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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).



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1AdanaTurkeyAsia18 Mar 20095.0 mi8
2AlgiersAlgeriaAfrica20095.6 mi10
3AmsterdamNetherlandsEurope16 Oct 197720.3 mi91 mio.33
4AnkaraTurkeyAsia30 Aug 199614.4 mi113 mio.23
5AntwerpBelgiumEurope25 Mar 19754.7 mi11
6AthensGreeceEurope195432.3 mi325 mio.52
7AtlantaUSAAmerica30 Jun 197949.2 mi34 mio.39
8BakuAzerbaijanAsia6 Nov 196719.7 mi176 mio.21
9BaltimoreUSAAmerica21 Nov 198315.2 mi14 mio.14
10BangkokThailandAsia5 Dec 199928.8 mi206 mio.44
11BarcelonaSpainEurope30 Dec 192468.7 mi378 mio.152
12BeijingChinaAsia1 Oct 1969141.4 mi1200 mio.147
13Belo HorizonteBrazilAmerica1 Aug 198617.5 mi19
14BerlinGermanyEurope18 Feb 190291.6 mi447 mio.195
15BielefeldGermanyEurope21 Sep 19713.2 mi7
16BilbaoSpainEurope11 Nov 199525.2 mi86 mio.38
17BochumGermanyEurope26 May 197913.4 mi29
18BonnGermanyEurope22 Mar 19755.6 mi12
19BostonUSAAmerica1 Sep 189737.6 mi145 mio.66
20BrasiliaBrazilAmerica31 Mar 200126.1 mi16 mio.23
21BrusselsBelgiumEurope20 Sep 197620.0 mi136 mio.61
22BucharestRomaniaEurope16 Nov 197942.1 mi111 mio.50
23BudapestHungaryEurope2 May 189620.5 mi297 mio.42
24Buenos AiresArgentinaAmerica1 Dec 191329.5 mi280 mio.76
25BuffaloUSAAmerica18 May 19855.2 mi8
26BursaTurkeyAsia19 Aug 200214.0 mi23
27BusanSouth KoreaAsia19 Jul 198559.0 mi257 mio.92
28CairoEgyptAfrica27 Sep 198740.7 mi700 mio.55
29CaracasVenezuelaAmerica27 Mar 198337.6 mi510 mio.47
30CataniaItalyEurope27 Jun 19992.4 mi6
31ChangchunChinaAsiaOct 200210.6 mi16
32CharleroiBelgiumEurope21 Jun 197610.9 mi20
33ChennaiIndiaAsia19 Oct 199716.8 mi17
34ChibaJapanAsia28 Mar 19889.6 mi18
35ChicagoUSAAmerica6 Jun 1892103.2 mi198 mio.151
36ChongqingChinaAsia18 Jun 200512.1 mi18
37ClevelandUSAAmerica15 Mar 195519.3 mi6 mio.18
38CologneGermanyEurope11 Oct 196828.0 mi51
39CopenhagenDenmarkEurope19 Oct 200213.1 mi37 mio.22
40DaeguSouth KoreaAsia26 Nov 199733.5 mi110 mio.56
41DaejeonSouth KoreaAsia16 Mar 200614.0 mi29 mio.22
42DalianChinaAsia1 May 200330.5 mi12
43DelhiIndiaAsia24 Dec 200255.8 mi310 mio.78
44DetroitUSAAmericaJul 19873.0 mi13
45DnepropetrovskUkraineEurope29 Dec 19954.4 mi11 mio.6
46DortmundGermanyEurope17 May 197618.3 mi37
47DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesAsia9 Sep 200924.7 mi10
48DuesseldorfGermanyEurope4 Oct 19816.0 mi14
49DuisburgGermanyEurope11 Jul 19928.9 mi13
50EdmontonCanadaAmerica22 Apr 19788.1 mi11
51EssenGermanyEurope5 Oct 196712.6 mi27
52FrankfurtGermanyEurope4 Oct 196812.7 mi31
53FukuokaJapanAsia26 Jul 198118.5 mi124 mio.35
54GelsenkirchenGermanyEurope1 Sep 19843.4 mi9
55GenoaItalyEurope13 Jun 19903.2 mi7
56GlasgowUnited KingdomEurope14 Dec 18966.5 mi15 mio.15
57GuadalajaraMexicoAmerica1 Sep 198914.9 mi29
58GuangzhouChinaAsia28 Jun 1999109.4 mi601 mio.88
59GwangjuSouth KoreaAsia28 Apr 200412.5 mi17 mio.20
60HaifaIsraelAsia19591.1 mi6
61HamburgGermanyEurope1 Mar 191262.6 mi184 mio.97
62HanoverGermanyEurope28 Sep 197511.6 mi21
63HelsinkiFinlandEurope3 Aug 198213.1 mi58 mio.17
64HiroshimaJapanAsia20 Aug 199411.4 mi18 mio.21
65Hong KongChinaAsia1 Oct 1979116.9 mi1309 mio.95
66IncheonSouth KoreaAsia6 Oct 199918.3 mi73 mio.29
67IstanbulTurkeyEurope16 Sep 20009.3 mi68 mio.10
68IzmirTurkeyAsia22 May 20007.1 mi30 mio.10
69JacksonvilleUSAAmerica30 May 19894.3 mi6
70KamakuraJapanAsia3 Mar 19704.1 mi8
71KaohsiungTaiwanAsia9 Mar 200826.5 mi30 mio.37
72KazanRussiaEurope27 Aug 20055.2 mi7 mio.6
73KharkovUkraineEurope23 Aug 197521.9 mi278 mio.28
74KievUkraineEurope22 Oct 196037.2 mi642 mio.46
75KitakyushuJapanAsia9 Jan 19855.5 mi13
76KobeJapanAsia13 Mar 197719.0 mi121 mio.26
77KolkataIndiaAsia24 Oct 198414.0 mi100 mio.21
78Kryvyi RihUkraineEurope26 Dec 198611.2 mi12
79Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAsia16 Dec 199639.8 mi109 mio.60
80KyotoJapanAsia1 Apr 198119.5 mi126 mio.32
81Las VegasUSAAmerica15 Jul 20043.9 mi7
82LausanneSwitzerlandEurope24 May 19918.5 mi29
83LilleFranceEurope25 Apr 198328.3 mi74 mio.62
84LimaPeruAmerica13 Jan 20036.2 mi6
85LisbonPortugalEurope29 Dec 195925.5 mi180 mio.52
86LondonUnited KingdomEurope10 Jan 1863253.6 mi1197 mio.268
87Los AngelesUSAAmerica30 Jan 199336.9 mi45 mio.30
88LudwigshafenGermanyEurope29 May 19692.5 mi11
89LyonFranceEurope28 Apr 197819.1 mi182 mio.43
90MadridSpainEurope17 Oct 1919176.5 mi686 mio.281
91ManilaPhilippinesAsia1 Dec 198428.4 mi346 mio.42
92MaracaiboVenezuelaAmerica8 Jun 20094.0 mi6
93MarseilleFranceEurope26 Nov 197712.0 mi58 mio.26
94MedellinColombiaAmerica30 Nov 199517.9 mi155 mio.26
95Mexico CityMexicoAmerica5 Sep 1969125.4 mi1460 mio.175
96MiamiUSAAmerica21 May 198422.4 mi19 mio.22
97MilanItalyEurope1 Nov 196446.4 mi328 mio.88
98MinskBelarusEurope26 Jun 198418.8 mi262 mio.25
99MonterreyMexicoAmerica25 Apr 199119.6 mi32
100MontrealCanadaAmerica14 Oct 196643.0 mi219 mio.73
101MoscowRussiaEurope15 May 1935185.7 mi2573 mio.180
102MulheimGermanyEurope3 Nov 19795.6 mi13
103MumbaiIndiaAsia106.3 mi73
104MunichGermanyEurope19 Oct 197157.5 mi349 mio.100
105NagoyaJapanAsia15 Nov 195755.3 mi427 mio.93
106NahaJapanAsia10 Aug 20038.0 mi15
107NanjingChinaAsia27 Aug 200513.5 mi102 mio.16
108NaplesItalyEurope28 Mar 199319.8 mi29 mio.30
109New YorkUSAAmerica27 Oct 1904228.7 mi1624 mio.468
110NewarkUSAAmerica26 May 19351.4 mi4
111NewcastleUnited KingdomEurope7 Aug 198047.5 mi38 mio.61
112Nizhny NovgorodRussiaEurope20 Nov 19859.6 mi33 mio.14
113NovosibirskRussiaAsia7 Jan 19868.9 mi70 mio.13
114NurembergGermanyEurope1 Mar 197221.5 mi92 mio.46
115OportoPortugalEurope7 Dec 200213.5 mi15
116OsakaJapanAsia20 May 193385.6 mi860 mio.133
117OsloNorwayEurope22 May 196638.5 mi64 mio.72
118Palma de MallorcaSpainEurope25 Apr 20075.2 mi9
119ParisFranceEurope19 Jul 1900132.4 mi1473 mio.380
120PerugiaItalyEurope29 Jan 20081.9 mi7
121PhiladelphiaUSAAmerica4 Mar 190738.5 mi67 mio.66
122PittsburghUSAAmerica3 Jul 19850.9 mi3
123Porto AlegreBrazilAmerica2 Mar 198521.0 mi17
124PoznanPolandEurope1 Mar 19973.8 mi6
125PragueCzech RepublicEurope9 May 197436.7 mi597 mio.57
126PyongyangNorth KoreaAsia6 Sep 197314.0 mi35 mio.16
127RecifeBrazilAmerica11 Mar 198524.7 mi30
128RennesFranceEurope16 Mar 20025.6 mi23 mio.15
129Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmerica5 Mar 197926.1 mi135 mio.34
130RomeItalyEurope10 Feb 195524.2 mi331 mio.49
131RotterdamNetherlandsEurope10 Feb 196829.2 mi85 mio.38
132RouenFranceEurope17 Dec 19941.4 mi5
133Saint LouisUSAAmerica31 Jul 199345.6 mi37
134Saint PetersburgRussiaEurope15 Nov 195568.5 mi832 mio.63
135SamaraRussiaEurope26 Dec 19876.3 mi12 mio.9
136San FranciscoUSAAmerica11 Sep 1972103.7 mi100 mio.43
137San JuanPuerto RicoAmerica6 Jun 200510.7 mi9 mio.16
138SantiagoChileAmerica15 Sep 197551.6 mi642 mio.93
139Santo DomingoDominican RepublicAmerica30 Jan 20099.0 mi16
140Sao PauloBrazilAmerica14 Sep 197438.1 mi684 mio.58
141SapporoJapanAsia16 Dec 197129.8 mi209 mio.49
142SeattleUSAAmerica18 Jul 200913.8 mi12
143SendaiJapanAsia15 Jul 19879.2 mi58 mio.17
144SeoulSouth KoreaAsia15 Aug 1974178.3 mi2048 mio.348
145SevilleSpainEurope2 Apr 200911.2 mi21
146ShanghaiChinaAsia10 Apr 1995207.6 mi1122 mio.230
147ShenzhenChinaAsia28 Dec 200415.7 mi73 mio.23
148SingaporeSingaporeAsia7 Nov 198773.9 mi571 mio.76
149SofiaBulgariaEurope28 Jan 199811.2 mi51 mio.14
150StockholmSwedenEurope1 Oct 195065.7 mi303 mio.104
151StuttgartGermanyEurope10 Jun 196614.9 mi19
152SydneyAustraliaOceania192613.7 mi14
153TaipeiTaiwanAsia28 Mar 199656.3 mi450 mio.85
154TamaJapanAsia27 Nov 19989.9 mi19
155TashkentUzbekistanAsia6 Nov 197722.5 mi71 mio.29
156TbilisiGeorgiaAsia11 Jan 196616.3 mi92 mio.22
157TehranIranAsia21 Feb 200031.4 mi353 mio.47
158The HagueNetherlandsEurope16 Oct 200417.3 mi30
159TianjinChinaAsia28 Mar 200444.7 mi15 mio.37
160TokyoJapanAsia30 Dec 1927189.2 mi3174 mio.290
161TorontoCanadaAmerica30 Apr 195444.3 mi278 mio.74
162ToulouseFranceEurope26 Jun 199317.1 mi42 mio.38
163TurinItalyEurope4 Feb 20066.0 mi14
164ValenciaSpainEurope3 Oct 198819.8 mi38
165ValenciaVenezuelaAmerica18 Oct 20063.9 mi18 mio.7
166ValparaisoChileAmerica23 Nov 200526.7 mi20
167VancouverCanadaAmerica3 Jan 198643.2 mi74 mio.49
168ViennaAustriaEurope25 Feb 197843.4 mi498 mio.96
169VolgogradRussiaEurope5 Nov 19842.1 mi2
170WarsawPolandEurope7 Apr 199514.0 mi114 mio.21
171WashingtonUSAAmerica27 Mar 1976106.4 mi215 mio.90
172WuhanChinaAsia28 Sep 20046.3 mi10
173WuppertalGermanyEurope1 Mar 19018.3 mi20
174YekaterinburgRussiaAsia26 Apr 19915.3 mi46 mio.7
175YerevanArmeniaAsia7 Mar 19817.5 mi17 mio.10
176YokohamaJapanAsia16 Dec 197235.8 mi198 mio.48


Numerical data (except ridership) by Jordi Serradell 8/2009. Ridership data by John Kennes 7/2008. Ticket prices by UBS: Prices and Earnings (PDF, p. 20) 2009. Non-numerical data by Mike Rohde 8/2009.






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