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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 mi8.0
2 AmsterdamNetherlands16 Oct 19773320.3 mi8.391 mio.
3 AnkaraTurkey30 Aug 19962314.4 mi11.5113 mio.
4 AntwerpBelgium25 Mar 1975114.7 mi5.5
5 AthensGreece19545232.3 mi17.3325 mio.
6 AtlantaUSA30 Jun 19793949.2 mi19.534 mio.
7 BakuAzerbaijan6 Nov 19672220.4 mi11.0176 mio.
8 BaltimoreUSA21 Nov 19831415.2 mi14.014 mio.
9 BangkokThailand5 Dec 19994428.8 mi14.7206 mio.
10 BarcelonaSpain30 Dec 192415268.7 mi15.2378 mio.
11 BeijingChina1 Oct 1969147141.4 mi16.31200 mio.
12 Belo HorizonteBrazil1 Aug 19861917.5 mi19.0
13 BerlinGermany18 Feb 190219591.6 mi19.5447 mio.
14 BielefeldGermany21 Sep 197173.2 mi1.8
15 BilbaoSpain11 Nov 19953825.2 mi19.086 mio.
16 BochumGermany26 May 19792913.4 mi14.5
17 BonnGermany22 Mar 1975125.6 mi12.0
18 BostonUSA1 Sep 18976637.6 mi22.0145 mio.
19 BrasiliaBrazil31 Mar 20012326.1 mi23.016 mio.
20 BrusselsBelgium20 Sep 19766120.0 mi20.3136 mio.
21 BucharestRomania16 Nov 19795042.1 mi12.5111 mio.
22 BudapestHungary2 May 18964220.5 mi14.0297 mio.
23 Buenos AiresArgentina1 Dec 19137629.5 mi12.7280 mio.
24 BuffaloUSA18 May 198585.2 mi8.0
25 BursaTurkey19 Aug 20022314.0 mi23.0
26 BusanSouth Korea19 Jul 19859259.0 mi30.7257 mio.
27 CairoEgypt27 Sep 19875540.7 mi27.5700 mio.
28 CaracasVenezuela27 Mar 19835037.6 mi10.0510 mio.
29 CataniaItaly27 Jun 199962.4 mi6.0
30 ChangchunChinaOct 20021610.6 mi16.0
31 CharleroiBelgium21 Jun 19762010.9 mi5.0
32 ChennaiIndia19 Oct 19971716.8 mi17.0
33 ChibaJapan28 Mar 1988189.6 mi9.0
34 ChicagoUSA6 Jun 1892151103.2 mi18.9198 mio.
35 ChongqingChina18 Jun 20051812.1 mi18.0
36 ClevelandUSA15 Mar 19551819.3 mi18.06 mio.
37 CologneGermany11 Oct 19685128.0 mi3.4
38 CopenhagenDenmark19 Oct 20022213.1 mi11.037 mio.
39 DaeguSouth Korea26 Nov 19975633.5 mi28.0110 mio.
40 DaejeonSouth Korea16 Mar 20062214.0 mi22.029 mio.
41 DalianChina1 May 20031230.5 mi12.0
42 DelhiIndia24 Dec 20028359.8 mi27.7310 mio.
43 DetroitUSAJul 1987133.0 mi13.0
44 DnepropetrovskUkraine29 Dec 199564.4 mi6.011 mio.
45 DortmundGermany17 May 19763718.3 mi12.3
46 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates9 Sep 20091124.7 mi11.0
47 DuesseldorfGermany4 Oct 1981146.0 mi7.0
48 DuisburgGermany11 Jul 1992138.9 mi6.5
49 EdmontonCanada22 Apr 1978118.1 mi11.0
50 EssenGermany5 Oct 19672712.6 mi9.0
51 FrankfurtGermany4 Oct 19683112.7 mi10.3
52 FukuokaJapan26 Jul 19813518.5 mi11.7124 mio.
53 GelsenkirchenGermany1 Sep 198493.4 mi9.0
54 GenoaItaly13 Jun 199073.2 mi7.0
55 GlasgowUnited Kingdom14 Dec 1896156.5 mi15.015 mio.
56 GuadalajaraMexico1 Sep 19892914.9 mi14.5
57 GuangzhouChina28 Jun 19998892.3 mi17.6601 mio.
58 GwangjuSouth Korea28 Apr 20042012.5 mi20.017 mio.
59 HaifaIsrael195961.1 mi6.0
60 HamburgGermany1 Mar 19129762.6 mi32.3184 mio.
61 HanoverGermany28 Sep 19752111.6 mi7.0
62 HelsinkiFinland3 Aug 19821713.1 mi17.058 mio.
63 HiroshimaJapan20 Aug 19942111.4 mi21.018 mio.
64 Hong KongChina1 Oct 197995116.9 mi10.61309 mio.
65 IncheonSouth Korea6 Oct 19992918.3 mi29.073 mio.
66 IstanbulTurkey16 Sep 2000109.3 mi10.068 mio.
67 IzmirTurkey22 May 2000107.1 mi10.030 mio.
68 JacksonvilleUSA30 May 198964.3 mi6.0
69 KamakuraJapan3 Mar 197084.1 mi8.0
70 KaohsiungTaiwan9 Mar 20083726.5 mi18.530 mio.
71 KazanRussia27 Aug 200565.2 mi6.07 mio.
72 KharkovUkraine23 Aug 19752821.9 mi9.3278 mio.
73 KievUkraine22 Oct 19604637.2 mi15.3642 mio.
74 KitakyushuJapan9 Jan 1985135.5 mi13.0
75 KobeJapan13 Mar 19772619.0 mi13.0121 mio.
76 KolkataIndia24 Oct 19842114.0 mi21.0100 mio.
77 Kryvyi RihUkraine26 Dec 19861211.2 mi12.0
78 Kuala LumpurMalaysia16 Dec 19966039.8 mi20.0109 mio.
79 KyotoJapan1 Apr 19813219.5 mi16.0126 mio.
80 Las VegasUSA15 Jul 200473.9 mi7.0
81 LausanneSwitzerland24 May 1991298.5 mi14.5
82 LilleFrance25 Apr 19836228.3 mi31.074 mio.
83 LimaPeru13 Jan 200366.2 mi6.0
84 LisbonPortugal29 Dec 19595225.5 mi13.0180 mio.
85 LondonUnited Kingdom10 Jan 1863268253.6 mi24.41197 mio.
86 Los AngelesUSA30 Jan 19933036.9 mi10.045 mio.
87 LudwigshafenGermany29 May 1969112.5 mi
88 LyonFrance28 Apr 19784319.1 mi10.8182 mio.
89 MadridSpain17 Oct 1919281176.5 mi21.6686 mio.
90 ManilaPhilippines1 Dec 19844228.4 mi14.0346 mio.
91 MaracaiboVenezuela8 Jun 200964.0 mi6.0
92 MarseilleFrance26 Nov 19772612.0 mi13.058 mio.
93 MedellinColombia30 Nov 19952617.9 mi13.0155 mio.
94 Mexico CityMexico5 Sep 1969175125.4 mi15.91460 mio.
95 MiamiUSA21 May 19842222.4 mi22.019 mio.
96 MilanItaly1 Nov 19648846.4 mi29.3328 mio.
97 MinskBelarus26 Jun 19842518.8 mi12.5262 mio.
98 MonterreyMexico25 Apr 19913219.6 mi16.0
99 MontrealCanada14 Oct 19667343.0 mi18.3219 mio.
100 MoscowRussia15 May 1935180185.7 mi15.02573 mio.
101 MulheimGermany3 Nov 1979135.6 mi6.5
102 MumbaiIndia73106.3 mi14.6
103 MunichGermany19 Oct 197110057.5 mi16.7349 mio.
104 NagoyaJapan15 Nov 19579355.3 mi23.3427 mio.
105 NahaJapan10 Aug 2003158.0 mi15.0
106 NanjingChina27 Aug 20051613.5 mi16.0102 mio.
107 NaplesItaly28 Mar 19933019.8 mi10.029 mio.
108 New YorkUSA27 Oct 1904468228.7 mi17.31624 mio.
109 NewarkUSA26 May 193541.4 mi4.0
110 NewcastleUnited Kingdom7 Aug 19806147.5 mi30.538 mio.
111 Nizhny NovgorodRussia20 Nov 1985149.6 mi7.033 mio.
112 NovosibirskRussia7 Jan 1986138.9 mi6.570 mio.
113 NurembergGermany1 Mar 19724621.5 mi15.392 mio.
114 OportoPortugal7 Dec 20021513.5 mi7.5
115 OsakaJapan20 May 193313385.6 mi14.8860 mio.
116 OsloNorway22 May 19667238.5 mi14.464 mio.
117 Palma de MallorcaSpain25 Apr 200795.2 mi9.0
118 ParisFrance19 Jul 1900380132.4 mi23.81473 mio.
119 PerugiaItaly29 Jan 200871.9 mi7.0
120 PhiladelphiaUSA4 Mar 19076638.5 mi22.067 mio.
121 PittsburghUSA3 Jul 198530.9 mi3.0
122 Porto AlegreBrazil2 Mar 19851721.0 mi17.0
123 PoznanPoland1 Mar 199763.8 mi6.0
124 PragueCzech Republic9 May 19745736.7 mi19.0597 mio.
125 PyongyangNorth Korea6 Sep 19731614.0 mi8.035 mio.
126 RecifeBrazil11 Mar 19853024.7 mi15.0
127 RennesFrance16 Mar 2002155.6 mi15.023 mio.
128 Rio de JaneiroBrazil5 Mar 19793426.1 mi17.0135 mio.
129 RomeItaly10 Feb 19554924.2 mi24.5331 mio.
130 RotterdamNetherlands10 Feb 19683829.2 mi19.085 mio.
131 RouenFrance17 Dec 199451.4 mi5.0
132 Saint LouisUSA31 Jul 19933745.6 mi18.5
133 Saint PetersburgRussia15 Nov 19556368.5 mi12.6832 mio.
134 SamaraRussia26 Dec 198796.3 mi9.012 mio.
135 San FranciscoUSA11 Sep 197243103.7 mi8.6100 mio.
136 San JuanPuerto Rico6 Jun 20051610.7 mi16.09 mio.
137 SantiagoChile15 Sep 19759351.6 mi18.6642 mio.
138 Santo DomingoDominican Republic30 Jan 2009169.0 mi16.0
139 Sao PauloBrazil14 Sep 19745838.1 mi14.5684 mio.
140 SapporoJapan16 Dec 19714929.8 mi16.3209 mio.
141 SeattleUSA18 Jul 20091213.8 mi12.0
142 SendaiJapan15 Jul 1987179.2 mi17.058 mio.
143 SeoulSouth Korea15 Aug 1974348178.3 mi34.82048 mio.
144 SevilleSpain2 Apr 20092111.2 mi21.0
145 ShanghaiChina10 Apr 1995230207.6 mi23.01122 mio.
146 ShenyangChina23 Sep 20091813.8 mi18.0
147 ShenzhenChina28 Dec 20042315.7 mi11.573 mio.
148 SingaporeSingapore7 Nov 19877673.9 mi19.0571 mio.
149 SofiaBulgaria28 Jan 19981411.2 mi14.051 mio.
150 StockholmSweden1 Oct 195010465.7 mi34.7303 mio.
151 StuttgartGermany10 Jun 19661914.9 mi9.5
152 SydneyAustralia19261413.7 mi4.7
153 TaipeiTaiwan28 Mar 19968556.3 mi10.6450 mio.
154 TamaJapan27 Nov 1998199.9 mi19.0
155 TashkentUzbekistan6 Nov 19772922.5 mi9.771 mio.
156 TbilisiGeorgia11 Jan 19662216.3 mi11.092 mio.
157 TehranIran21 Feb 20004731.4 mi15.7353 mio.
158 The HagueNetherlands16 Oct 20043017.3 mi10.0
159 TianjinChina28 Mar 20043744.7 mi18.515 mio.
160 TokyoJapan30 Dec 1927290189.2 mi22.33174 mio.
161 TorontoCanada30 Apr 19547444.3 mi18.5278 mio.
162 ToulouseFrance26 Jun 19933817.1 mi19.042 mio.
163 TurinItaly4 Feb 2006146.0 mi14.0
164 ValenciaVenezuela18 Oct 200673.9 mi7.018 mio.
165 ValenciaSpain3 Oct 19883819.8 mi12.7
166 ValparaisoChile23 Nov 20052026.7 mi20.0
167 VancouverCanada3 Jan 19864943.2 mi16.374 mio.
168 ViennaAustria25 Feb 19789643.4 mi19.2498 mio.
169 VolgogradRussia5 Nov 198422.1 mi2.0
170 WarsawPoland7 Apr 19952114.0 mi21.0114 mio.
171 WashingtonUSA27 Mar 197690106.4 mi18.0215 mio.
172 WuhanChina28 Sep 2004106.3 mi10.0
173 WuppertalGermany1 Mar 1901208.3 mi20.0
174 YekaterinburgRussia26 Apr 199175.3 mi7.046 mio.
175 YerevanArmenia7 Mar 1981107.5 mi10.017 mio.
176 YokohamaJapan16 Dec 19724835.8 mi16.0198 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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