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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 Mumbai171.0 km7352.3434.214.6
2 London408.0 km10 Jan 1863268111.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,000
3 Chicago166.0 km6 Jun 189214481.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,000
4 Budapest33.0 km2 May 18964030.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,000
5 Glasgow10.4 km14 Dec 18961510.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,000
6 Boston60.5 km1 Sep 18976031.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,000
7 Paris213.0 km19 Jul 1900300160.7113.323.81473 mio.6,915,000
8 Wuppertal13.3 km1 Mar 19012010.6713.320.0
9 Berlin147.4 km18 Feb 1902173100.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,000
10 New York368.0 km27 Oct 1904422270.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,000
11 Philadelphia62.0 km4 Mar 19076231.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,000
12 Hamburg100.7 km1 Mar 19128931.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,000
13 Buenos Aires47.5 km1 Dec 19136860.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,000
14 Madrid284.0 km17 Oct 1919231131.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,000
15 Barcelona110.5 km30 Dec 1924128100.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,000
16 Sydney22.1 km19261431.587.44.7
17 Tokyo304.5 km30 Dec 1927205131.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,000
18 Osaka137.8 km20 May 193310491.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,000
19 Moscow298.8 km15 May 1935144122.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,000
20 Newark2.2 km26 May 1935410.552.24.0
21 Stockholm105.7 km1 Oct 195010031.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,000
22 Athens52.0 km19544831.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,000
23 Toronto71.3 km30 Apr 19546941.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,000
24 Rome39.0 km10 Feb 19554820.8119.524.5331 mio.8,487,000
25 Cleveland31.0 km15 Mar 19551811.7231.018.06 mio.194,000
26 Saint Petersburg110.2 km15 Nov 19555552.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,000
27 Nagoya89.0 km15 Nov 19578241.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,000
28 Haifa1.8 km1959610.291.86.0
29 Lisbon41.0 km29 Dec 19594640.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,000
30 Kiev59.8 km22 Oct 19604331.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,000
31 Milan74.6 km1 Nov 19648430.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,000
32 Tbilisi26.3 km11 Jan 19662121.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,000
33 Oslo62.0 km22 May 19667250.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,000
34 Stuttgart24.0 km10 Jun 19661721.4112.09.5
35 Montreal69.2 km14 Oct 19666841.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,000
36 Essen20.2 km5 Oct 19672730.756.79.0
37 Baku32.9 km6 Nov 19672121.5616.411.0176 mio.5,356,000
38 Rotterdam47.0 km10 Feb 19683721.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,000
39 Frankfurt20.5 km4 Oct 19682730.766.810.3
40 Cologne45.0 km11 Oct 196851150.883.03.4
41 Ludwigshafen4.0 km29 May 19691100.36
42 Mexico City201.7 km5 Sep 1969147111.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,000
43 Beijing227.6 km1 Oct 196912591.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,000
44 Kamakura6.6 km3 Mar 1970810.826.68.0
45 Bielefeld5.2 km21 Sep 1971740.741.31.8
46 Munich92.5 km19 Oct 19719460.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,000
47 Sapporo48.0 km16 Dec 19714631.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,000
48 Nuremberg34.6 km1 Mar 19724430.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,000
49 San Francisco166.9 km11 Sep 19724353.8833.48.6100 mio.599,000
50 Yokohama57.6 km16 Dec 19724531.2819.216.0198 mio.3,438,000
51 Pyongyang22.5 km6 Sep 19731521.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,000
52 Prague59.1 km9 May 19745431.0919.719.0597 mio.10,102,000
53 Seoul286.9 km15 Aug 1974298100.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,000
54 Sao Paulo61.3 km14 Sep 19745541.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,000
55 Bonn9.0 km22 Mar 19751210.759.012.0
56 Antwerp7.6 km25 Mar 19751120.693.85.5
57 Kharkov35.3 km23 Aug 19752531.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,000
58 Santiago83.0 km15 Sep 19758650.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,000
59 Hanover18.6 km28 Sep 19751731.096.27.0
60 Washington171.2 km27 Mar 19768651.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,000
61 Dortmund29.5 km17 May 19763730.809.812.3
62 Charleroi17.5 km21 Jun 19762040.884.45.0
63 Brussels32.2 km20 Sep 19765930.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,000
64 Kobe30.6 km13 Mar 19772421.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,000
65 Amsterdam32.7 km16 Oct 19773340.998.28.391 mio.2,783,000
66 Tashkent36.2 km6 Nov 19772631.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,000
67 Marseille19.3 km26 Nov 19772420.809.613.058 mio.3,005,000
68 Vienna69.8 km25 Feb 19788450.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,000
69 Edmonton13.1 km22 Apr 19781111.1913.111.0
70 Lyon30.7 km28 Apr 19783940.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,000
71 Rio de Janeiro42.0 km5 Mar 19793421.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,000
72 Bochum21.5 km26 May 19792720.8010.814.5
73 Atlanta79.2 km30 Jun 19793822.0839.619.534 mio.429,000
74 Hong Kong188.1 km1 Oct 19798292.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,000
75 Mulheim9.0 km3 Nov 19791220.754.56.5
76 Bucharest67.7 km16 Nov 19794341.5716.912.5111 mio.1,640,000
77 Newcastle76.5 km7 Aug 19805021.5338.330.538 mio.497,000
78 Yerevan12.1 km7 Mar 19811011.2112.110.017 mio.1,405,000
79 Kyoto31.3 km1 Apr 19813121.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,000
80 Fukuoka29.8 km26 Jul 19813430.889.911.7124 mio.4,161,000
81 Duesseldorf9.6 km4 Oct 19811420.684.87.0
82 Helsinki21.0 km3 Aug 19821711.2421.017.058 mio.2,762,000
83 Caracas60.5 km27 Mar 19834651.3212.110.0510 mio.8,430,000
84 Lille45.5 km25 Apr 19836020.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,000
85 Baltimore24.5 km21 Nov 19831411.7524.514.014 mio.571,000
86 Miami36.0 km21 May 19842211.6436.022.019 mio.528,000
87 Minsk30.3 km26 Jun 19842421.2615.112.5262 mio.8,647,000
88 Gelsenkirchen5.5 km1 Sep 1984910.615.59.0
89 Kolkata22.6 km24 Oct 19842111.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,000
90 Volgograd3.3 km5 Nov 1984211.653.32.0
91 Manila45.7 km1 Dec 19843931.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,000
92 Kitakyushu8.8 km9 Jan 19851310.688.813.0
93 Porto Alegre33.8 km2 Mar 19851711.9933.817.0
94 Recife39.7 km11 Mar 19852821.4219.915.0
95 Buffalo8.4 km18 May 1985811.048.48.0
96 Pittsburgh1.5 km3 Jul 1985310.481.53.0
97 Busan95.0 km19 Jul 19858831.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,000
98 Nizhny Novgorod15.5 km20 Nov 19851321.197.87.033 mio.2,129,000
99 Vancouver69.5 km3 Jan 19864731.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,000
100 Novosibirsk14.3 km7 Jan 19861221.197.26.570 mio.4,895,000
101 Belo Horizonte28.1 km1 Aug 19861911.4828.119.0
102 Kryvyi Rih18.0 km26 Dec 19861211.5018.012.0
103 Detroit4.8 kmJul 19871310.374.813.0
104 Sendai14.8 km15 Jul 19871710.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,000
105 Cairo65.5 km27 Sep 19875321.2432.827.5700 mio.10,687,000
106 Singapore118.9 km7 Nov 19876941.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,000
107 Samara10.2 km26 Dec 1987911.1310.29.012 mio.1,176,000
108 Chiba15.5 km28 Mar 19881820.867.89.0
109 Valencia31.8 km3 Oct 19883730.8610.612.7
110 Jacksonville6.9 km30 May 1989611.156.96.0
111 Guadalajara24.0 km1 Sep 19892820.8612.014.5
112 Genoa5.2 km13 Jun 1990710.745.27.0
113 Monterrey31.5 km25 Apr 19913121.0215.816.0
114 Yekaterinburg8.5 km26 Apr 1991711.218.57.046 mio.5,412,000
115 Lausanne13.7 km24 May 19912820.496.814.5
116 Duisburg14.3 km11 Jul 19921321.107.26.5
117 Los Angeles59.3 km30 Jan 19933031.9819.810.045 mio.759,000
118 Naples31.8 km28 Mar 19932831.1410.610.029 mio.912,000
119 Toulouse27.5 km26 Jun 19933720.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,000
120 Saint Louis73.4 km31 Jul 19933721.9836.718.5
121 Hiroshima18.4 km20 Aug 19942110.8818.421.018 mio.978,000
122 Rouen2.2 km17 Dec 1994510.442.25.0
123 Warsaw22.6 km7 Apr 19952111.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,000
124 Shanghai334.0 km10 Apr 1995194101.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,000
125 Bilbao40.6 km11 Nov 19953821.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,000
126 Medellin28.8 km30 Nov 19952521.1514.413.0155 mio.5,382,000
127 Dnepropetrovsk7.1 km29 Dec 1995611.187.16.011 mio.1,549,000
128 Taipei90.6 km28 Mar 19968081.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,000
129 Ankara23.1 km30 Aug 19962221.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,000
130 Kuala Lumpur64.0 km16 Dec 19965631.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,000
131 Poznan6.1 km1 Mar 1997611.026.16.0
132 Chennai27.0 km19 Oct 19971711.5927.017.0
133 Daegu53.9 km26 Nov 19975520.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,000
134 Sofia18.0 km28 Jan 19981411.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,000
135 Tama16.0 km27 Nov 19981910.8416.019.0
136 Catania3.8 km27 Jun 1999610.633.86.0
137 Guangzhou148.5 km28 Jun 19997951.8829.717.6601 mio.4,047,000
138 Incheon29.5 km6 Oct 19992911.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,000
139 Bangkok46.3 km5 Dec 19994031.1615.414.7206 mio.4,449,000
140 Tehran50.5 km21 Feb 20004431.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,000
141 Izmir11.5 km22 May 20001011.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,000
142 Istanbul15.0 km16 Sep 20001011.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,000
143 Brasilia42.0 km31 Mar 20012311.8342.023.016 mio.381,000
144 Rennes9.0 km16 Mar 20021510.609.015.023 mio.2,556,000
145 Bursa22.5 km19 Aug 20022310.9822.523.0
146 Changchun17.0 kmOct 20021611.0617.016.0
147 Copenhagen21.0 km19 Oct 20022220.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,000
148 Oporto21.7 km7 Dec 20021421.5510.97.5
149 Delhi96.2 km24 Dec 20028131.1932.127.7310 mio.3,224,000
150 Lima10.0 km13 Jan 2003611.6710.06.0
151 Dalian49.0 km1 May 20031214.0849.012.0
152 Naha12.8 km10 Aug 20031510.8512.815.0
153 Tianjin72.0 km28 Mar 20043721.9536.018.515 mio.208,000
154 Gwangju20.1 km28 Apr 20042011.0120.120.017 mio.846,000
155 Las Vegas6.2 km15 Jul 2004710.896.27.0
156 Wuhan10.2 km28 Sep 20041011.0210.210.0
157 The Hague27.9 km16 Oct 20043030.939.310.0
158 Shenzhen25.3 km28 Dec 20042221.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,000
159 San Juan17.2 km6 Jun 20051611.0817.216.09 mio.523,000
160 Chongqing19.5 km18 Jun 20051811.0819.518.0
161 Kazan8.3 km27 Aug 2005611.388.36.07 mio.843,000
162 Nanjing21.7 km27 Aug 20051611.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,000
163 Valparaiso43.0 km23 Nov 20052012.1543.020.0
164 Turin9.6 km4 Feb 20061410.699.614.0
165 Daejeon22.6 km16 Mar 20062211.0322.622.029 mio.1,283,000
166 Valencia6.2 km18 Oct 2006710.896.27.018 mio.2,903,000
167 Palma de Mallorca8.3 km25 Apr 2007910.928.39.0
168 Perugia3.0 km29 Jan 2008710.433.07.0
169 Kaohsiung42.7 km9 Mar 20083621.1921.418.530 mio.703,000
170 Santo Domingo14.5 km30 Jan 20091610.9114.516.0
171 Adana8.0 km18 Mar 2009811.008.08.0
172 Seville18.0 km2 Apr 20092110.8618.021.0
173 Maracaibo6.5 km8 Jun 2009611.086.56.0
174 Seattle22.2 km18 Jul 20091211.8522.212.0
175 Dubai39.7 km9 Sep 20091113.6139.711.0
176 Shenyang22.2 km23 Sep 20091811.2322.218.0


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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