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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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1 TokyoAsia30 Dec 1927189.2 mi2903174 mio.
2 MoscowEurope15 May 1935185.7 mi1802573 mio.
3 SeoulAsia15 Aug 1974178.3 mi3482048 mio.
4 New YorkAmerica27 Oct 1904228.7 mi4681624 mio.
5 ParisEurope19 Jul 1900132.4 mi3801473 mio.
6 Mexico CityAmerica5 Sep 1969125.4 mi1751460 mio.
7 Hong KongAsia1 Oct 1979116.9 mi951309 mio.
8 BeijingAsia1 Oct 1969141.4 mi1471200 mio.
9 LondonEurope10 Jan 1863253.6 mi2681197 mio.
10 ShanghaiAsia10 Apr 1995207.6 mi2301122 mio.
11 OsakaAsia20 May 193385.6 mi133860 mio.
12 Saint PetersburgEurope15 Nov 195568.5 mi63832 mio.
13 CairoAfrica27 Sep 198740.7 mi55700 mio.
14 MadridEurope17 Oct 1919176.5 mi281686 mio.
15 Sao PauloAmerica14 Sep 197438.1 mi58684 mio.
16 SantiagoAmerica15 Sep 197551.6 mi93642 mio.
17 KievEurope22 Oct 196037.2 mi46642 mio.
18 GuangzhouAsia28 Jun 199992.3 mi88601 mio.
19 PragueEurope9 May 197436.7 mi57597 mio.
20 SingaporeAsia7 Nov 198773.9 mi76571 mio.
21 CaracasAmerica27 Mar 198337.6 mi50510 mio.
22 ViennaEurope25 Feb 197843.4 mi96498 mio.
23 TaipeiAsia28 Mar 199656.3 mi85450 mio.
24 BerlinEurope18 Feb 190291.6 mi195447 mio.
25 NagoyaAsia15 Nov 195755.3 mi93427 mio.
26 BarcelonaEurope30 Dec 192468.7 mi152378 mio.
27 TehranAsia21 Feb 200031.4 mi47353 mio.
28 MunichEurope19 Oct 197157.5 mi100349 mio.
29 ManilaAsia1 Dec 198428.4 mi42346 mio.
30 RomeEurope10 Feb 195524.2 mi49331 mio.
31 MilanEurope1 Nov 196446.4 mi88328 mio.
32 AthensEurope195432.3 mi52325 mio.
33 DelhiAsia24 Dec 200259.8 mi83310 mio.
34 StockholmEurope1 Oct 195065.7 mi104303 mio.
35 BudapestEurope2 May 189620.5 mi42297 mio.
36 Buenos AiresAmerica1 Dec 191329.5 mi76280 mio.
37 TorontoAmerica30 Apr 195444.3 mi74278 mio.
38 KharkovEurope23 Aug 197521.9 mi28278 mio.
39 MinskEurope26 Jun 198418.8 mi25262 mio.
40 BusanAsia19 Jul 198559.0 mi92257 mio.
41 MontrealAmerica14 Oct 196643.0 mi73219 mio.
42 WashingtonAmerica27 Mar 1976106.4 mi90215 mio.
43 SapporoAsia16 Dec 197129.8 mi49209 mio.
44 BangkokAsia5 Dec 199928.8 mi44206 mio.
45 YokohamaAsia16 Dec 197235.8 mi48198 mio.
46 ChicagoAmerica6 Jun 1892103.2 mi151198 mio.
47 HamburgEurope1 Mar 191262.6 mi97184 mio.
48 LyonEurope28 Apr 197819.1 mi43182 mio.
49 LisbonEurope29 Dec 195925.5 mi52180 mio.
50 BakuAsia6 Nov 196720.4 mi22176 mio.
51 MedellinAmerica30 Nov 199517.9 mi26155 mio.
52 BostonAmerica1 Sep 189737.6 mi66145 mio.
53 BrusselsEurope20 Sep 197620.0 mi61136 mio.
54 Rio de JaneiroAmerica5 Mar 197926.1 mi34135 mio.
55 KyotoAsia1 Apr 198119.5 mi32126 mio.
56 FukuokaAsia26 Jul 198118.5 mi35124 mio.
57 KobeAsia13 Mar 197719.0 mi26121 mio.
58 WarsawEurope7 Apr 199514.0 mi21114 mio.
59 AnkaraAsia30 Aug 199614.4 mi23113 mio.
60 BucharestEurope16 Nov 197942.1 mi50111 mio.
61 DaeguAsia26 Nov 199733.5 mi56110 mio.
62 Kuala LumpurAsia16 Dec 199639.8 mi60109 mio.
63 NanjingAsia27 Aug 200513.5 mi16102 mio.
64 KolkataAsia24 Oct 198414.0 mi21100 mio.
65 San FranciscoAmerica11 Sep 1972103.7 mi43100 mio.
66 NurembergEurope1 Mar 197221.5 mi4692 mio.
67 TbilisiAsia11 Jan 196616.3 mi2292 mio.
68 AmsterdamEurope16 Oct 197720.3 mi3391 mio.
69 BilbaoEurope11 Nov 199525.2 mi3886 mio.
70 RotterdamEurope10 Feb 196829.2 mi3885 mio.
71 LilleEurope25 Apr 198328.3 mi6274 mio.
72 VancouverAmerica3 Jan 198643.2 mi4974 mio.
73 ShenzhenAsia28 Dec 200415.7 mi2373 mio.
74 IncheonAsia6 Oct 199918.3 mi2973 mio.
75 TashkentAsia6 Nov 197722.5 mi2971 mio.
76 NovosibirskAsia7 Jan 19868.9 mi1370 mio.
77 IstanbulEurope16 Sep 20009.3 mi1068 mio.
78 PhiladelphiaAmerica4 Mar 190738.5 mi6667 mio.
79 OsloEurope22 May 196638.5 mi7264 mio.
80 SendaiAsia15 Jul 19879.2 mi1758 mio.
81 MarseilleEurope26 Nov 197712.0 mi2658 mio.
82 HelsinkiEurope3 Aug 198213.1 mi1758 mio.
83 SofiaEurope28 Jan 199811.2 mi1451 mio.
84 YekaterinburgAsia26 Apr 19915.3 mi746 mio.
85 Los AngelesAmerica30 Jan 199336.9 mi3045 mio.
86 ToulouseEurope26 Jun 199317.1 mi3842 mio.
87 NewcastleEurope7 Aug 198047.5 mi6138 mio.
88 CopenhagenEurope19 Oct 200213.1 mi2237 mio.
89 PyongyangAsia6 Sep 197314.0 mi1635 mio.
90 AtlantaAmerica30 Jun 197949.2 mi3934 mio.
91 Nizhny NovgorodEurope20 Nov 19859.6 mi1433 mio.
92 IzmirAsia22 May 20007.1 mi1030 mio.
93 KaohsiungAsia9 Mar 200826.5 mi3730 mio.
94 NaplesEurope28 Mar 199319.8 mi3029 mio.
95 DaejeonAsia16 Mar 200614.0 mi2229 mio.
96 RennesEurope16 Mar 20025.6 mi1523 mio.
97 MiamiAmerica21 May 198422.4 mi2219 mio.
98 HiroshimaAsia20 Aug 199411.4 mi2118 mio.
99 ValenciaAmerica18 Oct 20063.9 mi718 mio.
100 YerevanAsia7 Mar 19817.5 mi1017 mio.
101 GwangjuAsia28 Apr 200412.5 mi2017 mio.
102 BrasiliaAmerica31 Mar 200126.1 mi2316 mio.
103 TianjinAsia28 Mar 200444.7 mi3715 mio.
104 GlasgowEurope14 Dec 18966.5 mi1515 mio.
105 BaltimoreAmerica21 Nov 198315.2 mi1414 mio.
106 SamaraEurope26 Dec 19876.3 mi912 mio.
107 DnepropetrovskEurope29 Dec 19954.4 mi611 mio.
108 San JuanAmerica6 Jun 200510.7 mi169 mio.
109 KazanEurope27 Aug 20055.2 mi67 mio.
110 ClevelandAmerica15 Mar 195519.3 mi186 mio.
111 EssenEurope5 Oct 196712.6 mi27
112 Santo DomingoAmerica30 Jan 20099.0 mi16
113 MaracaiboAmerica8 Jun 20094.0 mi6
114 BursaAsia19 Aug 200214.0 mi23
115 JacksonvilleAmerica30 May 19894.3 mi6
116 NewarkAmerica26 May 19351.4 mi4
117 SydneyOceania192613.7 mi14
118 LausanneEurope24 May 19918.5 mi29
119 PoznanEurope1 Mar 19973.8 mi6
120 ChibaAsia28 Mar 19889.6 mi18
121 GelsenkirchenEurope1 Sep 19843.4 mi9
122 DuisburgEurope11 Jul 19928.9 mi13
123 PerugiaEurope29 Jan 20081.9 mi7
124 RouenEurope17 Dec 19941.4 mi5
125 WuppertalEurope1 Mar 19018.3 mi20
126 RecifeAmerica11 Mar 198524.7 mi30
127 HanoverEurope28 Sep 197511.6 mi21
128 MumbaiAsia106.3 mi73
129 GuadalajaraAmerica1 Sep 198914.9 mi29
130 OportoEurope7 Dec 200213.5 mi15
131 CharleroiEurope21 Jun 197610.9 mi20
132 TurinEurope4 Feb 20066.0 mi14
133 KitakyushuAsia9 Jan 19855.5 mi13
134 FrankfurtEurope4 Oct 196812.7 mi31
135 AdanaAsia18 Mar 20095.0 mi8
136 The HagueEurope16 Oct 200417.3 mi30
137 KamakuraAsia3 Mar 19704.1 mi8
138 DortmundEurope17 May 197618.3 mi37
139 LudwigshafenEurope29 May 19692.5 mi11
140 NahaAsia10 Aug 20038.0 mi15
141 BochumEurope26 May 197913.4 mi29
142 HaifaAsia19591.1 mi6
143 ValparaisoAmerica23 Nov 200526.7 mi20
144 Kryvyi RihEurope26 Dec 198611.2 mi12
145 GenoaEurope13 Jun 19903.2 mi7
146 CataniaEurope27 Jun 19992.4 mi6
147 EdmontonAmerica22 Apr 19788.1 mi11
148 BuffaloAmerica18 May 19855.2 mi8
149 Saint LouisAmerica31 Jul 199345.6 mi37
150 DetroitAmericaJul 19873.0 mi13
151 StuttgartEurope10 Jun 196614.9 mi19
152 CologneEurope11 Oct 196828.0 mi51
153 VolgogradEurope5 Nov 19842.1 mi2
154 Las VegasAmerica15 Jul 20043.9 mi7
155 BielefeldEurope21 Sep 19713.2 mi7
156 ShenyangAsia23 Sep 200913.8 mi18
157 Porto AlegreAmerica2 Mar 198521.0 mi17
158 ChennaiAsia19 Oct 199716.8 mi17
159 ValenciaEurope3 Oct 198819.8 mi38
160 MonterreyAmerica25 Apr 199119.6 mi32
161 SeattleAmerica18 Jul 200913.8 mi12
162 DubaiAsia9 Sep 200924.7 mi11
163 Palma de MallorcaEurope25 Apr 20075.2 mi9
164 AntwerpEurope25 Mar 19754.7 mi11
165 DuesseldorfEurope4 Oct 19816.0 mi14
166 DalianAsia1 May 200330.5 mi12
167 TamaAsia27 Nov 19989.9 mi19
168 WuhanAsia28 Sep 20046.3 mi10
169 LimaAmerica13 Jan 20036.2 mi6
170 BonnEurope22 Mar 19755.6 mi12
171 MulheimEurope3 Nov 19795.6 mi13
172 ChongqingAsia18 Jun 200512.1 mi18
173 Belo HorizonteAmerica1 Aug 198617.5 mi19
174 SevilleEurope2 Apr 200911.2 mi21
175 PittsburghAmerica3 Jul 19850.9 mi3
176 ChangchunAsiaOct 200210.6 mi16


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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