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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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1Dalian1 May 200349.0 km121214.0849.012.0
2Valparaiso23 Nov 200543.0 km202012.1543.020.0
3Brasilia31 Mar 200142.0 km232311.8342.023.0381,000
4Dubai9 Sep 200939.7 km101013.9739.710.0
5Atlanta30 Jun 197979.2 km393822.0839.619.5429,000
6Newcastle7 Aug 198076.5 km615021.5338.330.5497,000
7London10 Jan 1863408.0 km268268111.5237.124.42,934,000
8Saint Louis31 Jul 199373.4 km373721.9836.718.5
9Miami21 May 198436.0 km222211.6436.022.0528,000
10Tianjin28 Mar 200472.0 km373721.9536.018.5208,000
11Stockholm1 Oct 1950105.7 km10410031.0635.234.72,867,000
12Guangzhou28 Jun 1999176.1 km887952.2335.217.63,414,000
13Washington27 Mar 1976171.2 km908651.9934.218.01,256,000
14Mumbai171.0 km737352.3434.214.6
15Porto Alegre2 Mar 198533.8 km171711.9933.817.0
16Hamburg1 Mar 1912100.7 km978931.1333.632.31,827,000
17Shanghai10 Apr 1995334.0 km230194101.7233.423.03,359,000
18San Francisco11 Sep 1972166.9 km434353.8833.48.6599,000
19Cairo27 Sep 198765.5 km555321.2432.827.510,687,000
20Busan19 Jul 198595.0 km928831.0831.730.72,705,000
21Cleveland15 Mar 195531.0 km181811.7231.018.0194,000
22Delhi24 Dec 200289.9 km787631.1829.926.03,450,000
23Singapore7 Nov 1987118.9 km766941.7229.719.04,802,000
24Incheon6 Oct 199929.5 km292911.0229.529.02,475,000
25Seoul15 Aug 1974286.9 km348298100.9628.734.87,138,000
26Belo Horizonte1 Aug 198628.1 km191911.4828.119.0
27Chennai19 Oct 199727.0 km171711.5927.017.0
28Daegu26 Nov 199753.9 km565520.9827.028.02,041,000
29Beijing1 Oct 1969227.6 km14712591.8225.316.35,274,000
30Moscow15 May 1935298.8 km180144122.0724.915.08,611,000
31Milan1 Nov 196474.6 km888430.8924.929.34,397,000
32Baltimore21 Nov 198324.5 km141411.7524.514.0571,000
33Rotterdam10 Feb 196847.0 km383721.2723.519.01,809,000
34Tokyo30 Dec 1927304.5 km290205131.4923.422.310,424,000
35Vancouver3 Jan 198669.5 km494731.4823.216.31,065,000
36Lille25 Apr 198345.5 km626020.7622.831.01,626,000
37Kolkata24 Oct 198422.6 km212111.0822.621.04,425,000
38Daejeon16 Mar 200622.6 km222211.0322.622.01,283,000
39Warsaw7 Apr 199522.6 km212111.0822.621.05,044,000
40Bursa19 Aug 200222.5 km232310.9822.523.0
41Nagoya15 Nov 195789.0 km938241.0922.323.34,798,000
42Seattle18 Jul 200922.2 km121211.8522.212.0
43Saint Petersburg15 Nov 1955110.2 km635552.0022.012.67,550,000
44Madrid17 Oct 1919284.0 km281231131.2321.821.62,415,000
45Nanjing27 Aug 200521.7 km161611.3621.716.04,700,000
46Kaohsiung9 Mar 200842.7 km373621.1921.418.5703,000
47Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 199664.0 km605631.1421.320.01,703,000
48Helsinki3 Aug 198221.0 km171711.2421.017.02,762,000
49Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 197942.0 km343421.2421.017.03,214,000
50Hong Kong1 Oct 1979188.1 km958292.2920.910.66,959,000
51Chicago6 Jun 1892166.0 km15114481.1520.818.91,193,000
52Philadelphia4 Mar 190762.0 km666231.0020.722.01,081,000
53Bilbao11 Nov 199540.6 km383821.0720.319.02,118,000
54Boston1 Sep 189760.5 km666031.0120.222.02,397,000
55Gwangju28 Apr 200420.1 km202011.0120.120.0846,000
56Kiev22 Oct 196059.8 km464331.3919.915.310,736,000
57Recife11 Mar 198539.7 km302821.4219.915.0
58Los Angeles30 Jan 199359.3 km303031.9819.810.0759,000
59Prague9 May 197459.1 km575431.0919.719.010,102,000
60Rome10 Feb 195539.0 km494820.8119.524.58,487,000
61Chongqing18 Jun 200519.5 km181811.0819.518.0
62Yokohama16 Dec 197257.6 km484531.2819.216.03,438,000
63Hiroshima20 Aug 199418.4 km212110.8818.421.0978,000
64Mexico City5 Sep 1969201.7 km175147111.3718.315.97,238,000
65Seville2 Apr 200918.0 km212110.8618.021.0
66Sofia28 Jan 199818.0 km141411.2918.014.02,833,000
67Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 198618.0 km121211.5018.012.0
68Toronto30 Apr 195471.3 km746941.0317.818.53,899,000
69Athens195452.0 km524831.0817.317.36,250,000
70Montreal14 Oct 196669.2 km736841.0217.318.33,165,000
71San Juan6 Jun 200517.2 km161611.0817.216.0523,000
72ChangchunOct 200217.0 km161611.0617.016.0
73Bucharest16 Nov 197967.7 km504341.5716.912.51,640,000
74Tehran21 Feb 200050.5 km474431.1516.815.76,990,000
75Santiago15 Sep 197583.0 km938650.9716.618.67,735,000
76Sapporo16 Dec 197148.0 km494631.0416.016.34,354,000
77Tama27 Nov 199816.0 km191910.8416.019.0
78Baku6 Nov 196731.7 km212021.5915.910.55,552,000
79Monterrey25 Apr 199131.5 km323121.0215.816.0
80Kyoto1 Apr 198131.3 km323121.0115.616.04,026,000
81Bangkok5 Dec 199946.3 km444031.1615.414.74,449,000
82Munich19 Oct 197192.5 km1009460.9815.416.73,773,000
83Sao Paulo14 Sep 197461.3 km585541.1115.314.511,158,000
84Osaka20 May 1933137.8 km13310491.3315.314.86,241,000
85Kobe13 Mar 197730.6 km262421.2815.313.03,954,000
86Manila1 Dec 198445.7 km423931.1715.214.07,571,000
87Minsk26 Jun 198430.3 km252421.2615.112.58,647,000
88Istanbul16 Sep 200015.0 km101011.5015.010.04,533,000
89Sendai15 Jul 198714.8 km171710.8714.817.03,919,000
90Berlin18 Feb 1902147.4 km195173100.8514.719.53,033,000
91Santo Domingo30 Jan 200914.5 km161610.9114.516.0
92Medellin30 Nov 199528.8 km262521.1514.413.05,382,000
93Vienna25 Feb 197869.8 km968450.8314.019.27,135,000
94Toulouse26 Jun 199327.5 km383720.7413.819.01,527,000
95New York27 Oct 1904368.0 km468422270.8713.617.34,413,000
96Paris19 Jul 1900213.0 km380300160.7113.323.86,915,000
97Wuppertal1 Mar 190113.3 km202010.6713.320.0
98Tbilisi11 Jan 196626.3 km222121.2513.111.03,498,000
99Edmonton22 Apr 197813.1 km111111.1913.111.0
100Naha10 Aug 200312.8 km151510.8512.815.0
101Shenzhen28 Dec 200425.3 km232221.1512.611.52,885,000
102Oslo22 May 196662.0 km727250.8612.414.41,032,000
103Yerevan7 Mar 198112.1 km101011.2112.110.01,405,000
104Caracas27 Mar 198360.5 km474351.4112.19.48,430,000
105Tashkent6 Nov 197736.2 km292631.3912.19.71,961,000
106Stuttgart10 Jun 196624.0 km191721.4112.09.5
107Guadalajara1 Sep 198924.0 km292820.8612.014.5
108Kharkov23 Aug 197535.3 km282531.4111.89.37,875,000
109Ankara30 Aug 199623.1 km232221.0511.611.54,892,000
110Nuremberg1 Mar 197234.6 km464430.7911.515.32,659,000
111Izmir22 May 200011.5 km101011.1511.510.02,609,000
112Taipei28 Mar 199690.6 km858081.1311.310.64,967,000
113Pyongyang6 Sep 197322.5 km161521.5011.38.01,556,000
114Barcelona30 Dec 1924110.5 km152128100.8611.115.23,421,000
115Budapest2 May 189633.0 km424030.8311.014.09,000,000
116Oporto7 Dec 200221.7 km151421.5510.97.5
117Bochum26 May 197921.5 km292720.8010.814.5
118Brussels20 Sep 197632.2 km615930.5510.720.34,224,000
119Naples28 Mar 199331.8 km302831.1410.610.0912,000
120Valencia3 Oct 198831.8 km383730.8610.612.7
121Copenhagen19 Oct 200221.0 km222220.9510.511.01,762,000
122Glasgow14 Dec 189610.4 km151510.6910.415.01,442,000
123Lisbon29 Dec 195941.0 km524640.8910.313.04,390,000
124Samara26 Dec 198710.2 km9911.1310.29.01,176,000
125Wuhan28 Sep 200410.2 km101011.0210.210.0
126Lima13 Jan 200310.0 km6611.6710.06.0
127Fukuoka26 Jul 198129.8 km353430.889.911.74,161,000
128Dortmund17 May 197629.5 km373730.809.812.3
129Marseille26 Nov 197719.3 km262420.809.613.03,005,000
130Turin4 Feb 20069.6 km141410.699.614.0
131The Hague16 Oct 200427.9 km303030.939.310.0
132Rennes16 Mar 20029.0 km151510.609.015.02,556,000
133Algiers20099.0 km101010.909.010.0
134Bonn22 Mar 19759.0 km121210.759.012.0
135Kitakyushu9 Jan 19858.8 km131310.688.813.0
136Yekaterinburg26 Apr 19918.5 km7711.218.57.05,412,000
137Buffalo18 May 19858.4 km8811.048.48.0
138Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 20078.3 km9910.928.39.0
139Kazan27 Aug 20058.3 km6611.388.36.0843,000
140Amsterdam16 Oct 197732.7 km333340.998.28.32,783,000
141Adana18 Mar 20098.0 km8811.008.08.0
142Buenos Aires1 Dec 191347.5 km766860.707.912.75,895,000
143Chiba28 Mar 198815.5 km181820.867.89.0
144Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 198515.5 km141321.197.87.02,129,000
145Lyon28 Apr 197830.7 km433940.797.710.85,928,000
146Sydney192622.1 km141431.587.44.7
147Duisburg11 Jul 199214.3 km131321.107.26.5
148Novosibirsk7 Jan 198614.3 km131221.197.26.54,895,000
149Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 19957.1 km6611.187.16.01,549,000
150Jacksonville30 May 19896.9 km6611.156.96.0
151Lausanne24 May 199113.7 km292820.496.814.5
152Frankfurt4 Oct 196820.5 km312730.766.810.3
153Essen5 Oct 196720.2 km272730.756.79.0
154Kamakura3 Mar 19706.6 km8810.826.68.0
155Maracaibo8 Jun 20096.5 km6611.086.56.0
156Hanover28 Sep 197518.6 km211731.096.27.0
157Las Vegas15 Jul 20046.2 km7710.896.27.0
158Valencia18 Oct 20066.2 km7710.896.27.02,903,000
159Poznan1 Mar 19976.1 km6611.026.16.0
160Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 19845.5 km9910.615.59.0
161Genoa13 Jun 19905.2 km7710.745.27.0
162DetroitJul 19874.8 km131310.374.813.0
163Duesseldorf4 Oct 19819.6 km141420.684.87.0
164Mulheim3 Nov 19799.0 km131220.754.56.5
165Charleroi21 Jun 197617.5 km202040.884.45.0
166Catania27 Jun 19993.8 km6610.633.86.0
167Antwerp25 Mar 19757.6 km111120.693.85.5
168Volgograd5 Nov 19843.3 km2211.653.32.0
169Perugia29 Jan 20083.0 km7710.433.07.0
170Cologne11 Oct 196845.0 km5151150.883.03.4
171Rouen17 Dec 19942.2 km5510.442.25.0
172Newark26 May 19352.2 km4410.552.24.0
173Haifa19591.8 km6610.291.86.0
174Pittsburgh3 Jul 19851.5 km3310.481.53.0
175Bielefeld21 Sep 19715.2 km7740.741.31.8
176Ludwigshafen29 May 19694.0 km111100.36


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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