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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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1 AdanaTurkey18 Mar 2009Asia5.0 mi8
2 AmsterdamNetherlands16 Oct 1977Europe20.3 mi33233,000
3 AnkaraTurkey30 Aug 1996Asia14.4 mi23310,000
4 AntwerpBelgium25 Mar 1975Europe4.7 mi11
5 AthensGreece1954Europe32.3 mi53937,000
6 AtlantaUSA30 Jun 1979America49.2 mi3993,200
7 BakuAzerbaijan6 Nov 1967Asia20.4 mi22482,000
8 BaltimoreUSA21 Nov 1983America15.2 mi1435,600
9 BangkokThailand5 Dec 1999Asia46.6 mi52564,000
10 BarcelonaSpain30 Dec 1924Europe74.2 mi1621.11 million
11 BeijingChina1 Oct 1969Asia141.4 mi1473.99 million
12 Belo HorizonteBrazil1 Aug 1986America17.5 mi19
13 BerlinGermany18 Feb 1902Europe91.6 mi1951.39 million
14 BielefeldGermany21 Sep 1971Europe3.2 mi7
15 BilbaoSpain11 Nov 1995Europe25.2 mi38238,000
16 BochumGermany26 May 1979Europe13.4 mi29
17 BonnGermany22 Mar 1975Europe5.6 mi12
18 BostonUSA1 Sep 1897America37.6 mi66400,000
19 BrasiliaBrazil31 Mar 2001America26.1 mi2443,800
20 BrusselsBelgium20 Sep 1976Europe20.0 mi61364,000
21 BucharestRomania16 Nov 1979Europe42.1 mi50304,000
22 BudapestHungary2 May 1896Europe20.5 mi42814,000
23 Buenos AiresArgentina1 Dec 1913America29.9 mi77789,000
24 BuffaloUSA18 May 1985America5.2 mi8
25 BursaTurkey19 Aug 2002Asia14.0 mi23
26 BusanSouth Korea19 Jul 1985Asia59.0 mi92704,000
27 CairoEgypt27 Sep 1987Africa40.7 mi551.92 million
28 CaracasVenezuela27 Mar 1983America37.6 mi501.25 million
29 CataniaItaly27 Jun 1999Europe2.4 mi6
30 ChangchunChinaOct 2002Asia10.6 mi16
31 CharleroiBelgium21 Jun 1976Europe10.9 mi20
32 ChengduChina27 Sep 2010Asia11.5 mi16
33 ChennaiIndia19 Oct 1997Asia16.8 mi17
34 ChibaJapan28 Mar 1988Asia9.6 mi18
35 ChicagoUSA6 Jun 1892America103.2 mi151542,000
36 ChongqingChina18 Jun 2005Asia12.1 mi18
37 ClevelandUSA15 Mar 1955America19.3 mi1813,700
38 CologneGermany11 Oct 1968Europe28.0 mi51
39 CopenhagenDenmark19 Oct 2002Europe13.1 mi22126,000
40 DaeguSouth Korea26 Nov 1997Asia33.5 mi56301,000
41 DaejeonSouth Korea16 Mar 2006Asia14.0 mi2279,500
42 DalianChina1 May 2003Asia30.5 mi12
43 DelhiIndia24 Dec 2002Asia86.2 mi116838,000
44 DetroitUSAJul 1987America3.0 mi13
45 DnepropetrovskUkraine29 Dec 1995Europe4.4 mi638,400
46 DortmundGermany17 May 1976Europe18.3 mi37
47 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates9 Sep 2009Asia32.4 mi26
48 DuesseldorfGermany4 Oct 1981Europe6.0 mi14
49 DuisburgGermany11 Jul 1992Europe8.9 mi13
50 EdmontonCanada22 Apr 1978America12.7 mi15
51 EssenGermany5 Oct 1967Europe12.6 mi27
52 FrankfurtGermany4 Oct 1968Europe12.7 mi31
53 FukuokaJapan26 Jul 1981Asia18.5 mi35340,000
54 GelsenkirchenGermany1 Sep 1984Europe3.4 mi9
55 GenoaItaly13 Jun 1990Europe3.2 mi7
56 GlasgowUnited Kingdom14 Dec 1896Europe6.5 mi1541,100
57 GuadalajaraMexico1 Sep 1989America14.9 mi29
58 GuangzhouChina28 Jun 1999Asia109.6 mi1111.85 million
59 GwangjuSouth Korea28 Apr 2004Asia12.5 mi2046,600
60 HaifaIsrael1959Asia1.1 mi6
61 HamburgGermany1 Mar 1912Europe62.6 mi97518,000
62 HanoverGermany28 Sep 1975Europe11.6 mi21
63 HelsinkiFinland3 Aug 1982Europe13.1 mi17156,000
64 HiroshimaJapan20 Aug 1994Asia11.4 mi2149,300
65 Hong KongChina1 Oct 1979Asia116.9 mi953.62 million
66 IncheonSouth Korea6 Oct 1999Asia18.3 mi29200,000
67 IstanbulTurkey16 Sep 2000Europe9.3 mi10186,000
68 IzmirTurkey22 May 2000Asia7.1 mi1082,200
69 JacksonvilleUSA30 May 1989America4.3 mi6
70 KamakuraJapan3 Mar 1970Asia4.1 mi8
71 KaohsiungTaiwan9 Mar 2008Asia26.5 mi3782,200
72 KazanRussia27 Aug 2005Europe5.2 mi619,200
73 KharkovUkraine23 Aug 1975Europe21.9 mi28762,000
74 KievUkraine22 Oct 1960Europe37.2 mi461.76 million
75 KitakyushuJapan9 Jan 1985Asia5.5 mi13
76 KobeJapan13 Mar 1977Asia19.0 mi26332,000
77 KolkataIndia24 Oct 1984Asia14.0 mi23474,000
78 Kryvyi RihUkraine26 Dec 1986Europe11.2 mi12
79 Kuala LumpurMalaysia16 Dec 1996Asia39.8 mi60299,000
80 KyotoJapan1 Apr 1981Asia19.5 mi32345,000
81 Las VegasUSA15 Jul 2004America3.9 mi7
82 LausanneSwitzerland24 May 1991Europe8.5 mi29
83 LilleFrance25 Apr 1983Europe28.3 mi62203,000
84 LimaPeru13 Jan 2003America6.2 mi6
85 LisbonPortugal29 Dec 1959Europe25.5 mi52488,000
86 LondonUnited Kingdom10 Jan 1863Europe253.6 mi2682.99 million
87 Los AngelesUSA30 Jan 1993America36.9 mi30129,000
88 LudwigshafenGermany29 May 1969Europe2.5 mi11
89 LyonFrance28 Apr 1978Europe19.1 mi43499,000
90 MadridSpain17 Oct 1919Europe176.5 mi2811.78 million
91 ManilaPhilippines1 Dec 1984Asia32.0 mi43948,000
92 MaracaiboVenezuela8 Jun 2009America4.0 mi6
93 MarseilleFrance26 Nov 1977Europe13.5 mi30159,000
94 MeccaSaudi Arabia13 Nov 2010Asia11.2 mi9
95 MedellinColombia30 Nov 1995America17.9 mi26425,000
96 Mexico CityMexico5 Sep 1969America125.4 mi1753.88 million
97 MiamiUSA21 May 1984America22.4 mi2249,300
98 MilanItaly1 Nov 1964Europe46.4 mi88899,000
99 MinskBelarus26 Jun 1984Europe18.8 mi25718,000
100 MonterreyMexico25 Apr 1991America19.6 mi32
101 MontrealCanada14 Oct 1966America43.0 mi73600,000
102 MoscowRussia15 May 1935Europe187.7 mi1826.55 million
103 MulheimGermany3 Nov 1979Europe5.6 mi13
104 MumbaiIndiaAsia106.3 mi73
105 MunichGermany19 Oct 1971Europe58.5 mi102962,000
106 NagoyaJapan15 Nov 1957Asia55.3 mi931.17 million
107 NahaJapan10 Aug 2003Asia8.0 mi15
108 NanjingChina27 Aug 2005Asia52.6 mi57400,000
109 NaplesItaly28 Mar 1993Europe19.8 mi3079,500
110 New YorkUSA27 Oct 1904America228.7 mi4684.33 million
111 NewarkUSA26 May 1935America1.4 mi4
112 NewcastleUnited Kingdom7 Aug 1980Europe47.5 mi61104,000
113 Nizhny NovgorodRussia20 Nov 1985Europe9.6 mi1490,400
114 NovosibirskRussia7 Jan 1986Asia8.9 mi13192,000
115 NurembergGermany1 Mar 1972Europe21.5 mi46315,000
116 OportoPortugal7 Dec 2002Europe13.5 mi15
117 OsakaJapan20 May 1933Asia85.6 mi1332.36 million
118 OsloNorway22 May 1966Europe38.5 mi73214,000
119 Palma de MallorcaSpain25 Apr 2007Europe5.2 mi9
120 ParisFrance19 Jul 1900Europe132.4 mi3804.05 million
121 PerugiaItaly29 Jan 2008Europe1.9 mi7
122 PhiladelphiaUSA4 Mar 1907America38.5 mi66192,000
123 PittsburghUSA3 Jul 1985America0.9 mi3
124 Porto AlegreBrazil2 Mar 1985America21.0 mi17
125 PoznanPoland1 Mar 1997Europe3.8 mi6
126 PragueCzech Republic9 May 1974Europe36.7 mi571.6 million
127 PyongyangNorth Korea6 Sep 1973Asia14.0 mi1695,900
128 RecifeBrazil11 Mar 1985America24.7 mi30
129 RennesFrance16 Mar 2002Europe5.6 mi1563,000
130 Rio de JaneiroBrazil5 Mar 1979America26.1 mi34370,000
131 RomeItaly10 Feb 1955Europe24.2 mi49907,000
132 RotterdamNetherlands10 Feb 1968Europe29.2 mi38238,000
133 RouenFrance17 Dec 1994Europe1.4 mi5
134 Saint LouisUSA31 Jul 1993America45.6 mi37
135 Saint PetersburgRussia15 Nov 1955Europe68.5 mi632.25 million
136 SamaraRussia26 Dec 1987Europe6.3 mi932,900
137 San FranciscoUSA11 Sep 1972America103.7 mi43274,000
138 San JuanPuerto Rico6 Jun 2005America10.7 mi1624,700
139 SantiagoChile15 Sep 1975America57.4 mi1011.67 million
140 Santo DomingoDominican Republic30 Jan 2009America9.0 mi16200,000
141 Sao PauloBrazil14 Sep 1974America43.3 mi631.93 million
142 SapporoJapan16 Dec 1971Asia29.8 mi49573,000
143 SeattleUSA18 Jul 2009America13.8 mi12
144 SendaiJapan15 Jul 1987Asia9.2 mi17159,000
145 SeoulSouth Korea15 Aug 1974Asia178.3 mi3485.61 million
146 SevilleSpain2 Apr 2009Europe11.2 mi21
147 ShanghaiChina10 Apr 1995Asia261.0 mi2783.56 million
148 ShenyangChina27 Sep 2010Asia17.3 mi22
149 ShenzhenChina28 Dec 2004Asia15.7 mi23362,000
150 SingaporeSingapore7 Nov 1987Asia80.6 mi871.81 million
151 SofiaBulgaria28 Jan 1998Europe11.2 mi1479,500
152 StockholmSweden1 Oct 1950Europe65.7 mi104841,000
153 StuttgartGermany10 Jun 1966Europe14.9 mi19
154 SydneyAustralia1926Oceania13.7 mi14
155 TaipeiTaiwan28 Mar 1996Asia58.5 mi851.27 million
156 TamaJapan27 Nov 1998Asia9.9 mi19
157 TashkentUzbekistan6 Nov 1977Asia22.5 mi29195,000
158 TbilisiGeorgia11 Jan 1966Asia16.3 mi22252,000
159 TehranIran21 Feb 2000Asia41.0 mi551.26 million
160 The HagueNetherlands16 Oct 2004Europe17.3 mi30
161 TianjinChina28 Mar 2004Asia44.7 mi3741,100
162 TokyoJapan30 Dec 1927Asia189.2 mi2908.7 million
163 TorontoCanada30 Apr 1954America44.3 mi74762,000
164 ToulouseFrance26 Jun 1993Europe17.1 mi38115,000
165 TurinItaly4 Feb 2006Europe6.0 mi14
166 ValenciaVenezuela18 Oct 2006America3.9 mi749,300
167 ValenciaSpain3 Oct 1988Europe19.8 mi38
168 ValparaisoChile23 Nov 2005America26.7 mi20
169 VancouverCanada3 Jan 1986America43.2 mi49203,000
170 ViennaAustria25 Feb 1978Europe46.4 mi1021.4 million
171 VolgogradRussia5 Nov 1984Europe2.1 mi2
172 WarsawPoland7 Apr 1995Europe14.0 mi21345,000
173 WashingtonUSA27 Mar 1976America106.4 mi90611,000
174 WuhanChina28 Sep 2004Asia17.4 mi2735,600
175 WuppertalGermany1 Mar 1901Europe8.3 mi20
176 YekaterinburgRussia26 Apr 1991Asia5.3 mi7126,000
177 YerevanArmenia7 Mar 1981Asia7.5 mi1046,600
178 YokohamaJapan16 Dec 1972Asia35.8 mi48542,000





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