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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 Pittsburgh0.9 miUSA3 Jul 19853
2 Haifa1.1 miIsrael19596
3 Newark1.4 miUSA26 May 19354
4 Rouen1.4 miFrance17 Dec 19945
5 Perugia1.9 miItaly29 Jan 20087
6 Volgograd2.1 miRussia5 Nov 19842
7 Catania2.4 miItaly27 Jun 19996
8 Ludwigshafen2.5 miGermany29 May 196911
9 Detroit3.0 miUSAJul 198713
10 Genoa3.2 miItaly13 Jun 19907
11 Bielefeld3.2 miGermany21 Sep 19717
12 Gelsenkirchen3.4 miGermany1 Sep 19849
13 Poznan3.8 miPoland1 Mar 19976
14 Valencia3.9 miVenezuela18 Oct 2006718 mio.
15 Las Vegas3.9 miUSA15 Jul 20047
16 Maracaibo4.0 miVenezuela8 Jun 20096
17 Kamakura4.1 miJapan3 Mar 19708
18 Jacksonville4.3 miUSA30 May 19896
19 Dnepropetrovsk4.4 miUkraine29 Dec 1995611 mio.
20 Antwerp4.7 miBelgium25 Mar 197511
21 Adana5.0 miTurkey18 Mar 20098
22 Kazan5.2 miRussia27 Aug 200567 mio.
23 Palma de Mallorca5.2 miSpain25 Apr 20079
24 Buffalo5.2 miUSA18 May 19858
25 Yekaterinburg5.3 miRussia26 Apr 1991746 mio.
26 Kitakyushu5.5 miJapan9 Jan 198513
27 Rennes5.6 miFrance16 Mar 20021523 mio.
28 Bonn5.6 miGermany22 Mar 197512
29 Mulheim5.6 miGermany3 Nov 197913
30 Duesseldorf6.0 miGermany4 Oct 198114
31 Turin6.0 miItaly4 Feb 200614
32 Lima6.2 miPeru13 Jan 20036
33 Samara6.3 miRussia26 Dec 1987912 mio.
34 Wuhan6.3 miChina28 Sep 200410
35 Glasgow6.5 miUnited Kingdom14 Dec 18961515 mio.
36 Izmir7.1 miTurkey22 May 20001030 mio.
37 Yerevan7.5 miArmenia7 Mar 19811017 mio.
38 Naha8.0 miJapan10 Aug 200315
39 Edmonton8.1 miCanada22 Apr 197811
40 Wuppertal8.3 miGermany1 Mar 190120
41 Lausanne8.5 miSwitzerland24 May 199129
42 Novosibirsk8.9 miRussia7 Jan 19861370 mio.
43 Duisburg8.9 miGermany11 Jul 199213
44 Santo Domingo9.0 miDominican Republic30 Jan 200916
45 Sendai9.2 miJapan15 Jul 19871758 mio.
46 Istanbul9.3 miTurkey16 Sep 20001068 mio.
47 Chiba9.6 miJapan28 Mar 198818
48 Nizhny Novgorod9.6 miRussia20 Nov 19851433 mio.
49 Tama9.9 miJapan27 Nov 199819
50 Changchun10.6 miChinaOct 200216
51 San Juan10.7 miPuerto Rico6 Jun 2005169 mio.
52 Charleroi10.9 miBelgium21 Jun 197620
53 Kryvyi Rih11.2 miUkraine26 Dec 198612
54 Sofia11.2 miBulgaria28 Jan 19981451 mio.
55 Seville11.2 miSpain2 Apr 200921
56 Hiroshima11.4 miJapan20 Aug 19942118 mio.
57 Hanover11.6 miGermany28 Sep 197521
58 Marseille12.0 miFrance26 Nov 19772658 mio.
59 Chongqing12.1 miChina18 Jun 200518
60 Gwangju12.5 miSouth Korea28 Apr 20042017 mio.
61 Essen12.6 miGermany5 Oct 196727
62 Frankfurt12.7 miGermany4 Oct 196831
63 Copenhagen13.1 miDenmark19 Oct 20022237 mio.
64 Helsinki13.1 miFinland3 Aug 19821758 mio.
65 Bochum13.4 miGermany26 May 197929
66 Oporto13.5 miPortugal7 Dec 200215
67 Nanjing13.5 miChina27 Aug 200516102 mio.
68 Sydney13.7 miAustralia192614
69 Shenyang13.8 miChina23 Sep 200918
70 Seattle13.8 miUSA18 Jul 200912
71 Bursa14.0 miTurkey19 Aug 200223
72 Pyongyang14.0 miNorth Korea6 Sep 19731635 mio.
73 Warsaw14.0 miPoland7 Apr 199521114 mio.
74 Kolkata14.0 miIndia24 Oct 198421100 mio.
75 Daejeon14.0 miSouth Korea16 Mar 20062229 mio.
76 Ankara14.4 miTurkey30 Aug 199623113 mio.
77 Guadalajara14.9 miMexico1 Sep 198929
78 Stuttgart14.9 miGermany10 Jun 196619
79 Baltimore15.2 miUSA21 Nov 19831414 mio.
80 Shenzhen15.7 miChina28 Dec 20042373 mio.
81 Tbilisi16.3 miGeorgia11 Jan 19662292 mio.
82 Chennai16.8 miIndia19 Oct 199717
83 Toulouse17.1 miFrance26 Jun 19933842 mio.
84 The Hague17.3 miNetherlands16 Oct 200430
85 Belo Horizonte17.5 miBrazil1 Aug 198619
86 Medellin17.9 miColombia30 Nov 199526155 mio.
87 Dortmund18.3 miGermany17 May 197637
88 Incheon18.3 miSouth Korea6 Oct 19992973 mio.
89 Fukuoka18.5 miJapan26 Jul 198135124 mio.
90 Minsk18.8 miBelarus26 Jun 198425262 mio.
91 Kobe19.0 miJapan13 Mar 197726121 mio.
92 Lyon19.1 miFrance28 Apr 197843182 mio.
93 Cleveland19.3 miUSA15 Mar 1955186 mio.
94 Kyoto19.5 miJapan1 Apr 198132126 mio.
95 Monterrey19.6 miMexico25 Apr 199132
96 Naples19.8 miItaly28 Mar 19933029 mio.
97 Valencia19.8 miSpain3 Oct 198838
98 Brussels20.0 miBelgium20 Sep 197661136 mio.
99 Amsterdam20.3 miNetherlands16 Oct 19773391 mio.
100 Baku20.4 miAzerbaijan6 Nov 196722176 mio.
101 Budapest20.5 miHungary2 May 189642297 mio.
102 Porto Alegre21.0 miBrazil2 Mar 198517
103 Nuremberg21.5 miGermany1 Mar 19724692 mio.
104 Kharkov21.9 miUkraine23 Aug 197528278 mio.
105 Miami22.4 miUSA21 May 19842219 mio.
106 Tashkent22.5 miUzbekistan6 Nov 19772971 mio.
107 Rome24.2 miItaly10 Feb 195549331 mio.
108 Recife24.7 miBrazil11 Mar 198530
109 Dubai24.7 miUnited Arab Emirates9 Sep 200911
110 Bilbao25.2 miSpain11 Nov 19953886 mio.
111 Lisbon25.5 miPortugal29 Dec 195952180 mio.
112 Rio de Janeiro26.1 miBrazil5 Mar 197934135 mio.
113 Brasilia26.1 miBrazil31 Mar 20012316 mio.
114 Kaohsiung26.5 miTaiwan9 Mar 20083730 mio.
115 Valparaiso26.7 miChile23 Nov 200520
116 Cologne28.0 miGermany11 Oct 196851
117 Lille28.3 miFrance25 Apr 19836274 mio.
118 Manila28.4 miPhilippines1 Dec 198442346 mio.
119 Bangkok28.8 miThailand5 Dec 199944206 mio.
120 Rotterdam29.2 miNetherlands10 Feb 19683885 mio.
121 Buenos Aires29.5 miArgentina1 Dec 191376280 mio.
122 Sapporo29.8 miJapan16 Dec 197149209 mio.
123 Dalian30.5 miChina1 May 200312
124 Tehran31.4 miIran21 Feb 200047353 mio.
125 Athens32.3 miGreece195452325 mio.
126 Daegu33.5 miSouth Korea26 Nov 199756110 mio.
127 Yokohama35.8 miJapan16 Dec 197248198 mio.
128 Prague36.7 miCzech Republic9 May 197457597 mio.
129 Los Angeles36.9 miUSA30 Jan 19933045 mio.
130 Kiev37.2 miUkraine22 Oct 196046642 mio.
131 Caracas37.6 miVenezuela27 Mar 198350510 mio.
132 Boston37.6 miUSA1 Sep 189766145 mio.
133 Sao Paulo38.1 miBrazil14 Sep 197458684 mio.
134 Oslo38.5 miNorway22 May 19667264 mio.
135 Philadelphia38.5 miUSA4 Mar 19076667 mio.
136 Kuala Lumpur39.8 miMalaysia16 Dec 199660109 mio.
137 Cairo40.7 miEgypt27 Sep 198755700 mio.
138 Bucharest42.1 miRomania16 Nov 197950111 mio.
139 Montreal43.0 miCanada14 Oct 196673219 mio.
140 Vancouver43.2 miCanada3 Jan 19864974 mio.
141 Vienna43.4 miAustria25 Feb 197896498 mio.
142 Toronto44.3 miCanada30 Apr 195474278 mio.
143 Tianjin44.7 miChina28 Mar 20043715 mio.
144 Saint Louis45.6 miUSA31 Jul 199337
145 Milan46.4 miItaly1 Nov 196488328 mio.
146 Newcastle47.5 miUnited Kingdom7 Aug 19806138 mio.
147 Atlanta49.2 miUSA30 Jun 19793934 mio.
148 Santiago51.6 miChile15 Sep 197593642 mio.
149 Nagoya55.3 miJapan15 Nov 195793427 mio.
150 Taipei56.3 miTaiwan28 Mar 199685450 mio.
151 Munich57.5 miGermany19 Oct 1971100349 mio.
152 Busan59.0 miSouth Korea19 Jul 198592257 mio.
153 Delhi59.8 miIndia24 Dec 200283310 mio.
154 Hamburg62.6 miGermany1 Mar 191297184 mio.
155 Stockholm65.7 miSweden1 Oct 1950104303 mio.
156 Saint Petersburg68.5 miRussia15 Nov 195563832 mio.
157 Barcelona68.7 miSpain30 Dec 1924152378 mio.
158 Singapore73.9 miSingapore7 Nov 198776571 mio.
159 Osaka85.6 miJapan20 May 1933133860 mio.
160 Berlin91.6 miGermany18 Feb 1902195447 mio.
161 Guangzhou92.3 miChina28 Jun 199988601 mio.
162 Chicago103.2 miUSA6 Jun 1892151198 mio.
163 San Francisco103.7 miUSA11 Sep 197243100 mio.
164 Mumbai106.3 miIndia73
165 Washington106.4 miUSA27 Mar 197690215 mio.
166 Hong Kong116.9 miChina1 Oct 1979951309 mio.
167 Mexico City125.4 miMexico5 Sep 19691751460 mio.
168 Paris132.4 miFrance19 Jul 19003801473 mio.
169 Beijing141.4 miChina1 Oct 19691471200 mio.
170 Madrid176.5 miSpain17 Oct 1919281686 mio.
171 Seoul178.3 miSouth Korea15 Aug 19743482048 mio.
172 Moscow185.7 miRussia15 May 19351802573 mio.
173 Tokyo189.2 miJapan30 Dec 19272903174 mio.
174 Shanghai207.6 miChina10 Apr 19952301122 mio.
175 New York228.7 miUSA27 Oct 19044681624 mio.
176 London253.6 miUnited Kingdom10 Jan 18632681197 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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