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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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11 May 2003 Dalian49.0 km121214.0849.012.0
211 Sep 1972 San Francisco166.9 km434353.8833.4100 mio.8.6599,000
39 Sep 2009 Dubai39.7 km111113.6139.711.0
4 Mumbai171.0 km737352.3434.214.60.17 EUR
51 Oct 1979 Hong Kong188.1 km958292.2920.91309 mio.10.66,959,0000.91 EUR
623 Nov 2005 Valparaiso43.0 km202012.1543.020.0
730 Jun 1979 Atlanta79.2 km393822.0839.634 mio.19.5429,000
815 May 1935 Moscow298.8 km180144122.0724.92573 mio.15.08,611,0000.50 EUR
915 Nov 1955 Saint Petersburg110.2 km635552.0022.0832 mio.12.67,550,000
1027 Mar 1976 Washington171.2 km908651.9934.2215 mio.18.01,256,000
112 Mar 1985 Porto Alegre33.8 km171711.9933.817.0
1231 Jul 1993 Saint Louis73.4 km373721.9836.718.5
1330 Jan 1993 Los Angeles59.3 km303031.9819.845 mio.10.0759,0001.91 EUR
1428 Mar 2004 Tianjin72.0 km373721.9536.015 mio.18.5208,000
1528 Jun 1999 Guangzhou148.5 km887951.8829.7601 mio.17.64,047,000
1618 Jul 2009 Seattle22.2 km121211.8522.212.0
1731 Mar 2001 Brasilia42.0 km232311.8342.016 mio.23.0381,000
181 Oct 1969 Beijing227.6 km14712591.8225.31200 mio.16.35,274,0000.15 EUR
1921 Nov 1983 Baltimore24.5 km141411.7524.514 mio.14.0571,000
207 Nov 1987 Singapore118.9 km766941.7229.7571 mio.19.04,802,0000.97 EUR
2115 Mar 1955 Cleveland31.0 km181811.7231.06 mio.18.0194,000
2210 Apr 1995 Shanghai334.0 km230194101.7233.41122 mio.23.03,359,0000.34 EUR
2313 Jan 2003 Lima10.0 km6611.6710.06.00.29 EUR
245 Nov 1984 Volgograd3.3 km2211.653.32.0
2521 May 1984 Miami36.0 km222211.6436.019 mio.22.0528,0001.66 EUR
2619 Oct 1997 Chennai27.0 km171711.5927.017.0
271926 Sydney22.1 km141431.587.44.72.92 EUR
2816 Nov 1979 Bucharest67.7 km504341.5716.9111 mio.12.51,640,0000.40 EUR
296 Nov 1967 Baku32.9 km222121.5616.4176 mio.11.05,356,000
307 Dec 2002 Oporto21.7 km151421.5510.97.5
317 Aug 1980 Newcastle76.5 km615021.5338.338 mio.30.5497,000
3210 Jan 1863 London408.0 km268268111.5237.11197 mio.24.42,934,0002.75 EUR
3316 Sep 2000 Istanbul15.0 km101011.5015.068 mio.10.04,533,0000.63 EUR
3426 Dec 1986 Kryvyi Rih18.0 km121211.5018.012.0
356 Sep 1973 Pyongyang22.5 km161521.5011.335 mio.8.01,556,000
3630 Dec 1927 Tokyo304.5 km290205131.4923.43174 mio.22.310,424,0001.57 EUR
371 Aug 1986 Belo Horizonte28.1 km191911.4828.119.0
383 Jan 1986 Vancouver69.5 km494731.4823.274 mio.16.31,065,000
3911 Mar 1985 Recife39.7 km302821.4219.915.0
4023 Aug 1975 Kharkov35.3 km282531.4111.8278 mio.9.37,875,000
4110 Jun 1966 Stuttgart24.0 km191721.4112.09.5
426 Nov 1977 Tashkent36.2 km292631.3912.171 mio.9.71,961,000
4322 Oct 1960 Kiev59.8 km464331.3919.9642 mio.15.310,736,0000.27 EUR
4427 Aug 2005 Kazan8.3 km6611.388.37 mio.6.0843,000
455 Sep 1969 Mexico City201.7 km175147111.3718.31460 mio.15.97,238,0000.14 EUR
4627 Aug 2005 Nanjing21.7 km161611.3621.7102 mio.16.04,700,000
4720 May 1933 Osaka137.8 km13310491.3315.3860 mio.14.86,241,000
4827 Mar 1983 Caracas60.5 km504651.3212.1510 mio.10.08,430,0000.31 EUR
4928 Jan 1998 Sofia18.0 km141411.2918.051 mio.14.02,833,0000.51 EUR
5016 Dec 1972 Yokohama57.6 km484531.2819.2198 mio.16.03,438,000
5113 Mar 1977 Kobe30.6 km262421.2815.3121 mio.13.03,954,000
5210 Feb 1968 Rotterdam47.0 km383721.2723.585 mio.19.01,809,000
5326 Jun 1984 Minsk30.3 km252421.2615.1262 mio.12.58,647,000
5411 Jan 1966 Tbilisi26.3 km222121.2513.192 mio.11.03,498,000
5527 Sep 1987 Cairo65.5 km555321.2432.8700 mio.27.510,687,0000.14 EUR
565 Mar 1979 Rio de Janeiro42.0 km343421.2421.0135 mio.17.03,214,0000.77 EUR
573 Aug 1982 Helsinki21.0 km171711.2421.058 mio.17.02,762,0002.10 EUR
5823 Sep 2009 Shenyang22.2 km181811.2322.218.0
5917 Oct 1919 Madrid284.0 km281231131.2321.8686 mio.21.62,415,0001.00 EUR
6026 Apr 1991 Yekaterinburg8.5 km7711.218.546 mio.7.05,412,000
617 Mar 1981 Yerevan12.1 km101011.2112.117 mio.10.01,405,000
6220 Nov 1985 Nizhny Novgorod15.5 km141321.197.833 mio.7.02,129,000
637 Jan 1986 Novosibirsk14.3 km131221.197.270 mio.6.54,895,000
6422 Apr 1978 Edmonton13.1 km111111.1913.111.0
6524 Dec 2002 Delhi96.2 km838131.1932.1310 mio.27.73,224,0000.12 EUR
669 Mar 2008 Kaohsiung42.7 km373621.1921.430 mio.18.5703,000
6729 Dec 1995 Dnepropetrovsk7.1 km6611.187.111 mio.6.01,549,000
681 Dec 1984 Manila45.7 km423931.1715.2346 mio.14.07,571,0000.18 EUR
695 Dec 1999 Bangkok46.3 km444031.1615.4206 mio.14.74,449,0000.64 EUR
706 Jun 1892 Chicago166.0 km15114481.1520.8198 mio.18.91,193,0001.58 EUR
7130 Nov 1995 Medellin28.8 km262521.1514.4155 mio.13.05,382,000
7230 May 1989 Jacksonville6.9 km6611.156.96.0
7322 May 2000 Izmir11.5 km101011.1511.530 mio.10.02,609,000
7428 Dec 2004 Shenzhen25.3 km232221.1512.673 mio.11.52,885,000
7521 Feb 2000 Tehran50.5 km474431.1516.8353 mio.15.76,990,000
7616 Dec 1996 Kuala Lumpur64.0 km605631.1421.3109 mio.20.01,703,0000.37 EUR
7728 Mar 1993 Naples31.8 km302831.1410.629 mio.10.0912,000
7826 Dec 1987 Samara10.2 km9911.1310.212 mio.9.01,176,000
7928 Mar 1996 Taipei90.6 km858081.1311.3450 mio.10.64,967,0000.60 EUR
801 Mar 1912 Hamburg100.7 km978931.1333.6184 mio.32.31,827,000
8114 Sep 1974 Sao Paulo61.3 km585541.1115.3684 mio.14.511,158,0000.76 EUR
8211 Jul 1992 Duisburg14.3 km131321.107.26.5
839 May 1974 Prague59.1 km575431.0919.7597 mio.19.010,102,0000.65 EUR
8428 Sep 1975 Hanover18.6 km211731.096.27.0
8515 Nov 1957 Nagoya89.0 km938241.0922.3427 mio.23.34,798,000
868 Jun 2009 Maracaibo6.5 km6611.086.56.0
871954 Athens52.0 km524831.0817.3325 mio.17.36,250,0001.00 EUR
8818 Jun 2005 Chongqing19.5 km181811.0819.518.0
8919 Jul 1985 Busan95.0 km928831.0831.7257 mio.30.72,705,000
907 Apr 1995 Warsaw22.6 km212111.0822.6114 mio.21.05,044,0000.47 EUR
9124 Oct 1984 Kolkata22.6 km212111.0822.6100 mio.21.04,425,000
926 Jun 2005 San Juan17.2 km161611.0817.29 mio.16.0523,000
9311 Nov 1995 Bilbao40.6 km383821.0720.386 mio.19.02,118,000
94Oct 2002 Changchun17.0 km161611.0617.016.0
951 Oct 1950 Stockholm105.7 km10410031.0635.2303 mio.34.72,867,0003.73 EUR
9630 Aug 1996 Ankara23.1 km232221.0511.6113 mio.11.54,892,000
9718 May 1985 Buffalo8.4 km8811.048.48.0
9816 Dec 1971 Sapporo48.0 km494631.0416.0209 mio.16.34,354,000
9930 Apr 1954 Toronto71.3 km746941.0317.8278 mio.18.53,899,0001.67 EUR
10016 Mar 2006 Daejeon22.6 km222211.0322.629 mio.22.01,283,000
10128 Sep 2004 Wuhan10.2 km101011.0210.210.0
10214 Oct 1966 Montreal69.2 km736841.0217.3219 mio.18.33,165,0001.67 EUR
1036 Oct 1999 Incheon29.5 km292911.0229.573 mio.29.02,475,000
1041 Mar 1997 Poznan6.1 km6611.026.16.0
10525 Apr 1991 Monterrey31.5 km323121.0215.816.0
1061 Apr 1981 Kyoto31.3 km323121.0115.6126 mio.16.04,026,000
1071 Sep 1897 Boston60.5 km666031.0120.2145 mio.22.02,397,000
10828 Apr 2004 Gwangju20.1 km202011.0120.117 mio.20.0846,000
10918 Mar 2009 Adana8.0 km8811.008.08.0
1104 Mar 1907 Philadelphia62.0 km666231.0020.767 mio.22.01,081,000
11116 Oct 1977 Amsterdam32.7 km333340.998.291 mio.8.32,783,0002.09 EUR
11219 Oct 1971 Munich92.5 km1009460.9815.4349 mio.16.73,773,0002.30 EUR
11326 Nov 1997 Daegu53.9 km565520.9827.0110 mio.28.02,041,000
11419 Aug 2002 Bursa22.5 km232310.9822.523.0
11515 Sep 1975 Santiago83.0 km938650.9716.6642 mio.18.67,735,0000.55 EUR
11615 Aug 1974 Seoul286.9 km348298100.9628.72048 mio.34.87,138,0000.54 EUR
11719 Oct 2002 Copenhagen21.0 km222220.9510.537 mio.11.01,762,0002.81 EUR
11816 Oct 2004 The Hague27.9 km303030.939.310.0
11925 Apr 2007 Palma de Mallorca8.3 km9910.928.39.0
12030 Jan 2009 Santo Domingo14.5 km161610.9114.516.0
12129 Dec 1959 Lisbon41.0 km524640.8910.3180 mio.13.04,390,0000.80 EUR
1221 Nov 1964 Milan74.6 km888430.8924.9328 mio.29.34,397,0001.00 EUR
12318 Oct 2006 Valencia6.2 km7710.896.218 mio.7.02,903,000
12415 Jul 2004 Las Vegas6.2 km7710.896.27.0
12511 Oct 1968 Cologne45.0 km5151150.883.03.4
12626 Jul 1981 Fukuoka29.8 km353430.889.9124 mio.11.74,161,000
12720 Aug 1994 Hiroshima18.4 km212110.8818.418 mio.21.0978,000
12821 Jun 1976 Charleroi17.5 km202040.884.45.0
12927 Oct 1904 New York368.0 km468422270.8713.61624 mio.17.34,413,0001.53 EUR
13015 Jul 1987 Sendai14.8 km171710.8714.858 mio.17.03,919,000
13130 Dec 1924 Barcelona110.5 km152128100.8611.1378 mio.15.23,421,0001.35 EUR
13228 Mar 1988 Chiba15.5 km181820.867.89.0
13322 May 1966 Oslo62.0 km727250.8612.464 mio.14.41,032,0002.67 EUR
1343 Oct 1988 Valencia31.8 km383730.8610.612.7
1351 Sep 1989 Guadalajara24.0 km292820.8612.014.5
1362 Apr 2009 Seville18.0 km212110.8618.021.0
13710 Aug 2003 Naha12.8 km151510.8512.815.0
13818 Feb 1902 Berlin147.4 km195173100.8514.7447 mio.19.53,033,0002.10 EUR
13927 Nov 1998 Tama16.0 km191910.8416.019.0
14025 Feb 1978 Vienna69.8 km968450.8314.0498 mio.19.27,135,0001.70 EUR
1412 May 1896 Budapest33.0 km424030.8311.0297 mio.14.09,000,0000.95 EUR
1423 Mar 1970 Kamakura6.6 km8810.826.68.0
14310 Feb 1955 Rome39.0 km494820.8119.5331 mio.24.58,487,0001.00 EUR
14426 Nov 1977 Marseille19.3 km262420.809.658 mio.13.03,005,000
14526 May 1979 Bochum21.5 km292720.8010.814.5
14617 May 1976 Dortmund29.5 km373730.809.812.3
14728 Apr 1978 Lyon30.7 km433940.797.7182 mio.10.85,928,0001.60 EUR
1481 Mar 1972 Nuremberg34.6 km464430.7911.592 mio.15.32,659,000
1494 Oct 1968 Frankfurt20.5 km312730.766.810.32.30 EUR
15025 Apr 1983 Lille45.5 km626020.7622.874 mio.31.01,626,000
1513 Nov 1979 Mulheim9.0 km131220.754.56.5
15222 Mar 1975 Bonn9.0 km121210.759.012.0
1535 Oct 1967 Essen20.2 km272730.756.79.0
15426 Jun 1993 Toulouse27.5 km383720.7413.842 mio.19.01,527,000
15513 Jun 1990 Genoa5.2 km7710.745.27.0
15621 Sep 1971 Bielefeld5.2 km7740.741.31.8
15719 Jul 1900 Paris213.0 km380300160.7113.31473 mio.23.86,915,0001.57 EUR
1581 Dec 1913 Buenos Aires47.5 km766860.707.9280 mio.12.75,895,0000.24 EUR
15914 Dec 1896 Glasgow10.4 km151510.6910.415 mio.15.01,442,000
16025 Mar 1975 Antwerp7.6 km111120.693.85.5
1614 Feb 2006 Turin9.6 km141410.699.614.0
1624 Oct 1981 Duesseldorf9.6 km141420.684.87.0
1639 Jan 1985 Kitakyushu8.8 km131310.688.813.0
1641 Mar 1901 Wuppertal13.3 km202010.6713.320.0
16527 Jun 1999 Catania3.8 km6610.633.86.0
1661 Sep 1984 Gelsenkirchen5.5 km9910.615.59.0
16716 Mar 2002 Rennes9.0 km151510.609.023 mio.15.02,556,000
16826 May 1935 Newark2.2 km4410.552.24.0
16920 Sep 1976 Brussels32.2 km615930.5510.7136 mio.20.34,224,0001.53 EUR
17024 May 1991 Lausanne13.7 km292820.496.814.5
1713 Jul 1985 Pittsburgh1.5 km3310.481.53.0
17217 Dec 1994 Rouen2.2 km5510.442.25.0
17329 Jan 2008 Perugia3.0 km7710.433.07.0
174Jul 1987 Detroit4.8 km131310.374.813.0
17529 May 1969 Ludwigshafen4.0 km111100.36
1761959 Haifa1.8 km6610.291.86.0


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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