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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 SeoulSouth Korea15 Aug 1974178.3 mi348102048 mio.34.8
2 StockholmSweden1 Oct 195065.7 mi1043303 mio.34.7
3 HamburgGermany1 Mar 191262.6 mi973184 mio.32.3
4 LilleFrance25 Apr 198328.3 mi62274 mio.31.0
5 BusanSouth Korea19 Jul 198559.0 mi923257 mio.30.7
6 NewcastleUnited Kingdom7 Aug 198047.5 mi61238 mio.30.5
7 MilanItaly1 Nov 196446.4 mi883328 mio.29.3
8 IncheonSouth Korea6 Oct 199918.3 mi29173 mio.29.0
9 DaeguSouth Korea26 Nov 199733.5 mi562110 mio.28.0
10 DelhiIndia24 Dec 200259.8 mi833310 mio.27.7
11 CairoEgypt27 Sep 198740.7 mi552700 mio.27.5
12 RomeItaly10 Feb 195524.2 mi492331 mio.24.5
13 LondonUnited Kingdom10 Jan 1863253.6 mi268111197 mio.24.4
14 ParisFrance19 Jul 1900132.4 mi380161473 mio.23.8
15 NagoyaJapan15 Nov 195755.3 mi934427 mio.23.3
16 BursaTurkey19 Aug 200214.0 mi23123.0
17 ShanghaiChina10 Apr 1995207.6 mi230101122 mio.23.0
18 BrasiliaBrazil31 Mar 200126.1 mi23116 mio.23.0
19 TokyoJapan30 Dec 1927189.2 mi290133174 mio.22.3
20 BostonUSA1 Sep 189737.6 mi663145 mio.22.0
21 PhiladelphiaUSA4 Mar 190738.5 mi66367 mio.22.0
22 MiamiUSA21 May 198422.4 mi22119 mio.22.0
23 DaejeonSouth Korea16 Mar 200614.0 mi22129 mio.22.0
24 MadridSpain17 Oct 1919176.5 mi28113686 mio.21.6
25 HiroshimaJapan20 Aug 199411.4 mi21118 mio.21.0
26 WarsawPoland7 Apr 199514.0 mi211114 mio.21.0
27 KolkataIndia24 Oct 198414.0 mi211100 mio.21.0
28 SevilleSpain2 Apr 200911.2 mi21121.0
29 BrusselsBelgium20 Sep 197620.0 mi613136 mio.20.3
30 GwangjuSouth Korea28 Apr 200412.5 mi20117 mio.20.0
31 WuppertalGermany1 Mar 19018.3 mi20120.0
32 ValparaisoChile23 Nov 200526.7 mi20120.0
33 Kuala LumpurMalaysia16 Dec 199639.8 mi603109 mio.20.0
34 BerlinGermany18 Feb 190291.6 mi19510447 mio.19.5
35 AtlantaUSA30 Jun 197949.2 mi39234 mio.19.5
36 ViennaAustria25 Feb 197843.4 mi965498 mio.19.2
37 BilbaoSpain11 Nov 199525.2 mi38286 mio.19.0
38 SingaporeSingapore7 Nov 198773.9 mi764571 mio.19.0
39 PragueCzech Republic9 May 197436.7 mi573597 mio.19.0
40 TamaJapan27 Nov 19989.9 mi19119.0
41 RotterdamNetherlands10 Feb 196829.2 mi38285 mio.19.0
42 Belo HorizonteBrazil1 Aug 198617.5 mi19119.0
43 ToulouseFrance26 Jun 199317.1 mi38242 mio.19.0
44 ChicagoUSA6 Jun 1892103.2 mi1518198 mio.18.9
45 SantiagoChile15 Sep 197551.6 mi935642 mio.18.6
46 TorontoCanada30 Apr 195444.3 mi744278 mio.18.5
47 Saint LouisUSA31 Jul 199345.6 mi37218.5
48 TianjinChina28 Mar 200444.7 mi37215 mio.18.5
49 KaohsiungTaiwan9 Mar 200826.5 mi37230 mio.18.5
50 MontrealCanada14 Oct 196643.0 mi734219 mio.18.3
51 ClevelandUSA15 Mar 195519.3 mi1816 mio.18.0
52 WashingtonUSA27 Mar 1976106.4 mi905215 mio.18.0
53 ShenyangChina23 Sep 200913.8 mi18118.0
54 ChongqingChina18 Jun 200512.1 mi18118.0
55 GuangzhouChina28 Jun 199992.3 mi885601 mio.17.6
56 AthensGreece195432.3 mi523325 mio.17.3
57 New YorkUSA27 Oct 1904228.7 mi468271624 mio.17.3
58 Rio de JaneiroBrazil5 Mar 197926.1 mi342135 mio.17.0
59 SendaiJapan15 Jul 19879.2 mi17158 mio.17.0
60 HelsinkiFinland3 Aug 198213.1 mi17158 mio.17.0
61 Porto AlegreBrazil2 Mar 198521.0 mi17117.0
62 ChennaiIndia19 Oct 199716.8 mi17117.0
63 MunichGermany19 Oct 197157.5 mi1006349 mio.16.7
64 SapporoJapan16 Dec 197129.8 mi493209 mio.16.3
65 BeijingChina1 Oct 1969141.4 mi14791200 mio.16.3
66 VancouverCanada3 Jan 198643.2 mi49374 mio.16.3
67 Santo DomingoDominican Republic30 Jan 20099.0 mi16116.0
68 San JuanPuerto Rico6 Jun 200510.7 mi1619 mio.16.0
69 KyotoJapan1 Apr 198119.5 mi322126 mio.16.0
70 YokohamaJapan16 Dec 197235.8 mi483198 mio.16.0
71 MonterreyMexico25 Apr 199119.6 mi32216.0
72 NanjingChina27 Aug 200513.5 mi161102 mio.16.0
73 ChangchunChinaOct 200210.6 mi16116.0
74 Mexico CityMexico5 Sep 1969125.4 mi175111460 mio.15.9
75 TehranIran21 Feb 200031.4 mi473353 mio.15.7
76 NurembergGermany1 Mar 197221.5 mi46392 mio.15.3
77 KievUkraine22 Oct 196037.2 mi463642 mio.15.3
78 BarcelonaSpain30 Dec 192468.7 mi15210378 mio.15.2
79 RecifeBrazil11 Mar 198524.7 mi30215.0
80 NahaJapan10 Aug 20038.0 mi15115.0
81 MoscowRussia15 May 1935185.7 mi180122573 mio.15.0
82 RennesFrance16 Mar 20025.6 mi15123 mio.15.0
83 GlasgowUnited Kingdom14 Dec 18966.5 mi15115 mio.15.0
84 OsakaJapan20 May 193385.6 mi1339860 mio.14.8
85 BangkokThailand5 Dec 199928.8 mi443206 mio.14.7
86 MumbaiIndia106.3 mi73514.6
87 LausanneSwitzerland24 May 19918.5 mi29214.5
88 GuadalajaraMexico1 Sep 198914.9 mi29214.5
89 BochumGermany26 May 197913.4 mi29214.5
90 Sao PauloBrazil14 Sep 197438.1 mi584684 mio.14.5
91 OsloNorway22 May 196638.5 mi72564 mio.14.4
92 TurinItaly4 Feb 20066.0 mi14114.0
93 BaltimoreUSA21 Nov 198315.2 mi14114 mio.14.0
94 ManilaPhilippines1 Dec 198428.4 mi423346 mio.14.0
95 BudapestHungary2 May 189620.5 mi423297 mio.14.0
96 SofiaBulgaria28 Jan 199811.2 mi14151 mio.14.0
97 LisbonPortugal29 Dec 195925.5 mi524180 mio.13.0
98 KitakyushuJapan9 Jan 19855.5 mi13113.0
99 MarseilleFrance26 Nov 197712.0 mi26258 mio.13.0
100 DetroitUSAJul 19873.0 mi13113.0
101 KobeJapan13 Mar 197719.0 mi262121 mio.13.0
102 MedellinColombia30 Nov 199517.9 mi262155 mio.13.0
103 Buenos AiresArgentina1 Dec 191329.5 mi766280 mio.12.7
104 ValenciaSpain3 Oct 198819.8 mi38312.7
105 Saint PetersburgRussia15 Nov 195568.5 mi635832 mio.12.6
106 MinskBelarus26 Jun 198418.8 mi252262 mio.12.5
107 BucharestRomania16 Nov 197942.1 mi504111 mio.12.5
108 DortmundGermany17 May 197618.3 mi37312.3
109 Kryvyi RihUkraine26 Dec 198611.2 mi12112.0
110 SeattleUSA18 Jul 200913.8 mi12112.0
111 DalianChina1 May 200330.5 mi12112.0
112 BonnGermany22 Mar 19755.6 mi12112.0
113 FukuokaJapan26 Jul 198118.5 mi353124 mio.11.7
114 ShenzhenChina28 Dec 200415.7 mi23273 mio.11.5
115 AnkaraTurkey30 Aug 199614.4 mi232113 mio.11.5
116 CopenhagenDenmark19 Oct 200213.1 mi22237 mio.11.0
117 EdmontonCanada22 Apr 19788.1 mi11111.0
118 TbilisiGeorgia11 Jan 196616.3 mi22292 mio.11.0
119 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates9 Sep 200924.7 mi11111.0
120 BakuAzerbaijan6 Nov 196720.4 mi222176 mio.11.0
121 LyonFrance28 Apr 197819.1 mi434182 mio.10.8
122 TaipeiTaiwan28 Mar 199656.3 mi858450 mio.10.6
123 Hong KongChina1 Oct 1979116.9 mi9591309 mio.10.6
124 FrankfurtGermany4 Oct 196812.7 mi31310.3
125 YerevanArmenia7 Mar 19817.5 mi10117 mio.10.0
126 Los AngelesUSA30 Jan 199336.9 mi30345 mio.10.0
127 CaracasVenezuela27 Mar 198337.6 mi505510 mio.10.0
128 IstanbulTurkey16 Sep 20009.3 mi10168 mio.10.0
129 NaplesItaly28 Mar 199319.8 mi30329 mio.10.0
130 The HagueNetherlands16 Oct 200417.3 mi30310.0
131 IzmirTurkey22 May 20007.1 mi10130 mio.10.0
132 WuhanChina28 Sep 20046.3 mi10110.0
133 TashkentUzbekistan6 Nov 197722.5 mi29371 mio.9.7
134 StuttgartGermany10 Jun 196614.9 mi1929.5
135 KharkovUkraine23 Aug 197521.9 mi283278 mio.9.3
136 EssenGermany5 Oct 196712.6 mi2739.0
137 ChibaJapan28 Mar 19889.6 mi1829.0
138 GelsenkirchenGermany1 Sep 19843.4 mi919.0
139 SamaraRussia26 Dec 19876.3 mi9112 mio.9.0
140 Palma de MallorcaSpain25 Apr 20075.2 mi919.0
141 San FranciscoUSA11 Sep 1972103.7 mi435100 mio.8.6
142 AmsterdamNetherlands16 Oct 197720.3 mi33491 mio.8.3
143 AdanaTurkey18 Mar 20095.0 mi818.0
144 KamakuraJapan3 Mar 19704.1 mi818.0
145 BuffaloUSA18 May 19855.2 mi818.0
146 PyongyangNorth Korea6 Sep 197314.0 mi16235 mio.8.0
147 OportoPortugal7 Dec 200213.5 mi1527.5
148 ValenciaVenezuela18 Oct 20063.9 mi7118 mio.7.0
149 PerugiaItaly29 Jan 20081.9 mi717.0
150 HanoverGermany28 Sep 197511.6 mi2137.0
151 GenoaItaly13 Jun 19903.2 mi717.0
152 YekaterinburgRussia26 Apr 19915.3 mi7146 mio.7.0
153 Las VegasUSA15 Jul 20043.9 mi717.0
154 DuesseldorfGermany4 Oct 19816.0 mi1427.0
155 Nizhny NovgorodRussia20 Nov 19859.6 mi14233 mio.7.0
156 DuisburgGermany11 Jul 19928.9 mi1326.5
157 NovosibirskRussia7 Jan 19868.9 mi13270 mio.6.5
158 MulheimGermany3 Nov 19795.6 mi1326.5
159 MaracaiboVenezuela8 Jun 20094.0 mi616.0
160 JacksonvilleUSA30 May 19894.3 mi616.0
161 DnepropetrovskUkraine29 Dec 19954.4 mi6111 mio.6.0
162 PoznanPoland1 Mar 19973.8 mi616.0
163 KazanRussia27 Aug 20055.2 mi617 mio.6.0
164 HaifaIsrael19591.1 mi616.0
165 CataniaItaly27 Jun 19992.4 mi616.0
166 LimaPeru13 Jan 20036.2 mi616.0
167 AntwerpBelgium25 Mar 19754.7 mi1125.5
168 RouenFrance17 Dec 19941.4 mi515.0
169 CharleroiBelgium21 Jun 197610.9 mi2045.0
170 SydneyAustralia192613.7 mi1434.7
171 NewarkUSA26 May 19351.4 mi414.0
172 CologneGermany11 Oct 196828.0 mi51153.4
173 PittsburghUSA3 Jul 19850.9 mi313.0
174 VolgogradRussia5 Nov 19842.1 mi212.0
175 BielefeldGermany21 Sep 19713.2 mi741.8
176 LudwigshafenGermany29 May 19692.5 mi110


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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