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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 New York27 Oct 1904422368.0 km468270.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,000
2 Paris19 Jul 1900300213.0 km380160.7113.323.81473 mio.6,915,000
3 Seoul15 Aug 1974298286.9 km348100.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,000
4 Tokyo30 Dec 1927205304.5 km290131.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,000
5 Madrid17 Oct 1919231284.0 km281131.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,000
6 London10 Jan 1863268408.0 km268111.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,000
7 Shanghai10 Apr 1995194334.0 km230101.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,000
8 Berlin18 Feb 1902173147.4 km195100.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,000
9 Moscow15 May 1935144298.8 km180122.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,000
10 Mexico City5 Sep 1969147201.7 km175111.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,000
11 Barcelona30 Dec 1924128110.5 km152100.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,000
12 Chicago6 Jun 1892144166.0 km15181.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,000
13 Beijing1 Oct 1969125227.6 km14791.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,000
14 Osaka20 May 1933104137.8 km13391.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,000
15 Stockholm1 Oct 1950100105.7 km10431.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,000
16 Munich19 Oct 19719492.5 km10060.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,000
17 Hamburg1 Mar 191289100.7 km9731.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,000
18 Vienna25 Feb 19788469.8 km9650.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,000
19 Hong Kong1 Oct 197982188.1 km9592.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,000
20 Nagoya15 Nov 19578289.0 km9341.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,000
21 Santiago15 Sep 19758683.0 km9350.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,000
22 Busan19 Jul 19858895.0 km9231.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,000
23 Washington27 Mar 197686171.2 km9051.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,000
24 Guangzhou28 Jun 199979148.5 km8851.8829.717.6601 mio.4,047,000
25 Milan1 Nov 19648474.6 km8830.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,000
26 Taipei28 Mar 19968090.6 km8581.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,000
27 Delhi24 Dec 20028196.2 km8331.1932.127.7310 mio.3,224,000
28 Buenos Aires1 Dec 19136847.5 km7660.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,000
29 Singapore7 Nov 198769118.9 km7641.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,000
30 Toronto30 Apr 19546971.3 km7441.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,000
31 Montreal14 Oct 19666869.2 km7341.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,000
32 Mumbai73171.0 km7352.3434.214.6
33 Oslo22 May 19667262.0 km7250.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,000
34 Boston1 Sep 18976060.5 km6631.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,000
35 Philadelphia4 Mar 19076262.0 km6631.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,000
36 Saint Petersburg15 Nov 195555110.2 km6352.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,000
37 Lille25 Apr 19836045.5 km6220.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,000
38 Brussels20 Sep 19765932.2 km6130.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,000
39 Newcastle7 Aug 19805076.5 km6121.5338.330.538 mio.497,000
40 Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 19965664.0 km6031.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,000
41 Sao Paulo14 Sep 19745561.3 km5841.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,000
42 Prague9 May 19745459.1 km5731.0919.719.0597 mio.10,102,000
43 Daegu26 Nov 19975553.9 km5620.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,000
44 Cairo27 Sep 19875365.5 km5521.2432.827.5700 mio.10,687,000
45 Athens19544852.0 km5231.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,000
46 Lisbon29 Dec 19594641.0 km5240.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,000
47 Cologne11 Oct 19685145.0 km51150.883.03.4
48 Caracas27 Mar 19834660.5 km5051.3212.110.0510 mio.8,430,000
49 Bucharest16 Nov 19794367.7 km5041.5716.912.5111 mio.1,640,000
50 Sapporo16 Dec 19714648.0 km4931.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,000
51 Rome10 Feb 19554839.0 km4920.8119.524.5331 mio.8,487,000
52 Vancouver3 Jan 19864769.5 km4931.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,000
53 Yokohama16 Dec 19724557.6 km4831.2819.216.0198 mio.3,438,000
54 Tehran21 Feb 20004450.5 km4731.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,000
55 Nuremberg1 Mar 19724434.6 km4630.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,000
56 Kiev22 Oct 19604359.8 km4631.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,000
57 Bangkok5 Dec 19994046.3 km4431.1615.414.7206 mio.4,449,000
58 San Francisco11 Sep 197243166.9 km4353.8833.48.6100 mio.599,000
59 Lyon28 Apr 19783930.7 km4340.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,000
60 Manila1 Dec 19843945.7 km4231.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,000
61 Budapest2 May 18964033.0 km4230.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,000
62 Atlanta30 Jun 19793879.2 km3922.0839.619.534 mio.429,000
63 Bilbao11 Nov 19953840.6 km3821.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,000
64 Valencia3 Oct 19883731.8 km3830.8610.612.7
65 Rotterdam10 Feb 19683747.0 km3821.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,000
66 Toulouse26 Jun 19933727.5 km3820.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,000
67 Dortmund17 May 19763729.5 km3730.809.812.3
68 Saint Louis31 Jul 19933773.4 km3721.9836.718.5
69 Tianjin28 Mar 20043772.0 km3721.9536.018.515 mio.208,000
70 Kaohsiung9 Mar 20083642.7 km3721.1921.418.530 mio.703,000
71 Fukuoka26 Jul 19813429.8 km3530.889.911.7124 mio.4,161,000
72 Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 19793442.0 km3421.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,000
73 Amsterdam16 Oct 19773332.7 km3340.998.28.391 mio.2,783,000
74 Kyoto1 Apr 19813131.3 km3221.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,000
75 Monterrey25 Apr 19913131.5 km3221.0215.816.0
76 Frankfurt4 Oct 19682720.5 km3130.766.810.3
77 Los Angeles30 Jan 19933059.3 km3031.9819.810.045 mio.759,000
78 Naples28 Mar 19932831.8 km3031.1410.610.029 mio.912,000
79 Recife11 Mar 19852839.7 km3021.4219.915.0
80 The Hague16 Oct 20043027.9 km3030.939.310.0
81 Lausanne24 May 19912813.7 km2920.496.814.5
82 Tashkent6 Nov 19772636.2 km2931.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,000
83 Guadalajara1 Sep 19892824.0 km2920.8612.014.5
84 Bochum26 May 19792721.5 km2920.8010.814.5
85 Incheon6 Oct 19992929.5 km2911.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,000
86 Kharkov23 Aug 19752535.3 km2831.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,000
87 Essen5 Oct 19672720.2 km2730.756.79.0
88 Marseille26 Nov 19772419.3 km2620.809.613.058 mio.3,005,000
89 Kobe13 Mar 19772430.6 km2621.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,000
90 Medellin30 Nov 19952528.8 km2621.1514.413.0155 mio.5,382,000
91 Minsk26 Jun 19842430.3 km2521.2615.112.5262 mio.8,647,000
92 Bursa19 Aug 20022322.5 km2310.9822.523.0
93 Shenzhen28 Dec 20042225.3 km2321.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,000
94 Ankara30 Aug 19962223.1 km2321.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,000
95 Brasilia31 Mar 20012342.0 km2311.8342.023.016 mio.381,000
96 Copenhagen19 Oct 20022221.0 km2220.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,000
97 Miami21 May 19842236.0 km2211.6436.022.019 mio.528,000
98 Tbilisi11 Jan 19662126.3 km2221.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,000
99 Daejeon16 Mar 20062222.6 km2211.0322.622.029 mio.1,283,000
100 Baku6 Nov 19672132.9 km2221.5616.411.0176 mio.5,356,000
101 Hiroshima20 Aug 19942118.4 km2110.8818.421.018 mio.978,000
102 Warsaw7 Apr 19952122.6 km2111.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,000
103 Kolkata24 Oct 19842122.6 km2111.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,000
104 Hanover28 Sep 19751718.6 km2131.096.27.0
105 Seville2 Apr 20092118.0 km2110.8618.021.0
106 Gwangju28 Apr 20042020.1 km2011.0120.120.017 mio.846,000
107 Wuppertal1 Mar 19012013.3 km2010.6713.320.0
108 Charleroi21 Jun 19762017.5 km2040.884.45.0
109 Valparaiso23 Nov 20052043.0 km2012.1543.020.0
110 Stuttgart10 Jun 19661724.0 km1921.4112.09.5
111 Tama27 Nov 19981916.0 km1910.8416.019.0
112 Belo Horizonte1 Aug 19861928.1 km1911.4828.119.0
113 Chiba28 Mar 19881815.5 km1820.867.89.0
114 Cleveland15 Mar 19551831.0 km1811.7231.018.06 mio.194,000
115 Shenyang23 Sep 20091822.2 km1811.2322.218.0
116 Chongqing18 Jun 20051819.5 km1811.0819.518.0
117 Sendai15 Jul 19871714.8 km1710.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,000
118 Helsinki3 Aug 19821721.0 km1711.2421.017.058 mio.2,762,000
119 Porto Alegre2 Mar 19851733.8 km1711.9933.817.0
120 Chennai19 Oct 19971727.0 km1711.5927.017.0
121 Santo Domingo30 Jan 20091614.5 km1610.9114.516.0
122 San Juan6 Jun 20051617.2 km1611.0817.216.09 mio.523,000
123 Nanjing27 Aug 20051621.7 km1611.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,000
124 Pyongyang6 Sep 19731522.5 km1621.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,000
125 ChangchunOct 20021617.0 km1611.0617.016.0
126 Oporto7 Dec 20021421.7 km1521.5510.97.5
127 Naha10 Aug 20031512.8 km1510.8512.815.0
128 Rennes16 Mar 2002159.0 km1510.609.015.023 mio.2,556,000
129 Glasgow14 Dec 18961510.4 km1510.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,000
130 Sydney19261422.1 km1431.587.44.7
131 Turin4 Feb 2006149.6 km1410.699.614.0
132 Baltimore21 Nov 19831424.5 km1411.7524.514.014 mio.571,000
133 Duesseldorf4 Oct 1981149.6 km1420.684.87.0
134 Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 19851315.5 km1421.197.87.033 mio.2,129,000
135 Sofia28 Jan 19981418.0 km1411.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,000
136 Duisburg11 Jul 19921314.3 km1321.107.26.5
137 Novosibirsk7 Jan 19861214.3 km1321.197.26.570 mio.4,895,000
138 Kitakyushu9 Jan 1985138.8 km1310.688.813.0
139 DetroitJul 1987134.8 km1310.374.813.0
140 Mulheim3 Nov 1979129.0 km1320.754.56.5
141 Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 19861218.0 km1211.5018.012.0
142 Seattle18 Jul 20091222.2 km1211.8522.212.0
143 Dalian1 May 20031249.0 km1214.0849.012.0
144 Bonn22 Mar 1975129.0 km1210.759.012.0
145 Ludwigshafen29 May 1969114.0 km1100.36
146 Edmonton22 Apr 19781113.1 km1111.1913.111.0
147 Dubai9 Sep 20091139.7 km1113.6139.711.0
148 Antwerp25 Mar 1975117.6 km1120.693.85.5
149 Yerevan7 Mar 19811012.1 km1011.2112.110.017 mio.1,405,000
150 Istanbul16 Sep 20001015.0 km1011.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,000
151 Izmir22 May 20001011.5 km1011.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,000
152 Wuhan28 Sep 20041010.2 km1011.0210.210.0
153 Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 198495.5 km910.615.59.0
154 Samara26 Dec 1987910.2 km911.1310.29.012 mio.1,176,000
155 Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 200798.3 km910.928.39.0
156 Adana18 Mar 200988.0 km811.008.08.0
157 Kamakura3 Mar 197086.6 km810.826.68.0
158 Buffalo18 May 198588.4 km811.048.48.0
159 Valencia18 Oct 200676.2 km710.896.27.018 mio.2,903,000
160 Perugia29 Jan 200873.0 km710.433.07.0
161 Genoa13 Jun 199075.2 km710.745.27.0
162 Yekaterinburg26 Apr 199178.5 km711.218.57.046 mio.5,412,000
163 Las Vegas15 Jul 200476.2 km710.896.27.0
164 Bielefeld21 Sep 197175.2 km740.741.31.8
165 Maracaibo8 Jun 200966.5 km611.086.56.0
166 Jacksonville30 May 198966.9 km611.156.96.0
167 Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 199567.1 km611.187.16.011 mio.1,549,000
168 Poznan1 Mar 199766.1 km611.026.16.0
169 Kazan27 Aug 200568.3 km611.388.36.07 mio.843,000
170 Haifa195961.8 km610.291.86.0
171 Catania27 Jun 199963.8 km610.633.86.0
172 Lima13 Jan 2003610.0 km611.6710.06.0
173 Rouen17 Dec 199452.2 km510.442.25.0
174 Newark26 May 193542.2 km410.552.24.0
175 Pittsburgh3 Jul 198531.5 km310.481.53.0
176 Volgograd5 Nov 198423.3 km211.653.32.0


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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