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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 Adana18 Mar 20098.0 km81
2 Amsterdam16 Oct 197732.7 km334
3 Ankara30 Aug 199623.1 km232
4 Antwerp25 Mar 19757.6 km112
5 Athens195452.0 km523
6 Atlanta30 Jun 197979.2 km392
7 Baku6 Nov 196732.9 km222
8 Baltimore21 Nov 198324.5 km141
9 Bangkok5 Dec 199946.3 km443
10 Barcelona30 Dec 1924110.5 km15210
11 Beijing1 Oct 1969227.6 km1479
12 Belo Horizonte1 Aug 198628.1 km191
13 Berlin18 Feb 1902147.4 km19510
14 Bielefeld21 Sep 19715.2 km74
15 Bilbao11 Nov 199540.6 km382
16 Bochum26 May 197921.5 km292
17 Bonn22 Mar 19759.0 km121
18 Boston1 Sep 189760.5 km663
19 Brasilia31 Mar 200142.0 km231
20 Brussels20 Sep 197632.2 km613
21 Bucharest16 Nov 197967.7 km504
22 Budapest2 May 189633.0 km423
23 Buenos Aires1 Dec 191347.5 km766
24 Buffalo18 May 19858.4 km81
25 Bursa19 Aug 200222.5 km231
26 Busan19 Jul 198595.0 km923
27 Cairo27 Sep 198765.5 km552
28 Caracas27 Mar 198360.5 km505
29 Catania27 Jun 19993.8 km61
30 ChangchunOct 200217.0 km161
31 Charleroi21 Jun 197617.5 km204
32 Chennai19 Oct 199727.0 km171
33 Chiba28 Mar 198815.5 km182
34 Chicago6 Jun 1892166.0 km1518
35 Chongqing18 Jun 200519.5 km181
36 Cleveland15 Mar 195531.0 km181
37 Cologne11 Oct 196845.0 km5115
38 Copenhagen19 Oct 200221.0 km222
39 Daegu26 Nov 199753.9 km562
40 Daejeon16 Mar 200622.6 km221
41 Dalian1 May 200349.0 km121
42 Delhi24 Dec 200296.2 km833
43 DetroitJul 19874.8 km131
44 Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 19957.1 km61
45 Dortmund17 May 197629.5 km373
46 Dubai9 Sep 200939.7 km111
47 Duesseldorf4 Oct 19819.6 km142
48 Duisburg11 Jul 199214.3 km132
49 Edmonton22 Apr 197813.1 km111
50 Essen5 Oct 196720.2 km273
51 Frankfurt4 Oct 196820.5 km313
52 Fukuoka26 Jul 198129.8 km353
53 Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 19845.5 km91
54 Genoa13 Jun 19905.2 km71
55 Glasgow14 Dec 189610.4 km151
56 Guadalajara1 Sep 198924.0 km292
57 Guangzhou28 Jun 1999148.5 km885
58 Gwangju28 Apr 200420.1 km201
59 Haifa19591.8 km61
60 Hamburg1 Mar 1912100.7 km973
61 Hanover28 Sep 197518.6 km213
62 Helsinki3 Aug 198221.0 km171
63 Hiroshima20 Aug 199418.4 km211
64 Hong Kong1 Oct 1979188.1 km959
65 Incheon6 Oct 199929.5 km291
66 Istanbul16 Sep 200015.0 km101
67 Izmir22 May 200011.5 km101
68 Jacksonville30 May 19896.9 km61
69 Kamakura3 Mar 19706.6 km81
70 Kaohsiung9 Mar 200842.7 km372
71 Kazan27 Aug 20058.3 km61
72 Kharkov23 Aug 197535.3 km283
73 Kiev22 Oct 196059.8 km463
74 Kitakyushu9 Jan 19858.8 km131
75 Kobe13 Mar 197730.6 km262
76 Kolkata24 Oct 198422.6 km211
77 Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 198618.0 km121
78 Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 199664.0 km603
79 Kyoto1 Apr 198131.3 km322
80 Las Vegas15 Jul 20046.2 km71
81 Lausanne24 May 199113.7 km292
82 Lille25 Apr 198345.5 km622
83 Lima13 Jan 200310.0 km61
84 Lisbon29 Dec 195941.0 km524
85 London10 Jan 1863408.0 km26811
86 Los Angeles30 Jan 199359.3 km303
87 Ludwigshafen29 May 19694.0 km110
88 Lyon28 Apr 197830.7 km434
89 Madrid17 Oct 1919284.0 km28113
90 Manila1 Dec 198445.7 km423
91 Maracaibo8 Jun 20096.5 km61
92 Marseille26 Nov 197719.3 km262
93 Medellin30 Nov 199528.8 km262
94 Mexico City5 Sep 1969201.7 km17511
95 Miami21 May 198436.0 km221
96 Milan1 Nov 196474.6 km883
97 Minsk26 Jun 198430.3 km252
98 Monterrey25 Apr 199131.5 km322
99 Montreal14 Oct 196669.2 km734
100 Moscow15 May 1935298.8 km18012
101 Mulheim3 Nov 19799.0 km132
102 Mumbai171.0 km735
103 Munich19 Oct 197192.5 km1006
104 Nagoya15 Nov 195789.0 km934
105 Naha10 Aug 200312.8 km151
106 Nanjing27 Aug 200521.7 km161
107 Naples28 Mar 199331.8 km303
108 New York27 Oct 1904368.0 km46827
109 Newark26 May 19352.2 km41
110 Newcastle7 Aug 198076.5 km612
111 Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 198515.5 km142
112 Novosibirsk7 Jan 198614.3 km132
113 Nuremberg1 Mar 197234.6 km463
114 Oporto7 Dec 200221.7 km152
115 Osaka20 May 1933137.8 km1339
116 Oslo22 May 196662.0 km725
117 Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 20078.3 km91
118 Paris19 Jul 1900213.0 km38016
119 Perugia29 Jan 20083.0 km71
120 Philadelphia4 Mar 190762.0 km663
121 Pittsburgh3 Jul 19851.5 km31
122 Porto Alegre2 Mar 198533.8 km171
123 Poznan1 Mar 19976.1 km61
124 Prague9 May 197459.1 km573
125 Pyongyang6 Sep 197322.5 km162
126 Recife11 Mar 198539.7 km302
127 Rennes16 Mar 20029.0 km151
128 Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 197942.0 km342
129 Rome10 Feb 195539.0 km492
130 Rotterdam10 Feb 196847.0 km382
131 Rouen17 Dec 19942.2 km51
132 Saint Louis31 Jul 199373.4 km372
133 Saint Petersburg15 Nov 1955110.2 km635
134 Samara26 Dec 198710.2 km91
135 San Francisco11 Sep 1972166.9 km435
136 San Juan6 Jun 200517.2 km161
137 Santiago15 Sep 197583.0 km935
138 Santo Domingo30 Jan 200914.5 km161
139 Sao Paulo14 Sep 197461.3 km584
140 Sapporo16 Dec 197148.0 km493
141 Seattle18 Jul 200922.2 km121
142 Sendai15 Jul 198714.8 km171
143 Seoul15 Aug 1974286.9 km34810
144 Seville2 Apr 200918.0 km211
145 Shanghai10 Apr 1995334.0 km23010
146 Shenyang23 Sep 200922.2 km181
147 Shenzhen28 Dec 200425.3 km232
148 Singapore7 Nov 1987118.9 km764
149 Sofia28 Jan 199818.0 km141
150 Stockholm1 Oct 1950105.7 km1043
151 Stuttgart10 Jun 196624.0 km192
152 Sydney192622.1 km143
153 Taipei28 Mar 199690.6 km858
154 Tama27 Nov 199816.0 km191
155 Tashkent6 Nov 197736.2 km293
156 Tbilisi11 Jan 196626.3 km222
157 Tehran21 Feb 200050.5 km473
158 The Hague16 Oct 200427.9 km303
159 Tianjin28 Mar 200472.0 km372
160 Tokyo30 Dec 1927304.5 km29013
161 Toronto30 Apr 195471.3 km744
162 Toulouse26 Jun 199327.5 km382
163 Turin4 Feb 20069.6 km141
164 Valencia18 Oct 20066.2 km71
165 Valencia3 Oct 198831.8 km383
166 Valparaiso23 Nov 200543.0 km201
167 Vancouver3 Jan 198669.5 km493
168 Vienna25 Feb 197869.8 km965
169 Volgograd5 Nov 19843.3 km21
170 Warsaw7 Apr 199522.6 km211
171 Washington27 Mar 1976171.2 km905
172 Wuhan28 Sep 200410.2 km101
173 Wuppertal1 Mar 190113.3 km201
174 Yekaterinburg26 Apr 19918.5 km71
175 Yerevan7 Mar 198112.1 km101
176 Yokohama16 Dec 197257.6 km483


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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