Rail Hub

Metros that lead on the combined rail dimensions: metro stations (subway/MRT), suburban stations (commuter rail, weighted half), and intercity train hubs (weighted 5x for the network-effect value). Tokyo leads at over a thousand composite points, followed by London, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Toronto, Osaka-Kyoto-Kobe, Rhine-Ruhr.

100 qualifying metrosMethodology →
RankMetroRail compositeTier
#4TokyoJapan1040Global Capital
#2LondonUnited Kingdom903.5Global Capital
#9ShanghaiChina853.5Global Capital
#11GuangzhouChina804World City
#16TorontoCanada797.5World City
#14Osaka-Kyoto-KobeJapan794World City
#24Rhine-RuhrGermany754World City
#1New YorkUnited States718Global Capital
#3ParisFrance696Global Capital
#8SeoulSouth Korea675Global Capital
#17MoscowRussia667World City
#41AmsterdamNetherlands549World City
#6BeijingChina456Global Capital
#233SendaiJapan419.5Regional Hub
#5San Francisco-San JoseUnited States373Global Capital
#87NagoyaJapan346Major Metro
#19MadridSpain333World City
#57WuhanChina322Major Metro
#50ChengduChina317.5Major Metro
#30BerlinGermany303World City
#63HangzhouChina301.5Major Metro
#51DelhiIndia292Major Metro
#12ChicagoUnited States287World City
#92CalcuttaIndia287Major Metro
#71ChongqingChina273Major Metro
#33BarcelonaSpain251World City
#102StuttgartGermany247.5Major Metro
#141Hannover-BrunswickGermany243Major Metro
#69Xi'anChina242Major Metro
#216LilleFrance241.5Regional Hub
#124ZhengzhouChina238Major Metro
#29PhiladelphiaUnited States230.5World City
#40Buenos AiresArgentina228World City
#61StockholmSweden218.5Major Metro
#44NanjingChina217Major Metro
#78TianjinChina214Major Metro
#97PragueCzech Republic213.5Major Metro
#20MilanItaly212.5World City
#165FukuokaJapan209.5Regional Hub
#13BostonUnited States205.5World City
#18Hong KongHong Kong201World City
#46ViennaAustria198.5Major Metro
#10Washington-BaltimoreUnited States197.5World City
#181ChennaiIndia197Regional Hub
#36BangkokThailand192.5World City
#426Erfurt-Weimar-JenaGermany192Established City
#27Mexico CityMexico191.5World City
#38MunichGermany190World City
#364KarlsruheGermany190Established City
#130HefeiChina189Major Metro
#174ChangchunChina181Regional Hub
#39Kuala LumpurMalaysia178.5World City
#83QingdaoChina177Major Metro
#107EdinburghUnited Kingdom175.5Major Metro
#22IstanbulTurkey173.5World City
#58TaipeiTaiwan169Major Metro
#88PortlandUnited States168.5Major Metro
#37MumbaiIndia161World City
#15SydneyAustralia158World City
#48RomeItaly157.5Major Metro
#73ChangshaChina155.5Major Metro
#47FrankfurtGermany155Major Metro
#67ManchesterUnited Kingdom153Major Metro
#94SantiagoChile150Major Metro
#99TehranIran147.5Major Metro
#25SingaporeSingapore143World City
#23Sao PauloBrazil142World City
#64Rio de JaneiroBrazil140Major Metro
#28MelbourneAustralia139.5World City
#7Los AngelesUnited States139Global Capital
#115ShenyangChina139Major Metro
#91HamburgGermany137Major Metro
#42BrusselsBelgium134World City
#76Busan-UlsanSouth Korea130Major Metro
#121OsloNorway130Major Metro
#32DallasUnited States128.5World City
#148NingboChina128.5Regional Hub
#131PortoPortugal125Major Metro
#60LisbonPortugal120.5Major Metro
#163BilbaoSpain118Regional Hub
#49JohannesburgSouth Africa112Major Metro
#85New OrleansUnited States112Major Metro
#117DalianChina110Major Metro
#54MontrealCanada108.5Major Metro
#155KunmingChina108Regional Hub
#45JakartaIndonesia106Major Metro
#162ColomboSri Lanka105.5Regional Hub
#84ZurichSwitzerland100.5Major Metro
#127NaplesItaly100.5Major Metro
#149FuzhouChina100Regional Hub
#106BudapestHungary99.5Major Metro
#157NanchangChina99Regional Hub
#147NanningChina98Regional Hub
#79CopenhagenDenmark96.5Major Metro
#171GuiyangChina95.5Regional Hub
#52CairoEgypt95Major Metro
#89WarsawPoland94.5Major Metro
#739St. GallenSwitzerland94Emerging City
#80AthensGreece93.5Major Metro
#201NurembergGermany93Regional Hub