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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 km7352.3434.214.6
210 Jan 1863 London408.0 km268111.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,000
36 Jun 1892 Chicago166.0 km15181.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,000
42 May 1896 Budapest33.0 km4230.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,000
514 Dec 1896 Glasgow10.4 km1510.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,000
61 Sep 1897 Boston60.5 km6631.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,000
719 Jul 1900 Paris213.0 km380160.7113.323.81473 mio.6,915,000
81 Mar 1901 Wuppertal13.3 km2010.6713.320.0
918 Feb 1902 Berlin147.4 km195100.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,000
1027 Oct 1904 New York368.0 km468270.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,000
114 Mar 1907 Philadelphia62.0 km6631.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,000
121 Mar 1912 Hamburg100.7 km9731.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,000
131 Dec 1913 Buenos Aires47.5 km7660.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,000
1417 Oct 1919 Madrid284.0 km281131.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,000
1530 Dec 1924 Barcelona110.5 km152100.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,000
161926 Sydney22.1 km1431.587.44.7
1730 Dec 1927 Tokyo304.5 km290131.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,000
1820 May 1933 Osaka137.8 km13391.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,000
1915 May 1935 Moscow298.8 km180122.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,000
2026 May 1935 Newark2.2 km410.552.24.0
211 Oct 1950 Stockholm105.7 km10431.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,000
221954 Athens52.0 km5231.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,000
2330 Apr 1954 Toronto71.3 km7441.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,000
2410 Feb 1955 Rome39.0 km4920.8119.524.5331 mio.8,487,000
2515 Mar 1955 Cleveland31.0 km1811.7231.018.06 mio.194,000
2615 Nov 1955 Saint Petersburg110.2 km6352.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,000
2715 Nov 1957 Nagoya89.0 km9341.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,000
281959 Haifa1.8 km610.291.86.0
2929 Dec 1959 Lisbon41.0 km5240.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,000
3022 Oct 1960 Kiev59.8 km4631.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,000
311 Nov 1964 Milan74.6 km8830.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,000
3211 Jan 1966 Tbilisi26.3 km2221.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,000
3322 May 1966 Oslo62.0 km7250.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,000
3410 Jun 1966 Stuttgart24.0 km1921.4112.09.5
3514 Oct 1966 Montreal69.2 km7341.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,000
365 Oct 1967 Essen20.2 km2730.756.79.0
376 Nov 1967 Baku32.9 km2221.5616.411.0176 mio.5,356,000
3810 Feb 1968 Rotterdam47.0 km3821.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,000
394 Oct 1968 Frankfurt20.5 km3130.766.810.3
4011 Oct 1968 Cologne45.0 km51150.883.03.4
4129 May 1969 Ludwigshafen4.0 km1100.36
425 Sep 1969 Mexico City201.7 km175111.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,000
431 Oct 1969 Beijing227.6 km14791.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,000
443 Mar 1970 Kamakura6.6 km810.826.68.0
4521 Sep 1971 Bielefeld5.2 km740.741.31.8
4619 Oct 1971 Munich92.5 km10060.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,000
4716 Dec 1971 Sapporo48.0 km4931.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,000
481 Mar 1972 Nuremberg34.6 km4630.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,000
4911 Sep 1972 San Francisco166.9 km4353.8833.48.6100 mio.599,000
5016 Dec 1972 Yokohama57.6 km4831.2819.216.0198 mio.3,438,000
516 Sep 1973 Pyongyang22.5 km1621.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,000
529 May 1974 Prague59.1 km5731.0919.719.0597 mio.10,102,000
5315 Aug 1974 Seoul286.9 km348100.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,000
5414 Sep 1974 Sao Paulo61.3 km5841.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,000
5522 Mar 1975 Bonn9.0 km1210.759.012.0
5625 Mar 1975 Antwerp7.6 km1120.693.85.5
5723 Aug 1975 Kharkov35.3 km2831.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,000
5815 Sep 1975 Santiago83.0 km9350.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,000
5928 Sep 1975 Hanover18.6 km2131.096.27.0
6027 Mar 1976 Washington171.2 km9051.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,000
6117 May 1976 Dortmund29.5 km3730.809.812.3
6221 Jun 1976 Charleroi17.5 km2040.884.45.0
6320 Sep 1976 Brussels32.2 km6130.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,000
6413 Mar 1977 Kobe30.6 km2621.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,000
6516 Oct 1977 Amsterdam32.7 km3340.998.28.391 mio.2,783,000
666 Nov 1977 Tashkent36.2 km2931.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,000
6726 Nov 1977 Marseille19.3 km2620.809.613.058 mio.3,005,000
6825 Feb 1978 Vienna69.8 km9650.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,000
6922 Apr 1978 Edmonton13.1 km1111.1913.111.0
7028 Apr 1978 Lyon30.7 km4340.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,000
715 Mar 1979 Rio de Janeiro42.0 km3421.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,000
7226 May 1979 Bochum21.5 km2920.8010.814.5
7330 Jun 1979 Atlanta79.2 km3922.0839.619.534 mio.429,000
741 Oct 1979 Hong Kong188.1 km9592.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,000
753 Nov 1979 Mulheim9.0 km1320.754.56.5
7616 Nov 1979 Bucharest67.7 km5041.5716.912.5111 mio.1,640,000
777 Aug 1980 Newcastle76.5 km6121.5338.330.538 mio.497,000
787 Mar 1981 Yerevan12.1 km1011.2112.110.017 mio.1,405,000
791 Apr 1981 Kyoto31.3 km3221.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,000
8026 Jul 1981 Fukuoka29.8 km3530.889.911.7124 mio.4,161,000
814 Oct 1981 Duesseldorf9.6 km1420.684.87.0
823 Aug 1982 Helsinki21.0 km1711.2421.017.058 mio.2,762,000
8327 Mar 1983 Caracas60.5 km5051.3212.110.0510 mio.8,430,000
8425 Apr 1983 Lille45.5 km6220.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,000
8521 Nov 1983 Baltimore24.5 km1411.7524.514.014 mio.571,000
8621 May 1984 Miami36.0 km2211.6436.022.019 mio.528,000
8726 Jun 1984 Minsk30.3 km2521.2615.112.5262 mio.8,647,000
881 Sep 1984 Gelsenkirchen5.5 km910.615.59.0
8924 Oct 1984 Kolkata22.6 km2111.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,000
905 Nov 1984 Volgograd3.3 km211.653.32.0
911 Dec 1984 Manila45.7 km4231.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,000
929 Jan 1985 Kitakyushu8.8 km1310.688.813.0
932 Mar 1985 Porto Alegre33.8 km1711.9933.817.0
9411 Mar 1985 Recife39.7 km3021.4219.915.0
9518 May 1985 Buffalo8.4 km811.048.48.0
963 Jul 1985 Pittsburgh1.5 km310.481.53.0
9719 Jul 1985 Busan95.0 km9231.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,000
9820 Nov 1985 Nizhny Novgorod15.5 km1421.197.87.033 mio.2,129,000
993 Jan 1986 Vancouver69.5 km4931.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,000
1007 Jan 1986 Novosibirsk14.3 km1321.197.26.570 mio.4,895,000
1011 Aug 1986 Belo Horizonte28.1 km1911.4828.119.0
10226 Dec 1986 Kryvyi Rih18.0 km1211.5018.012.0
103Jul 1987 Detroit4.8 km1310.374.813.0
10415 Jul 1987 Sendai14.8 km1710.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,000
10527 Sep 1987 Cairo65.5 km5521.2432.827.5700 mio.10,687,000
1067 Nov 1987 Singapore118.9 km7641.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,000
10726 Dec 1987 Samara10.2 km911.1310.29.012 mio.1,176,000
10828 Mar 1988 Chiba15.5 km1820.867.89.0
1093 Oct 1988 Valencia31.8 km3830.8610.612.7
11030 May 1989 Jacksonville6.9 km611.156.96.0
1111 Sep 1989 Guadalajara24.0 km2920.8612.014.5
11213 Jun 1990 Genoa5.2 km710.745.27.0
11325 Apr 1991 Monterrey31.5 km3221.0215.816.0
11426 Apr 1991 Yekaterinburg8.5 km711.218.57.046 mio.5,412,000
11524 May 1991 Lausanne13.7 km2920.496.814.5
11611 Jul 1992 Duisburg14.3 km1321.107.26.5
11730 Jan 1993 Los Angeles59.3 km3031.9819.810.045 mio.759,000
11828 Mar 1993 Naples31.8 km3031.1410.610.029 mio.912,000
11926 Jun 1993 Toulouse27.5 km3820.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,000
12031 Jul 1993 Saint Louis73.4 km3721.9836.718.5
12120 Aug 1994 Hiroshima18.4 km2110.8818.421.018 mio.978,000
12217 Dec 1994 Rouen2.2 km510.442.25.0
1237 Apr 1995 Warsaw22.6 km2111.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,000
12410 Apr 1995 Shanghai334.0 km230101.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,000
12511 Nov 1995 Bilbao40.6 km3821.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,000
12630 Nov 1995 Medellin28.8 km2621.1514.413.0155 mio.5,382,000
12729 Dec 1995 Dnepropetrovsk7.1 km611.187.16.011 mio.1,549,000
12828 Mar 1996 Taipei90.6 km8581.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,000
12930 Aug 1996 Ankara23.1 km2321.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,000
13016 Dec 1996 Kuala Lumpur64.0 km6031.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,000
1311 Mar 1997 Poznan6.1 km611.026.16.0
13219 Oct 1997 Chennai27.0 km1711.5927.017.0
13326 Nov 1997 Daegu53.9 km5620.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,000
13428 Jan 1998 Sofia18.0 km1411.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,000
13527 Nov 1998 Tama16.0 km1910.8416.019.0
13627 Jun 1999 Catania3.8 km610.633.86.0
13728 Jun 1999 Guangzhou148.5 km8851.8829.717.6601 mio.4,047,000
1386 Oct 1999 Incheon29.5 km2911.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,000
1395 Dec 1999 Bangkok46.3 km4431.1615.414.7206 mio.4,449,000
14021 Feb 2000 Tehran50.5 km4731.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,000
14122 May 2000 Izmir11.5 km1011.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,000
14216 Sep 2000 Istanbul15.0 km1011.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,000
14331 Mar 2001 Brasilia42.0 km2311.8342.023.016 mio.381,000
14416 Mar 2002 Rennes9.0 km1510.609.015.023 mio.2,556,000
14519 Aug 2002 Bursa22.5 km2310.9822.523.0
146Oct 2002 Changchun17.0 km1611.0617.016.0
14719 Oct 2002 Copenhagen21.0 km2220.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,000
1487 Dec 2002 Oporto21.7 km1521.5510.97.5
14924 Dec 2002 Delhi96.2 km8331.1932.127.7310 mio.3,224,000
15013 Jan 2003 Lima10.0 km611.6710.06.0
1511 May 2003 Dalian49.0 km1214.0849.012.0
15210 Aug 2003 Naha12.8 km1510.8512.815.0
15328 Mar 2004 Tianjin72.0 km3721.9536.018.515 mio.208,000
15428 Apr 2004 Gwangju20.1 km2011.0120.120.017 mio.846,000
15515 Jul 2004 Las Vegas6.2 km710.896.27.0
15628 Sep 2004 Wuhan10.2 km1011.0210.210.0
15716 Oct 2004 The Hague27.9 km3030.939.310.0
15828 Dec 2004 Shenzhen25.3 km2321.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,000
1596 Jun 2005 San Juan17.2 km1611.0817.216.09 mio.523,000
16018 Jun 2005 Chongqing19.5 km1811.0819.518.0
16127 Aug 2005 Kazan8.3 km611.388.36.07 mio.843,000
16227 Aug 2005 Nanjing21.7 km1611.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,000
16323 Nov 2005 Valparaiso43.0 km2012.1543.020.0
1644 Feb 2006 Turin9.6 km1410.699.614.0
16516 Mar 2006 Daejeon22.6 km2211.0322.622.029 mio.1,283,000
16618 Oct 2006 Valencia6.2 km710.896.27.018 mio.2,903,000
16725 Apr 2007 Palma de Mallorca8.3 km910.928.39.0
16829 Jan 2008 Perugia3.0 km710.433.07.0
1699 Mar 2008 Kaohsiung42.7 km3721.1921.418.530 mio.703,000
17030 Jan 2009 Santo Domingo14.5 km1610.9114.516.0
17118 Mar 2009 Adana8.0 km811.008.08.0
1722 Apr 2009 Seville18.0 km2110.8618.021.0
1738 Jun 2009 Maracaibo6.5 km611.086.56.0
17418 Jul 2009 Seattle22.2 km1211.8522.212.0
1759 Sep 2009 Dubai39.7 km1113.6139.711.0
17623 Sep 2009 Shenyang22.2 km1811.2322.218.0


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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