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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 LudwigshafenGermany29 May 19692.5 mi110
2 BielefeldGermany21 Sep 19713.2 mi741.8
3 VolgogradRussia5 Nov 19842.1 mi212.0
4 PittsburghUSA3 Jul 19850.9 mi313.0
5 CologneGermany11 Oct 196828.0 mi51153.4
6 NewarkUSA26 May 19351.4 mi414.0
7 SydneyAustralia192613.7 mi1434.7
8 RouenFrance17 Dec 19941.4 mi515.0
9 CharleroiBelgium21 Jun 197610.9 mi2045.0
10 AntwerpBelgium25 Mar 19754.7 mi1125.5
11 MaracaiboVenezuela8 Jun 20094.0 mi616.0
12 JacksonvilleUSA30 May 19894.3 mi616.0
13 DnepropetrovskUkraine29 Dec 19954.4 mi616.011 mio.
14 PoznanPoland1 Mar 19973.8 mi616.0
15 KazanRussia27 Aug 20055.2 mi616.07 mio.
16 HaifaIsrael19591.1 mi616.0
17 CataniaItaly27 Jun 19992.4 mi616.0
18 LimaPeru13 Jan 20036.2 mi616.0
19 DuisburgGermany11 Jul 19928.9 mi1326.5
20 NovosibirskRussia7 Jan 19868.9 mi1326.570 mio.
21 MulheimGermany3 Nov 19795.6 mi1326.5
22 ValenciaVenezuela18 Oct 20063.9 mi717.018 mio.
23 PerugiaItaly29 Jan 20081.9 mi717.0
24 HanoverGermany28 Sep 197511.6 mi2137.0
25 GenoaItaly13 Jun 19903.2 mi717.0
26 YekaterinburgRussia26 Apr 19915.3 mi717.046 mio.
27 Las VegasUSA15 Jul 20043.9 mi717.0
28 DuesseldorfGermany4 Oct 19816.0 mi1427.0
29 Nizhny NovgorodRussia20 Nov 19859.6 mi1427.033 mio.
30 OportoPortugal7 Dec 200213.5 mi1527.5
31 AdanaTurkey18 Mar 20095.0 mi818.0
32 KamakuraJapan3 Mar 19704.1 mi818.0
33 BuffaloUSA18 May 19855.2 mi818.0
34 PyongyangNorth Korea6 Sep 197314.0 mi1628.035 mio.
35 AmsterdamNetherlands16 Oct 197720.3 mi3348.391 mio.
36 San FranciscoUSA11 Sep 1972103.7 mi4358.6100 mio.
37 EssenGermany5 Oct 196712.6 mi2739.0
38 ChibaJapan28 Mar 19889.6 mi1829.0
39 GelsenkirchenGermany1 Sep 19843.4 mi919.0
40 SamaraRussia26 Dec 19876.3 mi919.012 mio.
41 Palma de MallorcaSpain25 Apr 20075.2 mi919.0
42 KharkovUkraine23 Aug 197521.9 mi2839.3278 mio.
43 StuttgartGermany10 Jun 196614.9 mi1929.5
44 TashkentUzbekistan6 Nov 197722.5 mi2939.771 mio.
45 YerevanArmenia7 Mar 19817.5 mi10110.017 mio.
46 Los AngelesUSA30 Jan 199336.9 mi30310.045 mio.
47 CaracasVenezuela27 Mar 198337.6 mi50510.0510 mio.
48 IstanbulTurkey16 Sep 20009.3 mi10110.068 mio.
49 NaplesItaly28 Mar 199319.8 mi30310.029 mio.
50 The HagueNetherlands16 Oct 200417.3 mi30310.0
51 IzmirTurkey22 May 20007.1 mi10110.030 mio.
52 WuhanChina28 Sep 20046.3 mi10110.0
53 FrankfurtGermany4 Oct 196812.7 mi31310.3
54 Hong KongChina1 Oct 1979116.9 mi95910.61309 mio.
55 TaipeiTaiwan28 Mar 199656.3 mi85810.6450 mio.
56 LyonFrance28 Apr 197819.1 mi43410.8182 mio.
57 CopenhagenDenmark19 Oct 200213.1 mi22211.037 mio.
58 EdmontonCanada22 Apr 19788.1 mi11111.0
59 TbilisiGeorgia11 Jan 196616.3 mi22211.092 mio.
60 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates9 Sep 200924.7 mi11111.0
61 BakuAzerbaijan6 Nov 196720.4 mi22211.0176 mio.
62 ShenzhenChina28 Dec 200415.7 mi23211.573 mio.
63 AnkaraTurkey30 Aug 199614.4 mi23211.5113 mio.
64 FukuokaJapan26 Jul 198118.5 mi35311.7124 mio.
65 Kryvyi RihUkraine26 Dec 198611.2 mi12112.0
66 SeattleUSA18 Jul 200913.8 mi12112.0
67 DalianChina1 May 200330.5 mi12112.0
68 BonnGermany22 Mar 19755.6 mi12112.0
69 DortmundGermany17 May 197618.3 mi37312.3
70 MinskBelarus26 Jun 198418.8 mi25212.5262 mio.
71 BucharestRomania16 Nov 197942.1 mi50412.5111 mio.
72 Saint PetersburgRussia15 Nov 195568.5 mi63512.6832 mio.
73 Buenos AiresArgentina1 Dec 191329.5 mi76612.7280 mio.
74 ValenciaSpain3 Oct 198819.8 mi38312.7
75 LisbonPortugal29 Dec 195925.5 mi52413.0180 mio.
76 KitakyushuJapan9 Jan 19855.5 mi13113.0
77 MarseilleFrance26 Nov 197712.0 mi26213.058 mio.
78 DetroitUSAJul 19873.0 mi13113.0
79 KobeJapan13 Mar 197719.0 mi26213.0121 mio.
80 MedellinColombia30 Nov 199517.9 mi26213.0155 mio.
81 TurinItaly4 Feb 20066.0 mi14114.0
82 BaltimoreUSA21 Nov 198315.2 mi14114.014 mio.
83 ManilaPhilippines1 Dec 198428.4 mi42314.0346 mio.
84 BudapestHungary2 May 189620.5 mi42314.0297 mio.
85 SofiaBulgaria28 Jan 199811.2 mi14114.051 mio.
86 OsloNorway22 May 196638.5 mi72514.464 mio.
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 mi58414.5684 mio.
91 MumbaiIndia106.3 mi73514.6
92 BangkokThailand5 Dec 199928.8 mi44314.7206 mio.
93 OsakaJapan20 May 193385.6 mi133914.8860 mio.
94 RecifeBrazil11 Mar 198524.7 mi30215.0
95 NahaJapan10 Aug 20038.0 mi15115.0
96 MoscowRussia15 May 1935185.7 mi1801215.02573 mio.
97 RennesFrance16 Mar 20025.6 mi15115.023 mio.
98 GlasgowUnited Kingdom14 Dec 18966.5 mi15115.015 mio.
99 BarcelonaSpain30 Dec 192468.7 mi1521015.2378 mio.
100 NurembergGermany1 Mar 197221.5 mi46315.392 mio.
101 KievUkraine22 Oct 196037.2 mi46315.3642 mio.
102 TehranIran21 Feb 200031.4 mi47315.7353 mio.
103 Mexico CityMexico5 Sep 1969125.4 mi1751115.91460 mio.
104 Santo DomingoDominican Republic30 Jan 20099.0 mi16116.0
105 San JuanPuerto Rico6 Jun 200510.7 mi16116.09 mio.
106 KyotoJapan1 Apr 198119.5 mi32216.0126 mio.
107 YokohamaJapan16 Dec 197235.8 mi48316.0198 mio.
108 MonterreyMexico25 Apr 199119.6 mi32216.0
109 NanjingChina27 Aug 200513.5 mi16116.0102 mio.
110 ChangchunChinaOct 200210.6 mi16116.0
111 SapporoJapan16 Dec 197129.8 mi49316.3209 mio.
112 BeijingChina1 Oct 1969141.4 mi147916.31200 mio.
113 VancouverCanada3 Jan 198643.2 mi49316.374 mio.
114 MunichGermany19 Oct 197157.5 mi100616.7349 mio.
115 Rio de JaneiroBrazil5 Mar 197926.1 mi34217.0135 mio.
116 SendaiJapan15 Jul 19879.2 mi17117.058 mio.
117 HelsinkiFinland3 Aug 198213.1 mi17117.058 mio.
118 Porto AlegreBrazil2 Mar 198521.0 mi17117.0
119 ChennaiIndia19 Oct 199716.8 mi17117.0
120 AthensGreece195432.3 mi52317.3325 mio.
121 New YorkUSA27 Oct 1904228.7 mi4682717.31624 mio.
122 GuangzhouChina28 Jun 199992.3 mi88517.6601 mio.
123 ClevelandUSA15 Mar 195519.3 mi18118.06 mio.
124 WashingtonUSA27 Mar 1976106.4 mi90518.0215 mio.
125 ShenyangChina23 Sep 200913.8 mi18118.0
126 ChongqingChina18 Jun 200512.1 mi18118.0
127 MontrealCanada14 Oct 196643.0 mi73418.3219 mio.
128 TorontoCanada30 Apr 195444.3 mi74418.5278 mio.
129 Saint LouisUSA31 Jul 199345.6 mi37218.5
130 TianjinChina28 Mar 200444.7 mi37218.515 mio.
131 KaohsiungTaiwan9 Mar 200826.5 mi37218.530 mio.
132 SantiagoChile15 Sep 197551.6 mi93518.6642 mio.
133 ChicagoUSA6 Jun 1892103.2 mi151818.9198 mio.
134 BilbaoSpain11 Nov 199525.2 mi38219.086 mio.
135 SingaporeSingapore7 Nov 198773.9 mi76419.0571 mio.
136 PragueCzech Republic9 May 197436.7 mi57319.0597 mio.
137 TamaJapan27 Nov 19989.9 mi19119.0
138 RotterdamNetherlands10 Feb 196829.2 mi38219.085 mio.
139 Belo HorizonteBrazil1 Aug 198617.5 mi19119.0
140 ToulouseFrance26 Jun 199317.1 mi38219.042 mio.
141 ViennaAustria25 Feb 197843.4 mi96519.2498 mio.
142 BerlinGermany18 Feb 190291.6 mi1951019.5447 mio.
143 AtlantaUSA30 Jun 197949.2 mi39219.534 mio.
144 GwangjuSouth Korea28 Apr 200412.5 mi20120.017 mio.
145 WuppertalGermany1 Mar 19018.3 mi20120.0
146 ValparaisoChile23 Nov 200526.7 mi20120.0
147 Kuala LumpurMalaysia16 Dec 199639.8 mi60320.0109 mio.
148 BrusselsBelgium20 Sep 197620.0 mi61320.3136 mio.
149 HiroshimaJapan20 Aug 199411.4 mi21121.018 mio.
150 WarsawPoland7 Apr 199514.0 mi21121.0114 mio.
151 KolkataIndia24 Oct 198414.0 mi21121.0100 mio.
152 SevilleSpain2 Apr 200911.2 mi21121.0
153 MadridSpain17 Oct 1919176.5 mi2811321.6686 mio.
154 BostonUSA1 Sep 189737.6 mi66322.0145 mio.
155 PhiladelphiaUSA4 Mar 190738.5 mi66322.067 mio.
156 MiamiUSA21 May 198422.4 mi22122.019 mio.
157 DaejeonSouth Korea16 Mar 200614.0 mi22122.029 mio.
158 TokyoJapan30 Dec 1927189.2 mi2901322.33174 mio.
159 BursaTurkey19 Aug 200214.0 mi23123.0
160 ShanghaiChina10 Apr 1995207.6 mi2301023.01122 mio.
161 BrasiliaBrazil31 Mar 200126.1 mi23123.016 mio.
162 NagoyaJapan15 Nov 195755.3 mi93423.3427 mio.
163 ParisFrance19 Jul 1900132.4 mi3801623.81473 mio.
164 LondonUnited Kingdom10 Jan 1863253.6 mi2681124.41197 mio.
165 RomeItaly10 Feb 195524.2 mi49224.5331 mio.
166 CairoEgypt27 Sep 198740.7 mi55227.5700 mio.
167 DelhiIndia24 Dec 200259.8 mi83327.7310 mio.
168 DaeguSouth Korea26 Nov 199733.5 mi56228.0110 mio.
169 IncheonSouth Korea6 Oct 199918.3 mi29129.073 mio.
170 MilanItaly1 Nov 196446.4 mi88329.3328 mio.
171 NewcastleUnited Kingdom7 Aug 198047.5 mi61230.538 mio.
172 BusanSouth Korea19 Jul 198559.0 mi92330.7257 mio.
173 LilleFrance25 Apr 198328.3 mi62231.074 mio.
174 HamburgGermany1 Mar 191262.6 mi97332.3184 mio.
175 StockholmSweden1 Oct 195065.7 mi104334.7303 mio.
176 SeoulSouth Korea15 Aug 1974178.3 mi3481034.82048 mio.


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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