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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 AdanaAsiaTurkey18 Mar 20098.0 km
2 AmsterdamEuropeNetherlands16 Oct 197732.7 km233,000
3 AnkaraAsiaTurkey30 Aug 199623.1 km310,000
4 AntwerpEuropeBelgium25 Mar 19757.6 km
5 AthensEuropeGreece195452.0 km937,000
6 AtlantaAmericaUSA30 Jun 197979.2 km93,200
7 BakuAsiaAzerbaijan6 Nov 196732.9 km482,000
8 BaltimoreAmericaUSA21 Nov 198324.5 km35,600
9 BangkokAsiaThailand5 Dec 199974.9 km564,000
10 BarcelonaEuropeSpain30 Dec 1924119.4 km1.11 million
11 BeijingAsiaChina1 Oct 1969227.6 km3.99 million
12 Belo HorizonteAmericaBrazil1 Aug 198628.1 km
13 BerlinEuropeGermany18 Feb 1902147.4 km1.39 million
14 BielefeldEuropeGermany21 Sep 19715.2 km
15 BilbaoEuropeSpain11 Nov 199540.6 km238,000
16 BochumEuropeGermany26 May 197921.5 km
17 BonnEuropeGermany22 Mar 19759.0 km
18 BostonAmericaUSA1 Sep 189760.5 km400,000
19 BrasiliaAmericaBrazil31 Mar 200142.0 km43,800
20 BrusselsEuropeBelgium20 Sep 197632.2 km364,000
21 BucharestEuropeRomania16 Nov 197967.7 km304,000
22 BudapestEuropeHungary2 May 189633.0 km814,000
23 Buenos AiresAmericaArgentina1 Dec 191348.1 km789,000
24 BuffaloAmericaUSA18 May 19858.4 km
25 BursaAsiaTurkey19 Aug 200222.5 km
26 BusanAsiaSouth Korea19 Jul 198595.0 km704,000
27 CairoAfricaEgypt27 Sep 198765.5 km1.92 million
28 CaracasAmericaVenezuela27 Mar 198360.5 km1.25 million
29 CataniaEuropeItaly27 Jun 19993.8 km
30 ChangchunAsiaChinaOct 200217.0 km
31 CharleroiEuropeBelgium21 Jun 197617.5 km
32 ChengduAsiaChina27 Sep 201018.5 km
33 ChennaiAsiaIndia19 Oct 199727.0 km
34 ChibaAsiaJapan28 Mar 198815.5 km
35 ChicagoAmericaUSA6 Jun 1892166.0 km542,000
36 ChongqingAsiaChina18 Jun 200519.5 km
37 ClevelandAmericaUSA15 Mar 195531.0 km13,700
38 CologneEuropeGermany11 Oct 196845.0 km
39 CopenhagenEuropeDenmark19 Oct 200221.0 km126,000
40 DaeguAsiaSouth Korea26 Nov 199753.9 km301,000
41 DaejeonAsiaSouth Korea16 Mar 200622.6 km79,500
42 DalianAsiaChina1 May 200349.0 km
43 DelhiAsiaIndia24 Dec 2002138.8 km838,000
44 DetroitAmericaUSAJul 19874.8 km
45 DnepropetrovskEuropeUkraine29 Dec 19957.1 km38,400
46 DortmundEuropeGermany17 May 197629.5 km
47 DubaiAsiaUnited Arab Emirates9 Sep 200952.1 km
48 DuesseldorfEuropeGermany4 Oct 19819.6 km
49 DuisburgEuropeGermany11 Jul 199214.3 km
50 EdmontonAmericaCanada22 Apr 197820.4 km
51 EssenEuropeGermany5 Oct 196720.2 km
52 FrankfurtEuropeGermany4 Oct 196820.5 km
53 FukuokaAsiaJapan26 Jul 198129.8 km340,000
54 GelsenkirchenEuropeGermany1 Sep 19845.5 km
55 GenoaEuropeItaly13 Jun 19905.2 km
56 GlasgowEuropeUnited Kingdom14 Dec 189610.4 km41,100
57 GuadalajaraAmericaMexico1 Sep 198924.0 km
58 GuangzhouAsiaChina28 Jun 1999176.3 km1.85 million
59 GwangjuAsiaSouth Korea28 Apr 200420.1 km46,600
60 HaifaAsiaIsrael19591.8 km
61 HamburgEuropeGermany1 Mar 1912100.7 km518,000
62 HanoverEuropeGermany28 Sep 197518.6 km
63 HelsinkiEuropeFinland3 Aug 198221.0 km156,000
64 HiroshimaAsiaJapan20 Aug 199418.4 km49,300
65 Hong KongAsiaChina1 Oct 1979188.1 km3.62 million
66 IncheonAsiaSouth Korea6 Oct 199929.5 km200,000
67 IstanbulEuropeTurkey16 Sep 200015.0 km186,000
68 IzmirAsiaTurkey22 May 200011.5 km82,200
69 JacksonvilleAmericaUSA30 May 19896.9 km
70 KamakuraAsiaJapan3 Mar 19706.6 km
71 KaohsiungAsiaTaiwan9 Mar 200842.7 km82,200
72 KazanEuropeRussia27 Aug 20058.3 km19,200
73 KharkovEuropeUkraine23 Aug 197535.3 km762,000
74 KievEuropeUkraine22 Oct 196059.8 km1.76 million
75 KitakyushuAsiaJapan9 Jan 19858.8 km
76 KobeAsiaJapan13 Mar 197730.6 km332,000
77 KolkataAsiaIndia24 Oct 198422.6 km474,000
78 Kryvyi RihEuropeUkraine26 Dec 198618.0 km
79 Kuala LumpurAsiaMalaysia16 Dec 199664.0 km299,000
80 KyotoAsiaJapan1 Apr 198131.3 km345,000
81 Las VegasAmericaUSA15 Jul 20046.2 km
82 LausanneEuropeSwitzerland24 May 199113.7 km
83 LilleEuropeFrance25 Apr 198345.5 km203,000
84 LimaAmericaPeru13 Jan 200310.0 km
85 LisbonEuropePortugal29 Dec 195941.0 km488,000
86 LondonEuropeUnited Kingdom10 Jan 1863408.0 km2.99 million
87 Los AngelesAmericaUSA30 Jan 199359.3 km129,000
88 LudwigshafenEuropeGermany29 May 19694.0 km
89 LyonEuropeFrance28 Apr 197830.7 km499,000
90 MadridEuropeSpain17 Oct 1919284.0 km1.78 million
91 ManilaAsiaPhilippines1 Dec 198451.5 km948,000
92 MaracaiboAmericaVenezuela8 Jun 20096.5 km
93 MarseilleEuropeFrance26 Nov 197721.8 km159,000
94 MeccaAsiaSaudi Arabia13 Nov 201018.1 km
95 MedellinAmericaColombia30 Nov 199528.8 km425,000
96 Mexico CityAmericaMexico5 Sep 1969201.7 km3.88 million
97 MiamiAmericaUSA21 May 198436.0 km49,300
98 MilanEuropeItaly1 Nov 196474.6 km899,000
99 MinskEuropeBelarus26 Jun 198430.3 km718,000
100 MonterreyAmericaMexico25 Apr 199131.5 km
101 MontrealAmericaCanada14 Oct 196669.2 km600,000
102 MoscowEuropeRussia15 May 1935302.0 km6.55 million
103 MulheimEuropeGermany3 Nov 19799.0 km
104 MumbaiAsiaIndia171.0 km
105 MunichEuropeGermany19 Oct 197194.2 km962,000
106 NagoyaAsiaJapan15 Nov 195789.0 km1.17 million
107 NahaAsiaJapan10 Aug 200312.8 km
108 NanjingAsiaChina27 Aug 200584.7 km400,000
109 NaplesEuropeItaly28 Mar 199331.8 km79,500
110 New YorkAmericaUSA27 Oct 1904368.0 km4.33 million
111 NewarkAmericaUSA26 May 19352.2 km
112 NewcastleEuropeUnited Kingdom7 Aug 198076.5 km104,000
113 Nizhny NovgorodEuropeRussia20 Nov 198515.5 km90,400
114 NovosibirskAsiaRussia7 Jan 198614.3 km192,000
115 NurembergEuropeGermany1 Mar 197234.6 km315,000
116 OportoEuropePortugal7 Dec 200221.7 km
117 OsakaAsiaJapan20 May 1933137.8 km2.36 million
118 OsloEuropeNorway22 May 196662.0 km214,000
119 Palma de MallorcaEuropeSpain25 Apr 20078.3 km
120 ParisEuropeFrance19 Jul 1900213.0 km4.05 million
121 PerugiaEuropeItaly29 Jan 20083.0 km
122 PhiladelphiaAmericaUSA4 Mar 190762.0 km192,000
123 PittsburghAmericaUSA3 Jul 19851.5 km
124 Porto AlegreAmericaBrazil2 Mar 198533.8 km
125 PoznanEuropePoland1 Mar 19976.1 km
126 PragueEuropeCzech Republic9 May 197459.1 km1.6 million
127 PyongyangAsiaNorth Korea6 Sep 197322.5 km95,900
128 RecifeAmericaBrazil11 Mar 198539.7 km
129 RennesEuropeFrance16 Mar 20029.0 km63,000
130 Rio de JaneiroAmericaBrazil5 Mar 197942.0 km370,000
131 RomeEuropeItaly10 Feb 195539.0 km907,000
132 RotterdamEuropeNetherlands10 Feb 196847.0 km238,000
133 RouenEuropeFrance17 Dec 19942.2 km
134 Saint LouisAmericaUSA31 Jul 199373.4 km
135 Saint PetersburgEuropeRussia15 Nov 1955110.2 km2.25 million
136 SamaraEuropeRussia26 Dec 198710.2 km32,900
137 San FranciscoAmericaUSA11 Sep 1972166.9 km274,000
138 San JuanAmericaPuerto Rico6 Jun 200517.2 km24,700
139 SantiagoAmericaChile15 Sep 197592.4 km1.67 million
140 Santo DomingoAmericaDominican Republic30 Jan 200914.5 km200,000
141 Sao PauloAmericaBrazil14 Sep 197469.7 km1.93 million
142 SapporoAsiaJapan16 Dec 197148.0 km573,000
143 SeattleAmericaUSA18 Jul 200922.2 km
144 SendaiAsiaJapan15 Jul 198714.8 km159,000
145 SeoulAsiaSouth Korea15 Aug 1974286.9 km5.61 million
146 SevilleEuropeSpain2 Apr 200918.0 km
147 ShanghaiAsiaChina10 Apr 1995420.0 km3.56 million
148 ShenyangAsiaChina27 Sep 201027.8 km
149 ShenzhenAsiaChina28 Dec 200425.3 km362,000
150 SingaporeAsiaSingapore7 Nov 1987129.7 km1.81 million
151 SofiaEuropeBulgaria28 Jan 199818.0 km79,500
152 StockholmEuropeSweden1 Oct 1950105.7 km841,000
153 StuttgartEuropeGermany10 Jun 196624.0 km
154 SydneyOceaniaAustralia192622.1 km
155 TaipeiAsiaTaiwan28 Mar 199694.2 km1.27 million
156 TamaAsiaJapan27 Nov 199816.0 km
157 TashkentAsiaUzbekistan6 Nov 197736.2 km195,000
158 TbilisiAsiaGeorgia11 Jan 196626.3 km252,000
159 TehranAsiaIran21 Feb 200066.0 km1.26 million
160 The HagueEuropeNetherlands16 Oct 200427.9 km
161 TianjinAsiaChina28 Mar 200472.0 km41,100
162 TokyoAsiaJapan30 Dec 1927304.5 km8.7 million
163 TorontoAmericaCanada30 Apr 195471.3 km762,000
164 ToulouseEuropeFrance26 Jun 199327.5 km115,000
165 TurinEuropeItaly4 Feb 20069.6 km
166 ValenciaAmericaVenezuela18 Oct 20066.2 km49,300
167 ValenciaEuropeSpain3 Oct 198831.8 km
168 ValparaisoAmericaChile23 Nov 200543.0 km
169 VancouverAmericaCanada3 Jan 198669.5 km203,000
170 ViennaEuropeAustria25 Feb 197874.6 km1.4 million
171 VolgogradEuropeRussia5 Nov 19843.3 km
172 WarsawEuropePoland7 Apr 199522.6 km345,000
173 WashingtonAmericaUSA27 Mar 1976171.2 km611,000
174 WuhanAsiaChina28 Sep 200428.0 km35,600
175 WuppertalEuropeGermany1 Mar 190113.3 km
176 YekaterinburgAsiaRussia26 Apr 19918.5 km126,000
177 YerevanAsiaArmenia7 Mar 198112.1 km46,600
178 YokohamaAsiaJapan16 Dec 197257.6 km542,000





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