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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).



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<Opening >
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1London10 Jan 1863253.6 mi2681197 mio.
2New York27 Oct 1904228.7 mi4681624 mio.
3Shanghai10 Apr 1995207.6 mi2301122 mio.
4Tokyo30 Dec 1927189.2 mi2903174 mio.
5Moscow15 May 1935185.7 mi1802573 mio.
6Seoul15 Aug 1974178.3 mi3482048 mio.
7Madrid17 Oct 1919176.5 mi281686 mio.
8Beijing1 Oct 1969141.4 mi1471200 mio.
9Paris19 Jul 1900132.4 mi3801473 mio.
10Mexico City5 Sep 1969125.4 mi1751460 mio.
11Hong Kong1 Oct 1979116.9 mi951309 mio.
12Guangzhou28 Jun 1999109.4 mi88601 mio.
13Washington27 Mar 1976106.4 mi90215 mio.
14Mumbai106.3 mi73
15San Francisco11 Sep 1972103.7 mi43100 mio.
16Chicago6 Jun 1892103.2 mi151198 mio.
17Berlin18 Feb 190291.6 mi195447 mio.
18Osaka20 May 193385.6 mi133860 mio.
19Singapore7 Nov 198773.9 mi76571 mio.
20Barcelona30 Dec 192468.7 mi152378 mio.
21Saint Petersburg15 Nov 195568.5 mi63832 mio.
22Stockholm1 Oct 195065.7 mi104303 mio.
23Hamburg1 Mar 191262.6 mi97184 mio.
24Busan19 Jul 198559.0 mi92257 mio.
25Munich19 Oct 197157.5 mi100349 mio.
26Taipei28 Mar 199656.3 mi85450 mio.
27Delhi24 Dec 200255.8 mi78310 mio.
28Nagoya15 Nov 195755.3 mi93427 mio.
29Santiago15 Sep 197551.6 mi93642 mio.
30Atlanta30 Jun 197949.2 mi3934 mio.
31Newcastle7 Aug 198047.5 mi6138 mio.
32Milan1 Nov 196446.4 mi88328 mio.
33Saint Louis31 Jul 199345.6 mi37
34Tianjin28 Mar 200444.7 mi3715 mio.
35Toronto30 Apr 195444.3 mi74278 mio.
36Vienna25 Feb 197843.4 mi96498 mio.
37Vancouver3 Jan 198643.2 mi4974 mio.
38Montreal14 Oct 196643.0 mi73219 mio.
39Bucharest16 Nov 197942.1 mi50111 mio.
40Cairo27 Sep 198740.7 mi55700 mio.
41Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 199639.8 mi60109 mio.
42Oslo22 May 196638.5 mi7264 mio.
43Philadelphia4 Mar 190738.5 mi6667 mio.
44Sao Paulo14 Sep 197438.1 mi58684 mio.
45Boston1 Sep 189737.6 mi66145 mio.
46Caracas27 Mar 198337.6 mi47510 mio.
47Kiev22 Oct 196037.2 mi46642 mio.
48Los Angeles30 Jan 199336.9 mi3045 mio.
49Prague9 May 197436.7 mi57597 mio.
50Yokohama16 Dec 197235.8 mi48198 mio.
51Daegu26 Nov 199733.5 mi56110 mio.
52Athens195432.3 mi52325 mio.
53Tehran21 Feb 200031.4 mi47353 mio.
54Dalian1 May 200330.5 mi12
55Sapporo16 Dec 197129.8 mi49209 mio.
56Buenos Aires1 Dec 191329.5 mi76280 mio.
57Rotterdam10 Feb 196829.2 mi3885 mio.
58Bangkok5 Dec 199928.8 mi44206 mio.
59Manila1 Dec 198428.4 mi42346 mio.
60Lille25 Apr 198328.3 mi6274 mio.
61Cologne11 Oct 196828.0 mi51
62Valparaiso23 Nov 200526.7 mi20
63Kaohsiung9 Mar 200826.5 mi3730 mio.
64Brasilia31 Mar 200126.1 mi2316 mio.
65Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 197926.1 mi34135 mio.
66Lisbon29 Dec 195925.5 mi52180 mio.
67Bilbao11 Nov 199525.2 mi3886 mio.
68Dubai9 Sep 200924.7 mi10
69Recife11 Mar 198524.7 mi30
70Rome10 Feb 195524.2 mi49331 mio.
71Tashkent6 Nov 197722.5 mi2971 mio.
72Miami21 May 198422.4 mi2219 mio.
73Kharkov23 Aug 197521.9 mi28278 mio.
74Nuremberg1 Mar 197221.5 mi4692 mio.
75Porto Alegre2 Mar 198521.0 mi17
76Budapest2 May 189620.5 mi42297 mio.
77Amsterdam16 Oct 197720.3 mi3391 mio.
78Brussels20 Sep 197620.0 mi61136 mio.
79Naples28 Mar 199319.8 mi3029 mio.
80Valencia3 Oct 198819.8 mi38
81Baku6 Nov 196719.7 mi21176 mio.
82Monterrey25 Apr 199119.6 mi32
83Kyoto1 Apr 198119.5 mi32126 mio.
84Cleveland15 Mar 195519.3 mi186 mio.
85Lyon28 Apr 197819.1 mi43182 mio.
86Kobe13 Mar 197719.0 mi26121 mio.
87Minsk26 Jun 198418.8 mi25262 mio.
88Fukuoka26 Jul 198118.5 mi35124 mio.
89Incheon6 Oct 199918.3 mi2973 mio.
90Dortmund17 May 197618.3 mi37
91Medellin30 Nov 199517.9 mi26155 mio.
92Belo Horizonte1 Aug 198617.5 mi19
93The Hague16 Oct 200417.3 mi30
94Toulouse26 Jun 199317.1 mi3842 mio.
95Chennai19 Oct 199716.8 mi17
96Tbilisi11 Jan 196616.3 mi2292 mio.
97Shenzhen28 Dec 200415.7 mi2373 mio.
98Baltimore21 Nov 198315.2 mi1414 mio.
99Stuttgart10 Jun 196614.9 mi19
100Guadalajara1 Sep 198914.9 mi29
101Ankara30 Aug 199614.4 mi23113 mio.
102Kolkata24 Oct 198414.0 mi21100 mio.
103Daejeon16 Mar 200614.0 mi2229 mio.
104Warsaw7 Apr 199514.0 mi21114 mio.
105Bursa19 Aug 200214.0 mi23
106Pyongyang6 Sep 197314.0 mi1635 mio.
107Seattle18 Jul 200913.8 mi12
108Sydney192613.7 mi14
109Nanjing27 Aug 200513.5 mi16102 mio.
110Oporto7 Dec 200213.5 mi15
111Bochum26 May 197913.4 mi29
112Helsinki3 Aug 198213.1 mi1758 mio.
113Copenhagen19 Oct 200213.1 mi2237 mio.
114Frankfurt4 Oct 196812.7 mi31
115Essen5 Oct 196712.6 mi27
116Gwangju28 Apr 200412.5 mi2017 mio.
117Chongqing18 Jun 200512.1 mi18
118Marseille26 Nov 197712.0 mi2658 mio.
119Hanover28 Sep 197511.6 mi21
120Hiroshima20 Aug 199411.4 mi2118 mio.
121Seville2 Apr 200911.2 mi21
122Sofia28 Jan 199811.2 mi1451 mio.
123Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 198611.2 mi12
124Charleroi21 Jun 197610.9 mi20
125San Juan6 Jun 200510.7 mi169 mio.
126ChangchunOct 200210.6 mi16
127Tama27 Nov 19989.9 mi19
128Chiba28 Mar 19889.6 mi18
129Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 19859.6 mi1433 mio.
130Istanbul16 Sep 20009.3 mi1068 mio.
131Sendai15 Jul 19879.2 mi1758 mio.
132Santo Domingo30 Jan 20099.0 mi16
133Duisburg11 Jul 19928.9 mi13
134Novosibirsk7 Jan 19868.9 mi1370 mio.
135Lausanne24 May 19918.5 mi29
136Wuppertal1 Mar 19018.3 mi20
137Edmonton22 Apr 19788.1 mi11
138Naha10 Aug 20038.0 mi15
139Yerevan7 Mar 19817.5 mi1017 mio.
140Izmir22 May 20007.1 mi1030 mio.
141Glasgow14 Dec 18966.5 mi1515 mio.
142Samara26 Dec 19876.3 mi912 mio.
143Wuhan28 Sep 20046.3 mi10
144Lima13 Jan 20036.2 mi6
145Turin4 Feb 20066.0 mi14
146Duesseldorf4 Oct 19816.0 mi14
147Mulheim3 Nov 19795.6 mi13
148Rennes16 Mar 20025.6 mi1523 mio.
149Algiers20095.6 mi10
150Bonn22 Mar 19755.6 mi12
151Kitakyushu9 Jan 19855.5 mi13
152Yekaterinburg26 Apr 19915.3 mi746 mio.
153Buffalo18 May 19855.2 mi8
154Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 20075.2 mi9
155Kazan27 Aug 20055.2 mi67 mio.
156Adana18 Mar 20095.0 mi8
157Antwerp25 Mar 19754.7 mi11
158Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 19954.4 mi611 mio.
159Jacksonville30 May 19894.3 mi6
160Kamakura3 Mar 19704.1 mi8
161Maracaibo8 Jun 20094.0 mi6
162Las Vegas15 Jul 20043.9 mi7
163Valencia18 Oct 20063.9 mi718 mio.
164Poznan1 Mar 19973.8 mi6
165Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 19843.4 mi9
166Bielefeld21 Sep 19713.2 mi7
167Genoa13 Jun 19903.2 mi7
168DetroitJul 19873.0 mi13
169Ludwigshafen29 May 19692.5 mi11
170Catania27 Jun 19992.4 mi6
171Volgograd5 Nov 19842.1 mi2
172Perugia29 Jan 20081.9 mi7
173Rouen17 Dec 19941.4 mi5
174Newark26 May 19351.4 mi4
175Haifa19591.1 mi6
176Pittsburgh3 Jul 19850.9 mi3


Numerical data (except ridership) by Jordi Serradell 8/2009. Ridership data by John Kennes 7/2008. Ticket prices by UBS: Prices and Earnings (PDF, p. 20) 2009. Non-numerical data by Mike Rohde 8/2009.






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