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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 DalianChina1 May 200330.5 mi1230.5
2 ValparaisoChile23 Nov 200526.7 mi2026.7
3 BrasiliaBrazil31 Mar 200126.1 mi2326.116 mio.
4 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates9 Sep 200924.7 mi1124.7
5 AtlantaUSA30 Jun 197949.2 mi3924.634 mio.
6 NewcastleUnited Kingdom7 Aug 198047.5 mi6123.838 mio.
7 LondonUnited Kingdom10 Jan 1863253.6 mi26823.11197 mio.
8 Saint LouisUSA31 Jul 199345.6 mi3722.8
9 MiamiUSA21 May 198422.4 mi2222.419 mio.
10 TianjinChina28 Mar 200444.7 mi3722.415 mio.
11 StockholmSweden1 Oct 195065.7 mi10421.9303 mio.
12 WashingtonUSA27 Mar 1976106.4 mi9021.3215 mio.
13 MumbaiIndia106.3 mi7321.3
14 Porto AlegreBrazil2 Mar 198521.0 mi1721.0
15 HamburgGermany1 Mar 191262.6 mi9720.9184 mio.
16 ShanghaiChina10 Apr 1995207.6 mi23020.81122 mio.
17 San FranciscoUSA11 Sep 1972103.7 mi4320.7100 mio.
18 CairoEgypt27 Sep 198740.7 mi5520.4700 mio.
19 DelhiIndia24 Dec 200259.8 mi8319.9310 mio.
20 BusanSouth Korea19 Jul 198559.0 mi9219.7257 mio.
21 ClevelandUSA15 Mar 195519.3 mi1819.36 mio.
22 SingaporeSingapore7 Nov 198773.9 mi7618.5571 mio.
23 GuangzhouChina28 Jun 199992.3 mi8818.5601 mio.
24 IncheonSouth Korea6 Oct 199918.3 mi2918.373 mio.
25 SeoulSouth Korea15 Aug 1974178.3 mi34817.82048 mio.
26 Belo HorizonteBrazil1 Aug 198617.5 mi1917.5
27 ChennaiIndia19 Oct 199716.8 mi1716.8
28 DaeguSouth Korea26 Nov 199733.5 mi5616.7110 mio.
29 BeijingChina1 Oct 1969141.4 mi14715.71200 mio.
30 MoscowRussia15 May 1935185.7 mi18015.52573 mio.
31 MilanItaly1 Nov 196446.4 mi8815.5328 mio.
32 BaltimoreUSA21 Nov 198315.2 mi1415.214 mio.
33 RotterdamNetherlands10 Feb 196829.2 mi3814.685 mio.
34 TokyoJapan30 Dec 1927189.2 mi29014.63174 mio.
35 VancouverCanada3 Jan 198643.2 mi4914.474 mio.
36 LilleFrance25 Apr 198328.3 mi6214.174 mio.
37 WarsawPoland7 Apr 199514.0 mi2114.0114 mio.
38 KolkataIndia24 Oct 198414.0 mi2114.0100 mio.
39 DaejeonSouth Korea16 Mar 200614.0 mi2214.029 mio.
40 BursaTurkey19 Aug 200214.0 mi2314.0
41 NagoyaJapan15 Nov 195755.3 mi9313.8427 mio.
42 ShenyangChina23 Sep 200913.8 mi1813.8
43 SeattleUSA18 Jul 200913.8 mi1213.8
44 Saint PetersburgRussia15 Nov 195568.5 mi6313.7832 mio.
45 MadridSpain17 Oct 1919176.5 mi28113.6686 mio.
46 NanjingChina27 Aug 200513.5 mi1613.5102 mio.
47 KaohsiungTaiwan9 Mar 200826.5 mi3713.330 mio.
48 Kuala LumpurMalaysia16 Dec 199639.8 mi6013.3109 mio.
49 Rio de JaneiroBrazil5 Mar 197926.1 mi3413.1135 mio.
50 HelsinkiFinland3 Aug 198213.1 mi1713.158 mio.
51 Hong KongChina1 Oct 1979116.9 mi9513.01309 mio.
52 ChicagoUSA6 Jun 1892103.2 mi15112.9198 mio.
53 PhiladelphiaUSA4 Mar 190738.5 mi6612.867 mio.
54 BilbaoSpain11 Nov 199525.2 mi3812.686 mio.
55 BostonUSA1 Sep 189737.6 mi6612.5145 mio.
56 GwangjuSouth Korea28 Apr 200412.5 mi2012.517 mio.
57 KievUkraine22 Oct 196037.2 mi4612.4642 mio.
58 RecifeBrazil11 Mar 198524.7 mi3012.3
59 Los AngelesUSA30 Jan 199336.9 mi3012.345 mio.
60 PragueCzech Republic9 May 197436.7 mi5712.2597 mio.
61 RomeItaly10 Feb 195524.2 mi4912.1331 mio.
62 ChongqingChina18 Jun 200512.1 mi1812.1
63 YokohamaJapan16 Dec 197235.8 mi4811.9198 mio.
64 HiroshimaJapan20 Aug 199411.4 mi2111.418 mio.
65 Mexico CityMexico5 Sep 1969125.4 mi17511.41460 mio.
66 Kryvyi RihUkraine26 Dec 198611.2 mi1211.2
67 SofiaBulgaria28 Jan 199811.2 mi1411.251 mio.
68 SevilleSpain2 Apr 200911.2 mi2111.2
69 TorontoCanada30 Apr 195444.3 mi7411.1278 mio.
70 AthensGreece195432.3 mi5210.8325 mio.
71 MontrealCanada14 Oct 196643.0 mi7310.8219 mio.
72 San JuanPuerto Rico6 Jun 200510.7 mi1610.79 mio.
73 ChangchunChinaOct 200210.6 mi1610.6
74 BucharestRomania16 Nov 197942.1 mi5010.5111 mio.
75 TehranIran21 Feb 200031.4 mi4710.5353 mio.
76 SantiagoChile15 Sep 197551.6 mi9310.3642 mio.
77 BakuAzerbaijan6 Nov 196720.4 mi2210.2176 mio.
78 SapporoJapan16 Dec 197129.8 mi499.9209 mio.
79 TamaJapan27 Nov 19989.9 mi199.9
80 MonterreyMexico25 Apr 199119.6 mi329.8
81 KyotoJapan1 Apr 198119.5 mi329.7126 mio.
82 BangkokThailand5 Dec 199928.8 mi449.6206 mio.
83 MunichGermany19 Oct 197157.5 mi1009.6349 mio.
84 Sao PauloBrazil14 Sep 197438.1 mi589.5684 mio.
85 OsakaJapan20 May 193385.6 mi1339.5860 mio.
86 KobeJapan13 Mar 197719.0 mi269.5121 mio.
87 ManilaPhilippines1 Dec 198428.4 mi429.5346 mio.
88 MinskBelarus26 Jun 198418.8 mi259.4262 mio.
89 IstanbulTurkey16 Sep 20009.3 mi109.368 mio.
90 SendaiJapan15 Jul 19879.2 mi179.258 mio.
91 BerlinGermany18 Feb 190291.6 mi1959.2447 mio.
92 Santo DomingoDominican Republic30 Jan 20099.0 mi169.0
93 MedellinColombia30 Nov 199517.9 mi268.9155 mio.
94 ViennaAustria25 Feb 197843.4 mi968.7498 mio.
95 ToulouseFrance26 Jun 199317.1 mi388.542 mio.
96 New YorkUSA27 Oct 1904228.7 mi4688.51624 mio.
97 ParisFrance19 Jul 1900132.4 mi3808.31473 mio.
98 WuppertalGermany1 Mar 19018.3 mi208.3
99 TbilisiGeorgia11 Jan 196616.3 mi228.292 mio.
100 EdmontonCanada22 Apr 19788.1 mi118.1
101 NahaJapan10 Aug 20038.0 mi158.0
102 ShenzhenChina28 Dec 200415.7 mi237.973 mio.
103 OsloNorway22 May 196638.5 mi727.764 mio.
104 YerevanArmenia7 Mar 19817.5 mi107.517 mio.
105 CaracasVenezuela27 Mar 198337.6 mi507.5510 mio.
106 TashkentUzbekistan6 Nov 197722.5 mi297.571 mio.
107 GuadalajaraMexico1 Sep 198914.9 mi297.5
108 StuttgartGermany10 Jun 196614.9 mi197.5
109 KharkovUkraine23 Aug 197521.9 mi287.3278 mio.
110 AnkaraTurkey30 Aug 199614.4 mi237.2113 mio.
111 NurembergGermany1 Mar 197221.5 mi467.292 mio.
112 IzmirTurkey22 May 20007.1 mi107.130 mio.
113 TaipeiTaiwan28 Mar 199656.3 mi857.0450 mio.
114 PyongyangNorth Korea6 Sep 197314.0 mi167.035 mio.
115 BarcelonaSpain30 Dec 192468.7 mi1526.9378 mio.
116 BudapestHungary2 May 189620.5 mi426.8297 mio.
117 OportoPortugal7 Dec 200213.5 mi156.7
118 BochumGermany26 May 197913.4 mi296.7
119 BrusselsBelgium20 Sep 197620.0 mi616.7136 mio.
120 NaplesItaly28 Mar 199319.8 mi306.629 mio.
121 ValenciaSpain3 Oct 198819.8 mi386.6
122 CopenhagenDenmark19 Oct 200213.1 mi226.537 mio.
123 GlasgowUnited Kingdom14 Dec 18966.5 mi156.515 mio.
124 LisbonPortugal29 Dec 195925.5 mi526.4180 mio.
125 SamaraRussia26 Dec 19876.3 mi96.312 mio.
126 WuhanChina28 Sep 20046.3 mi106.3
127 LimaPeru13 Jan 20036.2 mi66.2
128 FukuokaJapan26 Jul 198118.5 mi356.2124 mio.
129 DortmundGermany17 May 197618.3 mi376.1
130 MarseilleFrance26 Nov 197712.0 mi266.058 mio.
131 TurinItaly4 Feb 20066.0 mi146.0
132 The HagueNetherlands16 Oct 200417.3 mi305.8
133 RennesFrance16 Mar 20025.6 mi155.623 mio.
134 BonnGermany22 Mar 19755.6 mi125.6
135 KitakyushuJapan9 Jan 19855.5 mi135.5
136 YekaterinburgRussia26 Apr 19915.3 mi75.346 mio.
137 BuffaloUSA18 May 19855.2 mi85.2
138 KazanRussia27 Aug 20055.2 mi65.27 mio.
139 Palma de MallorcaSpain25 Apr 20075.2 mi95.2
140 AmsterdamNetherlands16 Oct 197720.3 mi335.191 mio.
141 AdanaTurkey18 Mar 20095.0 mi85.0
142 Buenos AiresArgentina1 Dec 191329.5 mi764.9280 mio.
143 ChibaJapan28 Mar 19889.6 mi184.8
144 Nizhny NovgorodRussia20 Nov 19859.6 mi144.833 mio.
145 LyonFrance28 Apr 197819.1 mi434.8182 mio.
146 SydneyAustralia192613.7 mi144.6
147 DuisburgGermany11 Jul 19928.9 mi134.5
148 NovosibirskRussia7 Jan 19868.9 mi134.470 mio.
149 DnepropetrovskUkraine29 Dec 19954.4 mi64.411 mio.
150 JacksonvilleUSA30 May 19894.3 mi64.3
151 LausanneSwitzerland24 May 19918.5 mi294.3
152 FrankfurtGermany4 Oct 196812.7 mi314.2
153 EssenGermany5 Oct 196712.6 mi274.2
154 KamakuraJapan3 Mar 19704.1 mi84.1
155 MaracaiboVenezuela8 Jun 20094.0 mi64.0
156 HanoverGermany28 Sep 197511.6 mi213.9
157 ValenciaVenezuela18 Oct 20063.9 mi73.918 mio.
158 Las VegasUSA15 Jul 20043.9 mi73.9
159 PoznanPoland1 Mar 19973.8 mi63.8
160 GelsenkirchenGermany1 Sep 19843.4 mi93.4
161 GenoaItaly13 Jun 19903.2 mi73.2
162 DetroitUSAJul 19873.0 mi133.0
163 DuesseldorfGermany4 Oct 19816.0 mi143.0
164 MulheimGermany3 Nov 19795.6 mi132.8
165 CharleroiBelgium21 Jun 197610.9 mi202.7
166 CataniaItaly27 Jun 19992.4 mi62.4
167 AntwerpBelgium25 Mar 19754.7 mi112.4
168 VolgogradRussia5 Nov 19842.1 mi22.1
169 PerugiaItaly29 Jan 20081.9 mi71.9
170 CologneGermany11 Oct 196828.0 mi511.9
171 NewarkUSA26 May 19351.4 mi41.4
172 RouenFrance17 Dec 19941.4 mi51.4
173 HaifaIsrael19591.1 mi61.1
174 PittsburghUSA3 Jul 19850.9 mi30.9
175 BielefeldGermany21 Sep 19713.2 mi70.8
176 LudwigshafenGermany29 May 19692.5 mi11


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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