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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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1New York27 Oct 1904368.0 km468422270.8713.617.31624 mio.
2Paris19 Jul 1900213.0 km380300160.7113.323.81473 mio.
3Seoul15 Aug 1974286.9 km348298100.9628.734.82048 mio.
4London10 Jan 1863408.0 km268268111.5237.124.41197 mio.
5Madrid17 Oct 1919284.0 km281231131.2321.821.6686 mio.
6Tokyo30 Dec 1927304.5 km290205131.4923.422.33174 mio.
7Shanghai10 Apr 1995334.0 km230194101.7233.423.01122 mio.
8Berlin18 Feb 1902147.4 km195173100.8514.719.5447 mio.
9Mexico City5 Sep 1969201.7 km175147111.3718.315.91460 mio.
10Chicago6 Jun 1892166.0 km15114481.1520.818.9198 mio.
11Moscow15 May 1935298.8 km180144122.0724.915.02573 mio.
12Barcelona30 Dec 1924110.5 km152128100.8611.115.2378 mio.
13Beijing1 Oct 1969227.6 km14712591.8225.316.31200 mio.
14Osaka20 May 1933137.8 km13310491.3315.314.8860 mio.
15Stockholm1 Oct 1950105.7 km10410031.0635.234.7303 mio.
16Munich19 Oct 197192.5 km1009460.9815.416.7349 mio.
17Hamburg1 Mar 1912100.7 km978931.1333.632.3184 mio.
18Busan19 Jul 198595.0 km928831.0831.730.7257 mio.
19Washington27 Mar 1976171.2 km908651.9934.218.0215 mio.
20Santiago15 Sep 197583.0 km938650.9716.618.6642 mio.
21Milan1 Nov 196474.6 km888430.8924.929.3328 mio.
22Vienna25 Feb 197869.8 km968450.8314.019.2498 mio.
23Hong Kong1 Oct 1979188.1 km958292.2920.910.61309 mio.
24Nagoya15 Nov 195789.0 km938241.0922.323.3427 mio.
25Taipei28 Mar 199690.6 km858081.1311.310.6450 mio.
26Guangzhou28 Jun 1999176.1 km887952.2335.217.6601 mio.
27Delhi24 Dec 200289.9 km787631.1829.926.0310 mio.
28Mumbai171.0 km737352.3434.214.6
29Oslo22 May 196662.0 km727250.8612.414.464 mio.
30Singapore7 Nov 1987118.9 km766941.7229.719.0571 mio.
31Toronto30 Apr 195471.3 km746941.0317.818.5278 mio.
32Buenos Aires1 Dec 191347.5 km766860.707.912.7280 mio.
33Montreal14 Oct 196669.2 km736841.0217.318.3219 mio.
34Philadelphia4 Mar 190762.0 km666231.0020.722.067 mio.
35Boston1 Sep 189760.5 km666031.0120.222.0145 mio.
36Lille25 Apr 198345.5 km626020.7622.831.074 mio.
37Brussels20 Sep 197632.2 km615930.5510.720.3136 mio.
38Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 199664.0 km605631.1421.320.0109 mio.
39Saint Petersburg15 Nov 1955110.2 km635552.0022.012.6832 mio.
40Sao Paulo14 Sep 197461.3 km585541.1115.314.5684 mio.
41Daegu26 Nov 199753.9 km565520.9827.028.0110 mio.
42Prague9 May 197459.1 km575431.0919.719.0597 mio.
43Cairo27 Sep 198765.5 km555321.2432.827.5700 mio.
44Cologne11 Oct 196845.0 km5151150.883.03.4
45Newcastle7 Aug 198076.5 km615021.5338.330.538 mio.
46Rome10 Feb 195539.0 km494820.8119.524.5331 mio.
47Athens195452.0 km524831.0817.317.3325 mio.
48Vancouver3 Jan 198669.5 km494731.4823.216.374 mio.
49Lisbon29 Dec 195941.0 km524640.8910.313.0180 mio.
50Sapporo16 Dec 197148.0 km494631.0416.016.3209 mio.
51Yokohama16 Dec 197257.6 km484531.2819.216.0198 mio.
52Tehran21 Feb 200050.5 km474431.1516.815.7353 mio.
53Nuremberg1 Mar 197234.6 km464430.7911.515.392 mio.
54Kiev22 Oct 196059.8 km464331.3919.915.3642 mio.
55Bucharest16 Nov 197967.7 km504341.5716.912.5111 mio.
56Caracas27 Mar 198360.5 km474351.4112.19.4510 mio.
57San Francisco11 Sep 1972166.9 km434353.8833.48.6100 mio.
58Bangkok5 Dec 199946.3 km444031.1615.414.7206 mio.
59Budapest2 May 189633.0 km424030.8311.014.0297 mio.
60Manila1 Dec 198445.7 km423931.1715.214.0346 mio.
61Lyon28 Apr 197830.7 km433940.797.710.8182 mio.
62Bilbao11 Nov 199540.6 km383821.0720.319.086 mio.
63Atlanta30 Jun 197979.2 km393822.0839.619.534 mio.
64Valencia3 Oct 198831.8 km383730.8610.612.7
65Toulouse26 Jun 199327.5 km383720.7413.819.042 mio.
66Dortmund17 May 197629.5 km373730.809.812.3
67Saint Louis31 Jul 199373.4 km373721.9836.718.5
68Rotterdam10 Feb 196847.0 km383721.2723.519.085 mio.
69Tianjin28 Mar 200472.0 km373721.9536.018.515 mio.
70Kaohsiung9 Mar 200842.7 km373621.1921.418.530 mio.
71Fukuoka26 Jul 198129.8 km353430.889.911.7124 mio.
72Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 197942.0 km343421.2421.017.0135 mio.
73Amsterdam16 Oct 197732.7 km333340.998.28.391 mio.
74Monterrey25 Apr 199131.5 km323121.0215.816.0
75Kyoto1 Apr 198131.3 km323121.0115.616.0126 mio.
76The Hague16 Oct 200427.9 km303030.939.310.0
77Los Angeles30 Jan 199359.3 km303031.9819.810.045 mio.
78Incheon6 Oct 199929.5 km292911.0229.529.073 mio.
79Naples28 Mar 199331.8 km302831.1410.610.029 mio.
80Lausanne24 May 199113.7 km292820.496.814.5
81Guadalajara1 Sep 198924.0 km292820.8612.014.5
82Recife11 Mar 198539.7 km302821.4219.915.0
83Essen5 Oct 196720.2 km272730.756.79.0
84Bochum26 May 197921.5 km292720.8010.814.5
85Frankfurt4 Oct 196820.5 km312730.766.810.3
86Tashkent6 Nov 197736.2 km292631.3912.19.771 mio.
87Kharkov23 Aug 197535.3 km282531.4111.89.3278 mio.
88Medellin30 Nov 199528.8 km262521.1514.413.0155 mio.
89Kobe13 Mar 197730.6 km262421.2815.313.0121 mio.
90Marseille26 Nov 197719.3 km262420.809.613.058 mio.
91Minsk26 Jun 198430.3 km252421.2615.112.5262 mio.
92Bursa19 Aug 200222.5 km232310.9822.523.0
93Brasilia31 Mar 200142.0 km232311.8342.023.016 mio.
94Ankara30 Aug 199623.1 km232221.0511.611.5113 mio.
95Daejeon16 Mar 200622.6 km222211.0322.622.029 mio.
96Shenzhen28 Dec 200425.3 km232221.1512.611.573 mio.
97Copenhagen19 Oct 200221.0 km222220.9510.511.037 mio.
98Miami21 May 198436.0 km222211.6436.022.019 mio.
99Seville2 Apr 200918.0 km212110.8618.021.0
100Kolkata24 Oct 198422.6 km212111.0822.621.0100 mio.
101Tbilisi11 Jan 196626.3 km222121.2513.111.092 mio.
102Warsaw7 Apr 199522.6 km212111.0822.621.0114 mio.
103Hiroshima20 Aug 199418.4 km212110.8818.421.018 mio.
104Valparaiso23 Nov 200543.0 km202012.1543.020.0
105Wuppertal1 Mar 190113.3 km202010.6713.320.0
106Baku6 Nov 196731.7 km212021.5915.910.5176 mio.
107Gwangju28 Apr 200420.1 km202011.0120.120.017 mio.
108Charleroi21 Jun 197617.5 km202040.884.45.0
109Belo Horizonte1 Aug 198628.1 km191911.4828.119.0
110Tama27 Nov 199816.0 km191910.8416.019.0
111Chongqing18 Jun 200519.5 km181811.0819.518.0
112Chiba28 Mar 198815.5 km181820.867.89.0
113Cleveland15 Mar 195531.0 km181811.7231.018.06 mio.
114Chennai19 Oct 199727.0 km171711.5927.017.0
115Porto Alegre2 Mar 198533.8 km171711.9933.817.0
116Helsinki3 Aug 198221.0 km171711.2421.017.058 mio.
117Stuttgart10 Jun 196624.0 km191721.4112.09.5
118Sendai15 Jul 198714.8 km171710.8714.817.058 mio.
119Hanover28 Sep 197518.6 km211731.096.27.0
120ChangchunOct 200217.0 km161611.0617.016.0
121San Juan6 Jun 200517.2 km161611.0817.216.09 mio.
122Nanjing27 Aug 200521.7 km161611.3621.716.0102 mio.
123Santo Domingo30 Jan 200914.5 km161610.9114.516.0
124Naha10 Aug 200312.8 km151510.8512.815.0
125Glasgow14 Dec 189610.4 km151510.6910.415.015 mio.
126Rennes16 Mar 20029.0 km151510.609.015.023 mio.
127Pyongyang6 Sep 197322.5 km161521.5011.38.035 mio.
128Sofia28 Jan 199818.0 km141411.2918.014.051 mio.
129Baltimore21 Nov 198324.5 km141411.7524.514.014 mio.
130Turin4 Feb 20069.6 km141410.699.614.0
131Oporto7 Dec 200221.7 km151421.5510.97.5
132Duesseldorf4 Oct 19819.6 km141420.684.87.0
133Sydney192622.1 km141431.587.44.7
134Duisburg11 Jul 199214.3 km131321.107.26.5
135DetroitJul 19874.8 km131310.374.813.0
136Kitakyushu9 Jan 19858.8 km131310.688.813.0
137Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 198515.5 km141321.197.87.033 mio.
138Seattle18 Jul 200922.2 km121211.8522.212.0
139Novosibirsk7 Jan 198614.3 km131221.197.26.570 mio.
140Mulheim3 Nov 19799.0 km131220.754.56.5
141Bonn22 Mar 19759.0 km121210.759.012.0
142Dalian1 May 200349.0 km121214.0849.012.0
143Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 198618.0 km121211.5018.012.0
144Ludwigshafen29 May 19694.0 km111100.36
145Edmonton22 Apr 197813.1 km111111.1913.111.0
146Antwerp25 Mar 19757.6 km111120.693.85.5
147Istanbul16 Sep 200015.0 km101011.5015.010.068 mio.
148Algiers20099.0 km101010.909.010.0
149Dubai9 Sep 200939.7 km101013.9739.710.0
150Izmir22 May 200011.5 km101011.1511.510.030 mio.
151Wuhan28 Sep 200410.2 km101011.0210.210.0
152Yerevan7 Mar 198112.1 km101011.2112.110.017 mio.
153Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 20078.3 km9910.928.39.0
154Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 19845.5 km9910.615.59.0
155Samara26 Dec 198710.2 km9911.1310.29.012 mio.
156Adana18 Mar 20098.0 km8811.008.08.0
157Kamakura3 Mar 19706.6 km8810.826.68.0
158Buffalo18 May 19858.4 km8811.048.48.0
159Perugia29 Jan 20083.0 km7710.433.07.0
160Bielefeld21 Sep 19715.2 km7740.741.31.8
161Las Vegas15 Jul 20046.2 km7710.896.27.0
162Yekaterinburg26 Apr 19918.5 km7711.218.57.046 mio.
163Valencia18 Oct 20066.2 km7710.896.27.018 mio.
164Genoa13 Jun 19905.2 km7710.745.27.0
165Jacksonville30 May 19896.9 km6611.156.96.0
166Haifa19591.8 km6610.291.86.0
167Maracaibo8 Jun 20096.5 km6611.086.56.0
168Kazan27 Aug 20058.3 km6611.388.36.07 mio.
169Lima13 Jan 200310.0 km6611.6710.06.0
170Poznan1 Mar 19976.1 km6611.026.16.0
171Catania27 Jun 19993.8 km6610.633.86.0
172Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 19957.1 km6611.187.16.011 mio.
173Rouen17 Dec 19942.2 km5510.442.25.0
174Newark26 May 19352.2 km4410.552.24.0
175Pittsburgh3 Jul 19851.5 km3310.481.53.0
176Volgograd5 Nov 19843.3 km2211.653.32.0


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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