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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 LondonUnited Kingdom10 Jan 1863253.6 mi268
2 New YorkUSA27 Oct 1904228.7 mi468
3 ShanghaiChina10 Apr 1995207.6 mi230
4 TokyoJapan30 Dec 1927189.2 mi290
5 MoscowRussia15 May 1935185.7 mi180
6 SeoulSouth Korea15 Aug 1974178.3 mi348
7 MadridSpain17 Oct 1919176.5 mi281
8 BeijingChina1 Oct 1969141.4 mi147
9 ParisFrance19 Jul 1900132.4 mi380
10 Mexico CityMexico5 Sep 1969125.4 mi175
11 Hong KongChina1 Oct 1979116.9 mi95
12 WashingtonUSA27 Mar 1976106.4 mi90
13 MumbaiIndia106.3 mi73
14 San FranciscoUSA11 Sep 1972103.7 mi43
15 ChicagoUSA6 Jun 1892103.2 mi151
16 GuangzhouChina28 Jun 199992.3 mi88
17 BerlinGermany18 Feb 190291.6 mi195
18 OsakaJapan20 May 193385.6 mi133
19 SingaporeSingapore7 Nov 198773.9 mi76
20 BarcelonaSpain30 Dec 192468.7 mi152
21 Saint PetersburgRussia15 Nov 195568.5 mi63
22 StockholmSweden1 Oct 195065.7 mi104
23 HamburgGermany1 Mar 191262.6 mi97
24 DelhiIndia24 Dec 200259.8 mi83
25 BusanSouth Korea19 Jul 198559.0 mi92
26 MunichGermany19 Oct 197157.5 mi100
27 TaipeiTaiwan28 Mar 199656.3 mi85
28 NagoyaJapan15 Nov 195755.3 mi93
29 SantiagoChile15 Sep 197551.6 mi93
30 AtlantaUSA30 Jun 197949.2 mi39
31 NewcastleUnited Kingdom7 Aug 198047.5 mi61
32 MilanItaly1 Nov 196446.4 mi88
33 Saint LouisUSA31 Jul 199345.6 mi37
34 TianjinChina28 Mar 200444.7 mi37
35 TorontoCanada30 Apr 195444.3 mi74
36 ViennaAustria25 Feb 197843.4 mi96
37 VancouverCanada3 Jan 198643.2 mi49
38 MontrealCanada14 Oct 196643.0 mi73
39 BucharestRomania16 Nov 197942.1 mi50
40 CairoEgypt27 Sep 198740.7 mi55
41 Kuala LumpurMalaysia16 Dec 199639.8 mi60
42 OsloNorway22 May 196638.5 mi72
43 PhiladelphiaUSA4 Mar 190738.5 mi66
44 Sao PauloBrazil14 Sep 197438.1 mi58
45 CaracasVenezuela27 Mar 198337.6 mi50
46 BostonUSA1 Sep 189737.6 mi66
47 KievUkraine22 Oct 196037.2 mi46
48 Los AngelesUSA30 Jan 199336.9 mi30
49 PragueCzech Republic9 May 197436.7 mi57
50 YokohamaJapan16 Dec 197235.8 mi48
51 DaeguSouth Korea26 Nov 199733.5 mi56
52 AthensGreece195432.3 mi52
53 TehranIran21 Feb 200031.4 mi47
54 DalianChina1 May 200330.5 mi12
55 SapporoJapan16 Dec 197129.8 mi49
56 Buenos AiresArgentina1 Dec 191329.5 mi76
57 RotterdamNetherlands10 Feb 196829.2 mi38
58 BangkokThailand5 Dec 199928.8 mi44
59 ManilaPhilippines1 Dec 198428.4 mi42
60 LilleFrance25 Apr 198328.3 mi62
61 CologneGermany11 Oct 196828.0 mi51
62 ValparaisoChile23 Nov 200526.7 mi20
63 KaohsiungTaiwan9 Mar 200826.5 mi37
64 Rio de JaneiroBrazil5 Mar 197926.1 mi34
65 BrasiliaBrazil31 Mar 200126.1 mi23
66 LisbonPortugal29 Dec 195925.5 mi52
67 BilbaoSpain11 Nov 199525.2 mi38
68 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates9 Sep 200924.7 mi11
69 RecifeBrazil11 Mar 198524.7 mi30
70 RomeItaly10 Feb 195524.2 mi49
71 TashkentUzbekistan6 Nov 197722.5 mi29
72 MiamiUSA21 May 198422.4 mi22
73 KharkovUkraine23 Aug 197521.9 mi28
74 NurembergGermany1 Mar 197221.5 mi46
75 Porto AlegreBrazil2 Mar 198521.0 mi17
76 BudapestHungary2 May 189620.5 mi42
77 BakuAzerbaijan6 Nov 196720.4 mi22
78 AmsterdamNetherlands16 Oct 197720.3 mi33
79 BrusselsBelgium20 Sep 197620.0 mi61
80 NaplesItaly28 Mar 199319.8 mi30
81 ValenciaSpain3 Oct 198819.8 mi38
82 MonterreyMexico25 Apr 199119.6 mi32
83 KyotoJapan1 Apr 198119.5 mi32
84 ClevelandUSA15 Mar 195519.3 mi18
85 LyonFrance28 Apr 197819.1 mi43
86 KobeJapan13 Mar 197719.0 mi26
87 MinskBelarus26 Jun 198418.8 mi25
88 FukuokaJapan26 Jul 198118.5 mi35
89 IncheonSouth Korea6 Oct 199918.3 mi29
90 DortmundGermany17 May 197618.3 mi37
91 MedellinColombia30 Nov 199517.9 mi26
92 Belo HorizonteBrazil1 Aug 198617.5 mi19
93 The HagueNetherlands16 Oct 200417.3 mi30
94 ToulouseFrance26 Jun 199317.1 mi38
95 ChennaiIndia19 Oct 199716.8 mi17
96 TbilisiGeorgia11 Jan 196616.3 mi22
97 ShenzhenChina28 Dec 200415.7 mi23
98 BaltimoreUSA21 Nov 198315.2 mi14
99 GuadalajaraMexico1 Sep 198914.9 mi29
100 StuttgartGermany10 Jun 196614.9 mi19
101 AnkaraTurkey30 Aug 199614.4 mi23
102 WarsawPoland7 Apr 199514.0 mi21
103 KolkataIndia24 Oct 198414.0 mi21
104 DaejeonSouth Korea16 Mar 200614.0 mi22
105 BursaTurkey19 Aug 200214.0 mi23
106 PyongyangNorth Korea6 Sep 197314.0 mi16
107 ShenyangChina23 Sep 200913.8 mi18
108 SeattleUSA18 Jul 200913.8 mi12
109 SydneyAustralia192613.7 mi14
110 OportoPortugal7 Dec 200213.5 mi15
111 NanjingChina27 Aug 200513.5 mi16
112 BochumGermany26 May 197913.4 mi29
113 CopenhagenDenmark19 Oct 200213.1 mi22
114 HelsinkiFinland3 Aug 198213.1 mi17
115 FrankfurtGermany4 Oct 196812.7 mi31
116 EssenGermany5 Oct 196712.6 mi27
117 GwangjuSouth Korea28 Apr 200412.5 mi20
118 ChongqingChina18 Jun 200512.1 mi18
119 MarseilleFrance26 Nov 197712.0 mi26
120 HanoverGermany28 Sep 197511.6 mi21
121 HiroshimaJapan20 Aug 199411.4 mi21
122 Kryvyi RihUkraine26 Dec 198611.2 mi12
123 SofiaBulgaria28 Jan 199811.2 mi14
124 SevilleSpain2 Apr 200911.2 mi21
125 CharleroiBelgium21 Jun 197610.9 mi20
126 San JuanPuerto Rico6 Jun 200510.7 mi16
127 ChangchunChinaOct 200210.6 mi16
128 TamaJapan27 Nov 19989.9 mi19
129 ChibaJapan28 Mar 19889.6 mi18
130 Nizhny NovgorodRussia20 Nov 19859.6 mi14
131 IstanbulTurkey16 Sep 20009.3 mi10
132 SendaiJapan15 Jul 19879.2 mi17
133 Santo DomingoDominican Republic30 Jan 20099.0 mi16
134 DuisburgGermany11 Jul 19928.9 mi13
135 NovosibirskRussia7 Jan 19868.9 mi13
136 LausanneSwitzerland24 May 19918.5 mi29
137 WuppertalGermany1 Mar 19018.3 mi20
138 EdmontonCanada22 Apr 19788.1 mi11
139 NahaJapan10 Aug 20038.0 mi15
140 YerevanArmenia7 Mar 19817.5 mi10
141 IzmirTurkey22 May 20007.1 mi10
142 GlasgowUnited Kingdom14 Dec 18966.5 mi15
143 SamaraRussia26 Dec 19876.3 mi9
144 WuhanChina28 Sep 20046.3 mi10
145 LimaPeru13 Jan 20036.2 mi6
146 TurinItaly4 Feb 20066.0 mi14
147 DuesseldorfGermany4 Oct 19816.0 mi14
148 MulheimGermany3 Nov 19795.6 mi13
149 RennesFrance16 Mar 20025.6 mi15
150 BonnGermany22 Mar 19755.6 mi12
151 KitakyushuJapan9 Jan 19855.5 mi13
152 YekaterinburgRussia26 Apr 19915.3 mi7
153 BuffaloUSA18 May 19855.2 mi8
154 KazanRussia27 Aug 20055.2 mi6
155 Palma de MallorcaSpain25 Apr 20075.2 mi9
156 AdanaTurkey18 Mar 20095.0 mi8
157 AntwerpBelgium25 Mar 19754.7 mi11
158 DnepropetrovskUkraine29 Dec 19954.4 mi6
159 JacksonvilleUSA30 May 19894.3 mi6
160 KamakuraJapan3 Mar 19704.1 mi8
161 MaracaiboVenezuela8 Jun 20094.0 mi6
162 ValenciaVenezuela18 Oct 20063.9 mi7
163 Las VegasUSA15 Jul 20043.9 mi7
164 PoznanPoland1 Mar 19973.8 mi6
165 GelsenkirchenGermany1 Sep 19843.4 mi9
166 GenoaItaly13 Jun 19903.2 mi7
167 BielefeldGermany21 Sep 19713.2 mi7
168 DetroitUSAJul 19873.0 mi13
169 LudwigshafenGermany29 May 19692.5 mi11
170 CataniaItaly27 Jun 19992.4 mi6
171 VolgogradRussia5 Nov 19842.1 mi2
172 PerugiaItaly29 Jan 20081.9 mi7
173 NewarkUSA26 May 19351.4 mi4
174 RouenFrance17 Dec 19941.4 mi5
175 HaifaIsrael19591.1 mi6
176 PittsburghUSA3 Jul 19850.9 mi3


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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