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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 200985.0 mi1
2 AmsterdamNetherlands16 Oct 19773320.3 mi491 mio.
3 AnkaraTurkey30 Aug 19962314.4 mi2113 mio.
4 AntwerpBelgium25 Mar 1975114.7 mi2
5 AthensGreece19545232.3 mi3325 mio.
6 AtlantaUSA30 Jun 19793949.2 mi234 mio.
7 BakuAzerbaijan6 Nov 19672220.4 mi2176 mio.
8 BaltimoreUSA21 Nov 19831415.2 mi114 mio.
9 BangkokThailand5 Dec 19994428.8 mi3206 mio.
10 BarcelonaSpain30 Dec 192415268.7 mi10378 mio.
11 BeijingChina1 Oct 1969147141.4 mi91200 mio.
12 Belo HorizonteBrazil1 Aug 19861917.5 mi1
13 BerlinGermany18 Feb 190219591.6 mi10447 mio.
14 BielefeldGermany21 Sep 197173.2 mi4
15 BilbaoSpain11 Nov 19953825.2 mi286 mio.
16 BochumGermany26 May 19792913.4 mi2
17 BonnGermany22 Mar 1975125.6 mi1
18 BostonUSA1 Sep 18976637.6 mi3145 mio.
19 BrasiliaBrazil31 Mar 20012326.1 mi116 mio.
20 BrusselsBelgium20 Sep 19766120.0 mi3136 mio.
21 BucharestRomania16 Nov 19795042.1 mi4111 mio.
22 BudapestHungary2 May 18964220.5 mi3297 mio.
23 Buenos AiresArgentina1 Dec 19137629.5 mi6280 mio.
24 BuffaloUSA18 May 198585.2 mi1
25 BursaTurkey19 Aug 20022314.0 mi1
26 BusanSouth Korea19 Jul 19859259.0 mi3257 mio.
27 CairoEgypt27 Sep 19875540.7 mi2700 mio.
28 CaracasVenezuela27 Mar 19835037.6 mi5510 mio.
29 CataniaItaly27 Jun 199962.4 mi1
30 ChangchunChinaOct 20021610.6 mi1
31 CharleroiBelgium21 Jun 19762010.9 mi4
32 ChennaiIndia19 Oct 19971716.8 mi1
33 ChibaJapan28 Mar 1988189.6 mi2
34 ChicagoUSA6 Jun 1892151103.2 mi8198 mio.
35 ChongqingChina18 Jun 20051812.1 mi1
36 ClevelandUSA15 Mar 19551819.3 mi16 mio.
37 CologneGermany11 Oct 19685128.0 mi15
38 CopenhagenDenmark19 Oct 20022213.1 mi237 mio.
39 DaeguSouth Korea26 Nov 19975633.5 mi2110 mio.
40 DaejeonSouth Korea16 Mar 20062214.0 mi129 mio.
41 DalianChina1 May 20031230.5 mi1
42 DelhiIndia24 Dec 20028359.8 mi3310 mio.
43 DetroitUSAJul 1987133.0 mi1
44 DnepropetrovskUkraine29 Dec 199564.4 mi111 mio.
45 DortmundGermany17 May 19763718.3 mi3
46 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates9 Sep 20091124.7 mi1
47 DuesseldorfGermany4 Oct 1981146.0 mi2
48 DuisburgGermany11 Jul 1992138.9 mi2
49 EdmontonCanada22 Apr 1978118.1 mi1
50 EssenGermany5 Oct 19672712.6 mi3
51 FrankfurtGermany4 Oct 19683112.7 mi3
52 FukuokaJapan26 Jul 19813518.5 mi3124 mio.
53 GelsenkirchenGermany1 Sep 198493.4 mi1
54 GenoaItaly13 Jun 199073.2 mi1
55 GlasgowUnited Kingdom14 Dec 1896156.5 mi115 mio.
56 GuadalajaraMexico1 Sep 19892914.9 mi2
57 GuangzhouChina28 Jun 19998892.3 mi5601 mio.
58 GwangjuSouth Korea28 Apr 20042012.5 mi117 mio.
59 HaifaIsrael195961.1 mi1
60 HamburgGermany1 Mar 19129762.6 mi3184 mio.
61 HanoverGermany28 Sep 19752111.6 mi3
62 HelsinkiFinland3 Aug 19821713.1 mi158 mio.
63 HiroshimaJapan20 Aug 19942111.4 mi118 mio.
64 Hong KongChina1 Oct 197995116.9 mi91309 mio.
65 IncheonSouth Korea6 Oct 19992918.3 mi173 mio.
66 IstanbulTurkey16 Sep 2000109.3 mi168 mio.
67 IzmirTurkey22 May 2000107.1 mi130 mio.
68 JacksonvilleUSA30 May 198964.3 mi1
69 KamakuraJapan3 Mar 197084.1 mi1
70 KaohsiungTaiwan9 Mar 20083726.5 mi230 mio.
71 KazanRussia27 Aug 200565.2 mi17 mio.
72 KharkovUkraine23 Aug 19752821.9 mi3278 mio.
73 KievUkraine22 Oct 19604637.2 mi3642 mio.
74 KitakyushuJapan9 Jan 1985135.5 mi1
75 KobeJapan13 Mar 19772619.0 mi2121 mio.
76 KolkataIndia24 Oct 19842114.0 mi1100 mio.
77 Kryvyi RihUkraine26 Dec 19861211.2 mi1
78 Kuala LumpurMalaysia16 Dec 19966039.8 mi3109 mio.
79 KyotoJapan1 Apr 19813219.5 mi2126 mio.
80 Las VegasUSA15 Jul 200473.9 mi1
81 LausanneSwitzerland24 May 1991298.5 mi2
82 LilleFrance25 Apr 19836228.3 mi274 mio.
83 LimaPeru13 Jan 200366.2 mi1
84 LisbonPortugal29 Dec 19595225.5 mi4180 mio.
85 LondonUnited Kingdom10 Jan 1863268253.6 mi111197 mio.
86 Los AngelesUSA30 Jan 19933036.9 mi345 mio.
87 LudwigshafenGermany29 May 1969112.5 mi0
88 LyonFrance28 Apr 19784319.1 mi4182 mio.
89 MadridSpain17 Oct 1919281176.5 mi13686 mio.
90 ManilaPhilippines1 Dec 19844228.4 mi3346 mio.
91 MaracaiboVenezuela8 Jun 200964.0 mi1
92 MarseilleFrance26 Nov 19772612.0 mi258 mio.
93 MedellinColombia30 Nov 19952617.9 mi2155 mio.
94 Mexico CityMexico5 Sep 1969175125.4 mi111460 mio.
95 MiamiUSA21 May 19842222.4 mi119 mio.
96 MilanItaly1 Nov 19648846.4 mi3328 mio.
97 MinskBelarus26 Jun 19842518.8 mi2262 mio.
98 MonterreyMexico25 Apr 19913219.6 mi2
99 MontrealCanada14 Oct 19667343.0 mi4219 mio.
100 MoscowRussia15 May 1935180185.7 mi122573 mio.
101 MulheimGermany3 Nov 1979135.6 mi2
102 MumbaiIndia73106.3 mi5
103 MunichGermany19 Oct 197110057.5 mi6349 mio.
104 NagoyaJapan15 Nov 19579355.3 mi4427 mio.
105 NahaJapan10 Aug 2003158.0 mi1
106 NanjingChina27 Aug 20051613.5 mi1102 mio.
107 NaplesItaly28 Mar 19933019.8 mi329 mio.
108 New YorkUSA27 Oct 1904468228.7 mi271624 mio.
109 NewarkUSA26 May 193541.4 mi1
110 NewcastleUnited Kingdom7 Aug 19806147.5 mi238 mio.
111 Nizhny NovgorodRussia20 Nov 1985149.6 mi233 mio.
112 NovosibirskRussia7 Jan 1986138.9 mi270 mio.
113 NurembergGermany1 Mar 19724621.5 mi392 mio.
114 OportoPortugal7 Dec 20021513.5 mi2
115 OsakaJapan20 May 193313385.6 mi9860 mio.
116 OsloNorway22 May 19667238.5 mi564 mio.
117 Palma de MallorcaSpain25 Apr 200795.2 mi1
118 ParisFrance19 Jul 1900380132.4 mi161473 mio.
119 PerugiaItaly29 Jan 200871.9 mi1
120 PhiladelphiaUSA4 Mar 19076638.5 mi367 mio.
121 PittsburghUSA3 Jul 198530.9 mi1
122 Porto AlegreBrazil2 Mar 19851721.0 mi1
123 PoznanPoland1 Mar 199763.8 mi1
124 PragueCzech Republic9 May 19745736.7 mi3597 mio.
125 PyongyangNorth Korea6 Sep 19731614.0 mi235 mio.
126 RecifeBrazil11 Mar 19853024.7 mi2
127 RennesFrance16 Mar 2002155.6 mi123 mio.
128 Rio de JaneiroBrazil5 Mar 19793426.1 mi2135 mio.
129 RomeItaly10 Feb 19554924.2 mi2331 mio.
130 RotterdamNetherlands10 Feb 19683829.2 mi285 mio.
131 RouenFrance17 Dec 199451.4 mi1
132 Saint LouisUSA31 Jul 19933745.6 mi2
133 Saint PetersburgRussia15 Nov 19556368.5 mi5832 mio.
134 SamaraRussia26 Dec 198796.3 mi112 mio.
135 San FranciscoUSA11 Sep 197243103.7 mi5100 mio.
136 San JuanPuerto Rico6 Jun 20051610.7 mi19 mio.
137 SantiagoChile15 Sep 19759351.6 mi5642 mio.
138 Santo DomingoDominican Republic30 Jan 2009169.0 mi1
139 Sao PauloBrazil14 Sep 19745838.1 mi4684 mio.
140 SapporoJapan16 Dec 19714929.8 mi3209 mio.
141 SeattleUSA18 Jul 20091213.8 mi1
142 SendaiJapan15 Jul 1987179.2 mi158 mio.
143 SeoulSouth Korea15 Aug 1974348178.3 mi102048 mio.
144 SevilleSpain2 Apr 20092111.2 mi1
145 ShanghaiChina10 Apr 1995230207.6 mi101122 mio.
146 ShenyangChina23 Sep 20091813.8 mi1
147 ShenzhenChina28 Dec 20042315.7 mi273 mio.
148 SingaporeSingapore7 Nov 19877673.9 mi4571 mio.
149 SofiaBulgaria28 Jan 19981411.2 mi151 mio.
150 StockholmSweden1 Oct 195010465.7 mi3303 mio.
151 StuttgartGermany10 Jun 19661914.9 mi2
152 SydneyAustralia19261413.7 mi3
153 TaipeiTaiwan28 Mar 19968556.3 mi8450 mio.
154 TamaJapan27 Nov 1998199.9 mi1
155 TashkentUzbekistan6 Nov 19772922.5 mi371 mio.
156 TbilisiGeorgia11 Jan 19662216.3 mi292 mio.
157 TehranIran21 Feb 20004731.4 mi3353 mio.
158 The HagueNetherlands16 Oct 20043017.3 mi3
159 TianjinChina28 Mar 20043744.7 mi215 mio.
160 TokyoJapan30 Dec 1927290189.2 mi133174 mio.
161 TorontoCanada30 Apr 19547444.3 mi4278 mio.
162 ToulouseFrance26 Jun 19933817.1 mi242 mio.
163 TurinItaly4 Feb 2006146.0 mi1
164 ValenciaVenezuela18 Oct 200673.9 mi118 mio.
165 ValenciaSpain3 Oct 19883819.8 mi3
166 ValparaisoChile23 Nov 20052026.7 mi1
167 VancouverCanada3 Jan 19864943.2 mi374 mio.
168 ViennaAustria25 Feb 19789643.4 mi5498 mio.
169 VolgogradRussia5 Nov 198422.1 mi1
170 WarsawPoland7 Apr 19952114.0 mi1114 mio.
171 WashingtonUSA27 Mar 197690106.4 mi5215 mio.
172 WuhanChina28 Sep 2004106.3 mi1
173 WuppertalGermany1 Mar 1901208.3 mi1
174 YekaterinburgRussia26 Apr 199175.3 mi146 mio.
175 YerevanArmenia7 Mar 1981107.5 mi117 mio.
176 YokohamaJapan16 Dec 19724835.8 mi3198 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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