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


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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