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