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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 LondonUnited Kingdom408.0 km10 Jan 18632681197 mio.
2 New YorkUSA368.0 km27 Oct 19044681624 mio.
3 ShanghaiChina334.0 km10 Apr 19952301122 mio.
4 TokyoJapan304.5 km30 Dec 19272903174 mio.
5 MoscowRussia298.8 km15 May 19351802573 mio.
6 SeoulSouth Korea286.9 km15 Aug 19743482048 mio.
7 MadridSpain284.0 km17 Oct 1919281686 mio.
8 BeijingChina227.6 km1 Oct 19691471200 mio.
9 ParisFrance213.0 km19 Jul 19003801473 mio.
10 Mexico CityMexico201.7 km5 Sep 19691751460 mio.
11 Hong KongChina188.1 km1 Oct 1979951309 mio.
12 WashingtonUSA171.2 km27 Mar 197690215 mio.
13 MumbaiIndia171.0 km73
14 San FranciscoUSA166.9 km11 Sep 197243100 mio.
15 ChicagoUSA166.0 km6 Jun 1892151198 mio.
16 GuangzhouChina148.5 km28 Jun 199988601 mio.
17 BerlinGermany147.4 km18 Feb 1902195447 mio.
18 OsakaJapan137.8 km20 May 1933133860 mio.
19 SingaporeSingapore118.9 km7 Nov 198776571 mio.
20 BarcelonaSpain110.5 km30 Dec 1924152378 mio.
21 Saint PetersburgRussia110.2 km15 Nov 195563832 mio.
22 StockholmSweden105.7 km1 Oct 1950104303 mio.
23 HamburgGermany100.7 km1 Mar 191297184 mio.
24 DelhiIndia96.2 km24 Dec 200283310 mio.
25 BusanSouth Korea95.0 km19 Jul 198592257 mio.
26 MunichGermany92.5 km19 Oct 1971100349 mio.
27 TaipeiTaiwan90.6 km28 Mar 199685450 mio.
28 NagoyaJapan89.0 km15 Nov 195793427 mio.
29 SantiagoChile83.0 km15 Sep 197593642 mio.
30 AtlantaUSA79.2 km30 Jun 19793934 mio.
31 NewcastleUnited Kingdom76.5 km7 Aug 19806138 mio.
32 MilanItaly74.6 km1 Nov 196488328 mio.
33 Saint LouisUSA73.4 km31 Jul 199337
34 TianjinChina72.0 km28 Mar 20043715 mio.
35 TorontoCanada71.3 km30 Apr 195474278 mio.
36 ViennaAustria69.8 km25 Feb 197896498 mio.
37 VancouverCanada69.5 km3 Jan 19864974 mio.
38 MontrealCanada69.2 km14 Oct 196673219 mio.
39 BucharestRomania67.7 km16 Nov 197950111 mio.
40 CairoEgypt65.5 km27 Sep 198755700 mio.
41 Kuala LumpurMalaysia64.0 km16 Dec 199660109 mio.
42 OsloNorway62.0 km22 May 19667264 mio.
43 PhiladelphiaUSA62.0 km4 Mar 19076667 mio.
44 Sao PauloBrazil61.3 km14 Sep 197458684 mio.
45 CaracasVenezuela60.5 km27 Mar 198350510 mio.
46 BostonUSA60.5 km1 Sep 189766145 mio.
47 KievUkraine59.8 km22 Oct 196046642 mio.
48 Los AngelesUSA59.3 km30 Jan 19933045 mio.
49 PragueCzech Republic59.1 km9 May 197457597 mio.
50 YokohamaJapan57.6 km16 Dec 197248198 mio.
51 DaeguSouth Korea53.9 km26 Nov 199756110 mio.
52 AthensGreece52.0 km195452325 mio.
53 TehranIran50.5 km21 Feb 200047353 mio.
54 DalianChina49.0 km1 May 200312
55 SapporoJapan48.0 km16 Dec 197149209 mio.
56 Buenos AiresArgentina47.5 km1 Dec 191376280 mio.
57 RotterdamNetherlands47.0 km10 Feb 19683885 mio.
58 BangkokThailand46.3 km5 Dec 199944206 mio.
59 ManilaPhilippines45.7 km1 Dec 198442346 mio.
60 LilleFrance45.5 km25 Apr 19836274 mio.
61 CologneGermany45.0 km11 Oct 196851
62 ValparaisoChile43.0 km23 Nov 200520
63 KaohsiungTaiwan42.7 km9 Mar 20083730 mio.
64 Rio de JaneiroBrazil42.0 km5 Mar 197934135 mio.
65 BrasiliaBrazil42.0 km31 Mar 20012316 mio.
66 LisbonPortugal41.0 km29 Dec 195952180 mio.
67 BilbaoSpain40.6 km11 Nov 19953886 mio.
68 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates39.7 km9 Sep 200911
69 RecifeBrazil39.7 km11 Mar 198530
70 RomeItaly39.0 km10 Feb 195549331 mio.
71 TashkentUzbekistan36.2 km6 Nov 19772971 mio.
72 MiamiUSA36.0 km21 May 19842219 mio.
73 KharkovUkraine35.3 km23 Aug 197528278 mio.
74 NurembergGermany34.6 km1 Mar 19724692 mio.
75 Porto AlegreBrazil33.8 km2 Mar 198517
76 BudapestHungary33.0 km2 May 189642297 mio.
77 BakuAzerbaijan32.9 km6 Nov 196722176 mio.
78 AmsterdamNetherlands32.7 km16 Oct 19773391 mio.
79 BrusselsBelgium32.2 km20 Sep 197661136 mio.
80 NaplesItaly31.8 km28 Mar 19933029 mio.
81 ValenciaSpain31.8 km3 Oct 198838
82 MonterreyMexico31.5 km25 Apr 199132
83 KyotoJapan31.3 km1 Apr 198132126 mio.
84 ClevelandUSA31.0 km15 Mar 1955186 mio.
85 LyonFrance30.7 km28 Apr 197843182 mio.
86 KobeJapan30.6 km13 Mar 197726121 mio.
87 MinskBelarus30.3 km26 Jun 198425262 mio.
88 FukuokaJapan29.8 km26 Jul 198135124 mio.
89 IncheonSouth Korea29.5 km6 Oct 19992973 mio.
90 DortmundGermany29.5 km17 May 197637
91 MedellinColombia28.8 km30 Nov 199526155 mio.
92 Belo HorizonteBrazil28.1 km1 Aug 198619
93 The HagueNetherlands27.9 km16 Oct 200430
94 ToulouseFrance27.5 km26 Jun 19933842 mio.
95 ChennaiIndia27.0 km19 Oct 199717
96 TbilisiGeorgia26.3 km11 Jan 19662292 mio.
97 ShenzhenChina25.3 km28 Dec 20042373 mio.
98 BaltimoreUSA24.5 km21 Nov 19831414 mio.
99 GuadalajaraMexico24.0 km1 Sep 198929
100 StuttgartGermany24.0 km10 Jun 196619
101 AnkaraTurkey23.1 km30 Aug 199623113 mio.
102 WarsawPoland22.6 km7 Apr 199521114 mio.
103 KolkataIndia22.6 km24 Oct 198421100 mio.
104 DaejeonSouth Korea22.6 km16 Mar 20062229 mio.
105 BursaTurkey22.5 km19 Aug 200223
106 PyongyangNorth Korea22.5 km6 Sep 19731635 mio.
107 ShenyangChina22.2 km23 Sep 200918
108 SeattleUSA22.2 km18 Jul 200912
109 SydneyAustralia22.1 km192614
110 OportoPortugal21.7 km7 Dec 200215
111 NanjingChina21.7 km27 Aug 200516102 mio.
112 BochumGermany21.5 km26 May 197929
113 CopenhagenDenmark21.0 km19 Oct 20022237 mio.
114 HelsinkiFinland21.0 km3 Aug 19821758 mio.
115 FrankfurtGermany20.5 km4 Oct 196831
116 EssenGermany20.2 km5 Oct 196727
117 GwangjuSouth Korea20.1 km28 Apr 20042017 mio.
118 ChongqingChina19.5 km18 Jun 200518
119 MarseilleFrance19.3 km26 Nov 19772658 mio.
120 HanoverGermany18.6 km28 Sep 197521
121 HiroshimaJapan18.4 km20 Aug 19942118 mio.
122 Kryvyi RihUkraine18.0 km26 Dec 198612
123 SofiaBulgaria18.0 km28 Jan 19981451 mio.
124 SevilleSpain18.0 km2 Apr 200921
125 CharleroiBelgium17.5 km21 Jun 197620
126 San JuanPuerto Rico17.2 km6 Jun 2005169 mio.
127 ChangchunChina17.0 kmOct 200216
128 TamaJapan16.0 km27 Nov 199819
129 ChibaJapan15.5 km28 Mar 198818
130 Nizhny NovgorodRussia15.5 km20 Nov 19851433 mio.
131 IstanbulTurkey15.0 km16 Sep 20001068 mio.
132 SendaiJapan14.8 km15 Jul 19871758 mio.
133 Santo DomingoDominican Republic14.5 km30 Jan 200916
134 DuisburgGermany14.3 km11 Jul 199213
135 NovosibirskRussia14.3 km7 Jan 19861370 mio.
136 LausanneSwitzerland13.7 km24 May 199129
137 WuppertalGermany13.3 km1 Mar 190120
138 EdmontonCanada13.1 km22 Apr 197811
139 NahaJapan12.8 km10 Aug 200315
140 YerevanArmenia12.1 km7 Mar 19811017 mio.
141 IzmirTurkey11.5 km22 May 20001030 mio.
142 GlasgowUnited Kingdom10.4 km14 Dec 18961515 mio.
143 SamaraRussia10.2 km26 Dec 1987912 mio.
144 WuhanChina10.2 km28 Sep 200410
145 LimaPeru10.0 km13 Jan 20036
146 TurinItaly9.6 km4 Feb 200614
147 DuesseldorfGermany9.6 km4 Oct 198114
148 MulheimGermany9.0 km3 Nov 197913
149 RennesFrance9.0 km16 Mar 20021523 mio.
150 BonnGermany9.0 km22 Mar 197512
151 KitakyushuJapan8.8 km9 Jan 198513
152 YekaterinburgRussia8.5 km26 Apr 1991746 mio.
153 BuffaloUSA8.4 km18 May 19858
154 KazanRussia8.3 km27 Aug 200567 mio.
155 Palma de MallorcaSpain8.3 km25 Apr 20079
156 AdanaTurkey8.0 km18 Mar 20098
157 AntwerpBelgium7.6 km25 Mar 197511
158 DnepropetrovskUkraine7.1 km29 Dec 1995611 mio.
159 JacksonvilleUSA6.9 km30 May 19896
160 KamakuraJapan6.6 km3 Mar 19708
161 MaracaiboVenezuela6.5 km8 Jun 20096
162 ValenciaVenezuela6.2 km18 Oct 2006718 mio.
163 Las VegasUSA6.2 km15 Jul 20047
164 PoznanPoland6.1 km1 Mar 19976
165 GelsenkirchenGermany5.5 km1 Sep 19849
166 GenoaItaly5.2 km13 Jun 19907
167 BielefeldGermany5.2 km21 Sep 19717
168 DetroitUSA4.8 kmJul 198713
169 LudwigshafenGermany4.0 km29 May 196911
170 CataniaItaly3.8 km27 Jun 19996
171 VolgogradRussia3.3 km5 Nov 19842
172 PerugiaItaly3.0 km29 Jan 20087
173 NewarkUSA2.2 km26 May 19354
174 RouenFrance2.2 km17 Dec 19945
175 HaifaIsrael1.8 km19596
176 PittsburghUSA1.5 km3 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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