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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 New YorkUSA27 Oct 1904228.7 mi4681624 mio.
2 ParisFrance19 Jul 1900132.4 mi3801473 mio.
3 SeoulSouth Korea15 Aug 1974178.3 mi3482048 mio.
4 TokyoJapan30 Dec 1927189.2 mi2903174 mio.
5 MadridSpain17 Oct 1919176.5 mi281686 mio.
6 LondonUnited Kingdom10 Jan 1863253.6 mi2681197 mio.
7 ShanghaiChina10 Apr 1995207.6 mi2301122 mio.
8 BerlinGermany18 Feb 190291.6 mi195447 mio.
9 MoscowRussia15 May 1935185.7 mi1802573 mio.
10 Mexico CityMexico5 Sep 1969125.4 mi1751460 mio.
11 BarcelonaSpain30 Dec 192468.7 mi152378 mio.
12 ChicagoUSA6 Jun 1892103.2 mi151198 mio.
13 BeijingChina1 Oct 1969141.4 mi1471200 mio.
14 OsakaJapan20 May 193385.6 mi133860 mio.
15 StockholmSweden1 Oct 195065.7 mi104303 mio.
16 MunichGermany19 Oct 197157.5 mi100349 mio.
17 HamburgGermany1 Mar 191262.6 mi97184 mio.
18 ViennaAustria25 Feb 197843.4 mi96498 mio.
19 Hong KongChina1 Oct 1979116.9 mi951309 mio.
20 NagoyaJapan15 Nov 195755.3 mi93427 mio.
21 SantiagoChile15 Sep 197551.6 mi93642 mio.
22 BusanSouth Korea19 Jul 198559.0 mi92257 mio.
23 WashingtonUSA27 Mar 1976106.4 mi90215 mio.
24 GuangzhouChina28 Jun 199992.3 mi88601 mio.
25 MilanItaly1 Nov 196446.4 mi88328 mio.
26 TaipeiTaiwan28 Mar 199656.3 mi85450 mio.
27 DelhiIndia24 Dec 200259.8 mi83310 mio.
28 Buenos AiresArgentina1 Dec 191329.5 mi76280 mio.
29 SingaporeSingapore7 Nov 198773.9 mi76571 mio.
30 TorontoCanada30 Apr 195444.3 mi74278 mio.
31 MontrealCanada14 Oct 196643.0 mi73219 mio.
32 MumbaiIndia106.3 mi73
33 OsloNorway22 May 196638.5 mi7264 mio.
34 BostonUSA1 Sep 189737.6 mi66145 mio.
35 PhiladelphiaUSA4 Mar 190738.5 mi6667 mio.
36 Saint PetersburgRussia15 Nov 195568.5 mi63832 mio.
37 LilleFrance25 Apr 198328.3 mi6274 mio.
38 BrusselsBelgium20 Sep 197620.0 mi61136 mio.
39 NewcastleUnited Kingdom7 Aug 198047.5 mi6138 mio.
40 Kuala LumpurMalaysia16 Dec 199639.8 mi60109 mio.
41 Sao PauloBrazil14 Sep 197438.1 mi58684 mio.
42 PragueCzech Republic9 May 197436.7 mi57597 mio.
43 DaeguSouth Korea26 Nov 199733.5 mi56110 mio.
44 CairoEgypt27 Sep 198740.7 mi55700 mio.
45 AthensGreece195432.3 mi52325 mio.
46 LisbonPortugal29 Dec 195925.5 mi52180 mio.
47 CologneGermany11 Oct 196828.0 mi51
48 CaracasVenezuela27 Mar 198337.6 mi50510 mio.
49 BucharestRomania16 Nov 197942.1 mi50111 mio.
50 SapporoJapan16 Dec 197129.8 mi49209 mio.
51 RomeItaly10 Feb 195524.2 mi49331 mio.
52 VancouverCanada3 Jan 198643.2 mi4974 mio.
53 YokohamaJapan16 Dec 197235.8 mi48198 mio.
54 TehranIran21 Feb 200031.4 mi47353 mio.
55 NurembergGermany1 Mar 197221.5 mi4692 mio.
56 KievUkraine22 Oct 196037.2 mi46642 mio.
57 BangkokThailand5 Dec 199928.8 mi44206 mio.
58 San FranciscoUSA11 Sep 1972103.7 mi43100 mio.
59 LyonFrance28 Apr 197819.1 mi43182 mio.
60 ManilaPhilippines1 Dec 198428.4 mi42346 mio.
61 BudapestHungary2 May 189620.5 mi42297 mio.
62 AtlantaUSA30 Jun 197949.2 mi3934 mio.
63 BilbaoSpain11 Nov 199525.2 mi3886 mio.
64 ValenciaSpain3 Oct 198819.8 mi38
65 RotterdamNetherlands10 Feb 196829.2 mi3885 mio.
66 ToulouseFrance26 Jun 199317.1 mi3842 mio.
67 DortmundGermany17 May 197618.3 mi37
68 Saint LouisUSA31 Jul 199345.6 mi37
69 TianjinChina28 Mar 200444.7 mi3715 mio.
70 KaohsiungTaiwan9 Mar 200826.5 mi3730 mio.
71 FukuokaJapan26 Jul 198118.5 mi35124 mio.
72 Rio de JaneiroBrazil5 Mar 197926.1 mi34135 mio.
73 AmsterdamNetherlands16 Oct 197720.3 mi3391 mio.
74 KyotoJapan1 Apr 198119.5 mi32126 mio.
75 MonterreyMexico25 Apr 199119.6 mi32
76 FrankfurtGermany4 Oct 196812.7 mi31
77 Los AngelesUSA30 Jan 199336.9 mi3045 mio.
78 NaplesItaly28 Mar 199319.8 mi3029 mio.
79 RecifeBrazil11 Mar 198524.7 mi30
80 The HagueNetherlands16 Oct 200417.3 mi30
81 LausanneSwitzerland24 May 19918.5 mi29
82 TashkentUzbekistan6 Nov 197722.5 mi2971 mio.
83 GuadalajaraMexico1 Sep 198914.9 mi29
84 BochumGermany26 May 197913.4 mi29
85 IncheonSouth Korea6 Oct 199918.3 mi2973 mio.
86 KharkovUkraine23 Aug 197521.9 mi28278 mio.
87 EssenGermany5 Oct 196712.6 mi27
88 MarseilleFrance26 Nov 197712.0 mi2658 mio.
89 KobeJapan13 Mar 197719.0 mi26121 mio.
90 MedellinColombia30 Nov 199517.9 mi26155 mio.
91 MinskBelarus26 Jun 198418.8 mi25262 mio.
92 BursaTurkey19 Aug 200214.0 mi23
93 ShenzhenChina28 Dec 200415.7 mi2373 mio.
94 AnkaraTurkey30 Aug 199614.4 mi23113 mio.
95 BrasiliaBrazil31 Mar 200126.1 mi2316 mio.
96 CopenhagenDenmark19 Oct 200213.1 mi2237 mio.
97 MiamiUSA21 May 198422.4 mi2219 mio.
98 TbilisiGeorgia11 Jan 196616.3 mi2292 mio.
99 DaejeonSouth Korea16 Mar 200614.0 mi2229 mio.
100 BakuAzerbaijan6 Nov 196720.4 mi22176 mio.
101 HiroshimaJapan20 Aug 199411.4 mi2118 mio.
102 WarsawPoland7 Apr 199514.0 mi21114 mio.
103 KolkataIndia24 Oct 198414.0 mi21100 mio.
104 HanoverGermany28 Sep 197511.6 mi21
105 SevilleSpain2 Apr 200911.2 mi21
106 GwangjuSouth Korea28 Apr 200412.5 mi2017 mio.
107 WuppertalGermany1 Mar 19018.3 mi20
108 CharleroiBelgium21 Jun 197610.9 mi20
109 ValparaisoChile23 Nov 200526.7 mi20
110 StuttgartGermany10 Jun 196614.9 mi19
111 TamaJapan27 Nov 19989.9 mi19
112 Belo HorizonteBrazil1 Aug 198617.5 mi19
113 ChibaJapan28 Mar 19889.6 mi18
114 ClevelandUSA15 Mar 195519.3 mi186 mio.
115 ShenyangChina23 Sep 200913.8 mi18
116 ChongqingChina18 Jun 200512.1 mi18
117 SendaiJapan15 Jul 19879.2 mi1758 mio.
118 HelsinkiFinland3 Aug 198213.1 mi1758 mio.
119 Porto AlegreBrazil2 Mar 198521.0 mi17
120 ChennaiIndia19 Oct 199716.8 mi17
121 Santo DomingoDominican Republic30 Jan 20099.0 mi16
122 San JuanPuerto Rico6 Jun 200510.7 mi169 mio.
123 NanjingChina27 Aug 200513.5 mi16102 mio.
124 PyongyangNorth Korea6 Sep 197314.0 mi1635 mio.
125 ChangchunChinaOct 200210.6 mi16
126 OportoPortugal7 Dec 200213.5 mi15
127 NahaJapan10 Aug 20038.0 mi15
128 RennesFrance16 Mar 20025.6 mi1523 mio.
129 GlasgowUnited Kingdom14 Dec 18966.5 mi1515 mio.
130 SydneyAustralia192613.7 mi14
131 TurinItaly4 Feb 20066.0 mi14
132 BaltimoreUSA21 Nov 198315.2 mi1414 mio.
133 Nizhny NovgorodRussia20 Nov 19859.6 mi1433 mio.
134 DuesseldorfGermany4 Oct 19816.0 mi14
135 SofiaBulgaria28 Jan 199811.2 mi1451 mio.
136 NovosibirskRussia7 Jan 19868.9 mi1370 mio.
137 DuisburgGermany11 Jul 19928.9 mi13
138 KitakyushuJapan9 Jan 19855.5 mi13
139 DetroitUSAJul 19873.0 mi13
140 MulheimGermany3 Nov 19795.6 mi13
141 Kryvyi RihUkraine26 Dec 198611.2 mi12
142 SeattleUSA18 Jul 200913.8 mi12
143 DalianChina1 May 200330.5 mi12
144 BonnGermany22 Mar 19755.6 mi12
145 LudwigshafenGermany29 May 19692.5 mi11
146 EdmontonCanada22 Apr 19788.1 mi11
147 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates9 Sep 200924.7 mi11
148 AntwerpBelgium25 Mar 19754.7 mi11
149 YerevanArmenia7 Mar 19817.5 mi1017 mio.
150 IstanbulTurkey16 Sep 20009.3 mi1068 mio.
151 IzmirTurkey22 May 20007.1 mi1030 mio.
152 WuhanChina28 Sep 20046.3 mi10
153 GelsenkirchenGermany1 Sep 19843.4 mi9
154 SamaraRussia26 Dec 19876.3 mi912 mio.
155 Palma de MallorcaSpain25 Apr 20075.2 mi9
156 AdanaTurkey18 Mar 20095.0 mi8
157 KamakuraJapan3 Mar 19704.1 mi8
158 BuffaloUSA18 May 19855.2 mi8
159 ValenciaVenezuela18 Oct 20063.9 mi718 mio.
160 PerugiaItaly29 Jan 20081.9 mi7
161 GenoaItaly13 Jun 19903.2 mi7
162 YekaterinburgRussia26 Apr 19915.3 mi746 mio.
163 Las VegasUSA15 Jul 20043.9 mi7
164 BielefeldGermany21 Sep 19713.2 mi7
165 MaracaiboVenezuela8 Jun 20094.0 mi6
166 JacksonvilleUSA30 May 19894.3 mi6
167 DnepropetrovskUkraine29 Dec 19954.4 mi611 mio.
168 PoznanPoland1 Mar 19973.8 mi6
169 KazanRussia27 Aug 20055.2 mi67 mio.
170 HaifaIsrael19591.1 mi6
171 CataniaItaly27 Jun 19992.4 mi6
172 LimaPeru13 Jan 20036.2 mi6
173 RouenFrance17 Dec 19941.4 mi5
174 NewarkUSA26 May 19351.4 mi4
175 PittsburghUSA3 Jul 19850.9 mi3
176 VolgogradRussia5 Nov 19842.1 mi2


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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