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A list like this and the rail systems that appear in it may always be somewhat controversial. One reason is that definitions of what a metro is vary according to who you ask (a popular definition is here). Differences between commuter rail, metros and trams are increasingly fading as new hybrid trains make it easier for metros to include sections on streets or heavy-rail tracks. 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.

Numerical data (except ridership) by Jordi Serradell 09/2010. Ridership data by John Kennes 07/2010. Ticket prices by UBS: Prices and Earnings (PDF, p. 20) 2009. Non-numerical data by Mike Rohde 10/2010.

'Stations*' (with an asterisk) counts each interchange station as one. Daily ridership is annual ridership divided by 365 (for convenience; please note that weekday and weekend ridership may differ significantly and refer to the Annual Ridership column if desired). 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 shown.



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1Israel Haifa1.8 km1959660.29
2Germany Ludwigshafen4.0 km29 May 196911110.36
3USA Detroit4.8 kmJul 198713130.37
4Italy Perugia3.0 km29 Jan 2008770.43
5France Rouen2.2 km17 Dec 1994550.44
6USA Pittsburgh1.5 km3 Jul 1985330.48
7Switzerland Lausanne13.7 km24 May 199129280.49
8Belgium Brussels32.2 km20 Sep 197661590.55364,000
9USA Newark2.2 km26 May 1935440.55
10France Rennes9.0 km16 Mar 200215150.6063,000
11Germany Gelsenkirchen5.5 km1 Sep 1984990.61
12Italy Catania3.8 km27 Jun 1999660.63
13Germany Wuppertal13.3 km1 Mar 190120200.67
14Japan Kitakyushu8.8 km9 Jan 198513130.68
15Germany Duesseldorf9.6 km4 Oct 198114140.68
16Italy Turin9.6 km4 Feb 200614140.69
17Belgium Antwerp7.6 km25 Mar 197511110.69
18United Kingdom Glasgow10.4 km14 Dec 189615150.6941,100
19Argentina Buenos Aires48.1 km1 Dec 191377680.71789,000
20France Paris213.0 km19 Jul 19003803000.714.05 million
21Germany Bielefeld5.2 km21 Sep 1971770.74
22Italy Genoa5.2 km13 Jun 1990770.74
23France Toulouse27.5 km26 Jun 199338370.74115,000
24Germany Essen20.2 km5 Oct 196727270.75
25Germany Bonn9.0 km22 Mar 197512120.75
26Germany Mulheim9.0 km3 Nov 197913120.75
27France Lille45.5 km25 Apr 198362600.76203,000
28Germany Frankfurt20.5 km4 Oct 196831270.76
29France Marseille21.8 km26 Nov 197730280.78159,000
30Germany Nuremberg34.6 km1 Mar 197246440.79315,000
31France Lyon30.7 km28 Apr 197843390.79499,000
32Germany Dortmund29.5 km17 May 197637370.80
33Germany Bochum21.5 km26 May 197929270.80
34Italy Rome39.0 km10 Feb 195549480.81907,000
35Japan Kamakura6.6 km3 Mar 1970880.82
36Hungary Budapest33.0 km2 May 189642400.83814,000
37Austria Vienna74.6 km25 Feb 1978102900.831.4 million
38Japan Tama16.0 km27 Nov 199819190.84
39Norway Oslo62.0 km22 May 196673730.85214,000
40Germany Berlin147.4 km18 Feb 19021951730.851.39 million
41Japan Naha12.8 km10 Aug 200315150.85
42Mexico Guadalajara24.0 km1 Sep 198929280.86
43Spain Seville18.0 km2 Apr 200921210.86
44Spain Valencia31.8 km3 Oct 198838370.86
45Japan Chiba15.5 km28 Mar 198818180.86
46Japan Sendai14.8 km15 Jul 198717170.87159,000
47USA New York368.0 km27 Oct 19044684220.874.33 million
48Belgium Charleroi17.5 km21 Jun 197620200.88
49Japan Hiroshima18.4 km20 Aug 199421210.8849,300
50Japan Fukuoka29.8 km26 Jul 198135340.88340,000
51Germany Cologne45.0 km11 Oct 196851510.88
52Spain Barcelona119.4 km30 Dec 19241621350.881.11 million
53USA Las Vegas6.2 km15 Jul 2004770.89
54Venezuela Valencia6.2 km18 Oct 2006770.8949,300
55Italy Milan74.6 km1 Nov 196488840.89899,000
56Portugal Lisbon41.0 km29 Dec 195952460.89488,000
57Dominican Republic Santo Domingo14.5 km30 Jan 200916160.91200,000
58Spain Palma de Mallorca8.3 km25 Apr 2007990.92
59Netherlands The Hague27.9 km16 Oct 200430300.93
60Denmark Copenhagen21.0 km19 Oct 200222220.95126,000
61South Korea Seoul286.9 km15 Aug 19743482980.965.61 million
62Turkey Bursa22.5 km19 Aug 200223230.98
63South Korea Daegu53.9 km26 Nov 199756550.98301,000
64Germany Munich94.2 km19 Oct 1971102960.98962,000
65India Kolkata22.6 km24 Oct 198423230.98474,000
66Netherlands Amsterdam32.7 km16 Oct 197733330.99233,000
67Chile Santiago92.4 km15 Sep 1975101930.991.67 million
68USA Philadelphia62.0 km4 Mar 190766621.00192,000
69Turkey Adana8.0 km18 Mar 2009881.00
70South Korea Gwangju20.1 km28 Apr 200420201.0146,600
71USA Boston60.5 km1 Sep 189766601.01400,000
72Japan Kyoto31.3 km1 Apr 198132311.01345,000
73Mexico Monterrey31.5 km25 Apr 199132311.02
74Poland Poznan6.1 km1 Mar 1997661.02
75South Korea Incheon29.5 km6 Oct 199929291.02200,000
76Canada Montreal69.2 km14 Oct 196673681.02600,000
77South Korea Daejeon22.6 km16 Mar 200622221.0379,500
78Canada Toronto71.3 km30 Apr 195474691.03762,000
79China Wuhan28.0 km28 Sep 200427271.0435,600
80Japan Sapporo48.0 km16 Dec 197149461.04573,000
81USA Buffalo8.4 km18 May 1985881.04
82Turkey Ankara23.1 km30 Aug 199623221.05310,000
83Sweden Stockholm105.7 km1 Oct 19501041001.06841,000
84Greece Athens52.0 km195453491.06937,000
85China Changchun17.0 kmOct 200216161.06
86Spain Bilbao40.6 km11 Nov 199538381.07238,000
87Puerto Rico San Juan17.2 km6 Jun 200516161.0824,700
88Poland Warsaw22.6 km7 Apr 199521211.08345,000
89South Korea Busan95.0 km19 Jul 198592881.08704,000
90China Chongqing19.5 km18 Jun 200518181.08
91Venezuela Maracaibo6.5 km8 Jun 2009661.08
92Japan Nagoya89.0 km15 Nov 195793821.091.17 million
93Germany Hanover18.6 km28 Sep 197521171.09
94Czech Republic Prague59.1 km9 May 197457541.091.6 million
95Germany Duisburg14.3 km11 Jul 199213131.10
96Germany Hamburg100.7 km1 Mar 191297891.13518,000
97Russia Samara10.2 km26 Dec 1987991.1332,900
98Italy Naples31.8 km28 Mar 199330281.1479,500
99Malaysia Kuala Lumpur64.0 km16 Dec 199660561.14299,000
100China Shenzhen25.3 km28 Dec 200423221.15362,000
101Turkey Izmir11.5 km22 May 200010101.1582,200
102USA Jacksonville6.9 km30 May 1989661.15
103Colombia Medellin28.8 km30 Nov 199526251.15425,000
104USA Chicago166.0 km6 Jun 18921511441.15542,000
105China Chengdu18.5 km27 Sep 201016161.16
106Taiwan Taipei94.2 km28 Mar 199685801.181.27 million
107Brazil Sao Paulo69.7 km14 Sep 197463591.181.93 million
108Ukraine Dnepropetrovsk7.1 km29 Dec 1995661.1838,400
109Taiwan Kaohsiung42.7 km9 Mar 200837361.1982,200
110Russia Novosibirsk14.3 km7 Jan 198613121.19192,000
111Russia Nizhny Novgorod15.5 km20 Nov 198514131.1990,400
112Armenia Yerevan12.1 km7 Mar 198110101.2146,600
113Russia Yekaterinburg8.5 km26 Apr 1991771.21126,000
114India Delhi138.8 km24 Dec 20021161131.23838,000
115Spain Madrid284.0 km17 Oct 19192812311.231.78 million
116Brazil Rio de Janeiro42.0 km5 Mar 197934341.24370,000
117Finland Helsinki21.0 km3 Aug 198217171.24156,000
118Egypt Cairo65.5 km27 Sep 198755531.241.92 million
119Georgia Tbilisi26.3 km11 Jan 196622211.25252,000
120Belarus Minsk30.3 km26 Jun 198425241.26718,000
121China Shenyang27.8 km27 Sep 201022221.26
122Iran Tehran66.0 km21 Feb 200055521.271.26 million
123Netherlands Rotterdam47.0 km10 Feb 196838371.27238,000
124Japan Kobe30.6 km13 Mar 197726241.28332,000
125Japan Yokohama57.6 km16 Dec 197248451.28542,000
126Bulgaria Sofia18.0 km28 Jan 199814141.2979,500
127Philippines Manila51.5 km1 Dec 198443401.29948,000
128Venezuela Caracas60.5 km27 Mar 198350461.321.25 million
129Japan Osaka137.8 km20 May 19331331041.332.36 million
130Canada Edmonton20.4 km22 Apr 197815151.36
131Mexico Mexico City201.7 km5 Sep 19691751471.373.88 million
132Russia Kazan8.3 km27 Aug 2005661.3819,200
133Ukraine Kiev59.8 km22 Oct 196046431.391.76 million
134Uzbekistan Tashkent36.2 km6 Nov 197729261.39195,000
135Germany Stuttgart24.0 km10 Jun 196619171.41
136Ukraine Kharkov35.3 km23 Aug 197528251.41762,000
137Brazil Recife39.7 km11 Mar 198530281.42
138Canada Vancouver69.5 km3 Jan 198649471.48203,000
139Brazil Belo Horizonte28.1 km1 Aug 198619191.48
140Japan Tokyo304.5 km30 Dec 19272902051.498.7 million
141North Korea Pyongyang22.5 km6 Sep 197316151.5095,900
142Ukraine Kryvyi Rih18.0 km26 Dec 198612121.50
143Turkey Istanbul15.0 km16 Sep 200010101.50186,000
144United Kingdom London408.0 km10 Jan 18632682681.522.99 million
145United Kingdom Newcastle76.5 km7 Aug 198061501.53104,000
146China Nanjing84.7 km27 Aug 200557551.54400,000
147Portugal Oporto21.7 km7 Dec 200215141.55
148Azerbaijan Baku32.9 km6 Nov 196722211.56482,000
149Romania Bucharest67.7 km16 Nov 197950431.57304,000
150Australia Sydney22.1 km192614141.58
151India Chennai27.0 km19 Oct 199717171.59
152Thailand Bangkok74.9 km5 Dec 199952461.63564,000
153USA Miami36.0 km21 May 198422221.6449,300
154Russia Volgograd3.3 km5 Nov 1984221.65
155Singapore Singapore129.7 km7 Nov 198787781.661.81 million
156Peru Lima10.0 km13 Jan 2003661.67
157USA Cleveland31.0 km15 Mar 195518181.7213,700
158China Guangzhou176.3 km28 Jun 19991111011.751.85 million
159Brazil Brasilia42.0 km31 Mar 200124241.7543,800
160USA Baltimore24.5 km21 Nov 198314141.7535,600
161China Shanghai420.0 km10 Apr 19952782351.793.56 million
162China Beijing227.6 km1 Oct 19691471251.823.99 million
163USA Seattle22.2 km18 Jul 200912121.85
164China Tianjin72.0 km28 Mar 200437371.9541,100
165USA Los Angeles59.3 km30 Jan 199330301.98129,000
166USA Saint Louis73.4 km31 Jul 199337371.98
167Brazil Porto Alegre33.8 km2 Mar 198517171.99
168USA Washington171.2 km27 Mar 197690861.99611,000
169Russia Saint Petersburg110.2 km15 Nov 195563552.002.25 million
170United Arab Emirates Dubai52.1 km9 Sep 200926262.00
171Saudi Arabia Mecca18.1 km13 Nov 2010992.01
172Russia Moscow302.0 km15 May 19351821462.076.55 million
173USA Atlanta79.2 km30 Jun 197939382.0893,200
174Chile Valparaiso43.0 km23 Nov 200520202.15
175China Hong Kong188.1 km1 Oct 197995822.293.62 million
176India Mumbai171.0 km73732.34
177USA San Francisco166.9 km11 Sep 197243433.88274,000
178China Dalian49.0 km1 May 200312124.08





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