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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 Adana18 Mar 2009Turkey8.0 km8
2 Amsterdam16 Oct 1977Netherlands32.7 km33
3 Ankara30 Aug 1996Turkey23.1 km23
4 Antwerp25 Mar 1975Belgium7.6 km11
5 Athens1954Greece52.0 km52
6 Atlanta30 Jun 1979USA79.2 km39
7 Baku6 Nov 1967Azerbaijan32.9 km22
8 Baltimore21 Nov 1983USA24.5 km14
9 Bangkok5 Dec 1999Thailand46.3 km44
10 Barcelona30 Dec 1924Spain110.5 km152
11 Beijing1 Oct 1969China227.6 km147
12 Belo Horizonte1 Aug 1986Brazil28.1 km19
13 Berlin18 Feb 1902Germany147.4 km195
14 Bielefeld21 Sep 1971Germany5.2 km7
15 Bilbao11 Nov 1995Spain40.6 km38
16 Bochum26 May 1979Germany21.5 km29
17 Bonn22 Mar 1975Germany9.0 km12
18 Boston1 Sep 1897USA60.5 km66
19 Brasilia31 Mar 2001Brazil42.0 km23
20 Brussels20 Sep 1976Belgium32.2 km61
21 Bucharest16 Nov 1979Romania67.7 km50
22 Budapest2 May 1896Hungary33.0 km42
23 Buenos Aires1 Dec 1913Argentina47.5 km76
24 Buffalo18 May 1985USA8.4 km8
25 Bursa19 Aug 2002Turkey22.5 km23
26 Busan19 Jul 1985South Korea95.0 km92
27 Cairo27 Sep 1987Egypt65.5 km55
28 Caracas27 Mar 1983Venezuela60.5 km50
29 Catania27 Jun 1999Italy3.8 km6
30 ChangchunOct 2002China17.0 km16
31 Charleroi21 Jun 1976Belgium17.5 km20
32 Chennai19 Oct 1997India27.0 km17
33 Chiba28 Mar 1988Japan15.5 km18
34 Chicago6 Jun 1892USA166.0 km151
35 Chongqing18 Jun 2005China19.5 km18
36 Cleveland15 Mar 1955USA31.0 km18
37 Cologne11 Oct 1968Germany45.0 km51
38 Copenhagen19 Oct 2002Denmark21.0 km22
39 Daegu26 Nov 1997South Korea53.9 km56
40 Daejeon16 Mar 2006South Korea22.6 km22
41 Dalian1 May 2003China49.0 km12
42 Delhi24 Dec 2002India96.2 km83
43 DetroitJul 1987USA4.8 km13
44 Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 1995Ukraine7.1 km6
45 Dortmund17 May 1976Germany29.5 km37
46 Dubai9 Sep 2009United Arab Emirates39.7 km11
47 Duesseldorf4 Oct 1981Germany9.6 km14
48 Duisburg11 Jul 1992Germany14.3 km13
49 Edmonton22 Apr 1978Canada13.1 km11
50 Essen5 Oct 1967Germany20.2 km27
51 Frankfurt4 Oct 1968Germany20.5 km31
52 Fukuoka26 Jul 1981Japan29.8 km35
53 Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 1984Germany5.5 km9
54 Genoa13 Jun 1990Italy5.2 km7
55 Glasgow14 Dec 1896United Kingdom10.4 km15
56 Guadalajara1 Sep 1989Mexico24.0 km29
57 Guangzhou28 Jun 1999China148.5 km88
58 Gwangju28 Apr 2004South Korea20.1 km20
59 Haifa1959Israel1.8 km6
60 Hamburg1 Mar 1912Germany100.7 km97
61 Hanover28 Sep 1975Germany18.6 km21
62 Helsinki3 Aug 1982Finland21.0 km17
63 Hiroshima20 Aug 1994Japan18.4 km21
64 Hong Kong1 Oct 1979China188.1 km95
65 Incheon6 Oct 1999South Korea29.5 km29
66 Istanbul16 Sep 2000Turkey15.0 km10
67 Izmir22 May 2000Turkey11.5 km10
68 Jacksonville30 May 1989USA6.9 km6
69 Kamakura3 Mar 1970Japan6.6 km8
70 Kaohsiung9 Mar 2008Taiwan42.7 km37
71 Kazan27 Aug 2005Russia8.3 km6
72 Kharkov23 Aug 1975Ukraine35.3 km28
73 Kiev22 Oct 1960Ukraine59.8 km46
74 Kitakyushu9 Jan 1985Japan8.8 km13
75 Kobe13 Mar 1977Japan30.6 km26
76 Kolkata24 Oct 1984India22.6 km21
77 Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 1986Ukraine18.0 km12
78 Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 1996Malaysia64.0 km60
79 Kyoto1 Apr 1981Japan31.3 km32
80 Las Vegas15 Jul 2004USA6.2 km7
81 Lausanne24 May 1991Switzerland13.7 km29
82 Lille25 Apr 1983France45.5 km62
83 Lima13 Jan 2003Peru10.0 km6
84 Lisbon29 Dec 1959Portugal41.0 km52
85 London10 Jan 1863United Kingdom408.0 km268
86 Los Angeles30 Jan 1993USA59.3 km30
87 Ludwigshafen29 May 1969Germany4.0 km11
88 Lyon28 Apr 1978France30.7 km43
89 Madrid17 Oct 1919Spain284.0 km281
90 Manila1 Dec 1984Philippines45.7 km42
91 Maracaibo8 Jun 2009Venezuela6.5 km6
92 Marseille26 Nov 1977France19.3 km26
93 Medellin30 Nov 1995Colombia28.8 km26
94 Mexico City5 Sep 1969Mexico201.7 km175
95 Miami21 May 1984USA36.0 km22
96 Milan1 Nov 1964Italy74.6 km88
97 Minsk26 Jun 1984Belarus30.3 km25
98 Monterrey25 Apr 1991Mexico31.5 km32
99 Montreal14 Oct 1966Canada69.2 km73
100 Moscow15 May 1935Russia298.8 km180
101 Mulheim3 Nov 1979Germany9.0 km13
102 MumbaiIndia171.0 km73
103 Munich19 Oct 1971Germany92.5 km100
104 Nagoya15 Nov 1957Japan89.0 km93
105 Naha10 Aug 2003Japan12.8 km15
106 Nanjing27 Aug 2005China21.7 km16
107 Naples28 Mar 1993Italy31.8 km30
108 New York27 Oct 1904USA368.0 km468
109 Newark26 May 1935USA2.2 km4
110 Newcastle7 Aug 1980United Kingdom76.5 km61
111 Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 1985Russia15.5 km14
112 Novosibirsk7 Jan 1986Russia14.3 km13
113 Nuremberg1 Mar 1972Germany34.6 km46
114 Oporto7 Dec 2002Portugal21.7 km15
115 Osaka20 May 1933Japan137.8 km133
116 Oslo22 May 1966Norway62.0 km72
117 Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 2007Spain8.3 km9
118 Paris19 Jul 1900France213.0 km380
119 Perugia29 Jan 2008Italy3.0 km7
120 Philadelphia4 Mar 1907USA62.0 km66
121 Pittsburgh3 Jul 1985USA1.5 km3
122 Porto Alegre2 Mar 1985Brazil33.8 km17
123 Poznan1 Mar 1997Poland6.1 km6
124 Prague9 May 1974Czech Republic59.1 km57
125 Pyongyang6 Sep 1973North Korea22.5 km16
126 Recife11 Mar 1985Brazil39.7 km30
127 Rennes16 Mar 2002France9.0 km15
128 Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 1979Brazil42.0 km34
129 Rome10 Feb 1955Italy39.0 km49
130 Rotterdam10 Feb 1968Netherlands47.0 km38
131 Rouen17 Dec 1994France2.2 km5
132 Saint Louis31 Jul 1993USA73.4 km37
133 Saint Petersburg15 Nov 1955Russia110.2 km63
134 Samara26 Dec 1987Russia10.2 km9
135 San Francisco11 Sep 1972USA166.9 km43
136 San Juan6 Jun 2005Puerto Rico17.2 km16
137 Santiago15 Sep 1975Chile83.0 km93
138 Santo Domingo30 Jan 2009Dominican Republic14.5 km16
139 Sao Paulo14 Sep 1974Brazil61.3 km58
140 Sapporo16 Dec 1971Japan48.0 km49
141 Seattle18 Jul 2009USA22.2 km12
142 Sendai15 Jul 1987Japan14.8 km17
143 Seoul15 Aug 1974South Korea286.9 km348
144 Seville2 Apr 2009Spain18.0 km21
145 Shanghai10 Apr 1995China334.0 km230
146 Shenyang23 Sep 2009China22.2 km18
147 Shenzhen28 Dec 2004China25.3 km23
148 Singapore7 Nov 1987Singapore118.9 km76
149 Sofia28 Jan 1998Bulgaria18.0 km14
150 Stockholm1 Oct 1950Sweden105.7 km104
151 Stuttgart10 Jun 1966Germany24.0 km19
152 Sydney1926Australia22.1 km14
153 Taipei28 Mar 1996Taiwan90.6 km85
154 Tama27 Nov 1998Japan16.0 km19
155 Tashkent6 Nov 1977Uzbekistan36.2 km29
156 Tbilisi11 Jan 1966Georgia26.3 km22
157 Tehran21 Feb 2000Iran50.5 km47
158 The Hague16 Oct 2004Netherlands27.9 km30
159 Tianjin28 Mar 2004China72.0 km37
160 Tokyo30 Dec 1927Japan304.5 km290
161 Toronto30 Apr 1954Canada71.3 km74
162 Toulouse26 Jun 1993France27.5 km38
163 Turin4 Feb 2006Italy9.6 km14
164 Valencia18 Oct 2006Venezuela6.2 km7
165 Valencia3 Oct 1988Spain31.8 km38
166 Valparaiso23 Nov 2005Chile43.0 km20
167 Vancouver3 Jan 1986Canada69.5 km49
168 Vienna25 Feb 1978Austria69.8 km96
169 Volgograd5 Nov 1984Russia3.3 km2
170 Warsaw7 Apr 1995Poland22.6 km21
171 Washington27 Mar 1976USA171.2 km90
172 Wuhan28 Sep 2004China10.2 km10
173 Wuppertal1 Mar 1901Germany13.3 km20
174 Yekaterinburg26 Apr 1991Russia8.5 km7
175 Yerevan7 Mar 1981Armenia12.1 km10
176 Yokohama16 Dec 1972Japan57.6 km48


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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