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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 Mumbai171.0 km73
210 Jan 1863 London408.0 km2681197 mio.
36 Jun 1892 Chicago166.0 km151198 mio.
42 May 1896 Budapest33.0 km42297 mio.
514 Dec 1896 Glasgow10.4 km1515 mio.
61 Sep 1897 Boston60.5 km66145 mio.
719 Jul 1900 Paris213.0 km3801473 mio.
81 Mar 1901 Wuppertal13.3 km20
918 Feb 1902 Berlin147.4 km195447 mio.
1027 Oct 1904 New York368.0 km4681624 mio.
114 Mar 1907 Philadelphia62.0 km6667 mio.
121 Mar 1912 Hamburg100.7 km97184 mio.
131 Dec 1913 Buenos Aires47.5 km76280 mio.
1417 Oct 1919 Madrid284.0 km281686 mio.
1530 Dec 1924 Barcelona110.5 km152378 mio.
161926 Sydney22.1 km14
1730 Dec 1927 Tokyo304.5 km2903174 mio.
1820 May 1933 Osaka137.8 km133860 mio.
1915 May 1935 Moscow298.8 km1802573 mio.
2026 May 1935 Newark2.2 km4
211 Oct 1950 Stockholm105.7 km104303 mio.
221954 Athens52.0 km52325 mio.
2330 Apr 1954 Toronto71.3 km74278 mio.
2410 Feb 1955 Rome39.0 km49331 mio.
2515 Mar 1955 Cleveland31.0 km186 mio.
2615 Nov 1955 Saint Petersburg110.2 km63832 mio.
2715 Nov 1957 Nagoya89.0 km93427 mio.
281959 Haifa1.8 km6
2929 Dec 1959 Lisbon41.0 km52180 mio.
3022 Oct 1960 Kiev59.8 km46642 mio.
311 Nov 1964 Milan74.6 km88328 mio.
3211 Jan 1966 Tbilisi26.3 km2292 mio.
3322 May 1966 Oslo62.0 km7264 mio.
3410 Jun 1966 Stuttgart24.0 km19
3514 Oct 1966 Montreal69.2 km73219 mio.
365 Oct 1967 Essen20.2 km27
376 Nov 1967 Baku32.9 km22176 mio.
3810 Feb 1968 Rotterdam47.0 km3885 mio.
394 Oct 1968 Frankfurt20.5 km31
4011 Oct 1968 Cologne45.0 km51
4129 May 1969 Ludwigshafen4.0 km11
425 Sep 1969 Mexico City201.7 km1751460 mio.
431 Oct 1969 Beijing227.6 km1471200 mio.
443 Mar 1970 Kamakura6.6 km8
4521 Sep 1971 Bielefeld5.2 km7
4619 Oct 1971 Munich92.5 km100349 mio.
4716 Dec 1971 Sapporo48.0 km49209 mio.
481 Mar 1972 Nuremberg34.6 km4692 mio.
4911 Sep 1972 San Francisco166.9 km43100 mio.
5016 Dec 1972 Yokohama57.6 km48198 mio.
516 Sep 1973 Pyongyang22.5 km1635 mio.
529 May 1974 Prague59.1 km57597 mio.
5315 Aug 1974 Seoul286.9 km3482048 mio.
5414 Sep 1974 Sao Paulo61.3 km58684 mio.
5522 Mar 1975 Bonn9.0 km12
5625 Mar 1975 Antwerp7.6 km11
5723 Aug 1975 Kharkov35.3 km28278 mio.
5815 Sep 1975 Santiago83.0 km93642 mio.
5928 Sep 1975 Hanover18.6 km21
6027 Mar 1976 Washington171.2 km90215 mio.
6117 May 1976 Dortmund29.5 km37
6221 Jun 1976 Charleroi17.5 km20
6320 Sep 1976 Brussels32.2 km61136 mio.
6413 Mar 1977 Kobe30.6 km26121 mio.
6516 Oct 1977 Amsterdam32.7 km3391 mio.
666 Nov 1977 Tashkent36.2 km2971 mio.
6726 Nov 1977 Marseille19.3 km2658 mio.
6825 Feb 1978 Vienna69.8 km96498 mio.
6922 Apr 1978 Edmonton13.1 km11
7028 Apr 1978 Lyon30.7 km43182 mio.
715 Mar 1979 Rio de Janeiro42.0 km34135 mio.
7226 May 1979 Bochum21.5 km29
7330 Jun 1979 Atlanta79.2 km3934 mio.
741 Oct 1979 Hong Kong188.1 km951309 mio.
753 Nov 1979 Mulheim9.0 km13
7616 Nov 1979 Bucharest67.7 km50111 mio.
777 Aug 1980 Newcastle76.5 km6138 mio.
787 Mar 1981 Yerevan12.1 km1017 mio.
791 Apr 1981 Kyoto31.3 km32126 mio.
8026 Jul 1981 Fukuoka29.8 km35124 mio.
814 Oct 1981 Duesseldorf9.6 km14
823 Aug 1982 Helsinki21.0 km1758 mio.
8327 Mar 1983 Caracas60.5 km50510 mio.
8425 Apr 1983 Lille45.5 km6274 mio.
8521 Nov 1983 Baltimore24.5 km1414 mio.
8621 May 1984 Miami36.0 km2219 mio.
8726 Jun 1984 Minsk30.3 km25262 mio.
881 Sep 1984 Gelsenkirchen5.5 km9
8924 Oct 1984 Kolkata22.6 km21100 mio.
905 Nov 1984 Volgograd3.3 km2
911 Dec 1984 Manila45.7 km42346 mio.
929 Jan 1985 Kitakyushu8.8 km13
932 Mar 1985 Porto Alegre33.8 km17
9411 Mar 1985 Recife39.7 km30
9518 May 1985 Buffalo8.4 km8
963 Jul 1985 Pittsburgh1.5 km3
9719 Jul 1985 Busan95.0 km92257 mio.
9820 Nov 1985 Nizhny Novgorod15.5 km1433 mio.
993 Jan 1986 Vancouver69.5 km4974 mio.
1007 Jan 1986 Novosibirsk14.3 km1370 mio.
1011 Aug 1986 Belo Horizonte28.1 km19
10226 Dec 1986 Kryvyi Rih18.0 km12
103Jul 1987 Detroit4.8 km13
10415 Jul 1987 Sendai14.8 km1758 mio.
10527 Sep 1987 Cairo65.5 km55700 mio.
1067 Nov 1987 Singapore118.9 km76571 mio.
10726 Dec 1987 Samara10.2 km912 mio.
10828 Mar 1988 Chiba15.5 km18
1093 Oct 1988 Valencia31.8 km38
11030 May 1989 Jacksonville6.9 km6
1111 Sep 1989 Guadalajara24.0 km29
11213 Jun 1990 Genoa5.2 km7
11325 Apr 1991 Monterrey31.5 km32
11426 Apr 1991 Yekaterinburg8.5 km746 mio.
11524 May 1991 Lausanne13.7 km29
11611 Jul 1992 Duisburg14.3 km13
11730 Jan 1993 Los Angeles59.3 km3045 mio.
11828 Mar 1993 Naples31.8 km3029 mio.
11926 Jun 1993 Toulouse27.5 km3842 mio.
12031 Jul 1993 Saint Louis73.4 km37
12120 Aug 1994 Hiroshima18.4 km2118 mio.
12217 Dec 1994 Rouen2.2 km5
1237 Apr 1995 Warsaw22.6 km21114 mio.
12410 Apr 1995 Shanghai334.0 km2301122 mio.
12511 Nov 1995 Bilbao40.6 km3886 mio.
12630 Nov 1995 Medellin28.8 km26155 mio.
12729 Dec 1995 Dnepropetrovsk7.1 km611 mio.
12828 Mar 1996 Taipei90.6 km85450 mio.
12930 Aug 1996 Ankara23.1 km23113 mio.
13016 Dec 1996 Kuala Lumpur64.0 km60109 mio.
1311 Mar 1997 Poznan6.1 km6
13219 Oct 1997 Chennai27.0 km17
13326 Nov 1997 Daegu53.9 km56110 mio.
13428 Jan 1998 Sofia18.0 km1451 mio.
13527 Nov 1998 Tama16.0 km19
13627 Jun 1999 Catania3.8 km6
13728 Jun 1999 Guangzhou148.5 km88601 mio.
1386 Oct 1999 Incheon29.5 km2973 mio.
1395 Dec 1999 Bangkok46.3 km44206 mio.
14021 Feb 2000 Tehran50.5 km47353 mio.
14122 May 2000 Izmir11.5 km1030 mio.
14216 Sep 2000 Istanbul15.0 km1068 mio.
14331 Mar 2001 Brasilia42.0 km2316 mio.
14416 Mar 2002 Rennes9.0 km1523 mio.
14519 Aug 2002 Bursa22.5 km23
146Oct 2002 Changchun17.0 km16
14719 Oct 2002 Copenhagen21.0 km2237 mio.
1487 Dec 2002 Oporto21.7 km15
14924 Dec 2002 Delhi96.2 km83310 mio.
15013 Jan 2003 Lima10.0 km6
1511 May 2003 Dalian49.0 km12
15210 Aug 2003 Naha12.8 km15
15328 Mar 2004 Tianjin72.0 km3715 mio.
15428 Apr 2004 Gwangju20.1 km2017 mio.
15515 Jul 2004 Las Vegas6.2 km7
15628 Sep 2004 Wuhan10.2 km10
15716 Oct 2004 The Hague27.9 km30
15828 Dec 2004 Shenzhen25.3 km2373 mio.
1596 Jun 2005 San Juan17.2 km169 mio.
16018 Jun 2005 Chongqing19.5 km18
16127 Aug 2005 Kazan8.3 km67 mio.
16227 Aug 2005 Nanjing21.7 km16102 mio.
16323 Nov 2005 Valparaiso43.0 km20
1644 Feb 2006 Turin9.6 km14
16516 Mar 2006 Daejeon22.6 km2229 mio.
16618 Oct 2006 Valencia6.2 km718 mio.
16725 Apr 2007 Palma de Mallorca8.3 km9
16829 Jan 2008 Perugia3.0 km7
1699 Mar 2008 Kaohsiung42.7 km3730 mio.
17030 Jan 2009 Santo Domingo14.5 km16
17118 Mar 2009 Adana8.0 km8
1722 Apr 2009 Seville18.0 km21
1738 Jun 2009 Maracaibo6.5 km6
17418 Jul 2009 Seattle22.2 km12
1759 Sep 2009 Dubai39.7 km11
17623 Sep 2009 Shenyang22.2 km18


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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