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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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1LondonUnited Kingdom408.0 km10 Jan 18631197 mio.268
2New YorkUSA368.0 km27 Oct 19041624 mio.468
3ShanghaiChina334.0 km10 Apr 19951122 mio.230
4TokyoJapan304.5 km30 Dec 19273174 mio.290
5MoscowRussia298.8 km15 May 19352573 mio.180
6SeoulSouth Korea286.9 km15 Aug 19742048 mio.348
7MadridSpain284.0 km17 Oct 1919686 mio.281
8BeijingChina227.6 km1 Oct 19691200 mio.147
9ParisFrance213.0 km19 Jul 19001473 mio.380
10Mexico CityMexico201.7 km5 Sep 19691460 mio.175
11Hong KongChina188.1 km1 Oct 19791309 mio.95
12GuangzhouChina176.1 km28 Jun 1999601 mio.88
13WashingtonUSA171.2 km27 Mar 1976215 mio.90
14MumbaiIndia171.0 km73
15San FranciscoUSA166.9 km11 Sep 1972100 mio.43
16ChicagoUSA166.0 km6 Jun 1892198 mio.151
17BerlinGermany147.4 km18 Feb 1902447 mio.195
18OsakaJapan137.8 km20 May 1933860 mio.133
19SingaporeSingapore118.9 km7 Nov 1987571 mio.76
20BarcelonaSpain110.5 km30 Dec 1924378 mio.152
21Saint PetersburgRussia110.2 km15 Nov 1955832 mio.63
22StockholmSweden105.7 km1 Oct 1950303 mio.104
23HamburgGermany100.7 km1 Mar 1912184 mio.97
24BusanSouth Korea95.0 km19 Jul 1985257 mio.92
25MunichGermany92.5 km19 Oct 1971349 mio.100
26TaipeiTaiwan90.6 km28 Mar 1996450 mio.85
27DelhiIndia89.9 km24 Dec 2002310 mio.78
28NagoyaJapan89.0 km15 Nov 1957427 mio.93
29SantiagoChile83.0 km15 Sep 1975642 mio.93
30AtlantaUSA79.2 km30 Jun 197934 mio.39
31NewcastleUnited Kingdom76.5 km7 Aug 198038 mio.61
32MilanItaly74.6 km1 Nov 1964328 mio.88
33Saint LouisUSA73.4 km31 Jul 199337
34TianjinChina72.0 km28 Mar 200415 mio.37
35TorontoCanada71.3 km30 Apr 1954278 mio.74
36ViennaAustria69.8 km25 Feb 1978498 mio.96
37VancouverCanada69.5 km3 Jan 198674 mio.49
38MontrealCanada69.2 km14 Oct 1966219 mio.73
39BucharestRomania67.7 km16 Nov 1979111 mio.50
40CairoEgypt65.5 km27 Sep 1987700 mio.55
41Kuala LumpurMalaysia64.0 km16 Dec 1996109 mio.60
42OsloNorway62.0 km22 May 196664 mio.72
43PhiladelphiaUSA62.0 km4 Mar 190767 mio.66
44Sao PauloBrazil61.3 km14 Sep 1974684 mio.58
45BostonUSA60.5 km1 Sep 1897145 mio.66
46CaracasVenezuela60.5 km27 Mar 1983510 mio.47
47KievUkraine59.8 km22 Oct 1960642 mio.46
48Los AngelesUSA59.3 km30 Jan 199345 mio.30
49PragueCzech Republic59.1 km9 May 1974597 mio.57
50YokohamaJapan57.6 km16 Dec 1972198 mio.48
51DaeguSouth Korea53.9 km26 Nov 1997110 mio.56
52AthensGreece52.0 km1954325 mio.52
53TehranIran50.5 km21 Feb 2000353 mio.47
54DalianChina49.0 km1 May 200312
55SapporoJapan48.0 km16 Dec 1971209 mio.49
56Buenos AiresArgentina47.5 km1 Dec 1913280 mio.76
57RotterdamNetherlands47.0 km10 Feb 196885 mio.38
58BangkokThailand46.3 km5 Dec 1999206 mio.44
59ManilaPhilippines45.7 km1 Dec 1984346 mio.42
60LilleFrance45.5 km25 Apr 198374 mio.62
61CologneGermany45.0 km11 Oct 196851
62ValparaisoChile43.0 km23 Nov 200520
63KaohsiungTaiwan42.7 km9 Mar 200830 mio.37
64BrasiliaBrazil42.0 km31 Mar 200116 mio.23
65Rio de JaneiroBrazil42.0 km5 Mar 1979135 mio.34
66LisbonPortugal41.0 km29 Dec 1959180 mio.52
67BilbaoSpain40.6 km11 Nov 199586 mio.38
68DubaiUnited Arab Emirates39.7 km9 Sep 200910
69RecifeBrazil39.7 km11 Mar 198530
70RomeItaly39.0 km10 Feb 1955331 mio.49
71TashkentUzbekistan36.2 km6 Nov 197771 mio.29
72MiamiUSA36.0 km21 May 198419 mio.22
73KharkovUkraine35.3 km23 Aug 1975278 mio.28
74NurembergGermany34.6 km1 Mar 197292 mio.46
75Porto AlegreBrazil33.8 km2 Mar 198517
76BudapestHungary33.0 km2 May 1896297 mio.42
77AmsterdamNetherlands32.7 km16 Oct 197791 mio.33
78BrusselsBelgium32.2 km20 Sep 1976136 mio.61
79NaplesItaly31.8 km28 Mar 199329 mio.30
80ValenciaSpain31.8 km3 Oct 198838
81BakuAzerbaijan31.7 km6 Nov 1967176 mio.21
82MonterreyMexico31.5 km25 Apr 199132
83KyotoJapan31.3 km1 Apr 1981126 mio.32
84ClevelandUSA31.0 km15 Mar 19556 mio.18
85LyonFrance30.7 km28 Apr 1978182 mio.43
86KobeJapan30.6 km13 Mar 1977121 mio.26
87MinskBelarus30.3 km26 Jun 1984262 mio.25
88FukuokaJapan29.8 km26 Jul 1981124 mio.35
89IncheonSouth Korea29.5 km6 Oct 199973 mio.29
90DortmundGermany29.5 km17 May 197637
91MedellinColombia28.8 km30 Nov 1995155 mio.26
92Belo HorizonteBrazil28.1 km1 Aug 198619
93The HagueNetherlands27.9 km16 Oct 200430
94ToulouseFrance27.5 km26 Jun 199342 mio.38
95ChennaiIndia27.0 km19 Oct 199717
96TbilisiGeorgia26.3 km11 Jan 196692 mio.22
97ShenzhenChina25.3 km28 Dec 200473 mio.23
98BaltimoreUSA24.5 km21 Nov 198314 mio.14
99StuttgartGermany24.0 km10 Jun 196619
100GuadalajaraMexico24.0 km1 Sep 198929
101AnkaraTurkey23.1 km30 Aug 1996113 mio.23
102KolkataIndia22.6 km24 Oct 1984100 mio.21
103DaejeonSouth Korea22.6 km16 Mar 200629 mio.22
104WarsawPoland22.6 km7 Apr 1995114 mio.21
105BursaTurkey22.5 km19 Aug 200223
106PyongyangNorth Korea22.5 km6 Sep 197335 mio.16
107SeattleUSA22.2 km18 Jul 200912
108SydneyAustralia22.1 km192614
109NanjingChina21.7 km27 Aug 2005102 mio.16
110OportoPortugal21.7 km7 Dec 200215
111BochumGermany21.5 km26 May 197929
112HelsinkiFinland21.0 km3 Aug 198258 mio.17
113CopenhagenDenmark21.0 km19 Oct 200237 mio.22
114FrankfurtGermany20.5 km4 Oct 196831
115EssenGermany20.2 km5 Oct 196727
116GwangjuSouth Korea20.1 km28 Apr 200417 mio.20
117ChongqingChina19.5 km18 Jun 200518
118MarseilleFrance19.3 km26 Nov 197758 mio.26
119HanoverGermany18.6 km28 Sep 197521
120HiroshimaJapan18.4 km20 Aug 199418 mio.21
121SevilleSpain18.0 km2 Apr 200921
122SofiaBulgaria18.0 km28 Jan 199851 mio.14
123Kryvyi RihUkraine18.0 km26 Dec 198612
124CharleroiBelgium17.5 km21 Jun 197620
125San JuanPuerto Rico17.2 km6 Jun 20059 mio.16
126ChangchunChina17.0 kmOct 200216
127TamaJapan16.0 km27 Nov 199819
128ChibaJapan15.5 km28 Mar 198818
129Nizhny NovgorodRussia15.5 km20 Nov 198533 mio.14
130IstanbulTurkey15.0 km16 Sep 200068 mio.10
131SendaiJapan14.8 km15 Jul 198758 mio.17
132Santo DomingoDominican Republic14.5 km30 Jan 200916
133DuisburgGermany14.3 km11 Jul 199213
134NovosibirskRussia14.3 km7 Jan 198670 mio.13
135LausanneSwitzerland13.7 km24 May 199129
136WuppertalGermany13.3 km1 Mar 190120
137EdmontonCanada13.1 km22 Apr 197811
138NahaJapan12.8 km10 Aug 200315
139YerevanArmenia12.1 km7 Mar 198117 mio.10
140IzmirTurkey11.5 km22 May 200030 mio.10
141GlasgowUnited Kingdom10.4 km14 Dec 189615 mio.15
142SamaraRussia10.2 km26 Dec 198712 mio.9
143WuhanChina10.2 km28 Sep 200410
144LimaPeru10.0 km13 Jan 20036
145TurinItaly9.6 km4 Feb 200614
146DuesseldorfGermany9.6 km4 Oct 198114
147MulheimGermany9.0 km3 Nov 197913
148RennesFrance9.0 km16 Mar 200223 mio.15
149AlgiersAlgeria9.0 km200910
150BonnGermany9.0 km22 Mar 197512
151KitakyushuJapan8.8 km9 Jan 198513
152YekaterinburgRussia8.5 km26 Apr 199146 mio.7
153BuffaloUSA8.4 km18 May 19858
154Palma de MallorcaSpain8.3 km25 Apr 20079
155KazanRussia8.3 km27 Aug 20057 mio.6
156AdanaTurkey8.0 km18 Mar 20098
157AntwerpBelgium7.6 km25 Mar 197511
158DnepropetrovskUkraine7.1 km29 Dec 199511 mio.6
159JacksonvilleUSA6.9 km30 May 19896
160KamakuraJapan6.6 km3 Mar 19708
161MaracaiboVenezuela6.5 km8 Jun 20096
162Las VegasUSA6.2 km15 Jul 20047
163ValenciaVenezuela6.2 km18 Oct 200618 mio.7
164PoznanPoland6.1 km1 Mar 19976
165GelsenkirchenGermany5.5 km1 Sep 19849
166BielefeldGermany5.2 km21 Sep 19717
167GenoaItaly5.2 km13 Jun 19907
168DetroitUSA4.8 kmJul 198713
169LudwigshafenGermany4.0 km29 May 196911
170CataniaItaly3.8 km27 Jun 19996
171VolgogradRussia3.3 km5 Nov 19842
172PerugiaItaly3.0 km29 Jan 20087
173RouenFrance2.2 km17 Dec 19945
174NewarkUSA2.2 km26 May 19354
175HaifaIsrael1.8 km19596
176PittsburghUSA1.5 km3 Jul 19853


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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