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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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1Seoul15 Aug 1974286.9 km348102980.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,000
2Stockholm1 Oct 1950105.7 km10431001.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,000
3Hamburg1 Mar 1912100.7 km973891.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,000
4Lille25 Apr 198345.5 km622600.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,000
5Busan19 Jul 198595.0 km923881.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,000
6Newcastle7 Aug 198076.5 km612501.5338.330.538 mio.497,000
7Milan1 Nov 196474.6 km883840.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,000
8Incheon6 Oct 199929.5 km291291.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,000
9Daegu26 Nov 199753.9 km562550.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,000
10Cairo27 Sep 198765.5 km552531.2432.827.5700 mio.10,687,000
11Delhi24 Dec 200289.9 km783761.1829.926.0310 mio.3,450,000
12Rome10 Feb 195539.0 km492480.8119.524.5331 mio.8,487,000
13London10 Jan 1863408.0 km268112681.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,000
14Paris19 Jul 1900213.0 km380163000.7113.323.81473 mio.6,915,000
15Nagoya15 Nov 195789.0 km934821.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,000
16Bursa19 Aug 200222.5 km231230.9822.523.0
17Brasilia31 Mar 200142.0 km231231.8342.023.016 mio.381,000
18Shanghai10 Apr 1995334.0 km230101941.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,000
19Tokyo30 Dec 1927304.5 km290132051.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,000
20Boston1 Sep 189760.5 km663601.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,000
21Daejeon16 Mar 200622.6 km221221.0322.622.029 mio.1,283,000
22Miami21 May 198436.0 km221221.6436.022.019 mio.528,000
23Philadelphia4 Mar 190762.0 km663621.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,000
24Madrid17 Oct 1919284.0 km281132311.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,000
25Seville2 Apr 200918.0 km211210.8618.021.0
26Kolkata24 Oct 198422.6 km211211.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,000
27Warsaw7 Apr 199522.6 km211211.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,000
28Hiroshima20 Aug 199418.4 km211210.8818.421.018 mio.978,000
29Brussels20 Sep 197632.2 km613590.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,000
30Valparaiso23 Nov 200543.0 km201202.1543.020.0
31Wuppertal1 Mar 190113.3 km201200.6713.320.0
32Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 199664.0 km603561.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,000
33Gwangju28 Apr 200420.1 km201201.0120.120.017 mio.846,000
34Atlanta30 Jun 197979.2 km392382.0839.619.534 mio.429,000
35Berlin18 Feb 1902147.4 km195101730.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,000
36Vienna25 Feb 197869.8 km965840.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,000
37Prague9 May 197459.1 km573541.0919.719.0597 mio.10,102,000
38Singapore7 Nov 1987118.9 km764691.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,000
39Toulouse26 Jun 199327.5 km382370.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,000
40Belo Horizonte1 Aug 198628.1 km191191.4828.119.0
41Rotterdam10 Feb 196847.0 km382371.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,000
42Bilbao11 Nov 199540.6 km382381.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,000
43Tama27 Nov 199816.0 km191190.8416.019.0
44Chicago6 Jun 1892166.0 km15181441.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,000
45Santiago15 Sep 197583.0 km935860.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,000
46Saint Louis31 Jul 199373.4 km372371.9836.718.5
47Toronto30 Apr 195471.3 km744691.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,000
48Kaohsiung9 Mar 200842.7 km372361.1921.418.530 mio.703,000
49Tianjin28 Mar 200472.0 km372371.9536.018.515 mio.208,000
50Montreal14 Oct 196669.2 km734681.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,000
51Washington27 Mar 1976171.2 km905861.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,000
52Chongqing18 Jun 200519.5 km181181.0819.518.0
53Cleveland15 Mar 195531.0 km181181.7231.018.06 mio.194,000
54Guangzhou28 Jun 1999176.1 km885792.2335.217.6601 mio.3,414,000
55Athens195452.0 km523481.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,000
56New York27 Oct 1904368.0 km468274220.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,000
57Chennai19 Oct 199727.0 km171171.5927.017.0
58Porto Alegre2 Mar 198533.8 km171171.9933.817.0
59Helsinki3 Aug 198221.0 km171171.2421.017.058 mio.2,762,000
60Sendai15 Jul 198714.8 km171170.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,000
61Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 197942.0 km342341.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,000
62Munich19 Oct 197192.5 km1006940.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,000
63Vancouver3 Jan 198669.5 km493471.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,000
64Sapporo16 Dec 197148.0 km493461.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,000
65Beijing1 Oct 1969227.6 km14791251.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,000
66Monterrey25 Apr 199131.5 km322311.0215.816.0
67ChangchunOct 200217.0 km161161.0617.016.0
68San Juan6 Jun 200517.2 km161161.0817.216.09 mio.523,000
69Yokohama16 Dec 197257.6 km483451.2819.216.0198 mio.3,438,000
70Nanjing27 Aug 200521.7 km161161.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,000
71Santo Domingo30 Jan 200914.5 km161160.9114.516.0
72Kyoto1 Apr 198131.3 km322311.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,000
73Mexico City5 Sep 1969201.7 km175111471.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,000
74Tehran21 Feb 200050.5 km473441.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,000
75Kiev22 Oct 196059.8 km463431.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,000
76Nuremberg1 Mar 197234.6 km463440.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,000
77Barcelona30 Dec 1924110.5 km152101280.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,000
78Moscow15 May 1935298.8 km180121442.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,000
79Naha10 Aug 200312.8 km151150.8512.815.0
80Glasgow14 Dec 189610.4 km151150.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,000
81Rennes16 Mar 20029.0 km151150.609.015.023 mio.2,556,000
82Recife11 Mar 198539.7 km302281.4219.915.0
83Osaka20 May 1933137.8 km13391041.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,000
84Bangkok5 Dec 199946.3 km443401.1615.414.7206 mio.4,449,000
85Mumbai171.0 km735732.3434.214.6
86Bochum26 May 197921.5 km292270.8010.814.5
87Sao Paulo14 Sep 197461.3 km584551.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,000
88Lausanne24 May 199113.7 km292280.496.814.5
89Guadalajara1 Sep 198924.0 km292280.8612.014.5
90Oslo22 May 196662.0 km725720.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,000
91Sofia28 Jan 199818.0 km141141.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,000
92Manila1 Dec 198445.7 km423391.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,000
93Baltimore21 Nov 198324.5 km141141.7524.514.014 mio.571,000
94Turin4 Feb 20069.6 km141140.699.614.0
95Budapest2 May 189633.0 km423400.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,000
96Lisbon29 Dec 195941.0 km524460.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,000
97Kobe13 Mar 197730.6 km262241.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,000
98Marseille26 Nov 197719.3 km262240.809.613.058 mio.3,005,000
99DetroitJul 19874.8 km131130.374.813.0
100Kitakyushu9 Jan 19858.8 km131130.688.813.0
101Medellin30 Nov 199528.8 km262251.1514.413.0155 mio.5,382,000
102Valencia3 Oct 198831.8 km383370.8610.612.7
103Buenos Aires1 Dec 191347.5 km766680.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,000
104Saint Petersburg15 Nov 1955110.2 km635552.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,000
105Bucharest16 Nov 197967.7 km504431.5716.912.5111 mio.1,640,000
106Minsk26 Jun 198430.3 km252241.2615.112.5262 mio.8,647,000
107Dortmund17 May 197629.5 km373370.809.812.3
108Seattle18 Jul 200922.2 km121121.8522.212.0
109Bonn22 Mar 19759.0 km121120.759.012.0
110Dalian1 May 200349.0 km121124.0849.012.0
111Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 198618.0 km121121.5018.012.0
112Fukuoka26 Jul 198129.8 km353340.889.911.7124 mio.4,161,000
113Ankara30 Aug 199623.1 km232221.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,000
114Shenzhen28 Dec 200425.3 km232221.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,000
115Tbilisi11 Jan 196626.3 km222211.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,000
116Edmonton22 Apr 197813.1 km111111.1913.111.0
117Copenhagen19 Oct 200221.0 km222220.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,000
118Lyon28 Apr 197830.7 km434390.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,000
119Taipei28 Mar 199690.6 km858801.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,000
120Hong Kong1 Oct 1979188.1 km959822.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,000
121Baku6 Nov 196731.7 km212201.5915.910.5176 mio.5,552,000
122Frankfurt4 Oct 196820.5 km313270.766.810.3
123Naples28 Mar 199331.8 km303281.1410.610.029 mio.912,000
124Istanbul16 Sep 200015.0 km101101.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,000
125Algiers20099.0 km101100.909.010.0
126The Hague16 Oct 200427.9 km303300.939.310.0
127Dubai9 Sep 200939.7 km101103.9739.710.0
128Izmir22 May 200011.5 km101101.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,000
129Wuhan28 Sep 200410.2 km101101.0210.210.0
130Los Angeles30 Jan 199359.3 km303301.9819.810.045 mio.759,000
131Yerevan7 Mar 198112.1 km101101.2112.110.017 mio.1,405,000
132Tashkent6 Nov 197736.2 km293261.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,000
133Stuttgart10 Jun 196624.0 km192171.4112.09.5
134Caracas27 Mar 198360.5 km475431.4112.19.4510 mio.8,430,000
135Kharkov23 Aug 197535.3 km283251.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,000
136Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 20078.3 km9190.928.39.0
137Essen5 Oct 196720.2 km273270.756.79.0
138Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 19845.5 km9190.615.59.0
139Samara26 Dec 198710.2 km9191.1310.29.012 mio.1,176,000
140Chiba28 Mar 198815.5 km182180.867.89.0
141San Francisco11 Sep 1972166.9 km435433.8833.48.6100 mio.599,000
142Amsterdam16 Oct 197732.7 km334330.998.28.391 mio.2,783,000
143Adana18 Mar 20098.0 km8181.008.08.0
144Kamakura3 Mar 19706.6 km8180.826.68.0
145Pyongyang6 Sep 197322.5 km162151.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,000
146Buffalo18 May 19858.4 km8181.048.48.0
147Oporto7 Dec 200221.7 km152141.5510.97.5
148Perugia29 Jan 20083.0 km7170.433.07.0
149Las Vegas15 Jul 20046.2 km7170.896.27.0
150Yekaterinburg26 Apr 19918.5 km7171.218.57.046 mio.5,412,000
151Valencia18 Oct 20066.2 km7170.896.27.018 mio.2,903,000
152Duesseldorf4 Oct 19819.6 km142140.684.87.0
153Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 198515.5 km142131.197.87.033 mio.2,129,000
154Genoa13 Jun 19905.2 km7170.745.27.0
155Hanover28 Sep 197518.6 km213171.096.27.0
156Duisburg11 Jul 199214.3 km132131.107.26.5
157Novosibirsk7 Jan 198614.3 km132121.197.26.570 mio.4,895,000
158Mulheim3 Nov 19799.0 km132120.754.56.5
159Jacksonville30 May 19896.9 km6161.156.96.0
160Maracaibo8 Jun 20096.5 km6161.086.56.0
161Haifa19591.8 km6160.291.86.0
162Kazan27 Aug 20058.3 km6161.388.36.07 mio.843,000
163Lima13 Jan 200310.0 km6161.6710.06.0
164Poznan1 Mar 19976.1 km6161.026.16.0
165Catania27 Jun 19993.8 km6160.633.86.0
166Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 19957.1 km6161.187.16.011 mio.1,549,000
167Antwerp25 Mar 19757.6 km112110.693.85.5
168Rouen17 Dec 19942.2 km5150.442.25.0
169Charleroi21 Jun 197617.5 km204200.884.45.0
170Sydney192622.1 km143141.587.44.7
171Newark26 May 19352.2 km4140.552.24.0
172Cologne11 Oct 196845.0 km5115510.883.03.4
173Pittsburgh3 Jul 19851.5 km3130.481.53.0
174Volgograd5 Nov 19843.3 km2121.653.32.0
175Bielefeld21 Sep 19715.2 km7470.741.31.8
176Ludwigshafen29 May 19694.0 km110110.36


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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