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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 LondonUnited Kingdom10 Jan 1863268408.0 km1124.4
2 New YorkUSA27 Oct 1904468368.0 km2717.3
3 ShanghaiChina10 Apr 1995230334.0 km1023.0
4 TokyoJapan30 Dec 1927290304.5 km1322.3
5 MoscowRussia15 May 1935180298.8 km1215.0
6 SeoulSouth Korea15 Aug 1974348286.9 km1034.8
7 MadridSpain17 Oct 1919281284.0 km1321.6
8 BeijingChina1 Oct 1969147227.6 km916.3
9 ParisFrance19 Jul 1900380213.0 km1623.8
10 Mexico CityMexico5 Sep 1969175201.7 km1115.9
11 Hong KongChina1 Oct 197995188.1 km910.6
12 WashingtonUSA27 Mar 197690171.2 km518.0
13 MumbaiIndia73171.0 km514.6
14 San FranciscoUSA11 Sep 197243166.9 km58.6
15 ChicagoUSA6 Jun 1892151166.0 km818.9
16 GuangzhouChina28 Jun 199988148.5 km517.6
17 BerlinGermany18 Feb 1902195147.4 km1019.5
18 OsakaJapan20 May 1933133137.8 km914.8
19 SingaporeSingapore7 Nov 198776118.9 km419.0
20 BarcelonaSpain30 Dec 1924152110.5 km1015.2
21 Saint PetersburgRussia15 Nov 195563110.2 km512.6
22 StockholmSweden1 Oct 1950104105.7 km334.7
23 HamburgGermany1 Mar 191297100.7 km332.3
24 DelhiIndia24 Dec 20028396.2 km327.7
25 BusanSouth Korea19 Jul 19859295.0 km330.7
26 MunichGermany19 Oct 197110092.5 km616.7
27 TaipeiTaiwan28 Mar 19968590.6 km810.6
28 NagoyaJapan15 Nov 19579389.0 km423.3
29 SantiagoChile15 Sep 19759383.0 km518.6
30 AtlantaUSA30 Jun 19793979.2 km219.5
31 NewcastleUnited Kingdom7 Aug 19806176.5 km230.5
32 MilanItaly1 Nov 19648874.6 km329.3
33 Saint LouisUSA31 Jul 19933773.4 km218.5
34 TianjinChina28 Mar 20043772.0 km218.5
35 TorontoCanada30 Apr 19547471.3 km418.5
36 ViennaAustria25 Feb 19789669.8 km519.2
37 VancouverCanada3 Jan 19864969.5 km316.3
38 MontrealCanada14 Oct 19667369.2 km418.3
39 BucharestRomania16 Nov 19795067.7 km412.5
40 CairoEgypt27 Sep 19875565.5 km227.5
41 Kuala LumpurMalaysia16 Dec 19966064.0 km320.0
42 OsloNorway22 May 19667262.0 km514.4
43 PhiladelphiaUSA4 Mar 19076662.0 km322.0
44 Sao PauloBrazil14 Sep 19745861.3 km414.5
45 CaracasVenezuela27 Mar 19835060.5 km510.0
46 BostonUSA1 Sep 18976660.5 km322.0
47 KievUkraine22 Oct 19604659.8 km315.3
48 Los AngelesUSA30 Jan 19933059.3 km310.0
49 PragueCzech Republic9 May 19745759.1 km319.0
50 YokohamaJapan16 Dec 19724857.6 km316.0
51 DaeguSouth Korea26 Nov 19975653.9 km228.0
52 AthensGreece19545252.0 km317.3
53 TehranIran21 Feb 20004750.5 km315.7
54 DalianChina1 May 20031249.0 km112.0
55 SapporoJapan16 Dec 19714948.0 km316.3
56 Buenos AiresArgentina1 Dec 19137647.5 km612.7
57 RotterdamNetherlands10 Feb 19683847.0 km219.0
58 BangkokThailand5 Dec 19994446.3 km314.7
59 ManilaPhilippines1 Dec 19844245.7 km314.0
60 LilleFrance25 Apr 19836245.5 km231.0
61 CologneGermany11 Oct 19685145.0 km153.4
62 ValparaisoChile23 Nov 20052043.0 km120.0
63 KaohsiungTaiwan9 Mar 20083742.7 km218.5
64 Rio de JaneiroBrazil5 Mar 19793442.0 km217.0
65 BrasiliaBrazil31 Mar 20012342.0 km123.0
66 LisbonPortugal29 Dec 19595241.0 km413.0
67 BilbaoSpain11 Nov 19953840.6 km219.0
68 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates9 Sep 20091139.7 km111.0
69 RecifeBrazil11 Mar 19853039.7 km215.0
70 RomeItaly10 Feb 19554939.0 km224.5
71 TashkentUzbekistan6 Nov 19772936.2 km39.7
72 MiamiUSA21 May 19842236.0 km122.0
73 KharkovUkraine23 Aug 19752835.3 km39.3
74 NurembergGermany1 Mar 19724634.6 km315.3
75 Porto AlegreBrazil2 Mar 19851733.8 km117.0
76 BudapestHungary2 May 18964233.0 km314.0
77 BakuAzerbaijan6 Nov 19672232.9 km211.0
78 AmsterdamNetherlands16 Oct 19773332.7 km48.3
79 BrusselsBelgium20 Sep 19766132.2 km320.3
80 NaplesItaly28 Mar 19933031.8 km310.0
81 ValenciaSpain3 Oct 19883831.8 km312.7
82 MonterreyMexico25 Apr 19913231.5 km216.0
83 KyotoJapan1 Apr 19813231.3 km216.0
84 ClevelandUSA15 Mar 19551831.0 km118.0
85 LyonFrance28 Apr 19784330.7 km410.8
86 KobeJapan13 Mar 19772630.6 km213.0
87 MinskBelarus26 Jun 19842530.3 km212.5
88 FukuokaJapan26 Jul 19813529.8 km311.7
89 IncheonSouth Korea6 Oct 19992929.5 km129.0
90 DortmundGermany17 May 19763729.5 km312.3
91 MedellinColombia30 Nov 19952628.8 km213.0
92 Belo HorizonteBrazil1 Aug 19861928.1 km119.0
93 The HagueNetherlands16 Oct 20043027.9 km310.0
94 ToulouseFrance26 Jun 19933827.5 km219.0
95 ChennaiIndia19 Oct 19971727.0 km117.0
96 TbilisiGeorgia11 Jan 19662226.3 km211.0
97 ShenzhenChina28 Dec 20042325.3 km211.5
98 BaltimoreUSA21 Nov 19831424.5 km114.0
99 GuadalajaraMexico1 Sep 19892924.0 km214.5
100 StuttgartGermany10 Jun 19661924.0 km29.5
101 AnkaraTurkey30 Aug 19962323.1 km211.5
102 WarsawPoland7 Apr 19952122.6 km121.0
103 KolkataIndia24 Oct 19842122.6 km121.0
104 DaejeonSouth Korea16 Mar 20062222.6 km122.0
105 BursaTurkey19 Aug 20022322.5 km123.0
106 PyongyangNorth Korea6 Sep 19731622.5 km28.0
107 ShenyangChina23 Sep 20091822.2 km118.0
108 SeattleUSA18 Jul 20091222.2 km112.0
109 SydneyAustralia19261422.1 km34.7
110 OportoPortugal7 Dec 20021521.7 km27.5
111 NanjingChina27 Aug 20051621.7 km116.0
112 BochumGermany26 May 19792921.5 km214.5
113 CopenhagenDenmark19 Oct 20022221.0 km211.0
114 HelsinkiFinland3 Aug 19821721.0 km117.0
115 FrankfurtGermany4 Oct 19683120.5 km310.3
116 EssenGermany5 Oct 19672720.2 km39.0
117 GwangjuSouth Korea28 Apr 20042020.1 km120.0
118 ChongqingChina18 Jun 20051819.5 km118.0
119 MarseilleFrance26 Nov 19772619.3 km213.0
120 HanoverGermany28 Sep 19752118.6 km37.0
121 HiroshimaJapan20 Aug 19942118.4 km121.0
122 Kryvyi RihUkraine26 Dec 19861218.0 km112.0
123 SofiaBulgaria28 Jan 19981418.0 km114.0
124 SevilleSpain2 Apr 20092118.0 km121.0
125 CharleroiBelgium21 Jun 19762017.5 km45.0
126 San JuanPuerto Rico6 Jun 20051617.2 km116.0
127 ChangchunChinaOct 20021617.0 km116.0
128 TamaJapan27 Nov 19981916.0 km119.0
129 ChibaJapan28 Mar 19881815.5 km29.0
130 Nizhny NovgorodRussia20 Nov 19851415.5 km27.0
131 IstanbulTurkey16 Sep 20001015.0 km110.0
132 SendaiJapan15 Jul 19871714.8 km117.0
133 Santo DomingoDominican Republic30 Jan 20091614.5 km116.0
134 DuisburgGermany11 Jul 19921314.3 km26.5
135 NovosibirskRussia7 Jan 19861314.3 km26.5
136 LausanneSwitzerland24 May 19912913.7 km214.5
137 WuppertalGermany1 Mar 19012013.3 km120.0
138 EdmontonCanada22 Apr 19781113.1 km111.0
139 NahaJapan10 Aug 20031512.8 km115.0
140 YerevanArmenia7 Mar 19811012.1 km110.0
141 IzmirTurkey22 May 20001011.5 km110.0
142 GlasgowUnited Kingdom14 Dec 18961510.4 km115.0
143 SamaraRussia26 Dec 1987910.2 km19.0
144 WuhanChina28 Sep 20041010.2 km110.0
145 LimaPeru13 Jan 2003610.0 km16.0
146 TurinItaly4 Feb 2006149.6 km114.0
147 DuesseldorfGermany4 Oct 1981149.6 km27.0
148 MulheimGermany3 Nov 1979139.0 km26.5
149 RennesFrance16 Mar 2002159.0 km115.0
150 BonnGermany22 Mar 1975129.0 km112.0
151 KitakyushuJapan9 Jan 1985138.8 km113.0
152 YekaterinburgRussia26 Apr 199178.5 km17.0
153 BuffaloUSA18 May 198588.4 km18.0
154 KazanRussia27 Aug 200568.3 km16.0
155 Palma de MallorcaSpain25 Apr 200798.3 km19.0
156 AdanaTurkey18 Mar 200988.0 km18.0
157 AntwerpBelgium25 Mar 1975117.6 km25.5
158 DnepropetrovskUkraine29 Dec 199567.1 km16.0
159 JacksonvilleUSA30 May 198966.9 km16.0
160 KamakuraJapan3 Mar 197086.6 km18.0
161 MaracaiboVenezuela8 Jun 200966.5 km16.0
162 ValenciaVenezuela18 Oct 200676.2 km17.0
163 Las VegasUSA15 Jul 200476.2 km17.0
164 PoznanPoland1 Mar 199766.1 km16.0
165 GelsenkirchenGermany1 Sep 198495.5 km19.0
166 GenoaItaly13 Jun 199075.2 km17.0
167 BielefeldGermany21 Sep 197175.2 km41.8
168 DetroitUSAJul 1987134.8 km113.0
169 LudwigshafenGermany29 May 1969114.0 km0
170 CataniaItaly27 Jun 199963.8 km16.0
171 VolgogradRussia5 Nov 198423.3 km12.0
172 PerugiaItaly29 Jan 200873.0 km17.0
173 NewarkUSA26 May 193542.2 km14.0
174 RouenFrance17 Dec 199452.2 km15.0
175 HaifaIsrael195961.8 km16.0
176 PittsburghUSA3 Jul 198531.5 km13.0


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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