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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 London10 Jan 1863408.0 km111.5237.124.41197 mio.
2 New York27 Oct 1904368.0 km270.8713.617.31624 mio.
3 Shanghai10 Apr 1995334.0 km101.7233.423.01122 mio.
4 Tokyo30 Dec 1927304.5 km131.4923.422.33174 mio.
5 Moscow15 May 1935298.8 km122.0724.915.02573 mio.
6 Seoul15 Aug 1974286.9 km100.9628.734.82048 mio.
7 Madrid17 Oct 1919284.0 km131.2321.821.6686 mio.
8 Beijing1 Oct 1969227.6 km91.8225.316.31200 mio.
9 Paris19 Jul 1900213.0 km160.7113.323.81473 mio.
10 Mexico City5 Sep 1969201.7 km111.3718.315.91460 mio.
11 Hong Kong1 Oct 1979188.1 km92.2920.910.61309 mio.
12 Washington27 Mar 1976171.2 km51.9934.218.0215 mio.
13 Mumbai171.0 km52.3434.214.6
14 San Francisco11 Sep 1972166.9 km53.8833.48.6100 mio.
15 Chicago6 Jun 1892166.0 km81.1520.818.9198 mio.
16 Guangzhou28 Jun 1999148.5 km51.8829.717.6601 mio.
17 Berlin18 Feb 1902147.4 km100.8514.719.5447 mio.
18 Osaka20 May 1933137.8 km91.3315.314.8860 mio.
19 Singapore7 Nov 1987118.9 km41.7229.719.0571 mio.
20 Barcelona30 Dec 1924110.5 km100.8611.115.2378 mio.
21 Saint Petersburg15 Nov 1955110.2 km52.0022.012.6832 mio.
22 Stockholm1 Oct 1950105.7 km31.0635.234.7303 mio.
23 Hamburg1 Mar 1912100.7 km31.1333.632.3184 mio.
24 Delhi24 Dec 200296.2 km31.1932.127.7310 mio.
25 Busan19 Jul 198595.0 km31.0831.730.7257 mio.
26 Munich19 Oct 197192.5 km60.9815.416.7349 mio.
27 Taipei28 Mar 199690.6 km81.1311.310.6450 mio.
28 Nagoya15 Nov 195789.0 km41.0922.323.3427 mio.
29 Santiago15 Sep 197583.0 km50.9716.618.6642 mio.
30 Atlanta30 Jun 197979.2 km22.0839.619.534 mio.
31 Newcastle7 Aug 198076.5 km21.5338.330.538 mio.
32 Milan1 Nov 196474.6 km30.8924.929.3328 mio.
33 Saint Louis31 Jul 199373.4 km21.9836.718.5
34 Tianjin28 Mar 200472.0 km21.9536.018.515 mio.
35 Toronto30 Apr 195471.3 km41.0317.818.5278 mio.
36 Vienna25 Feb 197869.8 km50.8314.019.2498 mio.
37 Vancouver3 Jan 198669.5 km31.4823.216.374 mio.
38 Montreal14 Oct 196669.2 km41.0217.318.3219 mio.
39 Bucharest16 Nov 197967.7 km41.5716.912.5111 mio.
40 Cairo27 Sep 198765.5 km21.2432.827.5700 mio.
41 Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 199664.0 km31.1421.320.0109 mio.
42 Oslo22 May 196662.0 km50.8612.414.464 mio.
43 Philadelphia4 Mar 190762.0 km31.0020.722.067 mio.
44 Sao Paulo14 Sep 197461.3 km41.1115.314.5684 mio.
45 Caracas27 Mar 198360.5 km51.3212.110.0510 mio.
46 Boston1 Sep 189760.5 km31.0120.222.0145 mio.
47 Kiev22 Oct 196059.8 km31.3919.915.3642 mio.
48 Los Angeles30 Jan 199359.3 km31.9819.810.045 mio.
49 Prague9 May 197459.1 km31.0919.719.0597 mio.
50 Yokohama16 Dec 197257.6 km31.2819.216.0198 mio.
51 Daegu26 Nov 199753.9 km20.9827.028.0110 mio.
52 Athens195452.0 km31.0817.317.3325 mio.
53 Tehran21 Feb 200050.5 km31.1516.815.7353 mio.
54 Dalian1 May 200349.0 km14.0849.012.0
55 Sapporo16 Dec 197148.0 km31.0416.016.3209 mio.
56 Buenos Aires1 Dec 191347.5 km60.707.912.7280 mio.
57 Rotterdam10 Feb 196847.0 km21.2723.519.085 mio.
58 Bangkok5 Dec 199946.3 km31.1615.414.7206 mio.
59 Manila1 Dec 198445.7 km31.1715.214.0346 mio.
60 Lille25 Apr 198345.5 km20.7622.831.074 mio.
61 Cologne11 Oct 196845.0 km150.883.03.4
62 Valparaiso23 Nov 200543.0 km12.1543.020.0
63 Kaohsiung9 Mar 200842.7 km21.1921.418.530 mio.
64 Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 197942.0 km21.2421.017.0135 mio.
65 Brasilia31 Mar 200142.0 km11.8342.023.016 mio.
66 Lisbon29 Dec 195941.0 km40.8910.313.0180 mio.
67 Bilbao11 Nov 199540.6 km21.0720.319.086 mio.
68 Dubai9 Sep 200939.7 km13.6139.711.0
69 Recife11 Mar 198539.7 km21.4219.915.0
70 Rome10 Feb 195539.0 km20.8119.524.5331 mio.
71 Tashkent6 Nov 197736.2 km31.3912.19.771 mio.
72 Miami21 May 198436.0 km11.6436.022.019 mio.
73 Kharkov23 Aug 197535.3 km31.4111.89.3278 mio.
74 Nuremberg1 Mar 197234.6 km30.7911.515.392 mio.
75 Porto Alegre2 Mar 198533.8 km11.9933.817.0
76 Budapest2 May 189633.0 km30.8311.014.0297 mio.
77 Baku6 Nov 196732.9 km21.5616.411.0176 mio.
78 Amsterdam16 Oct 197732.7 km40.998.28.391 mio.
79 Brussels20 Sep 197632.2 km30.5510.720.3136 mio.
80 Naples28 Mar 199331.8 km31.1410.610.029 mio.
81 Valencia3 Oct 198831.8 km30.8610.612.7
82 Monterrey25 Apr 199131.5 km21.0215.816.0
83 Kyoto1 Apr 198131.3 km21.0115.616.0126 mio.
84 Cleveland15 Mar 195531.0 km11.7231.018.06 mio.
85 Lyon28 Apr 197830.7 km40.797.710.8182 mio.
86 Kobe13 Mar 197730.6 km21.2815.313.0121 mio.
87 Minsk26 Jun 198430.3 km21.2615.112.5262 mio.
88 Fukuoka26 Jul 198129.8 km30.889.911.7124 mio.
89 Incheon6 Oct 199929.5 km11.0229.529.073 mio.
90 Dortmund17 May 197629.5 km30.809.812.3
91 Medellin30 Nov 199528.8 km21.1514.413.0155 mio.
92 Belo Horizonte1 Aug 198628.1 km11.4828.119.0
93 The Hague16 Oct 200427.9 km30.939.310.0
94 Toulouse26 Jun 199327.5 km20.7413.819.042 mio.
95 Chennai19 Oct 199727.0 km11.5927.017.0
96 Tbilisi11 Jan 196626.3 km21.2513.111.092 mio.
97 Shenzhen28 Dec 200425.3 km21.1512.611.573 mio.
98 Baltimore21 Nov 198324.5 km11.7524.514.014 mio.
99 Guadalajara1 Sep 198924.0 km20.8612.014.5
100 Stuttgart10 Jun 196624.0 km21.4112.09.5
101 Ankara30 Aug 199623.1 km21.0511.611.5113 mio.
102 Warsaw7 Apr 199522.6 km11.0822.621.0114 mio.
103 Kolkata24 Oct 198422.6 km11.0822.621.0100 mio.
104 Daejeon16 Mar 200622.6 km11.0322.622.029 mio.
105 Bursa19 Aug 200222.5 km10.9822.523.0
106 Pyongyang6 Sep 197322.5 km21.5011.38.035 mio.
107 Shenyang23 Sep 200922.2 km11.2322.218.0
108 Seattle18 Jul 200922.2 km11.8522.212.0
109 Sydney192622.1 km31.587.44.7
110 Oporto7 Dec 200221.7 km21.5510.97.5
111 Nanjing27 Aug 200521.7 km11.3621.716.0102 mio.
112 Bochum26 May 197921.5 km20.8010.814.5
113 Copenhagen19 Oct 200221.0 km20.9510.511.037 mio.
114 Helsinki3 Aug 198221.0 km11.2421.017.058 mio.
115 Frankfurt4 Oct 196820.5 km30.766.810.3
116 Essen5 Oct 196720.2 km30.756.79.0
117 Gwangju28 Apr 200420.1 km11.0120.120.017 mio.
118 Chongqing18 Jun 200519.5 km11.0819.518.0
119 Marseille26 Nov 197719.3 km20.809.613.058 mio.
120 Hanover28 Sep 197518.6 km31.096.27.0
121 Hiroshima20 Aug 199418.4 km10.8818.421.018 mio.
122 Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 198618.0 km11.5018.012.0
123 Sofia28 Jan 199818.0 km11.2918.014.051 mio.
124 Seville2 Apr 200918.0 km10.8618.021.0
125 Charleroi21 Jun 197617.5 km40.884.45.0
126 San Juan6 Jun 200517.2 km11.0817.216.09 mio.
127 ChangchunOct 200217.0 km11.0617.016.0
128 Tama27 Nov 199816.0 km10.8416.019.0
129 Chiba28 Mar 198815.5 km20.867.89.0
130 Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 198515.5 km21.197.87.033 mio.
131 Istanbul16 Sep 200015.0 km11.5015.010.068 mio.
132 Sendai15 Jul 198714.8 km10.8714.817.058 mio.
133 Santo Domingo30 Jan 200914.5 km10.9114.516.0
134 Duisburg11 Jul 199214.3 km21.107.26.5
135 Novosibirsk7 Jan 198614.3 km21.197.26.570 mio.
136 Lausanne24 May 199113.7 km20.496.814.5
137 Wuppertal1 Mar 190113.3 km10.6713.320.0
138 Edmonton22 Apr 197813.1 km11.1913.111.0
139 Naha10 Aug 200312.8 km10.8512.815.0
140 Yerevan7 Mar 198112.1 km11.2112.110.017 mio.
141 Izmir22 May 200011.5 km11.1511.510.030 mio.
142 Glasgow14 Dec 189610.4 km10.6910.415.015 mio.
143 Samara26 Dec 198710.2 km11.1310.29.012 mio.
144 Wuhan28 Sep 200410.2 km11.0210.210.0
145 Lima13 Jan 200310.0 km11.6710.06.0
146 Turin4 Feb 20069.6 km10.699.614.0
147 Duesseldorf4 Oct 19819.6 km20.684.87.0
148 Mulheim3 Nov 19799.0 km20.754.56.5
149 Rennes16 Mar 20029.0 km10.609.015.023 mio.
150 Bonn22 Mar 19759.0 km10.759.012.0
151 Kitakyushu9 Jan 19858.8 km10.688.813.0
152 Yekaterinburg26 Apr 19918.5 km11.218.57.046 mio.
153 Buffalo18 May 19858.4 km11.048.48.0
154 Kazan27 Aug 20058.3 km11.388.36.07 mio.
155 Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 20078.3 km10.928.39.0
156 Adana18 Mar 20098.0 km11.008.08.0
157 Antwerp25 Mar 19757.6 km20.693.85.5
158 Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 19957.1 km11.187.16.011 mio.
159 Jacksonville30 May 19896.9 km11.156.96.0
160 Kamakura3 Mar 19706.6 km10.826.68.0
161 Maracaibo8 Jun 20096.5 km11.086.56.0
162 Valencia18 Oct 20066.2 km10.896.27.018 mio.
163 Las Vegas15 Jul 20046.2 km10.896.27.0
164 Poznan1 Mar 19976.1 km11.026.16.0
165 Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 19845.5 km10.615.59.0
166 Genoa13 Jun 19905.2 km10.745.27.0
167 Bielefeld21 Sep 19715.2 km40.741.31.8
168 DetroitJul 19874.8 km10.374.813.0
169 Ludwigshafen29 May 19694.0 km00.36
170 Catania27 Jun 19993.8 km10.633.86.0
171 Volgograd5 Nov 19843.3 km11.653.32.0
172 Perugia29 Jan 20083.0 km10.433.07.0
173 Newark26 May 19352.2 km10.552.24.0
174 Rouen17 Dec 19942.2 km10.442.25.0
175 Haifa19591.8 km10.291.86.0
176 Pittsburgh3 Jul 19851.5 km10.481.53.0


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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