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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 AdanaTurkeyAsia8.0 km18 Mar 2009
2 AmsterdamNetherlandsEurope32.7 km16 Oct 1977
3 AnkaraTurkeyAsia23.1 km30 Aug 1996
4 AntwerpBelgiumEurope7.6 km25 Mar 1975
5 AthensGreeceEurope52.0 km1954
6 AtlantaUSAAmerica79.2 km30 Jun 1979
7 BakuAzerbaijanAsia32.9 km6 Nov 1967
8 BaltimoreUSAAmerica24.5 km21 Nov 1983
9 BangkokThailandAsia46.3 km5 Dec 1999
10 BarcelonaSpainEurope110.5 km30 Dec 1924
11 BeijingChinaAsia227.6 km1 Oct 1969
12 Belo HorizonteBrazilAmerica28.1 km1 Aug 1986
13 BerlinGermanyEurope147.4 km18 Feb 1902
14 BielefeldGermanyEurope5.2 km21 Sep 1971
15 BilbaoSpainEurope40.6 km11 Nov 1995
16 BochumGermanyEurope21.5 km26 May 1979
17 BonnGermanyEurope9.0 km22 Mar 1975
18 BostonUSAAmerica60.5 km1 Sep 1897
19 BrasiliaBrazilAmerica42.0 km31 Mar 2001
20 BrusselsBelgiumEurope32.2 km20 Sep 1976
21 BucharestRomaniaEurope67.7 km16 Nov 1979
22 BudapestHungaryEurope33.0 km2 May 1896
23 Buenos AiresArgentinaAmerica47.5 km1 Dec 1913
24 BuffaloUSAAmerica8.4 km18 May 1985
25 BursaTurkeyAsia22.5 km19 Aug 2002
26 BusanSouth KoreaAsia95.0 km19 Jul 1985
27 CairoEgyptAfrica65.5 km27 Sep 1987
28 CaracasVenezuelaAmerica60.5 km27 Mar 1983
29 CataniaItalyEurope3.8 km27 Jun 1999
30 ChangchunChinaAsia17.0 kmOct 2002
31 CharleroiBelgiumEurope17.5 km21 Jun 1976
32 ChennaiIndiaAsia27.0 km19 Oct 1997
33 ChibaJapanAsia15.5 km28 Mar 1988
34 ChicagoUSAAmerica166.0 km6 Jun 1892
35 ChongqingChinaAsia19.5 km18 Jun 2005
36 ClevelandUSAAmerica31.0 km15 Mar 1955
37 CologneGermanyEurope45.0 km11 Oct 1968
38 CopenhagenDenmarkEurope21.0 km19 Oct 2002
39 DaeguSouth KoreaAsia53.9 km26 Nov 1997
40 DaejeonSouth KoreaAsia22.6 km16 Mar 2006
41 DalianChinaAsia49.0 km1 May 2003
42 DelhiIndiaAsia96.2 km24 Dec 2002
43 DetroitUSAAmerica4.8 kmJul 1987
44 DnepropetrovskUkraineEurope7.1 km29 Dec 1995
45 DortmundGermanyEurope29.5 km17 May 1976
46 DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesAsia39.7 km9 Sep 2009
47 DuesseldorfGermanyEurope9.6 km4 Oct 1981
48 DuisburgGermanyEurope14.3 km11 Jul 1992
49 EdmontonCanadaAmerica13.1 km22 Apr 1978
50 EssenGermanyEurope20.2 km5 Oct 1967
51 FrankfurtGermanyEurope20.5 km4 Oct 1968
52 FukuokaJapanAsia29.8 km26 Jul 1981
53 GelsenkirchenGermanyEurope5.5 km1 Sep 1984
54 GenoaItalyEurope5.2 km13 Jun 1990
55 GlasgowUnited KingdomEurope10.4 km14 Dec 1896
56 GuadalajaraMexicoAmerica24.0 km1 Sep 1989
57 GuangzhouChinaAsia148.5 km28 Jun 1999
58 GwangjuSouth KoreaAsia20.1 km28 Apr 2004
59 HaifaIsraelAsia1.8 km1959
60 HamburgGermanyEurope100.7 km1 Mar 1912
61 HanoverGermanyEurope18.6 km28 Sep 1975
62 HelsinkiFinlandEurope21.0 km3 Aug 1982
63 HiroshimaJapanAsia18.4 km20 Aug 1994
64 Hong KongChinaAsia188.1 km1 Oct 1979
65 IncheonSouth KoreaAsia29.5 km6 Oct 1999
66 IstanbulTurkeyEurope15.0 km16 Sep 2000
67 IzmirTurkeyAsia11.5 km22 May 2000
68 JacksonvilleUSAAmerica6.9 km30 May 1989
69 KamakuraJapanAsia6.6 km3 Mar 1970
70 KaohsiungTaiwanAsia42.7 km9 Mar 2008
71 KazanRussiaEurope8.3 km27 Aug 2005
72 KharkovUkraineEurope35.3 km23 Aug 1975
73 KievUkraineEurope59.8 km22 Oct 1960
74 KitakyushuJapanAsia8.8 km9 Jan 1985
75 KobeJapanAsia30.6 km13 Mar 1977
76 KolkataIndiaAsia22.6 km24 Oct 1984
77 Kryvyi RihUkraineEurope18.0 km26 Dec 1986
78 Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAsia64.0 km16 Dec 1996
79 KyotoJapanAsia31.3 km1 Apr 1981
80 Las VegasUSAAmerica6.2 km15 Jul 2004
81 LausanneSwitzerlandEurope13.7 km24 May 1991
82 LilleFranceEurope45.5 km25 Apr 1983
83 LimaPeruAmerica10.0 km13 Jan 2003
84 LisbonPortugalEurope41.0 km29 Dec 1959
85 LondonUnited KingdomEurope408.0 km10 Jan 1863
86 Los AngelesUSAAmerica59.3 km30 Jan 1993
87 LudwigshafenGermanyEurope4.0 km29 May 1969
88 LyonFranceEurope30.7 km28 Apr 1978
89 MadridSpainEurope284.0 km17 Oct 1919
90 ManilaPhilippinesAsia45.7 km1 Dec 1984
91 MaracaiboVenezuelaAmerica6.5 km8 Jun 2009
92 MarseilleFranceEurope19.3 km26 Nov 1977
93 MedellinColombiaAmerica28.8 km30 Nov 1995
94 Mexico CityMexicoAmerica201.7 km5 Sep 1969
95 MiamiUSAAmerica36.0 km21 May 1984
96 MilanItalyEurope74.6 km1 Nov 1964
97 MinskBelarusEurope30.3 km26 Jun 1984
98 MonterreyMexicoAmerica31.5 km25 Apr 1991
99 MontrealCanadaAmerica69.2 km14 Oct 1966
100 MoscowRussiaEurope298.8 km15 May 1935
101 MulheimGermanyEurope9.0 km3 Nov 1979
102 MumbaiIndiaAsia171.0 km
103 MunichGermanyEurope92.5 km19 Oct 1971
104 NagoyaJapanAsia89.0 km15 Nov 1957
105 NahaJapanAsia12.8 km10 Aug 2003
106 NanjingChinaAsia21.7 km27 Aug 2005
107 NaplesItalyEurope31.8 km28 Mar 1993
108 New YorkUSAAmerica368.0 km27 Oct 1904
109 NewarkUSAAmerica2.2 km26 May 1935
110 NewcastleUnited KingdomEurope76.5 km7 Aug 1980
111 Nizhny NovgorodRussiaEurope15.5 km20 Nov 1985
112 NovosibirskRussiaAsia14.3 km7 Jan 1986
113 NurembergGermanyEurope34.6 km1 Mar 1972
114 OportoPortugalEurope21.7 km7 Dec 2002
115 OsakaJapanAsia137.8 km20 May 1933
116 OsloNorwayEurope62.0 km22 May 1966
117 Palma de MallorcaSpainEurope8.3 km25 Apr 2007
118 ParisFranceEurope213.0 km19 Jul 1900
119 PerugiaItalyEurope3.0 km29 Jan 2008
120 PhiladelphiaUSAAmerica62.0 km4 Mar 1907
121 PittsburghUSAAmerica1.5 km3 Jul 1985
122 Porto AlegreBrazilAmerica33.8 km2 Mar 1985
123 PoznanPolandEurope6.1 km1 Mar 1997
124 PragueCzech RepublicEurope59.1 km9 May 1974
125 PyongyangNorth KoreaAsia22.5 km6 Sep 1973
126 RecifeBrazilAmerica39.7 km11 Mar 1985
127 RennesFranceEurope9.0 km16 Mar 2002
128 Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmerica42.0 km5 Mar 1979
129 RomeItalyEurope39.0 km10 Feb 1955
130 RotterdamNetherlandsEurope47.0 km10 Feb 1968
131 RouenFranceEurope2.2 km17 Dec 1994
132 Saint LouisUSAAmerica73.4 km31 Jul 1993
133 Saint PetersburgRussiaEurope110.2 km15 Nov 1955
134 SamaraRussiaEurope10.2 km26 Dec 1987
135 San FranciscoUSAAmerica166.9 km11 Sep 1972
136 San JuanPuerto RicoAmerica17.2 km6 Jun 2005
137 SantiagoChileAmerica83.0 km15 Sep 1975
138 Santo DomingoDominican RepublicAmerica14.5 km30 Jan 2009
139 Sao PauloBrazilAmerica61.3 km14 Sep 1974
140 SapporoJapanAsia48.0 km16 Dec 1971
141 SeattleUSAAmerica22.2 km18 Jul 2009
142 SendaiJapanAsia14.8 km15 Jul 1987
143 SeoulSouth KoreaAsia286.9 km15 Aug 1974
144 SevilleSpainEurope18.0 km2 Apr 2009
145 ShanghaiChinaAsia334.0 km10 Apr 1995
146 ShenyangChinaAsia22.2 km23 Sep 2009
147 ShenzhenChinaAsia25.3 km28 Dec 2004
148 SingaporeSingaporeAsia118.9 km7 Nov 1987
149 SofiaBulgariaEurope18.0 km28 Jan 1998
150 StockholmSwedenEurope105.7 km1 Oct 1950
151 StuttgartGermanyEurope24.0 km10 Jun 1966
152 SydneyAustraliaOceania22.1 km1926
153 TaipeiTaiwanAsia90.6 km28 Mar 1996
154 TamaJapanAsia16.0 km27 Nov 1998
155 TashkentUzbekistanAsia36.2 km6 Nov 1977
156 TbilisiGeorgiaAsia26.3 km11 Jan 1966
157 TehranIranAsia50.5 km21 Feb 2000
158 The HagueNetherlandsEurope27.9 km16 Oct 2004
159 TianjinChinaAsia72.0 km28 Mar 2004
160 TokyoJapanAsia304.5 km30 Dec 1927
161 TorontoCanadaAmerica71.3 km30 Apr 1954
162 ToulouseFranceEurope27.5 km26 Jun 1993
163 TurinItalyEurope9.6 km4 Feb 2006
164 ValenciaVenezuelaAmerica6.2 km18 Oct 2006
165 ValenciaSpainEurope31.8 km3 Oct 1988
166 ValparaisoChileAmerica43.0 km23 Nov 2005
167 VancouverCanadaAmerica69.5 km3 Jan 1986
168 ViennaAustriaEurope69.8 km25 Feb 1978
169 VolgogradRussiaEurope3.3 km5 Nov 1984
170 WarsawPolandEurope22.6 km7 Apr 1995
171 WashingtonUSAAmerica171.2 km27 Mar 1976
172 WuhanChinaAsia10.2 km28 Sep 2004
173 WuppertalGermanyEurope13.3 km1 Mar 1901
174 YekaterinburgRussiaAsia8.5 km26 Apr 1991
175 YerevanArmeniaAsia12.1 km7 Mar 1981
176 YokohamaJapanAsia57.6 km16 Dec 1972


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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