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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 AdanaTurkeyAsia5.0 mi18 Mar 20098
2 AmsterdamNetherlandsEurope20.3 mi16 Oct 197733
3 AnkaraTurkeyAsia14.4 mi30 Aug 199623
4 AntwerpBelgiumEurope4.7 mi25 Mar 197511
5 AthensGreeceEurope32.3 mi195452
6 AtlantaUSAAmerica49.2 mi30 Jun 197939
7 BakuAzerbaijanAsia20.4 mi6 Nov 196722
8 BaltimoreUSAAmerica15.2 mi21 Nov 198314
9 BangkokThailandAsia28.8 mi5 Dec 199944
10 BarcelonaSpainEurope68.7 mi30 Dec 1924152
11 BeijingChinaAsia141.4 mi1 Oct 1969147
12 Belo HorizonteBrazilAmerica17.5 mi1 Aug 198619
13 BerlinGermanyEurope91.6 mi18 Feb 1902195
14 BielefeldGermanyEurope3.2 mi21 Sep 19717
15 BilbaoSpainEurope25.2 mi11 Nov 199538
16 BochumGermanyEurope13.4 mi26 May 197929
17 BonnGermanyEurope5.6 mi22 Mar 197512
18 BostonUSAAmerica37.6 mi1 Sep 189766
19 BrasiliaBrazilAmerica26.1 mi31 Mar 200123
20 BrusselsBelgiumEurope20.0 mi20 Sep 197661
21 BucharestRomaniaEurope42.1 mi16 Nov 197950
22 BudapestHungaryEurope20.5 mi2 May 189642
23 Buenos AiresArgentinaAmerica29.5 mi1 Dec 191376
24 BuffaloUSAAmerica5.2 mi18 May 19858
25 BursaTurkeyAsia14.0 mi19 Aug 200223
26 BusanSouth KoreaAsia59.0 mi19 Jul 198592
27 CairoEgyptAfrica40.7 mi27 Sep 198755
28 CaracasVenezuelaAmerica37.6 mi27 Mar 198350
29 CataniaItalyEurope2.4 mi27 Jun 19996
30 ChangchunChinaAsia10.6 miOct 200216
31 CharleroiBelgiumEurope10.9 mi21 Jun 197620
32 ChennaiIndiaAsia16.8 mi19 Oct 199717
33 ChibaJapanAsia9.6 mi28 Mar 198818
34 ChicagoUSAAmerica103.2 mi6 Jun 1892151
35 ChongqingChinaAsia12.1 mi18 Jun 200518
36 ClevelandUSAAmerica19.3 mi15 Mar 195518
37 CologneGermanyEurope28.0 mi11 Oct 196851
38 CopenhagenDenmarkEurope13.1 mi19 Oct 200222
39 DaeguSouth KoreaAsia33.5 mi26 Nov 199756
40 DaejeonSouth KoreaAsia14.0 mi16 Mar 200622
41 DalianChinaAsia30.5 mi1 May 200312
42 DelhiIndiaAsia59.8 mi24 Dec 200283
43 DetroitUSAAmerica3.0 miJul 198713
44 DnepropetrovskUkraineEurope4.4 mi29 Dec 19956
45 DortmundGermanyEurope18.3 mi17 May 197637
46 DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesAsia24.7 mi9 Sep 200911
47 DuesseldorfGermanyEurope6.0 mi4 Oct 198114
48 DuisburgGermanyEurope8.9 mi11 Jul 199213
49 EdmontonCanadaAmerica8.1 mi22 Apr 197811
50 EssenGermanyEurope12.6 mi5 Oct 196727
51 FrankfurtGermanyEurope12.7 mi4 Oct 196831
52 FukuokaJapanAsia18.5 mi26 Jul 198135
53 GelsenkirchenGermanyEurope3.4 mi1 Sep 19849
54 GenoaItalyEurope3.2 mi13 Jun 19907
55 GlasgowUnited KingdomEurope6.5 mi14 Dec 189615
56 GuadalajaraMexicoAmerica14.9 mi1 Sep 198929
57 GuangzhouChinaAsia92.3 mi28 Jun 199988
58 GwangjuSouth KoreaAsia12.5 mi28 Apr 200420
59 HaifaIsraelAsia1.1 mi19596
60 HamburgGermanyEurope62.6 mi1 Mar 191297
61 HanoverGermanyEurope11.6 mi28 Sep 197521
62 HelsinkiFinlandEurope13.1 mi3 Aug 198217
63 HiroshimaJapanAsia11.4 mi20 Aug 199421
64 Hong KongChinaAsia116.9 mi1 Oct 197995
65 IncheonSouth KoreaAsia18.3 mi6 Oct 199929
66 IstanbulTurkeyEurope9.3 mi16 Sep 200010
67 IzmirTurkeyAsia7.1 mi22 May 200010
68 JacksonvilleUSAAmerica4.3 mi30 May 19896
69 KamakuraJapanAsia4.1 mi3 Mar 19708
70 KaohsiungTaiwanAsia26.5 mi9 Mar 200837
71 KazanRussiaEurope5.2 mi27 Aug 20056
72 KharkovUkraineEurope21.9 mi23 Aug 197528
73 KievUkraineEurope37.2 mi22 Oct 196046
74 KitakyushuJapanAsia5.5 mi9 Jan 198513
75 KobeJapanAsia19.0 mi13 Mar 197726
76 KolkataIndiaAsia14.0 mi24 Oct 198421
77 Kryvyi RihUkraineEurope11.2 mi26 Dec 198612
78 Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAsia39.8 mi16 Dec 199660
79 KyotoJapanAsia19.5 mi1 Apr 198132
80 Las VegasUSAAmerica3.9 mi15 Jul 20047
81 LausanneSwitzerlandEurope8.5 mi24 May 199129
82 LilleFranceEurope28.3 mi25 Apr 198362
83 LimaPeruAmerica6.2 mi13 Jan 20036
84 LisbonPortugalEurope25.5 mi29 Dec 195952
85 LondonUnited KingdomEurope253.6 mi10 Jan 1863268
86 Los AngelesUSAAmerica36.9 mi30 Jan 199330
87 LudwigshafenGermanyEurope2.5 mi29 May 196911
88 LyonFranceEurope19.1 mi28 Apr 197843
89 MadridSpainEurope176.5 mi17 Oct 1919281
90 ManilaPhilippinesAsia28.4 mi1 Dec 198442
91 MaracaiboVenezuelaAmerica4.0 mi8 Jun 20096
92 MarseilleFranceEurope12.0 mi26 Nov 197726
93 MedellinColombiaAmerica17.9 mi30 Nov 199526
94 Mexico CityMexicoAmerica125.4 mi5 Sep 1969175
95 MiamiUSAAmerica22.4 mi21 May 198422
96 MilanItalyEurope46.4 mi1 Nov 196488
97 MinskBelarusEurope18.8 mi26 Jun 198425
98 MonterreyMexicoAmerica19.6 mi25 Apr 199132
99 MontrealCanadaAmerica43.0 mi14 Oct 196673
100 MoscowRussiaEurope185.7 mi15 May 1935180
101 MulheimGermanyEurope5.6 mi3 Nov 197913
102 MumbaiIndiaAsia106.3 mi73
103 MunichGermanyEurope57.5 mi19 Oct 1971100
104 NagoyaJapanAsia55.3 mi15 Nov 195793
105 NahaJapanAsia8.0 mi10 Aug 200315
106 NanjingChinaAsia13.5 mi27 Aug 200516
107 NaplesItalyEurope19.8 mi28 Mar 199330
108 New YorkUSAAmerica228.7 mi27 Oct 1904468
109 NewarkUSAAmerica1.4 mi26 May 19354
110 NewcastleUnited KingdomEurope47.5 mi7 Aug 198061
111 Nizhny NovgorodRussiaEurope9.6 mi20 Nov 198514
112 NovosibirskRussiaAsia8.9 mi7 Jan 198613
113 NurembergGermanyEurope21.5 mi1 Mar 197246
114 OportoPortugalEurope13.5 mi7 Dec 200215
115 OsakaJapanAsia85.6 mi20 May 1933133
116 OsloNorwayEurope38.5 mi22 May 196672
117 Palma de MallorcaSpainEurope5.2 mi25 Apr 20079
118 ParisFranceEurope132.4 mi19 Jul 1900380
119 PerugiaItalyEurope1.9 mi29 Jan 20087
120 PhiladelphiaUSAAmerica38.5 mi4 Mar 190766
121 PittsburghUSAAmerica0.9 mi3 Jul 19853
122 Porto AlegreBrazilAmerica21.0 mi2 Mar 198517
123 PoznanPolandEurope3.8 mi1 Mar 19976
124 PragueCzech RepublicEurope36.7 mi9 May 197457
125 PyongyangNorth KoreaAsia14.0 mi6 Sep 197316
126 RecifeBrazilAmerica24.7 mi11 Mar 198530
127 RennesFranceEurope5.6 mi16 Mar 200215
128 Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmerica26.1 mi5 Mar 197934
129 RomeItalyEurope24.2 mi10 Feb 195549
130 RotterdamNetherlandsEurope29.2 mi10 Feb 196838
131 RouenFranceEurope1.4 mi17 Dec 19945
132 Saint LouisUSAAmerica45.6 mi31 Jul 199337
133 Saint PetersburgRussiaEurope68.5 mi15 Nov 195563
134 SamaraRussiaEurope6.3 mi26 Dec 19879
135 San FranciscoUSAAmerica103.7 mi11 Sep 197243
136 San JuanPuerto RicoAmerica10.7 mi6 Jun 200516
137 SantiagoChileAmerica51.6 mi15 Sep 197593
138 Santo DomingoDominican RepublicAmerica9.0 mi30 Jan 200916
139 Sao PauloBrazilAmerica38.1 mi14 Sep 197458
140 SapporoJapanAsia29.8 mi16 Dec 197149
141 SeattleUSAAmerica13.8 mi18 Jul 200912
142 SendaiJapanAsia9.2 mi15 Jul 198717
143 SeoulSouth KoreaAsia178.3 mi15 Aug 1974348
144 SevilleSpainEurope11.2 mi2 Apr 200921
145 ShanghaiChinaAsia207.6 mi10 Apr 1995230
146 ShenyangChinaAsia13.8 mi23 Sep 200918
147 ShenzhenChinaAsia15.7 mi28 Dec 200423
148 SingaporeSingaporeAsia73.9 mi7 Nov 198776
149 SofiaBulgariaEurope11.2 mi28 Jan 199814
150 StockholmSwedenEurope65.7 mi1 Oct 1950104
151 StuttgartGermanyEurope14.9 mi10 Jun 196619
152 SydneyAustraliaOceania13.7 mi192614
153 TaipeiTaiwanAsia56.3 mi28 Mar 199685
154 TamaJapanAsia9.9 mi27 Nov 199819
155 TashkentUzbekistanAsia22.5 mi6 Nov 197729
156 TbilisiGeorgiaAsia16.3 mi11 Jan 196622
157 TehranIranAsia31.4 mi21 Feb 200047
158 The HagueNetherlandsEurope17.3 mi16 Oct 200430
159 TianjinChinaAsia44.7 mi28 Mar 200437
160 TokyoJapanAsia189.2 mi30 Dec 1927290
161 TorontoCanadaAmerica44.3 mi30 Apr 195474
162 ToulouseFranceEurope17.1 mi26 Jun 199338
163 TurinItalyEurope6.0 mi4 Feb 200614
164 ValenciaVenezuelaAmerica3.9 mi18 Oct 20067
165 ValenciaSpainEurope19.8 mi3 Oct 198838
166 ValparaisoChileAmerica26.7 mi23 Nov 200520
167 VancouverCanadaAmerica43.2 mi3 Jan 198649
168 ViennaAustriaEurope43.4 mi25 Feb 197896
169 VolgogradRussiaEurope2.1 mi5 Nov 19842
170 WarsawPolandEurope14.0 mi7 Apr 199521
171 WashingtonUSAAmerica106.4 mi27 Mar 197690
172 WuhanChinaAsia6.3 mi28 Sep 200410
173 WuppertalGermanyEurope8.3 mi1 Mar 190120
174 YekaterinburgRussiaAsia5.3 mi26 Apr 19917
175 YerevanArmeniaAsia7.5 mi7 Mar 198110
176 YokohamaJapanAsia35.8 mi16 Dec 197248


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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