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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 Pittsburgh3 Jul 19850.9 mi3310.300.93.0
2 Haifa19591.1 mi6610.181.16.0
3 Newark26 May 19351.4 mi4410.341.44.0
4 Rouen17 Dec 19941.4 mi5510.271.45.0
5 Perugia29 Jan 20081.9 mi7710.271.97.0
6 Volgograd5 Nov 19842.1 mi2211.032.12.0
7 Catania27 Jun 19992.4 mi6610.392.46.0
8 Ludwigshafen29 May 19692.5 mi111100.23
9 DetroitJul 19873.0 mi131310.233.013.0
10 Genoa13 Jun 19903.2 mi7710.463.27.0
11 Bielefeld21 Sep 19713.2 mi7740.460.81.8
12 Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 19843.4 mi9910.383.49.0
13 Poznan1 Mar 19973.8 mi6610.633.86.0
14 Valencia18 Oct 20063.9 mi7710.5518 mio.3.97.04,671,000
15 Las Vegas15 Jul 20043.9 mi7710.553.97.0
16 Maracaibo8 Jun 20094.0 mi6610.674.06.0
17 Kamakura3 Mar 19704.1 mi8810.514.18.0
18 Jacksonville30 May 19894.3 mi6610.714.36.0
19 Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 19954.4 mi6610.7411 mio.4.46.02,493,000
20 Antwerp25 Mar 19754.7 mi111120.432.45.5
21 Adana18 Mar 20095.0 mi8810.625.08.0
22 Kazan27 Aug 20055.2 mi6610.867 mio.5.26.01,357,000
23 Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 20075.2 mi9910.575.29.0
24 Buffalo18 May 19855.2 mi8810.655.28.0
25 Yekaterinburg26 Apr 19915.3 mi7710.7546 mio.5.37.08,708,000
26 Kitakyushu9 Jan 19855.5 mi131310.425.513.0
27 Rennes16 Mar 20025.6 mi151510.3723 mio.5.615.04,112,000
28 Bonn22 Mar 19755.6 mi121210.475.612.0
29 Mulheim3 Nov 19795.6 mi131220.472.86.5
30 Duesseldorf4 Oct 19816.0 mi141420.433.07.0
31 Turin4 Feb 20066.0 mi141410.436.014.0
32 Lima13 Jan 20036.2 mi6611.046.26.0
33 Samara26 Dec 19876.3 mi9910.7012 mio.6.39.01,893,000
34 Wuhan28 Sep 20046.3 mi101010.636.310.0
35 Glasgow14 Dec 18966.5 mi151510.4315 mio.6.515.02,321,000
36 Izmir22 May 20007.1 mi101010.7130 mio.7.110.04,197,000
37 Yerevan7 Mar 19817.5 mi101010.7517 mio.7.510.02,261,000
38 Naha10 Aug 20038.0 mi151510.538.015.0
39 Edmonton22 Apr 19788.1 mi111110.748.111.0
40 Wuppertal1 Mar 19018.3 mi202010.418.320.0
41 Lausanne24 May 19918.5 mi292820.304.314.5
42 Novosibirsk7 Jan 19868.9 mi131220.7470 mio.4.46.57,876,000
43 Duisburg11 Jul 19928.9 mi131320.694.56.5
44 Santo Domingo30 Jan 20099.0 mi161610.569.016.0
45 Sendai15 Jul 19879.2 mi171710.5458 mio.9.217.06,306,000
46 Istanbul16 Sep 20009.3 mi101010.9368 mio.9.310.07,294,000
47 Chiba28 Mar 19889.6 mi181820.544.89.0
48 Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 19859.6 mi141320.7433 mio.4.87.03,426,000
49 Tama27 Nov 19989.9 mi191910.529.919.0
50 ChangchunOct 200210.6 mi161610.6610.616.0
51 San Juan6 Jun 200510.7 mi161610.679 mio.10.716.0842,000
52 Charleroi21 Jun 197610.9 mi202040.542.75.0
53 Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 198611.2 mi121210.9311.212.0
54 Sofia28 Jan 199811.2 mi141410.8051 mio.11.214.04,559,000
55 Seville2 Apr 200911.2 mi212110.5311.221.0
56 Hiroshima20 Aug 199411.4 mi212110.5418 mio.11.421.01,574,000
57 Hanover28 Sep 197511.6 mi211730.683.97.0
58 Marseille26 Nov 197712.0 mi262420.5058 mio.6.013.04,835,000
59 Chongqing18 Jun 200512.1 mi181810.6712.118.0
60 Gwangju28 Apr 200412.5 mi202010.6217 mio.12.520.01,361,000
61 Essen5 Oct 196712.6 mi272730.474.29.0
62 Frankfurt4 Oct 196812.7 mi312730.474.210.3
63 Copenhagen19 Oct 200213.1 mi222220.5937 mio.6.511.02,835,000
64 Helsinki3 Aug 198213.1 mi171710.7758 mio.13.117.04,444,000
65 Bochum26 May 197913.4 mi292720.506.714.5
66 Oporto7 Dec 200213.5 mi151420.966.77.5
67 Nanjing27 Aug 200513.5 mi161610.84102 mio.13.516.07,563,000
68 Sydney192613.7 mi141430.984.64.7
69 Shenyang23 Sep 200913.8 mi181810.7713.818.0
70 Seattle18 Jul 200913.8 mi121211.1513.812.0
71 Bursa19 Aug 200214.0 mi232310.6114.023.0
72 Pyongyang6 Sep 197314.0 mi161520.9335 mio.7.08.02,503,000
73 Warsaw7 Apr 199514.0 mi212110.67114 mio.14.021.08,116,000
74 Kolkata24 Oct 198414.0 mi212110.67100 mio.14.021.07,119,000
75 Daejeon16 Mar 200614.0 mi222210.6429 mio.14.022.02,065,000
76 Ankara30 Aug 199614.4 mi232220.65113 mio.7.211.57,871,000
77 Guadalajara1 Sep 198914.9 mi292820.537.514.5
78 Stuttgart10 Jun 196614.9 mi191720.887.59.5
79 Baltimore21 Nov 198315.2 mi141411.0914 mio.15.214.0919,000
80 Shenzhen28 Dec 200415.7 mi232220.7173 mio.7.911.54,643,000
81 Tbilisi11 Jan 196616.3 mi222120.7892 mio.8.211.05,628,000
82 Chennai19 Oct 199716.8 mi171710.9916.817.0
83 Toulouse26 Jun 199317.1 mi383720.4642 mio.8.519.02,457,000
84 The Hague16 Oct 200417.3 mi303030.585.810.0
85 Belo Horizonte1 Aug 198617.5 mi191910.9217.519.0
86 Medellin30 Nov 199517.9 mi262520.72155 mio.8.913.08,660,000
87 Dortmund17 May 197618.3 mi373730.496.112.3
88 Incheon6 Oct 199918.3 mi292910.6373 mio.18.329.03,982,000
89 Fukuoka26 Jul 198118.5 mi353430.54124 mio.6.211.76,695,000
90 Minsk26 Jun 198418.8 mi252420.78262 mio.9.412.513,913,000
91 Kobe13 Mar 197719.0 mi262420.79121 mio.9.513.06,362,000
92 Lyon28 Apr 197819.1 mi433940.49182 mio.4.810.89,539,000
93 Cleveland15 Mar 195519.3 mi181811.076 mio.19.318.0311,000
94 Kyoto1 Apr 198119.5 mi323120.63126 mio.9.716.06,477,000
95 Monterrey25 Apr 199119.6 mi323120.639.816.0
96 Naples28 Mar 199319.8 mi302830.7129 mio.6.610.01,467,000
97 Valencia3 Oct 198819.8 mi383730.536.612.7
98 Brussels20 Sep 197620.0 mi615930.34136 mio.6.720.36,796,000
99 Amsterdam16 Oct 197720.3 mi333340.6291 mio.5.18.34,478,000
100 Baku6 Nov 196720.4 mi222120.97176 mio.10.211.08,618,000
101 Budapest2 May 189620.5 mi424030.51297 mio.6.814.014,481,000
102 Porto Alegre2 Mar 198521.0 mi171711.2421.017.0
103 Nuremberg1 Mar 197221.5 mi464430.4992 mio.7.215.34,278,000
104 Kharkov23 Aug 197521.9 mi282530.88278 mio.7.39.312,671,000
105 Miami21 May 198422.4 mi222211.0219 mio.22.422.0849,000
106 Tashkent6 Nov 197722.5 mi292630.8771 mio.7.59.73,156,000
107 Rome10 Feb 195524.2 mi494820.50331 mio.12.124.513,656,000
108 Recife11 Mar 198524.7 mi302820.8812.315.0
109 Dubai9 Sep 200924.7 mi111112.2424.711.0
110 Bilbao11 Nov 199525.2 mi383820.6686 mio.12.619.03,407,000
111 Lisbon29 Dec 195925.5 mi524640.55180 mio.6.413.07,064,000
112 Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 197926.1 mi343420.77135 mio.13.117.05,172,000
113 Brasilia31 Mar 200126.1 mi232311.1316 mio.26.123.0613,000
114 Kaohsiung9 Mar 200826.5 mi373620.7430 mio.13.318.51,130,000
115 Valparaiso23 Nov 200526.7 mi202011.3426.720.0
116 Cologne11 Oct 196828.0 mi5151150.551.93.4
117 Lille25 Apr 198328.3 mi626020.4774 mio.14.131.02,617,000
118 Manila1 Dec 198428.4 mi423930.73346 mio.9.514.012,182,000
119 Bangkok5 Dec 199928.8 mi444030.72206 mio.9.614.77,159,000
120 Rotterdam10 Feb 196829.2 mi383720.7985 mio.14.619.02,910,000
121 Buenos Aires1 Dec 191329.5 mi766860.43280 mio.4.912.79,485,000
122 Sapporo16 Dec 197129.8 mi494630.65209 mio.9.916.37,006,000
123 Dalian1 May 200330.5 mi121212.5430.512.0
124 Tehran21 Feb 200031.4 mi474430.71353 mio.10.515.711,247,000
125 Athens195432.3 mi524830.67325 mio.10.817.310,056,000
126 Daegu26 Nov 199733.5 mi565520.61110 mio.16.728.03,284,000
127 Yokohama16 Dec 197235.8 mi484530.80198 mio.11.916.05,531,000
128 Prague9 May 197436.7 mi575430.68597 mio.12.219.016,253,000
129 Los Angeles30 Jan 199336.9 mi303031.2345 mio.12.310.01,221,000
130 Kiev22 Oct 196037.2 mi464330.86642 mio.12.415.317,274,000
131 Caracas27 Mar 198337.6 mi504650.82510 mio.7.510.013,563,000
132 Boston1 Sep 189737.6 mi666030.63145 mio.12.522.03,856,000
133 Sao Paulo14 Sep 197438.1 mi585540.69684 mio.9.514.517,954,000
134 Oslo22 May 196638.5 mi727250.5464 mio.7.714.41,661,000
135 Philadelphia4 Mar 190738.5 mi666230.6267 mio.12.822.01,739,000
136 Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 199639.8 mi605630.71109 mio.13.320.02,740,000
137 Cairo27 Sep 198740.7 mi555320.77700 mio.20.427.517,195,000
138 Bucharest16 Nov 197942.1 mi504340.98111 mio.10.512.52,638,000
139 Montreal14 Oct 196643.0 mi736840.63219 mio.10.818.35,092,000
140 Vancouver3 Jan 198643.2 mi494730.9274 mio.14.416.31,713,000
141 Vienna25 Feb 197843.4 mi968450.52498 mio.8.719.211,480,000
142 Toronto30 Apr 195444.3 mi746940.64278 mio.11.118.56,274,000
143 Tianjin28 Mar 200444.7 mi373721.2115 mio.22.418.5335,000
144 Saint Louis31 Jul 199345.6 mi373721.2322.818.5
145 Milan1 Nov 196446.4 mi888430.55328 mio.15.529.37,074,000
146 Newcastle7 Aug 198047.5 mi615020.9538 mio.23.830.5799,000
147 Atlanta30 Jun 197949.2 mi393821.3034 mio.24.619.5691,000
148 Santiago15 Sep 197551.6 mi938650.60642 mio.10.318.612,446,000
149 Nagoya15 Nov 195755.3 mi938240.67427 mio.13.823.37,720,000
150 Taipei28 Mar 199656.3 mi858080.70450 mio.7.010.67,992,000
151 Munich19 Oct 197157.5 mi1009460.61349 mio.9.616.76,071,000
152 Busan19 Jul 198559.0 mi928830.67257 mio.19.730.74,353,000
153 Delhi24 Dec 200259.8 mi838130.74310 mio.19.927.75,188,000
154 Hamburg1 Mar 191262.6 mi978930.70184 mio.20.932.32,940,000
155 Stockholm1 Oct 195065.7 mi10410030.66303 mio.21.934.74,612,000
156 Saint Petersburg15 Nov 195568.5 mi635551.25832 mio.13.712.612,148,000
157 Barcelona30 Dec 192468.7 mi152128100.54378 mio.6.915.25,504,000
158 Singapore7 Nov 198773.9 mi766941.07571 mio.18.519.07,727,000
159 Osaka20 May 193385.6 mi13310490.82860 mio.9.514.810,042,000
160 Berlin18 Feb 190291.6 mi195173100.53447 mio.9.219.54,879,000
161 Guangzhou28 Jun 199992.3 mi887951.17601 mio.18.517.66,512,000
162 Chicago6 Jun 1892103.2 mi15114480.72198 mio.12.918.91,919,000
163 San Francisco11 Sep 1972103.7 mi434352.41100 mio.20.78.6964,000
164 Mumbai106.3 mi737351.4621.314.6
165 Washington27 Mar 1976106.4 mi908651.24215 mio.21.318.02,021,000
166 Hong Kong1 Oct 1979116.9 mi958291.431309 mio.13.010.611,197,000
167 Mexico City5 Sep 1969125.4 mi175147110.851460 mio.11.415.911,647,000
168 Paris19 Jul 1900132.4 mi380300160.441473 mio.8.323.811,127,000
169 Beijing1 Oct 1969141.4 mi14712591.131200 mio.15.716.38,485,000
170 Madrid17 Oct 1919176.5 mi281231130.76686 mio.13.621.63,887,000
171 Seoul15 Aug 1974178.3 mi348298100.602048 mio.17.834.811,486,000
172 Moscow15 May 1935185.7 mi180144121.292573 mio.15.515.013,855,000
173 Tokyo30 Dec 1927189.2 mi290205130.923174 mio.14.622.316,772,000
174 Shanghai10 Apr 1995207.6 mi230194101.071122 mio.20.823.05,405,000
175 New York27 Oct 1904228.7 mi468422270.541624 mio.8.517.37,101,000
176 London10 Jan 1863253.6 mi268268110.951197 mio.23.124.44,721,000


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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