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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 Dalian49.0 km121 May 20031214.0849.012.0
2 San Francisco166.9 km4311 Sep 19724353.8833.4100 mio.8.6599,000
3 Dubai39.7 km119 Sep 20091113.6139.711.0
4 Mumbai171.0 km737352.3434.214.6
5 Hong Kong188.1 km951 Oct 19798292.2920.91309 mio.10.66,959,000
6 Valparaiso43.0 km2023 Nov 20052012.1543.020.0
7 Atlanta79.2 km3930 Jun 19793822.0839.634 mio.19.5429,000
8 Moscow298.8 km18015 May 1935144122.0724.92573 mio.15.08,611,000
9 Saint Petersburg110.2 km6315 Nov 19555552.0022.0832 mio.12.67,550,000
10 Washington171.2 km9027 Mar 19768651.9934.2215 mio.18.01,256,000
11 Porto Alegre33.8 km172 Mar 19851711.9933.817.0
12 Saint Louis73.4 km3731 Jul 19933721.9836.718.5
13 Los Angeles59.3 km3030 Jan 19933031.9819.845 mio.10.0759,000
14 Tianjin72.0 km3728 Mar 20043721.9536.015 mio.18.5208,000
15 Guangzhou148.5 km8828 Jun 19997951.8829.7601 mio.17.64,047,000
16 Seattle22.2 km1218 Jul 20091211.8522.212.0
17 Brasilia42.0 km2331 Mar 20012311.8342.016 mio.23.0381,000
18 Beijing227.6 km1471 Oct 196912591.8225.31200 mio.16.35,274,000
19 Baltimore24.5 km1421 Nov 19831411.7524.514 mio.14.0571,000
20 Singapore118.9 km767 Nov 19876941.7229.7571 mio.19.04,802,000
21 Cleveland31.0 km1815 Mar 19551811.7231.06 mio.18.0194,000
22 Shanghai334.0 km23010 Apr 1995194101.7233.41122 mio.23.03,359,000
23 Lima10.0 km613 Jan 2003611.6710.06.0
24 Volgograd3.3 km25 Nov 1984211.653.32.0
25 Miami36.0 km2221 May 19842211.6436.019 mio.22.0528,000
26 Chennai27.0 km1719 Oct 19971711.5927.017.0
27 Sydney22.1 km1419261431.587.44.7
28 Bucharest67.7 km5016 Nov 19794341.5716.9111 mio.12.51,640,000
29 Baku32.9 km226 Nov 19672121.5616.4176 mio.11.05,356,000
30 Oporto21.7 km157 Dec 20021421.5510.97.5
31 Newcastle76.5 km617 Aug 19805021.5338.338 mio.30.5497,000
32 London408.0 km26810 Jan 1863268111.5237.11197 mio.24.42,934,000
33 Istanbul15.0 km1016 Sep 20001011.5015.068 mio.10.04,533,000
34 Kryvyi Rih18.0 km1226 Dec 19861211.5018.012.0
35 Pyongyang22.5 km166 Sep 19731521.5011.335 mio.8.01,556,000
36 Tokyo304.5 km29030 Dec 1927205131.4923.43174 mio.22.310,424,000
37 Belo Horizonte28.1 km191 Aug 19861911.4828.119.0
38 Vancouver69.5 km493 Jan 19864731.4823.274 mio.16.31,065,000
39 Recife39.7 km3011 Mar 19852821.4219.915.0
40 Kharkov35.3 km2823 Aug 19752531.4111.8278 mio.9.37,875,000
41 Stuttgart24.0 km1910 Jun 19661721.4112.09.5
42 Tashkent36.2 km296 Nov 19772631.3912.171 mio.9.71,961,000
43 Kiev59.8 km4622 Oct 19604331.3919.9642 mio.15.310,736,000
44 Kazan8.3 km627 Aug 2005611.388.37 mio.6.0843,000
45 Mexico City201.7 km1755 Sep 1969147111.3718.31460 mio.15.97,238,000
46 Nanjing21.7 km1627 Aug 20051611.3621.7102 mio.16.04,700,000
47 Osaka137.8 km13320 May 193310491.3315.3860 mio.14.86,241,000
48 Caracas60.5 km5027 Mar 19834651.3212.1510 mio.10.08,430,000
49 Sofia18.0 km1428 Jan 19981411.2918.051 mio.14.02,833,000
50 Yokohama57.6 km4816 Dec 19724531.2819.2198 mio.16.03,438,000
51 Kobe30.6 km2613 Mar 19772421.2815.3121 mio.13.03,954,000
52 Rotterdam47.0 km3810 Feb 19683721.2723.585 mio.19.01,809,000
53 Minsk30.3 km2526 Jun 19842421.2615.1262 mio.12.58,647,000
54 Tbilisi26.3 km2211 Jan 19662121.2513.192 mio.11.03,498,000
55 Cairo65.5 km5527 Sep 19875321.2432.8700 mio.27.510,687,000
56 Rio de Janeiro42.0 km345 Mar 19793421.2421.0135 mio.17.03,214,000
57 Helsinki21.0 km173 Aug 19821711.2421.058 mio.17.02,762,000
58 Shenyang22.2 km1823 Sep 20091811.2322.218.0
59 Madrid284.0 km28117 Oct 1919231131.2321.8686 mio.21.62,415,000
60 Yekaterinburg8.5 km726 Apr 1991711.218.546 mio.7.05,412,000
61 Yerevan12.1 km107 Mar 19811011.2112.117 mio.10.01,405,000
62 Nizhny Novgorod15.5 km1420 Nov 19851321.197.833 mio.7.02,129,000
63 Novosibirsk14.3 km137 Jan 19861221.197.270 mio.6.54,895,000
64 Edmonton13.1 km1122 Apr 19781111.1913.111.0
65 Delhi96.2 km8324 Dec 20028131.1932.1310 mio.27.73,224,000
66 Kaohsiung42.7 km379 Mar 20083621.1921.430 mio.18.5703,000
67 Dnepropetrovsk7.1 km629 Dec 1995611.187.111 mio.6.01,549,000
68 Manila45.7 km421 Dec 19843931.1715.2346 mio.14.07,571,000
69 Bangkok46.3 km445 Dec 19994031.1615.4206 mio.14.74,449,000
70 Chicago166.0 km1516 Jun 189214481.1520.8198 mio.18.91,193,000
71 Medellin28.8 km2630 Nov 19952521.1514.4155 mio.13.05,382,000
72 Jacksonville6.9 km630 May 1989611.156.96.0
73 Izmir11.5 km1022 May 20001011.1511.530 mio.10.02,609,000
74 Shenzhen25.3 km2328 Dec 20042221.1512.673 mio.11.52,885,000
75 Tehran50.5 km4721 Feb 20004431.1516.8353 mio.15.76,990,000
76 Kuala Lumpur64.0 km6016 Dec 19965631.1421.3109 mio.20.01,703,000
77 Naples31.8 km3028 Mar 19932831.1410.629 mio.10.0912,000
78 Samara10.2 km926 Dec 1987911.1310.212 mio.9.01,176,000
79 Taipei90.6 km8528 Mar 19968081.1311.3450 mio.10.64,967,000
80 Hamburg100.7 km971 Mar 19128931.1333.6184 mio.32.31,827,000
81 Sao Paulo61.3 km5814 Sep 19745541.1115.3684 mio.14.511,158,000
82 Duisburg14.3 km1311 Jul 19921321.107.26.5
83 Prague59.1 km579 May 19745431.0919.7597 mio.19.010,102,000
84 Hanover18.6 km2128 Sep 19751731.096.27.0
85 Nagoya89.0 km9315 Nov 19578241.0922.3427 mio.23.34,798,000
86 Maracaibo6.5 km68 Jun 2009611.086.56.0
87 Athens52.0 km5219544831.0817.3325 mio.17.36,250,000
88 Chongqing19.5 km1818 Jun 20051811.0819.518.0
89 Busan95.0 km9219 Jul 19858831.0831.7257 mio.30.72,705,000
90 Warsaw22.6 km217 Apr 19952111.0822.6114 mio.21.05,044,000
91 Kolkata22.6 km2124 Oct 19842111.0822.6100 mio.21.04,425,000
92 San Juan17.2 km166 Jun 20051611.0817.29 mio.16.0523,000
93 Bilbao40.6 km3811 Nov 19953821.0720.386 mio.19.02,118,000
94 Changchun17.0 km16Oct 20021611.0617.016.0
95 Stockholm105.7 km1041 Oct 195010031.0635.2303 mio.34.72,867,000
96 Ankara23.1 km2330 Aug 19962221.0511.6113 mio.11.54,892,000
97 Buffalo8.4 km818 May 1985811.048.48.0
98 Sapporo48.0 km4916 Dec 19714631.0416.0209 mio.16.34,354,000
99 Toronto71.3 km7430 Apr 19546941.0317.8278 mio.18.53,899,000
100 Daejeon22.6 km2216 Mar 20062211.0322.629 mio.22.01,283,000
101 Wuhan10.2 km1028 Sep 20041011.0210.210.0
102 Montreal69.2 km7314 Oct 19666841.0217.3219 mio.18.33,165,000
103 Incheon29.5 km296 Oct 19992911.0229.573 mio.29.02,475,000
104 Poznan6.1 km61 Mar 1997611.026.16.0
105 Monterrey31.5 km3225 Apr 19913121.0215.816.0
106 Kyoto31.3 km321 Apr 19813121.0115.6126 mio.16.04,026,000
107 Boston60.5 km661 Sep 18976031.0120.2145 mio.22.02,397,000
108 Gwangju20.1 km2028 Apr 20042011.0120.117 mio.20.0846,000
109 Adana8.0 km818 Mar 2009811.008.08.0
110 Philadelphia62.0 km664 Mar 19076231.0020.767 mio.22.01,081,000
111 Amsterdam32.7 km3316 Oct 19773340.998.291 mio.8.32,783,000
112 Munich92.5 km10019 Oct 19719460.9815.4349 mio.16.73,773,000
113 Daegu53.9 km5626 Nov 19975520.9827.0110 mio.28.02,041,000
114 Bursa22.5 km2319 Aug 20022310.9822.523.0
115 Santiago83.0 km9315 Sep 19758650.9716.6642 mio.18.67,735,000
116 Seoul286.9 km34815 Aug 1974298100.9628.72048 mio.34.87,138,000
117 Copenhagen21.0 km2219 Oct 20022220.9510.537 mio.11.01,762,000
118 The Hague27.9 km3016 Oct 20043030.939.310.0
119 Palma de Mallorca8.3 km925 Apr 2007910.928.39.0
120 Santo Domingo14.5 km1630 Jan 20091610.9114.516.0
121 Lisbon41.0 km5229 Dec 19594640.8910.3180 mio.13.04,390,000
122 Milan74.6 km881 Nov 19648430.8924.9328 mio.29.34,397,000
123 Valencia6.2 km718 Oct 2006710.896.218 mio.7.02,903,000
124 Las Vegas6.2 km715 Jul 2004710.896.27.0
125 Cologne45.0 km5111 Oct 196851150.883.03.4
126 Fukuoka29.8 km3526 Jul 19813430.889.9124 mio.11.74,161,000
127 Hiroshima18.4 km2120 Aug 19942110.8818.418 mio.21.0978,000
128 Charleroi17.5 km2021 Jun 19762040.884.45.0
129 New York368.0 km46827 Oct 1904422270.8713.61624 mio.17.34,413,000
130 Sendai14.8 km1715 Jul 19871710.8714.858 mio.17.03,919,000
131 Barcelona110.5 km15230 Dec 1924128100.8611.1378 mio.15.23,421,000
132 Chiba15.5 km1828 Mar 19881820.867.89.0
133 Oslo62.0 km7222 May 19667250.8612.464 mio.14.41,032,000
134 Valencia31.8 km383 Oct 19883730.8610.612.7
135 Guadalajara24.0 km291 Sep 19892820.8612.014.5
136 Seville18.0 km212 Apr 20092110.8618.021.0
137 Naha12.8 km1510 Aug 20031510.8512.815.0
138 Berlin147.4 km19518 Feb 1902173100.8514.7447 mio.19.53,033,000
139 Tama16.0 km1927 Nov 19981910.8416.019.0
140 Vienna69.8 km9625 Feb 19788450.8314.0498 mio.19.27,135,000
141 Budapest33.0 km422 May 18964030.8311.0297 mio.14.09,000,000
142 Kamakura6.6 km83 Mar 1970810.826.68.0
143 Rome39.0 km4910 Feb 19554820.8119.5331 mio.24.58,487,000
144 Marseille19.3 km2626 Nov 19772420.809.658 mio.13.03,005,000
145 Bochum21.5 km2926 May 19792720.8010.814.5
146 Dortmund29.5 km3717 May 19763730.809.812.3
147 Lyon30.7 km4328 Apr 19783940.797.7182 mio.10.85,928,000
148 Nuremberg34.6 km461 Mar 19724430.7911.592 mio.15.32,659,000
149 Frankfurt20.5 km314 Oct 19682730.766.810.3
150 Lille45.5 km6225 Apr 19836020.7622.874 mio.31.01,626,000
151 Mulheim9.0 km133 Nov 19791220.754.56.5
152 Bonn9.0 km1222 Mar 19751210.759.012.0
153 Essen20.2 km275 Oct 19672730.756.79.0
154 Toulouse27.5 km3826 Jun 19933720.7413.842 mio.19.01,527,000
155 Genoa5.2 km713 Jun 1990710.745.27.0
156 Bielefeld5.2 km721 Sep 1971740.741.31.8
157 Paris213.0 km38019 Jul 1900300160.7113.31473 mio.23.86,915,000
158 Buenos Aires47.5 km761 Dec 19136860.707.9280 mio.12.75,895,000
159 Glasgow10.4 km1514 Dec 18961510.6910.415 mio.15.01,442,000
160 Antwerp7.6 km1125 Mar 19751120.693.85.5
161 Turin9.6 km144 Feb 20061410.699.614.0
162 Duesseldorf9.6 km144 Oct 19811420.684.87.0
163 Kitakyushu8.8 km139 Jan 19851310.688.813.0
164 Wuppertal13.3 km201 Mar 19012010.6713.320.0
165 Catania3.8 km627 Jun 1999610.633.86.0
166 Gelsenkirchen5.5 km91 Sep 1984910.615.59.0
167 Rennes9.0 km1516 Mar 20021510.609.023 mio.15.02,556,000
168 Newark2.2 km426 May 1935410.552.24.0
169 Brussels32.2 km6120 Sep 19765930.5510.7136 mio.20.34,224,000
170 Lausanne13.7 km2924 May 19912820.496.814.5
171 Pittsburgh1.5 km33 Jul 1985310.481.53.0
172 Rouen2.2 km517 Dec 1994510.442.25.0
173 Perugia3.0 km729 Jan 2008710.433.07.0
174 Detroit4.8 km13Jul 19871310.374.813.0
175 Ludwigshafen4.0 km1129 May 19691100.36
176 Haifa1.8 km61959610.291.86.0


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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