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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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<Country >
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<Stations
1 PittsburghUSA1.5 km3 Jul 19853
2 HaifaIsrael1.8 km19596
3 NewarkUSA2.2 km26 May 19354
4 RouenFrance2.2 km17 Dec 19945
5 PerugiaItaly3.0 km29 Jan 20087
6 VolgogradRussia3.3 km5 Nov 19842
7 CataniaItaly3.8 km27 Jun 19996
8 LudwigshafenGermany4.0 km29 May 196911
9 DetroitUSA4.8 kmJul 198713
10 GenoaItaly5.2 km13 Jun 19907
11 BielefeldGermany5.2 km21 Sep 19717
12 GelsenkirchenGermany5.5 km1 Sep 19849
13 PoznanPoland6.1 km1 Mar 19976
14 ValenciaVenezuela6.2 km18 Oct 20067
15 Las VegasUSA6.2 km15 Jul 20047
16 MaracaiboVenezuela6.5 km8 Jun 20096
17 KamakuraJapan6.6 km3 Mar 19708
18 JacksonvilleUSA6.9 km30 May 19896
19 DnepropetrovskUkraine7.1 km29 Dec 19956
20 AntwerpBelgium7.6 km25 Mar 197511
21 AdanaTurkey8.0 km18 Mar 20098
22 KazanRussia8.3 km27 Aug 20056
23 Palma de MallorcaSpain8.3 km25 Apr 20079
24 BuffaloUSA8.4 km18 May 19858
25 YekaterinburgRussia8.5 km26 Apr 19917
26 KitakyushuJapan8.8 km9 Jan 198513
27 RennesFrance9.0 km16 Mar 200215
28 BonnGermany9.0 km22 Mar 197512
29 MulheimGermany9.0 km3 Nov 197913
30 DuesseldorfGermany9.6 km4 Oct 198114
31 TurinItaly9.6 km4 Feb 200614
32 LimaPeru10.0 km13 Jan 20036
33 SamaraRussia10.2 km26 Dec 19879
34 WuhanChina10.2 km28 Sep 200410
35 GlasgowUnited Kingdom10.4 km14 Dec 189615
36 IzmirTurkey11.5 km22 May 200010
37 YerevanArmenia12.1 km7 Mar 198110
38 NahaJapan12.8 km10 Aug 200315
39 EdmontonCanada13.1 km22 Apr 197811
40 WuppertalGermany13.3 km1 Mar 190120
41 LausanneSwitzerland13.7 km24 May 199129
42 NovosibirskRussia14.3 km7 Jan 198613
43 DuisburgGermany14.3 km11 Jul 199213
44 Santo DomingoDominican Republic14.5 km30 Jan 200916
45 SendaiJapan14.8 km15 Jul 198717
46 IstanbulTurkey15.0 km16 Sep 200010
47 ChibaJapan15.5 km28 Mar 198818
48 Nizhny NovgorodRussia15.5 km20 Nov 198514
49 TamaJapan16.0 km27 Nov 199819
50 ChangchunChina17.0 kmOct 200216
51 San JuanPuerto Rico17.2 km6 Jun 200516
52 CharleroiBelgium17.5 km21 Jun 197620
53 Kryvyi RihUkraine18.0 km26 Dec 198612
54 SofiaBulgaria18.0 km28 Jan 199814
55 SevilleSpain18.0 km2 Apr 200921
56 HiroshimaJapan18.4 km20 Aug 199421
57 HanoverGermany18.6 km28 Sep 197521
58 MarseilleFrance19.3 km26 Nov 197726
59 ChongqingChina19.5 km18 Jun 200518
60 GwangjuSouth Korea20.1 km28 Apr 200420
61 EssenGermany20.2 km5 Oct 196727
62 FrankfurtGermany20.5 km4 Oct 196831
63 CopenhagenDenmark21.0 km19 Oct 200222
64 HelsinkiFinland21.0 km3 Aug 198217
65 BochumGermany21.5 km26 May 197929
66 OportoPortugal21.7 km7 Dec 200215
67 NanjingChina21.7 km27 Aug 200516
68 SydneyAustralia22.1 km192614
69 ShenyangChina22.2 km23 Sep 200918
70 SeattleUSA22.2 km18 Jul 200912
71 BursaTurkey22.5 km19 Aug 200223
72 PyongyangNorth Korea22.5 km6 Sep 197316
73 WarsawPoland22.6 km7 Apr 199521
74 KolkataIndia22.6 km24 Oct 198421
75 DaejeonSouth Korea22.6 km16 Mar 200622
76 AnkaraTurkey23.1 km30 Aug 199623
77 GuadalajaraMexico24.0 km1 Sep 198929
78 StuttgartGermany24.0 km10 Jun 196619
79 BaltimoreUSA24.5 km21 Nov 198314
80 ShenzhenChina25.3 km28 Dec 200423
81 TbilisiGeorgia26.3 km11 Jan 196622
82 ChennaiIndia27.0 km19 Oct 199717
83 ToulouseFrance27.5 km26 Jun 199338
84 The HagueNetherlands27.9 km16 Oct 200430
85 Belo HorizonteBrazil28.1 km1 Aug 198619
86 MedellinColombia28.8 km30 Nov 199526
87 DortmundGermany29.5 km17 May 197637
88 IncheonSouth Korea29.5 km6 Oct 199929
89 FukuokaJapan29.8 km26 Jul 198135
90 MinskBelarus30.3 km26 Jun 198425
91 KobeJapan30.6 km13 Mar 197726
92 LyonFrance30.7 km28 Apr 197843
93 ClevelandUSA31.0 km15 Mar 195518
94 KyotoJapan31.3 km1 Apr 198132
95 MonterreyMexico31.5 km25 Apr 199132
96 NaplesItaly31.8 km28 Mar 199330
97 ValenciaSpain31.8 km3 Oct 198838
98 BrusselsBelgium32.2 km20 Sep 197661
99 AmsterdamNetherlands32.7 km16 Oct 197733
100 BakuAzerbaijan32.9 km6 Nov 196722
101 BudapestHungary33.0 km2 May 189642
102 Porto AlegreBrazil33.8 km2 Mar 198517
103 NurembergGermany34.6 km1 Mar 197246
104 KharkovUkraine35.3 km23 Aug 197528
105 MiamiUSA36.0 km21 May 198422
106 TashkentUzbekistan36.2 km6 Nov 197729
107 RomeItaly39.0 km10 Feb 195549
108 RecifeBrazil39.7 km11 Mar 198530
109 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates39.7 km9 Sep 200911
110 BilbaoSpain40.6 km11 Nov 199538
111 LisbonPortugal41.0 km29 Dec 195952
112 Rio de JaneiroBrazil42.0 km5 Mar 197934
113 BrasiliaBrazil42.0 km31 Mar 200123
114 KaohsiungTaiwan42.7 km9 Mar 200837
115 ValparaisoChile43.0 km23 Nov 200520
116 CologneGermany45.0 km11 Oct 196851
117 LilleFrance45.5 km25 Apr 198362
118 ManilaPhilippines45.7 km1 Dec 198442
119 BangkokThailand46.3 km5 Dec 199944
120 RotterdamNetherlands47.0 km10 Feb 196838
121 Buenos AiresArgentina47.5 km1 Dec 191376
122 SapporoJapan48.0 km16 Dec 197149
123 DalianChina49.0 km1 May 200312
124 TehranIran50.5 km21 Feb 200047
125 AthensGreece52.0 km195452
126 DaeguSouth Korea53.9 km26 Nov 199756
127 YokohamaJapan57.6 km16 Dec 197248
128 PragueCzech Republic59.1 km9 May 197457
129 Los AngelesUSA59.3 km30 Jan 199330
130 KievUkraine59.8 km22 Oct 196046
131 CaracasVenezuela60.5 km27 Mar 198350
132 BostonUSA60.5 km1 Sep 189766
133 Sao PauloBrazil61.3 km14 Sep 197458
134 OsloNorway62.0 km22 May 196672
135 PhiladelphiaUSA62.0 km4 Mar 190766
136 Kuala LumpurMalaysia64.0 km16 Dec 199660
137 CairoEgypt65.5 km27 Sep 198755
138 BucharestRomania67.7 km16 Nov 197950
139 MontrealCanada69.2 km14 Oct 196673
140 VancouverCanada69.5 km3 Jan 198649
141 ViennaAustria69.8 km25 Feb 197896
142 TorontoCanada71.3 km30 Apr 195474
143 TianjinChina72.0 km28 Mar 200437
144 Saint LouisUSA73.4 km31 Jul 199337
145 MilanItaly74.6 km1 Nov 196488
146 NewcastleUnited Kingdom76.5 km7 Aug 198061
147 AtlantaUSA79.2 km30 Jun 197939
148 SantiagoChile83.0 km15 Sep 197593
149 NagoyaJapan89.0 km15 Nov 195793
150 TaipeiTaiwan90.6 km28 Mar 199685
151 MunichGermany92.5 km19 Oct 1971100
152 BusanSouth Korea95.0 km19 Jul 198592
153 DelhiIndia96.2 km24 Dec 200283
154 HamburgGermany100.7 km1 Mar 191297
155 StockholmSweden105.7 km1 Oct 1950104
156 Saint PetersburgRussia110.2 km15 Nov 195563
157 BarcelonaSpain110.5 km30 Dec 1924152
158 SingaporeSingapore118.9 km7 Nov 198776
159 OsakaJapan137.8 km20 May 1933133
160 BerlinGermany147.4 km18 Feb 1902195
161 GuangzhouChina148.5 km28 Jun 199988
162 ChicagoUSA166.0 km6 Jun 1892151
163 San FranciscoUSA166.9 km11 Sep 197243
164 MumbaiIndia171.0 km73
165 WashingtonUSA171.2 km27 Mar 197690
166 Hong KongChina188.1 km1 Oct 197995
167 Mexico CityMexico201.7 km5 Sep 1969175
168 ParisFrance213.0 km19 Jul 1900380
169 BeijingChina227.6 km1 Oct 1969147
170 MadridSpain284.0 km17 Oct 1919281
171 SeoulSouth Korea286.9 km15 Aug 1974348
172 MoscowRussia298.8 km15 May 1935180
173 TokyoJapan304.5 km30 Dec 1927290
174 ShanghaiChina334.0 km10 Apr 1995230
175 New YorkUSA368.0 km27 Oct 1904468
176 LondonUnited Kingdom408.0 km10 Jan 1863268


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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