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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).



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1SeoulSouth Korea15 Aug 1974348286.9 km1034.82048 mio.
2StockholmSweden1 Oct 1950104105.7 km334.7303 mio.
3HamburgGermany1 Mar 191297100.7 km332.3184 mio.
4LilleFrance25 Apr 19836245.5 km231.074 mio.
5BusanSouth Korea19 Jul 19859295.0 km330.7257 mio.
6NewcastleUnited Kingdom7 Aug 19806176.5 km230.538 mio.
7MilanItaly1 Nov 19648874.6 km329.3328 mio.
8IncheonSouth Korea6 Oct 19992929.5 km129.073 mio.
9DaeguSouth Korea26 Nov 19975653.9 km228.0110 mio.
10CairoEgypt27 Sep 19875565.5 km227.5700 mio.
11DelhiIndia24 Dec 20027889.9 km326.0310 mio.
12RomeItaly10 Feb 19554939.0 km224.5331 mio.
13LondonUnited Kingdom10 Jan 1863268408.0 km1124.41197 mio.
14ParisFrance19 Jul 1900380213.0 km1623.81473 mio.
15NagoyaJapan15 Nov 19579389.0 km423.3427 mio.
16BursaTurkey19 Aug 20022322.5 km123.0
17BrasiliaBrazil31 Mar 20012342.0 km123.016 mio.
18ShanghaiChina10 Apr 1995230334.0 km1023.01122 mio.
19TokyoJapan30 Dec 1927290304.5 km1322.33174 mio.
20BostonUSA1 Sep 18976660.5 km322.0145 mio.
21DaejeonSouth Korea16 Mar 20062222.6 km122.029 mio.
22MiamiUSA21 May 19842236.0 km122.019 mio.
23PhiladelphiaUSA4 Mar 19076662.0 km322.067 mio.
24MadridSpain17 Oct 1919281284.0 km1321.6686 mio.
25SevilleSpain2 Apr 20092118.0 km121.0
26KolkataIndia24 Oct 19842122.6 km121.0100 mio.
27WarsawPoland7 Apr 19952122.6 km121.0114 mio.
28HiroshimaJapan20 Aug 19942118.4 km121.018 mio.
29BrusselsBelgium20 Sep 19766132.2 km320.3136 mio.
30ValparaisoChile23 Nov 20052043.0 km120.0
31WuppertalGermany1 Mar 19012013.3 km120.0
32Kuala LumpurMalaysia16 Dec 19966064.0 km320.0109 mio.
33GwangjuSouth Korea28 Apr 20042020.1 km120.017 mio.
34AtlantaUSA30 Jun 19793979.2 km219.534 mio.
35BerlinGermany18 Feb 1902195147.4 km1019.5447 mio.
36ViennaAustria25 Feb 19789669.8 km519.2498 mio.
37PragueCzech Republic9 May 19745759.1 km319.0597 mio.
38SingaporeSingapore7 Nov 198776118.9 km419.0571 mio.
39ToulouseFrance26 Jun 19933827.5 km219.042 mio.
40Belo HorizonteBrazil1 Aug 19861928.1 km119.0
41RotterdamNetherlands10 Feb 19683847.0 km219.085 mio.
42BilbaoSpain11 Nov 19953840.6 km219.086 mio.
43TamaJapan27 Nov 19981916.0 km119.0
44ChicagoUSA6 Jun 1892151166.0 km818.9198 mio.
45SantiagoChile15 Sep 19759383.0 km518.6642 mio.
46Saint LouisUSA31 Jul 19933773.4 km218.5
47TorontoCanada30 Apr 19547471.3 km418.5278 mio.
48KaohsiungTaiwan9 Mar 20083742.7 km218.530 mio.
49TianjinChina28 Mar 20043772.0 km218.515 mio.
50MontrealCanada14 Oct 19667369.2 km418.3219 mio.
51WashingtonUSA27 Mar 197690171.2 km518.0215 mio.
52ChongqingChina18 Jun 20051819.5 km118.0
53ClevelandUSA15 Mar 19551831.0 km118.06 mio.
54GuangzhouChina28 Jun 199988176.1 km517.6601 mio.
55AthensGreece19545252.0 km317.3325 mio.
56New YorkUSA27 Oct 1904468368.0 km2717.31624 mio.
57ChennaiIndia19 Oct 19971727.0 km117.0
58Porto AlegreBrazil2 Mar 19851733.8 km117.0
59HelsinkiFinland3 Aug 19821721.0 km117.058 mio.
60SendaiJapan15 Jul 19871714.8 km117.058 mio.
61Rio de JaneiroBrazil5 Mar 19793442.0 km217.0135 mio.
62MunichGermany19 Oct 197110092.5 km616.7349 mio.
63VancouverCanada3 Jan 19864969.5 km316.374 mio.
64SapporoJapan16 Dec 19714948.0 km316.3209 mio.
65BeijingChina1 Oct 1969147227.6 km916.31200 mio.
66MonterreyMexico25 Apr 19913231.5 km216.0
67ChangchunChinaOct 20021617.0 km116.0
68San JuanPuerto Rico6 Jun 20051617.2 km116.09 mio.
69YokohamaJapan16 Dec 19724857.6 km316.0198 mio.
70NanjingChina27 Aug 20051621.7 km116.0102 mio.
71Santo DomingoDominican Republic30 Jan 20091614.5 km116.0
72KyotoJapan1 Apr 19813231.3 km216.0126 mio.
73Mexico CityMexico5 Sep 1969175201.7 km1115.91460 mio.
74TehranIran21 Feb 20004750.5 km315.7353 mio.
75KievUkraine22 Oct 19604659.8 km315.3642 mio.
76NurembergGermany1 Mar 19724634.6 km315.392 mio.
77BarcelonaSpain30 Dec 1924152110.5 km1015.2378 mio.
78MoscowRussia15 May 1935180298.8 km1215.02573 mio.
79NahaJapan10 Aug 20031512.8 km115.0
80GlasgowUnited Kingdom14 Dec 18961510.4 km115.015 mio.
81RennesFrance16 Mar 2002159.0 km115.023 mio.
82RecifeBrazil11 Mar 19853039.7 km215.0
83OsakaJapan20 May 1933133137.8 km914.8860 mio.
84BangkokThailand5 Dec 19994446.3 km314.7206 mio.
85MumbaiIndia73171.0 km514.6
86BochumGermany26 May 19792921.5 km214.5
87Sao PauloBrazil14 Sep 19745861.3 km414.5684 mio.
88LausanneSwitzerland24 May 19912913.7 km214.5
89GuadalajaraMexico1 Sep 19892924.0 km214.5
90OsloNorway22 May 19667262.0 km514.464 mio.
91SofiaBulgaria28 Jan 19981418.0 km114.051 mio.
92BaltimoreUSA21 Nov 19831424.5 km114.014 mio.
93ManilaPhilippines1 Dec 19844245.7 km314.0346 mio.
94TurinItaly4 Feb 2006149.6 km114.0
95BudapestHungary2 May 18964233.0 km314.0297 mio.
96LisbonPortugal29 Dec 19595241.0 km413.0180 mio.
97KobeJapan13 Mar 19772630.6 km213.0121 mio.
98MarseilleFrance26 Nov 19772619.3 km213.058 mio.
99DetroitUSAJul 1987134.8 km113.0
100KitakyushuJapan9 Jan 1985138.8 km113.0
101MedellinColombia30 Nov 19952628.8 km213.0155 mio.
102ValenciaSpain3 Oct 19883831.8 km312.7
103Buenos AiresArgentina1 Dec 19137647.5 km612.7280 mio.
104Saint PetersburgRussia15 Nov 195563110.2 km512.6832 mio.
105BucharestRomania16 Nov 19795067.7 km412.5111 mio.
106MinskBelarus26 Jun 19842530.3 km212.5262 mio.
107DortmundGermany17 May 19763729.5 km312.3
108SeattleUSA18 Jul 20091222.2 km112.0
109BonnGermany22 Mar 1975129.0 km112.0
110DalianChina1 May 20031249.0 km112.0
111Kryvyi RihUkraine26 Dec 19861218.0 km112.0
112FukuokaJapan26 Jul 19813529.8 km311.7124 mio.
113AnkaraTurkey30 Aug 19962323.1 km211.5113 mio.
114ShenzhenChina28 Dec 20042325.3 km211.573 mio.
115TbilisiGeorgia11 Jan 19662226.3 km211.092 mio.
116EdmontonCanada22 Apr 19781113.1 km111.0
117CopenhagenDenmark19 Oct 20022221.0 km211.037 mio.
118LyonFrance28 Apr 19784330.7 km410.8182 mio.
119TaipeiTaiwan28 Mar 19968590.6 km810.6450 mio.
120Hong KongChina1 Oct 197995188.1 km910.61309 mio.
121BakuAzerbaijan6 Nov 19672131.7 km210.5176 mio.
122FrankfurtGermany4 Oct 19683120.5 km310.3
123NaplesItaly28 Mar 19933031.8 km310.029 mio.
124IstanbulTurkey16 Sep 20001015.0 km110.068 mio.
125AlgiersAlgeria2009109.0 km110.0
126The HagueNetherlands16 Oct 20043027.9 km310.0
127DubaiUnited Arab Emirates9 Sep 20091039.7 km110.0
128IzmirTurkey22 May 20001011.5 km110.030 mio.
129WuhanChina28 Sep 20041010.2 km110.0
130Los AngelesUSA30 Jan 19933059.3 km310.045 mio.
131YerevanArmenia7 Mar 19811012.1 km110.017 mio.
132TashkentUzbekistan6 Nov 19772936.2 km39.771 mio.
133StuttgartGermany10 Jun 19661924.0 km29.5
134CaracasVenezuela27 Mar 19834760.5 km59.4510 mio.
135KharkovUkraine23 Aug 19752835.3 km39.3278 mio.
136Palma de MallorcaSpain25 Apr 200798.3 km19.0
137EssenGermany5 Oct 19672720.2 km39.0
138GelsenkirchenGermany1 Sep 198495.5 km19.0
139SamaraRussia26 Dec 1987910.2 km19.012 mio.
140ChibaJapan28 Mar 19881815.5 km29.0
141San FranciscoUSA11 Sep 197243166.9 km58.6100 mio.
142AmsterdamNetherlands16 Oct 19773332.7 km48.391 mio.
143AdanaTurkey18 Mar 200988.0 km18.0
144KamakuraJapan3 Mar 197086.6 km18.0
145PyongyangNorth Korea6 Sep 19731622.5 km28.035 mio.
146BuffaloUSA18 May 198588.4 km18.0
147OportoPortugal7 Dec 20021521.7 km27.5
148PerugiaItaly29 Jan 200873.0 km17.0
149Las VegasUSA15 Jul 200476.2 km17.0
150YekaterinburgRussia26 Apr 199178.5 km17.046 mio.
151ValenciaVenezuela18 Oct 200676.2 km17.018 mio.
152DuesseldorfGermany4 Oct 1981149.6 km27.0
153Nizhny NovgorodRussia20 Nov 19851415.5 km27.033 mio.
154GenoaItaly13 Jun 199075.2 km17.0
155HanoverGermany28 Sep 19752118.6 km37.0
156DuisburgGermany11 Jul 19921314.3 km26.5
157NovosibirskRussia7 Jan 19861314.3 km26.570 mio.
158MulheimGermany3 Nov 1979139.0 km26.5
159JacksonvilleUSA30 May 198966.9 km16.0
160HaifaIsrael195961.8 km16.0
161MaracaiboVenezuela8 Jun 200966.5 km16.0
162KazanRussia27 Aug 200568.3 km16.07 mio.
163LimaPeru13 Jan 2003610.0 km16.0
164PoznanPoland1 Mar 199766.1 km16.0
165CataniaItaly27 Jun 199963.8 km16.0
166DnepropetrovskUkraine29 Dec 199567.1 km16.011 mio.
167AntwerpBelgium25 Mar 1975117.6 km25.5
168RouenFrance17 Dec 199452.2 km15.0
169CharleroiBelgium21 Jun 19762017.5 km45.0
170SydneyAustralia19261422.1 km34.7
171NewarkUSA26 May 193542.2 km14.0
172CologneGermany11 Oct 19685145.0 km153.4
173PittsburghUSA3 Jul 198531.5 km13.0
174VolgogradRussia5 Nov 198423.3 km12.0
175BielefeldGermany21 Sep 197175.2 km41.8
176LudwigshafenGermany29 May 1969114.0 km0


Numerical data (except ridership) by Jordi Serradell 8/2009. Ridership data by John Kennes 7/2008. Ticket prices by UBS: Prices and Earnings (PDF, p. 20) 2009. Non-numerical data by Mike Rohde 8/2009.






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