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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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1Israel19591.8 km660.29
2Germany29 May 19694.0 km11110.36
3USAJul 19874.8 km13130.37
4Italy29 Jan 20083.0 km770.43
5France17 Dec 19942.2 km550.44
6USA3 Jul 19851.5 km330.48
7Switzerland24 May 199113.7 km29280.49
8Belgium20 Sep 197632.2 km6159364,0000.55
9USA26 May 19352.2 km440.55
10France16 Mar 20029.0 km151563,0000.60
11Germany1 Sep 19845.5 km990.61
12Italy27 Jun 19993.8 km660.63
13Germany1 Mar 190113.3 km20200.67
14Japan9 Jan 19858.8 km13130.68
15Germany4 Oct 19819.6 km14140.68
16Italy4 Feb 20069.6 km14140.69
17Belgium25 Mar 19757.6 km11110.69
18United Kingdom14 Dec 189610.4 km151541,1000.69
19Argentina1 Dec 191348.1 km7768789,0000.71
20France19 Jul 1900213.0 km3803004.05 million0.71
21Germany21 Sep 19715.2 km770.74
22Italy13 Jun 19905.2 km770.74
23France26 Jun 199327.5 km3837115,0000.74
24Germany5 Oct 196720.2 km27270.75
25Germany22 Mar 19759.0 km12120.75
26Germany3 Nov 19799.0 km13120.75
27France25 Apr 198345.5 km6260203,0000.76
28Germany4 Oct 196820.5 km31270.76
29France26 Nov 197721.8 km3028159,0000.78
30Germany1 Mar 197234.6 km4644315,0000.79
31France28 Apr 197830.7 km4339499,0000.79
32Germany17 May 197629.5 km37370.80
33Germany26 May 197921.5 km29270.80
34Italy10 Feb 195539.0 km4948907,0000.81
35Japan3 Mar 19706.6 km880.82
36Hungary2 May 189633.0 km4240814,0000.83
37Austria25 Feb 197874.6 km102901.4 million0.83
38Japan27 Nov 199816.0 km19190.84
39Norway22 May 196662.0 km7373214,0000.85
40Germany18 Feb 1902147.4 km1951731.39 million0.85
41Japan10 Aug 200312.8 km15150.85
42Mexico1 Sep 198924.0 km29280.86
43Spain2 Apr 200918.0 km21210.86
44Spain3 Oct 198831.8 km38370.86
45Japan28 Mar 198815.5 km18180.86
46Japan15 Jul 198714.8 km1717159,0000.87
47USA27 Oct 1904368.0 km4684224.33 million0.87
48Belgium21 Jun 197617.5 km20200.88
49Japan20 Aug 199418.4 km212149,3000.88
50Japan26 Jul 198129.8 km3534340,0000.88
51Germany11 Oct 196845.0 km51510.88
52Spain30 Dec 1924119.4 km1621351.11 million0.88
53USA15 Jul 20046.2 km770.89
54Venezuela18 Oct 20066.2 km7749,3000.89
55Italy1 Nov 196474.6 km8884899,0000.89
56Portugal29 Dec 195941.0 km5246488,0000.89
57Dominican Republic30 Jan 200914.5 km1616200,0000.91
58Spain25 Apr 20078.3 km990.92
59Netherlands16 Oct 200427.9 km30300.93
60Denmark19 Oct 200221.0 km2222126,0000.95
61South Korea15 Aug 1974286.9 km3482985.61 million0.96
62Turkey19 Aug 200222.5 km23230.98
63South Korea26 Nov 199753.9 km5655301,0000.98
64Germany19 Oct 197194.2 km10296962,0000.98
65India24 Oct 198422.6 km2323474,0000.98
66Netherlands16 Oct 197732.7 km3333233,0000.99
67Chile15 Sep 197592.4 km101931.67 million0.99
68USA4 Mar 190762.0 km6662192,0001.00
69Turkey18 Mar 20098.0 km881.00
70South Korea28 Apr 200420.1 km202046,6001.01
71USA1 Sep 189760.5 km6660400,0001.01
72Japan1 Apr 198131.3 km3231345,0001.01
73Mexico25 Apr 199131.5 km32311.02
74Poland1 Mar 19976.1 km661.02
75South Korea6 Oct 199929.5 km2929200,0001.02
76Canada14 Oct 196669.2 km7368600,0001.02
77South Korea16 Mar 200622.6 km222279,5001.03
78Canada30 Apr 195471.3 km7469762,0001.03
79China28 Sep 200428.0 km272735,6001.04
80Japan16 Dec 197148.0 km4946573,0001.04
81USA18 May 19858.4 km881.04
82Turkey30 Aug 199623.1 km2322310,0001.05
83Sweden1 Oct 1950105.7 km104100841,0001.06
84Greece195452.0 km5349937,0001.06
85ChinaOct 200217.0 km16161.06
86Spain11 Nov 199540.6 km3838238,0001.07
87Puerto Rico6 Jun 200517.2 km161624,7001.08
88Poland7 Apr 199522.6 km2121345,0001.08
89South Korea19 Jul 198595.0 km9288704,0001.08
90China18 Jun 200519.5 km18181.08
91Venezuela8 Jun 20096.5 km661.08
92Japan15 Nov 195789.0 km93821.17 million1.09
93Germany28 Sep 197518.6 km21171.09
94Czech Republic9 May 197459.1 km57541.6 million1.09
95Germany11 Jul 199214.3 km13131.10
96Germany1 Mar 1912100.7 km9789518,0001.13
97Russia26 Dec 198710.2 km9932,9001.13
98Italy28 Mar 199331.8 km302879,5001.14
99Malaysia16 Dec 199664.0 km6056299,0001.14
100China28 Dec 200425.3 km2322362,0001.15
101Turkey22 May 200011.5 km101082,2001.15
102USA30 May 19896.9 km661.15
103Colombia30 Nov 199528.8 km2625425,0001.15
104USA6 Jun 1892166.0 km151144542,0001.15
105China27 Sep 201018.5 km16161.16
106Taiwan28 Mar 199694.2 km85801.27 million1.18
107Brazil14 Sep 197469.7 km63591.93 million1.18
108Ukraine29 Dec 19957.1 km6638,4001.18
109Taiwan9 Mar 200842.7 km373682,2001.19
110Russia7 Jan 198614.3 km1312192,0001.19
111Russia20 Nov 198515.5 km141390,4001.19
112Armenia7 Mar 198112.1 km101046,6001.21
113Russia26 Apr 19918.5 km77126,0001.21
114India24 Dec 2002138.8 km116113838,0001.23
115Spain17 Oct 1919284.0 km2812311.78 million1.23
116Brazil5 Mar 197942.0 km3434370,0001.24
117Finland3 Aug 198221.0 km1717156,0001.24
118Egypt27 Sep 198765.5 km55531.92 million1.24
119Georgia11 Jan 196626.3 km2221252,0001.25
120Belarus26 Jun 198430.3 km2524718,0001.26
121China27 Sep 201027.8 km22221.26
122Iran21 Feb 200066.0 km55521.26 million1.27
123Netherlands10 Feb 196847.0 km3837238,0001.27
124Japan13 Mar 197730.6 km2624332,0001.28
125Japan16 Dec 197257.6 km4845542,0001.28
126Bulgaria28 Jan 199818.0 km141479,5001.29
127Philippines1 Dec 198451.5 km4340948,0001.29
128Venezuela27 Mar 198360.5 km50461.25 million1.32
129Japan20 May 1933137.8 km1331042.36 million1.33
130Canada22 Apr 197820.4 km15151.36
131Mexico5 Sep 1969201.7 km1751473.88 million1.37
132Russia27 Aug 20058.3 km6619,2001.38
133Ukraine22 Oct 196059.8 km46431.76 million1.39
134Uzbekistan6 Nov 197736.2 km2926195,0001.39
135Germany10 Jun 196624.0 km19171.41
136Ukraine23 Aug 197535.3 km2825762,0001.41
137Brazil11 Mar 198539.7 km30281.42
138Canada3 Jan 198669.5 km4947203,0001.48
139Brazil1 Aug 198628.1 km19191.48
140Japan30 Dec 1927304.5 km2902058.7 million1.49
141North Korea6 Sep 197322.5 km161595,9001.50
142Ukraine26 Dec 198618.0 km12121.50
143Turkey16 Sep 200015.0 km1010186,0001.50
144United Kingdom10 Jan 1863408.0 km2682682.99 million1.52
145United Kingdom7 Aug 198076.5 km6150104,0001.53
146China27 Aug 200584.7 km5755400,0001.54
147Portugal7 Dec 200221.7 km15141.55
148Azerbaijan6 Nov 196732.9 km2221482,0001.56
149Romania16 Nov 197967.7 km5043304,0001.57
150Australia192622.1 km14141.58
151India19 Oct 199727.0 km17171.59
152Thailand5 Dec 199974.9 km5246564,0001.63
153USA21 May 198436.0 km222249,3001.64
154Russia5 Nov 19843.3 km221.65
155Singapore7 Nov 1987129.7 km87781.81 million1.66
156Peru13 Jan 200310.0 km661.67
157USA15 Mar 195531.0 km181813,7001.72
158China28 Jun 1999176.3 km1111011.85 million1.75
159Brazil31 Mar 200142.0 km242443,8001.75
160USA21 Nov 198324.5 km141435,6001.75
161China10 Apr 1995420.0 km2782353.56 million1.79
162China1 Oct 1969227.6 km1471253.99 million1.82
163USA18 Jul 200922.2 km12121.85
164China28 Mar 200472.0 km373741,1001.95
165USA30 Jan 199359.3 km3030129,0001.98
166USA31 Jul 199373.4 km37371.98
167Brazil2 Mar 198533.8 km17171.99
168USA27 Mar 1976171.2 km9086611,0001.99
169Russia15 Nov 1955110.2 km63552.25 million2.00
170United Arab Emirates9 Sep 200952.1 km26262.00
171Saudi Arabia13 Nov 201018.1 km992.01
172Russia15 May 1935302.0 km1821466.55 million2.07
173USA30 Jun 197979.2 km393893,2002.08
174Chile23 Nov 200543.0 km20202.15
175China1 Oct 1979188.1 km95823.62 million2.29
176India171.0 km73732.34
177USA11 Sep 1972166.9 km4343274,0003.88
178China1 May 200349.0 km12124.08





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