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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 London10 Jan 1863268253.6 mi2680.951123.11197 mio.24.44,721,000
2 New York27 Oct 1904468228.7 mi4220.54278.51624 mio.17.37,101,000
3 Shanghai10 Apr 1995230207.6 mi1941.071020.81122 mio.23.05,405,000
4 Tokyo30 Dec 1927290189.2 mi2050.921314.63174 mio.22.316,772,000
5 Moscow15 May 1935180185.7 mi1441.291215.52573 mio.15.013,855,000
6 Seoul15 Aug 1974348178.3 mi2980.601017.82048 mio.34.811,486,000
7 Madrid17 Oct 1919281176.5 mi2310.761313.6686 mio.21.63,887,000
8 Beijing1 Oct 1969147141.4 mi1251.13915.71200 mio.16.38,485,000
9 Paris19 Jul 1900380132.4 mi3000.44168.31473 mio.23.811,127,000
10 Mexico City5 Sep 1969175125.4 mi1470.851111.41460 mio.15.911,647,000
11 Hong Kong1 Oct 197995116.9 mi821.43913.01309 mio.10.611,197,000
12 Washington27 Mar 197690106.4 mi861.24521.3215 mio.18.02,021,000
13 Mumbai73106.3 mi731.46521.314.6
14 San Francisco11 Sep 197243103.7 mi432.41520.7100 mio.8.6964,000
15 Chicago6 Jun 1892151103.2 mi1440.72812.9198 mio.18.91,919,000
16 Guangzhou28 Jun 19998892.3 mi791.17518.5601 mio.17.66,512,000
17 Berlin18 Feb 190219591.6 mi1730.53109.2447 mio.19.54,879,000
18 Osaka20 May 193313385.6 mi1040.8299.5860 mio.14.810,042,000
19 Singapore7 Nov 19877673.9 mi691.07418.5571 mio.19.07,727,000
20 Barcelona30 Dec 192415268.7 mi1280.54106.9378 mio.15.25,504,000
21 Saint Petersburg15 Nov 19556368.5 mi551.25513.7832 mio.12.612,148,000
22 Stockholm1 Oct 195010465.7 mi1000.66321.9303 mio.34.74,612,000
23 Hamburg1 Mar 19129762.6 mi890.70320.9184 mio.32.32,940,000
24 Delhi24 Dec 20028359.8 mi810.74319.9310 mio.27.75,188,000
25 Busan19 Jul 19859259.0 mi880.67319.7257 mio.30.74,353,000
26 Munich19 Oct 197110057.5 mi940.6169.6349 mio.16.76,071,000
27 Taipei28 Mar 19968556.3 mi800.7087.0450 mio.10.67,992,000
28 Nagoya15 Nov 19579355.3 mi820.67413.8427 mio.23.37,720,000
29 Santiago15 Sep 19759351.6 mi860.60510.3642 mio.18.612,446,000
30 Atlanta30 Jun 19793949.2 mi381.30224.634 mio.19.5691,000
31 Newcastle7 Aug 19806147.5 mi500.95223.838 mio.30.5799,000
32 Milan1 Nov 19648846.4 mi840.55315.5328 mio.29.37,074,000
33 Saint Louis31 Jul 19933745.6 mi371.23222.818.5
34 Tianjin28 Mar 20043744.7 mi371.21222.415 mio.18.5335,000
35 Toronto30 Apr 19547444.3 mi690.64411.1278 mio.18.56,274,000
36 Vienna25 Feb 19789643.4 mi840.5258.7498 mio.19.211,480,000
37 Vancouver3 Jan 19864943.2 mi470.92314.474 mio.16.31,713,000
38 Montreal14 Oct 19667343.0 mi680.63410.8219 mio.18.35,092,000
39 Bucharest16 Nov 19795042.1 mi430.98410.5111 mio.12.52,638,000
40 Cairo27 Sep 19875540.7 mi530.77220.4700 mio.27.517,195,000
41 Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 19966039.8 mi560.71313.3109 mio.20.02,740,000
42 Oslo22 May 19667238.5 mi720.5457.764 mio.14.41,661,000
43 Philadelphia4 Mar 19076638.5 mi620.62312.867 mio.22.01,739,000
44 Sao Paulo14 Sep 19745838.1 mi550.6949.5684 mio.14.517,954,000
45 Caracas27 Mar 19835037.6 mi460.8257.5510 mio.10.013,563,000
46 Boston1 Sep 18976637.6 mi600.63312.5145 mio.22.03,856,000
47 Kiev22 Oct 19604637.2 mi430.86312.4642 mio.15.317,274,000
48 Los Angeles30 Jan 19933036.9 mi301.23312.345 mio.10.01,221,000
49 Prague9 May 19745736.7 mi540.68312.2597 mio.19.016,253,000
50 Yokohama16 Dec 19724835.8 mi450.80311.9198 mio.16.05,531,000
51 Daegu26 Nov 19975633.5 mi550.61216.7110 mio.28.03,284,000
52 Athens19545232.3 mi480.67310.8325 mio.17.310,056,000
53 Tehran21 Feb 20004731.4 mi440.71310.5353 mio.15.711,247,000
54 Dalian1 May 20031230.5 mi122.54130.512.0
55 Sapporo16 Dec 19714929.8 mi460.6539.9209 mio.16.37,006,000
56 Buenos Aires1 Dec 19137629.5 mi680.4364.9280 mio.12.79,485,000
57 Rotterdam10 Feb 19683829.2 mi370.79214.685 mio.19.02,910,000
58 Bangkok5 Dec 19994428.8 mi400.7239.6206 mio.14.77,159,000
59 Manila1 Dec 19844228.4 mi390.7339.5346 mio.14.012,182,000
60 Lille25 Apr 19836228.3 mi600.47214.174 mio.31.02,617,000
61 Cologne11 Oct 19685128.0 mi510.55151.93.4
62 Valparaiso23 Nov 20052026.7 mi201.34126.720.0
63 Kaohsiung9 Mar 20083726.5 mi360.74213.330 mio.18.51,130,000
64 Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 19793426.1 mi340.77213.1135 mio.17.05,172,000
65 Brasilia31 Mar 20012326.1 mi231.13126.116 mio.23.0613,000
66 Lisbon29 Dec 19595225.5 mi460.5546.4180 mio.13.07,064,000
67 Bilbao11 Nov 19953825.2 mi380.66212.686 mio.19.03,407,000
68 Dubai9 Sep 20091124.7 mi112.24124.711.0
69 Recife11 Mar 19853024.7 mi280.88212.315.0
70 Rome10 Feb 19554924.2 mi480.50212.1331 mio.24.513,656,000
71 Tashkent6 Nov 19772922.5 mi260.8737.571 mio.9.73,156,000
72 Miami21 May 19842222.4 mi221.02122.419 mio.22.0849,000
73 Kharkov23 Aug 19752821.9 mi250.8837.3278 mio.9.312,671,000
74 Nuremberg1 Mar 19724621.5 mi440.4937.292 mio.15.34,278,000
75 Porto Alegre2 Mar 19851721.0 mi171.24121.017.0
76 Budapest2 May 18964220.5 mi400.5136.8297 mio.14.014,481,000
77 Baku6 Nov 19672220.4 mi210.97210.2176 mio.11.08,618,000
78 Amsterdam16 Oct 19773320.3 mi330.6245.191 mio.8.34,478,000
79 Brussels20 Sep 19766120.0 mi590.3436.7136 mio.20.36,796,000
80 Naples28 Mar 19933019.8 mi280.7136.629 mio.10.01,467,000
81 Valencia3 Oct 19883819.8 mi370.5336.612.7
82 Monterrey25 Apr 19913219.6 mi310.6329.816.0
83 Kyoto1 Apr 19813219.5 mi310.6329.7126 mio.16.06,477,000
84 Cleveland15 Mar 19551819.3 mi181.07119.36 mio.18.0311,000
85 Lyon28 Apr 19784319.1 mi390.4944.8182 mio.10.89,539,000
86 Kobe13 Mar 19772619.0 mi240.7929.5121 mio.13.06,362,000
87 Minsk26 Jun 19842518.8 mi240.7829.4262 mio.12.513,913,000
88 Fukuoka26 Jul 19813518.5 mi340.5436.2124 mio.11.76,695,000
89 Incheon6 Oct 19992918.3 mi290.63118.373 mio.29.03,982,000
90 Dortmund17 May 19763718.3 mi370.4936.112.3
91 Medellin30 Nov 19952617.9 mi250.7228.9155 mio.13.08,660,000
92 Belo Horizonte1 Aug 19861917.5 mi190.92117.519.0
93 The Hague16 Oct 20043017.3 mi300.5835.810.0
94 Toulouse26 Jun 19933817.1 mi370.4628.542 mio.19.02,457,000
95 Chennai19 Oct 19971716.8 mi170.99116.817.0
96 Tbilisi11 Jan 19662216.3 mi210.7828.292 mio.11.05,628,000
97 Shenzhen28 Dec 20042315.7 mi220.7127.973 mio.11.54,643,000
98 Baltimore21 Nov 19831415.2 mi141.09115.214 mio.14.0919,000
99 Guadalajara1 Sep 19892914.9 mi280.5327.514.5
100 Stuttgart10 Jun 19661914.9 mi170.8827.59.5
101 Ankara30 Aug 19962314.4 mi220.6527.2113 mio.11.57,871,000
102 Warsaw7 Apr 19952114.0 mi210.67114.0114 mio.21.08,116,000
103 Kolkata24 Oct 19842114.0 mi210.67114.0100 mio.21.07,119,000
104 Daejeon16 Mar 20062214.0 mi220.64114.029 mio.22.02,065,000
105 Bursa19 Aug 20022314.0 mi230.61114.023.0
106 Pyongyang6 Sep 19731614.0 mi150.9327.035 mio.8.02,503,000
107 Shenyang23 Sep 20091813.8 mi180.77113.818.0
108 Seattle18 Jul 20091213.8 mi121.15113.812.0
109 Sydney19261413.7 mi140.9834.64.7
110 Oporto7 Dec 20021513.5 mi140.9626.77.5
111 Nanjing27 Aug 20051613.5 mi160.84113.5102 mio.16.07,563,000
112 Bochum26 May 19792913.4 mi270.5026.714.5
113 Copenhagen19 Oct 20022213.1 mi220.5926.537 mio.11.02,835,000
114 Helsinki3 Aug 19821713.1 mi170.77113.158 mio.17.04,444,000
115 Frankfurt4 Oct 19683112.7 mi270.4734.210.3
116 Essen5 Oct 19672712.6 mi270.4734.29.0
117 Gwangju28 Apr 20042012.5 mi200.62112.517 mio.20.01,361,000
118 Chongqing18 Jun 20051812.1 mi180.67112.118.0
119 Marseille26 Nov 19772612.0 mi240.5026.058 mio.13.04,835,000
120 Hanover28 Sep 19752111.6 mi170.6833.97.0
121 Hiroshima20 Aug 19942111.4 mi210.54111.418 mio.21.01,574,000
122 Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 19861211.2 mi120.93111.212.0
123 Sofia28 Jan 19981411.2 mi140.80111.251 mio.14.04,559,000
124 Seville2 Apr 20092111.2 mi210.53111.221.0
125 Charleroi21 Jun 19762010.9 mi200.5442.75.0
126 San Juan6 Jun 20051610.7 mi160.67110.79 mio.16.0842,000
127 ChangchunOct 20021610.6 mi160.66110.616.0
128 Tama27 Nov 1998199.9 mi190.5219.919.0
129 Chiba28 Mar 1988189.6 mi180.5424.89.0
130 Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 1985149.6 mi130.7424.833 mio.7.03,426,000
131 Istanbul16 Sep 2000109.3 mi100.9319.368 mio.10.07,294,000
132 Sendai15 Jul 1987179.2 mi170.5419.258 mio.17.06,306,000
133 Santo Domingo30 Jan 2009169.0 mi160.5619.016.0
134 Duisburg11 Jul 1992138.9 mi130.6924.56.5
135 Novosibirsk7 Jan 1986138.9 mi120.7424.470 mio.6.57,876,000
136 Lausanne24 May 1991298.5 mi280.3024.314.5
137 Wuppertal1 Mar 1901208.3 mi200.4118.320.0
138 Edmonton22 Apr 1978118.1 mi110.7418.111.0
139 Naha10 Aug 2003158.0 mi150.5318.015.0
140 Yerevan7 Mar 1981107.5 mi100.7517.517 mio.10.02,261,000
141 Izmir22 May 2000107.1 mi100.7117.130 mio.10.04,197,000
142 Glasgow14 Dec 1896156.5 mi150.4316.515 mio.15.02,321,000
143 Samara26 Dec 198796.3 mi90.7016.312 mio.9.01,893,000
144 Wuhan28 Sep 2004106.3 mi100.6316.310.0
145 Lima13 Jan 200366.2 mi61.0416.26.0
146 Turin4 Feb 2006146.0 mi140.4316.014.0
147 Duesseldorf4 Oct 1981146.0 mi140.4323.07.0
148 Mulheim3 Nov 1979135.6 mi120.4722.86.5
149 Rennes16 Mar 2002155.6 mi150.3715.623 mio.15.04,112,000
150 Bonn22 Mar 1975125.6 mi120.4715.612.0
151 Kitakyushu9 Jan 1985135.5 mi130.4215.513.0
152 Yekaterinburg26 Apr 199175.3 mi70.7515.346 mio.7.08,708,000
153 Buffalo18 May 198585.2 mi80.6515.28.0
154 Kazan27 Aug 200565.2 mi60.8615.27 mio.6.01,357,000
155 Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 200795.2 mi90.5715.29.0
156 Adana18 Mar 200985.0 mi80.6215.08.0
157 Antwerp25 Mar 1975114.7 mi110.4322.45.5
158 Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 199564.4 mi60.7414.411 mio.6.02,493,000
159 Jacksonville30 May 198964.3 mi60.7114.36.0
160 Kamakura3 Mar 197084.1 mi80.5114.18.0
161 Maracaibo8 Jun 200964.0 mi60.6714.06.0
162 Valencia18 Oct 200673.9 mi70.5513.918 mio.7.04,671,000
163 Las Vegas15 Jul 200473.9 mi70.5513.97.0
164 Poznan1 Mar 199763.8 mi60.6313.86.0
165 Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 198493.4 mi90.3813.49.0
166 Genoa13 Jun 199073.2 mi70.4613.27.0
167 Bielefeld21 Sep 197173.2 mi70.4640.81.8
168 DetroitJul 1987133.0 mi130.2313.013.0
169 Ludwigshafen29 May 1969112.5 mi110.230
170 Catania27 Jun 199962.4 mi60.3912.46.0
171 Volgograd5 Nov 198422.1 mi21.0312.12.0
172 Perugia29 Jan 200871.9 mi70.2711.97.0
173 Newark26 May 193541.4 mi40.3411.44.0
174 Rouen17 Dec 199451.4 mi50.2711.45.0
175 Haifa195961.1 mi60.1811.16.0
176 Pittsburgh3 Jul 198530.9 mi30.3010.93.0


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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