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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 Buenos AiresArgentina29.5 mi1 Dec 1913280 mio.
2 YerevanArmenia7.5 mi7 Mar 198117 mio.
3 SydneyAustralia13.7 mi1926
4 ViennaAustria43.4 mi25 Feb 1978498 mio.
5 BakuAzerbaijan20.4 mi6 Nov 1967176 mio.
6 MinskBelarus18.8 mi26 Jun 1984262 mio.
7 BrusselsBelgium20.0 mi20 Sep 1976136 mio.
8 CharleroiBelgium10.9 mi21 Jun 1976
9 AntwerpBelgium4.7 mi25 Mar 1975
10 Rio de JaneiroBrazil26.1 mi5 Mar 1979135 mio.
11 RecifeBrazil24.7 mi11 Mar 1985
12 BrasiliaBrazil26.1 mi31 Mar 200116 mio.
13 Porto AlegreBrazil21.0 mi2 Mar 1985
14 Belo HorizonteBrazil17.5 mi1 Aug 1986
15 Sao PauloBrazil38.1 mi14 Sep 1974684 mio.
16 SofiaBulgaria11.2 mi28 Jan 199851 mio.
17 MontrealCanada43.0 mi14 Oct 1966219 mio.
18 TorontoCanada44.3 mi30 Apr 1954278 mio.
19 EdmontonCanada8.1 mi22 Apr 1978
20 VancouverCanada43.2 mi3 Jan 198674 mio.
21 ValparaisoChile26.7 mi23 Nov 2005
22 SantiagoChile51.6 mi15 Sep 1975642 mio.
23 ShenzhenChina15.7 mi28 Dec 200473 mio.
24 ShanghaiChina207.6 mi10 Apr 19951122 mio.
25 Hong KongChina116.9 mi1 Oct 19791309 mio.
26 BeijingChina141.4 mi1 Oct 19691200 mio.
27 ShenyangChina13.8 mi23 Sep 2009
28 GuangzhouChina92.3 mi28 Jun 1999601 mio.
29 TianjinChina44.7 mi28 Mar 200415 mio.
30 DalianChina30.5 mi1 May 2003
31 WuhanChina6.3 mi28 Sep 2004
32 NanjingChina13.5 mi27 Aug 2005102 mio.
33 ChongqingChina12.1 mi18 Jun 2005
34 ChangchunChina10.6 miOct 2002
35 MedellinColombia17.9 mi30 Nov 1995155 mio.
36 PragueCzech Republic36.7 mi9 May 1974597 mio.
37 CopenhagenDenmark13.1 mi19 Oct 200237 mio.
38 Santo DomingoDominican Republic9.0 mi30 Jan 2009
39 CairoEgypt40.7 mi27 Sep 1987700 mio.
40 HelsinkiFinland13.1 mi3 Aug 198258 mio.
41 ParisFrance132.4 mi19 Jul 19001473 mio.
42 RouenFrance1.4 mi17 Dec 1994
43 MarseilleFrance12.0 mi26 Nov 197758 mio.
44 LilleFrance28.3 mi25 Apr 198374 mio.
45 RennesFrance5.6 mi16 Mar 200223 mio.
46 LyonFrance19.1 mi28 Apr 1978182 mio.
47 ToulouseFrance17.1 mi26 Jun 199342 mio.
48 TbilisiGeorgia16.3 mi11 Jan 196692 mio.
49 EssenGermany12.6 mi5 Oct 1967
50 GelsenkirchenGermany3.4 mi1 Sep 1984
51 DuisburgGermany8.9 mi11 Jul 1992
52 WuppertalGermany8.3 mi1 Mar 1901
53 HanoverGermany11.6 mi28 Sep 1975
54 BerlinGermany91.6 mi18 Feb 1902447 mio.
55 FrankfurtGermany12.7 mi4 Oct 1968
56 DortmundGermany18.3 mi17 May 1976
57 LudwigshafenGermany2.5 mi29 May 1969
58 BochumGermany13.4 mi26 May 1979
59 NurembergGermany21.5 mi1 Mar 197292 mio.
60 StuttgartGermany14.9 mi10 Jun 1966
61 MunichGermany57.5 mi19 Oct 1971349 mio.
62 CologneGermany28.0 mi11 Oct 1968
63 BielefeldGermany3.2 mi21 Sep 1971
64 DuesseldorfGermany6.0 mi4 Oct 1981
65 BonnGermany5.6 mi22 Mar 1975
66 HamburgGermany62.6 mi1 Mar 1912184 mio.
67 MulheimGermany5.6 mi3 Nov 1979
68 AthensGreece32.3 mi1954325 mio.
69 BudapestHungary20.5 mi2 May 1896297 mio.
70 KolkataIndia14.0 mi24 Oct 1984100 mio.
71 DelhiIndia59.8 mi24 Dec 2002310 mio.
72 MumbaiIndia106.3 mi
73 ChennaiIndia16.8 mi19 Oct 1997
74 TehranIran31.4 mi21 Feb 2000353 mio.
75 HaifaIsrael1.1 mi1959
76 PerugiaItaly1.9 mi29 Jan 2008
77 NaplesItaly19.8 mi28 Mar 199329 mio.
78 TurinItaly6.0 mi4 Feb 2006
79 RomeItaly24.2 mi10 Feb 1955331 mio.
80 GenoaItaly3.2 mi13 Jun 1990
81 CataniaItaly2.4 mi27 Jun 1999
82 MilanItaly46.4 mi1 Nov 1964328 mio.
83 OsakaJapan85.6 mi20 May 1933860 mio.
84 HiroshimaJapan11.4 mi20 Aug 199418 mio.
85 NagoyaJapan55.3 mi15 Nov 1957427 mio.
86 ChibaJapan9.6 mi28 Mar 1988
87 SendaiJapan9.2 mi15 Jul 198758 mio.
88 TokyoJapan189.2 mi30 Dec 19273174 mio.
89 KyotoJapan19.5 mi1 Apr 1981126 mio.
90 KitakyushuJapan5.5 mi9 Jan 1985
91 SapporoJapan29.8 mi16 Dec 1971209 mio.
92 KamakuraJapan4.1 mi3 Mar 1970
93 YokohamaJapan35.8 mi16 Dec 1972198 mio.
94 NahaJapan8.0 mi10 Aug 2003
95 KobeJapan19.0 mi13 Mar 1977121 mio.
96 FukuokaJapan18.5 mi26 Jul 1981124 mio.
97 TamaJapan9.9 mi27 Nov 1998
98 Kuala LumpurMalaysia39.8 mi16 Dec 1996109 mio.
99 Mexico CityMexico125.4 mi5 Sep 19691460 mio.
100 GuadalajaraMexico14.9 mi1 Sep 1989
101 MonterreyMexico19.6 mi25 Apr 1991
102 AmsterdamNetherlands20.3 mi16 Oct 197791 mio.
103 The HagueNetherlands17.3 mi16 Oct 2004
104 RotterdamNetherlands29.2 mi10 Feb 196885 mio.
105 PyongyangNorth Korea14.0 mi6 Sep 197335 mio.
106 OsloNorway38.5 mi22 May 196664 mio.
107 LimaPeru6.2 mi13 Jan 2003
108 ManilaPhilippines28.4 mi1 Dec 1984346 mio.
109 WarsawPoland14.0 mi7 Apr 1995114 mio.
110 PoznanPoland3.8 mi1 Mar 1997
111 LisbonPortugal25.5 mi29 Dec 1959180 mio.
112 OportoPortugal13.5 mi7 Dec 2002
113 San JuanPuerto Rico10.7 mi6 Jun 20059 mio.
114 BucharestRomania42.1 mi16 Nov 1979111 mio.
115 Saint PetersburgRussia68.5 mi15 Nov 1955832 mio.
116 KazanRussia5.2 mi27 Aug 20057 mio.
117 NovosibirskRussia8.9 mi7 Jan 198670 mio.
118 SamaraRussia6.3 mi26 Dec 198712 mio.
119 MoscowRussia185.7 mi15 May 19352573 mio.
120 YekaterinburgRussia5.3 mi26 Apr 199146 mio.
121 VolgogradRussia2.1 mi5 Nov 1984
122 Nizhny NovgorodRussia9.6 mi20 Nov 198533 mio.
123 SingaporeSingapore73.9 mi7 Nov 1987571 mio.
124 GwangjuSouth Korea12.5 mi28 Apr 200417 mio.
125 BusanSouth Korea59.0 mi19 Jul 1985257 mio.
126 DaeguSouth Korea33.5 mi26 Nov 1997110 mio.
127 SeoulSouth Korea178.3 mi15 Aug 19742048 mio.
128 IncheonSouth Korea18.3 mi6 Oct 199973 mio.
129 DaejeonSouth Korea14.0 mi16 Mar 200629 mio.
130 BilbaoSpain25.2 mi11 Nov 199586 mio.
131 BarcelonaSpain68.7 mi30 Dec 1924378 mio.
132 MadridSpain176.5 mi17 Oct 1919686 mio.
133 ValenciaSpain19.8 mi3 Oct 1988
134 Palma de MallorcaSpain5.2 mi25 Apr 2007
135 SevilleSpain11.2 mi2 Apr 2009
136 StockholmSweden65.7 mi1 Oct 1950303 mio.
137 LausanneSwitzerland8.5 mi24 May 1991
138 TaipeiTaiwan56.3 mi28 Mar 1996450 mio.
139 KaohsiungTaiwan26.5 mi9 Mar 200830 mio.
140 BangkokThailand28.8 mi5 Dec 1999206 mio.
141 BursaTurkey14.0 mi19 Aug 2002
142 IstanbulTurkey9.3 mi16 Sep 200068 mio.
143 AdanaTurkey5.0 mi18 Mar 2009
144 AnkaraTurkey14.4 mi30 Aug 1996113 mio.
145 IzmirTurkey7.1 mi22 May 200030 mio.
146 DnepropetrovskUkraine4.4 mi29 Dec 199511 mio.
147 Kryvyi RihUkraine11.2 mi26 Dec 1986
148 KharkovUkraine21.9 mi23 Aug 1975278 mio.
149 KievUkraine37.2 mi22 Oct 1960642 mio.
150 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates24.7 mi9 Sep 2009
151 NewcastleUnited Kingdom47.5 mi7 Aug 198038 mio.
152 LondonUnited Kingdom253.6 mi10 Jan 18631197 mio.
153 GlasgowUnited Kingdom6.5 mi14 Dec 189615 mio.
154 JacksonvilleUSA4.3 mi30 May 1989
155 NewarkUSA1.4 mi26 May 1935
156 Los AngelesUSA36.9 mi30 Jan 199345 mio.
157 BostonUSA37.6 mi1 Sep 1897145 mio.
158 ClevelandUSA19.3 mi15 Mar 19556 mio.
159 BaltimoreUSA15.2 mi21 Nov 198314 mio.
160 WashingtonUSA106.4 mi27 Mar 1976215 mio.
161 ChicagoUSA103.2 mi6 Jun 1892198 mio.
162 PhiladelphiaUSA38.5 mi4 Mar 190767 mio.
163 MiamiUSA22.4 mi21 May 198419 mio.
164 AtlantaUSA49.2 mi30 Jun 197934 mio.
165 BuffaloUSA5.2 mi18 May 1985
166 Saint LouisUSA45.6 mi31 Jul 1993
167 New YorkUSA228.7 mi27 Oct 19041624 mio.
168 DetroitUSA3.0 miJul 1987
169 Las VegasUSA3.9 mi15 Jul 2004
170 SeattleUSA13.8 mi18 Jul 2009
171 San FranciscoUSA103.7 mi11 Sep 1972100 mio.
172 PittsburghUSA0.9 mi3 Jul 1985
173 TashkentUzbekistan22.5 mi6 Nov 197771 mio.
174 MaracaiboVenezuela4.0 mi8 Jun 2009
175 ValenciaVenezuela3.9 mi18 Oct 200618 mio.
176 CaracasVenezuela37.6 mi27 Mar 1983510 mio.


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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