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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 km121214.0849.0
2 San Francisco166.9 km434353.8833.4100 mio.599,000
3 Dubai39.7 km111113.6139.7
4 Mumbai171.0 km737352.3434.2
5 Hong Kong188.1 km958292.2920.91309 mio.6,959,000
6 Valparaiso43.0 km202012.1543.0
7 Atlanta79.2 km393822.0839.634 mio.429,000
8 Moscow298.8 km180144122.0724.92573 mio.8,611,000
9 Saint Petersburg110.2 km635552.0022.0832 mio.7,550,000
10 Washington171.2 km908651.9934.2215 mio.1,256,000
11 Porto Alegre33.8 km171711.9933.8
12 Saint Louis73.4 km373721.9836.7
13 Los Angeles59.3 km303031.9819.845 mio.759,000
14 Tianjin72.0 km373721.9536.015 mio.208,000
15 Guangzhou148.5 km887951.8829.7601 mio.4,047,000
16 Seattle22.2 km121211.8522.2
17 Brasilia42.0 km232311.8342.016 mio.381,000
18 Beijing227.6 km14712591.8225.31200 mio.5,274,000
19 Baltimore24.5 km141411.7524.514 mio.571,000
20 Singapore118.9 km766941.7229.7571 mio.4,802,000
21 Cleveland31.0 km181811.7231.06 mio.194,000
22 Shanghai334.0 km230194101.7233.41122 mio.3,359,000
23 Lima10.0 km6611.6710.0
24 Volgograd3.3 km2211.653.3
25 Miami36.0 km222211.6436.019 mio.528,000
26 Chennai27.0 km171711.5927.0
27 Sydney22.1 km141431.587.4
28 Bucharest67.7 km504341.5716.9111 mio.1,640,000
29 Baku32.9 km222121.5616.4176 mio.5,356,000
30 Oporto21.7 km151421.5510.9
31 Newcastle76.5 km615021.5338.338 mio.497,000
32 London408.0 km268268111.5237.11197 mio.2,934,000
33 Istanbul15.0 km101011.5015.068 mio.4,533,000
34 Kryvyi Rih18.0 km121211.5018.0
35 Pyongyang22.5 km161521.5011.335 mio.1,556,000
36 Tokyo304.5 km290205131.4923.43174 mio.10,424,000
37 Belo Horizonte28.1 km191911.4828.1
38 Vancouver69.5 km494731.4823.274 mio.1,065,000
39 Recife39.7 km302821.4219.9
40 Kharkov35.3 km282531.4111.8278 mio.7,875,000
41 Stuttgart24.0 km191721.4112.0
42 Tashkent36.2 km292631.3912.171 mio.1,961,000
43 Kiev59.8 km464331.3919.9642 mio.10,736,000
44 Kazan8.3 km6611.388.37 mio.843,000
45 Mexico City201.7 km175147111.3718.31460 mio.7,238,000
46 Nanjing21.7 km161611.3621.7102 mio.4,700,000
47 Osaka137.8 km13310491.3315.3860 mio.6,241,000
48 Caracas60.5 km504651.3212.1510 mio.8,430,000
49 Sofia18.0 km141411.2918.051 mio.2,833,000
50 Yokohama57.6 km484531.2819.2198 mio.3,438,000
51 Kobe30.6 km262421.2815.3121 mio.3,954,000
52 Rotterdam47.0 km383721.2723.585 mio.1,809,000
53 Minsk30.3 km252421.2615.1262 mio.8,647,000
54 Tbilisi26.3 km222121.2513.192 mio.3,498,000
55 Cairo65.5 km555321.2432.8700 mio.10,687,000
56 Rio de Janeiro42.0 km343421.2421.0135 mio.3,214,000
57 Helsinki21.0 km171711.2421.058 mio.2,762,000
58 Shenyang22.2 km181811.2322.2
59 Madrid284.0 km281231131.2321.8686 mio.2,415,000
60 Yekaterinburg8.5 km7711.218.546 mio.5,412,000
61 Yerevan12.1 km101011.2112.117 mio.1,405,000
62 Nizhny Novgorod15.5 km141321.197.833 mio.2,129,000
63 Novosibirsk14.3 km131221.197.270 mio.4,895,000
64 Edmonton13.1 km111111.1913.1
65 Delhi96.2 km838131.1932.1310 mio.3,224,000
66 Kaohsiung42.7 km373621.1921.430 mio.703,000
67 Dnepropetrovsk7.1 km6611.187.111 mio.1,549,000
68 Manila45.7 km423931.1715.2346 mio.7,571,000
69 Bangkok46.3 km444031.1615.4206 mio.4,449,000
70 Chicago166.0 km15114481.1520.8198 mio.1,193,000
71 Medellin28.8 km262521.1514.4155 mio.5,382,000
72 Jacksonville6.9 km6611.156.9
73 Izmir11.5 km101011.1511.530 mio.2,609,000
74 Shenzhen25.3 km232221.1512.673 mio.2,885,000
75 Tehran50.5 km474431.1516.8353 mio.6,990,000
76 Kuala Lumpur64.0 km605631.1421.3109 mio.1,703,000
77 Naples31.8 km302831.1410.629 mio.912,000
78 Samara10.2 km9911.1310.212 mio.1,176,000
79 Taipei90.6 km858081.1311.3450 mio.4,967,000
80 Hamburg100.7 km978931.1333.6184 mio.1,827,000
81 Sao Paulo61.3 km585541.1115.3684 mio.11,158,000
82 Duisburg14.3 km131321.107.2
83 Prague59.1 km575431.0919.7597 mio.10,102,000
84 Hanover18.6 km211731.096.2
85 Nagoya89.0 km938241.0922.3427 mio.4,798,000
86 Maracaibo6.5 km6611.086.5
87 Athens52.0 km524831.0817.3325 mio.6,250,000
88 Chongqing19.5 km181811.0819.5
89 Busan95.0 km928831.0831.7257 mio.2,705,000
90 Warsaw22.6 km212111.0822.6114 mio.5,044,000
91 Kolkata22.6 km212111.0822.6100 mio.4,425,000
92 San Juan17.2 km161611.0817.29 mio.523,000
93 Bilbao40.6 km383821.0720.386 mio.2,118,000
94 Changchun17.0 km161611.0617.0
95 Stockholm105.7 km10410031.0635.2303 mio.2,867,000
96 Ankara23.1 km232221.0511.6113 mio.4,892,000
97 Buffalo8.4 km8811.048.4
98 Sapporo48.0 km494631.0416.0209 mio.4,354,000
99 Toronto71.3 km746941.0317.8278 mio.3,899,000
100 Daejeon22.6 km222211.0322.629 mio.1,283,000
101 Wuhan10.2 km101011.0210.2
102 Montreal69.2 km736841.0217.3219 mio.3,165,000
103 Incheon29.5 km292911.0229.573 mio.2,475,000
104 Poznan6.1 km6611.026.1
105 Monterrey31.5 km323121.0215.8
106 Kyoto31.3 km323121.0115.6126 mio.4,026,000
107 Boston60.5 km666031.0120.2145 mio.2,397,000
108 Gwangju20.1 km202011.0120.117 mio.846,000
109 Adana8.0 km8811.008.0
110 Philadelphia62.0 km666231.0020.767 mio.1,081,000
111 Amsterdam32.7 km333340.998.291 mio.2,783,000
112 Munich92.5 km1009460.9815.4349 mio.3,773,000
113 Daegu53.9 km565520.9827.0110 mio.2,041,000
114 Bursa22.5 km232310.9822.5
115 Santiago83.0 km938650.9716.6642 mio.7,735,000
116 Seoul286.9 km348298100.9628.72048 mio.7,138,000
117 Copenhagen21.0 km222220.9510.537 mio.1,762,000
118 The Hague27.9 km303030.939.3
119 Palma de Mallorca8.3 km9910.928.3
120 Santo Domingo14.5 km161610.9114.5
121 Lisbon41.0 km524640.8910.3180 mio.4,390,000
122 Milan74.6 km888430.8924.9328 mio.4,397,000
123 Valencia6.2 km7710.896.218 mio.2,903,000
124 Las Vegas6.2 km7710.896.2
125 Cologne45.0 km5151150.883.0
126 Fukuoka29.8 km353430.889.9124 mio.4,161,000
127 Hiroshima18.4 km212110.8818.418 mio.978,000
128 Charleroi17.5 km202040.884.4
129 New York368.0 km468422270.8713.61624 mio.4,413,000
130 Sendai14.8 km171710.8714.858 mio.3,919,000
131 Barcelona110.5 km152128100.8611.1378 mio.3,421,000
132 Chiba15.5 km181820.867.8
133 Oslo62.0 km727250.8612.464 mio.1,032,000
134 Valencia31.8 km383730.8610.6
135 Guadalajara24.0 km292820.8612.0
136 Seville18.0 km212110.8618.0
137 Naha12.8 km151510.8512.8
138 Berlin147.4 km195173100.8514.7447 mio.3,033,000
139 Tama16.0 km191910.8416.0
140 Vienna69.8 km968450.8314.0498 mio.7,135,000
141 Budapest33.0 km424030.8311.0297 mio.9,000,000
142 Kamakura6.6 km8810.826.6
143 Rome39.0 km494820.8119.5331 mio.8,487,000
144 Marseille19.3 km262420.809.658 mio.3,005,000
145 Bochum21.5 km292720.8010.8
146 Dortmund29.5 km373730.809.8
147 Lyon30.7 km433940.797.7182 mio.5,928,000
148 Nuremberg34.6 km464430.7911.592 mio.2,659,000
149 Frankfurt20.5 km312730.766.8
150 Lille45.5 km626020.7622.874 mio.1,626,000
151 Mulheim9.0 km131220.754.5
152 Bonn9.0 km121210.759.0
153 Essen20.2 km272730.756.7
154 Toulouse27.5 km383720.7413.842 mio.1,527,000
155 Genoa5.2 km7710.745.2
156 Bielefeld5.2 km7740.741.3
157 Paris213.0 km380300160.7113.31473 mio.6,915,000
158 Buenos Aires47.5 km766860.707.9280 mio.5,895,000
159 Glasgow10.4 km151510.6910.415 mio.1,442,000
160 Antwerp7.6 km111120.693.8
161 Turin9.6 km141410.699.6
162 Duesseldorf9.6 km141420.684.8
163 Kitakyushu8.8 km131310.688.8
164 Wuppertal13.3 km202010.6713.3
165 Catania3.8 km6610.633.8
166 Gelsenkirchen5.5 km9910.615.5
167 Rennes9.0 km151510.609.023 mio.2,556,000
168 Newark2.2 km4410.552.2
169 Brussels32.2 km615930.5510.7136 mio.4,224,000
170 Lausanne13.7 km292820.496.8
171 Pittsburgh1.5 km3310.481.5
172 Rouen2.2 km5510.442.2
173 Perugia3.0 km7710.433.0
174 Detroit4.8 km131310.374.8
175 Ludwigshafen4.0 km111100.36
176 Haifa1.8 km6610.291.8


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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