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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 Mumbai171.0 km735732.3434.20.17 EUR
2 London10 Jan 1863408.0 km268112681.5237.11197 mio.2,934,0002.75 EUR
3 Chicago6 Jun 1892166.0 km15181441.1520.8198 mio.1,193,0001.58 EUR
4 Budapest2 May 189633.0 km423400.8311.0297 mio.9,000,0000.95 EUR
5 Glasgow14 Dec 189610.4 km151150.6910.415 mio.1,442,000
6 Boston1 Sep 189760.5 km663601.0120.2145 mio.2,397,000
7 Paris19 Jul 1900213.0 km380163000.7113.31473 mio.6,915,0001.57 EUR
8 Wuppertal1 Mar 190113.3 km201200.6713.3
9 Berlin18 Feb 1902147.4 km195101730.8514.7447 mio.3,033,0002.10 EUR
10 New York27 Oct 1904368.0 km468274220.8713.61624 mio.4,413,0001.53 EUR
11 Philadelphia4 Mar 190762.0 km663621.0020.767 mio.1,081,000
12 Hamburg1 Mar 1912100.7 km973891.1333.6184 mio.1,827,000
13 Buenos Aires1 Dec 191347.5 km766680.707.9280 mio.5,895,0000.24 EUR
14 Madrid17 Oct 1919284.0 km281132311.2321.8686 mio.2,415,0001.00 EUR
15 Barcelona30 Dec 1924110.5 km152101280.8611.1378 mio.3,421,0001.35 EUR
16 Sydney192622.1 km143141.587.42.92 EUR
17 Tokyo30 Dec 1927304.5 km290132051.4923.43174 mio.10,424,0001.57 EUR
18 Osaka20 May 1933137.8 km13391041.3315.3860 mio.6,241,000
19 Moscow15 May 1935298.8 km180121442.0724.92573 mio.8,611,0000.50 EUR
20 Newark26 May 19352.2 km4140.552.2
21 Stockholm1 Oct 1950105.7 km10431001.0635.2303 mio.2,867,0003.73 EUR
22 Athens195452.0 km523481.0817.3325 mio.6,250,0001.00 EUR
23 Toronto30 Apr 195471.3 km744691.0317.8278 mio.3,899,0001.67 EUR
24 Rome10 Feb 195539.0 km492480.8119.5331 mio.8,487,0001.00 EUR
25 Cleveland15 Mar 195531.0 km181181.7231.06 mio.194,000
26 Saint Petersburg15 Nov 1955110.2 km635552.0022.0832 mio.7,550,000
27 Nagoya15 Nov 195789.0 km934821.0922.3427 mio.4,798,000
28 Haifa19591.8 km6160.291.8
29 Lisbon29 Dec 195941.0 km524460.8910.3180 mio.4,390,0000.80 EUR
30 Kiev22 Oct 196059.8 km463431.3919.9642 mio.10,736,0000.27 EUR
31 Milan1 Nov 196474.6 km883840.8924.9328 mio.4,397,0001.00 EUR
32 Tbilisi11 Jan 196626.3 km222211.2513.192 mio.3,498,000
33 Oslo22 May 196662.0 km725720.8612.464 mio.1,032,0002.67 EUR
34 Stuttgart10 Jun 196624.0 km192171.4112.0
35 Montreal14 Oct 196669.2 km734681.0217.3219 mio.3,165,0001.67 EUR
36 Essen5 Oct 196720.2 km273270.756.7
37 Baku6 Nov 196732.9 km222211.5616.4176 mio.5,356,000
38 Rotterdam10 Feb 196847.0 km382371.2723.585 mio.1,809,000
39 Frankfurt4 Oct 196820.5 km313270.766.82.30 EUR
40 Cologne11 Oct 196845.0 km5115510.883.0
41 Ludwigshafen29 May 19694.0 km110110.36
42 Mexico City5 Sep 1969201.7 km175111471.3718.31460 mio.7,238,0000.14 EUR
43 Beijing1 Oct 1969227.6 km14791251.8225.31200 mio.5,274,0000.15 EUR
44 Kamakura3 Mar 19706.6 km8180.826.6
45 Bielefeld21 Sep 19715.2 km7470.741.3
46 Munich19 Oct 197192.5 km1006940.9815.4349 mio.3,773,0002.30 EUR
47 Sapporo16 Dec 197148.0 km493461.0416.0209 mio.4,354,000
48 Nuremberg1 Mar 197234.6 km463440.7911.592 mio.2,659,000
49 San Francisco11 Sep 1972166.9 km435433.8833.4100 mio.599,000
50 Yokohama16 Dec 197257.6 km483451.2819.2198 mio.3,438,000
51 Pyongyang6 Sep 197322.5 km162151.5011.335 mio.1,556,000
52 Prague9 May 197459.1 km573541.0919.7597 mio.10,102,0000.65 EUR
53 Seoul15 Aug 1974286.9 km348102980.9628.72048 mio.7,138,0000.54 EUR
54 Sao Paulo14 Sep 197461.3 km584551.1115.3684 mio.11,158,0000.76 EUR
55 Bonn22 Mar 19759.0 km121120.759.0
56 Antwerp25 Mar 19757.6 km112110.693.8
57 Kharkov23 Aug 197535.3 km283251.4111.8278 mio.7,875,000
58 Santiago15 Sep 197583.0 km935860.9716.6642 mio.7,735,0000.55 EUR
59 Hanover28 Sep 197518.6 km213171.096.2
60 Washington27 Mar 1976171.2 km905861.9934.2215 mio.1,256,000
61 Dortmund17 May 197629.5 km373370.809.8
62 Charleroi21 Jun 197617.5 km204200.884.4
63 Brussels20 Sep 197632.2 km613590.5510.7136 mio.4,224,0001.53 EUR
64 Kobe13 Mar 197730.6 km262241.2815.3121 mio.3,954,000
65 Amsterdam16 Oct 197732.7 km334330.998.291 mio.2,783,0002.09 EUR
66 Tashkent6 Nov 197736.2 km293261.3912.171 mio.1,961,000
67 Marseille26 Nov 197719.3 km262240.809.658 mio.3,005,000
68 Vienna25 Feb 197869.8 km965840.8314.0498 mio.7,135,0001.70 EUR
69 Edmonton22 Apr 197813.1 km111111.1913.1
70 Lyon28 Apr 197830.7 km434390.797.7182 mio.5,928,0001.60 EUR
71 Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 197942.0 km342341.2421.0135 mio.3,214,0000.77 EUR
72 Bochum26 May 197921.5 km292270.8010.8
73 Atlanta30 Jun 197979.2 km392382.0839.634 mio.429,000
74 Hong Kong1 Oct 1979188.1 km959822.2920.91309 mio.6,959,0000.91 EUR
75 Mulheim3 Nov 19799.0 km132120.754.5
76 Bucharest16 Nov 197967.7 km504431.5716.9111 mio.1,640,0000.40 EUR
77 Newcastle7 Aug 198076.5 km612501.5338.338 mio.497,000
78 Yerevan7 Mar 198112.1 km101101.2112.117 mio.1,405,000
79 Kyoto1 Apr 198131.3 km322311.0115.6126 mio.4,026,000
80 Fukuoka26 Jul 198129.8 km353340.889.9124 mio.4,161,000
81 Duesseldorf4 Oct 19819.6 km142140.684.8
82 Helsinki3 Aug 198221.0 km171171.2421.058 mio.2,762,0002.10 EUR
83 Caracas27 Mar 198360.5 km505461.3212.1510 mio.8,430,0000.31 EUR
84 Lille25 Apr 198345.5 km622600.7622.874 mio.1,626,000
85 Baltimore21 Nov 198324.5 km141141.7524.514 mio.571,000
86 Miami21 May 198436.0 km221221.6436.019 mio.528,0001.66 EUR
87 Minsk26 Jun 198430.3 km252241.2615.1262 mio.8,647,000
88 Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 19845.5 km9190.615.5
89 Kolkata24 Oct 198422.6 km211211.0822.6100 mio.4,425,000
90 Volgograd5 Nov 19843.3 km2121.653.3
91 Manila1 Dec 198445.7 km423391.1715.2346 mio.7,571,0000.18 EUR
92 Kitakyushu9 Jan 19858.8 km131130.688.8
93 Porto Alegre2 Mar 198533.8 km171171.9933.8
94 Recife11 Mar 198539.7 km302281.4219.9
95 Buffalo18 May 19858.4 km8181.048.4
96 Pittsburgh3 Jul 19851.5 km3130.481.5
97 Busan19 Jul 198595.0 km923881.0831.7257 mio.2,705,000
98 Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 198515.5 km142131.197.833 mio.2,129,000
99 Vancouver3 Jan 198669.5 km493471.4823.274 mio.1,065,000
100 Novosibirsk7 Jan 198614.3 km132121.197.270 mio.4,895,000
101 Belo Horizonte1 Aug 198628.1 km191191.4828.1
102 Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 198618.0 km121121.5018.0
103 DetroitJul 19874.8 km131130.374.8
104 Sendai15 Jul 198714.8 km171170.8714.858 mio.3,919,000
105 Cairo27 Sep 198765.5 km552531.2432.8700 mio.10,687,0000.14 EUR
106 Singapore7 Nov 1987118.9 km764691.7229.7571 mio.4,802,0000.97 EUR
107 Samara26 Dec 198710.2 km9191.1310.212 mio.1,176,000
108 Chiba28 Mar 198815.5 km182180.867.8
109 Valencia3 Oct 198831.8 km383370.8610.6
110 Jacksonville30 May 19896.9 km6161.156.9
111 Guadalajara1 Sep 198924.0 km292280.8612.0
112 Genoa13 Jun 19905.2 km7170.745.2
113 Monterrey25 Apr 199131.5 km322311.0215.8
114 Yekaterinburg26 Apr 19918.5 km7171.218.546 mio.5,412,000
115 Lausanne24 May 199113.7 km292280.496.8
116 Duisburg11 Jul 199214.3 km132131.107.2
117 Los Angeles30 Jan 199359.3 km303301.9819.845 mio.759,0001.91 EUR
118 Naples28 Mar 199331.8 km303281.1410.629 mio.912,000
119 Toulouse26 Jun 199327.5 km382370.7413.842 mio.1,527,000
120 Saint Louis31 Jul 199373.4 km372371.9836.7
121 Hiroshima20 Aug 199418.4 km211210.8818.418 mio.978,000
122 Rouen17 Dec 19942.2 km5150.442.2
123 Warsaw7 Apr 199522.6 km211211.0822.6114 mio.5,044,0000.47 EUR
124 Shanghai10 Apr 1995334.0 km230101941.7233.41122 mio.3,359,0000.34 EUR
125 Bilbao11 Nov 199540.6 km382381.0720.386 mio.2,118,000
126 Medellin30 Nov 199528.8 km262251.1514.4155 mio.5,382,000
127 Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 19957.1 km6161.187.111 mio.1,549,000
128 Taipei28 Mar 199690.6 km858801.1311.3450 mio.4,967,0000.60 EUR
129 Ankara30 Aug 199623.1 km232221.0511.6113 mio.4,892,000
130 Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 199664.0 km603561.1421.3109 mio.1,703,0000.37 EUR
131 Poznan1 Mar 19976.1 km6161.026.1
132 Chennai19 Oct 199727.0 km171171.5927.0
133 Daegu26 Nov 199753.9 km562550.9827.0110 mio.2,041,000
134 Sofia28 Jan 199818.0 km141141.2918.051 mio.2,833,0000.51 EUR
135 Tama27 Nov 199816.0 km191190.8416.0
136 Catania27 Jun 19993.8 km6160.633.8
137 Guangzhou28 Jun 1999148.5 km885791.8829.7601 mio.4,047,000
138 Incheon6 Oct 199929.5 km291291.0229.573 mio.2,475,000
139 Bangkok5 Dec 199946.3 km443401.1615.4206 mio.4,449,0000.64 EUR
140 Tehran21 Feb 200050.5 km473441.1516.8353 mio.6,990,000
141 Izmir22 May 200011.5 km101101.1511.530 mio.2,609,000
142 Istanbul16 Sep 200015.0 km101101.5015.068 mio.4,533,0000.63 EUR
143 Brasilia31 Mar 200142.0 km231231.8342.016 mio.381,000
144 Rennes16 Mar 20029.0 km151150.609.023 mio.2,556,000
145 Bursa19 Aug 200222.5 km231230.9822.5
146 ChangchunOct 200217.0 km161161.0617.0
147 Copenhagen19 Oct 200221.0 km222220.9510.537 mio.1,762,0002.81 EUR
148 Oporto7 Dec 200221.7 km152141.5510.9
149 Delhi24 Dec 200296.2 km833811.1932.1310 mio.3,224,0000.12 EUR
150 Lima13 Jan 200310.0 km6161.6710.00.29 EUR
151 Dalian1 May 200349.0 km121124.0849.0
152 Naha10 Aug 200312.8 km151150.8512.8
153 Tianjin28 Mar 200472.0 km372371.9536.015 mio.208,000
154 Gwangju28 Apr 200420.1 km201201.0120.117 mio.846,000
155 Las Vegas15 Jul 20046.2 km7170.896.2
156 Wuhan28 Sep 200410.2 km101101.0210.2
157 The Hague16 Oct 200427.9 km303300.939.3
158 Shenzhen28 Dec 200425.3 km232221.1512.673 mio.2,885,000
159 San Juan6 Jun 200517.2 km161161.0817.29 mio.523,000
160 Chongqing18 Jun 200519.5 km181181.0819.5
161 Kazan27 Aug 20058.3 km6161.388.37 mio.843,000
162 Nanjing27 Aug 200521.7 km161161.3621.7102 mio.4,700,000
163 Valparaiso23 Nov 200543.0 km201202.1543.0
164 Turin4 Feb 20069.6 km141140.699.6
165 Daejeon16 Mar 200622.6 km221221.0322.629 mio.1,283,000
166 Valencia18 Oct 20066.2 km7170.896.218 mio.2,903,000
167 Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 20078.3 km9190.928.3
168 Perugia29 Jan 20083.0 km7170.433.0
169 Kaohsiung9 Mar 200842.7 km372361.1921.430 mio.703,000
170 Santo Domingo30 Jan 200914.5 km161160.9114.5
171 Adana18 Mar 20098.0 km8181.008.0
172 Seville2 Apr 200918.0 km211210.8618.0
173 Maracaibo8 Jun 20096.5 km6161.086.5
174 Seattle18 Jul 200922.2 km121121.8522.2
175 Dubai9 Sep 200939.7 km111113.6139.7
176 Shenyang23 Sep 200922.2 km181181.2322.2


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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