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A list like this and the rail systems that appear in it may always be somewhat controversial. One reason is that definitions of what a metro is vary according to who you ask (a popular definition is here). Differences between commuter rail, metros and trams are increasingly fading as new hybrid trains make it easier for metros to include sections on streets or heavy-rail tracks. 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.

Numerical data (except ridership) by Jordi Serradell 09/2010. Ridership data by John Kennes 07/2010. Ticket prices by UBS: Prices and Earnings (PDF, p. 20) 2009. Non-numerical data by Mike Rohde 10/2010.

'Stations*' (with an asterisk) counts each interchange station as one. Daily ridership is annual ridership divided by 365 (for convenience; please note that weekday and weekend ridership may differ significantly and refer to the Annual Ridership column if desired). 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 shown.



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1 New York27 Oct 1904USA228.7 mi4684224.33 million
2 Paris19 Jul 1900France132.4 mi3803004.05 million
3 Seoul15 Aug 1974South Korea178.3 mi3482985.61 million
4 Tokyo30 Dec 1927Japan189.2 mi2902058.7 million
5 Madrid17 Oct 1919Spain176.5 mi2812311.78 million
6 Shanghai10 Apr 1995China261.0 mi2782353.56 million
7 London10 Jan 1863United Kingdom253.6 mi2682682.99 million
8 Berlin18 Feb 1902Germany91.6 mi1951731.39 million
9 Moscow15 May 1935Russia187.7 mi1821466.55 million
10 Mexico City5 Sep 1969Mexico125.4 mi1751473.88 million
11 Barcelona30 Dec 1924Spain74.2 mi1621351.11 million
12 Chicago6 Jun 1892USA103.2 mi151144542,000
13 Beijing1 Oct 1969China141.4 mi1471253.99 million
14 Osaka20 May 1933Japan85.6 mi1331042.36 million
15 Delhi24 Dec 2002India86.2 mi116113838,000
16 Guangzhou28 Jun 1999China109.6 mi1111011.85 million
17 Stockholm1 Oct 1950Sweden65.7 mi104100841,000
18 Vienna25 Feb 1978Austria46.4 mi102901.4 million
19 Munich19 Oct 1971Germany58.5 mi10296962,000
20 Santiago15 Sep 1975Chile57.4 mi101931.67 million
21 Hamburg1 Mar 1912Germany62.6 mi9789518,000
22 Hong Kong1 Oct 1979China116.9 mi95823.62 million
23 Nagoya15 Nov 1957Japan55.3 mi93821.17 million
24 Busan19 Jul 1985South Korea59.0 mi9288704,000
25 Washington27 Mar 1976USA106.4 mi9086611,000
26 Milan1 Nov 1964Italy46.4 mi8884899,000
27 Singapore7 Nov 1987Singapore80.6 mi87781.81 million
28 Taipei28 Mar 1996Taiwan58.5 mi85801.27 million
29 Buenos Aires1 Dec 1913Argentina29.9 mi7768789,000
30 Toronto30 Apr 1954Canada44.3 mi7469762,000
31 MumbaiIndia106.3 mi7373
32 Montreal14 Oct 1966Canada43.0 mi7368600,000
33 Oslo22 May 1966Norway38.5 mi7373214,000
34 Boston1 Sep 1897USA37.6 mi6660400,000
35 Philadelphia4 Mar 1907USA38.5 mi6662192,000
36 Sao Paulo14 Sep 1974Brazil43.3 mi63591.93 million
37 Saint Petersburg15 Nov 1955Russia68.5 mi63552.25 million
38 Lille25 Apr 1983France28.3 mi6260203,000
39 Brussels20 Sep 1976Belgium20.0 mi6159364,000
40 Newcastle7 Aug 1980United Kingdom47.5 mi6150104,000
41 Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 1996Malaysia39.8 mi6056299,000
42 Nanjing27 Aug 2005China52.6 mi5755400,000
43 Prague9 May 1974Czech Republic36.7 mi57541.6 million
44 Daegu26 Nov 1997South Korea33.5 mi5655301,000
45 Tehran21 Feb 2000Iran41.0 mi55521.26 million
46 Cairo27 Sep 1987Egypt40.7 mi55531.92 million
47 Athens1954Greece32.3 mi5349937,000
48 Bangkok5 Dec 1999Thailand46.6 mi5246564,000
49 Lisbon29 Dec 1959Portugal25.5 mi5246488,000
50 Cologne11 Oct 1968Germany28.0 mi5151
51 Bucharest16 Nov 1979Romania42.1 mi5043304,000
52 Caracas27 Mar 1983Venezuela37.6 mi50461.25 million
53 Sapporo16 Dec 1971Japan29.8 mi4946573,000
54 Vancouver3 Jan 1986Canada43.2 mi4947203,000
55 Rome10 Feb 1955Italy24.2 mi4948907,000
56 Yokohama16 Dec 1972Japan35.8 mi4845542,000
57 Kiev22 Oct 1960Ukraine37.2 mi46431.76 million
58 Nuremberg1 Mar 1972Germany21.5 mi4644315,000
59 Manila1 Dec 1984Philippines32.0 mi4340948,000
60 San Francisco11 Sep 1972USA103.7 mi4343274,000
61 Lyon28 Apr 1978France19.1 mi4339499,000
62 Budapest2 May 1896Hungary20.5 mi4240814,000
63 Atlanta30 Jun 1979USA49.2 mi393893,200
64 Rotterdam10 Feb 1968Netherlands29.2 mi3837238,000
65 Toulouse26 Jun 1993France17.1 mi3837115,000
66 Bilbao11 Nov 1995Spain25.2 mi3838238,000
67 Valencia3 Oct 1988Spain19.8 mi3837
68 Kaohsiung9 Mar 2008Taiwan26.5 mi373682,200
69 Saint Louis31 Jul 1993USA45.6 mi3737
70 Tianjin28 Mar 2004China44.7 mi373741,100
71 Dortmund17 May 1976Germany18.3 mi3737
72 Fukuoka26 Jul 1981Japan18.5 mi3534340,000
73 Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 1979Brazil26.1 mi3434370,000
74 Amsterdam16 Oct 1977Netherlands20.3 mi3333233,000
75 Kyoto1 Apr 1981Japan19.5 mi3231345,000
76 Monterrey25 Apr 1991Mexico19.6 mi3231
77 Frankfurt4 Oct 1968Germany12.7 mi3127
78 Naples28 Mar 1993Italy19.8 mi302879,500
79 Marseille26 Nov 1977France13.5 mi3028159,000
80 The Hague16 Oct 2004Netherlands17.3 mi3030
81 Los Angeles30 Jan 1993USA36.9 mi3030129,000
82 Recife11 Mar 1985Brazil24.7 mi3028
83 Incheon6 Oct 1999South Korea18.3 mi2929200,000
84 Bochum26 May 1979Germany13.4 mi2927
85 Tashkent6 Nov 1977Uzbekistan22.5 mi2926195,000
86 Lausanne24 May 1991Switzerland8.5 mi2928
87 Guadalajara1 Sep 1989Mexico14.9 mi2928
88 Kharkov23 Aug 1975Ukraine21.9 mi2825762,000
89 Essen5 Oct 1967Germany12.6 mi2727
90 Wuhan28 Sep 2004China17.4 mi272735,600
91 Kobe13 Mar 1977Japan19.0 mi2624332,000
92 Dubai9 Sep 2009United Arab Emirates32.4 mi2626
93 Medellin30 Nov 1995Colombia17.9 mi2625425,000
94 Minsk26 Jun 1984Belarus18.8 mi2524718,000
95 Brasilia31 Mar 2001Brazil26.1 mi242443,800
96 Ankara30 Aug 1996Turkey14.4 mi2322310,000
97 Bursa19 Aug 2002Turkey14.0 mi2323
98 Shenzhen28 Dec 2004China15.7 mi2322362,000
99 Kolkata24 Oct 1984India14.0 mi2323474,000
100 Baku6 Nov 1967Azerbaijan20.4 mi2221482,000
101 Miami21 May 1984USA22.4 mi222249,300
102 Tbilisi11 Jan 1966Georgia16.3 mi2221252,000
103 Shenyang27 Sep 2010China17.3 mi2222
104 Copenhagen19 Oct 2002Denmark13.1 mi2222126,000
105 Daejeon16 Mar 2006South Korea14.0 mi222279,500
106 Hiroshima20 Aug 1994Japan11.4 mi212149,300
107 Warsaw7 Apr 1995Poland14.0 mi2121345,000
108 Hanover28 Sep 1975Germany11.6 mi2117
109 Seville2 Apr 2009Spain11.2 mi2121
110 Valparaiso23 Nov 2005Chile26.7 mi2020
111 Gwangju28 Apr 2004South Korea12.5 mi202046,600
112 Wuppertal1 Mar 1901Germany8.3 mi2020
113 Charleroi21 Jun 1976Belgium10.9 mi2020
114 Stuttgart10 Jun 1966Germany14.9 mi1917
115 Tama27 Nov 1998Japan9.9 mi1919
116 Belo Horizonte1 Aug 1986Brazil17.5 mi1919
117 Cleveland15 Mar 1955USA19.3 mi181813,700
118 Chiba28 Mar 1988Japan9.6 mi1818
119 Chongqing18 Jun 2005China12.1 mi1818
120 Helsinki3 Aug 1982Finland13.1 mi1717156,000
121 Porto Alegre2 Mar 1985Brazil21.0 mi1717
122 Sendai15 Jul 1987Japan9.2 mi1717159,000
123 Chennai19 Oct 1997India16.8 mi1717
124 Pyongyang6 Sep 1973North Korea14.0 mi161595,900
125 Santo Domingo30 Jan 2009Dominican Republic9.0 mi1616200,000
126 ChangchunOct 2002China10.6 mi1616
127 Chengdu27 Sep 2010China11.5 mi1616
128 San Juan6 Jun 2005Puerto Rico10.7 mi161624,700
129 Naha10 Aug 2003Japan8.0 mi1515
130 Glasgow14 Dec 1896United Kingdom6.5 mi151541,100
131 Rennes16 Mar 2002France5.6 mi151563,000
132 Edmonton22 Apr 1978Canada12.7 mi1515
133 Oporto7 Dec 2002Portugal13.5 mi1514
134 Turin4 Feb 2006Italy6.0 mi1414
135 Duesseldorf4 Oct 1981Germany6.0 mi1414
136 Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 1985Russia9.6 mi141390,400
137 Baltimore21 Nov 1983USA15.2 mi141435,600
138 Sydney1926Australia13.7 mi1414
139 Sofia28 Jan 1998Bulgaria11.2 mi141479,500
140 Novosibirsk7 Jan 1986Russia8.9 mi1312192,000
141 Duisburg11 Jul 1992Germany8.9 mi1313
142 Kitakyushu9 Jan 1985Japan5.5 mi1313
143 Mulheim3 Nov 1979Germany5.6 mi1312
144 DetroitJul 1987USA3.0 mi1313
145 Seattle18 Jul 2009USA13.8 mi1212
146 Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 1986Ukraine11.2 mi1212
147 Dalian1 May 2003China30.5 mi1212
148 Bonn22 Mar 1975Germany5.6 mi1212
149 Antwerp25 Mar 1975Belgium4.7 mi1111
150 Ludwigshafen29 May 1969Germany2.5 mi1111
151 Yerevan7 Mar 1981Armenia7.5 mi101046,600
152 Izmir22 May 2000Turkey7.1 mi101082,200
153 Istanbul16 Sep 2000Turkey9.3 mi1010186,000
154 Mecca13 Nov 2010Saudi Arabia11.2 mi99
155 Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 1984Germany3.4 mi99
156 Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 2007Spain5.2 mi99
157 Samara26 Dec 1987Russia6.3 mi9932,900
158 Buffalo18 May 1985USA5.2 mi88
159 Kamakura3 Mar 1970Japan4.1 mi88
160 Adana18 Mar 2009Turkey5.0 mi88
161 Las Vegas15 Jul 2004USA3.9 mi77
162 Bielefeld21 Sep 1971Germany3.2 mi77
163 Perugia29 Jan 2008Italy1.9 mi77
164 Valencia18 Oct 2006Venezuela3.9 mi7749,300
165 Genoa13 Jun 1990Italy3.2 mi77
166 Yekaterinburg26 Apr 1991Russia5.3 mi77126,000
167 Jacksonville30 May 1989USA4.3 mi66
168 Catania27 Jun 1999Italy2.4 mi66
169 Poznan1 Mar 1997Poland3.8 mi66
170 Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 1995Ukraine4.4 mi6638,400
171 Maracaibo8 Jun 2009Venezuela4.0 mi66
172 Haifa1959Israel1.1 mi66
173 Kazan27 Aug 2005Russia5.2 mi6619,200
174 Lima13 Jan 2003Peru6.2 mi66
175 Rouen17 Dec 1994France1.4 mi55
176 Newark26 May 1935USA1.4 mi44
177 Pittsburgh3 Jul 1985USA0.9 mi33
178 Volgograd5 Nov 1984Russia2.1 mi22





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