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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 Pittsburgh1.5 km3 Jul 19853130.481.53.0
2 Haifa1.8 km19596160.291.86.0
3 Newark2.2 km26 May 19354140.552.24.0
4 Rouen2.2 km17 Dec 19945150.442.25.0
5 Perugia3.0 km29 Jan 20087170.433.07.0
6 Volgograd3.3 km5 Nov 19842121.653.32.0
7 Catania3.8 km27 Jun 19996160.633.86.0
8 Ludwigshafen4.0 km29 May 1969110110.36
9 Detroit4.8 kmJul 1987131130.374.813.0
10 Genoa5.2 km13 Jun 19907170.745.27.0
11 Bielefeld5.2 km21 Sep 19717470.741.31.8
12 Gelsenkirchen5.5 km1 Sep 19849190.615.59.0
13 Poznan6.1 km1 Mar 19976161.026.16.0
14 Valencia6.2 km18 Oct 20067170.896.27.018 mio.2,903,000
15 Las Vegas6.2 km15 Jul 20047170.896.27.0
16 Maracaibo6.5 km8 Jun 20096161.086.56.0
17 Kamakura6.6 km3 Mar 19708180.826.68.0
18 Jacksonville6.9 km30 May 19896161.156.96.0
19 Dnepropetrovsk7.1 km29 Dec 19956161.187.16.011 mio.1,549,000
20 Antwerp7.6 km25 Mar 1975112110.693.85.5
21 Adana8.0 km18 Mar 20098181.008.08.0
22 Kazan8.3 km27 Aug 20056161.388.36.07 mio.843,000
23 Palma de Mallorca8.3 km25 Apr 20079190.928.39.0
24 Buffalo8.4 km18 May 19858181.048.48.0
25 Yekaterinburg8.5 km26 Apr 19917171.218.57.046 mio.5,412,000
26 Kitakyushu8.8 km9 Jan 1985131130.688.813.0
27 Rennes9.0 km16 Mar 2002151150.609.015.023 mio.2,556,000
28 Bonn9.0 km22 Mar 1975121120.759.012.0
29 Mulheim9.0 km3 Nov 1979132120.754.56.5
30 Duesseldorf9.6 km4 Oct 1981142140.684.87.0
31 Turin9.6 km4 Feb 2006141140.699.614.0
32 Lima10.0 km13 Jan 20036161.6710.06.0
33 Samara10.2 km26 Dec 19879191.1310.29.012 mio.1,176,000
34 Wuhan10.2 km28 Sep 2004101101.0210.210.0
35 Glasgow10.4 km14 Dec 1896151150.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,000
36 Izmir11.5 km22 May 2000101101.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,000
37 Yerevan12.1 km7 Mar 1981101101.2112.110.017 mio.1,405,000
38 Naha12.8 km10 Aug 2003151150.8512.815.0
39 Edmonton13.1 km22 Apr 1978111111.1913.111.0
40 Wuppertal13.3 km1 Mar 1901201200.6713.320.0
41 Lausanne13.7 km24 May 1991292280.496.814.5
42 Novosibirsk14.3 km7 Jan 1986132121.197.26.570 mio.4,895,000
43 Duisburg14.3 km11 Jul 1992132131.107.26.5
44 Santo Domingo14.5 km30 Jan 2009161160.9114.516.0
45 Sendai14.8 km15 Jul 1987171170.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,000
46 Istanbul15.0 km16 Sep 2000101101.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,000
47 Chiba15.5 km28 Mar 1988182180.867.89.0
48 Nizhny Novgorod15.5 km20 Nov 1985142131.197.87.033 mio.2,129,000
49 Tama16.0 km27 Nov 1998191190.8416.019.0
50 Changchun17.0 kmOct 2002161161.0617.016.0
51 San Juan17.2 km6 Jun 2005161161.0817.216.09 mio.523,000
52 Charleroi17.5 km21 Jun 1976204200.884.45.0
53 Kryvyi Rih18.0 km26 Dec 1986121121.5018.012.0
54 Sofia18.0 km28 Jan 1998141141.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,000
55 Seville18.0 km2 Apr 2009211210.8618.021.0
56 Hiroshima18.4 km20 Aug 1994211210.8818.421.018 mio.978,000
57 Hanover18.6 km28 Sep 1975213171.096.27.0
58 Marseille19.3 km26 Nov 1977262240.809.613.058 mio.3,005,000
59 Chongqing19.5 km18 Jun 2005181181.0819.518.0
60 Gwangju20.1 km28 Apr 2004201201.0120.120.017 mio.846,000
61 Essen20.2 km5 Oct 1967273270.756.79.0
62 Frankfurt20.5 km4 Oct 1968313270.766.810.3
63 Copenhagen21.0 km19 Oct 2002222220.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,000
64 Helsinki21.0 km3 Aug 1982171171.2421.017.058 mio.2,762,000
65 Bochum21.5 km26 May 1979292270.8010.814.5
66 Oporto21.7 km7 Dec 2002152141.5510.97.5
67 Nanjing21.7 km27 Aug 2005161161.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,000
68 Sydney22.1 km1926143141.587.44.7
69 Shenyang22.2 km23 Sep 2009181181.2322.218.0
70 Seattle22.2 km18 Jul 2009121121.8522.212.0
71 Bursa22.5 km19 Aug 2002231230.9822.523.0
72 Pyongyang22.5 km6 Sep 1973162151.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,000
73 Warsaw22.6 km7 Apr 1995211211.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,000
74 Kolkata22.6 km24 Oct 1984211211.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,000
75 Daejeon22.6 km16 Mar 2006221221.0322.622.029 mio.1,283,000
76 Ankara23.1 km30 Aug 1996232221.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,000
77 Guadalajara24.0 km1 Sep 1989292280.8612.014.5
78 Stuttgart24.0 km10 Jun 1966192171.4112.09.5
79 Baltimore24.5 km21 Nov 1983141141.7524.514.014 mio.571,000
80 Shenzhen25.3 km28 Dec 2004232221.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,000
81 Tbilisi26.3 km11 Jan 1966222211.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,000
82 Chennai27.0 km19 Oct 1997171171.5927.017.0
83 Toulouse27.5 km26 Jun 1993382370.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,000
84 The Hague27.9 km16 Oct 2004303300.939.310.0
85 Belo Horizonte28.1 km1 Aug 1986191191.4828.119.0
86 Medellin28.8 km30 Nov 1995262251.1514.413.0155 mio.5,382,000
87 Dortmund29.5 km17 May 1976373370.809.812.3
88 Incheon29.5 km6 Oct 1999291291.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,000
89 Fukuoka29.8 km26 Jul 1981353340.889.911.7124 mio.4,161,000
90 Minsk30.3 km26 Jun 1984252241.2615.112.5262 mio.8,647,000
91 Kobe30.6 km13 Mar 1977262241.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,000
92 Lyon30.7 km28 Apr 1978434390.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,000
93 Cleveland31.0 km15 Mar 1955181181.7231.018.06 mio.194,000
94 Kyoto31.3 km1 Apr 1981322311.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,000
95 Monterrey31.5 km25 Apr 1991322311.0215.816.0
96 Naples31.8 km28 Mar 1993303281.1410.610.029 mio.912,000
97 Valencia31.8 km3 Oct 1988383370.8610.612.7
98 Brussels32.2 km20 Sep 1976613590.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,000
99 Amsterdam32.7 km16 Oct 1977334330.998.28.391 mio.2,783,000
100 Baku32.9 km6 Nov 1967222211.5616.411.0176 mio.5,356,000
101 Budapest33.0 km2 May 1896423400.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,000
102 Porto Alegre33.8 km2 Mar 1985171171.9933.817.0
103 Nuremberg34.6 km1 Mar 1972463440.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,000
104 Kharkov35.3 km23 Aug 1975283251.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,000
105 Miami36.0 km21 May 1984221221.6436.022.019 mio.528,000
106 Tashkent36.2 km6 Nov 1977293261.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,000
107 Rome39.0 km10 Feb 1955492480.8119.524.5331 mio.8,487,000
108 Recife39.7 km11 Mar 1985302281.4219.915.0
109 Dubai39.7 km9 Sep 2009111113.6139.711.0
110 Bilbao40.6 km11 Nov 1995382381.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,000
111 Lisbon41.0 km29 Dec 1959524460.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,000
112 Rio de Janeiro42.0 km5 Mar 1979342341.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,000
113 Brasilia42.0 km31 Mar 2001231231.8342.023.016 mio.381,000
114 Kaohsiung42.7 km9 Mar 2008372361.1921.418.530 mio.703,000
115 Valparaiso43.0 km23 Nov 2005201202.1543.020.0
116 Cologne45.0 km11 Oct 19685115510.883.03.4
117 Lille45.5 km25 Apr 1983622600.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,000
118 Manila45.7 km1 Dec 1984423391.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,000
119 Bangkok46.3 km5 Dec 1999443401.1615.414.7206 mio.4,449,000
120 Rotterdam47.0 km10 Feb 1968382371.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,000
121 Buenos Aires47.5 km1 Dec 1913766680.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,000
122 Sapporo48.0 km16 Dec 1971493461.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,000
123 Dalian49.0 km1 May 2003121124.0849.012.0
124 Tehran50.5 km21 Feb 2000473441.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,000
125 Athens52.0 km1954523481.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,000
126 Daegu53.9 km26 Nov 1997562550.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,000
127 Yokohama57.6 km16 Dec 1972483451.2819.216.0198 mio.3,438,000
128 Prague59.1 km9 May 1974573541.0919.719.0597 mio.10,102,000
129 Los Angeles59.3 km30 Jan 1993303301.9819.810.045 mio.759,000
130 Kiev59.8 km22 Oct 1960463431.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,000
131 Caracas60.5 km27 Mar 1983505461.3212.110.0510 mio.8,430,000
132 Boston60.5 km1 Sep 1897663601.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,000
133 Sao Paulo61.3 km14 Sep 1974584551.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,000
134 Oslo62.0 km22 May 1966725720.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,000
135 Philadelphia62.0 km4 Mar 1907663621.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,000
136 Kuala Lumpur64.0 km16 Dec 1996603561.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,000
137 Cairo65.5 km27 Sep 1987552531.2432.827.5700 mio.10,687,000
138 Bucharest67.7 km16 Nov 1979504431.5716.912.5111 mio.1,640,000
139 Montreal69.2 km14 Oct 1966734681.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,000
140 Vancouver69.5 km3 Jan 1986493471.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,000
141 Vienna69.8 km25 Feb 1978965840.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,000
142 Toronto71.3 km30 Apr 1954744691.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,000
143 Tianjin72.0 km28 Mar 2004372371.9536.018.515 mio.208,000
144 Saint Louis73.4 km31 Jul 1993372371.9836.718.5
145 Milan74.6 km1 Nov 1964883840.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,000
146 Newcastle76.5 km7 Aug 1980612501.5338.330.538 mio.497,000
147 Atlanta79.2 km30 Jun 1979392382.0839.619.534 mio.429,000
148 Santiago83.0 km15 Sep 1975935860.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,000
149 Nagoya89.0 km15 Nov 1957934821.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,000
150 Taipei90.6 km28 Mar 1996858801.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,000
151 Munich92.5 km19 Oct 19711006940.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,000
152 Busan95.0 km19 Jul 1985923881.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,000
153 Delhi96.2 km24 Dec 2002833811.1932.127.7310 mio.3,224,000
154 Hamburg100.7 km1 Mar 1912973891.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,000
155 Stockholm105.7 km1 Oct 195010431001.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,000
156 Saint Petersburg110.2 km15 Nov 1955635552.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,000
157 Barcelona110.5 km30 Dec 1924152101280.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,000
158 Singapore118.9 km7 Nov 1987764691.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,000
159 Osaka137.8 km20 May 193313391041.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,000
160 Berlin147.4 km18 Feb 1902195101730.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,000
161 Guangzhou148.5 km28 Jun 1999885791.8829.717.6601 mio.4,047,000
162 Chicago166.0 km6 Jun 189215181441.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,000
163 San Francisco166.9 km11 Sep 1972435433.8833.48.6100 mio.599,000
164 Mumbai171.0 km735732.3434.214.6
165 Washington171.2 km27 Mar 1976905861.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,000
166 Hong Kong188.1 km1 Oct 1979959822.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,000
167 Mexico City201.7 km5 Sep 1969175111471.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,000
168 Paris213.0 km19 Jul 1900380163000.7113.323.81473 mio.6,915,000
169 Beijing227.6 km1 Oct 196914791251.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,000
170 Madrid284.0 km17 Oct 1919281132311.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,000
171 Seoul286.9 km15 Aug 1974348102980.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,000
172 Moscow298.8 km15 May 1935180121442.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,000
173 Tokyo304.5 km30 Dec 1927290132051.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,000
174 Shanghai334.0 km10 Apr 1995230101941.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,000
175 New York368.0 km27 Oct 1904468274220.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,000
176 London408.0 km10 Jan 1863268112681.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,000


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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