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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 >
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<Stations* >
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<Passengers >
<Pass/km
1 London408.0 km10 Jan 18632681.5224.41197 mio.2,934,000
2 New York368.0 km27 Oct 19044220.8717.31624 mio.4,413,000
3 Shanghai334.0 km10 Apr 19951941.7223.01122 mio.3,359,000
4 Tokyo304.5 km30 Dec 19272051.4922.33174 mio.10,424,000
5 Moscow298.8 km15 May 19351442.0715.02573 mio.8,611,000
6 Seoul286.9 km15 Aug 19742980.9634.82048 mio.7,138,000
7 Madrid284.0 km17 Oct 19192311.2321.6686 mio.2,415,000
8 Beijing227.6 km1 Oct 19691251.8216.31200 mio.5,274,000
9 Paris213.0 km19 Jul 19003000.7123.81473 mio.6,915,000
10 Mexico City201.7 km5 Sep 19691471.3715.91460 mio.7,238,000
11 Hong Kong188.1 km1 Oct 1979822.2910.61309 mio.6,959,000
12 Washington171.2 km27 Mar 1976861.9918.0215 mio.1,256,000
13 Mumbai171.0 km732.3414.6
14 San Francisco166.9 km11 Sep 1972433.888.6100 mio.599,000
15 Chicago166.0 km6 Jun 18921441.1518.9198 mio.1,193,000
16 Guangzhou148.5 km28 Jun 1999791.8817.6601 mio.4,047,000
17 Berlin147.4 km18 Feb 19021730.8519.5447 mio.3,033,000
18 Osaka137.8 km20 May 19331041.3314.8860 mio.6,241,000
19 Singapore118.9 km7 Nov 1987691.7219.0571 mio.4,802,000
20 Barcelona110.5 km30 Dec 19241280.8615.2378 mio.3,421,000
21 Saint Petersburg110.2 km15 Nov 1955552.0012.6832 mio.7,550,000
22 Stockholm105.7 km1 Oct 19501001.0634.7303 mio.2,867,000
23 Hamburg100.7 km1 Mar 1912891.1332.3184 mio.1,827,000
24 Delhi96.2 km24 Dec 2002811.1927.7310 mio.3,224,000
25 Busan95.0 km19 Jul 1985881.0830.7257 mio.2,705,000
26 Munich92.5 km19 Oct 1971940.9816.7349 mio.3,773,000
27 Taipei90.6 km28 Mar 1996801.1310.6450 mio.4,967,000
28 Nagoya89.0 km15 Nov 1957821.0923.3427 mio.4,798,000
29 Santiago83.0 km15 Sep 1975860.9718.6642 mio.7,735,000
30 Atlanta79.2 km30 Jun 1979382.0819.534 mio.429,000
31 Newcastle76.5 km7 Aug 1980501.5330.538 mio.497,000
32 Milan74.6 km1 Nov 1964840.8929.3328 mio.4,397,000
33 Saint Louis73.4 km31 Jul 1993371.9818.5
34 Tianjin72.0 km28 Mar 2004371.9518.515 mio.208,000
35 Toronto71.3 km30 Apr 1954691.0318.5278 mio.3,899,000
36 Vienna69.8 km25 Feb 1978840.8319.2498 mio.7,135,000
37 Vancouver69.5 km3 Jan 1986471.4816.374 mio.1,065,000
38 Montreal69.2 km14 Oct 1966681.0218.3219 mio.3,165,000
39 Bucharest67.7 km16 Nov 1979431.5712.5111 mio.1,640,000
40 Cairo65.5 km27 Sep 1987531.2427.5700 mio.10,687,000
41 Kuala Lumpur64.0 km16 Dec 1996561.1420.0109 mio.1,703,000
42 Oslo62.0 km22 May 1966720.8614.464 mio.1,032,000
43 Philadelphia62.0 km4 Mar 1907621.0022.067 mio.1,081,000
44 Sao Paulo61.3 km14 Sep 1974551.1114.5684 mio.11,158,000
45 Caracas60.5 km27 Mar 1983461.3210.0510 mio.8,430,000
46 Boston60.5 km1 Sep 1897601.0122.0145 mio.2,397,000
47 Kiev59.8 km22 Oct 1960431.3915.3642 mio.10,736,000
48 Los Angeles59.3 km30 Jan 1993301.9810.045 mio.759,000
49 Prague59.1 km9 May 1974541.0919.0597 mio.10,102,000
50 Yokohama57.6 km16 Dec 1972451.2816.0198 mio.3,438,000
51 Daegu53.9 km26 Nov 1997550.9828.0110 mio.2,041,000
52 Athens52.0 km1954481.0817.3325 mio.6,250,000
53 Tehran50.5 km21 Feb 2000441.1515.7353 mio.6,990,000
54 Dalian49.0 km1 May 2003124.0812.0
55 Sapporo48.0 km16 Dec 1971461.0416.3209 mio.4,354,000
56 Buenos Aires47.5 km1 Dec 1913680.7012.7280 mio.5,895,000
57 Rotterdam47.0 km10 Feb 1968371.2719.085 mio.1,809,000
58 Bangkok46.3 km5 Dec 1999401.1614.7206 mio.4,449,000
59 Manila45.7 km1 Dec 1984391.1714.0346 mio.7,571,000
60 Lille45.5 km25 Apr 1983600.7631.074 mio.1,626,000
61 Cologne45.0 km11 Oct 1968510.883.4
62 Valparaiso43.0 km23 Nov 2005202.1520.0
63 Kaohsiung42.7 km9 Mar 2008361.1918.530 mio.703,000
64 Rio de Janeiro42.0 km5 Mar 1979341.2417.0135 mio.3,214,000
65 Brasilia42.0 km31 Mar 2001231.8323.016 mio.381,000
66 Lisbon41.0 km29 Dec 1959460.8913.0180 mio.4,390,000
67 Bilbao40.6 km11 Nov 1995381.0719.086 mio.2,118,000
68 Dubai39.7 km9 Sep 2009113.6111.0
69 Recife39.7 km11 Mar 1985281.4215.0
70 Rome39.0 km10 Feb 1955480.8124.5331 mio.8,487,000
71 Tashkent36.2 km6 Nov 1977261.399.771 mio.1,961,000
72 Miami36.0 km21 May 1984221.6422.019 mio.528,000
73 Kharkov35.3 km23 Aug 1975251.419.3278 mio.7,875,000
74 Nuremberg34.6 km1 Mar 1972440.7915.392 mio.2,659,000
75 Porto Alegre33.8 km2 Mar 1985171.9917.0
76 Budapest33.0 km2 May 1896400.8314.0297 mio.9,000,000
77 Baku32.9 km6 Nov 1967211.5611.0176 mio.5,356,000
78 Amsterdam32.7 km16 Oct 1977330.998.391 mio.2,783,000
79 Brussels32.2 km20 Sep 1976590.5520.3136 mio.4,224,000
80 Naples31.8 km28 Mar 1993281.1410.029 mio.912,000
81 Valencia31.8 km3 Oct 1988370.8612.7
82 Monterrey31.5 km25 Apr 1991311.0216.0
83 Kyoto31.3 km1 Apr 1981311.0116.0126 mio.4,026,000
84 Cleveland31.0 km15 Mar 1955181.7218.06 mio.194,000
85 Lyon30.7 km28 Apr 1978390.7910.8182 mio.5,928,000
86 Kobe30.6 km13 Mar 1977241.2813.0121 mio.3,954,000
87 Minsk30.3 km26 Jun 1984241.2612.5262 mio.8,647,000
88 Fukuoka29.8 km26 Jul 1981340.8811.7124 mio.4,161,000
89 Incheon29.5 km6 Oct 1999291.0229.073 mio.2,475,000
90 Dortmund29.5 km17 May 1976370.8012.3
91 Medellin28.8 km30 Nov 1995251.1513.0155 mio.5,382,000
92 Belo Horizonte28.1 km1 Aug 1986191.4819.0
93 The Hague27.9 km16 Oct 2004300.9310.0
94 Toulouse27.5 km26 Jun 1993370.7419.042 mio.1,527,000
95 Chennai27.0 km19 Oct 1997171.5917.0
96 Tbilisi26.3 km11 Jan 1966211.2511.092 mio.3,498,000
97 Shenzhen25.3 km28 Dec 2004221.1511.573 mio.2,885,000
98 Baltimore24.5 km21 Nov 1983141.7514.014 mio.571,000
99 Guadalajara24.0 km1 Sep 1989280.8614.5
100 Stuttgart24.0 km10 Jun 1966171.419.5
101 Ankara23.1 km30 Aug 1996221.0511.5113 mio.4,892,000
102 Warsaw22.6 km7 Apr 1995211.0821.0114 mio.5,044,000
103 Kolkata22.6 km24 Oct 1984211.0821.0100 mio.4,425,000
104 Daejeon22.6 km16 Mar 2006221.0322.029 mio.1,283,000
105 Bursa22.5 km19 Aug 2002230.9823.0
106 Pyongyang22.5 km6 Sep 1973151.508.035 mio.1,556,000
107 Shenyang22.2 km23 Sep 2009181.2318.0
108 Seattle22.2 km18 Jul 2009121.8512.0
109 Sydney22.1 km1926141.584.7
110 Oporto21.7 km7 Dec 2002141.557.5
111 Nanjing21.7 km27 Aug 2005161.3616.0102 mio.4,700,000
112 Bochum21.5 km26 May 1979270.8014.5
113 Copenhagen21.0 km19 Oct 2002220.9511.037 mio.1,762,000
114 Helsinki21.0 km3 Aug 1982171.2417.058 mio.2,762,000
115 Frankfurt20.5 km4 Oct 1968270.7610.3
116 Essen20.2 km5 Oct 1967270.759.0
117 Gwangju20.1 km28 Apr 2004201.0120.017 mio.846,000
118 Chongqing19.5 km18 Jun 2005181.0818.0
119 Marseille19.3 km26 Nov 1977240.8013.058 mio.3,005,000
120 Hanover18.6 km28 Sep 1975171.097.0
121 Hiroshima18.4 km20 Aug 1994210.8821.018 mio.978,000
122 Kryvyi Rih18.0 km26 Dec 1986121.5012.0
123 Sofia18.0 km28 Jan 1998141.2914.051 mio.2,833,000
124 Seville18.0 km2 Apr 2009210.8621.0
125 Charleroi17.5 km21 Jun 1976200.885.0
126 San Juan17.2 km6 Jun 2005161.0816.09 mio.523,000
127 Changchun17.0 kmOct 2002161.0616.0
128 Tama16.0 km27 Nov 1998190.8419.0
129 Chiba15.5 km28 Mar 1988180.869.0
130 Nizhny Novgorod15.5 km20 Nov 1985131.197.033 mio.2,129,000
131 Istanbul15.0 km16 Sep 2000101.5010.068 mio.4,533,000
132 Sendai14.8 km15 Jul 1987170.8717.058 mio.3,919,000
133 Santo Domingo14.5 km30 Jan 2009160.9116.0
134 Duisburg14.3 km11 Jul 1992131.106.5
135 Novosibirsk14.3 km7 Jan 1986121.196.570 mio.4,895,000
136 Lausanne13.7 km24 May 1991280.4914.5
137 Wuppertal13.3 km1 Mar 1901200.6720.0
138 Edmonton13.1 km22 Apr 1978111.1911.0
139 Naha12.8 km10 Aug 2003150.8515.0
140 Yerevan12.1 km7 Mar 1981101.2110.017 mio.1,405,000
141 Izmir11.5 km22 May 2000101.1510.030 mio.2,609,000
142 Glasgow10.4 km14 Dec 1896150.6915.015 mio.1,442,000
143 Samara10.2 km26 Dec 198791.139.012 mio.1,176,000
144 Wuhan10.2 km28 Sep 2004101.0210.0
145 Lima10.0 km13 Jan 200361.676.0
146 Turin9.6 km4 Feb 2006140.6914.0
147 Duesseldorf9.6 km4 Oct 1981140.687.0
148 Mulheim9.0 km3 Nov 1979120.756.5
149 Rennes9.0 km16 Mar 2002150.6015.023 mio.2,556,000
150 Bonn9.0 km22 Mar 1975120.7512.0
151 Kitakyushu8.8 km9 Jan 1985130.6813.0
152 Yekaterinburg8.5 km26 Apr 199171.217.046 mio.5,412,000
153 Buffalo8.4 km18 May 198581.048.0
154 Kazan8.3 km27 Aug 200561.386.07 mio.843,000
155 Palma de Mallorca8.3 km25 Apr 200790.929.0
156 Adana8.0 km18 Mar 200981.008.0
157 Antwerp7.6 km25 Mar 1975110.695.5
158 Dnepropetrovsk7.1 km29 Dec 199561.186.011 mio.1,549,000
159 Jacksonville6.9 km30 May 198961.156.0
160 Kamakura6.6 km3 Mar 197080.828.0
161 Maracaibo6.5 km8 Jun 200961.086.0
162 Valencia6.2 km18 Oct 200670.897.018 mio.2,903,000
163 Las Vegas6.2 km15 Jul 200470.897.0
164 Poznan6.1 km1 Mar 199761.026.0
165 Gelsenkirchen5.5 km1 Sep 198490.619.0
166 Genoa5.2 km13 Jun 199070.747.0
167 Bielefeld5.2 km21 Sep 197170.741.8
168 Detroit4.8 kmJul 1987130.3713.0
169 Ludwigshafen4.0 km29 May 1969110.36
170 Catania3.8 km27 Jun 199960.636.0
171 Volgograd3.3 km5 Nov 198421.652.0
172 Perugia3.0 km29 Jan 200870.437.0
173 Newark2.2 km26 May 193540.554.0
174 Rouen2.2 km17 Dec 199450.445.0
175 Haifa1.8 km195960.296.0
176 Pittsburgh1.5 km3 Jul 198530.483.0


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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