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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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1Israel1959 Haifa1.8 km660.29
2Germany29 May 1969 Ludwigshafen4.0 km11110.36
3USAJul 1987 Detroit4.8 km13130.37
4Italy29 Jan 2008 Perugia3.0 km770.43
5France17 Dec 1994 Rouen2.2 km550.44
6USA3 Jul 1985 Pittsburgh1.5 km330.48
7Switzerland24 May 1991 Lausanne13.7 km29280.49
8Belgium20 Sep 1976 Brussels32.2 km61590.55364,000
9USA26 May 1935 Newark2.2 km440.55
10France16 Mar 2002 Rennes9.0 km15150.6063,000
11Germany1 Sep 1984 Gelsenkirchen5.5 km990.61
12Italy27 Jun 1999 Catania3.8 km660.63
13Germany1 Mar 1901 Wuppertal13.3 km20200.67
14Japan9 Jan 1985 Kitakyushu8.8 km13130.68
15Germany4 Oct 1981 Duesseldorf9.6 km14140.68
16Italy4 Feb 2006 Turin9.6 km14140.69
17Belgium25 Mar 1975 Antwerp7.6 km11110.69
18United Kingdom14 Dec 1896 Glasgow10.4 km15150.6941,100
19Argentina1 Dec 1913 Buenos Aires48.1 km77680.71789,000
20France19 Jul 1900 Paris213.0 km3803000.714.05 million
21Germany21 Sep 1971 Bielefeld5.2 km770.74
22Italy13 Jun 1990 Genoa5.2 km770.74
23France26 Jun 1993 Toulouse27.5 km38370.74115,000
24Germany5 Oct 1967 Essen20.2 km27270.75
25Germany22 Mar 1975 Bonn9.0 km12120.75
26Germany3 Nov 1979 Mulheim9.0 km13120.75
27France25 Apr 1983 Lille45.5 km62600.76203,000
28Germany4 Oct 1968 Frankfurt20.5 km31270.76
29France26 Nov 1977 Marseille21.8 km30280.78159,000
30Germany1 Mar 1972 Nuremberg34.6 km46440.79315,000
31France28 Apr 1978 Lyon30.7 km43390.79499,000
32Germany17 May 1976 Dortmund29.5 km37370.80
33Germany26 May 1979 Bochum21.5 km29270.80
34Italy10 Feb 1955 Rome39.0 km49480.81907,000
35Japan3 Mar 1970 Kamakura6.6 km880.82
36Hungary2 May 1896 Budapest33.0 km42400.83814,000
37Austria25 Feb 1978 Vienna74.6 km102900.831.4 million
38Japan27 Nov 1998 Tama16.0 km19190.84
39Norway22 May 1966 Oslo62.0 km73730.85214,000
40Germany18 Feb 1902 Berlin147.4 km1951730.851.39 million
41Japan10 Aug 2003 Naha12.8 km15150.85
42Mexico1 Sep 1989 Guadalajara24.0 km29280.86
43Spain2 Apr 2009 Seville18.0 km21210.86
44Spain3 Oct 1988 Valencia31.8 km38370.86
45Japan28 Mar 1988 Chiba15.5 km18180.86
46Japan15 Jul 1987 Sendai14.8 km17170.87159,000
47USA27 Oct 1904 New York368.0 km4684220.874.33 million
48Belgium21 Jun 1976 Charleroi17.5 km20200.88
49Japan20 Aug 1994 Hiroshima18.4 km21210.8849,300
50Japan26 Jul 1981 Fukuoka29.8 km35340.88340,000
51Germany11 Oct 1968 Cologne45.0 km51510.88
52Spain30 Dec 1924 Barcelona119.4 km1621350.881.11 million
53USA15 Jul 2004 Las Vegas6.2 km770.89
54Venezuela18 Oct 2006 Valencia6.2 km770.8949,300
55Italy1 Nov 1964 Milan74.6 km88840.89899,000
56Portugal29 Dec 1959 Lisbon41.0 km52460.89488,000
57Dominican Republic30 Jan 2009 Santo Domingo14.5 km16160.91200,000
58Spain25 Apr 2007 Palma de Mallorca8.3 km990.92
59Netherlands16 Oct 2004 The Hague27.9 km30300.93
60Denmark19 Oct 2002 Copenhagen21.0 km22220.95126,000
61South Korea15 Aug 1974 Seoul286.9 km3482980.965.61 million
62Turkey19 Aug 2002 Bursa22.5 km23230.98
63South Korea26 Nov 1997 Daegu53.9 km56550.98301,000
64Germany19 Oct 1971 Munich94.2 km102960.98962,000
65India24 Oct 1984 Kolkata22.6 km23230.98474,000
66Netherlands16 Oct 1977 Amsterdam32.7 km33330.99233,000
67Chile15 Sep 1975 Santiago92.4 km101930.991.67 million
68USA4 Mar 1907 Philadelphia62.0 km66621.00192,000
69Turkey18 Mar 2009 Adana8.0 km881.00
70South Korea28 Apr 2004 Gwangju20.1 km20201.0146,600
71USA1 Sep 1897 Boston60.5 km66601.01400,000
72Japan1 Apr 1981 Kyoto31.3 km32311.01345,000
73Mexico25 Apr 1991 Monterrey31.5 km32311.02
74Poland1 Mar 1997 Poznan6.1 km661.02
75South Korea6 Oct 1999 Incheon29.5 km29291.02200,000
76Canada14 Oct 1966 Montreal69.2 km73681.02600,000
77South Korea16 Mar 2006 Daejeon22.6 km22221.0379,500
78Canada30 Apr 1954 Toronto71.3 km74691.03762,000
79China28 Sep 2004 Wuhan28.0 km27271.0435,600
80Japan16 Dec 1971 Sapporo48.0 km49461.04573,000
81USA18 May 1985 Buffalo8.4 km881.04
82Turkey30 Aug 1996 Ankara23.1 km23221.05310,000
83Sweden1 Oct 1950 Stockholm105.7 km1041001.06841,000
84Greece1954 Athens52.0 km53491.06937,000
85ChinaOct 2002 Changchun17.0 km16161.06
86Spain11 Nov 1995 Bilbao40.6 km38381.07238,000
87Puerto Rico6 Jun 2005 San Juan17.2 km16161.0824,700
88Poland7 Apr 1995 Warsaw22.6 km21211.08345,000
89South Korea19 Jul 1985 Busan95.0 km92881.08704,000
90China18 Jun 2005 Chongqing19.5 km18181.08
91Venezuela8 Jun 2009 Maracaibo6.5 km661.08
92Japan15 Nov 1957 Nagoya89.0 km93821.091.17 million
93Germany28 Sep 1975 Hanover18.6 km21171.09
94Czech Republic9 May 1974 Prague59.1 km57541.091.6 million
95Germany11 Jul 1992 Duisburg14.3 km13131.10
96Germany1 Mar 1912 Hamburg100.7 km97891.13518,000
97Russia26 Dec 1987 Samara10.2 km991.1332,900
98Italy28 Mar 1993 Naples31.8 km30281.1479,500
99Malaysia16 Dec 1996 Kuala Lumpur64.0 km60561.14299,000
100China28 Dec 2004 Shenzhen25.3 km23221.15362,000
101Turkey22 May 2000 Izmir11.5 km10101.1582,200
102USA30 May 1989 Jacksonville6.9 km661.15
103Colombia30 Nov 1995 Medellin28.8 km26251.15425,000
104USA6 Jun 1892 Chicago166.0 km1511441.15542,000
105China27 Sep 2010 Chengdu18.5 km16161.16
106Taiwan28 Mar 1996 Taipei94.2 km85801.181.27 million
107Brazil14 Sep 1974 Sao Paulo69.7 km63591.181.93 million
108Ukraine29 Dec 1995 Dnepropetrovsk7.1 km661.1838,400
109Taiwan9 Mar 2008 Kaohsiung42.7 km37361.1982,200
110Russia7 Jan 1986 Novosibirsk14.3 km13121.19192,000
111Russia20 Nov 1985 Nizhny Novgorod15.5 km14131.1990,400
112Armenia7 Mar 1981 Yerevan12.1 km10101.2146,600
113Russia26 Apr 1991 Yekaterinburg8.5 km771.21126,000
114India24 Dec 2002 Delhi138.8 km1161131.23838,000
115Spain17 Oct 1919 Madrid284.0 km2812311.231.78 million
116Brazil5 Mar 1979 Rio de Janeiro42.0 km34341.24370,000
117Finland3 Aug 1982 Helsinki21.0 km17171.24156,000
118Egypt27 Sep 1987 Cairo65.5 km55531.241.92 million
119Georgia11 Jan 1966 Tbilisi26.3 km22211.25252,000
120Belarus26 Jun 1984 Minsk30.3 km25241.26718,000
121China27 Sep 2010 Shenyang27.8 km22221.26
122Iran21 Feb 2000 Tehran66.0 km55521.271.26 million
123Netherlands10 Feb 1968 Rotterdam47.0 km38371.27238,000
124Japan13 Mar 1977 Kobe30.6 km26241.28332,000
125Japan16 Dec 1972 Yokohama57.6 km48451.28542,000
126Bulgaria28 Jan 1998 Sofia18.0 km14141.2979,500
127Philippines1 Dec 1984 Manila51.5 km43401.29948,000
128Venezuela27 Mar 1983 Caracas60.5 km50461.321.25 million
129Japan20 May 1933 Osaka137.8 km1331041.332.36 million
130Canada22 Apr 1978 Edmonton20.4 km15151.36
131Mexico5 Sep 1969 Mexico City201.7 km1751471.373.88 million
132Russia27 Aug 2005 Kazan8.3 km661.3819,200
133Ukraine22 Oct 1960 Kiev59.8 km46431.391.76 million
134Uzbekistan6 Nov 1977 Tashkent36.2 km29261.39195,000
135Germany10 Jun 1966 Stuttgart24.0 km19171.41
136Ukraine23 Aug 1975 Kharkov35.3 km28251.41762,000
137Brazil11 Mar 1985 Recife39.7 km30281.42
138Canada3 Jan 1986 Vancouver69.5 km49471.48203,000
139Brazil1 Aug 1986 Belo Horizonte28.1 km19191.48
140Japan30 Dec 1927 Tokyo304.5 km2902051.498.7 million
141North Korea6 Sep 1973 Pyongyang22.5 km16151.5095,900
142Ukraine26 Dec 1986 Kryvyi Rih18.0 km12121.50
143Turkey16 Sep 2000 Istanbul15.0 km10101.50186,000
144United Kingdom10 Jan 1863 London408.0 km2682681.522.99 million
145United Kingdom7 Aug 1980 Newcastle76.5 km61501.53104,000
146China27 Aug 2005 Nanjing84.7 km57551.54400,000
147Portugal7 Dec 2002 Oporto21.7 km15141.55
148Azerbaijan6 Nov 1967 Baku32.9 km22211.56482,000
149Romania16 Nov 1979 Bucharest67.7 km50431.57304,000
150Australia1926 Sydney22.1 km14141.58
151India19 Oct 1997 Chennai27.0 km17171.59
152Thailand5 Dec 1999 Bangkok74.9 km52461.63564,000
153USA21 May 1984 Miami36.0 km22221.6449,300
154Russia5 Nov 1984 Volgograd3.3 km221.65
155Singapore7 Nov 1987 Singapore129.7 km87781.661.81 million
156Peru13 Jan 2003 Lima10.0 km661.67
157USA15 Mar 1955 Cleveland31.0 km18181.7213,700
158China28 Jun 1999 Guangzhou176.3 km1111011.751.85 million
159Brazil31 Mar 2001 Brasilia42.0 km24241.7543,800
160USA21 Nov 1983 Baltimore24.5 km14141.7535,600
161China10 Apr 1995 Shanghai420.0 km2782351.793.56 million
162China1 Oct 1969 Beijing227.6 km1471251.823.99 million
163USA18 Jul 2009 Seattle22.2 km12121.85
164China28 Mar 2004 Tianjin72.0 km37371.9541,100
165USA30 Jan 1993 Los Angeles59.3 km30301.98129,000
166USA31 Jul 1993 Saint Louis73.4 km37371.98
167Brazil2 Mar 1985 Porto Alegre33.8 km17171.99
168USA27 Mar 1976 Washington171.2 km90861.99611,000
169Russia15 Nov 1955 Saint Petersburg110.2 km63552.002.25 million
170United Arab Emirates9 Sep 2009 Dubai52.1 km26262.00
171Saudi Arabia13 Nov 2010 Mecca18.1 km992.01
172Russia15 May 1935 Moscow302.0 km1821462.076.55 million
173USA30 Jun 1979 Atlanta79.2 km39382.0893,200
174Chile23 Nov 2005 Valparaiso43.0 km20202.15
175China1 Oct 1979 Hong Kong188.1 km95822.293.62 million
176India Mumbai171.0 km73732.34
177USA11 Sep 1972 San Francisco166.9 km43433.88274,000
178China1 May 2003 Dalian49.0 km12124.08





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