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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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1London408.0 kmUnited Kingdom10 Jan 18632681197 mio.
2New York368.0 kmUSA27 Oct 19044681624 mio.
3Shanghai334.0 kmChina10 Apr 19952301122 mio.
4Tokyo304.5 kmJapan30 Dec 19272903174 mio.
5Moscow298.8 kmRussia15 May 19351802573 mio.
6Seoul286.9 kmSouth Korea15 Aug 19743482048 mio.
7Madrid284.0 kmSpain17 Oct 1919281686 mio.
8Beijing227.6 kmChina1 Oct 19691471200 mio.
9Paris213.0 kmFrance19 Jul 19003801473 mio.
10Mexico City201.7 kmMexico5 Sep 19691751460 mio.
11Hong Kong188.1 kmChina1 Oct 1979951309 mio.
12Guangzhou176.1 kmChina28 Jun 199988601 mio.
13Washington171.2 kmUSA27 Mar 197690215 mio.
14Mumbai171.0 kmIndia73
15San Francisco166.9 kmUSA11 Sep 197243100 mio.
16Chicago166.0 kmUSA6 Jun 1892151198 mio.
17Berlin147.4 kmGermany18 Feb 1902195447 mio.
18Osaka137.8 kmJapan20 May 1933133860 mio.
19Singapore118.9 kmSingapore7 Nov 198776571 mio.
20Barcelona110.5 kmSpain30 Dec 1924152378 mio.
21Saint Petersburg110.2 kmRussia15 Nov 195563832 mio.
22Stockholm105.7 kmSweden1 Oct 1950104303 mio.
23Hamburg100.7 kmGermany1 Mar 191297184 mio.
24Busan95.0 kmSouth Korea19 Jul 198592257 mio.
25Munich92.5 kmGermany19 Oct 1971100349 mio.
26Taipei90.6 kmTaiwan28 Mar 199685450 mio.
27Delhi89.9 kmIndia24 Dec 200278310 mio.
28Nagoya89.0 kmJapan15 Nov 195793427 mio.
29Santiago83.0 kmChile15 Sep 197593642 mio.
30Atlanta79.2 kmUSA30 Jun 19793934 mio.
31Newcastle76.5 kmUnited Kingdom7 Aug 19806138 mio.
32Milan74.6 kmItaly1 Nov 196488328 mio.
33Saint Louis73.4 kmUSA31 Jul 199337
34Tianjin72.0 kmChina28 Mar 20043715 mio.
35Toronto71.3 kmCanada30 Apr 195474278 mio.
36Vienna69.8 kmAustria25 Feb 197896498 mio.
37Vancouver69.5 kmCanada3 Jan 19864974 mio.
38Montreal69.2 kmCanada14 Oct 196673219 mio.
39Bucharest67.7 kmRomania16 Nov 197950111 mio.
40Cairo65.5 kmEgypt27 Sep 198755700 mio.
41Kuala Lumpur64.0 kmMalaysia16 Dec 199660109 mio.
42Oslo62.0 kmNorway22 May 19667264 mio.
43Philadelphia62.0 kmUSA4 Mar 19076667 mio.
44Sao Paulo61.3 kmBrazil14 Sep 197458684 mio.
45Boston60.5 kmUSA1 Sep 189766145 mio.
46Caracas60.5 kmVenezuela27 Mar 198347510 mio.
47Kiev59.8 kmUkraine22 Oct 196046642 mio.
48Los Angeles59.3 kmUSA30 Jan 19933045 mio.
49Prague59.1 kmCzech Republic9 May 197457597 mio.
50Yokohama57.6 kmJapan16 Dec 197248198 mio.
51Daegu53.9 kmSouth Korea26 Nov 199756110 mio.
52Athens52.0 kmGreece195452325 mio.
53Tehran50.5 kmIran21 Feb 200047353 mio.
54Dalian49.0 kmChina1 May 200312
55Sapporo48.0 kmJapan16 Dec 197149209 mio.
56Buenos Aires47.5 kmArgentina1 Dec 191376280 mio.
57Rotterdam47.0 kmNetherlands10 Feb 19683885 mio.
58Bangkok46.3 kmThailand5 Dec 199944206 mio.
59Manila45.7 kmPhilippines1 Dec 198442346 mio.
60Lille45.5 kmFrance25 Apr 19836274 mio.
61Cologne45.0 kmGermany11 Oct 196851
62Valparaiso43.0 kmChile23 Nov 200520
63Kaohsiung42.7 kmTaiwan9 Mar 20083730 mio.
64Brasilia42.0 kmBrazil31 Mar 20012316 mio.
65Rio de Janeiro42.0 kmBrazil5 Mar 197934135 mio.
66Lisbon41.0 kmPortugal29 Dec 195952180 mio.
67Bilbao40.6 kmSpain11 Nov 19953886 mio.
68Dubai39.7 kmUnited Arab Emirates9 Sep 200910
69Recife39.7 kmBrazil11 Mar 198530
70Rome39.0 kmItaly10 Feb 195549331 mio.
71Tashkent36.2 kmUzbekistan6 Nov 19772971 mio.
72Miami36.0 kmUSA21 May 19842219 mio.
73Kharkov35.3 kmUkraine23 Aug 197528278 mio.
74Nuremberg34.6 kmGermany1 Mar 19724692 mio.
75Porto Alegre33.8 kmBrazil2 Mar 198517
76Budapest33.0 kmHungary2 May 189642297 mio.
77Amsterdam32.7 kmNetherlands16 Oct 19773391 mio.
78Brussels32.2 kmBelgium20 Sep 197661136 mio.
79Naples31.8 kmItaly28 Mar 19933029 mio.
80Valencia31.8 kmSpain3 Oct 198838
81Baku31.7 kmAzerbaijan6 Nov 196721176 mio.
82Monterrey31.5 kmMexico25 Apr 199132
83Kyoto31.3 kmJapan1 Apr 198132126 mio.
84Cleveland31.0 kmUSA15 Mar 1955186 mio.
85Lyon30.7 kmFrance28 Apr 197843182 mio.
86Kobe30.6 kmJapan13 Mar 197726121 mio.
87Minsk30.3 kmBelarus26 Jun 198425262 mio.
88Fukuoka29.8 kmJapan26 Jul 198135124 mio.
89Incheon29.5 kmSouth Korea6 Oct 19992973 mio.
90Dortmund29.5 kmGermany17 May 197637
91Medellin28.8 kmColombia30 Nov 199526155 mio.
92Belo Horizonte28.1 kmBrazil1 Aug 198619
93The Hague27.9 kmNetherlands16 Oct 200430
94Toulouse27.5 kmFrance26 Jun 19933842 mio.
95Chennai27.0 kmIndia19 Oct 199717
96Tbilisi26.3 kmGeorgia11 Jan 19662292 mio.
97Shenzhen25.3 kmChina28 Dec 20042373 mio.
98Baltimore24.5 kmUSA21 Nov 19831414 mio.
99Stuttgart24.0 kmGermany10 Jun 196619
100Guadalajara24.0 kmMexico1 Sep 198929
101Ankara23.1 kmTurkey30 Aug 199623113 mio.
102Kolkata22.6 kmIndia24 Oct 198421100 mio.
103Daejeon22.6 kmSouth Korea16 Mar 20062229 mio.
104Warsaw22.6 kmPoland7 Apr 199521114 mio.
105Bursa22.5 kmTurkey19 Aug 200223
106Pyongyang22.5 kmNorth Korea6 Sep 19731635 mio.
107Seattle22.2 kmUSA18 Jul 200912
108Sydney22.1 kmAustralia192614
109Nanjing21.7 kmChina27 Aug 200516102 mio.
110Oporto21.7 kmPortugal7 Dec 200215
111Bochum21.5 kmGermany26 May 197929
112Helsinki21.0 kmFinland3 Aug 19821758 mio.
113Copenhagen21.0 kmDenmark19 Oct 20022237 mio.
114Frankfurt20.5 kmGermany4 Oct 196831
115Essen20.2 kmGermany5 Oct 196727
116Gwangju20.1 kmSouth Korea28 Apr 20042017 mio.
117Chongqing19.5 kmChina18 Jun 200518
118Marseille19.3 kmFrance26 Nov 19772658 mio.
119Hanover18.6 kmGermany28 Sep 197521
120Hiroshima18.4 kmJapan20 Aug 19942118 mio.
121Seville18.0 kmSpain2 Apr 200921
122Sofia18.0 kmBulgaria28 Jan 19981451 mio.
123Kryvyi Rih18.0 kmUkraine26 Dec 198612
124Charleroi17.5 kmBelgium21 Jun 197620
125San Juan17.2 kmPuerto Rico6 Jun 2005169 mio.
126Changchun17.0 kmChinaOct 200216
127Tama16.0 kmJapan27 Nov 199819
128Chiba15.5 kmJapan28 Mar 198818
129Nizhny Novgorod15.5 kmRussia20 Nov 19851433 mio.
130Istanbul15.0 kmTurkey16 Sep 20001068 mio.
131Sendai14.8 kmJapan15 Jul 19871758 mio.
132Santo Domingo14.5 kmDominican Republic30 Jan 200916
133Duisburg14.3 kmGermany11 Jul 199213
134Novosibirsk14.3 kmRussia7 Jan 19861370 mio.
135Lausanne13.7 kmSwitzerland24 May 199129
136Wuppertal13.3 kmGermany1 Mar 190120
137Edmonton13.1 kmCanada22 Apr 197811
138Naha12.8 kmJapan10 Aug 200315
139Yerevan12.1 kmArmenia7 Mar 19811017 mio.
140Izmir11.5 kmTurkey22 May 20001030 mio.
141Glasgow10.4 kmUnited Kingdom14 Dec 18961515 mio.
142Samara10.2 kmRussia26 Dec 1987912 mio.
143Wuhan10.2 kmChina28 Sep 200410
144Lima10.0 kmPeru13 Jan 20036
145Turin9.6 kmItaly4 Feb 200614
146Duesseldorf9.6 kmGermany4 Oct 198114
147Mulheim9.0 kmGermany3 Nov 197913
148Rennes9.0 kmFrance16 Mar 20021523 mio.
149Algiers9.0 kmAlgeria200910
150Bonn9.0 kmGermany22 Mar 197512
151Kitakyushu8.8 kmJapan9 Jan 198513
152Yekaterinburg8.5 kmRussia26 Apr 1991746 mio.
153Buffalo8.4 kmUSA18 May 19858
154Palma de Mallorca8.3 kmSpain25 Apr 20079
155Kazan8.3 kmRussia27 Aug 200567 mio.
156Adana8.0 kmTurkey18 Mar 20098
157Antwerp7.6 kmBelgium25 Mar 197511
158Dnepropetrovsk7.1 kmUkraine29 Dec 1995611 mio.
159Jacksonville6.9 kmUSA30 May 19896
160Kamakura6.6 kmJapan3 Mar 19708
161Maracaibo6.5 kmVenezuela8 Jun 20096
162Las Vegas6.2 kmUSA15 Jul 20047
163Valencia6.2 kmVenezuela18 Oct 2006718 mio.
164Poznan6.1 kmPoland1 Mar 19976
165Gelsenkirchen5.5 kmGermany1 Sep 19849
166Bielefeld5.2 kmGermany21 Sep 19717
167Genoa5.2 kmItaly13 Jun 19907
168Detroit4.8 kmUSAJul 198713
169Ludwigshafen4.0 kmGermany29 May 196911
170Catania3.8 kmItaly27 Jun 19996
171Volgograd3.3 kmRussia5 Nov 19842
172Perugia3.0 kmItaly29 Jan 20087
173Rouen2.2 kmFrance17 Dec 19945
174Newark2.2 kmUSA26 May 19354
175Haifa1.8 kmIsrael19596
176Pittsburgh1.5 kmUSA3 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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