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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 New York27 Oct 1904368.0 km422468270.8713.61624 mio.4,413,000
2 Paris19 Jul 1900213.0 km300380160.7113.31473 mio.6,915,000
3 Cologne11 Oct 196845.0 km5151150.883.0
4 Tokyo30 Dec 1927304.5 km205290131.4923.43174 mio.10,424,000
5 Madrid17 Oct 1919284.0 km231281131.2321.8686 mio.2,415,000
6 Moscow15 May 1935298.8 km144180122.0724.92573 mio.8,611,000
7 Mexico City5 Sep 1969201.7 km147175111.3718.31460 mio.7,238,000
8 London10 Jan 1863408.0 km268268111.5237.11197 mio.2,934,000
9 Barcelona30 Dec 1924110.5 km128152100.8611.1378 mio.3,421,000
10 Berlin18 Feb 1902147.4 km173195100.8514.7447 mio.3,033,000
11 Shanghai10 Apr 1995334.0 km194230101.7233.41122 mio.3,359,000
12 Seoul15 Aug 1974286.9 km298348100.9628.72048 mio.7,138,000
13 Osaka20 May 1933137.8 km10413391.3315.3860 mio.6,241,000
14 Hong Kong1 Oct 1979188.1 km829592.2920.91309 mio.6,959,000
15 Beijing1 Oct 1969227.6 km12514791.8225.31200 mio.5,274,000
16 Taipei28 Mar 199690.6 km808581.1311.3450 mio.4,967,000
17 Chicago6 Jun 1892166.0 km14415181.1520.8198 mio.1,193,000
18 Buenos Aires1 Dec 191347.5 km687660.707.9280 mio.5,895,000
19 Munich19 Oct 197192.5 km9410060.9815.4349 mio.3,773,000
20 Saint Petersburg15 Nov 1955110.2 km556352.0022.0832 mio.7,550,000
21 Caracas27 Mar 198360.5 km465051.3212.1510 mio.8,430,000
22 Mumbai171.0 km737352.3434.2
23 Vienna25 Feb 197869.8 km849650.8314.0498 mio.7,135,000
24 Oslo22 May 196662.0 km727250.8612.464 mio.1,032,000
25 Washington27 Mar 1976171.2 km869051.9934.2215 mio.1,256,000
26 Santiago15 Sep 197583.0 km869350.9716.6642 mio.7,735,000
27 Guangzhou28 Jun 1999148.5 km798851.8829.7601 mio.4,047,000
28 San Francisco11 Sep 1972166.9 km434353.8833.4100 mio.599,000
29 Amsterdam16 Oct 197732.7 km333340.998.291 mio.2,783,000
30 Nagoya15 Nov 195789.0 km829341.0922.3427 mio.4,798,000
31 Montreal14 Oct 196669.2 km687341.0217.3219 mio.3,165,000
32 Lisbon29 Dec 195941.0 km465240.8910.3180 mio.4,390,000
33 Charleroi21 Jun 197617.5 km202040.884.4
34 Bucharest16 Nov 197967.7 km435041.5716.9111 mio.1,640,000
35 Singapore7 Nov 1987118.9 km697641.7229.7571 mio.4,802,000
36 Toronto30 Apr 195471.3 km697441.0317.8278 mio.3,899,000
37 Bielefeld21 Sep 19715.2 km7740.741.3
38 Lyon28 Apr 197830.7 km394340.797.7182 mio.5,928,000
39 Sao Paulo14 Sep 197461.3 km555841.1115.3684 mio.11,158,000
40 Essen5 Oct 196720.2 km272730.756.7
41 Tehran21 Feb 200050.5 km444731.1516.8353 mio.6,990,000
42 Brussels20 Sep 197632.2 km596130.5510.7136 mio.4,224,000
43 Sydney192622.1 km141431.587.4
44 Los Angeles30 Jan 199359.3 km303031.9819.845 mio.759,000
45 Athens195452.0 km485231.0817.3325 mio.6,250,000
46 Tashkent6 Nov 197736.2 km262931.3912.171 mio.1,961,000
47 Delhi24 Dec 200296.2 km818331.1932.1310 mio.3,224,000
48 Naples28 Mar 199331.8 km283031.1410.629 mio.912,000
49 Boston1 Sep 189760.5 km606631.0120.2145 mio.2,397,000
50 Stockholm1 Oct 1950105.7 km10010431.0635.2303 mio.2,867,000
51 Hanover28 Sep 197518.6 km172131.096.2
52 Sapporo16 Dec 197148.0 km464931.0416.0209 mio.4,354,000
53 Frankfurt4 Oct 196820.5 km273130.766.8
54 The Hague16 Oct 200427.9 km303030.939.3
55 Busan19 Jul 198595.0 km889231.0831.7257 mio.2,705,000
56 Dortmund17 May 197629.5 km373730.809.8
57 Yokohama16 Dec 197257.6 km454831.2819.2198 mio.3,438,000
58 Prague9 May 197459.1 km545731.0919.7597 mio.10,102,000
59 Philadelphia4 Mar 190762.0 km626631.0020.767 mio.1,081,000
60 Kharkov23 Aug 197535.3 km252831.4111.8278 mio.7,875,000
61 Nuremberg1 Mar 197234.6 km444630.7911.592 mio.2,659,000
62 Manila1 Dec 198445.7 km394231.1715.2346 mio.7,571,000
63 Valencia3 Oct 198831.8 km373830.8610.6
64 Bangkok5 Dec 199946.3 km404431.1615.4206 mio.4,449,000
65 Fukuoka26 Jul 198129.8 km343530.889.9124 mio.4,161,000
66 Budapest2 May 189633.0 km404230.8311.0297 mio.9,000,000
67 Hamburg1 Mar 1912100.7 km899731.1333.6184 mio.1,827,000
68 Vancouver3 Jan 198669.5 km474931.4823.274 mio.1,065,000
69 Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 199664.0 km566031.1421.3109 mio.1,703,000
70 Milan1 Nov 196474.6 km848830.8924.9328 mio.4,397,000
71 Kiev22 Oct 196059.8 km434631.3919.9642 mio.10,736,000
72 Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 197942.0 km343421.2421.0135 mio.3,214,000
73 Copenhagen19 Oct 200221.0 km222220.9510.537 mio.1,762,000
74 Shenzhen28 Dec 200425.3 km222321.1512.673 mio.2,885,000
75 Lausanne24 May 199113.7 km282920.496.8
76 Bilbao11 Nov 199540.6 km383821.0720.386 mio.2,118,000
77 Chiba28 Mar 198815.5 km181820.867.8
78 Novosibirsk7 Jan 198614.3 km121321.197.270 mio.4,895,000
79 Duisburg11 Jul 199214.3 km131321.107.2
80 Recife11 Mar 198539.7 km283021.4219.9
81 Kyoto1 Apr 198131.3 km313221.0115.6126 mio.4,026,000
82 Guadalajara1 Sep 198924.0 km282920.8612.0
83 Oporto7 Dec 200221.7 km141521.5510.9
84 Minsk26 Jun 198430.3 km242521.2615.1262 mio.8,647,000
85 Marseille26 Nov 197719.3 km242620.809.658 mio.3,005,000
86 Ankara30 Aug 199623.1 km222321.0511.6113 mio.4,892,000
87 Newcastle7 Aug 198076.5 km506121.5338.338 mio.497,000
88 Rome10 Feb 195539.0 km484920.8119.5331 mio.8,487,000
89 Daegu26 Nov 199753.9 km555620.9827.0110 mio.2,041,000
90 Bochum26 May 197921.5 km272920.8010.8
91 Lille25 Apr 198345.5 km606220.7622.874 mio.1,626,000
92 Atlanta30 Jun 197979.2 km383922.0839.634 mio.429,000
93 Tbilisi11 Jan 196626.3 km212221.2513.192 mio.3,498,000
94 Saint Louis31 Jul 199373.4 km373721.9836.7
95 Stuttgart10 Jun 196624.0 km171921.4112.0
96 Monterrey25 Apr 199131.5 km313221.0215.8
97 Kobe13 Mar 197730.6 km242621.2815.3121 mio.3,954,000
98 Tianjin28 Mar 200472.0 km373721.9536.015 mio.208,000
99 Medellin30 Nov 199528.8 km252621.1514.4155 mio.5,382,000
100 Cairo27 Sep 198765.5 km535521.2432.8700 mio.10,687,000
101 Kaohsiung9 Mar 200842.7 km363721.1921.430 mio.703,000
102 Antwerp25 Mar 19757.6 km111120.693.8
103 Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 198515.5 km131421.197.833 mio.2,129,000
104 Duesseldorf4 Oct 19819.6 km141420.684.8
105 Rotterdam10 Feb 196847.0 km373821.2723.585 mio.1,809,000
106 Pyongyang6 Sep 197322.5 km151621.5011.335 mio.1,556,000
107 Mulheim3 Nov 19799.0 km121320.754.5
108 Toulouse26 Jun 199327.5 km373820.7413.842 mio.1,527,000
109 Baku6 Nov 196732.9 km212221.5616.4176 mio.5,356,000
110 Santo Domingo30 Jan 200914.5 km161610.9114.5
111 Maracaibo8 Jun 20096.5 km6611.086.5
112 Bursa19 Aug 200222.5 km232310.9822.5
113 Jacksonville30 May 19896.9 km6611.156.9
114 Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 19957.1 km6611.187.111 mio.1,549,000
115 Yerevan7 Mar 198112.1 km101011.2112.117 mio.1,405,000
116 Newark26 May 19352.2 km4410.552.2
117 Hiroshima20 Aug 199418.4 km212110.8818.418 mio.978,000
118 Warsaw7 Apr 199522.6 km212111.0822.6114 mio.5,044,000
119 Poznan1 Mar 19976.1 km6611.026.1
120 Gwangju28 Apr 200420.1 km202011.0120.117 mio.846,000
121 Valencia18 Oct 20066.2 km7710.896.218 mio.2,903,000
122 Kolkata24 Oct 198422.6 km212111.0822.6100 mio.4,425,000
123 Sendai15 Jul 198714.8 km171710.8714.858 mio.3,919,000
124 Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 19845.5 km9910.615.5
125 San Juan6 Jun 200517.2 km161611.0817.29 mio.523,000
126 Kazan27 Aug 20058.3 km6611.388.37 mio.843,000
127 Perugia29 Jan 20083.0 km7710.433.0
128 Istanbul16 Sep 200015.0 km101011.5015.068 mio.4,533,000
129 Rouen17 Dec 19942.2 km5510.442.2
130 Wuppertal1 Mar 190113.3 km202010.6713.3
131 Cleveland15 Mar 195531.0 km181811.7231.06 mio.194,000
132 Turin4 Feb 20069.6 km141410.699.6
133 Baltimore21 Nov 198324.5 km141411.7524.514 mio.571,000
134 Kitakyushu9 Jan 19858.8 km131310.688.8
135 Adana18 Mar 20098.0 km8811.008.0
136 Samara26 Dec 198710.2 km9911.1310.212 mio.1,176,000
137 Kamakura3 Mar 19706.6 km8810.826.6
138 Naha10 Aug 200312.8 km151510.8512.8
139 Haifa19591.8 km6610.291.8
140 Valparaiso23 Nov 200543.0 km202012.1543.0
141 Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 198618.0 km121211.5018.0
142 Genoa13 Jun 19905.2 km7710.745.2
143 Catania27 Jun 19993.8 km6610.633.8
144 Miami21 May 198436.0 km222211.6436.019 mio.528,000
145 Edmonton22 Apr 197813.1 km111111.1913.1
146 Buffalo18 May 19858.4 km8811.048.4
147 Izmir22 May 200011.5 km101011.1511.530 mio.2,609,000
148 DetroitJul 19874.8 km131310.374.8
149 Yekaterinburg26 Apr 19918.5 km7711.218.546 mio.5,412,000
150 Brasilia31 Mar 200142.0 km232311.8342.016 mio.381,000
151 Rennes16 Mar 20029.0 km151510.609.023 mio.2,556,000
152 Helsinki3 Aug 198221.0 km171711.2421.058 mio.2,762,000
153 Volgograd5 Nov 19843.3 km2211.653.3
154 Shenyang23 Sep 200922.2 km181811.2322.2
155 Las Vegas15 Jul 20046.2 km7710.896.2
156 Porto Alegre2 Mar 198533.8 km171711.9933.8
157 Chennai19 Oct 199727.0 km171711.5927.0
158 Seattle18 Jul 200922.2 km121211.8522.2
159 Dubai9 Sep 200939.7 km111113.6139.7
160 Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 20078.3 km9910.928.3
161 Dalian1 May 200349.0 km121214.0849.0
162 Tama27 Nov 199816.0 km191910.8416.0
163 Incheon6 Oct 199929.5 km292911.0229.573 mio.2,475,000
164 Daejeon16 Mar 200622.6 km222211.0322.629 mio.1,283,000
165 Wuhan28 Sep 200410.2 km101011.0210.2
166 Nanjing27 Aug 200521.7 km161611.3621.7102 mio.4,700,000
167 Bonn22 Mar 19759.0 km121210.759.0
168 Sofia28 Jan 199818.0 km141411.2918.051 mio.2,833,000
169 Lima13 Jan 200310.0 km6611.6710.0
170 Chongqing18 Jun 200519.5 km181811.0819.5
171 Belo Horizonte1 Aug 198628.1 km191911.4828.1
172 Seville2 Apr 200918.0 km212110.8618.0
173 Glasgow14 Dec 189610.4 km151510.6910.415 mio.1,442,000
174 Pittsburgh3 Jul 19851.5 km3310.481.5
175 ChangchunOct 200217.0 km161611.0617.0
176 Ludwigshafen29 May 19694.0 km111100.36


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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