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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.



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1New YorkUSAAmerica27 Oct 1904368.00 km4681635 mio.
2ParisFranceEurope19 Jul 1900213.00 km3801410 mio.
3SeoulSouth KoreaAsia15 Aug 1974286.90 km3481655 mio.
4TokyoJapanAsia30 Dec 1927304.50 km2903011 mio.
5MadridSpainEurope17 Oct 1919284.00 km281690 mio.
6LondonUnited KingdomEurope10 Jan 1863408.00 km2681014 mio.
7BerlinGermanyEurope18 Feb 1902144.10 km192466 mio.
8MoscowRussiaEurope15 May 1935292.90 km1772529 mio.
9Mexico CityMexicoAmerica5 Sep 1969201.70 km1751417 mio.
10ShanghaiChinaAsia10 Apr 1995232.40 km163814 mio.
11ChicagoUSAAmerica6 Jun 1892166.00 km151187 mio.
12BarcelonaSpainEurope30 Dec 1924106.60 km147369 mio.
13OsakaJapanAsia20 May 1933137.80 km133878 mio.
14BeijingChinaAsia1 Oct 1969198.95 km123765 mio.
15StockholmSwedenEurope1 Oct 1950105.70 km104297 mio.
16MunichGermanyEurope19 Oct 197192.50 km100330 mio.
17HamburgGermanyEurope1 Mar 1912100.70 km97180 mio.
18ViennaAustriaEurope25 Feb 197869.80 km96477 mio.
19Hong KongChinaAsia1 Oct 1979174.00 km94867 mio.
20NagoyaJapanAsia15 Nov 195789.00 km93405 mio.
21BusanSouth KoreaAsia19 Jul 198595.00 km92264 mio.
22SantiagoChileAmerica15 Sep 197583.00 km92600 mio.
23WashingtonUSAAmerica27 Mar 1976171.20 km90210 mio.
24MilanItalyEurope1 Nov 196474.60 km88318 mio.
25TaipeiTaiwanAsia28 Mar 199690.60 km85416 mio.
26Buenos AiresArgentinaAmerica1 Dec 191347.50 km76264 mio.
27SingaporeSingaporeAsia7 Nov 1987118.90 km76524 mio.
28TorontoCanadaAmerica30 Apr 195471.30 km74278 mio.
29MontrealCanadaAmerica14 Oct 196669.20 km73219 mio.
30MumbaiIndiaAsia16 Apr 1853171.00 km73
31OsloNorwayEurope22 May 196662.00 km7264 mio.
32DelhiIndiaAsia24 Dec 200276.50 km68169 mio.
33PhiladelphiaUSAAmerica4 Mar 190762.00 km6695 mio.
34BostonUSAAmerica1 Sep 189760.50 km66128 mio.
35GuangzhouChinaAsia28 Jun 1999116.00 km62134 mio.
36LilleFranceEurope25 Apr 198345.50 km6274 mio.
37NewcastleUnited KingdomEurope7 Aug 198076.50 km6138 mio.
38BrusselsBelgiumEurope20 Sep 197632.20 km61113 mio.
39Saint PetersburgRussiaEurope15 Nov 1955105.50 km60828 mio.
40Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAsia16 Dec 199664.00 km6084 mio.
41Sao PauloBrazilAmerica14 Sep 197461.30 km58564 mio.
42PragueCzech RepublicEurope9 May 197459.10 km57537 mio.
43DaeguSouth KoreaAsia26 Nov 199753.90 km5651 mio.
44CairoEgyptAfrica27 Sep 198765.50 km55600 mio.
45AthensGreeceEurope195452.00 km51284 mio.
46CologneGermanyEurope11 Oct 196845.00 km51
47BucharestRomaniaEurope16 Nov 197967.70 km50111 mio.
48LisbonPortugalEurope29 Dec 195937.70 km50184 mio.
49RomeItalyEurope10 Feb 195539.00 km49272 mio.
50SapporoJapanAsia16 Dec 197148.00 km49252 mio.
51YokohamaJapanAsia16 Dec 197257.60 km48150 mio.
52CaracasVenezuelaAmerica27 Mar 198360.50 km47276 mio.
53TehranIranAsia21 Feb 200050.50 km47250 mio.
54KievUkraineEurope22 Oct 196059.80 km46642 mio.
55NurembergGermanyEurope1 Mar 197234.60 km4692 mio.
56BangkokThailandAsia5 Dec 199946.30 km44206 mio.
57San FranciscoUSAAmerica11 Sep 1972166.90 km4397 mio.
58LyonFranceEurope28 Apr 197830.70 km43182 mio.
59ManilaPhilippinesAsia1 Dec 198445.70 km42315 mio.
60BudapestHungaryEurope2 May 189633.00 km42280 mio.
61AtlantaUSAAmerica30 Jun 197979.20 km3931 mio.
62ValenciaSpainEurope3 Oct 198831.80 km38
63ToulouseFranceEurope26 Jun 199327.50 km3842 mio.
64BilbaoSpainEurope11 Nov 199540.61 km3886 mio.
65RotterdamNetherlandsEurope10 Feb 196847.00 km3885 mio.
66KaohsiungTaiwanAsia9 Mar 200842.70 km37
67DortmundGermanyEurope17 May 197629.45 km37
68Saint LouisUSAAmerica31 Jul 199373.40 km37
69TianjinChinaAsia28 Mar 200471.98 km3715 mio.
70FukuokaJapanAsia26 Jul 198129.80 km35106 mio.
71Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmerica5 Mar 197936.53 km34135 mio.
72AmsterdamNetherlandsEurope16 Oct 197732.70 km3391 mio.
73VancouverCanadaAmerica3 Jan 198650.00 km3369 mio.
74KyotoJapanAsia1 Apr 198131.30 km32111 mio.
75MonterreyMexicoAmerica25 Apr 199131.50 km32
76FrankfurtGermanyEurope4 Oct 196820.50 km31
77The HagueNetherlandsEurope16 Oct 200427.90 km30
78RecifeBrazilAmerica11 Mar 198539.70 km30
79Los AngelesUSAAmerica30 Jan 199359.30 km3041 mio.
80NaplesItalyEurope28 Mar 199331.80 km3029 mio.
81GuadalajaraMexicoAmerica1 Sep 198924.00 km29
82LausanneSwitzerlandEurope24 May 199113.70 km29
83IncheonSouth KoreaAsia6 Oct 199929.50 km29119 mio.
84TashkentUzbekistanAsia6 Nov 197736.20 km2969 mio.
85BochumGermanyEurope26 May 197921.53 km29
86KharkovUkraineEurope23 Aug 197535.30 km28290 mio.
87EssenGermanyEurope5 Oct 196720.22 km27
88MedellinColombiaAmerica30 Nov 199528.80 km26140 mio.
89KobeJapanAsia13 Mar 197730.60 km2692 mio.
90MarseilleFranceEurope26 Nov 197719.30 km2658 mio.
91MinskBelarusEurope26 Jun 198430.30 km25264 mio.
92BursaTurkeyAsia19 Aug 200222.50 km23
93BrasiliaBrazilAmerica31 Mar 200142.00 km2316 mio.
94AnkaraTurkeyAsia30 Aug 199623.10 km23108 mio.
95MiamiUSAAmerica21 May 198436.00 km2217 mio.
96TbilisiGeorgiaAsia11 Jan 196626.30 km22112 mio.
97DaejeonSouth KoreaAsia16 Mar 200622.60 km22
98CopenhagenDenmarkEurope19 Oct 200221.00 km2237 mio.
99SevilleSpainEurope2 Apr 200918.00 km22
100BakuAzerbaijanAsia6 Nov 196731.70 km21161 mio.
101HiroshimaJapanAsia20 Aug 199418.40 km2118 mio.
102HanoverGermanyEurope28 Sep 197518.60 km21
103WarsawPolandEurope7 Apr 199522.60 km21106 mio.
104ValparaisoChileAmerica23 Nov 200543.00 km20
105CharleroiBelgiumEurope21 Jun 197617.50 km20
106GwangjuSouth KoreaAsia28 Apr 200420.10 km20
107WuppertalGermanyEurope1 Mar 190113.30 km20
108TamaJapanAsia27 Nov 199816.00 km19
109StuttgartGermanyEurope10 Jun 196624.00 km19
110ShenzhenChinaAsia28 Dec 200421.50 km1973 mio.
111Belo HorizonteBrazilAmerica1 Aug 198628.13 km19
112ChongqingChinaAsia18 Jun 200519.50 km18
113ChibaJapanAsia28 Mar 198815.50 km18
114ClevelandUSAAmerica15 Mar 195531.00 km185 mio.
115HelsinkiFinlandEurope3 Aug 198221.00 km1757 mio.
116ChennaiIndiaAsia19 Oct 199727.00 km17
117Porto AlegreBrazilAmerica2 Mar 198533.80 km17
118SendaiJapanAsia15 Jul 198714.80 km1757 mio.
119KolkataIndiaAsia24 Oct 198416.50 km17100 mio.
120PyongyangNorth KoreaAsia6 Sep 197322.50 km1635 mio.
121Santo DomingoDominican RepublicAmerica30 Jan 200914.50 km16
122NanjingChinaAsia27 Aug 200521.70 km16
123San JuanPuerto RicoAmerica6 Jun 200517.20 km16
124ChangchunChinaAsiaOct 200217.00 km16
125RennesFranceEurope16 Mar 20029.00 km1523 mio.
126OportoPortugalEurope7 Dec 200221.70 km15
127GlasgowUnited KingdomEurope14 Dec 189610.40 km1513 mio.
128NahaJapanAsia10 Aug 200312.80 km15
129SydneyAustraliaOceania192622.06 km14
130TurinItalyEurope4 Feb 20069.60 km14
131Nizhny NovgorodRussiaEurope20 Nov 198515.50 km1433 mio.
132DuesseldorfGermanyEurope4 Oct 19819.58 km14
133BaltimoreUSAAmerica21 Nov 198324.50 km1413 mio.
134MulheimGermanyEurope3 Nov 19799.01 km13
135NovosibirskRussiaAsia7 Jan 198614.30 km1367 mio.
136DuisburgGermanyEurope11 Jul 199214.34 km13
137DetroitUSAAmericaJul 19874.80 km13
138SofiaBulgariaEurope28 Jan 199815.60 km1329 mio.
139KitakyushuJapanAsia9 Jan 19858.80 km13
140BonnGermanyEurope22 Mar 19759.00 km12
141DalianChinaAsia1 May 200349.00 km12
142Kryvy RihUkraineEurope26 Dec 198618.00 km12
143SeattleUSAAmerica18 Jul 200922.20 km12
144AntwerpBelgiumEurope25 Mar 19757.60 km11
145LudwigshafenGermanyEurope29 May 19694.00 km11
146EdmontonCanadaAmerica22 Apr 197813.10 km11
147IstanbulTurkeyEurope16 Sep 200015.00 km1039 mio.
148YerevanArmeniaAsia7 Mar 198112.10 km1015 mio.
149IzmirTurkeyAsia22 May 200011.50 km1030 mio.
150WuhanChinaAsia28 Sep 200410.20 km10
151Palma de MallorcaSpainEurope25 Apr 20078.30 km9
152SamaraRussiaEurope26 Dec 198710.20 km912 mio.
153GelsenkirchenGermanyEurope1 Sep 19845.52 km9
154KamakuraJapanAsia3 Mar 19706.60 km8
155BuffaloUSAAmerica18 May 19858.36 km8
156AdanaTurkeyAsia18 Mar 20098.00 km8
157GenoaItalyEurope13 Jun 19905.20 km7
158ValenciaVenezuelaAmerica18 Oct 20066.20 km7
159BielefeldGermanyEurope21 Sep 19715.20 km7
160Las VegasUSAAmerica15 Jul 20046.20 km7
161PerugiaItalyEurope29 Jan 20083.00 km7
162YekaterinburgRussiaAsia26 Apr 19918.50 km745 mio.
163JacksonvilleUSAAmerica30 May 19896.90 km6
164CataniaItalyEurope27 Jun 19993.80 km6
165MaracaiboVenezuelaAmerica8 Jun 20096.50 km6
166PoznanPolandEurope1 Mar 19976.10 km6
167LimaPeruAmerica13 Jan 200310.00 km6
168KazanRussiaEurope27 Aug 20058.30 km66 mio.
169HaifaIsraelAsia19591.75 km6
170DnepropetrovskUkraineEurope29 Dec 19957.10 km612 mio.
171RouenFranceEurope17 Dec 19942.20 km5
172NewarkUSAAmerica26 May 19352.20 km4
173PittsburghUSAAmerica3 Jul 19850.003
174VolgogradRussiaEurope5 Nov 19843.30 km2


Numerical data (except ridership) by Jordi Serradell 8/2009. Ridership data by John Kennes 7/2008. Ticket prices (for 10 km/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) by UBS: Prices and Earnings (PDF, p. 20) 2009. Non-numerical data by Mike Rohde 8/2009.






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