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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 Mumbai73171.0 km7352.3434.214.6
2 London10 Jan 1863268408.0 km268111.5237.124.42,934,0001197 mio.
3 Chicago6 Jun 1892151166.0 km14481.1520.818.91,193,000198 mio.
4 Budapest2 May 18964233.0 km4030.8311.014.09,000,000297 mio.
5 Glasgow14 Dec 18961510.4 km1510.6910.415.01,442,00015 mio.
6 Boston1 Sep 18976660.5 km6031.0120.222.02,397,000145 mio.
7 Paris19 Jul 1900380213.0 km300160.7113.323.86,915,0001473 mio.
8 Wuppertal1 Mar 19012013.3 km2010.6713.320.0
9 Berlin18 Feb 1902195147.4 km173100.8514.719.53,033,000447 mio.
10 New York27 Oct 1904468368.0 km422270.8713.617.34,413,0001624 mio.
11 Philadelphia4 Mar 19076662.0 km6231.0020.722.01,081,00067 mio.
12 Hamburg1 Mar 191297100.7 km8931.1333.632.31,827,000184 mio.
13 Buenos Aires1 Dec 19137647.5 km6860.707.912.75,895,000280 mio.
14 Madrid17 Oct 1919281284.0 km231131.2321.821.62,415,000686 mio.
15 Barcelona30 Dec 1924152110.5 km128100.8611.115.23,421,000378 mio.
16 Sydney19261422.1 km1431.587.44.7
17 Tokyo30 Dec 1927290304.5 km205131.4923.422.310,424,0003174 mio.
18 Osaka20 May 1933133137.8 km10491.3315.314.86,241,000860 mio.
19 Moscow15 May 1935180298.8 km144122.0724.915.08,611,0002573 mio.
20 Newark26 May 193542.2 km410.552.24.0
21 Stockholm1 Oct 1950104105.7 km10031.0635.234.72,867,000303 mio.
22 Athens19545252.0 km4831.0817.317.36,250,000325 mio.
23 Toronto30 Apr 19547471.3 km6941.0317.818.53,899,000278 mio.
24 Rome10 Feb 19554939.0 km4820.8119.524.58,487,000331 mio.
25 Cleveland15 Mar 19551831.0 km1811.7231.018.0194,0006 mio.
26 Saint Petersburg15 Nov 195563110.2 km5552.0022.012.67,550,000832 mio.
27 Nagoya15 Nov 19579389.0 km8241.0922.323.34,798,000427 mio.
28 Haifa195961.8 km610.291.86.0
29 Lisbon29 Dec 19595241.0 km4640.8910.313.04,390,000180 mio.
30 Kiev22 Oct 19604659.8 km4331.3919.915.310,736,000642 mio.
31 Milan1 Nov 19648874.6 km8430.8924.929.34,397,000328 mio.
32 Tbilisi11 Jan 19662226.3 km2121.2513.111.03,498,00092 mio.
33 Oslo22 May 19667262.0 km7250.8612.414.41,032,00064 mio.
34 Stuttgart10 Jun 19661924.0 km1721.4112.09.5
35 Montreal14 Oct 19667369.2 km6841.0217.318.33,165,000219 mio.
36 Essen5 Oct 19672720.2 km2730.756.79.0
37 Baku6 Nov 19672232.9 km2121.5616.411.05,356,000176 mio.
38 Rotterdam10 Feb 19683847.0 km3721.2723.519.01,809,00085 mio.
39 Frankfurt4 Oct 19683120.5 km2730.766.810.3
40 Cologne11 Oct 19685145.0 km51150.883.03.4
41 Ludwigshafen29 May 1969114.0 km1100.36
42 Mexico City5 Sep 1969175201.7 km147111.3718.315.97,238,0001460 mio.
43 Beijing1 Oct 1969147227.6 km12591.8225.316.35,274,0001200 mio.
44 Kamakura3 Mar 197086.6 km810.826.68.0
45 Bielefeld21 Sep 197175.2 km740.741.31.8
46 Munich19 Oct 197110092.5 km9460.9815.416.73,773,000349 mio.
47 Sapporo16 Dec 19714948.0 km4631.0416.016.34,354,000209 mio.
48 Nuremberg1 Mar 19724634.6 km4430.7911.515.32,659,00092 mio.
49 San Francisco11 Sep 197243166.9 km4353.8833.48.6599,000100 mio.
50 Yokohama16 Dec 19724857.6 km4531.2819.216.03,438,000198 mio.
51 Pyongyang6 Sep 19731622.5 km1521.5011.38.01,556,00035 mio.
52 Prague9 May 19745759.1 km5431.0919.719.010,102,000597 mio.
53 Seoul15 Aug 1974348286.9 km298100.9628.734.87,138,0002048 mio.
54 Sao Paulo14 Sep 19745861.3 km5541.1115.314.511,158,000684 mio.
55 Bonn22 Mar 1975129.0 km1210.759.012.0
56 Antwerp25 Mar 1975117.6 km1120.693.85.5
57 Kharkov23 Aug 19752835.3 km2531.4111.89.37,875,000278 mio.
58 Santiago15 Sep 19759383.0 km8650.9716.618.67,735,000642 mio.
59 Hanover28 Sep 19752118.6 km1731.096.27.0
60 Washington27 Mar 197690171.2 km8651.9934.218.01,256,000215 mio.
61 Dortmund17 May 19763729.5 km3730.809.812.3
62 Charleroi21 Jun 19762017.5 km2040.884.45.0
63 Brussels20 Sep 19766132.2 km5930.5510.720.34,224,000136 mio.
64 Kobe13 Mar 19772630.6 km2421.2815.313.03,954,000121 mio.
65 Amsterdam16 Oct 19773332.7 km3340.998.28.32,783,00091 mio.
66 Tashkent6 Nov 19772936.2 km2631.3912.19.71,961,00071 mio.
67 Marseille26 Nov 19772619.3 km2420.809.613.03,005,00058 mio.
68 Vienna25 Feb 19789669.8 km8450.8314.019.27,135,000498 mio.
69 Edmonton22 Apr 19781113.1 km1111.1913.111.0
70 Lyon28 Apr 19784330.7 km3940.797.710.85,928,000182 mio.
71 Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 19793442.0 km3421.2421.017.03,214,000135 mio.
72 Bochum26 May 19792921.5 km2720.8010.814.5
73 Atlanta30 Jun 19793979.2 km3822.0839.619.5429,00034 mio.
74 Hong Kong1 Oct 197995188.1 km8292.2920.910.66,959,0001309 mio.
75 Mulheim3 Nov 1979139.0 km1220.754.56.5
76 Bucharest16 Nov 19795067.7 km4341.5716.912.51,640,000111 mio.
77 Newcastle7 Aug 19806176.5 km5021.5338.330.5497,00038 mio.
78 Yerevan7 Mar 19811012.1 km1011.2112.110.01,405,00017 mio.
79 Kyoto1 Apr 19813231.3 km3121.0115.616.04,026,000126 mio.
80 Fukuoka26 Jul 19813529.8 km3430.889.911.74,161,000124 mio.
81 Duesseldorf4 Oct 1981149.6 km1420.684.87.0
82 Helsinki3 Aug 19821721.0 km1711.2421.017.02,762,00058 mio.
83 Caracas27 Mar 19835060.5 km4651.3212.110.08,430,000510 mio.
84 Lille25 Apr 19836245.5 km6020.7622.831.01,626,00074 mio.
85 Baltimore21 Nov 19831424.5 km1411.7524.514.0571,00014 mio.
86 Miami21 May 19842236.0 km2211.6436.022.0528,00019 mio.
87 Minsk26 Jun 19842530.3 km2421.2615.112.58,647,000262 mio.
88 Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 198495.5 km910.615.59.0
89 Kolkata24 Oct 19842122.6 km2111.0822.621.04,425,000100 mio.
90 Volgograd5 Nov 198423.3 km211.653.32.0
91 Manila1 Dec 19844245.7 km3931.1715.214.07,571,000346 mio.
92 Kitakyushu9 Jan 1985138.8 km1310.688.813.0
93 Porto Alegre2 Mar 19851733.8 km1711.9933.817.0
94 Recife11 Mar 19853039.7 km2821.4219.915.0
95 Buffalo18 May 198588.4 km811.048.48.0
96 Pittsburgh3 Jul 198531.5 km310.481.53.0
97 Busan19 Jul 19859295.0 km8831.0831.730.72,705,000257 mio.
98 Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 19851415.5 km1321.197.87.02,129,00033 mio.
99 Vancouver3 Jan 19864969.5 km4731.4823.216.31,065,00074 mio.
100 Novosibirsk7 Jan 19861314.3 km1221.197.26.54,895,00070 mio.
101 Belo Horizonte1 Aug 19861928.1 km1911.4828.119.0
102 Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 19861218.0 km1211.5018.012.0
103 DetroitJul 1987134.8 km1310.374.813.0
104 Sendai15 Jul 19871714.8 km1710.8714.817.03,919,00058 mio.
105 Cairo27 Sep 19875565.5 km5321.2432.827.510,687,000700 mio.
106 Singapore7 Nov 198776118.9 km6941.7229.719.04,802,000571 mio.
107 Samara26 Dec 1987910.2 km911.1310.29.01,176,00012 mio.
108 Chiba28 Mar 19881815.5 km1820.867.89.0
109 Valencia3 Oct 19883831.8 km3730.8610.612.7
110 Jacksonville30 May 198966.9 km611.156.96.0
111 Guadalajara1 Sep 19892924.0 km2820.8612.014.5
112 Genoa13 Jun 199075.2 km710.745.27.0
113 Monterrey25 Apr 19913231.5 km3121.0215.816.0
114 Yekaterinburg26 Apr 199178.5 km711.218.57.05,412,00046 mio.
115 Lausanne24 May 19912913.7 km2820.496.814.5
116 Duisburg11 Jul 19921314.3 km1321.107.26.5
117 Los Angeles30 Jan 19933059.3 km3031.9819.810.0759,00045 mio.
118 Naples28 Mar 19933031.8 km2831.1410.610.0912,00029 mio.
119 Toulouse26 Jun 19933827.5 km3720.7413.819.01,527,00042 mio.
120 Saint Louis31 Jul 19933773.4 km3721.9836.718.5
121 Hiroshima20 Aug 19942118.4 km2110.8818.421.0978,00018 mio.
122 Rouen17 Dec 199452.2 km510.442.25.0
123 Warsaw7 Apr 19952122.6 km2111.0822.621.05,044,000114 mio.
124 Shanghai10 Apr 1995230334.0 km194101.7233.423.03,359,0001122 mio.
125 Bilbao11 Nov 19953840.6 km3821.0720.319.02,118,00086 mio.
126 Medellin30 Nov 19952628.8 km2521.1514.413.05,382,000155 mio.
127 Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 199567.1 km611.187.16.01,549,00011 mio.
128 Taipei28 Mar 19968590.6 km8081.1311.310.64,967,000450 mio.
129 Ankara30 Aug 19962323.1 km2221.0511.611.54,892,000113 mio.
130 Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 19966064.0 km5631.1421.320.01,703,000109 mio.
131 Poznan1 Mar 199766.1 km611.026.16.0
132 Chennai19 Oct 19971727.0 km1711.5927.017.0
133 Daegu26 Nov 19975653.9 km5520.9827.028.02,041,000110 mio.
134 Sofia28 Jan 19981418.0 km1411.2918.014.02,833,00051 mio.
135 Tama27 Nov 19981916.0 km1910.8416.019.0
136 Catania27 Jun 199963.8 km610.633.86.0
137 Guangzhou28 Jun 199988148.5 km7951.8829.717.64,047,000601 mio.
138 Incheon6 Oct 19992929.5 km2911.0229.529.02,475,00073 mio.
139 Bangkok5 Dec 19994446.3 km4031.1615.414.74,449,000206 mio.
140 Tehran21 Feb 20004750.5 km4431.1516.815.76,990,000353 mio.
141 Izmir22 May 20001011.5 km1011.1511.510.02,609,00030 mio.
142 Istanbul16 Sep 20001015.0 km1011.5015.010.04,533,00068 mio.
143 Brasilia31 Mar 20012342.0 km2311.8342.023.0381,00016 mio.
144 Rennes16 Mar 2002159.0 km1510.609.015.02,556,00023 mio.
145 Bursa19 Aug 20022322.5 km2310.9822.523.0
146 ChangchunOct 20021617.0 km1611.0617.016.0
147 Copenhagen19 Oct 20022221.0 km2220.9510.511.01,762,00037 mio.
148 Oporto7 Dec 20021521.7 km1421.5510.97.5
149 Delhi24 Dec 20028396.2 km8131.1932.127.73,224,000310 mio.
150 Lima13 Jan 2003610.0 km611.6710.06.0
151 Dalian1 May 20031249.0 km1214.0849.012.0
152 Naha10 Aug 20031512.8 km1510.8512.815.0
153 Tianjin28 Mar 20043772.0 km3721.9536.018.5208,00015 mio.
154 Gwangju28 Apr 20042020.1 km2011.0120.120.0846,00017 mio.
155 Las Vegas15 Jul 200476.2 km710.896.27.0
156 Wuhan28 Sep 20041010.2 km1011.0210.210.0
157 The Hague16 Oct 20043027.9 km3030.939.310.0
158 Shenzhen28 Dec 20042325.3 km2221.1512.611.52,885,00073 mio.
159 San Juan6 Jun 20051617.2 km1611.0817.216.0523,0009 mio.
160 Chongqing18 Jun 20051819.5 km1811.0819.518.0
161 Kazan27 Aug 200568.3 km611.388.36.0843,0007 mio.
162 Nanjing27 Aug 20051621.7 km1611.3621.716.04,700,000102 mio.
163 Valparaiso23 Nov 20052043.0 km2012.1543.020.0
164 Turin4 Feb 2006149.6 km1410.699.614.0
165 Daejeon16 Mar 20062222.6 km2211.0322.622.01,283,00029 mio.
166 Valencia18 Oct 200676.2 km710.896.27.02,903,00018 mio.
167 Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 200798.3 km910.928.39.0
168 Perugia29 Jan 200873.0 km710.433.07.0
169 Kaohsiung9 Mar 20083742.7 km3621.1921.418.5703,00030 mio.
170 Santo Domingo30 Jan 20091614.5 km1610.9114.516.0
171 Adana18 Mar 200988.0 km811.008.08.0
172 Seville2 Apr 20092118.0 km2110.8618.021.0
173 Maracaibo8 Jun 200966.5 km611.086.56.0
174 Seattle18 Jul 20091222.2 km1211.8522.212.0
175 Dubai9 Sep 20091139.7 km1113.6139.711.0
176 Shenyang23 Sep 20091822.2 km1811.2322.218.0


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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