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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 London253.6 mi1197 mio.268
2 New York228.7 mi1624 mio.468
3 Shanghai207.6 mi1122 mio.230
4 Tokyo189.2 mi3174 mio.290
5 Moscow185.7 mi2573 mio.180
6 Seoul178.3 mi2048 mio.348
7 Madrid176.5 mi686 mio.281
8 Beijing141.4 mi1200 mio.147
9 Paris132.4 mi1473 mio.380
10 Mexico City125.4 mi1460 mio.175
11 Hong Kong116.9 mi1309 mio.95
12 Washington106.4 mi215 mio.90
13 Mumbai106.3 mi73
14 San Francisco103.7 mi100 mio.43
15 Chicago103.2 mi198 mio.151
16 Guangzhou92.3 mi601 mio.88
17 Berlin91.6 mi447 mio.195
18 Osaka85.6 mi860 mio.133
19 Singapore73.9 mi571 mio.76
20 Barcelona68.7 mi378 mio.152
21 Saint Petersburg68.5 mi832 mio.63
22 Stockholm65.7 mi303 mio.104
23 Hamburg62.6 mi184 mio.97
24 Delhi59.8 mi310 mio.83
25 Busan59.0 mi257 mio.92
26 Munich57.5 mi349 mio.100
27 Taipei56.3 mi450 mio.85
28 Nagoya55.3 mi427 mio.93
29 Santiago51.6 mi642 mio.93
30 Atlanta49.2 mi34 mio.39
31 Newcastle47.5 mi38 mio.61
32 Milan46.4 mi328 mio.88
33 Saint Louis45.6 mi37
34 Tianjin44.7 mi15 mio.37
35 Toronto44.3 mi278 mio.74
36 Vienna43.4 mi498 mio.96
37 Vancouver43.2 mi74 mio.49
38 Montreal43.0 mi219 mio.73
39 Bucharest42.1 mi111 mio.50
40 Cairo40.7 mi700 mio.55
41 Kuala Lumpur39.8 mi109 mio.60
42 Oslo38.5 mi64 mio.72
43 Philadelphia38.5 mi67 mio.66
44 Sao Paulo38.1 mi684 mio.58
45 Caracas37.6 mi510 mio.50
46 Boston37.6 mi145 mio.66
47 Kiev37.2 mi642 mio.46
48 Los Angeles36.9 mi45 mio.30
49 Prague36.7 mi597 mio.57
50 Yokohama35.8 mi198 mio.48
51 Daegu33.5 mi110 mio.56
52 Athens32.3 mi325 mio.52
53 Tehran31.4 mi353 mio.47
54 Dalian30.5 mi12
55 Sapporo29.8 mi209 mio.49
56 Buenos Aires29.5 mi280 mio.76
57 Rotterdam29.2 mi85 mio.38
58 Bangkok28.8 mi206 mio.44
59 Manila28.4 mi346 mio.42
60 Lille28.3 mi74 mio.62
61 Cologne28.0 mi51
62 Valparaiso26.7 mi20
63 Kaohsiung26.5 mi30 mio.37
64 Rio de Janeiro26.1 mi135 mio.34
65 Brasilia26.1 mi16 mio.23
66 Lisbon25.5 mi180 mio.52
67 Bilbao25.2 mi86 mio.38
68 Dubai24.7 mi11
69 Recife24.7 mi30
70 Rome24.2 mi331 mio.49
71 Tashkent22.5 mi71 mio.29
72 Miami22.4 mi19 mio.22
73 Kharkov21.9 mi278 mio.28
74 Nuremberg21.5 mi92 mio.46
75 Porto Alegre21.0 mi17
76 Budapest20.5 mi297 mio.42
77 Baku20.4 mi176 mio.22
78 Amsterdam20.3 mi91 mio.33
79 Brussels20.0 mi136 mio.61
80 Naples19.8 mi29 mio.30
81 Valencia19.8 mi38
82 Monterrey19.6 mi32
83 Kyoto19.5 mi126 mio.32
84 Cleveland19.3 mi6 mio.18
85 Lyon19.1 mi182 mio.43
86 Kobe19.0 mi121 mio.26
87 Minsk18.8 mi262 mio.25
88 Fukuoka18.5 mi124 mio.35
89 Incheon18.3 mi73 mio.29
90 Dortmund18.3 mi37
91 Medellin17.9 mi155 mio.26
92 Belo Horizonte17.5 mi19
93 The Hague17.3 mi30
94 Toulouse17.1 mi42 mio.38
95 Chennai16.8 mi17
96 Tbilisi16.3 mi92 mio.22
97 Shenzhen15.7 mi73 mio.23
98 Baltimore15.2 mi14 mio.14
99 Guadalajara14.9 mi29
100 Stuttgart14.9 mi19
101 Ankara14.4 mi113 mio.23
102 Warsaw14.0 mi114 mio.21
103 Kolkata14.0 mi100 mio.21
104 Daejeon14.0 mi29 mio.22
105 Bursa14.0 mi23
106 Pyongyang14.0 mi35 mio.16
107 Shenyang13.8 mi18
108 Seattle13.8 mi12
109 Sydney13.7 mi14
110 Oporto13.5 mi15
111 Nanjing13.5 mi102 mio.16
112 Bochum13.4 mi29
113 Copenhagen13.1 mi37 mio.22
114 Helsinki13.1 mi58 mio.17
115 Frankfurt12.7 mi31
116 Essen12.6 mi27
117 Gwangju12.5 mi17 mio.20
118 Chongqing12.1 mi18
119 Marseille12.0 mi58 mio.26
120 Hanover11.6 mi21
121 Hiroshima11.4 mi18 mio.21
122 Kryvyi Rih11.2 mi12
123 Sofia11.2 mi51 mio.14
124 Seville11.2 mi21
125 Charleroi10.9 mi20
126 San Juan10.7 mi9 mio.16
127 Changchun10.6 mi16
128 Tama9.9 mi19
129 Chiba9.6 mi18
130 Nizhny Novgorod9.6 mi33 mio.14
131 Istanbul9.3 mi68 mio.10
132 Sendai9.2 mi58 mio.17
133 Santo Domingo9.0 mi16
134 Duisburg8.9 mi13
135 Novosibirsk8.9 mi70 mio.13
136 Lausanne8.5 mi29
137 Wuppertal8.3 mi20
138 Edmonton8.1 mi11
139 Naha8.0 mi15
140 Yerevan7.5 mi17 mio.10
141 Izmir7.1 mi30 mio.10
142 Glasgow6.5 mi15 mio.15
143 Samara6.3 mi12 mio.9
144 Wuhan6.3 mi10
145 Lima6.2 mi6
146 Turin6.0 mi14
147 Duesseldorf6.0 mi14
148 Mulheim5.6 mi13
149 Rennes5.6 mi23 mio.15
150 Bonn5.6 mi12
151 Kitakyushu5.5 mi13
152 Yekaterinburg5.3 mi46 mio.7
153 Buffalo5.2 mi8
154 Kazan5.2 mi7 mio.6
155 Palma de Mallorca5.2 mi9
156 Adana5.0 mi8
157 Antwerp4.7 mi11
158 Dnepropetrovsk4.4 mi11 mio.6
159 Jacksonville4.3 mi6
160 Kamakura4.1 mi8
161 Maracaibo4.0 mi6
162 Valencia3.9 mi18 mio.7
163 Las Vegas3.9 mi7
164 Poznan3.8 mi6
165 Gelsenkirchen3.4 mi9
166 Genoa3.2 mi7
167 Bielefeld3.2 mi7
168 Detroit3.0 mi13
169 Ludwigshafen2.5 mi11
170 Catania2.4 mi6
171 Volgograd2.1 mi2
172 Perugia1.9 mi7
173 Newark1.4 mi4
174 Rouen1.4 mi5
175 Haifa1.1 mi6
176 Pittsburgh0.9 mi3


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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