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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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City >
<Country >
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<Opening >
<Stations
1 LondonUnited Kingdom253.6 mi10 Jan 1863268
2 New YorkUSA228.7 mi27 Oct 1904468
3 ShanghaiChina207.6 mi10 Apr 1995230
4 TokyoJapan189.2 mi30 Dec 1927290
5 MoscowRussia185.7 mi15 May 1935180
6 SeoulSouth Korea178.3 mi15 Aug 1974348
7 MadridSpain176.5 mi17 Oct 1919281
8 BeijingChina141.4 mi1 Oct 1969147
9 ParisFrance132.4 mi19 Jul 1900380
10 Mexico CityMexico125.4 mi5 Sep 1969175
11 Hong KongChina116.9 mi1 Oct 197995
12 WashingtonUSA106.4 mi27 Mar 197690
13 MumbaiIndia106.3 mi73
14 San FranciscoUSA103.7 mi11 Sep 197243
15 ChicagoUSA103.2 mi6 Jun 1892151
16 GuangzhouChina92.3 mi28 Jun 199988
17 BerlinGermany91.6 mi18 Feb 1902195
18 OsakaJapan85.6 mi20 May 1933133
19 SingaporeSingapore73.9 mi7 Nov 198776
20 BarcelonaSpain68.7 mi30 Dec 1924152
21 Saint PetersburgRussia68.5 mi15 Nov 195563
22 StockholmSweden65.7 mi1 Oct 1950104
23 HamburgGermany62.6 mi1 Mar 191297
24 DelhiIndia59.8 mi24 Dec 200283
25 BusanSouth Korea59.0 mi19 Jul 198592
26 MunichGermany57.5 mi19 Oct 1971100
27 TaipeiTaiwan56.3 mi28 Mar 199685
28 NagoyaJapan55.3 mi15 Nov 195793
29 SantiagoChile51.6 mi15 Sep 197593
30 AtlantaUSA49.2 mi30 Jun 197939
31 NewcastleUnited Kingdom47.5 mi7 Aug 198061
32 MilanItaly46.4 mi1 Nov 196488
33 Saint LouisUSA45.6 mi31 Jul 199337
34 TianjinChina44.7 mi28 Mar 200437
35 TorontoCanada44.3 mi30 Apr 195474
36 ViennaAustria43.4 mi25 Feb 197896
37 VancouverCanada43.2 mi3 Jan 198649
38 MontrealCanada43.0 mi14 Oct 196673
39 BucharestRomania42.1 mi16 Nov 197950
40 CairoEgypt40.7 mi27 Sep 198755
41 Kuala LumpurMalaysia39.8 mi16 Dec 199660
42 OsloNorway38.5 mi22 May 196672
43 PhiladelphiaUSA38.5 mi4 Mar 190766
44 Sao PauloBrazil38.1 mi14 Sep 197458
45 CaracasVenezuela37.6 mi27 Mar 198350
46 BostonUSA37.6 mi1 Sep 189766
47 KievUkraine37.2 mi22 Oct 196046
48 Los AngelesUSA36.9 mi30 Jan 199330
49 PragueCzech Republic36.7 mi9 May 197457
50 YokohamaJapan35.8 mi16 Dec 197248
51 DaeguSouth Korea33.5 mi26 Nov 199756
52 AthensGreece32.3 mi195452
53 TehranIran31.4 mi21 Feb 200047
54 DalianChina30.5 mi1 May 200312
55 SapporoJapan29.8 mi16 Dec 197149
56 Buenos AiresArgentina29.5 mi1 Dec 191376
57 RotterdamNetherlands29.2 mi10 Feb 196838
58 BangkokThailand28.8 mi5 Dec 199944
59 ManilaPhilippines28.4 mi1 Dec 198442
60 LilleFrance28.3 mi25 Apr 198362
61 CologneGermany28.0 mi11 Oct 196851
62 ValparaisoChile26.7 mi23 Nov 200520
63 KaohsiungTaiwan26.5 mi9 Mar 200837
64 Rio de JaneiroBrazil26.1 mi5 Mar 197934
65 BrasiliaBrazil26.1 mi31 Mar 200123
66 LisbonPortugal25.5 mi29 Dec 195952
67 BilbaoSpain25.2 mi11 Nov 199538
68 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates24.7 mi9 Sep 200911
69 RecifeBrazil24.7 mi11 Mar 198530
70 RomeItaly24.2 mi10 Feb 195549
71 TashkentUzbekistan22.5 mi6 Nov 197729
72 MiamiUSA22.4 mi21 May 198422
73 KharkovUkraine21.9 mi23 Aug 197528
74 NurembergGermany21.5 mi1 Mar 197246
75 Porto AlegreBrazil21.0 mi2 Mar 198517
76 BudapestHungary20.5 mi2 May 189642
77 BakuAzerbaijan20.4 mi6 Nov 196722
78 AmsterdamNetherlands20.3 mi16 Oct 197733
79 BrusselsBelgium20.0 mi20 Sep 197661
80 NaplesItaly19.8 mi28 Mar 199330
81 ValenciaSpain19.8 mi3 Oct 198838
82 MonterreyMexico19.6 mi25 Apr 199132
83 KyotoJapan19.5 mi1 Apr 198132
84 ClevelandUSA19.3 mi15 Mar 195518
85 LyonFrance19.1 mi28 Apr 197843
86 KobeJapan19.0 mi13 Mar 197726
87 MinskBelarus18.8 mi26 Jun 198425
88 FukuokaJapan18.5 mi26 Jul 198135
89 IncheonSouth Korea18.3 mi6 Oct 199929
90 DortmundGermany18.3 mi17 May 197637
91 MedellinColombia17.9 mi30 Nov 199526
92 Belo HorizonteBrazil17.5 mi1 Aug 198619
93 The HagueNetherlands17.3 mi16 Oct 200430
94 ToulouseFrance17.1 mi26 Jun 199338
95 ChennaiIndia16.8 mi19 Oct 199717
96 TbilisiGeorgia16.3 mi11 Jan 196622
97 ShenzhenChina15.7 mi28 Dec 200423
98 BaltimoreUSA15.2 mi21 Nov 198314
99 GuadalajaraMexico14.9 mi1 Sep 198929
100 StuttgartGermany14.9 mi10 Jun 196619
101 AnkaraTurkey14.4 mi30 Aug 199623
102 WarsawPoland14.0 mi7 Apr 199521
103 KolkataIndia14.0 mi24 Oct 198421
104 DaejeonSouth Korea14.0 mi16 Mar 200622
105 BursaTurkey14.0 mi19 Aug 200223
106 PyongyangNorth Korea14.0 mi6 Sep 197316
107 ShenyangChina13.8 mi23 Sep 200918
108 SeattleUSA13.8 mi18 Jul 200912
109 SydneyAustralia13.7 mi192614
110 OportoPortugal13.5 mi7 Dec 200215
111 NanjingChina13.5 mi27 Aug 200516
112 BochumGermany13.4 mi26 May 197929
113 CopenhagenDenmark13.1 mi19 Oct 200222
114 HelsinkiFinland13.1 mi3 Aug 198217
115 FrankfurtGermany12.7 mi4 Oct 196831
116 EssenGermany12.6 mi5 Oct 196727
117 GwangjuSouth Korea12.5 mi28 Apr 200420
118 ChongqingChina12.1 mi18 Jun 200518
119 MarseilleFrance12.0 mi26 Nov 197726
120 HanoverGermany11.6 mi28 Sep 197521
121 HiroshimaJapan11.4 mi20 Aug 199421
122 Kryvyi RihUkraine11.2 mi26 Dec 198612
123 SofiaBulgaria11.2 mi28 Jan 199814
124 SevilleSpain11.2 mi2 Apr 200921
125 CharleroiBelgium10.9 mi21 Jun 197620
126 San JuanPuerto Rico10.7 mi6 Jun 200516
127 ChangchunChina10.6 miOct 200216
128 TamaJapan9.9 mi27 Nov 199819
129 ChibaJapan9.6 mi28 Mar 198818
130 Nizhny NovgorodRussia9.6 mi20 Nov 198514
131 IstanbulTurkey9.3 mi16 Sep 200010
132 SendaiJapan9.2 mi15 Jul 198717
133 Santo DomingoDominican Republic9.0 mi30 Jan 200916
134 DuisburgGermany8.9 mi11 Jul 199213
135 NovosibirskRussia8.9 mi7 Jan 198613
136 LausanneSwitzerland8.5 mi24 May 199129
137 WuppertalGermany8.3 mi1 Mar 190120
138 EdmontonCanada8.1 mi22 Apr 197811
139 NahaJapan8.0 mi10 Aug 200315
140 YerevanArmenia7.5 mi7 Mar 198110
141 IzmirTurkey7.1 mi22 May 200010
142 GlasgowUnited Kingdom6.5 mi14 Dec 189615
143 SamaraRussia6.3 mi26 Dec 19879
144 WuhanChina6.3 mi28 Sep 200410
145 LimaPeru6.2 mi13 Jan 20036
146 TurinItaly6.0 mi4 Feb 200614
147 DuesseldorfGermany6.0 mi4 Oct 198114
148 MulheimGermany5.6 mi3 Nov 197913
149 RennesFrance5.6 mi16 Mar 200215
150 BonnGermany5.6 mi22 Mar 197512
151 KitakyushuJapan5.5 mi9 Jan 198513
152 YekaterinburgRussia5.3 mi26 Apr 19917
153 BuffaloUSA5.2 mi18 May 19858
154 KazanRussia5.2 mi27 Aug 20056
155 Palma de MallorcaSpain5.2 mi25 Apr 20079
156 AdanaTurkey5.0 mi18 Mar 20098
157 AntwerpBelgium4.7 mi25 Mar 197511
158 DnepropetrovskUkraine4.4 mi29 Dec 19956
159 JacksonvilleUSA4.3 mi30 May 19896
160 KamakuraJapan4.1 mi3 Mar 19708
161 MaracaiboVenezuela4.0 mi8 Jun 20096
162 ValenciaVenezuela3.9 mi18 Oct 20067
163 Las VegasUSA3.9 mi15 Jul 20047
164 PoznanPoland3.8 mi1 Mar 19976
165 GelsenkirchenGermany3.4 mi1 Sep 19849
166 GenoaItaly3.2 mi13 Jun 19907
167 BielefeldGermany3.2 mi21 Sep 19717
168 DetroitUSA3.0 miJul 198713
169 LudwigshafenGermany2.5 mi29 May 196911
170 CataniaItaly2.4 mi27 Jun 19996
171 VolgogradRussia2.1 mi5 Nov 19842
172 PerugiaItaly1.9 mi29 Jan 20087
173 NewarkUSA1.4 mi26 May 19354
174 RouenFrance1.4 mi17 Dec 19945
175 HaifaIsrael1.1 mi19596
176 PittsburghUSA0.9 mi3 Jul 19853


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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