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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 AdanaTurkey18 Mar 20095.0 mi815.0
2 AmsterdamNetherlands16 Oct 197720.3 mi3345.1
3 AnkaraTurkey30 Aug 199614.4 mi2327.2
4 AntwerpBelgium25 Mar 19754.7 mi1122.4
5 AthensGreece195432.3 mi52310.8
6 AtlantaUSA30 Jun 197949.2 mi39224.6
7 BakuAzerbaijan6 Nov 196720.4 mi22210.2
8 BaltimoreUSA21 Nov 198315.2 mi14115.2
9 BangkokThailand5 Dec 199928.8 mi4439.6
10 BarcelonaSpain30 Dec 192468.7 mi152106.9
11 BeijingChina1 Oct 1969141.4 mi147915.7
12 Belo HorizonteBrazil1 Aug 198617.5 mi19117.5
13 BerlinGermany18 Feb 190291.6 mi195109.2
14 BielefeldGermany21 Sep 19713.2 mi740.8
15 BilbaoSpain11 Nov 199525.2 mi38212.6
16 BochumGermany26 May 197913.4 mi2926.7
17 BonnGermany22 Mar 19755.6 mi1215.6
18 BostonUSA1 Sep 189737.6 mi66312.5
19 BrasiliaBrazil31 Mar 200126.1 mi23126.1
20 BrusselsBelgium20 Sep 197620.0 mi6136.7
21 BucharestRomania16 Nov 197942.1 mi50410.5
22 BudapestHungary2 May 189620.5 mi4236.8
23 Buenos AiresArgentina1 Dec 191329.5 mi7664.9
24 BuffaloUSA18 May 19855.2 mi815.2
25 BursaTurkey19 Aug 200214.0 mi23114.0
26 BusanSouth Korea19 Jul 198559.0 mi92319.7
27 CairoEgypt27 Sep 198740.7 mi55220.4
28 CaracasVenezuela27 Mar 198337.6 mi5057.5
29 CataniaItaly27 Jun 19992.4 mi612.4
30 ChangchunChinaOct 200210.6 mi16110.6
31 CharleroiBelgium21 Jun 197610.9 mi2042.7
32 ChennaiIndia19 Oct 199716.8 mi17116.8
33 ChibaJapan28 Mar 19889.6 mi1824.8
34 ChicagoUSA6 Jun 1892103.2 mi151812.9
35 ChongqingChina18 Jun 200512.1 mi18112.1
36 ClevelandUSA15 Mar 195519.3 mi18119.3
37 CologneGermany11 Oct 196828.0 mi51151.9
38 CopenhagenDenmark19 Oct 200213.1 mi2226.5
39 DaeguSouth Korea26 Nov 199733.5 mi56216.7
40 DaejeonSouth Korea16 Mar 200614.0 mi22114.0
41 DalianChina1 May 200330.5 mi12130.5
42 DelhiIndia24 Dec 200259.8 mi83319.9
43 DetroitUSAJul 19873.0 mi1313.0
44 DnepropetrovskUkraine29 Dec 19954.4 mi614.4
45 DortmundGermany17 May 197618.3 mi3736.1
46 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates9 Sep 200924.7 mi11124.7
47 DuesseldorfGermany4 Oct 19816.0 mi1423.0
48 DuisburgGermany11 Jul 19928.9 mi1324.5
49 EdmontonCanada22 Apr 19788.1 mi1118.1
50 EssenGermany5 Oct 196712.6 mi2734.2
51 FrankfurtGermany4 Oct 196812.7 mi3134.2
52 FukuokaJapan26 Jul 198118.5 mi3536.2
53 GelsenkirchenGermany1 Sep 19843.4 mi913.4
54 GenoaItaly13 Jun 19903.2 mi713.2
55 GlasgowUnited Kingdom14 Dec 18966.5 mi1516.5
56 GuadalajaraMexico1 Sep 198914.9 mi2927.5
57 GuangzhouChina28 Jun 199992.3 mi88518.5
58 GwangjuSouth Korea28 Apr 200412.5 mi20112.5
59 HaifaIsrael19591.1 mi611.1
60 HamburgGermany1 Mar 191262.6 mi97320.9
61 HanoverGermany28 Sep 197511.6 mi2133.9
62 HelsinkiFinland3 Aug 198213.1 mi17113.1
63 HiroshimaJapan20 Aug 199411.4 mi21111.4
64 Hong KongChina1 Oct 1979116.9 mi95913.0
65 IncheonSouth Korea6 Oct 199918.3 mi29118.3
66 IstanbulTurkey16 Sep 20009.3 mi1019.3
67 IzmirTurkey22 May 20007.1 mi1017.1
68 JacksonvilleUSA30 May 19894.3 mi614.3
69 KamakuraJapan3 Mar 19704.1 mi814.1
70 KaohsiungTaiwan9 Mar 200826.5 mi37213.3
71 KazanRussia27 Aug 20055.2 mi615.2
72 KharkovUkraine23 Aug 197521.9 mi2837.3
73 KievUkraine22 Oct 196037.2 mi46312.4
74 KitakyushuJapan9 Jan 19855.5 mi1315.5
75 KobeJapan13 Mar 197719.0 mi2629.5
76 KolkataIndia24 Oct 198414.0 mi21114.0
77 Kryvyi RihUkraine26 Dec 198611.2 mi12111.2
78 Kuala LumpurMalaysia16 Dec 199639.8 mi60313.3
79 KyotoJapan1 Apr 198119.5 mi3229.7
80 Las VegasUSA15 Jul 20043.9 mi713.9
81 LausanneSwitzerland24 May 19918.5 mi2924.3
82 LilleFrance25 Apr 198328.3 mi62214.1
83 LimaPeru13 Jan 20036.2 mi616.2
84 LisbonPortugal29 Dec 195925.5 mi5246.4
85 LondonUnited Kingdom10 Jan 1863253.6 mi2681123.1
86 Los AngelesUSA30 Jan 199336.9 mi30312.3
87 LudwigshafenGermany29 May 19692.5 mi110
88 LyonFrance28 Apr 197819.1 mi4344.8
89 MadridSpain17 Oct 1919176.5 mi2811313.6
90 ManilaPhilippines1 Dec 198428.4 mi4239.5
91 MaracaiboVenezuela8 Jun 20094.0 mi614.0
92 MarseilleFrance26 Nov 197712.0 mi2626.0
93 MedellinColombia30 Nov 199517.9 mi2628.9
94 Mexico CityMexico5 Sep 1969125.4 mi1751111.4
95 MiamiUSA21 May 198422.4 mi22122.4
96 MilanItaly1 Nov 196446.4 mi88315.5
97 MinskBelarus26 Jun 198418.8 mi2529.4
98 MonterreyMexico25 Apr 199119.6 mi3229.8
99 MontrealCanada14 Oct 196643.0 mi73410.8
100 MoscowRussia15 May 1935185.7 mi1801215.5
101 MulheimGermany3 Nov 19795.6 mi1322.8
102 MumbaiIndia106.3 mi73521.3
103 MunichGermany19 Oct 197157.5 mi10069.6
104 NagoyaJapan15 Nov 195755.3 mi93413.8
105 NahaJapan10 Aug 20038.0 mi1518.0
106 NanjingChina27 Aug 200513.5 mi16113.5
107 NaplesItaly28 Mar 199319.8 mi3036.6
108 New YorkUSA27 Oct 1904228.7 mi468278.5
109 NewarkUSA26 May 19351.4 mi411.4
110 NewcastleUnited Kingdom7 Aug 198047.5 mi61223.8
111 Nizhny NovgorodRussia20 Nov 19859.6 mi1424.8
112 NovosibirskRussia7 Jan 19868.9 mi1324.4
113 NurembergGermany1 Mar 197221.5 mi4637.2
114 OportoPortugal7 Dec 200213.5 mi1526.7
115 OsakaJapan20 May 193385.6 mi13399.5
116 OsloNorway22 May 196638.5 mi7257.7
117 Palma de MallorcaSpain25 Apr 20075.2 mi915.2
118 ParisFrance19 Jul 1900132.4 mi380168.3
119 PerugiaItaly29 Jan 20081.9 mi711.9
120 PhiladelphiaUSA4 Mar 190738.5 mi66312.8
121 PittsburghUSA3 Jul 19850.9 mi310.9
122 Porto AlegreBrazil2 Mar 198521.0 mi17121.0
123 PoznanPoland1 Mar 19973.8 mi613.8
124 PragueCzech Republic9 May 197436.7 mi57312.2
125 PyongyangNorth Korea6 Sep 197314.0 mi1627.0
126 RecifeBrazil11 Mar 198524.7 mi30212.3
127 RennesFrance16 Mar 20025.6 mi1515.6
128 Rio de JaneiroBrazil5 Mar 197926.1 mi34213.1
129 RomeItaly10 Feb 195524.2 mi49212.1
130 RotterdamNetherlands10 Feb 196829.2 mi38214.6
131 RouenFrance17 Dec 19941.4 mi511.4
132 Saint LouisUSA31 Jul 199345.6 mi37222.8
133 Saint PetersburgRussia15 Nov 195568.5 mi63513.7
134 SamaraRussia26 Dec 19876.3 mi916.3
135 San FranciscoUSA11 Sep 1972103.7 mi43520.7
136 San JuanPuerto Rico6 Jun 200510.7 mi16110.7
137 SantiagoChile15 Sep 197551.6 mi93510.3
138 Santo DomingoDominican Republic30 Jan 20099.0 mi1619.0
139 Sao PauloBrazil14 Sep 197438.1 mi5849.5
140 SapporoJapan16 Dec 197129.8 mi4939.9
141 SeattleUSA18 Jul 200913.8 mi12113.8
142 SendaiJapan15 Jul 19879.2 mi1719.2
143 SeoulSouth Korea15 Aug 1974178.3 mi3481017.8
144 SevilleSpain2 Apr 200911.2 mi21111.2
145 ShanghaiChina10 Apr 1995207.6 mi2301020.8
146 ShenyangChina23 Sep 200913.8 mi18113.8
147 ShenzhenChina28 Dec 200415.7 mi2327.9
148 SingaporeSingapore7 Nov 198773.9 mi76418.5
149 SofiaBulgaria28 Jan 199811.2 mi14111.2
150 StockholmSweden1 Oct 195065.7 mi104321.9
151 StuttgartGermany10 Jun 196614.9 mi1927.5
152 SydneyAustralia192613.7 mi1434.6
153 TaipeiTaiwan28 Mar 199656.3 mi8587.0
154 TamaJapan27 Nov 19989.9 mi1919.9
155 TashkentUzbekistan6 Nov 197722.5 mi2937.5
156 TbilisiGeorgia11 Jan 196616.3 mi2228.2
157 TehranIran21 Feb 200031.4 mi47310.5
158 The HagueNetherlands16 Oct 200417.3 mi3035.8
159 TianjinChina28 Mar 200444.7 mi37222.4
160 TokyoJapan30 Dec 1927189.2 mi2901314.6
161 TorontoCanada30 Apr 195444.3 mi74411.1
162 ToulouseFrance26 Jun 199317.1 mi3828.5
163 TurinItaly4 Feb 20066.0 mi1416.0
164 ValenciaVenezuela18 Oct 20063.9 mi713.9
165 ValenciaSpain3 Oct 198819.8 mi3836.6
166 ValparaisoChile23 Nov 200526.7 mi20126.7
167 VancouverCanada3 Jan 198643.2 mi49314.4
168 ViennaAustria25 Feb 197843.4 mi9658.7
169 VolgogradRussia5 Nov 19842.1 mi212.1
170 WarsawPoland7 Apr 199514.0 mi21114.0
171 WashingtonUSA27 Mar 1976106.4 mi90521.3
172 WuhanChina28 Sep 20046.3 mi1016.3
173 WuppertalGermany1 Mar 19018.3 mi2018.3
174 YekaterinburgRussia26 Apr 19915.3 mi715.3
175 YerevanArmenia7 Mar 19817.5 mi1017.5
176 YokohamaJapan16 Dec 197235.8 mi48311.9


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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