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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 YokohamaJapanAsia16 Dec 197235.8 mi48
2 YerevanArmeniaAsia7 Mar 19817.5 mi10
3 YekaterinburgRussiaAsia26 Apr 19915.3 mi7
4 WuppertalGermanyEurope1 Mar 19018.3 mi20
5 WuhanChinaAsia28 Sep 20046.3 mi10
6 WashingtonUSAAmerica27 Mar 1976106.4 mi90
7 WarsawPolandEurope7 Apr 199514.0 mi21
8 VolgogradRussiaEurope5 Nov 19842.1 mi2
9 ViennaAustriaEurope25 Feb 197843.4 mi96
10 VancouverCanadaAmerica3 Jan 198643.2 mi49
11 ValparaisoChileAmerica23 Nov 200526.7 mi20
12 ValenciaVenezuelaAmerica18 Oct 20063.9 mi7
13 ValenciaSpainEurope3 Oct 198819.8 mi38
14 TurinItalyEurope4 Feb 20066.0 mi14
15 ToulouseFranceEurope26 Jun 199317.1 mi38
16 TorontoCanadaAmerica30 Apr 195444.3 mi74
17 TokyoJapanAsia30 Dec 1927189.2 mi290
18 TianjinChinaAsia28 Mar 200444.7 mi37
19 The HagueNetherlandsEurope16 Oct 200417.3 mi30
20 TehranIranAsia21 Feb 200031.4 mi47
21 TbilisiGeorgiaAsia11 Jan 196616.3 mi22
22 TashkentUzbekistanAsia6 Nov 197722.5 mi29
23 TamaJapanAsia27 Nov 19989.9 mi19
24 TaipeiTaiwanAsia28 Mar 199656.3 mi85
25 SydneyAustraliaOceania192613.7 mi14
26 StuttgartGermanyEurope10 Jun 196614.9 mi19
27 StockholmSwedenEurope1 Oct 195065.7 mi104
28 SofiaBulgariaEurope28 Jan 199811.2 mi14
29 SingaporeSingaporeAsia7 Nov 198773.9 mi76
30 ShenzhenChinaAsia28 Dec 200415.7 mi23
31 ShenyangChinaAsia23 Sep 200913.8 mi18
32 ShanghaiChinaAsia10 Apr 1995207.6 mi230
33 SevilleSpainEurope2 Apr 200911.2 mi21
34 SeoulSouth KoreaAsia15 Aug 1974178.3 mi348
35 SendaiJapanAsia15 Jul 19879.2 mi17
36 SeattleUSAAmerica18 Jul 200913.8 mi12
37 SapporoJapanAsia16 Dec 197129.8 mi49
38 Sao PauloBrazilAmerica14 Sep 197438.1 mi58
39 Santo DomingoDominican RepublicAmerica30 Jan 20099.0 mi16
40 SantiagoChileAmerica15 Sep 197551.6 mi93
41 San JuanPuerto RicoAmerica6 Jun 200510.7 mi16
42 San FranciscoUSAAmerica11 Sep 1972103.7 mi43
43 SamaraRussiaEurope26 Dec 19876.3 mi9
44 Saint PetersburgRussiaEurope15 Nov 195568.5 mi63
45 Saint LouisUSAAmerica31 Jul 199345.6 mi37
46 RouenFranceEurope17 Dec 19941.4 mi5
47 RotterdamNetherlandsEurope10 Feb 196829.2 mi38
48 RomeItalyEurope10 Feb 195524.2 mi49
49 Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmerica5 Mar 197926.1 mi34
50 RennesFranceEurope16 Mar 20025.6 mi15
51 RecifeBrazilAmerica11 Mar 198524.7 mi30
52 PyongyangNorth KoreaAsia6 Sep 197314.0 mi16
53 PragueCzech RepublicEurope9 May 197436.7 mi57
54 PoznanPolandEurope1 Mar 19973.8 mi6
55 Porto AlegreBrazilAmerica2 Mar 198521.0 mi17
56 PittsburghUSAAmerica3 Jul 19850.9 mi3
57 PhiladelphiaUSAAmerica4 Mar 190738.5 mi66
58 PerugiaItalyEurope29 Jan 20081.9 mi7
59 ParisFranceEurope19 Jul 1900132.4 mi380
60 Palma de MallorcaSpainEurope25 Apr 20075.2 mi9
61 OsloNorwayEurope22 May 196638.5 mi72
62 OsakaJapanAsia20 May 193385.6 mi133
63 OportoPortugalEurope7 Dec 200213.5 mi15
64 NurembergGermanyEurope1 Mar 197221.5 mi46
65 NovosibirskRussiaAsia7 Jan 19868.9 mi13
66 Nizhny NovgorodRussiaEurope20 Nov 19859.6 mi14
67 NewcastleUnited KingdomEurope7 Aug 198047.5 mi61
68 NewarkUSAAmerica26 May 19351.4 mi4
69 New YorkUSAAmerica27 Oct 1904228.7 mi468
70 NaplesItalyEurope28 Mar 199319.8 mi30
71 NanjingChinaAsia27 Aug 200513.5 mi16
72 NahaJapanAsia10 Aug 20038.0 mi15
73 NagoyaJapanAsia15 Nov 195755.3 mi93
74 MunichGermanyEurope19 Oct 197157.5 mi100
75 MumbaiIndiaAsia106.3 mi73
76 MulheimGermanyEurope3 Nov 19795.6 mi13
77 MoscowRussiaEurope15 May 1935185.7 mi180
78 MontrealCanadaAmerica14 Oct 196643.0 mi73
79 MonterreyMexicoAmerica25 Apr 199119.6 mi32
80 MinskBelarusEurope26 Jun 198418.8 mi25
81 MilanItalyEurope1 Nov 196446.4 mi88
82 MiamiUSAAmerica21 May 198422.4 mi22
83 Mexico CityMexicoAmerica5 Sep 1969125.4 mi175
84 MedellinColombiaAmerica30 Nov 199517.9 mi26
85 MarseilleFranceEurope26 Nov 197712.0 mi26
86 MaracaiboVenezuelaAmerica8 Jun 20094.0 mi6
87 ManilaPhilippinesAsia1 Dec 198428.4 mi42
88 MadridSpainEurope17 Oct 1919176.5 mi281
89 LyonFranceEurope28 Apr 197819.1 mi43
90 LudwigshafenGermanyEurope29 May 19692.5 mi11
91 Los AngelesUSAAmerica30 Jan 199336.9 mi30
92 LondonUnited KingdomEurope10 Jan 1863253.6 mi268
93 LisbonPortugalEurope29 Dec 195925.5 mi52
94 LimaPeruAmerica13 Jan 20036.2 mi6
95 LilleFranceEurope25 Apr 198328.3 mi62
96 LausanneSwitzerlandEurope24 May 19918.5 mi29
97 Las VegasUSAAmerica15 Jul 20043.9 mi7
98 KyotoJapanAsia1 Apr 198119.5 mi32
99 Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAsia16 Dec 199639.8 mi60
100 Kryvyi RihUkraineEurope26 Dec 198611.2 mi12
101 KolkataIndiaAsia24 Oct 198414.0 mi21
102 KobeJapanAsia13 Mar 197719.0 mi26
103 KitakyushuJapanAsia9 Jan 19855.5 mi13
104 KievUkraineEurope22 Oct 196037.2 mi46
105 KharkovUkraineEurope23 Aug 197521.9 mi28
106 KazanRussiaEurope27 Aug 20055.2 mi6
107 KaohsiungTaiwanAsia9 Mar 200826.5 mi37
108 KamakuraJapanAsia3 Mar 19704.1 mi8
109 JacksonvilleUSAAmerica30 May 19894.3 mi6
110 IzmirTurkeyAsia22 May 20007.1 mi10
111 IstanbulTurkeyEurope16 Sep 20009.3 mi10
112 IncheonSouth KoreaAsia6 Oct 199918.3 mi29
113 Hong KongChinaAsia1 Oct 1979116.9 mi95
114 HiroshimaJapanAsia20 Aug 199411.4 mi21
115 HelsinkiFinlandEurope3 Aug 198213.1 mi17
116 HanoverGermanyEurope28 Sep 197511.6 mi21
117 HamburgGermanyEurope1 Mar 191262.6 mi97
118 HaifaIsraelAsia19591.1 mi6
119 GwangjuSouth KoreaAsia28 Apr 200412.5 mi20
120 GuangzhouChinaAsia28 Jun 199992.3 mi88
121 GuadalajaraMexicoAmerica1 Sep 198914.9 mi29
122 GlasgowUnited KingdomEurope14 Dec 18966.5 mi15
123 GenoaItalyEurope13 Jun 19903.2 mi7
124 GelsenkirchenGermanyEurope1 Sep 19843.4 mi9
125 FukuokaJapanAsia26 Jul 198118.5 mi35
126 FrankfurtGermanyEurope4 Oct 196812.7 mi31
127 EssenGermanyEurope5 Oct 196712.6 mi27
128 EdmontonCanadaAmerica22 Apr 19788.1 mi11
129 DuisburgGermanyEurope11 Jul 19928.9 mi13
130 DuesseldorfGermanyEurope4 Oct 19816.0 mi14
131 DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesAsia9 Sep 200924.7 mi11
132 DortmundGermanyEurope17 May 197618.3 mi37
133 DnepropetrovskUkraineEurope29 Dec 19954.4 mi6
134 DetroitUSAAmericaJul 19873.0 mi13
135 DelhiIndiaAsia24 Dec 200259.8 mi83
136 DalianChinaAsia1 May 200330.5 mi12
137 DaejeonSouth KoreaAsia16 Mar 200614.0 mi22
138 DaeguSouth KoreaAsia26 Nov 199733.5 mi56
139 CopenhagenDenmarkEurope19 Oct 200213.1 mi22
140 CologneGermanyEurope11 Oct 196828.0 mi51
141 ClevelandUSAAmerica15 Mar 195519.3 mi18
142 ChongqingChinaAsia18 Jun 200512.1 mi18
143 ChicagoUSAAmerica6 Jun 1892103.2 mi151
144 ChibaJapanAsia28 Mar 19889.6 mi18
145 ChennaiIndiaAsia19 Oct 199716.8 mi17
146 CharleroiBelgiumEurope21 Jun 197610.9 mi20
147 ChangchunChinaAsiaOct 200210.6 mi16
148 CataniaItalyEurope27 Jun 19992.4 mi6
149 CaracasVenezuelaAmerica27 Mar 198337.6 mi50
150 CairoEgyptAfrica27 Sep 198740.7 mi55
151 BusanSouth KoreaAsia19 Jul 198559.0 mi92
152 BursaTurkeyAsia19 Aug 200214.0 mi23
153 BuffaloUSAAmerica18 May 19855.2 mi8
154 Buenos AiresArgentinaAmerica1 Dec 191329.5 mi76
155 BudapestHungaryEurope2 May 189620.5 mi42
156 BucharestRomaniaEurope16 Nov 197942.1 mi50
157 BrusselsBelgiumEurope20 Sep 197620.0 mi61
158 BrasiliaBrazilAmerica31 Mar 200126.1 mi23
159 BostonUSAAmerica1 Sep 189737.6 mi66
160 BonnGermanyEurope22 Mar 19755.6 mi12
161 BochumGermanyEurope26 May 197913.4 mi29
162 BilbaoSpainEurope11 Nov 199525.2 mi38
163 BielefeldGermanyEurope21 Sep 19713.2 mi7
164 BerlinGermanyEurope18 Feb 190291.6 mi195
165 Belo HorizonteBrazilAmerica1 Aug 198617.5 mi19
166 BeijingChinaAsia1 Oct 1969141.4 mi147
167 BarcelonaSpainEurope30 Dec 192468.7 mi152
168 BangkokThailandAsia5 Dec 199928.8 mi44
169 BaltimoreUSAAmerica21 Nov 198315.2 mi14
170 BakuAzerbaijanAsia6 Nov 196720.4 mi22
171 AtlantaUSAAmerica30 Jun 197949.2 mi39
172 AthensGreeceEurope195432.3 mi52
173 AntwerpBelgiumEurope25 Mar 19754.7 mi11
174 AnkaraTurkeyAsia30 Aug 199614.4 mi23
175 AmsterdamNetherlandsEurope16 Oct 197720.3 mi33
176 AdanaTurkeyAsia18 Mar 20095.0 mi8


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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