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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 Dalian1 May 200330.5 mi1212.5430.512.0
2 San Francisco11 Sep 1972103.7 mi4352.4120.78.6100 mio.964,000
3 Dubai9 Sep 200924.7 mi1112.2424.711.0
4 Mumbai106.3 mi7351.4621.314.6
5 Hong Kong1 Oct 1979116.9 mi8291.4313.010.61309 mio.11,197,000
6 Valparaiso23 Nov 200526.7 mi2011.3426.720.0
7 Atlanta30 Jun 197949.2 mi3821.3024.619.534 mio.691,000
8 Moscow15 May 1935185.7 mi144121.2915.515.02573 mio.13,855,000
9 Saint Petersburg15 Nov 195568.5 mi5551.2513.712.6832 mio.12,148,000
10 Washington27 Mar 1976106.4 mi8651.2421.318.0215 mio.2,021,000
11 Porto Alegre2 Mar 198521.0 mi1711.2421.017.0
12 Saint Louis31 Jul 199345.6 mi3721.2322.818.5
13 Los Angeles30 Jan 199336.9 mi3031.2312.310.045 mio.1,221,000
14 Tianjin28 Mar 200444.7 mi3721.2122.418.515 mio.335,000
15 Guangzhou28 Jun 199992.3 mi7951.1718.517.6601 mio.6,512,000
16 Seattle18 Jul 200913.8 mi1211.1513.812.0
17 Brasilia31 Mar 200126.1 mi2311.1326.123.016 mio.613,000
18 Beijing1 Oct 1969141.4 mi12591.1315.716.31200 mio.8,485,000
19 Baltimore21 Nov 198315.2 mi1411.0915.214.014 mio.919,000
20 Singapore7 Nov 198773.9 mi6941.0718.519.0571 mio.7,727,000
21 Cleveland15 Mar 195519.3 mi1811.0719.318.06 mio.311,000
22 Shanghai10 Apr 1995207.6 mi194101.0720.823.01122 mio.5,405,000
23 Lima13 Jan 20036.2 mi611.046.26.0
24 Volgograd5 Nov 19842.1 mi211.032.12.0
25 Miami21 May 198422.4 mi2211.0222.422.019 mio.849,000
26 Chennai19 Oct 199716.8 mi1710.9916.817.0
27 Sydney192613.7 mi1430.984.64.7
28 Bucharest16 Nov 197942.1 mi4340.9810.512.5111 mio.2,638,000
29 Baku6 Nov 196720.4 mi2120.9710.211.0176 mio.8,618,000
30 Oporto7 Dec 200213.5 mi1420.966.77.5
31 Newcastle7 Aug 198047.5 mi5020.9523.830.538 mio.799,000
32 London10 Jan 1863253.6 mi268110.9523.124.41197 mio.4,721,000
33 Istanbul16 Sep 20009.3 mi1010.939.310.068 mio.7,294,000
34 Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 198611.2 mi1210.9311.212.0
35 Pyongyang6 Sep 197314.0 mi1520.937.08.035 mio.2,503,000
36 Tokyo30 Dec 1927189.2 mi205130.9214.622.33174 mio.16,772,000
37 Belo Horizonte1 Aug 198617.5 mi1910.9217.519.0
38 Vancouver3 Jan 198643.2 mi4730.9214.416.374 mio.1,713,000
39 Recife11 Mar 198524.7 mi2820.8812.315.0
40 Kharkov23 Aug 197521.9 mi2530.887.39.3278 mio.12,671,000
41 Stuttgart10 Jun 196614.9 mi1720.887.59.5
42 Tashkent6 Nov 197722.5 mi2630.877.59.771 mio.3,156,000
43 Kiev22 Oct 196037.2 mi4330.8612.415.3642 mio.17,274,000
44 Kazan27 Aug 20055.2 mi610.865.26.07 mio.1,357,000
45 Mexico City5 Sep 1969125.4 mi147110.8511.415.91460 mio.11,647,000
46 Nanjing27 Aug 200513.5 mi1610.8413.516.0102 mio.7,563,000
47 Osaka20 May 193385.6 mi10490.829.514.8860 mio.10,042,000
48 Caracas27 Mar 198337.6 mi4650.827.510.0510 mio.13,563,000
49 Sofia28 Jan 199811.2 mi1410.8011.214.051 mio.4,559,000
50 Yokohama16 Dec 197235.8 mi4530.8011.916.0198 mio.5,531,000
51 Kobe13 Mar 197719.0 mi2420.799.513.0121 mio.6,362,000
52 Rotterdam10 Feb 196829.2 mi3720.7914.619.085 mio.2,910,000
53 Minsk26 Jun 198418.8 mi2420.789.412.5262 mio.13,913,000
54 Tbilisi11 Jan 196616.3 mi2120.788.211.092 mio.5,628,000
55 Cairo27 Sep 198740.7 mi5320.7720.427.5700 mio.17,195,000
56 Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 197926.1 mi3420.7713.117.0135 mio.5,172,000
57 Helsinki3 Aug 198213.1 mi1710.7713.117.058 mio.4,444,000
58 Shenyang23 Sep 200913.8 mi1810.7713.818.0
59 Madrid17 Oct 1919176.5 mi231130.7613.621.6686 mio.3,887,000
60 Yekaterinburg26 Apr 19915.3 mi710.755.37.046 mio.8,708,000
61 Yerevan7 Mar 19817.5 mi1010.757.510.017 mio.2,261,000
62 Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 19859.6 mi1320.744.87.033 mio.3,426,000
63 Novosibirsk7 Jan 19868.9 mi1220.744.46.570 mio.7,876,000
64 Edmonton22 Apr 19788.1 mi1110.748.111.0
65 Delhi24 Dec 200259.8 mi8130.7419.927.7310 mio.5,188,000
66 Kaohsiung9 Mar 200826.5 mi3620.7413.318.530 mio.1,130,000
67 Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 19954.4 mi610.744.46.011 mio.2,493,000
68 Manila1 Dec 198428.4 mi3930.739.514.0346 mio.12,182,000
69 Bangkok5 Dec 199928.8 mi4030.729.614.7206 mio.7,159,000
70 Chicago6 Jun 1892103.2 mi14480.7212.918.9198 mio.1,919,000
71 Medellin30 Nov 199517.9 mi2520.728.913.0155 mio.8,660,000
72 Jacksonville30 May 19894.3 mi610.714.36.0
73 Izmir22 May 20007.1 mi1010.717.110.030 mio.4,197,000
74 Shenzhen28 Dec 200415.7 mi2220.717.911.573 mio.4,643,000
75 Tehran21 Feb 200031.4 mi4430.7110.515.7353 mio.11,247,000
76 Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 199639.8 mi5630.7113.320.0109 mio.2,740,000
77 Naples28 Mar 199319.8 mi2830.716.610.029 mio.1,467,000
78 Samara26 Dec 19876.3 mi910.706.39.012 mio.1,893,000
79 Taipei28 Mar 199656.3 mi8080.707.010.6450 mio.7,992,000
80 Hamburg1 Mar 191262.6 mi8930.7020.932.3184 mio.2,940,000
81 Sao Paulo14 Sep 197438.1 mi5540.699.514.5684 mio.17,954,000
82 Duisburg11 Jul 19928.9 mi1320.694.56.5
83 Prague9 May 197436.7 mi5430.6812.219.0597 mio.16,253,000
84 Hanover28 Sep 197511.6 mi1730.683.97.0
85 Nagoya15 Nov 195755.3 mi8240.6713.823.3427 mio.7,720,000
86 Maracaibo8 Jun 20094.0 mi610.674.06.0
87 Athens195432.3 mi4830.6710.817.3325 mio.10,056,000
88 Chongqing18 Jun 200512.1 mi1810.6712.118.0
89 Busan19 Jul 198559.0 mi8830.6719.730.7257 mio.4,353,000
90 Warsaw7 Apr 199514.0 mi2110.6714.021.0114 mio.8,116,000
91 Kolkata24 Oct 198414.0 mi2110.6714.021.0100 mio.7,119,000
92 San Juan6 Jun 200510.7 mi1610.6710.716.09 mio.842,000
93 Bilbao11 Nov 199525.2 mi3820.6612.619.086 mio.3,407,000
94 ChangchunOct 200210.6 mi1610.6610.616.0
95 Stockholm1 Oct 195065.7 mi10030.6621.934.7303 mio.4,612,000
96 Ankara30 Aug 199614.4 mi2220.657.211.5113 mio.7,871,000
97 Buffalo18 May 19855.2 mi810.655.28.0
98 Sapporo16 Dec 197129.8 mi4630.659.916.3209 mio.7,006,000
99 Toronto30 Apr 195444.3 mi6940.6411.118.5278 mio.6,274,000
100 Daejeon16 Mar 200614.0 mi2210.6414.022.029 mio.2,065,000
101 Wuhan28 Sep 20046.3 mi1010.636.310.0
102 Montreal14 Oct 196643.0 mi6840.6310.818.3219 mio.5,092,000
103 Incheon6 Oct 199918.3 mi2910.6318.329.073 mio.3,982,000
104 Poznan1 Mar 19973.8 mi610.633.86.0
105 Monterrey25 Apr 199119.6 mi3120.639.816.0
106 Kyoto1 Apr 198119.5 mi3120.639.716.0126 mio.6,477,000
107 Boston1 Sep 189737.6 mi6030.6312.522.0145 mio.3,856,000
108 Gwangju28 Apr 200412.5 mi2010.6212.520.017 mio.1,361,000
109 Adana18 Mar 20095.0 mi810.625.08.0
110 Philadelphia4 Mar 190738.5 mi6230.6212.822.067 mio.1,739,000
111 Amsterdam16 Oct 197720.3 mi3340.625.18.391 mio.4,478,000
112 Munich19 Oct 197157.5 mi9460.619.616.7349 mio.6,071,000
113 Daegu26 Nov 199733.5 mi5520.6116.728.0110 mio.3,284,000
114 Bursa19 Aug 200214.0 mi2310.6114.023.0
115 Santiago15 Sep 197551.6 mi8650.6010.318.6642 mio.12,446,000
116 Seoul15 Aug 1974178.3 mi298100.6017.834.82048 mio.11,486,000
117 Copenhagen19 Oct 200213.1 mi2220.596.511.037 mio.2,835,000
118 The Hague16 Oct 200417.3 mi3030.585.810.0
119 Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 20075.2 mi910.575.29.0
120 Santo Domingo30 Jan 20099.0 mi1610.569.016.0
121 Lisbon29 Dec 195925.5 mi4640.556.413.0180 mio.7,064,000
122 Milan1 Nov 196446.4 mi8430.5515.529.3328 mio.7,074,000
123 Valencia18 Oct 20063.9 mi710.553.97.018 mio.4,671,000
124 Las Vegas15 Jul 20043.9 mi710.553.97.0
125 Cologne11 Oct 196828.0 mi51150.551.93.4
126 Fukuoka26 Jul 198118.5 mi3430.546.211.7124 mio.6,695,000
127 Hiroshima20 Aug 199411.4 mi2110.5411.421.018 mio.1,574,000
128 Charleroi21 Jun 197610.9 mi2040.542.75.0
129 New York27 Oct 1904228.7 mi422270.548.517.31624 mio.7,101,000
130 Sendai15 Jul 19879.2 mi1710.549.217.058 mio.6,306,000
131 Barcelona30 Dec 192468.7 mi128100.546.915.2378 mio.5,504,000
132 Chiba28 Mar 19889.6 mi1820.544.89.0
133 Oslo22 May 196638.5 mi7250.547.714.464 mio.1,661,000
134 Valencia3 Oct 198819.8 mi3730.536.612.7
135 Guadalajara1 Sep 198914.9 mi2820.537.514.5
136 Seville2 Apr 200911.2 mi2110.5311.221.0
137 Naha10 Aug 20038.0 mi1510.538.015.0
138 Berlin18 Feb 190291.6 mi173100.539.219.5447 mio.4,879,000
139 Tama27 Nov 19989.9 mi1910.529.919.0
140 Vienna25 Feb 197843.4 mi8450.528.719.2498 mio.11,480,000
141 Budapest2 May 189620.5 mi4030.516.814.0297 mio.14,481,000
142 Kamakura3 Mar 19704.1 mi810.514.18.0
143 Rome10 Feb 195524.2 mi4820.5012.124.5331 mio.13,656,000
144 Marseille26 Nov 197712.0 mi2420.506.013.058 mio.4,835,000
145 Bochum26 May 197913.4 mi2720.506.714.5
146 Dortmund17 May 197618.3 mi3730.496.112.3
147 Lyon28 Apr 197819.1 mi3940.494.810.8182 mio.9,539,000
148 Nuremberg1 Mar 197221.5 mi4430.497.215.392 mio.4,278,000
149 Frankfurt4 Oct 196812.7 mi2730.474.210.3
150 Lille25 Apr 198328.3 mi6020.4714.131.074 mio.2,617,000
151 Mulheim3 Nov 19795.6 mi1220.472.86.5
152 Bonn22 Mar 19755.6 mi1210.475.612.0
153 Essen5 Oct 196712.6 mi2730.474.29.0
154 Toulouse26 Jun 199317.1 mi3720.468.519.042 mio.2,457,000
155 Genoa13 Jun 19903.2 mi710.463.27.0
156 Bielefeld21 Sep 19713.2 mi740.460.81.8
157 Paris19 Jul 1900132.4 mi300160.448.323.81473 mio.11,127,000
158 Buenos Aires1 Dec 191329.5 mi6860.434.912.7280 mio.9,485,000
159 Glasgow14 Dec 18966.5 mi1510.436.515.015 mio.2,321,000
160 Antwerp25 Mar 19754.7 mi1120.432.45.5
161 Turin4 Feb 20066.0 mi1410.436.014.0
162 Duesseldorf4 Oct 19816.0 mi1420.433.07.0
163 Kitakyushu9 Jan 19855.5 mi1310.425.513.0
164 Wuppertal1 Mar 19018.3 mi2010.418.320.0
165 Catania27 Jun 19992.4 mi610.392.46.0
166 Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 19843.4 mi910.383.49.0
167 Rennes16 Mar 20025.6 mi1510.375.615.023 mio.4,112,000
168 Newark26 May 19351.4 mi410.341.44.0
169 Brussels20 Sep 197620.0 mi5930.346.720.3136 mio.6,796,000
170 Lausanne24 May 19918.5 mi2820.304.314.5
171 Pittsburgh3 Jul 19850.9 mi310.300.93.0
172 Rouen17 Dec 19941.4 mi510.271.45.0
173 Perugia29 Jan 20081.9 mi710.271.97.0
174 DetroitJul 19873.0 mi1310.233.013.0
175 Ludwigshafen29 May 19692.5 mi1100.23
176 Haifa19591.1 mi610.181.16.0


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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