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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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1Sao Paulo14 Sep 197438.1 mi585540.699.514.5684 mio.17,954,000
2Kiev22 Oct 196037.2 mi464330.8612.415.3642 mio.17,274,000
3Cairo27 Sep 198740.7 mi555320.7720.427.5700 mio.17,195,000
4Tokyo30 Dec 1927189.2 mi290205130.9214.622.33174 mio.16,772,000
5Prague9 May 197436.7 mi575430.6812.219.0597 mio.16,253,000
6Budapest2 May 189620.5 mi424030.516.814.0297 mio.14,481,000
7Minsk26 Jun 198418.8 mi252420.789.412.5262 mio.13,913,000
8Moscow15 May 1935185.7 mi180144121.2915.515.02573 mio.13,855,000
9Rome10 Feb 195524.2 mi494820.5012.124.5331 mio.13,656,000
10Caracas27 Mar 198337.6 mi474350.877.59.4510 mio.13,563,000
11Kharkov23 Aug 197521.9 mi282530.887.39.3278 mio.12,671,000
12Santiago15 Sep 197551.6 mi938650.6010.318.6642 mio.12,446,000
13Manila1 Dec 198428.4 mi423930.739.514.0346 mio.12,182,000
14Saint Petersburg15 Nov 195568.5 mi635551.2513.712.6832 mio.12,148,000
15Mexico City5 Sep 1969125.4 mi175147110.8511.415.91460 mio.11,647,000
16Seoul15 Aug 1974178.3 mi348298100.6017.834.82048 mio.11,486,000
17Vienna25 Feb 197843.4 mi968450.528.719.2498 mio.11,480,000
18Tehran21 Feb 200031.4 mi474430.7110.515.7353 mio.11,247,000
19Hong Kong1 Oct 1979116.9 mi958291.4313.010.61309 mio.11,197,000
20Paris19 Jul 1900132.4 mi380300160.448.323.81473 mio.11,127,000
21Athens195432.3 mi524830.6710.817.3325 mio.10,056,000
22Osaka20 May 193385.6 mi13310490.829.514.8860 mio.10,042,000
23Lyon28 Apr 197819.1 mi433940.494.810.8182 mio.9,539,000
24Buenos Aires1 Dec 191329.5 mi766860.434.912.7280 mio.9,485,000
25Baku6 Nov 196719.7 mi212020.999.910.5176 mio.8,933,000
26Yekaterinburg26 Apr 19915.3 mi7710.755.37.046 mio.8,708,000
27Medellin30 Nov 199517.9 mi262520.728.913.0155 mio.8,660,000
28Beijing1 Oct 1969141.4 mi14712591.1315.716.31200 mio.8,485,000
29Warsaw7 Apr 199514.0 mi212110.6714.021.0114 mio.8,116,000
30Taipei28 Mar 199656.3 mi858080.707.010.6450 mio.7,992,000
31Novosibirsk7 Jan 19868.9 mi131220.744.46.570 mio.7,876,000
32Ankara30 Aug 199614.4 mi232220.657.211.5113 mio.7,871,000
33Singapore7 Nov 198773.9 mi766941.0718.519.0571 mio.7,727,000
34Nagoya15 Nov 195755.3 mi938240.6713.823.3427 mio.7,720,000
35Nanjing27 Aug 200513.5 mi161610.8413.516.0102 mio.7,563,000
36Istanbul16 Sep 20009.3 mi101010.939.310.068 mio.7,294,000
37Bangkok5 Dec 199928.8 mi444030.729.614.7206 mio.7,159,000
38Kolkata24 Oct 198414.0 mi212110.6714.021.0100 mio.7,119,000
39New York27 Oct 1904228.7 mi468422270.548.517.31624 mio.7,101,000
40Milan1 Nov 196446.4 mi888430.5515.529.3328 mio.7,074,000
41Lisbon29 Dec 195925.5 mi524640.556.413.0180 mio.7,064,000
42Sapporo16 Dec 197129.8 mi494630.659.916.3209 mio.7,006,000
43Brussels20 Sep 197620.0 mi615930.346.720.3136 mio.6,796,000
44Fukuoka26 Jul 198118.5 mi353430.546.211.7124 mio.6,695,000
45Kyoto1 Apr 198119.5 mi323120.639.716.0126 mio.6,477,000
46Kobe13 Mar 197719.0 mi262420.799.513.0121 mio.6,362,000
47Sendai15 Jul 19879.2 mi171710.549.217.058 mio.6,306,000
48Toronto30 Apr 195444.3 mi746940.6411.118.5278 mio.6,274,000
49Munich19 Oct 197157.5 mi1009460.619.616.7349 mio.6,071,000
50Tbilisi11 Jan 196616.3 mi222120.788.211.092 mio.5,628,000
51Delhi24 Dec 200255.8 mi787630.7318.626.0310 mio.5,551,000
52Yokohama16 Dec 197235.8 mi484530.8011.916.0198 mio.5,531,000
53Barcelona30 Dec 192468.7 mi152128100.546.915.2378 mio.5,504,000
54Guangzhou28 Jun 1999109.4 mi887951.3921.917.6601 mio.5,492,000
55Shanghai10 Apr 1995207.6 mi230194101.0720.823.01122 mio.5,405,000
56Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 197926.1 mi343420.7713.117.0135 mio.5,172,000
57Montreal14 Oct 196643.0 mi736840.6310.818.3219 mio.5,092,000
58Berlin18 Feb 190291.6 mi195173100.539.219.5447 mio.4,879,000
59Marseille26 Nov 197712.0 mi262420.506.013.058 mio.4,835,000
60London10 Jan 1863253.6 mi268268110.9523.124.41197 mio.4,721,000
61Valencia18 Oct 20063.9 mi7710.553.97.018 mio.4,671,000
62Shenzhen28 Dec 200415.7 mi232220.717.911.573 mio.4,643,000
63Stockholm1 Oct 195065.7 mi10410030.6621.934.7303 mio.4,612,000
64Sofia28 Jan 199811.2 mi141410.8011.214.051 mio.4,559,000
65Amsterdam16 Oct 197720.3 mi333340.625.18.391 mio.4,478,000
66Helsinki3 Aug 198213.1 mi171710.7713.117.058 mio.4,444,000
67Busan19 Jul 198559.0 mi928830.6719.730.7257 mio.4,353,000
68Nuremberg1 Mar 197221.5 mi464430.497.215.392 mio.4,278,000
69Izmir22 May 20007.1 mi101010.717.110.030 mio.4,197,000
70Rennes16 Mar 20025.6 mi151510.375.615.023 mio.4,112,000
71Incheon6 Oct 199918.3 mi292910.6318.329.073 mio.3,982,000
72Madrid17 Oct 1919176.5 mi281231130.7613.621.6686 mio.3,887,000
73Boston1 Sep 189737.6 mi666030.6312.522.0145 mio.3,856,000
74Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 19859.6 mi141320.744.87.033 mio.3,426,000
75Bilbao11 Nov 199525.2 mi383820.6612.619.086 mio.3,407,000
76Daegu26 Nov 199733.5 mi565520.6116.728.0110 mio.3,284,000
77Tashkent6 Nov 197722.5 mi292630.877.59.771 mio.3,156,000
78Hamburg1 Mar 191262.6 mi978930.7020.932.3184 mio.2,940,000
79Rotterdam10 Feb 196829.2 mi383720.7914.619.085 mio.2,910,000
80Copenhagen19 Oct 200213.1 mi222220.596.511.037 mio.2,835,000
81Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 199639.8 mi605630.7113.320.0109 mio.2,740,000
82Bucharest16 Nov 197942.1 mi504340.9810.512.5111 mio.2,638,000
83Lille25 Apr 198328.3 mi626020.4714.131.074 mio.2,617,000
84Pyongyang6 Sep 197314.0 mi161520.937.08.035 mio.2,503,000
85Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 19954.4 mi6610.744.46.011 mio.2,493,000
86Toulouse26 Jun 199317.1 mi383720.468.519.042 mio.2,457,000
87Glasgow14 Dec 18966.5 mi151510.436.515.015 mio.2,321,000
88Yerevan7 Mar 19817.5 mi101010.757.510.017 mio.2,261,000
89Daejeon16 Mar 200614.0 mi222210.6414.022.029 mio.2,065,000
90Washington27 Mar 1976106.4 mi908651.2421.318.0215 mio.2,021,000
91Chicago6 Jun 1892103.2 mi15114480.7212.918.9198 mio.1,919,000
92Samara26 Dec 19876.3 mi9910.706.39.012 mio.1,893,000
93Philadelphia4 Mar 190738.5 mi666230.6212.822.067 mio.1,739,000
94Vancouver3 Jan 198643.2 mi494730.9214.416.374 mio.1,713,000
95Oslo22 May 196638.5 mi727250.547.714.464 mio.1,661,000
96Hiroshima20 Aug 199411.4 mi212110.5411.421.018 mio.1,574,000
97Naples28 Mar 199319.8 mi302830.716.610.029 mio.1,467,000
98Gwangju28 Apr 200412.5 mi202010.6212.520.017 mio.1,361,000
99Kazan27 Aug 20055.2 mi6610.865.26.07 mio.1,357,000
100Los Angeles30 Jan 199336.9 mi303031.2312.310.045 mio.1,221,000
101Kaohsiung9 Mar 200826.5 mi373620.7413.318.530 mio.1,130,000
102San Francisco11 Sep 1972103.7 mi434352.4120.78.6100 mio.964,000
103Baltimore21 Nov 198315.2 mi141411.0915.214.014 mio.919,000
104Miami21 May 198422.4 mi222211.0222.422.019 mio.849,000
105San Juan6 Jun 200510.7 mi161610.6710.716.09 mio.842,000
106Newcastle7 Aug 198047.5 mi615020.9523.830.538 mio.799,000
107Atlanta30 Jun 197949.2 mi393821.3024.619.534 mio.691,000
108Brasilia31 Mar 200126.1 mi232311.1326.123.016 mio.613,000
109Tianjin28 Mar 200444.7 mi373721.2122.418.515 mio.335,000
110Cleveland15 Mar 195519.3 mi181811.0719.318.06 mio.311,000
111Valparaiso23 Nov 200526.7 mi202011.3426.720.0
112Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 20075.2 mi9910.575.29.0
113Jacksonville30 May 19894.3 mi6610.714.36.0
114Seattle18 Jul 200913.8 mi121211.1513.812.0
115Bursa19 Aug 200214.0 mi232310.6114.023.0
116Maracaibo8 Jun 20094.0 mi6610.674.06.0
117Wuppertal1 Mar 19018.3 mi202010.418.320.0
118Haifa19591.1 mi6610.181.16.0
119Valencia3 Oct 198819.8 mi383730.536.612.7
120Essen5 Oct 196712.6 mi272730.474.29.0
121Adana18 Mar 20095.0 mi8810.625.08.0
122Rouen17 Dec 19941.4 mi5510.271.45.0
123Bochum26 May 197913.4 mi292720.506.714.5
124Chennai19 Oct 199716.8 mi171710.9916.817.0
125Monterrey25 Apr 199119.6 mi323120.639.816.0
126Naha10 Aug 20038.0 mi151510.538.015.0
127Porto Alegre2 Mar 198521.0 mi171711.2421.017.0
128Perugia29 Jan 20081.9 mi7710.271.97.0
129Bielefeld21 Sep 19713.2 mi7740.460.81.8
130Las Vegas15 Jul 20043.9 mi7710.553.97.0
131ChangchunOct 200210.6 mi161610.6610.616.0
132Duisburg11 Jul 19928.9 mi131320.694.56.5
133Ludwigshafen29 May 19692.5 mi111100.23
134Cologne11 Oct 196828.0 mi5151150.551.93.4
135Volgograd5 Nov 19842.1 mi2211.032.12.0
136Pittsburgh3 Jul 19850.9 mi3310.300.93.0
137Belo Horizonte1 Aug 198617.5 mi191910.9217.519.0
138Seville2 Apr 200911.2 mi212110.5311.221.0
139Dortmund17 May 197618.3 mi373730.496.112.3
140Stuttgart10 Jun 196614.9 mi191720.887.59.5
141Chongqing18 Jun 200512.1 mi181810.6712.118.0
142Mulheim3 Nov 19795.6 mi131220.472.86.5
143Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 19843.4 mi9910.383.49.0
144Algiers20095.6 mi101010.565.610.0
145Kamakura3 Mar 19704.1 mi8810.514.18.0
146The Hague16 Oct 200417.3 mi303030.585.810.0
147DetroitJul 19873.0 mi131310.233.013.0
148Frankfurt4 Oct 196812.7 mi312730.474.210.3
149Dubai9 Sep 200924.7 mi101012.4724.710.0
150Saint Louis31 Jul 199345.6 mi373721.2322.818.5
151Bonn22 Mar 19755.6 mi121210.475.612.0
152Lima13 Jan 20036.2 mi6611.046.26.0
153Chiba28 Mar 19889.6 mi181820.544.89.0
154Kitakyushu9 Jan 19855.5 mi131310.425.513.0
155Buffalo18 May 19855.2 mi8810.655.28.0
156Wuhan28 Sep 20046.3 mi101010.636.310.0
157Poznan1 Mar 19973.8 mi6610.633.86.0
158Edmonton22 Apr 19788.1 mi111110.748.111.0
159Santo Domingo30 Jan 20099.0 mi161610.569.016.0
160Lausanne24 May 19918.5 mi292820.304.314.5
161Charleroi21 Jun 197610.9 mi202040.542.75.0
162Turin4 Feb 20066.0 mi141410.436.014.0
163Tama27 Nov 19989.9 mi191910.529.919.0
164Guadalajara1 Sep 198914.9 mi292820.537.514.5
165Oporto7 Dec 200213.5 mi151420.966.77.5
166Dalian1 May 200330.5 mi121212.5430.512.0
167Catania27 Jun 19992.4 mi6610.392.46.0
168Duesseldorf4 Oct 19816.0 mi141420.433.07.0
169Sydney192613.7 mi141430.984.64.7
170Mumbai106.3 mi737351.4621.314.6
171Genoa13 Jun 19903.2 mi7710.463.27.0
172Antwerp25 Mar 19754.7 mi111120.432.45.5
173Recife11 Mar 198524.7 mi302820.8812.315.0
174Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 198611.2 mi121210.9311.212.0
175Newark26 May 19351.4 mi4410.341.44.0
176Hanover28 Sep 197511.6 mi211730.683.97.0


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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