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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 London26810 Jan 1863408.0 km268111.5237.11197 mio.24.42,934,000
2 New York46827 Oct 1904368.0 km422270.8713.61624 mio.17.34,413,000
3 Shanghai23010 Apr 1995334.0 km194101.7233.41122 mio.23.03,359,000
4 Tokyo29030 Dec 1927304.5 km205131.4923.43174 mio.22.310,424,000
5 Moscow18015 May 1935298.8 km144122.0724.92573 mio.15.08,611,000
6 Seoul34815 Aug 1974286.9 km298100.9628.72048 mio.34.87,138,000
7 Madrid28117 Oct 1919284.0 km231131.2321.8686 mio.21.62,415,000
8 Beijing1471 Oct 1969227.6 km12591.8225.31200 mio.16.35,274,000
9 Paris38019 Jul 1900213.0 km300160.7113.31473 mio.23.86,915,000
10 Mexico City1755 Sep 1969201.7 km147111.3718.31460 mio.15.97,238,000
11 Hong Kong951 Oct 1979188.1 km8292.2920.91309 mio.10.66,959,000
12 Washington9027 Mar 1976171.2 km8651.9934.2215 mio.18.01,256,000
13 Mumbai73171.0 km7352.3434.214.6
14 San Francisco4311 Sep 1972166.9 km4353.8833.4100 mio.8.6599,000
15 Chicago1516 Jun 1892166.0 km14481.1520.8198 mio.18.91,193,000
16 Guangzhou8828 Jun 1999148.5 km7951.8829.7601 mio.17.64,047,000
17 Berlin19518 Feb 1902147.4 km173100.8514.7447 mio.19.53,033,000
18 Osaka13320 May 1933137.8 km10491.3315.3860 mio.14.86,241,000
19 Singapore767 Nov 1987118.9 km6941.7229.7571 mio.19.04,802,000
20 Barcelona15230 Dec 1924110.5 km128100.8611.1378 mio.15.23,421,000
21 Saint Petersburg6315 Nov 1955110.2 km5552.0022.0832 mio.12.67,550,000
22 Stockholm1041 Oct 1950105.7 km10031.0635.2303 mio.34.72,867,000
23 Hamburg971 Mar 1912100.7 km8931.1333.6184 mio.32.31,827,000
24 Delhi8324 Dec 200296.2 km8131.1932.1310 mio.27.73,224,000
25 Busan9219 Jul 198595.0 km8831.0831.7257 mio.30.72,705,000
26 Munich10019 Oct 197192.5 km9460.9815.4349 mio.16.73,773,000
27 Taipei8528 Mar 199690.6 km8081.1311.3450 mio.10.64,967,000
28 Nagoya9315 Nov 195789.0 km8241.0922.3427 mio.23.34,798,000
29 Santiago9315 Sep 197583.0 km8650.9716.6642 mio.18.67,735,000
30 Atlanta3930 Jun 197979.2 km3822.0839.634 mio.19.5429,000
31 Newcastle617 Aug 198076.5 km5021.5338.338 mio.30.5497,000
32 Milan881 Nov 196474.6 km8430.8924.9328 mio.29.34,397,000
33 Saint Louis3731 Jul 199373.4 km3721.9836.718.5
34 Tianjin3728 Mar 200472.0 km3721.9536.015 mio.18.5208,000
35 Toronto7430 Apr 195471.3 km6941.0317.8278 mio.18.53,899,000
36 Vienna9625 Feb 197869.8 km8450.8314.0498 mio.19.27,135,000
37 Vancouver493 Jan 198669.5 km4731.4823.274 mio.16.31,065,000
38 Montreal7314 Oct 196669.2 km6841.0217.3219 mio.18.33,165,000
39 Bucharest5016 Nov 197967.7 km4341.5716.9111 mio.12.51,640,000
40 Cairo5527 Sep 198765.5 km5321.2432.8700 mio.27.510,687,000
41 Kuala Lumpur6016 Dec 199664.0 km5631.1421.3109 mio.20.01,703,000
42 Oslo7222 May 196662.0 km7250.8612.464 mio.14.41,032,000
43 Philadelphia664 Mar 190762.0 km6231.0020.767 mio.22.01,081,000
44 Sao Paulo5814 Sep 197461.3 km5541.1115.3684 mio.14.511,158,000
45 Caracas5027 Mar 198360.5 km4651.3212.1510 mio.10.08,430,000
46 Boston661 Sep 189760.5 km6031.0120.2145 mio.22.02,397,000
47 Kiev4622 Oct 196059.8 km4331.3919.9642 mio.15.310,736,000
48 Los Angeles3030 Jan 199359.3 km3031.9819.845 mio.10.0759,000
49 Prague579 May 197459.1 km5431.0919.7597 mio.19.010,102,000
50 Yokohama4816 Dec 197257.6 km4531.2819.2198 mio.16.03,438,000
51 Daegu5626 Nov 199753.9 km5520.9827.0110 mio.28.02,041,000
52 Athens52195452.0 km4831.0817.3325 mio.17.36,250,000
53 Tehran4721 Feb 200050.5 km4431.1516.8353 mio.15.76,990,000
54 Dalian121 May 200349.0 km1214.0849.012.0
55 Sapporo4916 Dec 197148.0 km4631.0416.0209 mio.16.34,354,000
56 Buenos Aires761 Dec 191347.5 km6860.707.9280 mio.12.75,895,000
57 Rotterdam3810 Feb 196847.0 km3721.2723.585 mio.19.01,809,000
58 Bangkok445 Dec 199946.3 km4031.1615.4206 mio.14.74,449,000
59 Manila421 Dec 198445.7 km3931.1715.2346 mio.14.07,571,000
60 Lille6225 Apr 198345.5 km6020.7622.874 mio.31.01,626,000
61 Cologne5111 Oct 196845.0 km51150.883.03.4
62 Valparaiso2023 Nov 200543.0 km2012.1543.020.0
63 Kaohsiung379 Mar 200842.7 km3621.1921.430 mio.18.5703,000
64 Rio de Janeiro345 Mar 197942.0 km3421.2421.0135 mio.17.03,214,000
65 Brasilia2331 Mar 200142.0 km2311.8342.016 mio.23.0381,000
66 Lisbon5229 Dec 195941.0 km4640.8910.3180 mio.13.04,390,000
67 Bilbao3811 Nov 199540.6 km3821.0720.386 mio.19.02,118,000
68 Dubai119 Sep 200939.7 km1113.6139.711.0
69 Recife3011 Mar 198539.7 km2821.4219.915.0
70 Rome4910 Feb 195539.0 km4820.8119.5331 mio.24.58,487,000
71 Tashkent296 Nov 197736.2 km2631.3912.171 mio.9.71,961,000
72 Miami2221 May 198436.0 km2211.6436.019 mio.22.0528,000
73 Kharkov2823 Aug 197535.3 km2531.4111.8278 mio.9.37,875,000
74 Nuremberg461 Mar 197234.6 km4430.7911.592 mio.15.32,659,000
75 Porto Alegre172 Mar 198533.8 km1711.9933.817.0
76 Budapest422 May 189633.0 km4030.8311.0297 mio.14.09,000,000
77 Baku226 Nov 196732.9 km2121.5616.4176 mio.11.05,356,000
78 Amsterdam3316 Oct 197732.7 km3340.998.291 mio.8.32,783,000
79 Brussels6120 Sep 197632.2 km5930.5510.7136 mio.20.34,224,000
80 Naples3028 Mar 199331.8 km2831.1410.629 mio.10.0912,000
81 Valencia383 Oct 198831.8 km3730.8610.612.7
82 Monterrey3225 Apr 199131.5 km3121.0215.816.0
83 Kyoto321 Apr 198131.3 km3121.0115.6126 mio.16.04,026,000
84 Cleveland1815 Mar 195531.0 km1811.7231.06 mio.18.0194,000
85 Lyon4328 Apr 197830.7 km3940.797.7182 mio.10.85,928,000
86 Kobe2613 Mar 197730.6 km2421.2815.3121 mio.13.03,954,000
87 Minsk2526 Jun 198430.3 km2421.2615.1262 mio.12.58,647,000
88 Fukuoka3526 Jul 198129.8 km3430.889.9124 mio.11.74,161,000
89 Incheon296 Oct 199929.5 km2911.0229.573 mio.29.02,475,000
90 Dortmund3717 May 197629.5 km3730.809.812.3
91 Medellin2630 Nov 199528.8 km2521.1514.4155 mio.13.05,382,000
92 Belo Horizonte191 Aug 198628.1 km1911.4828.119.0
93 The Hague3016 Oct 200427.9 km3030.939.310.0
94 Toulouse3826 Jun 199327.5 km3720.7413.842 mio.19.01,527,000
95 Chennai1719 Oct 199727.0 km1711.5927.017.0
96 Tbilisi2211 Jan 196626.3 km2121.2513.192 mio.11.03,498,000
97 Shenzhen2328 Dec 200425.3 km2221.1512.673 mio.11.52,885,000
98 Baltimore1421 Nov 198324.5 km1411.7524.514 mio.14.0571,000
99 Guadalajara291 Sep 198924.0 km2820.8612.014.5
100 Stuttgart1910 Jun 196624.0 km1721.4112.09.5
101 Ankara2330 Aug 199623.1 km2221.0511.6113 mio.11.54,892,000
102 Warsaw217 Apr 199522.6 km2111.0822.6114 mio.21.05,044,000
103 Kolkata2124 Oct 198422.6 km2111.0822.6100 mio.21.04,425,000
104 Daejeon2216 Mar 200622.6 km2211.0322.629 mio.22.01,283,000
105 Bursa2319 Aug 200222.5 km2310.9822.523.0
106 Pyongyang166 Sep 197322.5 km1521.5011.335 mio.8.01,556,000
107 Shenyang1823 Sep 200922.2 km1811.2322.218.0
108 Seattle1218 Jul 200922.2 km1211.8522.212.0
109 Sydney14192622.1 km1431.587.44.7
110 Oporto157 Dec 200221.7 km1421.5510.97.5
111 Nanjing1627 Aug 200521.7 km1611.3621.7102 mio.16.04,700,000
112 Bochum2926 May 197921.5 km2720.8010.814.5
113 Copenhagen2219 Oct 200221.0 km2220.9510.537 mio.11.01,762,000
114 Helsinki173 Aug 198221.0 km1711.2421.058 mio.17.02,762,000
115 Frankfurt314 Oct 196820.5 km2730.766.810.3
116 Essen275 Oct 196720.2 km2730.756.79.0
117 Gwangju2028 Apr 200420.1 km2011.0120.117 mio.20.0846,000
118 Chongqing1818 Jun 200519.5 km1811.0819.518.0
119 Marseille2626 Nov 197719.3 km2420.809.658 mio.13.03,005,000
120 Hanover2128 Sep 197518.6 km1731.096.27.0
121 Hiroshima2120 Aug 199418.4 km2110.8818.418 mio.21.0978,000
122 Kryvyi Rih1226 Dec 198618.0 km1211.5018.012.0
123 Sofia1428 Jan 199818.0 km1411.2918.051 mio.14.02,833,000
124 Seville212 Apr 200918.0 km2110.8618.021.0
125 Charleroi2021 Jun 197617.5 km2040.884.45.0
126 San Juan166 Jun 200517.2 km1611.0817.29 mio.16.0523,000
127 Changchun16Oct 200217.0 km1611.0617.016.0
128 Tama1927 Nov 199816.0 km1910.8416.019.0
129 Chiba1828 Mar 198815.5 km1820.867.89.0
130 Nizhny Novgorod1420 Nov 198515.5 km1321.197.833 mio.7.02,129,000
131 Istanbul1016 Sep 200015.0 km1011.5015.068 mio.10.04,533,000
132 Sendai1715 Jul 198714.8 km1710.8714.858 mio.17.03,919,000
133 Santo Domingo1630 Jan 200914.5 km1610.9114.516.0
134 Duisburg1311 Jul 199214.3 km1321.107.26.5
135 Novosibirsk137 Jan 198614.3 km1221.197.270 mio.6.54,895,000
136 Lausanne2924 May 199113.7 km2820.496.814.5
137 Wuppertal201 Mar 190113.3 km2010.6713.320.0
138 Edmonton1122 Apr 197813.1 km1111.1913.111.0
139 Naha1510 Aug 200312.8 km1510.8512.815.0
140 Yerevan107 Mar 198112.1 km1011.2112.117 mio.10.01,405,000
141 Izmir1022 May 200011.5 km1011.1511.530 mio.10.02,609,000
142 Glasgow1514 Dec 189610.4 km1510.6910.415 mio.15.01,442,000
143 Samara926 Dec 198710.2 km911.1310.212 mio.9.01,176,000
144 Wuhan1028 Sep 200410.2 km1011.0210.210.0
145 Lima613 Jan 200310.0 km611.6710.06.0
146 Turin144 Feb 20069.6 km1410.699.614.0
147 Duesseldorf144 Oct 19819.6 km1420.684.87.0
148 Mulheim133 Nov 19799.0 km1220.754.56.5
149 Rennes1516 Mar 20029.0 km1510.609.023 mio.15.02,556,000
150 Bonn1222 Mar 19759.0 km1210.759.012.0
151 Kitakyushu139 Jan 19858.8 km1310.688.813.0
152 Yekaterinburg726 Apr 19918.5 km711.218.546 mio.7.05,412,000
153 Buffalo818 May 19858.4 km811.048.48.0
154 Kazan627 Aug 20058.3 km611.388.37 mio.6.0843,000
155 Palma de Mallorca925 Apr 20078.3 km910.928.39.0
156 Adana818 Mar 20098.0 km811.008.08.0
157 Antwerp1125 Mar 19757.6 km1120.693.85.5
158 Dnepropetrovsk629 Dec 19957.1 km611.187.111 mio.6.01,549,000
159 Jacksonville630 May 19896.9 km611.156.96.0
160 Kamakura83 Mar 19706.6 km810.826.68.0
161 Maracaibo68 Jun 20096.5 km611.086.56.0
162 Valencia718 Oct 20066.2 km710.896.218 mio.7.02,903,000
163 Las Vegas715 Jul 20046.2 km710.896.27.0
164 Poznan61 Mar 19976.1 km611.026.16.0
165 Gelsenkirchen91 Sep 19845.5 km910.615.59.0
166 Genoa713 Jun 19905.2 km710.745.27.0
167 Bielefeld721 Sep 19715.2 km740.741.31.8
168 Detroit13Jul 19874.8 km1310.374.813.0
169 Ludwigshafen1129 May 19694.0 km1100.36
170 Catania627 Jun 19993.8 km610.633.86.0
171 Volgograd25 Nov 19843.3 km211.653.32.0
172 Perugia729 Jan 20083.0 km710.433.07.0
173 Newark426 May 19352.2 km410.552.24.0
174 Rouen517 Dec 19942.2 km510.442.25.0
175 Haifa619591.8 km610.291.86.0
176 Pittsburgh33 Jul 19851.5 km310.481.53.0


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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