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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 SeoulSouth Korea15 Aug 197434810178.3 mi34.82048 mio.
2 StockholmSweden1 Oct 1950104365.7 mi34.7303 mio.
3 HamburgGermany1 Mar 191297362.6 mi32.3184 mio.
4 LilleFrance25 Apr 198362228.3 mi31.074 mio.
5 BusanSouth Korea19 Jul 198592359.0 mi30.7257 mio.
6 NewcastleUnited Kingdom7 Aug 198061247.5 mi30.538 mio.
7 MilanItaly1 Nov 196488346.4 mi29.3328 mio.
8 IncheonSouth Korea6 Oct 199929118.3 mi29.073 mio.
9 DaeguSouth Korea26 Nov 199756233.5 mi28.0110 mio.
10 DelhiIndia24 Dec 200283359.8 mi27.7310 mio.
11 CairoEgypt27 Sep 198755240.7 mi27.5700 mio.
12 RomeItaly10 Feb 195549224.2 mi24.5331 mio.
13 LondonUnited Kingdom10 Jan 186326811253.6 mi24.41197 mio.
14 ParisFrance19 Jul 190038016132.4 mi23.81473 mio.
15 NagoyaJapan15 Nov 195793455.3 mi23.3427 mio.
16 BursaTurkey19 Aug 200223114.0 mi23.0
17 ShanghaiChina10 Apr 199523010207.6 mi23.01122 mio.
18 BrasiliaBrazil31 Mar 200123126.1 mi23.016 mio.
19 TokyoJapan30 Dec 192729013189.2 mi22.33174 mio.
20 BostonUSA1 Sep 189766337.6 mi22.0145 mio.
21 PhiladelphiaUSA4 Mar 190766338.5 mi22.067 mio.
22 MiamiUSA21 May 198422122.4 mi22.019 mio.
23 DaejeonSouth Korea16 Mar 200622114.0 mi22.029 mio.
24 MadridSpain17 Oct 191928113176.5 mi21.6686 mio.
25 HiroshimaJapan20 Aug 199421111.4 mi21.018 mio.
26 WarsawPoland7 Apr 199521114.0 mi21.0114 mio.
27 KolkataIndia24 Oct 198421114.0 mi21.0100 mio.
28 SevilleSpain2 Apr 200921111.2 mi21.0
29 BrusselsBelgium20 Sep 197661320.0 mi20.3136 mio.
30 GwangjuSouth Korea28 Apr 200420112.5 mi20.017 mio.
31 WuppertalGermany1 Mar 19012018.3 mi20.0
32 ValparaisoChile23 Nov 200520126.7 mi20.0
33 Kuala LumpurMalaysia16 Dec 199660339.8 mi20.0109 mio.
34 BerlinGermany18 Feb 19021951091.6 mi19.5447 mio.
35 AtlantaUSA30 Jun 197939249.2 mi19.534 mio.
36 ViennaAustria25 Feb 197896543.4 mi19.2498 mio.
37 BilbaoSpain11 Nov 199538225.2 mi19.086 mio.
38 SingaporeSingapore7 Nov 198776473.9 mi19.0571 mio.
39 PragueCzech Republic9 May 197457336.7 mi19.0597 mio.
40 TamaJapan27 Nov 19981919.9 mi19.0
41 RotterdamNetherlands10 Feb 196838229.2 mi19.085 mio.
42 Belo HorizonteBrazil1 Aug 198619117.5 mi19.0
43 ToulouseFrance26 Jun 199338217.1 mi19.042 mio.
44 ChicagoUSA6 Jun 18921518103.2 mi18.9198 mio.
45 SantiagoChile15 Sep 197593551.6 mi18.6642 mio.
46 TorontoCanada30 Apr 195474444.3 mi18.5278 mio.
47 Saint LouisUSA31 Jul 199337245.6 mi18.5
48 TianjinChina28 Mar 200437244.7 mi18.515 mio.
49 KaohsiungTaiwan9 Mar 200837226.5 mi18.530 mio.
50 MontrealCanada14 Oct 196673443.0 mi18.3219 mio.
51 ClevelandUSA15 Mar 195518119.3 mi18.06 mio.
52 WashingtonUSA27 Mar 1976905106.4 mi18.0215 mio.
53 ShenyangChina23 Sep 200918113.8 mi18.0
54 ChongqingChina18 Jun 200518112.1 mi18.0
55 GuangzhouChina28 Jun 199988592.3 mi17.6601 mio.
56 AthensGreece195452332.3 mi17.3325 mio.
57 New YorkUSA27 Oct 190446827228.7 mi17.31624 mio.
58 Rio de JaneiroBrazil5 Mar 197934226.1 mi17.0135 mio.
59 SendaiJapan15 Jul 19871719.2 mi17.058 mio.
60 HelsinkiFinland3 Aug 198217113.1 mi17.058 mio.
61 Porto AlegreBrazil2 Mar 198517121.0 mi17.0
62 ChennaiIndia19 Oct 199717116.8 mi17.0
63 MunichGermany19 Oct 1971100657.5 mi16.7349 mio.
64 SapporoJapan16 Dec 197149329.8 mi16.3209 mio.
65 BeijingChina1 Oct 19691479141.4 mi16.31200 mio.
66 VancouverCanada3 Jan 198649343.2 mi16.374 mio.
67 Santo DomingoDominican Republic30 Jan 20091619.0 mi16.0
68 San JuanPuerto Rico6 Jun 200516110.7 mi16.09 mio.
69 KyotoJapan1 Apr 198132219.5 mi16.0126 mio.
70 YokohamaJapan16 Dec 197248335.8 mi16.0198 mio.
71 MonterreyMexico25 Apr 199132219.6 mi16.0
72 NanjingChina27 Aug 200516113.5 mi16.0102 mio.
73 ChangchunChinaOct 200216110.6 mi16.0
74 Mexico CityMexico5 Sep 196917511125.4 mi15.91460 mio.
75 TehranIran21 Feb 200047331.4 mi15.7353 mio.
76 NurembergGermany1 Mar 197246321.5 mi15.392 mio.
77 KievUkraine22 Oct 196046337.2 mi15.3642 mio.
78 BarcelonaSpain30 Dec 19241521068.7 mi15.2378 mio.
79 RecifeBrazil11 Mar 198530224.7 mi15.0
80 NahaJapan10 Aug 20031518.0 mi15.0
81 MoscowRussia15 May 193518012185.7 mi15.02573 mio.
82 RennesFrance16 Mar 20021515.6 mi15.023 mio.
83 GlasgowUnited Kingdom14 Dec 18961516.5 mi15.015 mio.
84 OsakaJapan20 May 1933133985.6 mi14.8860 mio.
85 BangkokThailand5 Dec 199944328.8 mi14.7206 mio.
86 MumbaiIndia735106.3 mi14.6
87 LausanneSwitzerland24 May 19912928.5 mi14.5
88 GuadalajaraMexico1 Sep 198929214.9 mi14.5
89 BochumGermany26 May 197929213.4 mi14.5
90 Sao PauloBrazil14 Sep 197458438.1 mi14.5684 mio.
91 OsloNorway22 May 196672538.5 mi14.464 mio.
92 TurinItaly4 Feb 20061416.0 mi14.0
93 BaltimoreUSA21 Nov 198314115.2 mi14.014 mio.
94 ManilaPhilippines1 Dec 198442328.4 mi14.0346 mio.
95 BudapestHungary2 May 189642320.5 mi14.0297 mio.
96 SofiaBulgaria28 Jan 199814111.2 mi14.051 mio.
97 LisbonPortugal29 Dec 195952425.5 mi13.0180 mio.
98 KitakyushuJapan9 Jan 19851315.5 mi13.0
99 MarseilleFrance26 Nov 197726212.0 mi13.058 mio.
100 DetroitUSAJul 19871313.0 mi13.0
101 KobeJapan13 Mar 197726219.0 mi13.0121 mio.
102 MedellinColombia30 Nov 199526217.9 mi13.0155 mio.
103 Buenos AiresArgentina1 Dec 191376629.5 mi12.7280 mio.
104 ValenciaSpain3 Oct 198838319.8 mi12.7
105 Saint PetersburgRussia15 Nov 195563568.5 mi12.6832 mio.
106 MinskBelarus26 Jun 198425218.8 mi12.5262 mio.
107 BucharestRomania16 Nov 197950442.1 mi12.5111 mio.
108 DortmundGermany17 May 197637318.3 mi12.3
109 Kryvyi RihUkraine26 Dec 198612111.2 mi12.0
110 SeattleUSA18 Jul 200912113.8 mi12.0
111 DalianChina1 May 200312130.5 mi12.0
112 BonnGermany22 Mar 19751215.6 mi12.0
113 FukuokaJapan26 Jul 198135318.5 mi11.7124 mio.
114 ShenzhenChina28 Dec 200423215.7 mi11.573 mio.
115 AnkaraTurkey30 Aug 199623214.4 mi11.5113 mio.
116 CopenhagenDenmark19 Oct 200222213.1 mi11.037 mio.
117 EdmontonCanada22 Apr 19781118.1 mi11.0
118 TbilisiGeorgia11 Jan 196622216.3 mi11.092 mio.
119 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates9 Sep 200911124.7 mi11.0
120 BakuAzerbaijan6 Nov 196722220.4 mi11.0176 mio.
121 LyonFrance28 Apr 197843419.1 mi10.8182 mio.
122 TaipeiTaiwan28 Mar 199685856.3 mi10.6450 mio.
123 Hong KongChina1 Oct 1979959116.9 mi10.61309 mio.
124 FrankfurtGermany4 Oct 196831312.7 mi10.3
125 YerevanArmenia7 Mar 19811017.5 mi10.017 mio.
126 Los AngelesUSA30 Jan 199330336.9 mi10.045 mio.
127 CaracasVenezuela27 Mar 198350537.6 mi10.0510 mio.
128 IstanbulTurkey16 Sep 20001019.3 mi10.068 mio.
129 NaplesItaly28 Mar 199330319.8 mi10.029 mio.
130 The HagueNetherlands16 Oct 200430317.3 mi10.0
131 IzmirTurkey22 May 20001017.1 mi10.030 mio.
132 WuhanChina28 Sep 20041016.3 mi10.0
133 TashkentUzbekistan6 Nov 197729322.5 mi9.771 mio.
134 StuttgartGermany10 Jun 196619214.9 mi9.5
135 KharkovUkraine23 Aug 197528321.9 mi9.3278 mio.
136 EssenGermany5 Oct 196727312.6 mi9.0
137 ChibaJapan28 Mar 19881829.6 mi9.0
138 GelsenkirchenGermany1 Sep 1984913.4 mi9.0
139 SamaraRussia26 Dec 1987916.3 mi9.012 mio.
140 Palma de MallorcaSpain25 Apr 2007915.2 mi9.0
141 San FranciscoUSA11 Sep 1972435103.7 mi8.6100 mio.
142 AmsterdamNetherlands16 Oct 197733420.3 mi8.391 mio.
143 AdanaTurkey18 Mar 2009815.0 mi8.0
144 KamakuraJapan3 Mar 1970814.1 mi8.0
145 BuffaloUSA18 May 1985815.2 mi8.0
146 PyongyangNorth Korea6 Sep 197316214.0 mi8.035 mio.
147 OportoPortugal7 Dec 200215213.5 mi7.5
148 ValenciaVenezuela18 Oct 2006713.9 mi7.018 mio.
149 PerugiaItaly29 Jan 2008711.9 mi7.0
150 HanoverGermany28 Sep 197521311.6 mi7.0
151 GenoaItaly13 Jun 1990713.2 mi7.0
152 YekaterinburgRussia26 Apr 1991715.3 mi7.046 mio.
153 Las VegasUSA15 Jul 2004713.9 mi7.0
154 DuesseldorfGermany4 Oct 19811426.0 mi7.0
155 Nizhny NovgorodRussia20 Nov 19851429.6 mi7.033 mio.
156 DuisburgGermany11 Jul 19921328.9 mi6.5
157 NovosibirskRussia7 Jan 19861328.9 mi6.570 mio.
158 MulheimGermany3 Nov 19791325.6 mi6.5
159 MaracaiboVenezuela8 Jun 2009614.0 mi6.0
160 JacksonvilleUSA30 May 1989614.3 mi6.0
161 DnepropetrovskUkraine29 Dec 1995614.4 mi6.011 mio.
162 PoznanPoland1 Mar 1997613.8 mi6.0
163 KazanRussia27 Aug 2005615.2 mi6.07 mio.
164 HaifaIsrael1959611.1 mi6.0
165 CataniaItaly27 Jun 1999612.4 mi6.0
166 LimaPeru13 Jan 2003616.2 mi6.0
167 AntwerpBelgium25 Mar 19751124.7 mi5.5
168 RouenFrance17 Dec 1994511.4 mi5.0
169 CharleroiBelgium21 Jun 197620410.9 mi5.0
170 SydneyAustralia192614313.7 mi4.7
171 NewarkUSA26 May 1935411.4 mi4.0
172 CologneGermany11 Oct 1968511528.0 mi3.4
173 PittsburghUSA3 Jul 1985310.9 mi3.0
174 VolgogradRussia5 Nov 1984212.1 mi2.0
175 BielefeldGermany21 Sep 1971743.2 mi1.8
176 LudwigshafenGermany29 May 19691102.5 mi


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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