussiaEurope Kazan27 Aug 20055.2 mi67 mio.
72UkraineEurope Kharkov23 Aug 197521.9 mi28278 mio.
73UkraineEurope Kiev22 Oct 196037.2 mi46642 mio.
74JapanAsia Kitakyushu9 Jan 19855.5 mi13
75JapanAsia Kobe13 Mar 197719.0 mi26121 mio.
76IndiaAsia Kolkata24 Oct 198414.0 mi21100 mio.
77UkraineEurope Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 198611.2 mi12
78MalaysiaAsia Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 199639.8 mi60109 mio.
79JapanAsia Kyoto1 Apr 198119.5 mi32126 mio.
80USAAmerica Las Vegas15 Jul 20043.9 mi7
81SwitzerlandEurope Lausanne24 May 19918.5 mi29
82FranceEurope Lille25 Apr 198328.3 mi6274 mio.
83PeruAmerica Lima13 Jan 20036.2 mi6
84PortugalEurope Lisbon29 Dec 195925.5 mi52180 mio.
85United KingdomEurope London10 Jan 1863253.6 mi2681197 mio.
86USAAmerica Los Angeles30 Jan 199336.9 mi3045 mio.
87GermanyEurope Ludwigshafen29 May 19692.5 mi11
88FranceEurope Lyon28 Apr 197819.1 mi43182 mio.
89SpainEurope Madrid17 Oct 1919176.5 mi281686 mio.
90PhilippinesAsia Manila1 Dec 198428.4 mi42346 mio.
91VenezuelaAmerica Maracaibo8 Jun 20094.0 mi6
92FranceEurope Marseille26 Nov 197712.0 mi2658 mio.
93ColombiaAmerica Medellin30 Nov 199517.9 mi26155 mio.
94MexicoAmerica Mexico City5 Sep 1969125.4 mi1751460 mio.
95USAAmerica Miami21 May 198422.4 mi2219 mio.
96ItalyEurope Milan1 Nov 196446.4 mi88328 mio.
97BelarusEurope Minsk26 Jun 198418.8 mi25262 mio.
98MexicoAmerica Monterrey25 Apr 199119.6 mi32
99CanadaAmerica Montreal14 Oct 196643.0 mi73219 mio.
100RussiaEurope Moscow15 May 1935185.7 mi1802573 mio.
101GermanyEurope Mulheim3 Nov 19795.6 mi13
102IndiaAsia Mumbai106.3 mi73
103GermanyEurope Munich19 Oct 197157.5 mi100349 mio.
104JapanAsia Nagoya15 Nov 195755.3 mi93427 mio.
105JapanAsia Naha10 Aug 20038.0 mi15
106ChinaAsia Nanjing27 Aug 200513.5 mi16102 mio.
107ItalyEurope Naples28 Mar 199319.8 mi3029 mio.
108USAAmerica New York27 Oct 1904228.7 mi4681624 mio.
109USAAmerica Newark26 May 19351.4 mi4
110United KingdomEurope Newcastle7 Aug 198047.5 mi6138 mio.
111RussiaEurope Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 19859.6 mi1433 mio.
112RussiaAsia Novosibirsk7 Jan 19868.9 mi1370 mio.
113GermanyEurope Nuremberg1 Mar 197221.5 mi4692 mio.
114PortugalEurope Oporto7 Dec 200213.5 mi15
115JapanAsia Osaka20 May 193385.6 mi133860 mio.
116NorwayEurope Oslo22 May 196638.5 mi7264 mio.
117SpainEurope Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 20075.2 mi9
118FranceEurope Paris19 Jul 1900132.4 mi3801473 mio.
119ItalyEurope Perugia29 Jan 20081.9 mi7
120USAAmerica Philadelphia4 Mar 190738.5 mi6667 mio.
121USAAmerica Pittsburgh3 Jul 19850.9 mi3
122BrazilAmerica Porto Alegre2 Mar 198521.0 mi17
123PolandEurope Poznan1 Mar 19973.8 mi6
124Czech RepublicEurope Prague9 May 197436.7 mi57597 mio.
125North KoreaAsia Pyongyang6 Sep 197314.0 mi1635 mio.
126BrazilAmerica Recife11 Mar 198524.7 mi30
127FranceEurope Rennes16 Mar 20025.6 mi1523 mio.
128BrazilAmerica Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 197926.1 mi34135 mio.
129ItalyEurope Rome10 Feb 195524.2 mi49331 mio.
130NetherlandsEurope Rotterdam10 Feb 196829.2 mi3885 mio.
131FranceEurope Rouen17 Dec 19941.4 mi5
132USAAmerica Saint Louis31 Jul 199345.6 mi37
133RussiaEurope Saint Petersburg15 Nov 195568.5 mi63832 mio.
134RussiaEurope Samara26 Dec 19876.3 mi912 mio.
135USAAmerica San Francisco11 Sep 1972103.7 mi43100 mio.
136Puerto RicoAmerica San Juan6 Jun 200510.7 mi169 mio.
137ChileAmerica Santiago15 Sep 197551.6 mi93642 mio.
138Dominican RepublicAmerica Santo Domingo30 Jan 20099.0 mi16
139BrazilAmerica Sao Paulo14 Sep 197438.1 mi58684 mio.
140JapanAsia Sapporo16 Dec 197129.8 mi49209 mio.
141USAAmerica Seattle18 Jul 200913.8 mi12
142JapanAsia Sendai15 Jul 19879.2 mi1758 mio.
143South KoreaAsia Seoul15 Aug 1974178.3 mi3482048 mio.
144SpainEurope Seville2 Apr 200911.2 mi21
145ChinaAsia Shanghai10 Apr 1995207.6 mi2301122 mio.
146ChinaAsia Shenyang23 Sep 200913.8 mi18
147ChinaAsia Shenzhen28 Dec 200415.7 mi2373 mio.
148SingaporeAsia Singapore7 Nov 198773.9 mi76571 mio.
149BulgariaEurope Sofia28 Jan 199811.2 mi1451 mio.
150SwedenEurope Stockholm1 Oct 195065.7 mi104303 mio.
151GermanyEurope Stuttgart10 Jun 196614.9 mi19
152AustraliaOceania Sydney192613.7 mi14
153TaiwanAsia Taipei28 Mar 199656.3 mi85450 mio.
154JapanAsia Tama27 Nov 19989.9 mi19
155UzbekistanAsia Tashkent6 Nov 197722.5 mi2971 mio.
156GeorgiaAsia Tbilisi11 Jan 196616.3 mi2292 mio.
157IranAsia Tehran21 Feb 200031.4 mi47353 mio.
158NetherlandsEurope The Hague16 Oct 200417.3 mi30
159ChinaAsia Tianjin28 Mar 200444.7 mi3715 mio.
160JapanAsia Tokyo30 Dec 1927189.2 mi2903174 mio.
161CanadaAmerica Toronto30 Apr 195444.3 mi74278 mio.
162FranceEurope Toulouse26 Jun 199317.1 mi3842 mio.
163ItalyEurope Turin4 Feb 20066.0 mi14
164VenezuelaAmerica Valencia18 Oct 20063.9 mi718 mio.
165SpainEurope Valencia3 Oct 198819.8 mi38
166ChileAmerica Valparaiso23 Nov 200526.7 mi20
167CanadaAmerica Vancouver3 Jan 198643.2 mi4974 mio.
168AustriaEurope Vienna25 Feb 197843.4 mi96498 mio.
169RussiaEurope Volgograd5 Nov 19842.1 mi2
170PolandEurope Warsaw7 Apr 199514.0 mi21114 mio.
171USAAmerica Washington27 Mar 1976106.4 mi90215 mio.
172ChinaAsia Wuhan28 Sep 20046.3 mi10
173GermanyEurope Wuppertal1 Mar 19018.3 mi20
174RussiaAsia Yekaterinburg26 Apr 19915.3 mi746 mio.
175ArmeniaAsia Yerevan7 Mar 19817.5 mi1017 mio.
176JapanAsia Yokohama16 Dec 197235.8 mi48198 mio.


Numerical data (except ridership) by Jordi Serradell 1/2010. Ridership data by John Kennes 10/2009. Ticket prices by UBS: Prices and Earnings (PDF, p. 20) 2009. Non-numerical data by Mike Rohde 1/2010.




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