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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 Buenos AiresArgentina1 Dec 19137629.5 mi280 mio.
2 YerevanArmenia7 Mar 1981107.5 mi17 mio.
3 SydneyAustralia19261413.7 mi
4 ViennaAustria25 Feb 19789643.4 mi498 mio.
5 BakuAzerbaijan6 Nov 19672220.4 mi176 mio.
6 MinskBelarus26 Jun 19842518.8 mi262 mio.
7 BrusselsBelgium20 Sep 19766120.0 mi136 mio.
8 CharleroiBelgium21 Jun 19762010.9 mi
9 AntwerpBelgium25 Mar 1975114.7 mi
10 Rio de JaneiroBrazil5 Mar 19793426.1 mi135 mio.
11 RecifeBrazil11 Mar 19853024.7 mi
12 BrasiliaBrazil31 Mar 20012326.1 mi16 mio.
13 Porto AlegreBrazil2 Mar 19851721.0 mi
14 Belo HorizonteBrazil1 Aug 19861917.5 mi
15 Sao PauloBrazil14 Sep 19745838.1 mi684 mio.
16 SofiaBulgaria28 Jan 19981411.2 mi51 mio.
17 MontrealCanada14 Oct 19667343.0 mi219 mio.
18 TorontoCanada30 Apr 19547444.3 mi278 mio.
19 EdmontonCanada22 Apr 1978118.1 mi
20 VancouverCanada3 Jan 19864943.2 mi74 mio.
21 ValparaisoChile23 Nov 20052026.7 mi
22 SantiagoChile15 Sep 19759351.6 mi642 mio.
23 ShenzhenChina28 Dec 20042315.7 mi73 mio.
24 ShanghaiChina10 Apr 1995230207.6 mi1122 mio.
25 Hong KongChina1 Oct 197995116.9 mi1309 mio.
26 BeijingChina1 Oct 1969147141.4 mi1200 mio.
27 ShenyangChina23 Sep 20091813.8 mi
28 GuangzhouChina28 Jun 19998892.3 mi601 mio.
29 TianjinChina28 Mar 20043744.7 mi15 mio.
30 DalianChina1 May 20031230.5 mi
31 NanjingChina27 Aug 20051613.5 mi102 mio.
32 WuhanChina28 Sep 2004106.3 mi
33 ChongqingChina18 Jun 20051812.1 mi
34 ChangchunChinaOct 20021610.6 mi
35 MedellinColombia30 Nov 19952617.9 mi155 mio.
36 PragueCzech Republic9 May 19745736.7 mi597 mio.
37 CopenhagenDenmark19 Oct 20022213.1 mi37 mio.
38 Santo DomingoDominican Republic30 Jan 2009169.0 mi
39 CairoEgypt27 Sep 19875540.7 mi700 mio.
40 HelsinkiFinland3 Aug 19821713.1 mi58 mio.
41 ParisFrance19 Jul 1900380132.4 mi1473 mio.
42 RouenFrance17 Dec 199451.4 mi
43 MarseilleFrance26 Nov 19772612.0 mi58 mio.
44 LilleFrance25 Apr 19836228.3 mi74 mio.
45 RennesFrance16 Mar 2002155.6 mi23 mio.
46 LyonFrance28 Apr 19784319.1 mi182 mio.
47 ToulouseFrance26 Jun 19933817.1 mi42 mio.
48 TbilisiGeorgia11 Jan 19662216.3 mi92 mio.
49 EssenGermany5 Oct 19672712.6 mi
50 GelsenkirchenGermany1 Sep 198493.4 mi
51 DuisburgGermany11 Jul 1992138.9 mi
52 WuppertalGermany1 Mar 1901208.3 mi
53 HanoverGermany28 Sep 19752111.6 mi
54 BerlinGermany18 Feb 190219591.6 mi447 mio.
55 FrankfurtGermany4 Oct 19683112.7 mi
56 DortmundGermany17 May 19763718.3 mi
57 LudwigshafenGermany29 May 1969112.5 mi
58 BochumGermany26 May 19792913.4 mi
59 NurembergGermany1 Mar 19724621.5 mi92 mio.
60 StuttgartGermany10 Jun 19661914.9 mi
61 CologneGermany11 Oct 19685128.0 mi
62 MunichGermany19 Oct 197110057.5 mi349 mio.
63 BielefeldGermany21 Sep 197173.2 mi
64 DuesseldorfGermany4 Oct 1981146.0 mi
65 BonnGermany22 Mar 1975125.6 mi
66 HamburgGermany1 Mar 19129762.6 mi184 mio.
67 MulheimGermany3 Nov 1979135.6 mi
68 AthensGreece19545232.3 mi325 mio.
69 BudapestHungary2 May 18964220.5 mi297 mio.
70 KolkataIndia24 Oct 19842114.0 mi100 mio.
71 DelhiIndia24 Dec 20028359.8 mi310 mio.
72 MumbaiIndia73106.3 mi
73 ChennaiIndia19 Oct 19971716.8 mi
74 TehranIran21 Feb 20004731.4 mi353 mio.
75 HaifaIsrael195961.1 mi
76 PerugiaItaly29 Jan 200871.9 mi
77 NaplesItaly28 Mar 19933019.8 mi29 mio.
78 TurinItaly4 Feb 2006146.0 mi
79 RomeItaly10 Feb 19554924.2 mi331 mio.
80 GenoaItaly13 Jun 199073.2 mi
81 CataniaItaly27 Jun 199962.4 mi
82 MilanItaly1 Nov 19648846.4 mi328 mio.
83 OsakaJapan20 May 193313385.6 mi860 mio.
84 HiroshimaJapan20 Aug 19942111.4 mi18 mio.
85 NagoyaJapan15 Nov 19579355.3 mi427 mio.
86 ChibaJapan28 Mar 1988189.6 mi
87 SendaiJapan15 Jul 1987179.2 mi58 mio.
88 TokyoJapan30 Dec 1927290189.2 mi3174 mio.
89 KyotoJapan1 Apr 19813219.5 mi126 mio.
90 SapporoJapan16 Dec 19714929.8 mi209 mio.
91 KitakyushuJapan9 Jan 1985135.5 mi
92 KamakuraJapan3 Mar 197084.1 mi
93 YokohamaJapan16 Dec 19724835.8 mi198 mio.
94 NahaJapan10 Aug 2003158.0 mi
95 KobeJapan13 Mar 19772619.0 mi121 mio.
96 FukuokaJapan26 Jul 19813518.5 mi124 mio.
97 TamaJapan27 Nov 1998199.9 mi
98 Kuala LumpurMalaysia16 Dec 19966039.8 mi109 mio.
99 Mexico CityMexico5 Sep 1969175125.4 mi1460 mio.
100 GuadalajaraMexico1 Sep 19892914.9 mi
101 MonterreyMexico25 Apr 19913219.6 mi
102 AmsterdamNetherlands16 Oct 19773320.3 mi91 mio.
103 The HagueNetherlands16 Oct 20043017.3 mi
104 RotterdamNetherlands10 Feb 19683829.2 mi85 mio.
105 PyongyangNorth Korea6 Sep 19731614.0 mi35 mio.
106 OsloNorway22 May 19667238.5 mi64 mio.
107 LimaPeru13 Jan 200366.2 mi
108 ManilaPhilippines1 Dec 19844228.4 mi346 mio.
109 WarsawPoland7 Apr 19952114.0 mi114 mio.
110 PoznanPoland1 Mar 199763.8 mi
111 LisbonPortugal29 Dec 19595225.5 mi180 mio.
112 OportoPortugal7 Dec 20021513.5 mi
113 San JuanPuerto Rico6 Jun 20051610.7 mi9 mio.
114 BucharestRomania16 Nov 19795042.1 mi111 mio.
115 Saint PetersburgRussia15 Nov 19556368.5 mi832 mio.
116 KazanRussia27 Aug 200565.2 mi7 mio.
117 NovosibirskRussia7 Jan 1986138.9 mi70 mio.
118 SamaraRussia26 Dec 198796.3 mi12 mio.
119 MoscowRussia15 May 1935180185.7 mi2573 mio.
120 YekaterinburgRussia26 Apr 199175.3 mi46 mio.
121 VolgogradRussia5 Nov 198422.1 mi
122 Nizhny NovgorodRussia20 Nov 1985149.6 mi33 mio.
123 SingaporeSingapore7 Nov 19877673.9 mi571 mio.
124 GwangjuSouth Korea28 Apr 20042012.5 mi17 mio.
125 BusanSouth Korea19 Jul 19859259.0 mi257 mio.
126 DaeguSouth Korea26 Nov 19975633.5 mi110 mio.
127 SeoulSouth Korea15 Aug 1974348178.3 mi2048 mio.
128 IncheonSouth Korea6 Oct 19992918.3 mi73 mio.
129 DaejeonSouth Korea16 Mar 20062214.0 mi29 mio.
130 BilbaoSpain11 Nov 19953825.2 mi86 mio.
131 BarcelonaSpain30 Dec 192415268.7 mi378 mio.
132 MadridSpain17 Oct 1919281176.5 mi686 mio.
133 ValenciaSpain3 Oct 19883819.8 mi
134 Palma de MallorcaSpain25 Apr 200795.2 mi
135 SevilleSpain2 Apr 20092111.2 mi
136 StockholmSweden1 Oct 195010465.7 mi303 mio.
137 LausanneSwitzerland24 May 1991298.5 mi
138 TaipeiTaiwan28 Mar 19968556.3 mi450 mio.
139 KaohsiungTaiwan9 Mar 20083726.5 mi30 mio.
140 BangkokThailand5 Dec 19994428.8 mi206 mio.
141 BursaTurkey19 Aug 20022314.0 mi
142 IstanbulTurkey16 Sep 2000109.3 mi68 mio.
143 AdanaTurkey18 Mar 200985.0 mi
144 AnkaraTurkey30 Aug 19962314.4 mi113 mio.
145 IzmirTurkey22 May 2000107.1 mi30 mio.
146 DnepropetrovskUkraine29 Dec 199564.4 mi11 mio.
147 Kryvyi RihUkraine26 Dec 19861211.2 mi
148 KharkovUkraine23 Aug 19752821.9 mi278 mio.
149 KievUkraine22 Oct 19604637.2 mi642 mio.
150 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates9 Sep 20091124.7 mi
151 NewcastleUnited Kingdom7 Aug 19806147.5 mi38 mio.
152 LondonUnited Kingdom10 Jan 1863268253.6 mi1197 mio.
153 GlasgowUnited Kingdom14 Dec 1896156.5 mi15 mio.
154 JacksonvilleUSA30 May 198964.3 mi
155 NewarkUSA26 May 193541.4 mi
156 Los AngelesUSA30 Jan 19933036.9 mi45 mio.
157 BostonUSA1 Sep 18976637.6 mi145 mio.
158 ClevelandUSA15 Mar 19551819.3 mi6 mio.
159 BaltimoreUSA21 Nov 19831415.2 mi14 mio.
160 WashingtonUSA27 Mar 197690106.4 mi215 mio.
161 ChicagoUSA6 Jun 1892151103.2 mi198 mio.
162 PhiladelphiaUSA4 Mar 19076638.5 mi67 mio.
163 MiamiUSA21 May 19842222.4 mi19 mio.
164 AtlantaUSA30 Jun 19793949.2 mi34 mio.
165 BuffaloUSA18 May 198585.2 mi
166 Saint LouisUSA31 Jul 19933745.6 mi
167 New YorkUSA27 Oct 1904468228.7 mi1624 mio.
168 DetroitUSAJul 1987133.0 mi
169 Las VegasUSA15 Jul 200473.9 mi
170 SeattleUSA18 Jul 20091213.8 mi
171 San FranciscoUSA11 Sep 197243103.7 mi100 mio.
172 PittsburghUSA3 Jul 198530.9 mi
173 TashkentUzbekistan6 Nov 19772922.5 mi71 mio.
174 MaracaiboVenezuela8 Jun 200964.0 mi
175 ValenciaVenezuela18 Oct 200673.9 mi18 mio.
176 CaracasVenezuela27 Mar 19835037.6 mi510 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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