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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 200349.0 km1214.0849.012.0
2 Valparaiso23 Nov 200543.0 km2012.1543.020.0
3 Brasilia31 Mar 200142.0 km2311.8342.023.0381,00016 mio.
4 Dubai9 Sep 200939.7 km1113.6139.711.0
5 Atlanta30 Jun 197979.2 km3822.0839.619.5429,00034 mio.
6 Newcastle7 Aug 198076.5 km5021.5338.330.5497,00038 mio.
7 London10 Jan 1863408.0 km268111.5237.124.42,934,0001197 mio.2.75 EUR
8 Saint Louis31 Jul 199373.4 km3721.9836.718.5
9 Miami21 May 198436.0 km2211.6436.022.0528,00019 mio.1.66 EUR
10 Tianjin28 Mar 200472.0 km3721.9536.018.5208,00015 mio.
11 Stockholm1 Oct 1950105.7 km10031.0635.234.72,867,000303 mio.3.73 EUR
12 Washington27 Mar 1976171.2 km8651.9934.218.01,256,000215 mio.
13 Mumbai171.0 km7352.3434.214.60.17 EUR
14 Porto Alegre2 Mar 198533.8 km1711.9933.817.0
15 Hamburg1 Mar 1912100.7 km8931.1333.632.31,827,000184 mio.
16 Shanghai10 Apr 1995334.0 km194101.7233.423.03,359,0001122 mio.0.34 EUR
17 San Francisco11 Sep 1972166.9 km4353.8833.48.6599,000100 mio.
18 Cairo27 Sep 198765.5 km5321.2432.827.510,687,000700 mio.0.14 EUR
19 Delhi24 Dec 200296.2 km8131.1932.127.73,224,000310 mio.0.12 EUR
20 Busan19 Jul 198595.0 km8831.0831.730.72,705,000257 mio.
21 Cleveland15 Mar 195531.0 km1811.7231.018.0194,0006 mio.
22 Singapore7 Nov 1987118.9 km6941.7229.719.04,802,000571 mio.0.97 EUR
23 Guangzhou28 Jun 1999148.5 km7951.8829.717.64,047,000601 mio.
24 Incheon6 Oct 199929.5 km2911.0229.529.02,475,00073 mio.
25 Seoul15 Aug 1974286.9 km298100.9628.734.87,138,0002048 mio.0.54 EUR
26 Belo Horizonte1 Aug 198628.1 km1911.4828.119.0
27 Chennai19 Oct 199727.0 km1711.5927.017.0
28 Daegu26 Nov 199753.9 km5520.9827.028.02,041,000110 mio.
29 Beijing1 Oct 1969227.6 km12591.8225.316.35,274,0001200 mio.0.15 EUR
30 Moscow15 May 1935298.8 km144122.0724.915.08,611,0002573 mio.0.50 EUR
31 Milan1 Nov 196474.6 km8430.8924.929.34,397,000328 mio.1.00 EUR
32 Baltimore21 Nov 198324.5 km1411.7524.514.0571,00014 mio.
33 Rotterdam10 Feb 196847.0 km3721.2723.519.01,809,00085 mio.
34 Tokyo30 Dec 1927304.5 km205131.4923.422.310,424,0003174 mio.1.57 EUR
35 Vancouver3 Jan 198669.5 km4731.4823.216.31,065,00074 mio.
36 Lille25 Apr 198345.5 km6020.7622.831.01,626,00074 mio.
37 Warsaw7 Apr 199522.6 km2111.0822.621.05,044,000114 mio.0.47 EUR
38 Kolkata24 Oct 198422.6 km2111.0822.621.04,425,000100 mio.
39 Daejeon16 Mar 200622.6 km2211.0322.622.01,283,00029 mio.
40 Bursa19 Aug 200222.5 km2310.9822.523.0
41 Nagoya15 Nov 195789.0 km8241.0922.323.34,798,000427 mio.
42 Shenyang23 Sep 200922.2 km1811.2322.218.0
43 Seattle18 Jul 200922.2 km1211.8522.212.0
44 Saint Petersburg15 Nov 1955110.2 km5552.0022.012.67,550,000832 mio.
45 Madrid17 Oct 1919284.0 km231131.2321.821.62,415,000686 mio.1.00 EUR
46 Nanjing27 Aug 200521.7 km1611.3621.716.04,700,000102 mio.
47 Kaohsiung9 Mar 200842.7 km3621.1921.418.5703,00030 mio.
48 Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 199664.0 km5631.1421.320.01,703,000109 mio.0.37 EUR
49 Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 197942.0 km3421.2421.017.03,214,000135 mio.0.77 EUR
50 Helsinki3 Aug 198221.0 km1711.2421.017.02,762,00058 mio.2.10 EUR
51 Hong Kong1 Oct 1979188.1 km8292.2920.910.66,959,0001309 mio.0.91 EUR
52 Chicago6 Jun 1892166.0 km14481.1520.818.91,193,000198 mio.1.58 EUR
53 Philadelphia4 Mar 190762.0 km6231.0020.722.01,081,00067 mio.
54 Bilbao11 Nov 199540.6 km3821.0720.319.02,118,00086 mio.
55 Boston1 Sep 189760.5 km6031.0120.222.02,397,000145 mio.
56 Gwangju28 Apr 200420.1 km2011.0120.120.0846,00017 mio.
57 Kiev22 Oct 196059.8 km4331.3919.915.310,736,000642 mio.0.27 EUR
58 Recife11 Mar 198539.7 km2821.4219.915.0
59 Los Angeles30 Jan 199359.3 km3031.9819.810.0759,00045 mio.1.91 EUR
60 Prague9 May 197459.1 km5431.0919.719.010,102,000597 mio.0.65 EUR
61 Rome10 Feb 195539.0 km4820.8119.524.58,487,000331 mio.1.00 EUR
62 Chongqing18 Jun 200519.5 km1811.0819.518.0
63 Yokohama16 Dec 197257.6 km4531.2819.216.03,438,000198 mio.
64 Hiroshima20 Aug 199418.4 km2110.8818.421.0978,00018 mio.
65 Mexico City5 Sep 1969201.7 km147111.3718.315.97,238,0001460 mio.0.14 EUR
66 Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 198618.0 km1211.5018.012.0
67 Sofia28 Jan 199818.0 km1411.2918.014.02,833,00051 mio.0.51 EUR
68 Seville2 Apr 200918.0 km2110.8618.021.0
69 Toronto30 Apr 195471.3 km6941.0317.818.53,899,000278 mio.1.67 EUR
70 Athens195452.0 km4831.0817.317.36,250,000325 mio.1.00 EUR
71 Montreal14 Oct 196669.2 km6841.0217.318.33,165,000219 mio.1.67 EUR
72 San Juan6 Jun 200517.2 km1611.0817.216.0523,0009 mio.
73 ChangchunOct 200217.0 km1611.0617.016.0
74 Bucharest16 Nov 197967.7 km4341.5716.912.51,640,000111 mio.0.40 EUR
75 Tehran21 Feb 200050.5 km4431.1516.815.76,990,000353 mio.
76 Santiago15 Sep 197583.0 km8650.9716.618.67,735,000642 mio.0.55 EUR
77 Baku6 Nov 196732.9 km2121.5616.411.05,356,000176 mio.
78 Sapporo16 Dec 197148.0 km4631.0416.016.34,354,000209 mio.
79 Tama27 Nov 199816.0 km1910.8416.019.0
80 Monterrey25 Apr 199131.5 km3121.0215.816.0
81 Kyoto1 Apr 198131.3 km3121.0115.616.04,026,000126 mio.
82 Bangkok5 Dec 199946.3 km4031.1615.414.74,449,000206 mio.0.64 EUR
83 Munich19 Oct 197192.5 km9460.9815.416.73,773,000349 mio.2.30 EUR
84 Sao Paulo14 Sep 197461.3 km5541.1115.314.511,158,000684 mio.0.76 EUR
85 Osaka20 May 1933137.8 km10491.3315.314.86,241,000860 mio.
86 Kobe13 Mar 197730.6 km2421.2815.313.03,954,000121 mio.
87 Manila1 Dec 198445.7 km3931.1715.214.07,571,000346 mio.0.18 EUR
88 Minsk26 Jun 198430.3 km2421.2615.112.58,647,000262 mio.
89 Istanbul16 Sep 200015.0 km1011.5015.010.04,533,00068 mio.0.63 EUR
90 Sendai15 Jul 198714.8 km1710.8714.817.03,919,00058 mio.
91 Berlin18 Feb 1902147.4 km173100.8514.719.53,033,000447 mio.2.10 EUR
92 Santo Domingo30 Jan 200914.5 km1610.9114.516.0
93 Medellin30 Nov 199528.8 km2521.1514.413.05,382,000155 mio.
94 Vienna25 Feb 197869.8 km8450.8314.019.27,135,000498 mio.1.70 EUR
95 Toulouse26 Jun 199327.5 km3720.7413.819.01,527,00042 mio.
96 New York27 Oct 1904368.0 km422270.8713.617.34,413,0001624 mio.1.53 EUR
97 Paris19 Jul 1900213.0 km300160.7113.323.86,915,0001473 mio.1.57 EUR
98 Wuppertal1 Mar 190113.3 km2010.6713.320.0
99 Tbilisi11 Jan 196626.3 km2121.2513.111.03,498,00092 mio.
100 Edmonton22 Apr 197813.1 km1111.1913.111.0
101 Naha10 Aug 200312.8 km1510.8512.815.0
102 Shenzhen28 Dec 200425.3 km2221.1512.611.52,885,00073 mio.
103 Oslo22 May 196662.0 km7250.8612.414.41,032,00064 mio.2.67 EUR
104 Yerevan7 Mar 198112.1 km1011.2112.110.01,405,00017 mio.
105 Caracas27 Mar 198360.5 km4651.3212.110.08,430,000510 mio.0.31 EUR
106 Tashkent6 Nov 197736.2 km2631.3912.19.71,961,00071 mio.
107 Guadalajara1 Sep 198924.0 km2820.8612.014.5
108 Stuttgart10 Jun 196624.0 km1721.4112.09.5
109 Kharkov23 Aug 197535.3 km2531.4111.89.37,875,000278 mio.
110 Ankara30 Aug 199623.1 km2221.0511.611.54,892,000113 mio.
111 Nuremberg1 Mar 197234.6 km4430.7911.515.32,659,00092 mio.
112 Izmir22 May 200011.5 km1011.1511.510.02,609,00030 mio.
113 Taipei28 Mar 199690.6 km8081.1311.310.64,967,000450 mio.0.60 EUR
114 Pyongyang6 Sep 197322.5 km1521.5011.38.01,556,00035 mio.
115 Barcelona30 Dec 1924110.5 km128100.8611.115.23,421,000378 mio.1.35 EUR
116 Budapest2 May 189633.0 km4030.8311.014.09,000,000297 mio.0.95 EUR
117 Oporto7 Dec 200221.7 km1421.5510.97.5
118 Bochum26 May 197921.5 km2720.8010.814.5
119 Brussels20 Sep 197632.2 km5930.5510.720.34,224,000136 mio.1.53 EUR
120 Naples28 Mar 199331.8 km2831.1410.610.0912,00029 mio.
121 Valencia3 Oct 198831.8 km3730.8610.612.7
122 Copenhagen19 Oct 200221.0 km2220.9510.511.01,762,00037 mio.2.81 EUR
123 Glasgow14 Dec 189610.4 km1510.6910.415.01,442,00015 mio.
124 Lisbon29 Dec 195941.0 km4640.8910.313.04,390,000180 mio.0.80 EUR
125 Samara26 Dec 198710.2 km911.1310.29.01,176,00012 mio.
126 Wuhan28 Sep 200410.2 km1011.0210.210.0
127 Lima13 Jan 200310.0 km611.6710.06.00.29 EUR
128 Fukuoka26 Jul 198129.8 km3430.889.911.74,161,000124 mio.
129 Dortmund17 May 197629.5 km3730.809.812.3
130 Marseille26 Nov 197719.3 km2420.809.613.03,005,00058 mio.
131 Turin4 Feb 20069.6 km1410.699.614.0
132 The Hague16 Oct 200427.9 km3030.939.310.0
133 Rennes16 Mar 20029.0 km1510.609.015.02,556,00023 mio.
134 Bonn22 Mar 19759.0 km1210.759.012.0
135 Kitakyushu9 Jan 19858.8 km1310.688.813.0
136 Yekaterinburg26 Apr 19918.5 km711.218.57.05,412,00046 mio.
137 Buffalo18 May 19858.4 km811.048.48.0
138 Kazan27 Aug 20058.3 km611.388.36.0843,0007 mio.
139 Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 20078.3 km910.928.39.0
140 Amsterdam16 Oct 197732.7 km3340.998.28.32,783,00091 mio.2.09 EUR
141 Adana18 Mar 20098.0 km811.008.08.0
142 Buenos Aires1 Dec 191347.5 km6860.707.912.75,895,000280 mio.0.24 EUR
143 Chiba28 Mar 198815.5 km1820.867.89.0
144 Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 198515.5 km1321.197.87.02,129,00033 mio.
145 Lyon28 Apr 197830.7 km3940.797.710.85,928,000182 mio.1.60 EUR
146 Sydney192622.1 km1431.587.44.72.92 EUR
147 Duisburg11 Jul 199214.3 km1321.107.26.5
148 Novosibirsk7 Jan 198614.3 km1221.197.26.54,895,00070 mio.
149 Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 19957.1 km611.187.16.01,549,00011 mio.
150 Jacksonville30 May 19896.9 km611.156.96.0
151 Lausanne24 May 199113.7 km2820.496.814.5
152 Frankfurt4 Oct 196820.5 km2730.766.810.32.30 EUR
153 Essen5 Oct 196720.2 km2730.756.79.0
154 Kamakura3 Mar 19706.6 km810.826.68.0
155 Maracaibo8 Jun 20096.5 km611.086.56.0
156 Hanover28 Sep 197518.6 km1731.096.27.0
157 Valencia18 Oct 20066.2 km710.896.27.02,903,00018 mio.
158 Las Vegas15 Jul 20046.2 km710.896.27.0
159 Poznan1 Mar 19976.1 km611.026.16.0
160 Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 19845.5 km910.615.59.0
161 Genoa13 Jun 19905.2 km710.745.27.0
162 DetroitJul 19874.8 km1310.374.813.0
163 Duesseldorf4 Oct 19819.6 km1420.684.87.0
164 Mulheim3 Nov 19799.0 km1220.754.56.5
165 Charleroi21 Jun 197617.5 km2040.884.45.0
166 Catania27 Jun 19993.8 km610.633.86.0
167 Antwerp25 Mar 19757.6 km1120.693.85.5
168 Volgograd5 Nov 19843.3 km211.653.32.0
169 Perugia29 Jan 20083.0 km710.433.07.0
170 Cologne11 Oct 196845.0 km51150.883.03.4
171 Newark26 May 19352.2 km410.552.24.0
172 Rouen17 Dec 19942.2 km510.442.25.0
173 Haifa19591.8 km610.291.86.0
174 Pittsburgh3 Jul 19851.5 km310.481.53.0
175 Bielefeld21 Sep 19715.2 km740.741.31.8
176 Ludwigshafen29 May 19694.0 km1100.36


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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