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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 TokyoJapan189.2 mi30 Dec 19272903174 mio.
2 MoscowRussia185.7 mi15 May 19351802573 mio.
3 SeoulSouth Korea178.3 mi15 Aug 19743482048 mio.
4 New YorkUSA228.7 mi27 Oct 19044681624 mio.
5 ParisFrance132.4 mi19 Jul 19003801473 mio.
6 Mexico CityMexico125.4 mi5 Sep 19691751460 mio.
7 Hong KongChina116.9 mi1 Oct 1979951309 mio.
8 BeijingChina141.4 mi1 Oct 19691471200 mio.
9 LondonUnited Kingdom253.6 mi10 Jan 18632681197 mio.
10 ShanghaiChina207.6 mi10 Apr 19952301122 mio.
11 OsakaJapan85.6 mi20 May 1933133860 mio.
12 Saint PetersburgRussia68.5 mi15 Nov 195563832 mio.
13 CairoEgypt40.7 mi27 Sep 198755700 mio.
14 MadridSpain176.5 mi17 Oct 1919281686 mio.
15 Sao PauloBrazil38.1 mi14 Sep 197458684 mio.
16 SantiagoChile51.6 mi15 Sep 197593642 mio.
17 KievUkraine37.2 mi22 Oct 196046642 mio.
18 GuangzhouChina92.3 mi28 Jun 199988601 mio.
19 PragueCzech Republic36.7 mi9 May 197457597 mio.
20 SingaporeSingapore73.9 mi7 Nov 198776571 mio.
21 CaracasVenezuela37.6 mi27 Mar 198350510 mio.
22 ViennaAustria43.4 mi25 Feb 197896498 mio.
23 TaipeiTaiwan56.3 mi28 Mar 199685450 mio.
24 BerlinGermany91.6 mi18 Feb 1902195447 mio.
25 NagoyaJapan55.3 mi15 Nov 195793427 mio.
26 BarcelonaSpain68.7 mi30 Dec 1924152378 mio.
27 TehranIran31.4 mi21 Feb 200047353 mio.
28 MunichGermany57.5 mi19 Oct 1971100349 mio.
29 ManilaPhilippines28.4 mi1 Dec 198442346 mio.
30 RomeItaly24.2 mi10 Feb 195549331 mio.
31 MilanItaly46.4 mi1 Nov 196488328 mio.
32 AthensGreece32.3 mi195452325 mio.
33 DelhiIndia59.8 mi24 Dec 200283310 mio.
34 StockholmSweden65.7 mi1 Oct 1950104303 mio.
35 BudapestHungary20.5 mi2 May 189642297 mio.
36 Buenos AiresArgentina29.5 mi1 Dec 191376280 mio.
37 TorontoCanada44.3 mi30 Apr 195474278 mio.
38 KharkovUkraine21.9 mi23 Aug 197528278 mio.
39 MinskBelarus18.8 mi26 Jun 198425262 mio.
40 BusanSouth Korea59.0 mi19 Jul 198592257 mio.
41 MontrealCanada43.0 mi14 Oct 196673219 mio.
42 WashingtonUSA106.4 mi27 Mar 197690215 mio.
43 SapporoJapan29.8 mi16 Dec 197149209 mio.
44 BangkokThailand28.8 mi5 Dec 199944206 mio.
45 YokohamaJapan35.8 mi16 Dec 197248198 mio.
46 ChicagoUSA103.2 mi6 Jun 1892151198 mio.
47 HamburgGermany62.6 mi1 Mar 191297184 mio.
48 LyonFrance19.1 mi28 Apr 197843182 mio.
49 LisbonPortugal25.5 mi29 Dec 195952180 mio.
50 BakuAzerbaijan20.4 mi6 Nov 196722176 mio.
51 MedellinColombia17.9 mi30 Nov 199526155 mio.
52 BostonUSA37.6 mi1 Sep 189766145 mio.
53 BrusselsBelgium20.0 mi20 Sep 197661136 mio.
54 Rio de JaneiroBrazil26.1 mi5 Mar 197934135 mio.
55 KyotoJapan19.5 mi1 Apr 198132126 mio.
56 FukuokaJapan18.5 mi26 Jul 198135124 mio.
57 KobeJapan19.0 mi13 Mar 197726121 mio.
58 WarsawPoland14.0 mi7 Apr 199521114 mio.
59 AnkaraTurkey14.4 mi30 Aug 199623113 mio.
60 BucharestRomania42.1 mi16 Nov 197950111 mio.
61 DaeguSouth Korea33.5 mi26 Nov 199756110 mio.
62 Kuala LumpurMalaysia39.8 mi16 Dec 199660109 mio.
63 NanjingChina13.5 mi27 Aug 200516102 mio.
64 KolkataIndia14.0 mi24 Oct 198421100 mio.
65 San FranciscoUSA103.7 mi11 Sep 197243100 mio.
66 NurembergGermany21.5 mi1 Mar 19724692 mio.
67 TbilisiGeorgia16.3 mi11 Jan 19662292 mio.
68 AmsterdamNetherlands20.3 mi16 Oct 19773391 mio.
69 BilbaoSpain25.2 mi11 Nov 19953886 mio.
70 RotterdamNetherlands29.2 mi10 Feb 19683885 mio.
71 LilleFrance28.3 mi25 Apr 19836274 mio.
72 VancouverCanada43.2 mi3 Jan 19864974 mio.
73 ShenzhenChina15.7 mi28 Dec 20042373 mio.
74 IncheonSouth Korea18.3 mi6 Oct 19992973 mio.
75 TashkentUzbekistan22.5 mi6 Nov 19772971 mio.
76 NovosibirskRussia8.9 mi7 Jan 19861370 mio.
77 IstanbulTurkey9.3 mi16 Sep 20001068 mio.
78 PhiladelphiaUSA38.5 mi4 Mar 19076667 mio.
79 OsloNorway38.5 mi22 May 19667264 mio.
80 SendaiJapan9.2 mi15 Jul 19871758 mio.
81 MarseilleFrance12.0 mi26 Nov 19772658 mio.
82 HelsinkiFinland13.1 mi3 Aug 19821758 mio.
83 SofiaBulgaria11.2 mi28 Jan 19981451 mio.
84 YekaterinburgRussia5.3 mi26 Apr 1991746 mio.
85 Los AngelesUSA36.9 mi30 Jan 19933045 mio.
86 ToulouseFrance17.1 mi26 Jun 19933842 mio.
87 NewcastleUnited Kingdom47.5 mi7 Aug 19806138 mio.
88 CopenhagenDenmark13.1 mi19 Oct 20022237 mio.
89 PyongyangNorth Korea14.0 mi6 Sep 19731635 mio.
90 AtlantaUSA49.2 mi30 Jun 19793934 mio.
91 Nizhny NovgorodRussia9.6 mi20 Nov 19851433 mio.
92 IzmirTurkey7.1 mi22 May 20001030 mio.
93 KaohsiungTaiwan26.5 mi9 Mar 20083730 mio.
94 NaplesItaly19.8 mi28 Mar 19933029 mio.
95 DaejeonSouth Korea14.0 mi16 Mar 20062229 mio.
96 RennesFrance5.6 mi16 Mar 20021523 mio.
97 MiamiUSA22.4 mi21 May 19842219 mio.
98 HiroshimaJapan11.4 mi20 Aug 19942118 mio.
99 ValenciaVenezuela3.9 mi18 Oct 2006718 mio.
100 YerevanArmenia7.5 mi7 Mar 19811017 mio.
101 GwangjuSouth Korea12.5 mi28 Apr 20042017 mio.
102 BrasiliaBrazil26.1 mi31 Mar 20012316 mio.
103 TianjinChina44.7 mi28 Mar 20043715 mio.
104 GlasgowUnited Kingdom6.5 mi14 Dec 18961515 mio.
105 BaltimoreUSA15.2 mi21 Nov 19831414 mio.
106 SamaraRussia6.3 mi26 Dec 1987912 mio.
107 DnepropetrovskUkraine4.4 mi29 Dec 1995611 mio.
108 San JuanPuerto Rico10.7 mi6 Jun 2005169 mio.
109 KazanRussia5.2 mi27 Aug 200567 mio.
110 ClevelandUSA19.3 mi15 Mar 1955186 mio.
111 Santo DomingoDominican Republic9.0 mi30 Jan 200916
112 EssenGermany12.6 mi5 Oct 196727
113 MaracaiboVenezuela4.0 mi8 Jun 20096
114 BursaTurkey14.0 mi19 Aug 200223
115 JacksonvilleUSA4.3 mi30 May 19896
116 NewarkUSA1.4 mi26 May 19354
117 SydneyAustralia13.7 mi192614
118 LausanneSwitzerland8.5 mi24 May 199129
119 PoznanPoland3.8 mi1 Mar 19976
120 ChibaJapan9.6 mi28 Mar 198818
121 GelsenkirchenGermany3.4 mi1 Sep 19849
122 DuisburgGermany8.9 mi11 Jul 199213
123 PerugiaItaly1.9 mi29 Jan 20087
124 RouenFrance1.4 mi17 Dec 19945
125 WuppertalGermany8.3 mi1 Mar 190120
126 RecifeBrazil24.7 mi11 Mar 198530
127 HanoverGermany11.6 mi28 Sep 197521
128 MumbaiIndia106.3 mi73
129 OportoPortugal13.5 mi7 Dec 200215
130 GuadalajaraMexico14.9 mi1 Sep 198929
131 CharleroiBelgium10.9 mi21 Jun 197620
132 TurinItaly6.0 mi4 Feb 200614
133 KitakyushuJapan5.5 mi9 Jan 198513
134 FrankfurtGermany12.7 mi4 Oct 196831
135 AdanaTurkey5.0 mi18 Mar 20098
136 The HagueNetherlands17.3 mi16 Oct 200430
137 KamakuraJapan4.1 mi3 Mar 19708
138 DortmundGermany18.3 mi17 May 197637
139 LudwigshafenGermany2.5 mi29 May 196911
140 NahaJapan8.0 mi10 Aug 200315
141 BochumGermany13.4 mi26 May 197929
142 HaifaIsrael1.1 mi19596
143 ValparaisoChile26.7 mi23 Nov 200520
144 Kryvyi RihUkraine11.2 mi26 Dec 198612
145 GenoaItaly3.2 mi13 Jun 19907
146 CataniaItaly2.4 mi27 Jun 19996
147 EdmontonCanada8.1 mi22 Apr 197811
148 BuffaloUSA5.2 mi18 May 19858
149 Saint LouisUSA45.6 mi31 Jul 199337
150 DetroitUSA3.0 miJul 198713
151 StuttgartGermany14.9 mi10 Jun 196619
152 VolgogradRussia2.1 mi5 Nov 19842
153 CologneGermany28.0 mi11 Oct 196851
154 ShenyangChina13.8 mi23 Sep 200918
155 Las VegasUSA3.9 mi15 Jul 20047
156 BielefeldGermany3.2 mi21 Sep 19717
157 Porto AlegreBrazil21.0 mi2 Mar 198517
158 MonterreyMexico19.6 mi25 Apr 199132
159 ChennaiIndia16.8 mi19 Oct 199717
160 ValenciaSpain19.8 mi3 Oct 198838
161 SeattleUSA13.8 mi18 Jul 200912
162 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates24.7 mi9 Sep 200911
163 Palma de MallorcaSpain5.2 mi25 Apr 20079
164 AntwerpBelgium4.7 mi25 Mar 197511
165 DuesseldorfGermany6.0 mi4 Oct 198114
166 DalianChina30.5 mi1 May 200312
167 TamaJapan9.9 mi27 Nov 199819
168 WuhanChina6.3 mi28 Sep 200410
169 BonnGermany5.6 mi22 Mar 197512
170 LimaPeru6.2 mi13 Jan 20036
171 MulheimGermany5.6 mi3 Nov 197913
172 ChongqingChina12.1 mi18 Jun 200518
173 SevilleSpain11.2 mi2 Apr 200921
174 Belo HorizonteBrazil17.5 mi1 Aug 198619
175 PittsburghUSA0.9 mi3 Jul 19853
176 ChangchunChina10.6 miOct 200216


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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