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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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1London10 Jan 1863268408.0 km268111.5237.11197 mio.24.42,934,000
2New York27 Oct 1904468368.0 km422270.8713.61624 mio.17.34,413,000
3Shanghai10 Apr 1995230334.0 km194101.7233.41122 mio.23.03,359,000
4Tokyo30 Dec 1927290304.5 km205131.4923.43174 mio.22.310,424,000
5Moscow15 May 1935180298.8 km144122.0724.92573 mio.15.08,611,000
6Seoul15 Aug 1974348286.9 km298100.9628.72048 mio.34.87,138,000
7Madrid17 Oct 1919281284.0 km231131.2321.8686 mio.21.62,415,000
8Beijing1 Oct 1969147227.6 km12591.8225.31200 mio.16.35,274,000
9Paris19 Jul 1900380213.0 km300160.7113.31473 mio.23.86,915,000
10Mexico City5 Sep 1969175201.7 km147111.3718.31460 mio.15.97,238,000
11Hong Kong1 Oct 197995188.1 km8292.2920.91309 mio.10.66,959,000
12Guangzhou28 Jun 199988176.1 km7952.2335.2601 mio.17.63,414,000
13Washington27 Mar 197690171.2 km8651.9934.2215 mio.18.01,256,000
14Mumbai73171.0 km7352.3434.214.6
15San Francisco11 Sep 197243166.9 km4353.8833.4100 mio.8.6599,000
16Chicago6 Jun 1892151166.0 km14481.1520.8198 mio.18.91,193,000
17Berlin18 Feb 1902195147.4 km173100.8514.7447 mio.19.53,033,000
18Osaka20 May 1933133137.8 km10491.3315.3860 mio.14.86,241,000
19Singapore7 Nov 198776118.9 km6941.7229.7571 mio.19.04,802,000
20Barcelona30 Dec 1924152110.5 km128100.8611.1378 mio.15.23,421,000
21Saint Petersburg15 Nov 195563110.2 km5552.0022.0832 mio.12.67,550,000
22Stockholm1 Oct 1950104105.7 km10031.0635.2303 mio.34.72,867,000
23Hamburg1 Mar 191297100.7 km8931.1333.6184 mio.32.31,827,000
24Busan19 Jul 19859295.0 km8831.0831.7257 mio.30.72,705,000
25Munich19 Oct 197110092.5 km9460.9815.4349 mio.16.73,773,000
26Taipei28 Mar 19968590.6 km8081.1311.3450 mio.10.64,967,000
27Delhi24 Dec 20027889.9 km7631.1829.9310 mio.26.03,450,000
28Nagoya15 Nov 19579389.0 km8241.0922.3427 mio.23.34,798,000
29Santiago15 Sep 19759383.0 km8650.9716.6642 mio.18.67,735,000
30Atlanta30 Jun 19793979.2 km3822.0839.634 mio.19.5429,000
31Newcastle7 Aug 19806176.5 km5021.5338.338 mio.30.5497,000
32Milan1 Nov 19648874.6 km8430.8924.9328 mio.29.34,397,000
33Saint Louis31 Jul 19933773.4 km3721.9836.718.5
34Tianjin28 Mar 20043772.0 km3721.9536.015 mio.18.5208,000
35Toronto30 Apr 19547471.3 km6941.0317.8278 mio.18.53,899,000
36Vienna25 Feb 19789669.8 km8450.8314.0498 mio.19.27,135,000
37Vancouver3 Jan 19864969.5 km4731.4823.274 mio.16.31,065,000
38Montreal14 Oct 19667369.2 km6841.0217.3219 mio.18.33,165,000
39Bucharest16 Nov 19795067.7 km4341.5716.9111 mio.12.51,640,000
40Cairo27 Sep 19875565.5 km5321.2432.8700 mio.27.510,687,000
41Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 19966064.0 km5631.1421.3109 mio.20.01,703,000
42Oslo22 May 19667262.0 km7250.8612.464 mio.14.41,032,000
43Philadelphia4 Mar 19076662.0 km6231.0020.767 mio.22.01,081,000
44Sao Paulo14 Sep 19745861.3 km5541.1115.3684 mio.14.511,158,000
45Boston1 Sep 18976660.5 km6031.0120.2145 mio.22.02,397,000
46Caracas27 Mar 19834760.5 km4351.4112.1510 mio.9.48,430,000
47Kiev22 Oct 19604659.8 km4331.3919.9642 mio.15.310,736,000
48Los Angeles30 Jan 19933059.3 km3031.9819.845 mio.10.0759,000
49Prague9 May 19745759.1 km5431.0919.7597 mio.19.010,102,000
50Yokohama16 Dec 19724857.6 km4531.2819.2198 mio.16.03,438,000
51Daegu26 Nov 19975653.9 km5520.9827.0110 mio.28.02,041,000
52Athens19545252.0 km4831.0817.3325 mio.17.36,250,000
53Tehran21 Feb 20004750.5 km4431.1516.8353 mio.15.76,990,000
54Dalian1 May 20031249.0 km1214.0849.012.0
55Sapporo16 Dec 19714948.0 km4631.0416.0209 mio.16.34,354,000
56Buenos Aires1 Dec 19137647.5 km6860.707.9280 mio.12.75,895,000
57Rotterdam10 Feb 19683847.0 km3721.2723.585 mio.19.01,809,000
58Bangkok5 Dec 19994446.3 km4031.1615.4206 mio.14.74,449,000
59Manila1 Dec 19844245.7 km3931.1715.2346 mio.14.07,571,000
60Lille25 Apr 19836245.5 km6020.7622.874 mio.31.01,626,000
61Cologne11 Oct 19685145.0 km51150.883.03.4
62Valparaiso23 Nov 20052043.0 km2012.1543.020.0
63Kaohsiung9 Mar 20083742.7 km3621.1921.430 mio.18.5703,000
64Brasilia31 Mar 20012342.0 km2311.8342.016 mio.23.0381,000
65Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 19793442.0 km3421.2421.0135 mio.17.03,214,000
66Lisbon29 Dec 19595241.0 km4640.8910.3180 mio.13.04,390,000
67Bilbao11 Nov 19953840.6 km3821.0720.386 mio.19.02,118,000
68Dubai9 Sep 20091039.7 km1013.9739.710.0
69Recife11 Mar 19853039.7 km2821.4219.915.0
70Rome10 Feb 19554939.0 km4820.8119.5331 mio.24.58,487,000
71Tashkent6 Nov 19772936.2 km2631.3912.171 mio.9.71,961,000
72Miami21 May 19842236.0 km2211.6436.019 mio.22.0528,000
73Kharkov23 Aug 19752835.3 km2531.4111.8278 mio.9.37,875,000
74Nuremberg1 Mar 19724634.6 km4430.7911.592 mio.15.32,659,000
75Porto Alegre2 Mar 19851733.8 km1711.9933.817.0
76Budapest2 May 18964233.0 km4030.8311.0297 mio.14.09,000,000
77Amsterdam16 Oct 19773332.7 km3340.998.291 mio.8.32,783,000
78Brussels20 Sep 19766132.2 km5930.5510.7136 mio.20.34,224,000
79Naples28 Mar 19933031.8 km2831.1410.629 mio.10.0912,000
80Valencia3 Oct 19883831.8 km3730.8610.612.7
81Baku6 Nov 19672131.7 km2021.5915.9176 mio.10.55,552,000
82Monterrey25 Apr 19913231.5 km3121.0215.816.0
83Kyoto1 Apr 19813231.3 km3121.0115.6126 mio.16.04,026,000
84Cleveland15 Mar 19551831.0 km1811.7231.06 mio.18.0194,000
85Lyon28 Apr 19784330.7 km3940.797.7182 mio.10.85,928,000
86Kobe13 Mar 19772630.6 km2421.2815.3121 mio.13.03,954,000
87Minsk26 Jun 19842530.3 km2421.2615.1262 mio.12.58,647,000
88Fukuoka26 Jul 19813529.8 km3430.889.9124 mio.11.74,161,000
89Incheon6 Oct 19992929.5 km2911.0229.573 mio.29.02,475,000
90Dortmund17 May 19763729.5 km3730.809.812.3
91Medellin30 Nov 19952628.8 km2521.1514.4155 mio.13.05,382,000
92Belo Horizonte1 Aug 19861928.1 km1911.4828.119.0
93The Hague16 Oct 20043027.9 km3030.939.310.0
94Toulouse26 Jun 19933827.5 km3720.7413.842 mio.19.01,527,000
95Chennai19 Oct 19971727.0 km1711.5927.017.0
96Tbilisi11 Jan 19662226.3 km2121.2513.192 mio.11.03,498,000
97Shenzhen28 Dec 20042325.3 km2221.1512.673 mio.11.52,885,000
98Baltimore21 Nov 19831424.5 km1411.7524.514 mio.14.0571,000
99Stuttgart10 Jun 19661924.0 km1721.4112.09.5
100Guadalajara1 Sep 19892924.0 km2820.8612.014.5
101Ankara30 Aug 19962323.1 km2221.0511.6113 mio.11.54,892,000
102Kolkata24 Oct 19842122.6 km2111.0822.6100 mio.21.04,425,000
103Daejeon16 Mar 20062222.6 km2211.0322.629 mio.22.01,283,000
104Warsaw7 Apr 19952122.6 km2111.0822.6114 mio.21.05,044,000
105Bursa19 Aug 20022322.5 km2310.9822.523.0
106Pyongyang6 Sep 19731622.5 km1521.5011.335 mio.8.01,556,000
107Seattle18 Jul 20091222.2 km1211.8522.212.0
108Sydney19261422.1 km1431.587.44.7
109Nanjing27 Aug 20051621.7 km1611.3621.7102 mio.16.04,700,000
110Oporto7 Dec 20021521.7 km1421.5510.97.5
111Bochum26 May 19792921.5 km2720.8010.814.5
112Helsinki3 Aug 19821721.0 km1711.2421.058 mio.17.02,762,000
113Copenhagen19 Oct 20022221.0 km2220.9510.537 mio.11.01,762,000
114Frankfurt4 Oct 19683120.5 km2730.766.810.3
115Essen5 Oct 19672720.2 km2730.756.79.0
116Gwangju28 Apr 20042020.1 km2011.0120.117 mio.20.0846,000
117Chongqing18 Jun 20051819.5 km1811.0819.518.0
118Marseille26 Nov 19772619.3 km2420.809.658 mio.13.03,005,000
119Hanover28 Sep 19752118.6 km1731.096.27.0
120Hiroshima20 Aug 19942118.4 km2110.8818.418 mio.21.0978,000
121Seville2 Apr 20092118.0 km2110.8618.021.0
122Sofia28 Jan 19981418.0 km1411.2918.051 mio.14.02,833,000
123Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 19861218.0 km1211.5018.012.0
124Charleroi21 Jun 19762017.5 km2040.884.45.0
125San Juan6 Jun 20051617.2 km1611.0817.29 mio.16.0523,000
126ChangchunOct 20021617.0 km1611.0617.016.0
127Tama27 Nov 19981916.0 km1910.8416.019.0
128Chiba28 Mar 19881815.5 km1820.867.89.0
129Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 19851415.5 km1321.197.833 mio.7.02,129,000
130Istanbul16 Sep 20001015.0 km1011.5015.068 mio.10.04,533,000
131Sendai15 Jul 19871714.8 km1710.8714.858 mio.17.03,919,000
132Santo Domingo30 Jan 20091614.5 km1610.9114.516.0
133Duisburg11 Jul 19921314.3 km1321.107.26.5
134Novosibirsk7 Jan 19861314.3 km1221.197.270 mio.6.54,895,000
135Lausanne24 May 19912913.7 km2820.496.814.5
136Wuppertal1 Mar 19012013.3 km2010.6713.320.0
137Edmonton22 Apr 19781113.1 km1111.1913.111.0
138Naha10 Aug 20031512.8 km1510.8512.815.0
139Yerevan7 Mar 19811012.1 km1011.2112.117 mio.10.01,405,000
140Izmir22 May 20001011.5 km1011.1511.530 mio.10.02,609,000
141Glasgow14 Dec 18961510.4 km1510.6910.415 mio.15.01,442,000
142Samara26 Dec 1987910.2 km911.1310.212 mio.9.01,176,000
143Wuhan28 Sep 20041010.2 km1011.0210.210.0
144Lima13 Jan 2003610.0 km611.6710.06.0
145Turin4 Feb 2006149.6 km1410.699.614.0
146Duesseldorf4 Oct 1981149.6 km1420.684.87.0
147Mulheim3 Nov 1979139.0 km1220.754.56.5
148Rennes16 Mar 2002159.0 km1510.609.023 mio.15.02,556,000
149Algiers2009109.0 km1010.909.010.0
150Bonn22 Mar 1975129.0 km1210.759.012.0
151Kitakyushu9 Jan 1985138.8 km1310.688.813.0
152Yekaterinburg26 Apr 199178.5 km711.218.546 mio.7.05,412,000
153Buffalo18 May 198588.4 km811.048.48.0
154Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 200798.3 km910.928.39.0
155Kazan27 Aug 200568.3 km611.388.37 mio.6.0843,000
156Adana18 Mar 200988.0 km811.008.08.0
157Antwerp25 Mar 1975117.6 km1120.693.85.5
158Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 199567.1 km611.187.111 mio.6.01,549,000
159Jacksonville30 May 198966.9 km611.156.96.0
160Kamakura3 Mar 197086.6 km810.826.68.0
161Maracaibo8 Jun 200966.5 km611.086.56.0
162Las Vegas15 Jul 200476.2 km710.896.27.0
163Valencia18 Oct 200676.2 km710.896.218 mio.7.02,903,000
164Poznan1 Mar 199766.1 km611.026.16.0
165Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 198495.5 km910.615.59.0
166Bielefeld21 Sep 197175.2 km740.741.31.8
167Genoa13 Jun 199075.2 km710.745.27.0
168DetroitJul 1987134.8 km1310.374.813.0
169Ludwigshafen29 May 1969114.0 km1100.36
170Catania27 Jun 199963.8 km610.633.86.0
171Volgograd5 Nov 198423.3 km211.653.32.0
172Perugia29 Jan 200873.0 km710.433.07.0
173Rouen17 Dec 199452.2 km510.442.25.0
174Newark26 May 193542.2 km410.552.24.0
175Haifa195961.8 km610.291.86.0
176Pittsburgh3 Jul 198531.5 km310.481.53.0


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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