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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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1Mumbai171.0 km737352.3434.214.6
2London10 Jan 1863408.0 km268268111.5237.124.42,934,0001197 mio.
3Chicago6 Jun 1892166.0 km15114481.1520.818.91,193,000198 mio.
4Budapest2 May 189633.0 km424030.8311.014.09,000,000297 mio.
5Glasgow14 Dec 189610.4 km151510.6910.415.01,442,00015 mio.
6Boston1 Sep 189760.5 km666031.0120.222.02,397,000145 mio.
7Paris19 Jul 1900213.0 km380300160.7113.323.86,915,0001473 mio.
8Wuppertal1 Mar 190113.3 km202010.6713.320.0
9Berlin18 Feb 1902147.4 km195173100.8514.719.53,033,000447 mio.
10New York27 Oct 1904368.0 km468422270.8713.617.34,413,0001624 mio.
11Philadelphia4 Mar 190762.0 km666231.0020.722.01,081,00067 mio.
12Hamburg1 Mar 1912100.7 km978931.1333.632.31,827,000184 mio.
13Buenos Aires1 Dec 191347.5 km766860.707.912.75,895,000280 mio.
14Madrid17 Oct 1919284.0 km281231131.2321.821.62,415,000686 mio.
15Barcelona30 Dec 1924110.5 km152128100.8611.115.23,421,000378 mio.
16Sydney192622.1 km141431.587.44.7
17Tokyo30 Dec 1927304.5 km290205131.4923.422.310,424,0003174 mio.
18Osaka20 May 1933137.8 km13310491.3315.314.86,241,000860 mio.
19Moscow15 May 1935298.8 km180144122.0724.915.08,611,0002573 mio.
20Newark26 May 19352.2 km4410.552.24.0
21Stockholm1 Oct 1950105.7 km10410031.0635.234.72,867,000303 mio.
22Athens195452.0 km524831.0817.317.36,250,000325 mio.
23Toronto30 Apr 195471.3 km746941.0317.818.53,899,000278 mio.
24Rome10 Feb 195539.0 km494820.8119.524.58,487,000331 mio.
25Cleveland15 Mar 195531.0 km181811.7231.018.0194,0006 mio.
26Saint Petersburg15 Nov 1955110.2 km635552.0022.012.67,550,000832 mio.
27Nagoya15 Nov 195789.0 km938241.0922.323.34,798,000427 mio.
28Haifa19591.8 km6610.291.86.0
29Lisbon29 Dec 195941.0 km524640.8910.313.04,390,000180 mio.
30Kiev22 Oct 196059.8 km464331.3919.915.310,736,000642 mio.
31Milan1 Nov 196474.6 km888430.8924.929.34,397,000328 mio.
32Tbilisi11 Jan 196626.3 km222121.2513.111.03,498,00092 mio.
33Oslo22 May 196662.0 km727250.8612.414.41,032,00064 mio.
34Stuttgart10 Jun 196624.0 km191721.4112.09.5
35Montreal14 Oct 196669.2 km736841.0217.318.33,165,000219 mio.
36Essen5 Oct 196720.2 km272730.756.79.0
37Baku6 Nov 196731.7 km212021.5915.910.55,552,000176 mio.
38Rotterdam10 Feb 196847.0 km383721.2723.519.01,809,00085 mio.
39Frankfurt4 Oct 196820.5 km312730.766.810.3
40Cologne11 Oct 196845.0 km5151150.883.03.4
41Ludwigshafen29 May 19694.0 km111100.36
42Mexico City5 Sep 1969201.7 km175147111.3718.315.97,238,0001460 mio.
43Beijing1 Oct 1969227.6 km14712591.8225.316.35,274,0001200 mio.
44Kamakura3 Mar 19706.6 km8810.826.68.0
45Bielefeld21 Sep 19715.2 km7740.741.31.8
46Munich19 Oct 197192.5 km1009460.9815.416.73,773,000349 mio.
47Sapporo16 Dec 197148.0 km494631.0416.016.34,354,000209 mio.
48Nuremberg1 Mar 197234.6 km464430.7911.515.32,659,00092 mio.
49San Francisco11 Sep 1972166.9 km434353.8833.48.6599,000100 mio.
50Yokohama16 Dec 197257.6 km484531.2819.216.03,438,000198 mio.
51Pyongyang6 Sep 197322.5 km161521.5011.38.01,556,00035 mio.
52Prague9 May 197459.1 km575431.0919.719.010,102,000597 mio.
53Seoul15 Aug 1974286.9 km348298100.9628.734.87,138,0002048 mio.
54Sao Paulo14 Sep 197461.3 km585541.1115.314.511,158,000684 mio.
55Bonn22 Mar 19759.0 km121210.759.012.0
56Antwerp25 Mar 19757.6 km111120.693.85.5
57Kharkov23 Aug 197535.3 km282531.4111.89.37,875,000278 mio.
58Santiago15 Sep 197583.0 km938650.9716.618.67,735,000642 mio.
59Hanover28 Sep 197518.6 km211731.096.27.0
60Washington27 Mar 1976171.2 km908651.9934.218.01,256,000215 mio.
61Dortmund17 May 197629.5 km373730.809.812.3
62Charleroi21 Jun 197617.5 km202040.884.45.0
63Brussels20 Sep 197632.2 km615930.5510.720.34,224,000136 mio.
64Kobe13 Mar 197730.6 km262421.2815.313.03,954,000121 mio.
65Amsterdam16 Oct 197732.7 km333340.998.28.32,783,00091 mio.
66Tashkent6 Nov 197736.2 km292631.3912.19.71,961,00071 mio.
67Marseille26 Nov 197719.3 km262420.809.613.03,005,00058 mio.
68Vienna25 Feb 197869.8 km968450.8314.019.27,135,000498 mio.
69Edmonton22 Apr 197813.1 km111111.1913.111.0
70Lyon28 Apr 197830.7 km433940.797.710.85,928,000182 mio.
71Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 197942.0 km343421.2421.017.03,214,000135 mio.
72Bochum26 May 197921.5 km292720.8010.814.5
73Atlanta30 Jun 197979.2 km393822.0839.619.5429,00034 mio.
74Hong Kong1 Oct 1979188.1 km958292.2920.910.66,959,0001309 mio.
75Mulheim3 Nov 19799.0 km131220.754.56.5
76Bucharest16 Nov 197967.7 km504341.5716.912.51,640,000111 mio.
77Newcastle7 Aug 198076.5 km615021.5338.330.5497,00038 mio.
78Yerevan7 Mar 198112.1 km101011.2112.110.01,405,00017 mio.
79Kyoto1 Apr 198131.3 km323121.0115.616.04,026,000126 mio.
80Fukuoka26 Jul 198129.8 km353430.889.911.74,161,000124 mio.
81Duesseldorf4 Oct 19819.6 km141420.684.87.0
82Helsinki3 Aug 198221.0 km171711.2421.017.02,762,00058 mio.
83Caracas27 Mar 198360.5 km474351.4112.19.48,430,000510 mio.
84Lille25 Apr 198345.5 km626020.7622.831.01,626,00074 mio.
85Baltimore21 Nov 198324.5 km141411.7524.514.0571,00014 mio.
86Miami21 May 198436.0 km222211.6436.022.0528,00019 mio.
87Minsk26 Jun 198430.3 km252421.2615.112.58,647,000262 mio.
88Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 19845.5 km9910.615.59.0
89Kolkata24 Oct 198422.6 km212111.0822.621.04,425,000100 mio.
90Volgograd5 Nov 19843.3 km2211.653.32.0
91Manila1 Dec 198445.7 km423931.1715.214.07,571,000346 mio.
92Kitakyushu9 Jan 19858.8 km131310.688.813.0
93Porto Alegre2 Mar 198533.8 km171711.9933.817.0
94Recife11 Mar 198539.7 km302821.4219.915.0
95Buffalo18 May 19858.4 km8811.048.48.0
96Pittsburgh3 Jul 19851.5 km3310.481.53.0
97Busan19 Jul 198595.0 km928831.0831.730.72,705,000257 mio.
98Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 198515.5 km141321.197.87.02,129,00033 mio.
99Vancouver3 Jan 198669.5 km494731.4823.216.31,065,00074 mio.
100Novosibirsk7 Jan 198614.3 km131221.197.26.54,895,00070 mio.
101Belo Horizonte1 Aug 198628.1 km191911.4828.119.0
102Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 198618.0 km121211.5018.012.0
103DetroitJul 19874.8 km131310.374.813.0
104Sendai15 Jul 198714.8 km171710.8714.817.03,919,00058 mio.
105Cairo27 Sep 198765.5 km555321.2432.827.510,687,000700 mio.
106Singapore7 Nov 1987118.9 km766941.7229.719.04,802,000571 mio.
107Samara26 Dec 198710.2 km9911.1310.29.01,176,00012 mio.
108Chiba28 Mar 198815.5 km181820.867.89.0
109Valencia3 Oct 198831.8 km383730.8610.612.7
110Jacksonville30 May 19896.9 km6611.156.96.0
111Guadalajara1 Sep 198924.0 km292820.8612.014.5
112Genoa13 Jun 19905.2 km7710.745.27.0
113Monterrey25 Apr 199131.5 km323121.0215.816.0
114Yekaterinburg26 Apr 19918.5 km7711.218.57.05,412,00046 mio.
115Lausanne24 May 199113.7 km292820.496.814.5
116Duisburg11 Jul 199214.3 km131321.107.26.5
117Los Angeles30 Jan 199359.3 km303031.9819.810.0759,00045 mio.
118Naples28 Mar 199331.8 km302831.1410.610.0912,00029 mio.
119Toulouse26 Jun 199327.5 km383720.7413.819.01,527,00042 mio.
120Saint Louis31 Jul 199373.4 km373721.9836.718.5
121Hiroshima20 Aug 199418.4 km212110.8818.421.0978,00018 mio.
122Rouen17 Dec 19942.2 km5510.442.25.0
123Warsaw7 Apr 199522.6 km212111.0822.621.05,044,000114 mio.
124Shanghai10 Apr 1995334.0 km230194101.7233.423.03,359,0001122 mio.
125Bilbao11 Nov 199540.6 km383821.0720.319.02,118,00086 mio.
126Medellin30 Nov 199528.8 km262521.1514.413.05,382,000155 mio.
127Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 19957.1 km6611.187.16.01,549,00011 mio.
128Taipei28 Mar 199690.6 km858081.1311.310.64,967,000450 mio.
129Ankara30 Aug 199623.1 km232221.0511.611.54,892,000113 mio.
130Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 199664.0 km605631.1421.320.01,703,000109 mio.
131Poznan1 Mar 19976.1 km6611.026.16.0
132Chennai19 Oct 199727.0 km171711.5927.017.0
133Daegu26 Nov 199753.9 km565520.9827.028.02,041,000110 mio.
134Sofia28 Jan 199818.0 km141411.2918.014.02,833,00051 mio.
135Tama27 Nov 199816.0 km191910.8416.019.0
136Catania27 Jun 19993.8 km6610.633.86.0
137Guangzhou28 Jun 1999176.1 km887952.2335.217.63,414,000601 mio.
138Incheon6 Oct 199929.5 km292911.0229.529.02,475,00073 mio.
139Bangkok5 Dec 199946.3 km444031.1615.414.74,449,000206 mio.
140Tehran21 Feb 200050.5 km474431.1516.815.76,990,000353 mio.
141Izmir22 May 200011.5 km101011.1511.510.02,609,00030 mio.
142Istanbul16 Sep 200015.0 km101011.5015.010.04,533,00068 mio.
143Brasilia31 Mar 200142.0 km232311.8342.023.0381,00016 mio.
144Rennes16 Mar 20029.0 km151510.609.015.02,556,00023 mio.
145Bursa19 Aug 200222.5 km232310.9822.523.0
146ChangchunOct 200217.0 km161611.0617.016.0
147Copenhagen19 Oct 200221.0 km222220.9510.511.01,762,00037 mio.
148Oporto7 Dec 200221.7 km151421.5510.97.5
149Delhi24 Dec 200289.9 km787631.1829.926.03,450,000310 mio.
150Lima13 Jan 200310.0 km6611.6710.06.0
151Dalian1 May 200349.0 km121214.0849.012.0
152Naha10 Aug 200312.8 km151510.8512.815.0
153Tianjin28 Mar 200472.0 km373721.9536.018.5208,00015 mio.
154Gwangju28 Apr 200420.1 km202011.0120.120.0846,00017 mio.
155Las Vegas15 Jul 20046.2 km7710.896.27.0
156Wuhan28 Sep 200410.2 km101011.0210.210.0
157The Hague16 Oct 200427.9 km303030.939.310.0
158Shenzhen28 Dec 200425.3 km232221.1512.611.52,885,00073 mio.
159San Juan6 Jun 200517.2 km161611.0817.216.0523,0009 mio.
160Chongqing18 Jun 200519.5 km181811.0819.518.0
161Kazan27 Aug 20058.3 km6611.388.36.0843,0007 mio.
162Nanjing27 Aug 200521.7 km161611.3621.716.04,700,000102 mio.
163Valparaiso23 Nov 200543.0 km202012.1543.020.0
164Turin4 Feb 20069.6 km141410.699.614.0
165Daejeon16 Mar 200622.6 km222211.0322.622.01,283,00029 mio.
166Valencia18 Oct 20066.2 km7710.896.27.02,903,00018 mio.
167Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 20078.3 km9910.928.39.0
168Perugia29 Jan 20083.0 km7710.433.07.0
169Kaohsiung9 Mar 200842.7 km373621.1921.418.5703,00030 mio.
170Algiers20099.0 km101010.909.010.0
171Santo Domingo30 Jan 200914.5 km161610.9114.516.0
172Adana18 Mar 20098.0 km8811.008.08.0
173Seville2 Apr 200918.0 km212110.8618.021.0
174Maracaibo8 Jun 20096.5 km6611.086.56.0
175Seattle18 Jul 200922.2 km121211.8522.212.0
176Dubai9 Sep 200939.7 km101013.9739.710.0


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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