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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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1Adana18 Mar 200988.0 km811.008.08.0
2Algiers2009109.0 km1010.909.010.0
3Amsterdam16 Oct 19773332.7 km3340.998.28.391 mio.2,783,000
4Ankara30 Aug 19962323.1 km2221.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,000
5Antwerp25 Mar 1975117.6 km1120.693.85.5
6Athens19545252.0 km4831.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,000
7Atlanta30 Jun 19793979.2 km3822.0839.619.534 mio.429,000
8Baku6 Nov 19672131.7 km2021.5915.910.5176 mio.5,552,000
9Baltimore21 Nov 19831424.5 km1411.7524.514.014 mio.571,000
10Bangkok5 Dec 19994446.3 km4031.1615.414.7206 mio.4,449,000
11Barcelona30 Dec 1924152110.5 km128100.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,000
12Beijing1 Oct 1969147227.6 km12591.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,000
13Belo Horizonte1 Aug 19861928.1 km1911.4828.119.0
14Berlin18 Feb 1902195147.4 km173100.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,000
15Bielefeld21 Sep 197175.2 km740.741.31.8
16Bilbao11 Nov 19953840.6 km3821.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,000
17Bochum26 May 19792921.5 km2720.8010.814.5
18Bonn22 Mar 1975129.0 km1210.759.012.0
19Boston1 Sep 18976660.5 km6031.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,000
20Brasilia31 Mar 20012342.0 km2311.8342.023.016 mio.381,000
21Brussels20 Sep 19766132.2 km5930.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,000
22Bucharest16 Nov 19795067.7 km4341.5716.912.5111 mio.1,640,000
23Budapest2 May 18964233.0 km4030.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,000
24Buenos Aires1 Dec 19137647.5 km6860.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,000
25Buffalo18 May 198588.4 km811.048.48.0
26Bursa19 Aug 20022322.5 km2310.9822.523.0
27Busan19 Jul 19859295.0 km8831.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,000
28Cairo27 Sep 19875565.5 km5321.2432.827.5700 mio.10,687,000
29Caracas27 Mar 19834760.5 km4351.4112.19.4510 mio.8,430,000
30Catania27 Jun 199963.8 km610.633.86.0
31ChangchunOct 20021617.0 km1611.0617.016.0
32Charleroi21 Jun 19762017.5 km2040.884.45.0
33Chennai19 Oct 19971727.0 km1711.5927.017.0
34Chiba28 Mar 19881815.5 km1820.867.89.0
35Chicago6 Jun 1892151166.0 km14481.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,000
36Chongqing18 Jun 20051819.5 km1811.0819.518.0
37Cleveland15 Mar 19551831.0 km1811.7231.018.06 mio.194,000
38Cologne11 Oct 19685145.0 km51150.883.03.4
39Copenhagen19 Oct 20022221.0 km2220.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,000
40Daegu26 Nov 19975653.9 km5520.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,000
41Daejeon16 Mar 20062222.6 km2211.0322.622.029 mio.1,283,000
42Dalian1 May 20031249.0 km1214.0849.012.0
43Delhi24 Dec 20027889.9 km7631.1829.926.0310 mio.3,450,000
44DetroitJul 1987134.8 km1310.374.813.0
45Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 199567.1 km611.187.16.011 mio.1,549,000
46Dortmund17 May 19763729.5 km3730.809.812.3
47Dubai9 Sep 20091039.7 km1013.9739.710.0
48Duesseldorf4 Oct 1981149.6 km1420.684.87.0
49Duisburg11 Jul 19921314.3 km1321.107.26.5
50Edmonton22 Apr 19781113.1 km1111.1913.111.0
51Essen5 Oct 19672720.2 km2730.756.79.0
52Frankfurt4 Oct 19683120.5 km2730.766.810.3
53Fukuoka26 Jul 19813529.8 km3430.889.911.7124 mio.4,161,000
54Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 198495.5 km910.615.59.0
55Genoa13 Jun 199075.2 km710.745.27.0
56Glasgow14 Dec 18961510.4 km1510.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,000
57Guadalajara1 Sep 19892924.0 km2820.8612.014.5
58Guangzhou28 Jun 199988176.1 km7952.2335.217.6601 mio.3,414,000
59Gwangju28 Apr 20042020.1 km2011.0120.120.017 mio.846,000
60Haifa195961.8 km610.291.86.0
61Hamburg1 Mar 191297100.7 km8931.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,000
62Hanover28 Sep 19752118.6 km1731.096.27.0
63Helsinki3 Aug 19821721.0 km1711.2421.017.058 mio.2,762,000
64Hiroshima20 Aug 19942118.4 km2110.8818.421.018 mio.978,000
65Hong Kong1 Oct 197995188.1 km8292.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,000
66Incheon6 Oct 19992929.5 km2911.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,000
67Istanbul16 Sep 20001015.0 km1011.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,000
68Izmir22 May 20001011.5 km1011.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,000
69Jacksonville30 May 198966.9 km611.156.96.0
70Kamakura3 Mar 197086.6 km810.826.68.0
71Kaohsiung9 Mar 20083742.7 km3621.1921.418.530 mio.703,000
72Kazan27 Aug 200568.3 km611.388.36.07 mio.843,000
73Kharkov23 Aug 19752835.3 km2531.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,000
74Kiev22 Oct 19604659.8 km4331.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,000
75Kitakyushu9 Jan 1985138.8 km1310.688.813.0
76Kobe13 Mar 19772630.6 km2421.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,000
77Kolkata24 Oct 19842122.6 km2111.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,000
78Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 19861218.0 km1211.5018.012.0
79Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 19966064.0 km5631.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,000
80Kyoto1 Apr 19813231.3 km3121.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,000
81Las Vegas15 Jul 200476.2 km710.896.27.0
82Lausanne24 May 19912913.7 km2820.496.814.5
83Lille25 Apr 19836245.5 km6020.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,000
84Lima13 Jan 2003610.0 km611.6710.06.0
85Lisbon29 Dec 19595241.0 km4640.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,000
86London10 Jan 1863268408.0 km268111.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,000
87Los Angeles30 Jan 19933059.3 km3031.9819.810.045 mio.759,000
88Ludwigshafen29 May 1969114.0 km1100.36
89Lyon28 Apr 19784330.7 km3940.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,000
90Madrid17 Oct 1919281284.0 km231131.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,000
91Manila1 Dec 19844245.7 km3931.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,000
92Maracaibo8 Jun 200966.5 km611.086.56.0
93Marseille26 Nov 19772619.3 km2420.809.613.058 mio.3,005,000
94Medellin30 Nov 19952628.8 km2521.1514.413.0155 mio.5,382,000
95Mexico City5 Sep 1969175201.7 km147111.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,000
96Miami21 May 19842236.0 km2211.6436.022.019 mio.528,000
97Milan1 Nov 19648874.6 km8430.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,000
98Minsk26 Jun 19842530.3 km2421.2615.112.5262 mio.8,647,000
99Monterrey25 Apr 19913231.5 km3121.0215.816.0
100Montreal14 Oct 19667369.2 km6841.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,000
101Moscow15 May 1935180298.8 km144122.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,000
102Mulheim3 Nov 1979139.0 km1220.754.56.5
103Mumbai73171.0 km7352.3434.214.6
104Munich19 Oct 197110092.5 km9460.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,000
105Nagoya15 Nov 19579389.0 km8241.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,000
106Naha10 Aug 20031512.8 km1510.8512.815.0
107Nanjing27 Aug 20051621.7 km1611.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,000
108Naples28 Mar 19933031.8 km2831.1410.610.029 mio.912,000
109New York27 Oct 1904468368.0 km422270.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,000
110Newark26 May 193542.2 km410.552.24.0
111Newcastle7 Aug 19806176.5 km5021.5338.330.538 mio.497,000
112Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 19851415.5 km1321.197.87.033 mio.2,129,000
113Novosibirsk7 Jan 19861314.3 km1221.197.26.570 mio.4,895,000
114Nuremberg1 Mar 19724634.6 km4430.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,000
115Oporto7 Dec 20021521.7 km1421.5510.97.5
116Osaka20 May 1933133137.8 km10491.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,000
117Oslo22 May 19667262.0 km7250.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,000
118Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 200798.3 km910.928.39.0
119Paris19 Jul 1900380213.0 km300160.7113.323.81473 mio.6,915,000
120Perugia29 Jan 200873.0 km710.433.07.0
121Philadelphia4 Mar 19076662.0 km6231.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,000
122Pittsburgh3 Jul 198531.5 km310.481.53.0
123Porto Alegre2 Mar 19851733.8 km1711.9933.817.0
124Poznan1 Mar 199766.1 km611.026.16.0
125Prague9 May 19745759.1 km5431.0919.719.0597 mio.10,102,000
126Pyongyang6 Sep 19731622.5 km1521.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,000
127Recife11 Mar 19853039.7 km2821.4219.915.0
128Rennes16 Mar 2002159.0 km1510.609.015.023 mio.2,556,000
129Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 19793442.0 km3421.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,000
130Rome10 Feb 19554939.0 km4820.8119.524.5331 mio.8,487,000
131Rotterdam10 Feb 19683847.0 km3721.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,000
132Rouen17 Dec 199452.2 km510.442.25.0
133Saint Louis31 Jul 19933773.4 km3721.9836.718.5
134Saint Petersburg15 Nov 195563110.2 km5552.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,000
135Samara26 Dec 1987910.2 km911.1310.29.012 mio.1,176,000
136San Francisco11 Sep 197243166.9 km4353.8833.48.6100 mio.599,000
137San Juan6 Jun 20051617.2 km1611.0817.216.09 mio.523,000
138Santiago15 Sep 19759383.0 km8650.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,000
139Santo Domingo30 Jan 20091614.5 km1610.9114.516.0
140Sao Paulo14 Sep 19745861.3 km5541.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,000
141Sapporo16 Dec 19714948.0 km4631.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,000
142Seattle18 Jul 20091222.2 km1211.8522.212.0
143Sendai15 Jul 19871714.8 km1710.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,000
144Seoul15 Aug 1974348286.9 km298100.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,000
145Seville2 Apr 20092118.0 km2110.8618.021.0
146Shanghai10 Apr 1995230334.0 km194101.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,000
147Shenzhen28 Dec 20042325.3 km2221.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,000
148Singapore7 Nov 198776118.9 km6941.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,000
149Sofia28 Jan 19981418.0 km1411.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,000
150Stockholm1 Oct 1950104105.7 km10031.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,000
151Stuttgart10 Jun 19661924.0 km1721.4112.09.5
152Sydney19261422.1 km1431.587.44.7
153Taipei28 Mar 19968590.6 km8081.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,000
154Tama27 Nov 19981916.0 km1910.8416.019.0
155Tashkent6 Nov 19772936.2 km2631.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,000
156Tbilisi11 Jan 19662226.3 km2121.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,000
157Tehran21 Feb 20004750.5 km4431.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,000
158The Hague16 Oct 20043027.9 km3030.939.310.0
159Tianjin28 Mar 20043772.0 km3721.9536.018.515 mio.208,000
160Tokyo30 Dec 1927290304.5 km205131.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,000
161Toronto30 Apr 19547471.3 km6941.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,000
162Toulouse26 Jun 19933827.5 km3720.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,000
163Turin4 Feb 2006149.6 km1410.699.614.0
164Valencia3 Oct 19883831.8 km3730.8610.612.7
165Valencia18 Oct 200676.2 km710.896.27.018 mio.2,903,000
166Valparaiso23 Nov 20052043.0 km2012.1543.020.0
167Vancouver3 Jan 19864969.5 km4731.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,000
168Vienna25 Feb 19789669.8 km8450.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,000
169Volgograd5 Nov 198423.3 km211.653.32.0
170Warsaw7 Apr 19952122.6 km2111.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,000
171Washington27 Mar 197690171.2 km8651.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,000
172Wuhan28 Sep 20041010.2 km1011.0210.210.0
173Wuppertal1 Mar 19012013.3 km2010.6713.320.0
174Yekaterinburg26 Apr 199178.5 km711.218.57.046 mio.5,412,000
175Yerevan7 Mar 19811012.1 km1011.2112.110.017 mio.1,405,000
176Yokohama16 Dec 19724857.6 km4531.2819.216.0198 mio.3,438,000


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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