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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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1Mumbai171.0 km7352.3434.214.6
2London10 Jan 1863408.0 km268111.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,000
3Chicago6 Jun 1892166.0 km15181.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,000
4Budapest2 May 189633.0 km4230.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,000
5Glasgow14 Dec 189610.4 km1510.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,000
6Boston1 Sep 189760.5 km6631.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,000
7Paris19 Jul 1900213.0 km380160.7113.323.81473 mio.6,915,000
8Wuppertal1 Mar 190113.3 km2010.6713.320.0
9Berlin18 Feb 1902147.4 km195100.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,000
10New York27 Oct 1904368.0 km468270.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,000
11Philadelphia4 Mar 190762.0 km6631.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,000
12Hamburg1 Mar 1912100.7 km9731.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,000
13Buenos Aires1 Dec 191347.5 km7660.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,000
14Madrid17 Oct 1919284.0 km281131.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,000
15Barcelona30 Dec 1924110.5 km152100.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,000
16Sydney192622.1 km1431.587.44.7
17Tokyo30 Dec 1927304.5 km290131.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,000
18Osaka20 May 1933137.8 km13391.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,000
19Moscow15 May 1935298.8 km180122.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,000
20Newark26 May 19352.2 km410.552.24.0
21Stockholm1 Oct 1950105.7 km10431.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,000
22Athens195452.0 km5231.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,000
23Toronto30 Apr 195471.3 km7441.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,000
24Rome10 Feb 195539.0 km4920.8119.524.5331 mio.8,487,000
25Cleveland15 Mar 195531.0 km1811.7231.018.06 mio.194,000
26Saint Petersburg15 Nov 1955110.2 km6352.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,000
27Nagoya15 Nov 195789.0 km9341.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,000
28Haifa19591.8 km610.291.86.0
29Lisbon29 Dec 195941.0 km5240.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,000
30Kiev22 Oct 196059.8 km4631.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,000
31Milan1 Nov 196474.6 km8830.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,000
32Tbilisi11 Jan 196626.3 km2221.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,000
33Oslo22 May 196662.0 km7250.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,000
34Stuttgart10 Jun 196624.0 km1921.4112.09.5
35Montreal14 Oct 196669.2 km7341.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,000
36Essen5 Oct 196720.2 km2730.756.79.0
37Baku6 Nov 196731.7 km2121.5915.910.5176 mio.5,552,000
38Rotterdam10 Feb 196847.0 km3821.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,000
39Frankfurt4 Oct 196820.5 km3130.766.810.3
40Cologne11 Oct 196845.0 km51150.883.03.4
41Ludwigshafen29 May 19694.0 km1100.36
42Mexico City5 Sep 1969201.7 km175111.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,000
43Beijing1 Oct 1969227.6 km14791.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,000
44Kamakura3 Mar 19706.6 km810.826.68.0
45Bielefeld21 Sep 19715.2 km740.741.31.8
46Munich19 Oct 197192.5 km10060.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,000
47Sapporo16 Dec 197148.0 km4931.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,000
48Nuremberg1 Mar 197234.6 km4630.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,000
49San Francisco11 Sep 1972166.9 km4353.8833.48.6100 mio.599,000
50Yokohama16 Dec 197257.6 km4831.2819.216.0198 mio.3,438,000
51Pyongyang6 Sep 197322.5 km1621.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,000
52Prague9 May 197459.1 km5731.0919.719.0597 mio.10,102,000
53Seoul15 Aug 1974286.9 km348100.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,000
54Sao Paulo14 Sep 197461.3 km5841.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,000
55Bonn22 Mar 19759.0 km1210.759.012.0
56Antwerp25 Mar 19757.6 km1120.693.85.5
57Kharkov23 Aug 197535.3 km2831.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,000
58Santiago15 Sep 197583.0 km9350.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,000
59Hanover28 Sep 197518.6 km2131.096.27.0
60Washington27 Mar 1976171.2 km9051.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,000
61Dortmund17 May 197629.5 km3730.809.812.3
62Charleroi21 Jun 197617.5 km2040.884.45.0
63Brussels20 Sep 197632.2 km6130.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,000
64Kobe13 Mar 197730.6 km2621.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,000
65Amsterdam16 Oct 197732.7 km3340.998.28.391 mio.2,783,000
66Tashkent6 Nov 197736.2 km2931.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,000
67Marseille26 Nov 197719.3 km2620.809.613.058 mio.3,005,000
68Vienna25 Feb 197869.8 km9650.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,000
69Edmonton22 Apr 197813.1 km1111.1913.111.0
70Lyon28 Apr 197830.7 km4340.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,000
71Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 197942.0 km3421.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,000
72Bochum26 May 197921.5 km2920.8010.814.5
73Atlanta30 Jun 197979.2 km3922.0839.619.534 mio.429,000
74Hong Kong1 Oct 1979188.1 km9592.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,000
75Mulheim3 Nov 19799.0 km1320.754.56.5
76Bucharest16 Nov 197967.7 km5041.5716.912.5111 mio.1,640,000
77Newcastle7 Aug 198076.5 km6121.5338.330.538 mio.497,000
78Yerevan7 Mar 198112.1 km1011.2112.110.017 mio.1,405,000
79Kyoto1 Apr 198131.3 km3221.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,000
80Fukuoka26 Jul 198129.8 km3530.889.911.7124 mio.4,161,000
81Duesseldorf4 Oct 19819.6 km1420.684.87.0
82Helsinki3 Aug 198221.0 km1711.2421.017.058 mio.2,762,000
83Caracas27 Mar 198360.5 km4751.4112.19.4510 mio.8,430,000
84Lille25 Apr 198345.5 km6220.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,000
85Baltimore21 Nov 198324.5 km1411.7524.514.014 mio.571,000
86Miami21 May 198436.0 km2211.6436.022.019 mio.528,000
87Minsk26 Jun 198430.3 km2521.2615.112.5262 mio.8,647,000
88Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 19845.5 km910.615.59.0
89Kolkata24 Oct 198422.6 km2111.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,000
90Volgograd5 Nov 19843.3 km211.653.32.0
91Manila1 Dec 198445.7 km4231.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,000
92Kitakyushu9 Jan 19858.8 km1310.688.813.0
93Porto Alegre2 Mar 198533.8 km1711.9933.817.0
94Recife11 Mar 198539.7 km3021.4219.915.0
95Buffalo18 May 19858.4 km811.048.48.0
96Pittsburgh3 Jul 19851.5 km310.481.53.0
97Busan19 Jul 198595.0 km9231.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,000
98Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 198515.5 km1421.197.87.033 mio.2,129,000
99Vancouver3 Jan 198669.5 km4931.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,000
100Novosibirsk7 Jan 198614.3 km1321.197.26.570 mio.4,895,000
101Belo Horizonte1 Aug 198628.1 km1911.4828.119.0
102Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 198618.0 km1211.5018.012.0
103DetroitJul 19874.8 km1310.374.813.0
104Sendai15 Jul 198714.8 km1710.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,000
105Cairo27 Sep 198765.5 km5521.2432.827.5700 mio.10,687,000
106Singapore7 Nov 1987118.9 km7641.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,000
107Samara26 Dec 198710.2 km911.1310.29.012 mio.1,176,000
108Chiba28 Mar 198815.5 km1820.867.89.0
109Valencia3 Oct 198831.8 km3830.8610.612.7
110Jacksonville30 May 19896.9 km611.156.96.0
111Guadalajara1 Sep 198924.0 km2920.8612.014.5
112Genoa13 Jun 19905.2 km710.745.27.0
113Monterrey25 Apr 199131.5 km3221.0215.816.0
114Yekaterinburg26 Apr 19918.5 km711.218.57.046 mio.5,412,000
115Lausanne24 May 199113.7 km2920.496.814.5
116Duisburg11 Jul 199214.3 km1321.107.26.5
117Los Angeles30 Jan 199359.3 km3031.9819.810.045 mio.759,000
118Naples28 Mar 199331.8 km3031.1410.610.029 mio.912,000
119Toulouse26 Jun 199327.5 km3820.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,000
120Saint Louis31 Jul 199373.4 km3721.9836.718.5
121Hiroshima20 Aug 199418.4 km2110.8818.421.018 mio.978,000
122Rouen17 Dec 19942.2 km510.442.25.0
123Warsaw7 Apr 199522.6 km2111.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,000
124Shanghai10 Apr 1995334.0 km230101.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,000
125Bilbao11 Nov 199540.6 km3821.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,000
126Medellin30 Nov 199528.8 km2621.1514.413.0155 mio.5,382,000
127Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 19957.1 km611.187.16.011 mio.1,549,000
128Taipei28 Mar 199690.6 km8581.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,000
129Ankara30 Aug 199623.1 km2321.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,000
130Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 199664.0 km6031.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,000
131Poznan1 Mar 19976.1 km611.026.16.0
132Chennai19 Oct 199727.0 km1711.5927.017.0
133Daegu26 Nov 199753.9 km5620.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,000
134Sofia28 Jan 199818.0 km1411.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,000
135Tama27 Nov 199816.0 km1910.8416.019.0
136Catania27 Jun 19993.8 km610.633.86.0
137Guangzhou28 Jun 1999176.1 km8852.2335.217.6601 mio.3,414,000
138Incheon6 Oct 199929.5 km2911.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,000
139Bangkok5 Dec 199946.3 km4431.1615.414.7206 mio.4,449,000
140Tehran21 Feb 200050.5 km4731.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,000
141Izmir22 May 200011.5 km1011.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,000
142Istanbul16 Sep 200015.0 km1011.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,000
143Brasilia31 Mar 200142.0 km2311.8342.023.016 mio.381,000
144Rennes16 Mar 20029.0 km1510.609.015.023 mio.2,556,000
145Bursa19 Aug 200222.5 km2310.9822.523.0
146ChangchunOct 200217.0 km1611.0617.016.0
147Copenhagen19 Oct 200221.0 km2220.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,000
148Oporto7 Dec 200221.7 km1521.5510.97.5
149Delhi24 Dec 200289.9 km7831.1829.926.0310 mio.3,450,000
150Lima13 Jan 200310.0 km611.6710.06.0
151Dalian1 May 200349.0 km1214.0849.012.0
152Naha10 Aug 200312.8 km1510.8512.815.0
153Tianjin28 Mar 200472.0 km3721.9536.018.515 mio.208,000
154Gwangju28 Apr 200420.1 km2011.0120.120.017 mio.846,000
155Las Vegas15 Jul 20046.2 km710.896.27.0
156Wuhan28 Sep 200410.2 km1011.0210.210.0
157The Hague16 Oct 200427.9 km3030.939.310.0
158Shenzhen28 Dec 200425.3 km2321.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,000
159San Juan6 Jun 200517.2 km1611.0817.216.09 mio.523,000
160Chongqing18 Jun 200519.5 km1811.0819.518.0
161Kazan27 Aug 20058.3 km611.388.36.07 mio.843,000
162Nanjing27 Aug 200521.7 km1611.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,000
163Valparaiso23 Nov 200543.0 km2012.1543.020.0
164Turin4 Feb 20069.6 km1410.699.614.0
165Daejeon16 Mar 200622.6 km2211.0322.622.029 mio.1,283,000
166Valencia18 Oct 20066.2 km710.896.27.018 mio.2,903,000
167Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 20078.3 km910.928.39.0
168Perugia29 Jan 20083.0 km710.433.07.0
169Kaohsiung9 Mar 200842.7 km3721.1921.418.530 mio.703,000
170Algiers20099.0 km1010.909.010.0
171Santo Domingo30 Jan 200914.5 km1610.9114.516.0
172Adana18 Mar 20098.0 km811.008.08.0
173Seville2 Apr 200918.0 km2110.8618.021.0
174Maracaibo8 Jun 20096.5 km611.086.56.0
175Seattle18 Jul 200922.2 km1211.8522.212.0
176Dubai9 Sep 200939.7 km1013.9739.710.0


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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