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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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1ChinaDalian1 May 200349.0 km12149.0
2ChileValparaiso23 Nov 200543.0 km20143.0
3BrazilBrasilia31 Mar 200142.0 km23142.016 mio.
4United Arab EmiratesDubai9 Sep 200939.7 km10139.7
5USAAtlanta30 Jun 197979.2 km39239.634 mio.
6United KingdomNewcastle7 Aug 198076.5 km61238.338 mio.
7United KingdomLondon10 Jan 1863408.0 km2681137.11197 mio.
8USASaint Louis31 Jul 199373.4 km37236.7
9USAMiami21 May 198436.0 km22136.019 mio.
10ChinaTianjin28 Mar 200472.0 km37236.015 mio.
11SwedenStockholm1 Oct 1950105.7 km104335.2303 mio.
12ChinaGuangzhou28 Jun 1999176.1 km88535.2601 mio.
13USAWashington27 Mar 1976171.2 km90534.2215 mio.
14IndiaMumbai171.0 km73534.2
15BrazilPorto Alegre2 Mar 198533.8 km17133.8
16GermanyHamburg1 Mar 1912100.7 km97333.6184 mio.
17ChinaShanghai10 Apr 1995334.0 km2301033.41122 mio.
18USASan Francisco11 Sep 1972166.9 km43533.4100 mio.
19EgyptCairo27 Sep 198765.5 km55232.8700 mio.
20South KoreaBusan19 Jul 198595.0 km92331.7257 mio.
21USACleveland15 Mar 195531.0 km18131.06 mio.
22IndiaDelhi24 Dec 200289.9 km78329.9310 mio.
23SingaporeSingapore7 Nov 1987118.9 km76429.7571 mio.
24South KoreaIncheon6 Oct 199929.5 km29129.573 mio.
25South KoreaSeoul15 Aug 1974286.9 km3481028.72048 mio.
26BrazilBelo Horizonte1 Aug 198628.1 km19128.1
27IndiaChennai19 Oct 199727.0 km17127.0
28South KoreaDaegu26 Nov 199753.9 km56227.0110 mio.
29ChinaBeijing1 Oct 1969227.6 km147925.31200 mio.
30RussiaMoscow15 May 1935298.8 km1801224.92573 mio.
31ItalyMilan1 Nov 196474.6 km88324.9328 mio.
32USABaltimore21 Nov 198324.5 km14124.514 mio.
33NetherlandsRotterdam10 Feb 196847.0 km38223.585 mio.
34JapanTokyo30 Dec 1927304.5 km2901323.43174 mio.
35CanadaVancouver3 Jan 198669.5 km49323.274 mio.
36FranceLille25 Apr 198345.5 km62222.874 mio.
37IndiaKolkata24 Oct 198422.6 km21122.6100 mio.
38South KoreaDaejeon16 Mar 200622.6 km22122.629 mio.
39PolandWarsaw7 Apr 199522.6 km21122.6114 mio.
40TurkeyBursa19 Aug 200222.5 km23122.5
41JapanNagoya15 Nov 195789.0 km93422.3427 mio.
42USASeattle18 Jul 200922.2 km12122.2
43RussiaSaint Petersburg15 Nov 1955110.2 km63522.0832 mio.
44SpainMadrid17 Oct 1919284.0 km2811321.8686 mio.
45ChinaNanjing27 Aug 200521.7 km16121.7102 mio.
46TaiwanKaohsiung9 Mar 200842.7 km37221.430 mio.
47MalaysiaKuala Lumpur16 Dec 199664.0 km60321.3109 mio.
48FinlandHelsinki3 Aug 198221.0 km17121.058 mio.
49BrazilRio de Janeiro5 Mar 197942.0 km34221.0135 mio.
50ChinaHong Kong1 Oct 1979188.1 km95920.91309 mio.
51USAChicago6 Jun 1892166.0 km151820.8198 mio.
52USAPhiladelphia4 Mar 190762.0 km66320.767 mio.
53SpainBilbao11 Nov 199540.6 km38220.386 mio.
54USABoston1 Sep 189760.5 km66320.2145 mio.
55South KoreaGwangju28 Apr 200420.1 km20120.117 mio.
56UkraineKiev22 Oct 196059.8 km46319.9642 mio.
57BrazilRecife11 Mar 198539.7 km30219.9
58USALos Angeles30 Jan 199359.3 km30319.845 mio.
59Czech RepublicPrague9 May 197459.1 km57319.7597 mio.
60ItalyRome10 Feb 195539.0 km49219.5331 mio.
61ChinaChongqing18 Jun 200519.5 km18119.5
62JapanYokohama16 Dec 197257.6 km48319.2198 mio.
63JapanHiroshima20 Aug 199418.4 km21118.418 mio.
64MexicoMexico City5 Sep 1969201.7 km1751118.31460 mio.
65SpainSeville2 Apr 200918.0 km21118.0
66BulgariaSofia28 Jan 199818.0 km14118.051 mio.
67UkraineKryvyi Rih26 Dec 198618.0 km12118.0
68CanadaToronto30 Apr 195471.3 km74417.8278 mio.
69GreeceAthens195452.0 km52317.3325 mio.
70CanadaMontreal14 Oct 196669.2 km73417.3219 mio.
71Puerto RicoSan Juan6 Jun 200517.2 km16117.29 mio.
72ChinaChangchunOct 200217.0 km16117.0
73RomaniaBucharest16 Nov 197967.7 km50416.9111 mio.
74IranTehran21 Feb 200050.5 km47316.8353 mio.
75ChileSantiago15 Sep 197583.0 km93516.6642 mio.
76JapanSapporo16 Dec 197148.0 km49316.0209 mio.
77JapanTama27 Nov 199816.0 km19116.0
78AzerbaijanBaku6 Nov 196731.7 km21215.9176 mio.
79MexicoMonterrey25 Apr 199131.5 km32215.8
80JapanKyoto1 Apr 198131.3 km32215.6126 mio.
81ThailandBangkok5 Dec 199946.3 km44315.4206 mio.
82GermanyMunich19 Oct 197192.5 km100615.4349 mio.
83BrazilSao Paulo14 Sep 197461.3 km58415.3684 mio.
84JapanOsaka20 May 1933137.8 km133915.3860 mio.
85JapanKobe13 Mar 197730.6 km26215.3121 mio.
86PhilippinesManila1 Dec 198445.7 km42315.2346 mio.
87BelarusMinsk26 Jun 198430.3 km25215.1262 mio.
88TurkeyIstanbul16 Sep 200015.0 km10115.068 mio.
89JapanSendai15 Jul 198714.8 km17114.858 mio.
90GermanyBerlin18 Feb 1902147.4 km1951014.7447 mio.
91Dominican RepublicSanto Domingo30 Jan 200914.5 km16114.5
92ColombiaMedellin30 Nov 199528.8 km26214.4155 mio.
93AustriaVienna25 Feb 197869.8 km96514.0498 mio.
94FranceToulouse26 Jun 199327.5 km38213.842 mio.
95USANew York27 Oct 1904368.0 km4682713.61624 mio.
96FranceParis19 Jul 1900213.0 km3801613.31473 mio.
97GermanyWuppertal1 Mar 190113.3 km20113.3
98GeorgiaTbilisi11 Jan 196626.3 km22213.192 mio.
99CanadaEdmonton22 Apr 197813.1 km11113.1
100JapanNaha10 Aug 200312.8 km15112.8
101ChinaShenzhen28 Dec 200425.3 km23212.673 mio.
102NorwayOslo22 May 196662.0 km72512.464 mio.
103ArmeniaYerevan7 Mar 198112.1 km10112.117 mio.
104VenezuelaCaracas27 Mar 198360.5 km47512.1510 mio.
105UzbekistanTashkent6 Nov 197736.2 km29312.171 mio.
106GermanyStuttgart10 Jun 196624.0 km19212.0
107MexicoGuadalajara1 Sep 198924.0 km29212.0
108UkraineKharkov23 Aug 197535.3 km28311.8278 mio.
109TurkeyAnkara30 Aug 199623.1 km23211.6113 mio.
110GermanyNuremberg1 Mar 197234.6 km46311.592 mio.
111TurkeyIzmir22 May 200011.5 km10111.530 mio.
112TaiwanTaipei28 Mar 199690.6 km85811.3450 mio.
113North KoreaPyongyang6 Sep 197322.5 km16211.335 mio.
114SpainBarcelona30 Dec 1924110.5 km1521011.1378 mio.
115HungaryBudapest2 May 189633.0 km42311.0297 mio.
116PortugalOporto7 Dec 200221.7 km15210.9
117GermanyBochum26 May 197921.5 km29210.8
118BelgiumBrussels20 Sep 197632.2 km61310.7136 mio.
119ItalyNaples28 Mar 199331.8 km30310.629 mio.
120SpainValencia3 Oct 198831.8 km38310.6
121DenmarkCopenhagen19 Oct 200221.0 km22210.537 mio.
122United KingdomGlasgow14 Dec 189610.4 km15110.415 mio.
123PortugalLisbon29 Dec 195941.0 km52410.3180 mio.
124RussiaSamara26 Dec 198710.2 km9110.212 mio.
125ChinaWuhan28 Sep 200410.2 km10110.2
126PeruLima13 Jan 200310.0 km6110.0
127JapanFukuoka26 Jul 198129.8 km3539.9124 mio.
128GermanyDortmund17 May 197629.5 km3739.8
129FranceMarseille26 Nov 197719.3 km2629.658 mio.
130ItalyTurin4 Feb 20069.6 km1419.6
131NetherlandsThe Hague16 Oct 200427.9 km3039.3
132FranceRennes16 Mar 20029.0 km1519.023 mio.
133AlgeriaAlgiers20099.0 km1019.0
134GermanyBonn22 Mar 19759.0 km1219.0
135JapanKitakyushu9 Jan 19858.8 km1318.8
136RussiaYekaterinburg26 Apr 19918.5 km718.546 mio.
137USABuffalo18 May 19858.4 km818.4
138SpainPalma de Mallorca25 Apr 20078.3 km918.3
139RussiaKazan27 Aug 20058.3 km618.37 mio.
140NetherlandsAmsterdam16 Oct 197732.7 km3348.291 mio.
141TurkeyAdana18 Mar 20098.0 km818.0
142ArgentinaBuenos Aires1 Dec 191347.5 km7667.9280 mio.
143JapanChiba28 Mar 198815.5 km1827.8
144RussiaNizhny Novgorod20 Nov 198515.5 km1427.833 mio.
145FranceLyon28 Apr 197830.7 km4347.7182 mio.
146AustraliaSydney192622.1 km1437.4
147GermanyDuisburg11 Jul 199214.3 km1327.2
148RussiaNovosibirsk7 Jan 198614.3 km1327.270 mio.
149UkraineDnepropetrovsk29 Dec 19957.1 km617.111 mio.
150USAJacksonville30 May 19896.9 km616.9
151SwitzerlandLausanne24 May 199113.7 km2926.8
152GermanyFrankfurt4 Oct 196820.5 km3136.8
153GermanyEssen5 Oct 196720.2 km2736.7
154JapanKamakura3 Mar 19706.6 km816.6
155VenezuelaMaracaibo8 Jun 20096.5 km616.5
156GermanyHanover28 Sep 197518.6 km2136.2
157USALas Vegas15 Jul 20046.2 km716.2
158VenezuelaValencia18 Oct 20066.2 km716.218 mio.
159PolandPoznan1 Mar 19976.1 km616.1
160GermanyGelsenkirchen1 Sep 19845.5 km915.5
161ItalyGenoa13 Jun 19905.2 km715.2
162USADetroitJul 19874.8 km1314.8
163GermanyDuesseldorf4 Oct 19819.6 km1424.8
164GermanyMulheim3 Nov 19799.0 km1324.5
165BelgiumCharleroi21 Jun 197617.5 km2044.4
166ItalyCatania27 Jun 19993.8 km613.8
167BelgiumAntwerp25 Mar 19757.6 km1123.8
168RussiaVolgograd5 Nov 19843.3 km213.3
169ItalyPerugia29 Jan 20083.0 km713.0
170GermanyCologne11 Oct 196845.0 km51153.0
171FranceRouen17 Dec 19942.2 km512.2
172USANewark26 May 19352.2 km412.2
173IsraelHaifa19591.8 km611.8
174USAPittsburgh3 Jul 19851.5 km311.5
175GermanyBielefeld21 Sep 19715.2 km741.3
176GermanyLudwigshafen29 May 19694.0 km110


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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