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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 TokyoJapan30 Dec 1927189.2 mi3174 mio.290
2 MoscowRussia15 May 1935185.7 mi2573 mio.180
3 SeoulSouth Korea15 Aug 1974178.3 mi2048 mio.348
4 New YorkUSA27 Oct 1904228.7 mi1624 mio.468
5 ParisFrance19 Jul 1900132.4 mi1473 mio.380
6 Mexico CityMexico5 Sep 1969125.4 mi1460 mio.175
7 Hong KongChina1 Oct 1979116.9 mi1309 mio.95
8 BeijingChina1 Oct 1969141.4 mi1200 mio.147
9 LondonUnited Kingdom10 Jan 1863253.6 mi1197 mio.268
10 ShanghaiChina10 Apr 1995207.6 mi1122 mio.230
11 OsakaJapan20 May 193385.6 mi860 mio.133
12 Saint PetersburgRussia15 Nov 195568.5 mi832 mio.63
13 CairoEgypt27 Sep 198740.7 mi700 mio.55
14 MadridSpain17 Oct 1919176.5 mi686 mio.281
15 Sao PauloBrazil14 Sep 197438.1 mi684 mio.58
16 SantiagoChile15 Sep 197551.6 mi642 mio.93
17 KievUkraine22 Oct 196037.2 mi642 mio.46
18 GuangzhouChina28 Jun 199992.3 mi601 mio.88
19 PragueCzech Republic9 May 197436.7 mi597 mio.57
20 SingaporeSingapore7 Nov 198773.9 mi571 mio.76
21 CaracasVenezuela27 Mar 198337.6 mi510 mio.50
22 ViennaAustria25 Feb 197843.4 mi498 mio.96
23 TaipeiTaiwan28 Mar 199656.3 mi450 mio.85
24 BerlinGermany18 Feb 190291.6 mi447 mio.195
25 NagoyaJapan15 Nov 195755.3 mi427 mio.93
26 BarcelonaSpain30 Dec 192468.7 mi378 mio.152
27 TehranIran21 Feb 200031.4 mi353 mio.47
28 MunichGermany19 Oct 197157.5 mi349 mio.100
29 ManilaPhilippines1 Dec 198428.4 mi346 mio.42
30 RomeItaly10 Feb 195524.2 mi331 mio.49
31 MilanItaly1 Nov 196446.4 mi328 mio.88
32 AthensGreece195432.3 mi325 mio.52
33 DelhiIndia24 Dec 200259.8 mi310 mio.83
34 StockholmSweden1 Oct 195065.7 mi303 mio.104
35 BudapestHungary2 May 189620.5 mi297 mio.42
36 Buenos AiresArgentina1 Dec 191329.5 mi280 mio.76
37 TorontoCanada30 Apr 195444.3 mi278 mio.74
38 KharkovUkraine23 Aug 197521.9 mi278 mio.28
39 MinskBelarus26 Jun 198418.8 mi262 mio.25
40 BusanSouth Korea19 Jul 198559.0 mi257 mio.92
41 MontrealCanada14 Oct 196643.0 mi219 mio.73
42 WashingtonUSA27 Mar 1976106.4 mi215 mio.90
43 SapporoJapan16 Dec 197129.8 mi209 mio.49
44 BangkokThailand5 Dec 199928.8 mi206 mio.44
45 YokohamaJapan16 Dec 197235.8 mi198 mio.48
46 ChicagoUSA6 Jun 1892103.2 mi198 mio.151
47 HamburgGermany1 Mar 191262.6 mi184 mio.97
48 LyonFrance28 Apr 197819.1 mi182 mio.43
49 LisbonPortugal29 Dec 195925.5 mi180 mio.52
50 BakuAzerbaijan6 Nov 196720.4 mi176 mio.22
51 MedellinColombia30 Nov 199517.9 mi155 mio.26
52 BostonUSA1 Sep 189737.6 mi145 mio.66
53 BrusselsBelgium20 Sep 197620.0 mi136 mio.61
54 Rio de JaneiroBrazil5 Mar 197926.1 mi135 mio.34
55 KyotoJapan1 Apr 198119.5 mi126 mio.32
56 FukuokaJapan26 Jul 198118.5 mi124 mio.35
57 KobeJapan13 Mar 197719.0 mi121 mio.26
58 WarsawPoland7 Apr 199514.0 mi114 mio.21
59 AnkaraTurkey30 Aug 199614.4 mi113 mio.23
60 BucharestRomania16 Nov 197942.1 mi111 mio.50
61 DaeguSouth Korea26 Nov 199733.5 mi110 mio.56
62 Kuala LumpurMalaysia16 Dec 199639.8 mi109 mio.60
63 NanjingChina27 Aug 200513.5 mi102 mio.16
64 KolkataIndia24 Oct 198414.0 mi100 mio.21
65 San FranciscoUSA11 Sep 1972103.7 mi100 mio.43
66 NurembergGermany1 Mar 197221.5 mi92 mio.46
67 TbilisiGeorgia11 Jan 196616.3 mi92 mio.22
68 AmsterdamNetherlands16 Oct 197720.3 mi91 mio.33
69 BilbaoSpain11 Nov 199525.2 mi86 mio.38
70 RotterdamNetherlands10 Feb 196829.2 mi85 mio.38
71 LilleFrance25 Apr 198328.3 mi74 mio.62
72 VancouverCanada3 Jan 198643.2 mi74 mio.49
73 ShenzhenChina28 Dec 200415.7 mi73 mio.23
74 IncheonSouth Korea6 Oct 199918.3 mi73 mio.29
75 TashkentUzbekistan6 Nov 197722.5 mi71 mio.29
76 NovosibirskRussia7 Jan 19868.9 mi70 mio.13
77 IstanbulTurkey16 Sep 20009.3 mi68 mio.10
78 PhiladelphiaUSA4 Mar 190738.5 mi67 mio.66
79 OsloNorway22 May 196638.5 mi64 mio.72
80 SendaiJapan15 Jul 19879.2 mi58 mio.17
81 MarseilleFrance26 Nov 197712.0 mi58 mio.26
82 HelsinkiFinland3 Aug 198213.1 mi58 mio.17
83 SofiaBulgaria28 Jan 199811.2 mi51 mio.14
84 YekaterinburgRussia26 Apr 19915.3 mi46 mio.7
85 Los AngelesUSA30 Jan 199336.9 mi45 mio.30
86 ToulouseFrance26 Jun 199317.1 mi42 mio.38
87 NewcastleUnited Kingdom7 Aug 198047.5 mi38 mio.61
88 CopenhagenDenmark19 Oct 200213.1 mi37 mio.22
89 PyongyangNorth Korea6 Sep 197314.0 mi35 mio.16
90 AtlantaUSA30 Jun 197949.2 mi34 mio.39
91 Nizhny NovgorodRussia20 Nov 19859.6 mi33 mio.14
92 IzmirTurkey22 May 20007.1 mi30 mio.10
93 KaohsiungTaiwan9 Mar 200826.5 mi30 mio.37
94 NaplesItaly28 Mar 199319.8 mi29 mio.30
95 DaejeonSouth Korea16 Mar 200614.0 mi29 mio.22
96 RennesFrance16 Mar 20025.6 mi23 mio.15
97 MiamiUSA21 May 198422.4 mi19 mio.22
98 HiroshimaJapan20 Aug 199411.4 mi18 mio.21
99 ValenciaVenezuela18 Oct 20063.9 mi18 mio.7
100 YerevanArmenia7 Mar 19817.5 mi17 mio.10
101 GwangjuSouth Korea28 Apr 200412.5 mi17 mio.20
102 BrasiliaBrazil31 Mar 200126.1 mi16 mio.23
103 TianjinChina28 Mar 200444.7 mi15 mio.37
104 GlasgowUnited Kingdom14 Dec 18966.5 mi15 mio.15
105 BaltimoreUSA21 Nov 198315.2 mi14 mio.14
106 SamaraRussia26 Dec 19876.3 mi12 mio.9
107 DnepropetrovskUkraine29 Dec 19954.4 mi11 mio.6
108 San JuanPuerto Rico6 Jun 200510.7 mi9 mio.16
109 KazanRussia27 Aug 20055.2 mi7 mio.6
110 ClevelandUSA15 Mar 195519.3 mi6 mio.18
111 Santo DomingoDominican Republic30 Jan 20099.0 mi16
112 EssenGermany5 Oct 196712.6 mi27
113 MaracaiboVenezuela8 Jun 20094.0 mi6
114 BursaTurkey19 Aug 200214.0 mi23
115 JacksonvilleUSA30 May 19894.3 mi6
116 NewarkUSA26 May 19351.4 mi4
117 SydneyAustralia192613.7 mi14
118 LausanneSwitzerland24 May 19918.5 mi29
119 PoznanPoland1 Mar 19973.8 mi6
120 ChibaJapan28 Mar 19889.6 mi18
121 GelsenkirchenGermany1 Sep 19843.4 mi9
122 DuisburgGermany11 Jul 19928.9 mi13
123 PerugiaItaly29 Jan 20081.9 mi7
124 RouenFrance17 Dec 19941.4 mi5
125 WuppertalGermany1 Mar 19018.3 mi20
126 RecifeBrazil11 Mar 198524.7 mi30
127 HanoverGermany28 Sep 197511.6 mi21
128 MumbaiIndia106.3 mi73
129 OportoPortugal7 Dec 200213.5 mi15
130 GuadalajaraMexico1 Sep 198914.9 mi29
131 CharleroiBelgium21 Jun 197610.9 mi20
132 TurinItaly4 Feb 20066.0 mi14
133 KitakyushuJapan9 Jan 19855.5 mi13
134 FrankfurtGermany4 Oct 196812.7 mi31
135 AdanaTurkey18 Mar 20095.0 mi8
136 The HagueNetherlands16 Oct 200417.3 mi30
137 KamakuraJapan3 Mar 19704.1 mi8
138 DortmundGermany17 May 197618.3 mi37
139 LudwigshafenGermany29 May 19692.5 mi11
140 NahaJapan10 Aug 20038.0 mi15
141 BochumGermany26 May 197913.4 mi29
142 HaifaIsrael19591.1 mi6
143 ValparaisoChile23 Nov 200526.7 mi20
144 Kryvyi RihUkraine26 Dec 198611.2 mi12
145 GenoaItaly13 Jun 19903.2 mi7
146 CataniaItaly27 Jun 19992.4 mi6
147 EdmontonCanada22 Apr 19788.1 mi11
148 BuffaloUSA18 May 19855.2 mi8
149 Saint LouisUSA31 Jul 199345.6 mi37
150 DetroitUSAJul 19873.0 mi13
151 StuttgartGermany10 Jun 196614.9 mi19
152 VolgogradRussia5 Nov 19842.1 mi2
153 CologneGermany11 Oct 196828.0 mi51
154 ShenyangChina23 Sep 200913.8 mi18
155 Las VegasUSA15 Jul 20043.9 mi7
156 BielefeldGermany21 Sep 19713.2 mi7
157 Porto AlegreBrazil2 Mar 198521.0 mi17
158 MonterreyMexico25 Apr 199119.6 mi32
159 ChennaiIndia19 Oct 199716.8 mi17
160 ValenciaSpain3 Oct 198819.8 mi38
161 SeattleUSA18 Jul 200913.8 mi12
162 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates9 Sep 200924.7 mi11
163 Palma de MallorcaSpain25 Apr 20075.2 mi9
164 AntwerpBelgium25 Mar 19754.7 mi11
165 DuesseldorfGermany4 Oct 19816.0 mi14
166 DalianChina1 May 200330.5 mi12
167 TamaJapan27 Nov 19989.9 mi19
168 WuhanChina28 Sep 20046.3 mi10
169 BonnGermany22 Mar 19755.6 mi12
170 LimaPeru13 Jan 20036.2 mi6
171 MulheimGermany3 Nov 19795.6 mi13
172 ChongqingChina18 Jun 200512.1 mi18
173 SevilleSpain2 Apr 200911.2 mi21
174 Belo HorizonteBrazil1 Aug 198617.5 mi19
175 PittsburghUSA3 Jul 19850.9 mi3
176 ChangchunChinaOct 200210.6 mi16


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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