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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 AdanaAsia18 Mar 200985.0 mi
2 AmsterdamEurope16 Oct 19773320.3 mi91 mio.
3 AnkaraAsia30 Aug 19962314.4 mi113 mio.
4 AntwerpEurope25 Mar 1975114.7 mi
5 AthensEurope19545232.3 mi325 mio.
6 AtlantaAmerica30 Jun 19793949.2 mi34 mio.
7 BakuAsia6 Nov 19672220.4 mi176 mio.
8 BaltimoreAmerica21 Nov 19831415.2 mi14 mio.
9 BangkokAsia5 Dec 19994428.8 mi206 mio.
10 BarcelonaEurope30 Dec 192415268.7 mi378 mio.
11 BeijingAsia1 Oct 1969147141.4 mi1200 mio.
12 Belo HorizonteAmerica1 Aug 19861917.5 mi
13 BerlinEurope18 Feb 190219591.6 mi447 mio.
14 BielefeldEurope21 Sep 197173.2 mi
15 BilbaoEurope11 Nov 19953825.2 mi86 mio.
16 BochumEurope26 May 19792913.4 mi
17 BonnEurope22 Mar 1975125.6 mi
18 BostonAmerica1 Sep 18976637.6 mi145 mio.
19 BrasiliaAmerica31 Mar 20012326.1 mi16 mio.
20 BrusselsEurope20 Sep 19766120.0 mi136 mio.
21 BucharestEurope16 Nov 19795042.1 mi111 mio.
22 BudapestEurope2 May 18964220.5 mi297 mio.
23 Buenos AiresAmerica1 Dec 19137629.5 mi280 mio.
24 BuffaloAmerica18 May 198585.2 mi
25 BursaAsia19 Aug 20022314.0 mi
26 BusanAsia19 Jul 19859259.0 mi257 mio.
27 CairoAfrica27 Sep 19875540.7 mi700 mio.
28 CaracasAmerica27 Mar 19835037.6 mi510 mio.
29 CataniaEurope27 Jun 199962.4 mi
30 ChangchunAsiaOct 20021610.6 mi
31 CharleroiEurope21 Jun 19762010.9 mi
32 ChennaiAsia19 Oct 19971716.8 mi
33 ChibaAsia28 Mar 1988189.6 mi
34 ChicagoAmerica6 Jun 1892151103.2 mi198 mio.
35 ChongqingAsia18 Jun 20051812.1 mi
36 ClevelandAmerica15 Mar 19551819.3 mi6 mio.
37 CologneEurope11 Oct 19685128.0 mi
38 CopenhagenEurope19 Oct 20022213.1 mi37 mio.
39 DaeguAsia26 Nov 19975633.5 mi110 mio.
40 DaejeonAsia16 Mar 20062214.0 mi29 mio.
41 DalianAsia1 May 20031230.5 mi
42 DelhiAsia24 Dec 20028359.8 mi310 mio.
43 DetroitAmericaJul 1987133.0 mi
44 DnepropetrovskEurope29 Dec 199564.4 mi11 mio.
45 DortmundEurope17 May 19763718.3 mi
46 DubaiAsia9 Sep 20091124.7 mi
47 DuesseldorfEurope4 Oct 1981146.0 mi
48 DuisburgEurope11 Jul 1992138.9 mi
49 EdmontonAmerica22 Apr 1978118.1 mi
50 EssenEurope5 Oct 19672712.6 mi
51 FrankfurtEurope4 Oct 19683112.7 mi
52 FukuokaAsia26 Jul 19813518.5 mi124 mio.
53 GelsenkirchenEurope1 Sep 198493.4 mi
54 GenoaEurope13 Jun 199073.2 mi
55 GlasgowEurope14 Dec 1896156.5 mi15 mio.
56 GuadalajaraAmerica1 Sep 19892914.9 mi
57 GuangzhouAsia28 Jun 19998892.3 mi601 mio.
58 GwangjuAsia28 Apr 20042012.5 mi17 mio.
59 HaifaAsia195961.1 mi
60 HamburgEurope1 Mar 19129762.6 mi184 mio.
61 HanoverEurope28 Sep 19752111.6 mi
62 HelsinkiEurope3 Aug 19821713.1 mi58 mio.
63 HiroshimaAsia20 Aug 19942111.4 mi18 mio.
64 Hong KongAsia1 Oct 197995116.9 mi1309 mio.
65 IncheonAsia6 Oct 19992918.3 mi73 mio.
66 IstanbulEurope16 Sep 2000109.3 mi68 mio.
67 IzmirAsia22 May 2000107.1 mi30 mio.
68 JacksonvilleAmerica30 May 198964.3 mi
69 KamakuraAsia3 Mar 197084.1 mi
70 KaohsiungAsia9 Mar 20083726.5 mi30 mio.
71 KazanEurope27 Aug 200565.2 mi7 mio.
72 KharkovEurope23 Aug 19752821.9 mi278 mio.
73 KievEurope22 Oct 19604637.2 mi642 mio.
74 KitakyushuAsia9 Jan 1985135.5 mi
75 KobeAsia13 Mar 19772619.0 mi121 mio.
76 KolkataAsia24 Oct 19842114.0 mi100 mio.
77 Kryvyi RihEurope26 Dec 19861211.2 mi
78 Kuala LumpurAsia16 Dec 19966039.8 mi109 mio.
79 KyotoAsia1 Apr 19813219.5 mi126 mio.
80 Las VegasAmerica15 Jul 200473.9 mi
81 LausanneEurope24 May 1991298.5 mi
82 LilleEurope25 Apr 19836228.3 mi74 mio.
83 LimaAmerica13 Jan 200366.2 mi
84 LisbonEurope29 Dec 19595225.5 mi180 mio.
85 LondonEurope10 Jan 1863268253.6 mi1197 mio.
86 Los AngelesAmerica30 Jan 19933036.9 mi45 mio.
87 LudwigshafenEurope29 May 1969112.5 mi
88 LyonEurope28 Apr 19784319.1 mi182 mio.
89 MadridEurope17 Oct 1919281176.5 mi686 mio.
90 ManilaAsia1 Dec 19844228.4 mi346 mio.
91 MaracaiboAmerica8 Jun 200964.0 mi
92 MarseilleEurope26 Nov 19772612.0 mi58 mio.
93 MedellinAmerica30 Nov 19952617.9 mi155 mio.
94 Mexico CityAmerica5 Sep 1969175125.4 mi1460 mio.
95 MiamiAmerica21 May 19842222.4 mi19 mio.
96 MilanEurope1 Nov 19648846.4 mi328 mio.
97 MinskEurope26 Jun 19842518.8 mi262 mio.
98 MonterreyAmerica25 Apr 19913219.6 mi
99 MontrealAmerica14 Oct 19667343.0 mi219 mio.
100 MoscowEurope15 May 1935180185.7 mi2573 mio.
101 MulheimEurope3 Nov 1979135.6 mi
102 MumbaiAsia73106.3 mi
103 MunichEurope19 Oct 197110057.5 mi349 mio.
104 NagoyaAsia15 Nov 19579355.3 mi427 mio.
105 NahaAsia10 Aug 2003158.0 mi
106 NanjingAsia27 Aug 20051613.5 mi102 mio.
107 NaplesEurope28 Mar 19933019.8 mi29 mio.
108 New YorkAmerica27 Oct 1904468228.7 mi1624 mio.
109 NewarkAmerica26 May 193541.4 mi
110 NewcastleEurope7 Aug 19806147.5 mi38 mio.
111 Nizhny NovgorodEurope20 Nov 1985149.6 mi33 mio.
112 NovosibirskAsia7 Jan 1986138.9 mi70 mio.
113 NurembergEurope1 Mar 19724621.5 mi92 mio.
114 OportoEurope7 Dec 20021513.5 mi
115 OsakaAsia20 May 193313385.6 mi860 mio.
116 OsloEurope22 May 19667238.5 mi64 mio.
117 Palma de MallorcaEurope25 Apr 200795.2 mi
118 ParisEurope19 Jul 1900380132.4 mi1473 mio.
119 PerugiaEurope29 Jan 200871.9 mi
120 PhiladelphiaAmerica4 Mar 19076638.5 mi67 mio.
121 PittsburghAmerica3 Jul 198530.9 mi
122 Porto AlegreAmerica2 Mar 19851721.0 mi
123 PoznanEurope1 Mar 199763.8 mi
124 PragueEurope9 May 19745736.7 mi597 mio.
125 PyongyangAsia6 Sep 19731614.0 mi35 mio.
126 RecifeAmerica11 Mar 19853024.7 mi
127 RennesEurope16 Mar 2002155.6 mi23 mio.
128 Rio de JaneiroAmerica5 Mar 19793426.1 mi135 mio.
129 RomeEurope10 Feb 19554924.2 mi331 mio.
130 RotterdamEurope10 Feb 19683829.2 mi85 mio.
131 RouenEurope17 Dec 199451.4 mi
132 Saint LouisAmerica31 Jul 19933745.6 mi
133 Saint PetersburgEurope15 Nov 19556368.5 mi832 mio.
134 SamaraEurope26 Dec 198796.3 mi12 mio.
135 San FranciscoAmerica11 Sep 197243103.7 mi100 mio.
136 San JuanAmerica6 Jun 20051610.7 mi9 mio.
137 SantiagoAmerica15 Sep 19759351.6 mi642 mio.
138 Santo DomingoAmerica30 Jan 2009169.0 mi
139 Sao PauloAmerica14 Sep 19745838.1 mi684 mio.
140 SapporoAsia16 Dec 19714929.8 mi209 mio.
141 SeattleAmerica18 Jul 20091213.8 mi
142 SendaiAsia15 Jul 1987179.2 mi58 mio.
143 SeoulAsia15 Aug 1974348178.3 mi2048 mio.
144 SevilleEurope2 Apr 20092111.2 mi
145 ShanghaiAsia10 Apr 1995230207.6 mi1122 mio.
146 ShenyangAsia23 Sep 20091813.8 mi
147 ShenzhenAsia28 Dec 20042315.7 mi73 mio.
148 SingaporeAsia7 Nov 19877673.9 mi571 mio.
149 SofiaEurope28 Jan 19981411.2 mi51 mio.
150 StockholmEurope1 Oct 195010465.7 mi303 mio.
151 StuttgartEurope10 Jun 19661914.9 mi
152 SydneyOceania19261413.7 mi
153 TaipeiAsia28 Mar 19968556.3 mi450 mio.
154 TamaAsia27 Nov 1998199.9 mi
155 TashkentAsia6 Nov 19772922.5 mi71 mio.
156 TbilisiAsia11 Jan 19662216.3 mi92 mio.
157 TehranAsia21 Feb 20004731.4 mi353 mio.
158 The HagueEurope16 Oct 20043017.3 mi
159 TianjinAsia28 Mar 20043744.7 mi15 mio.
160 TokyoAsia30 Dec 1927290189.2 mi3174 mio.
161 TorontoAmerica30 Apr 19547444.3 mi278 mio.
162 ToulouseEurope26 Jun 19933817.1 mi42 mio.
163 TurinEurope4 Feb 2006146.0 mi
164 ValenciaAmerica18 Oct 200673.9 mi18 mio.
165 ValenciaEurope3 Oct 19883819.8 mi
166 ValparaisoAmerica23 Nov 20052026.7 mi
167 VancouverAmerica3 Jan 19864943.2 mi74 mio.
168 ViennaEurope25 Feb 19789643.4 mi498 mio.
169 VolgogradEurope5 Nov 198422.1 mi
170 WarsawEurope7 Apr 19952114.0 mi114 mio.
171 WashingtonAmerica27 Mar 197690106.4 mi215 mio.
172 WuhanAsia28 Sep 2004106.3 mi
173 WuppertalEurope1 Mar 1901208.3 mi
174 YekaterinburgAsia26 Apr 199175.3 mi46 mio.
175 YerevanAsia7 Mar 1981107.5 mi17 mio.
176 YokohamaAsia16 Dec 19724835.8 mi198 mio.


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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