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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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1Sao PauloBrazil38.1 mi58684 mio.200817,954,000
2KievUkraine37.2 mi46642 mio.200717,274,000
3CairoEgypt40.7 mi55700 mio.200217,195,000
4TokyoJapan189.2 mi2903174 mio.200816,772,000
5PragueCzech Republic36.7 mi57597 mio.200816,253,000
6BudapestHungary20.5 mi42297 mio.200814,481,000
7MinskBelarus18.8 mi25262 mio.200713,913,000
8MoscowRussia185.7 mi1802573 mio.200813,855,000
9RomeItaly24.2 mi49331 mio.200813,656,000
10CaracasVenezuela37.6 mi47510 mio.200813,563,000
11KharkovUkraine21.9 mi28278 mio.200712,671,000
12SantiagoChile51.6 mi93642 mio.200812,446,000
13ManilaPhilippines28.4 mi42346 mio.200812,182,000
14Saint PetersburgRussia68.5 mi63832 mio.200712,148,000
15Mexico CityMexico125.4 mi1751460 mio.200811,647,000
16SeoulSouth Korea178.3 mi3482048 mio.200811,486,000
17ViennaAustria43.4 mi96498 mio.200811,480,000
18TehranIran31.4 mi47353 mio.200711,247,000
19Hong KongChina116.9 mi951309 mio.200811,197,000
20ParisFrance132.4 mi3801473 mio.200811,127,000
21AthensGreece32.3 mi52325 mio.200710,056,000
22OsakaJapan85.6 mi133860 mio.200810,042,000
23LyonFrance19.1 mi43182 mio.20049,539,000
24Buenos AiresArgentina29.5 mi76280 mio.20089,485,000
25BakuAzerbaijan19.7 mi21176 mio.20078,933,000
26YekaterinburgRussia5.3 mi746 mio.20078,708,000
27MedellinColombia17.9 mi26155 mio.20088,660,000
28BeijingChina141.4 mi1471200 mio.20088,485,000
29WarsawPoland14.0 mi21114 mio.20078,116,000
30TaipeiTaiwan56.3 mi85450 mio.20087,992,000
31NovosibirskRussia8.9 mi1370 mio.20077,876,000
32AnkaraTurkey14.4 mi23113 mio.20077,871,000
33SingaporeSingapore73.9 mi76571 mio.20077,727,000
34NagoyaJapan55.3 mi93427 mio.20087,720,000
35NanjingChina13.5 mi16102 mio.20087,563,000
36IstanbulTurkey9.3 mi1068 mio.20087,294,000
37BangkokThailand28.8 mi44206 mio.20077,159,000
38KolkataIndia14.0 mi21100 mio.20007,119,000
39New YorkUSA228.7 mi4681624 mio.20087,101,000
40MilanItaly46.4 mi88328 mio.20077,074,000
41LisbonPortugal25.5 mi52180 mio.20077,064,000
42SapporoJapan29.8 mi49209 mio.20087,006,000
43BrusselsBelgium20.0 mi61136 mio.20086,796,000
44FukuokaJapan18.5 mi35124 mio.20076,695,000
45KyotoJapan19.5 mi32126 mio.20086,477,000
46KobeJapan19.0 mi26121 mio.20086,362,000
47SendaiJapan9.2 mi1758 mio.20086,306,000
48TorontoCanada44.3 mi74278 mio.20066,274,000
49MunichGermany57.5 mi100349 mio.20086,071,000
50TbilisiGeorgia16.3 mi2292 mio.20075,628,000
51DelhiIndia55.8 mi78310 mio.20085,551,000
52YokohamaJapan35.8 mi48198 mio.20085,531,000
53BarcelonaSpain68.7 mi152378 mio.20085,504,000
54GuangzhouChina109.4 mi88601 mio.20085,492,000
55ShanghaiChina207.6 mi2301122 mio.20085,405,000
56Rio de JaneiroBrazil26.1 mi34135 mio.20065,172,000
57MontrealCanada43.0 mi73219 mio.20065,092,000
58BerlinGermany91.6 mi195447 mio.20084,879,000
59MarseilleFrance12.0 mi2658 mio.20044,835,000
60LondonUnited Kingdom253.6 mi2681197 mio.20074,721,000
61ValenciaVenezuela3.9 mi718 mio.20084,671,000
62ShenzhenChina15.7 mi2373 mio.20054,643,000
63StockholmSweden65.7 mi104303 mio.20074,612,000
64SofiaBulgaria11.2 mi1451 mio.20084,559,000
65AmsterdamNetherlands20.3 mi3391 mio.20024,478,000
66HelsinkiFinland13.1 mi1758 mio.20084,444,000
67BusanSouth Korea59.0 mi92257 mio.20084,353,000
68NurembergGermany21.5 mi4692 mio.19974,278,000
69IzmirTurkey7.1 mi1030 mio.20054,197,000
70RennesFrance5.6 mi1523 mio.20044,112,000
71IncheonSouth Korea18.3 mi2973 mio.20083,982,000
72MadridSpain176.5 mi281686 mio.20083,887,000
73BostonUSA37.6 mi66145 mio.20073,856,000
74Nizhny NovgorodRussia9.6 mi1433 mio.20073,426,000
75BilbaoSpain25.2 mi3886 mio.20083,407,000
76DaeguSouth Korea33.5 mi56110 mio.20083,284,000
77TashkentUzbekistan22.5 mi2971 mio.20073,156,000
78HamburgGermany62.6 mi97184 mio.20072,940,000
79RotterdamNetherlands29.2 mi3885 mio.20062,910,000
80CopenhagenDenmark13.1 mi2237 mio.20022,835,000
81Kuala LumpurMalaysia39.8 mi60109 mio.20082,740,000
82BucharestRomania42.1 mi50111 mio.19992,638,000
83LilleFrance28.3 mi6274 mio.20042,617,000
84PyongyangNorth Korea14.0 mi1635 mio.20062,503,000
85DnepropetrovskUkraine4.4 mi611 mio.20072,493,000
86ToulouseFrance17.1 mi3842 mio.20042,457,000
87GlasgowUnited Kingdom6.5 mi1515 mio.20082,321,000
88YerevanArmenia7.5 mi1017 mio.20072,261,000
89DaejeonSouth Korea14.0 mi2229 mio.20082,065,000
90WashingtonUSA106.4 mi90215 mio.20082,021,000
91ChicagoUSA103.2 mi151198 mio.20081,919,000
92SamaraRussia6.3 mi912 mio.20071,893,000
93PhiladelphiaUSA38.5 mi6667 mio.20081,739,000
94VancouverCanada43.2 mi4974 mio.20081,713,000
95OsloNorway38.5 mi7264 mio.20051,661,000
96HiroshimaJapan11.4 mi2118 mio.20051,574,000
97NaplesItaly19.8 mi3029 mio.20061,467,000
98GwangjuSouth Korea12.5 mi2017 mio.20081,361,000
99KazanRussia5.2 mi67 mio.20071,357,000
100Los AngelesUSA36.9 mi3045 mio.20081,221,000
101KaohsiungTaiwan26.5 mi3730 mio.20081,130,000
102San FranciscoUSA103.7 mi43100 mio.2007964,000
103BaltimoreUSA15.2 mi1414 mio.2008919,000
104MiamiUSA22.4 mi2219 mio.2008849,000
105San JuanPuerto Rico10.7 mi169 mio.2008842,000
106NewcastleUnited Kingdom47.5 mi6138 mio.2006799,000
107AtlantaUSA49.2 mi3934 mio.1994691,000
108BrasiliaBrazil26.1 mi2316 mio.2002613,000
109TianjinChina44.7 mi3715 mio.1993335,000
110ClevelandUSA19.3 mi186 mio.2008311,000
111ValparaisoChile26.7 mi20
112Palma de MallorcaSpain5.2 mi9
113JacksonvilleUSA4.3 mi6
114SeattleUSA13.8 mi12
115BursaTurkey14.0 mi23
116MaracaiboVenezuela4.0 mi6
117WuppertalGermany8.3 mi20
118HaifaIsrael1.1 mi6
119ValenciaSpain19.8 mi38
120EssenGermany12.6 mi27
121AdanaTurkey5.0 mi8
122RouenFrance1.4 mi5
123BochumGermany13.4 mi29
124ChennaiIndia16.8 mi17
125MonterreyMexico19.6 mi32
126NahaJapan8.0 mi15
127Porto AlegreBrazil21.0 mi17
128PerugiaItaly1.9 mi7
129BielefeldGermany3.2 mi7
130Las VegasUSA3.9 mi7
131ChangchunChina10.6 mi16
132DuisburgGermany8.9 mi13
133LudwigshafenGermany2.5 mi11
134CologneGermany28.0 mi51
135VolgogradRussia2.1 mi2
136PittsburghUSA0.9 mi3
137Belo HorizonteBrazil17.5 mi19
138SevilleSpain11.2 mi21
139DortmundGermany18.3 mi37
140StuttgartGermany14.9 mi19
141ChongqingChina12.1 mi18
142MulheimGermany5.6 mi13
143GelsenkirchenGermany3.4 mi9
144AlgiersAlgeria5.6 mi10
145KamakuraJapan4.1 mi8
146The HagueNetherlands17.3 mi30
147DetroitUSA3.0 mi13
148FrankfurtGermany12.7 mi31
149DubaiUnited Arab Emirates24.7 mi10
150Saint LouisUSA45.6 mi37
151BonnGermany5.6 mi12
152LimaPeru6.2 mi6
153ChibaJapan9.6 mi18
154KitakyushuJapan5.5 mi13
155BuffaloUSA5.2 mi8
156WuhanChina6.3 mi10
157PoznanPoland3.8 mi6
158EdmontonCanada8.1 mi11
159Santo DomingoDominican Republic9.0 mi16
160LausanneSwitzerland8.5 mi29
161CharleroiBelgium10.9 mi20
162TurinItaly6.0 mi14
163TamaJapan9.9 mi19
164GuadalajaraMexico14.9 mi29
165OportoPortugal13.5 mi15
166DalianChina30.5 mi12
167CataniaItaly2.4 mi6
168DuesseldorfGermany6.0 mi14
169SydneyAustralia13.7 mi14
170MumbaiIndia106.3 mi73
171GenoaItaly3.2 mi7
172AntwerpBelgium4.7 mi11
173RecifeBrazil24.7 mi30
174Kryvyi RihUkraine11.2 mi12
175NewarkUSA1.4 mi4
176HanoverGermany11.6 mi21


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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