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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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City >
<Opening >
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<Stations >
<Passengers
1 Pittsburgh3 Jul 19850.9 mi3
2 Haifa19591.1 mi6
3 Newark26 May 19351.4 mi4
4 Rouen17 Dec 19941.4 mi5
5 Perugia29 Jan 20081.9 mi7
6 Volgograd5 Nov 19842.1 mi2
7 Catania27 Jun 19992.4 mi6
8 Ludwigshafen29 May 19692.5 mi11
9 DetroitJul 19873.0 mi13
10 Genoa13 Jun 19903.2 mi7
11 Bielefeld21 Sep 19713.2 mi7
12 Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 19843.4 mi9
13 Poznan1 Mar 19973.8 mi6
14 Valencia18 Oct 20063.9 mi718 mio.
15 Las Vegas15 Jul 20043.9 mi7
16 Maracaibo8 Jun 20094.0 mi6
17 Kamakura3 Mar 19704.1 mi8
18 Jacksonville30 May 19894.3 mi6
19 Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 19954.4 mi611 mio.
20 Antwerp25 Mar 19754.7 mi11
21 Adana18 Mar 20095.0 mi8
22 Kazan27 Aug 20055.2 mi67 mio.
23 Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 20075.2 mi9
24 Buffalo18 May 19855.2 mi8
25 Yekaterinburg26 Apr 19915.3 mi746 mio.
26 Kitakyushu9 Jan 19855.5 mi13
27 Rennes16 Mar 20025.6 mi1523 mio.
28 Bonn22 Mar 19755.6 mi12
29 Mulheim3 Nov 19795.6 mi13
30 Duesseldorf4 Oct 19816.0 mi14
31 Turin4 Feb 20066.0 mi14
32 Lima13 Jan 20036.2 mi6
33 Samara26 Dec 19876.3 mi912 mio.
34 Wuhan28 Sep 20046.3 mi10
35 Glasgow14 Dec 18966.5 mi1515 mio.
36 Izmir22 May 20007.1 mi1030 mio.
37 Yerevan7 Mar 19817.5 mi1017 mio.
38 Naha10 Aug 20038.0 mi15
39 Edmonton22 Apr 19788.1 mi11
40 Wuppertal1 Mar 19018.3 mi20
41 Lausanne24 May 19918.5 mi29
42 Novosibirsk7 Jan 19868.9 mi1370 mio.
43 Duisburg11 Jul 19928.9 mi13
44 Santo Domingo30 Jan 20099.0 mi16
45 Sendai15 Jul 19879.2 mi1758 mio.
46 Istanbul16 Sep 20009.3 mi1068 mio.
47 Chiba28 Mar 19889.6 mi18
48 Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 19859.6 mi1433 mio.
49 Tama27 Nov 19989.9 mi19
50 ChangchunOct 200210.6 mi16
51 San Juan6 Jun 200510.7 mi169 mio.
52 Charleroi21 Jun 197610.9 mi20
53 Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 198611.2 mi12
54 Sofia28 Jan 199811.2 mi1451 mio.
55 Seville2 Apr 200911.2 mi21
56 Hiroshima20 Aug 199411.4 mi2118 mio.
57 Hanover28 Sep 197511.6 mi21
58 Marseille26 Nov 197712.0 mi2658 mio.
59 Chongqing18 Jun 200512.1 mi18
60 Gwangju28 Apr 200412.5 mi2017 mio.
61 Essen5 Oct 196712.6 mi27
62 Frankfurt4 Oct 196812.7 mi31
63 Copenhagen19 Oct 200213.1 mi2237 mio.
64 Helsinki3 Aug 198213.1 mi1758 mio.
65 Bochum26 May 197913.4 mi29
66 Oporto7 Dec 200213.5 mi15
67 Nanjing27 Aug 200513.5 mi16102 mio.
68 Sydney192613.7 mi14
69 Shenyang23 Sep 200913.8 mi18
70 Seattle18 Jul 200913.8 mi12
71 Bursa19 Aug 200214.0 mi23
72 Pyongyang6 Sep 197314.0 mi1635 mio.
73 Warsaw7 Apr 199514.0 mi21114 mio.
74 Kolkata24 Oct 198414.0 mi21100 mio.
75 Daejeon16 Mar 200614.0 mi2229 mio.
76 Ankara30 Aug 199614.4 mi23113 mio.
77 Guadalajara1 Sep 198914.9 mi29
78 Stuttgart10 Jun 196614.9 mi19
79 Baltimore21 Nov 198315.2 mi1414 mio.
80 Shenzhen28 Dec 200415.7 mi2373 mio.
81 Tbilisi11 Jan 196616.3 mi2292 mio.
82 Chennai19 Oct 199716.8 mi17
83 Toulouse26 Jun 199317.1 mi3842 mio.
84 The Hague16 Oct 200417.3 mi30
85 Belo Horizonte1 Aug 198617.5 mi19
86 Medellin30 Nov 199517.9 mi26155 mio.
87 Dortmund17 May 197618.3 mi37
88 Incheon6 Oct 199918.3 mi2973 mio.
89 Fukuoka26 Jul 198118.5 mi35124 mio.
90 Minsk26 Jun 198418.8 mi25262 mio.
91 Kobe13 Mar 197719.0 mi26121 mio.
92 Lyon28 Apr 197819.1 mi43182 mio.
93 Cleveland15 Mar 195519.3 mi186 mio.
94 Kyoto1 Apr 198119.5 mi32126 mio.
95 Monterrey25 Apr 199119.6 mi32
96 Naples28 Mar 199319.8 mi3029 mio.
97 Valencia3 Oct 198819.8 mi38
98 Brussels20 Sep 197620.0 mi61136 mio.
99 Amsterdam16 Oct 197720.3 mi3391 mio.
100 Baku6 Nov 196720.4 mi22176 mio.
101 Budapest2 May 189620.5 mi42297 mio.
102 Porto Alegre2 Mar 198521.0 mi17
103 Nuremberg1 Mar 197221.5 mi4692 mio.
104 Kharkov23 Aug 197521.9 mi28278 mio.
105 Miami21 May 198422.4 mi2219 mio.
106 Tashkent6 Nov 197722.5 mi2971 mio.
107 Rome10 Feb 195524.2 mi49331 mio.
108 Recife11 Mar 198524.7 mi30
109 Dubai9 Sep 200924.7 mi11
110 Bilbao11 Nov 199525.2 mi3886 mio.
111 Lisbon29 Dec 195925.5 mi52180 mio.
112 Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 197926.1 mi34135 mio.
113 Brasilia31 Mar 200126.1 mi2316 mio.
114 Kaohsiung9 Mar 200826.5 mi3730 mio.
115 Valparaiso23 Nov 200526.7 mi20
116 Cologne11 Oct 196828.0 mi51
117 Lille25 Apr 198328.3 mi6274 mio.
118 Manila1 Dec 198428.4 mi42346 mio.
119 Bangkok5 Dec 199928.8 mi44206 mio.
120 Rotterdam10 Feb 196829.2 mi3885 mio.
121 Buenos Aires1 Dec 191329.5 mi76280 mio.
122 Sapporo16 Dec 197129.8 mi49209 mio.
123 Dalian1 May 200330.5 mi12
124 Tehran21 Feb 200031.4 mi47353 mio.
125 Athens195432.3 mi52325 mio.
126 Daegu26 Nov 199733.5 mi56110 mio.
127 Yokohama16 Dec 197235.8 mi48198 mio.
128 Prague9 May 197436.7 mi57597 mio.
129 Los Angeles30 Jan 199336.9 mi3045 mio.
130 Kiev22 Oct 196037.2 mi46642 mio.
131 Caracas27 Mar 198337.6 mi50510 mio.
132 Boston1 Sep 189737.6 mi66145 mio.
133 Sao Paulo14 Sep 197438.1 mi58684 mio.
134 Oslo22 May 196638.5 mi7264 mio.
135 Philadelphia4 Mar 190738.5 mi6667 mio.
136 Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 199639.8 mi60109 mio.
137 Cairo27 Sep 198740.7 mi55700 mio.
138 Bucharest16 Nov 197942.1 mi50111 mio.
139 Montreal14 Oct 196643.0 mi73219 mio.
140 Vancouver3 Jan 198643.2 mi4974 mio.
141 Vienna25 Feb 197843.4 mi96498 mio.
142 Toronto30 Apr 195444.3 mi74278 mio.
143 Tianjin28 Mar 200444.7 mi3715 mio.
144 Saint Louis31 Jul 199345.6 mi37
145 Milan1 Nov 196446.4 mi88328 mio.
146 Newcastle7 Aug 198047.5 mi6138 mio.
147 Atlanta30 Jun 197949.2 mi3934 mio.
148 Santiago15 Sep 197551.6 mi93642 mio.
149 Nagoya15 Nov 195755.3 mi93427 mio.
150 Taipei28 Mar 199656.3 mi85450 mio.
151 Munich19 Oct 197157.5 mi100349 mio.
152 Busan19 Jul 198559.0 mi92257 mio.
153 Delhi24 Dec 200259.8 mi83310 mio.
154 Hamburg1 Mar 191262.6 mi97184 mio.
155 Stockholm1 Oct 195065.7 mi104303 mio.
156 Saint Petersburg15 Nov 195568.5 mi63832 mio.
157 Barcelona30 Dec 192468.7 mi152378 mio.
158 Singapore7 Nov 198773.9 mi76571 mio.
159 Osaka20 May 193385.6 mi133860 mio.
160 Berlin18 Feb 190291.6 mi195447 mio.
161 Guangzhou28 Jun 199992.3 mi88601 mio.
162 Chicago6 Jun 1892103.2 mi151198 mio.
163 San Francisco11 Sep 1972103.7 mi43100 mio.
164 Mumbai106.3 mi73
165 Washington27 Mar 1976106.4 mi90215 mio.
166 Hong Kong1 Oct 1979116.9 mi951309 mio.
167 Mexico City5 Sep 1969125.4 mi1751460 mio.
168 Paris19 Jul 1900132.4 mi3801473 mio.
169 Beijing1 Oct 1969141.4 mi1471200 mio.
170 Madrid17 Oct 1919176.5 mi281686 mio.
171 Seoul15 Aug 1974178.3 mi3482048 mio.
172 Moscow15 May 1935185.7 mi1802573 mio.
173 Tokyo30 Dec 1927189.2 mi2903174 mio.
174 Shanghai10 Apr 1995207.6 mi2301122 mio.
175 New York27 Oct 1904228.7 mi4681624 mio.
176 London10 Jan 1863253.6 mi2681197 mio.


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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