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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 Tokyo30 Dec 1927Japan290304.5 km3174 mio.
2 Moscow15 May 1935Russia180298.8 km2573 mio.
3 Seoul15 Aug 1974South Korea348286.9 km2048 mio.
4 New York27 Oct 1904USA468368.0 km1624 mio.
5 Paris19 Jul 1900France380213.0 km1473 mio.
6 Mexico City5 Sep 1969Mexico175201.7 km1460 mio.
7 Hong Kong1 Oct 1979China95188.1 km1309 mio.
8 Beijing1 Oct 1969China147227.6 km1200 mio.
9 London10 Jan 1863United Kingdom268408.0 km1197 mio.
10 Shanghai10 Apr 1995China230334.0 km1122 mio.
11 Osaka20 May 1933Japan133137.8 km860 mio.
12 Saint Petersburg15 Nov 1955Russia63110.2 km832 mio.
13 Cairo27 Sep 1987Egypt5565.5 km700 mio.
14 Madrid17 Oct 1919Spain281284.0 km686 mio.
15 Sao Paulo14 Sep 1974Brazil5861.3 km684 mio.
16 Santiago15 Sep 1975Chile9383.0 km642 mio.
17 Kiev22 Oct 1960Ukraine4659.8 km642 mio.
18 Guangzhou28 Jun 1999China88148.5 km601 mio.
19 Prague9 May 1974Czech Republic5759.1 km597 mio.
20 Singapore7 Nov 1987Singapore76118.9 km571 mio.
21 Caracas27 Mar 1983Venezuela5060.5 km510 mio.
22 Vienna25 Feb 1978Austria9669.8 km498 mio.
23 Taipei28 Mar 1996Taiwan8590.6 km450 mio.
24 Berlin18 Feb 1902Germany195147.4 km447 mio.
25 Nagoya15 Nov 1957Japan9389.0 km427 mio.
26 Barcelona30 Dec 1924Spain152110.5 km378 mio.
27 Tehran21 Feb 2000Iran4750.5 km353 mio.
28 Munich19 Oct 1971Germany10092.5 km349 mio.
29 Manila1 Dec 1984Philippines4245.7 km346 mio.
30 Rome10 Feb 1955Italy4939.0 km331 mio.
31 Milan1 Nov 1964Italy8874.6 km328 mio.
32 Athens1954Greece5252.0 km325 mio.
33 Delhi24 Dec 2002India8396.2 km310 mio.
34 Stockholm1 Oct 1950Sweden104105.7 km303 mio.
35 Budapest2 May 1896Hungary4233.0 km297 mio.
36 Buenos Aires1 Dec 1913Argentina7647.5 km280 mio.
37 Toronto30 Apr 1954Canada7471.3 km278 mio.
38 Kharkov23 Aug 1975Ukraine2835.3 km278 mio.
39 Minsk26 Jun 1984Belarus2530.3 km262 mio.
40 Busan19 Jul 1985South Korea9295.0 km257 mio.
41 Montreal14 Oct 1966Canada7369.2 km219 mio.
42 Washington27 Mar 1976USA90171.2 km215 mio.
43 Sapporo16 Dec 1971Japan4948.0 km209 mio.
44 Bangkok5 Dec 1999Thailand4446.3 km206 mio.
45 Yokohama16 Dec 1972Japan4857.6 km198 mio.
46 Chicago6 Jun 1892USA151166.0 km198 mio.
47 Hamburg1 Mar 1912Germany97100.7 km184 mio.
48 Lyon28 Apr 1978France4330.7 km182 mio.
49 Lisbon29 Dec 1959Portugal5241.0 km180 mio.
50 Baku6 Nov 1967Azerbaijan2232.9 km176 mio.
51 Medellin30 Nov 1995Colombia2628.8 km155 mio.
52 Boston1 Sep 1897USA6660.5 km145 mio.
53 Brussels20 Sep 1976Belgium6132.2 km136 mio.
54 Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 1979Brazil3442.0 km135 mio.
55 Kyoto1 Apr 1981Japan3231.3 km126 mio.
56 Fukuoka26 Jul 1981Japan3529.8 km124 mio.
57 Kobe13 Mar 1977Japan2630.6 km121 mio.
58 Warsaw7 Apr 1995Poland2122.6 km114 mio.
59 Ankara30 Aug 1996Turkey2323.1 km113 mio.
60 Bucharest16 Nov 1979Romania5067.7 km111 mio.
61 Daegu26 Nov 1997South Korea5653.9 km110 mio.
62 Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 1996Malaysia6064.0 km109 mio.
63 Nanjing27 Aug 2005China1621.7 km102 mio.
64 Kolkata24 Oct 1984India2122.6 km100 mio.
65 San Francisco11 Sep 1972USA43166.9 km100 mio.
66 Nuremberg1 Mar 1972Germany4634.6 km92 mio.
67 Tbilisi11 Jan 1966Georgia2226.3 km92 mio.
68 Amsterdam16 Oct 1977Netherlands3332.7 km91 mio.
69 Bilbao11 Nov 1995Spain3840.6 km86 mio.
70 Rotterdam10 Feb 1968Netherlands3847.0 km85 mio.
71 Lille25 Apr 1983France6245.5 km74 mio.
72 Vancouver3 Jan 1986Canada4969.5 km74 mio.
73 Shenzhen28 Dec 2004China2325.3 km73 mio.
74 Incheon6 Oct 1999South Korea2929.5 km73 mio.
75 Tashkent6 Nov 1977Uzbekistan2936.2 km71 mio.
76 Novosibirsk7 Jan 1986Russia1314.3 km70 mio.
77 Istanbul16 Sep 2000Turkey1015.0 km68 mio.
78 Philadelphia4 Mar 1907USA6662.0 km67 mio.
79 Oslo22 May 1966Norway7262.0 km64 mio.
80 Sendai15 Jul 1987Japan1714.8 km58 mio.
81 Marseille26 Nov 1977France2619.3 km58 mio.
82 Helsinki3 Aug 1982Finland1721.0 km58 mio.
83 Sofia28 Jan 1998Bulgaria1418.0 km51 mio.
84 Yekaterinburg26 Apr 1991Russia78.5 km46 mio.
85 Los Angeles30 Jan 1993USA3059.3 km45 mio.
86 Toulouse26 Jun 1993France3827.5 km42 mio.
87 Newcastle7 Aug 1980United Kingdom6176.5 km38 mio.
88 Copenhagen19 Oct 2002Denmark2221.0 km37 mio.
89 Pyongyang6 Sep 1973North Korea1622.5 km35 mio.
90 Atlanta30 Jun 1979USA3979.2 km34 mio.
91 Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 1985Russia1415.5 km33 mio.
92 Izmir22 May 2000Turkey1011.5 km30 mio.
93 Kaohsiung9 Mar 2008Taiwan3742.7 km30 mio.
94 Naples28 Mar 1993Italy3031.8 km29 mio.
95 Daejeon16 Mar 2006South Korea2222.6 km29 mio.
96 Rennes16 Mar 2002France159.0 km23 mio.
97 Miami21 May 1984USA2236.0 km19 mio.
98 Hiroshima20 Aug 1994Japan2118.4 km18 mio.
99 Valencia18 Oct 2006Venezuela76.2 km18 mio.
100 Yerevan7 Mar 1981Armenia1012.1 km17 mio.
101 Gwangju28 Apr 2004South Korea2020.1 km17 mio.
102 Brasilia31 Mar 2001Brazil2342.0 km16 mio.
103 Tianjin28 Mar 2004China3772.0 km15 mio.
104 Glasgow14 Dec 1896United Kingdom1510.4 km15 mio.
105 Baltimore21 Nov 1983USA1424.5 km14 mio.
106 Samara26 Dec 1987Russia910.2 km12 mio.
107 Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 1995Ukraine67.1 km11 mio.
108 San Juan6 Jun 2005Puerto Rico1617.2 km9 mio.
109 Kazan27 Aug 2005Russia68.3 km7 mio.
110 Cleveland15 Mar 1955USA1831.0 km6 mio.
111 Santo Domingo30 Jan 2009Dominican Republic1614.5 km
112 Essen5 Oct 1967Germany2720.2 km
113 Maracaibo8 Jun 2009Venezuela66.5 km
114 Bursa19 Aug 2002Turkey2322.5 km
115 Jacksonville30 May 1989USA66.9 km
116 Newark26 May 1935USA42.2 km
117 Sydney1926Australia1422.1 km
118 Lausanne24 May 1991Switzerland2913.7 km
119 Poznan1 Mar 1997Poland66.1 km
120 Chiba28 Mar 1988Japan1815.5 km
121 Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 1984Germany95.5 km
122 Duisburg11 Jul 1992Germany1314.3 km
123 Perugia29 Jan 2008Italy73.0 km
124 Rouen17 Dec 1994France52.2 km
125 Wuppertal1 Mar 1901Germany2013.3 km
126 Recife11 Mar 1985Brazil3039.7 km
127 Hanover28 Sep 1975Germany2118.6 km
128 MumbaiIndia73171.0 km
129 Oporto7 Dec 2002Portugal1521.7 km
130 Guadalajara1 Sep 1989Mexico2924.0 km
131 Charleroi21 Jun 1976Belgium2017.5 km
132 Turin4 Feb 2006Italy149.6 km
133 Kitakyushu9 Jan 1985Japan138.8 km
134 Frankfurt4 Oct 1968Germany3120.5 km
135 Adana18 Mar 2009Turkey88.0 km
136 The Hague16 Oct 2004Netherlands3027.9 km
137 Kamakura3 Mar 1970Japan86.6 km
138 Dortmund17 May 1976Germany3729.5 km
139 Ludwigshafen29 May 1969Germany114.0 km
140 Naha10 Aug 2003Japan1512.8 km
141 Bochum26 May 1979Germany2921.5 km
142 Haifa1959Israel61.8 km
143 Valparaiso23 Nov 2005Chile2043.0 km
144 Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 1986Ukraine1218.0 km
145 Genoa13 Jun 1990Italy75.2 km
146 Catania27 Jun 1999Italy63.8 km
147 Edmonton22 Apr 1978Canada1113.1 km
148 Buffalo18 May 1985USA88.4 km
149 Saint Louis31 Jul 1993USA3773.4 km
150 DetroitJul 1987USA134.8 km
151 Stuttgart10 Jun 1966Germany1924.0 km
152 Volgograd5 Nov 1984Russia23.3 km
153 Cologne11 Oct 1968Germany5145.0 km
154 Shenyang23 Sep 2009China1822.2 km
155 Las Vegas15 Jul 2004USA76.2 km
156 Bielefeld21 Sep 1971Germany75.2 km
157 Porto Alegre2 Mar 1985Brazil1733.8 km
158 Monterrey25 Apr 1991Mexico3231.5 km
159 Chennai19 Oct 1997India1727.0 km
160 Valencia3 Oct 1988Spain3831.8 km
161 Seattle18 Jul 2009USA1222.2 km
162 Dubai9 Sep 2009United Arab Emirates1139.7 km
163 Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 2007Spain98.3 km
164 Antwerp25 Mar 1975Belgium117.6 km
165 Duesseldorf4 Oct 1981Germany149.6 km
166 Dalian1 May 2003China1249.0 km
167 Tama27 Nov 1998Japan1916.0 km
168 Wuhan28 Sep 2004China1010.2 km
169 Bonn22 Mar 1975Germany129.0 km
170 Lima13 Jan 2003Peru610.0 km
171 Mulheim3 Nov 1979Germany139.0 km
172 Chongqing18 Jun 2005China1819.5 km
173 Seville2 Apr 2009Spain2118.0 km
174 Belo Horizonte1 Aug 1986Brazil1928.1 km
175 Pittsburgh3 Jul 1985USA31.5 km
176 ChangchunOct 2002China1617.0 km


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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