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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 London408.0 km10 Jan 18632681137.11.521197 mio.24.42,934,000
2 New York368.0 km27 Oct 19044682713.60.871624 mio.17.34,413,000
3 Shanghai334.0 km10 Apr 19952301033.41.721122 mio.23.03,359,000
4 Tokyo304.5 km30 Dec 19272901323.41.493174 mio.22.310,424,000
5 Moscow298.8 km15 May 19351801224.92.072573 mio.15.08,611,000
6 Seoul286.9 km15 Aug 19743481028.70.962048 mio.34.87,138,000
7 Madrid284.0 km17 Oct 19192811321.81.23686 mio.21.62,415,000
8 Beijing227.6 km1 Oct 1969147925.31.821200 mio.16.35,274,000
9 Paris213.0 km19 Jul 19003801613.30.711473 mio.23.86,915,000
10 Mexico City201.7 km5 Sep 19691751118.31.371460 mio.15.97,238,000
11 Hong Kong188.1 km1 Oct 197995920.92.291309 mio.10.66,959,000
12 Washington171.2 km27 Mar 197690534.21.99215 mio.18.01,256,000
13 Mumbai171.0 km73534.22.3414.6
14 San Francisco166.9 km11 Sep 197243533.43.88100 mio.8.6599,000
15 Chicago166.0 km6 Jun 1892151820.81.15198 mio.18.91,193,000
16 Guangzhou148.5 km28 Jun 199988529.71.88601 mio.17.64,047,000
17 Berlin147.4 km18 Feb 19021951014.70.85447 mio.19.53,033,000
18 Osaka137.8 km20 May 1933133915.31.33860 mio.14.86,241,000
19 Singapore118.9 km7 Nov 198776429.71.72571 mio.19.04,802,000
20 Barcelona110.5 km30 Dec 19241521011.10.86378 mio.15.23,421,000
21 Saint Petersburg110.2 km15 Nov 195563522.02.00832 mio.12.67,550,000
22 Stockholm105.7 km1 Oct 1950104335.21.06303 mio.34.72,867,000
23 Hamburg100.7 km1 Mar 191297333.61.13184 mio.32.31,827,000
24 Delhi96.2 km24 Dec 200283332.11.19310 mio.27.73,224,000
25 Busan95.0 km19 Jul 198592331.71.08257 mio.30.72,705,000
26 Munich92.5 km19 Oct 1971100615.40.98349 mio.16.73,773,000
27 Taipei90.6 km28 Mar 199685811.31.13450 mio.10.64,967,000
28 Nagoya89.0 km15 Nov 195793422.31.09427 mio.23.34,798,000
29 Santiago83.0 km15 Sep 197593516.60.97642 mio.18.67,735,000
30 Atlanta79.2 km30 Jun 197939239.62.0834 mio.19.5429,000
31 Newcastle76.5 km7 Aug 198061238.31.5338 mio.30.5497,000
32 Milan74.6 km1 Nov 196488324.90.89328 mio.29.34,397,000
33 Saint Louis73.4 km31 Jul 199337236.71.9818.5
34 Tianjin72.0 km28 Mar 200437236.01.9515 mio.18.5208,000
35 Toronto71.3 km30 Apr 195474417.81.03278 mio.18.53,899,000
36 Vienna69.8 km25 Feb 197896514.00.83498 mio.19.27,135,000
37 Vancouver69.5 km3 Jan 198649323.21.4874 mio.16.31,065,000
38 Montreal69.2 km14 Oct 196673417.31.02219 mio.18.33,165,000
39 Bucharest67.7 km16 Nov 197950416.91.57111 mio.12.51,640,000
40 Cairo65.5 km27 Sep 198755232.81.24700 mio.27.510,687,000
41 Kuala Lumpur64.0 km16 Dec 199660321.31.14109 mio.20.01,703,000
42 Oslo62.0 km22 May 196672512.40.8664 mio.14.41,032,000
43 Philadelphia62.0 km4 Mar 190766320.71.0067 mio.22.01,081,000
44 Sao Paulo61.3 km14 Sep 197458415.31.11684 mio.14.511,158,000
45 Caracas60.5 km27 Mar 198350512.11.32510 mio.10.08,430,000
46 Boston60.5 km1 Sep 189766320.21.01145 mio.22.02,397,000
47 Kiev59.8 km22 Oct 196046319.91.39642 mio.15.310,736,000
48 Los Angeles59.3 km30 Jan 199330319.81.9845 mio.10.0759,000
49 Prague59.1 km9 May 197457319.71.09597 mio.19.010,102,000
50 Yokohama57.6 km16 Dec 197248319.21.28198 mio.16.03,438,000
51 Daegu53.9 km26 Nov 199756227.00.98110 mio.28.02,041,000
52 Athens52.0 km195452317.31.08325 mio.17.36,250,000
53 Tehran50.5 km21 Feb 200047316.81.15353 mio.15.76,990,000
54 Dalian49.0 km1 May 200312149.04.0812.0
55 Sapporo48.0 km16 Dec 197149316.01.04209 mio.16.34,354,000
56 Buenos Aires47.5 km1 Dec 19137667.90.70280 mio.12.75,895,000
57 Rotterdam47.0 km10 Feb 196838223.51.2785 mio.19.01,809,000
58 Bangkok46.3 km5 Dec 199944315.41.16206 mio.14.74,449,000
59 Manila45.7 km1 Dec 198442315.21.17346 mio.14.07,571,000
60 Lille45.5 km25 Apr 198362222.80.7674 mio.31.01,626,000
61 Cologne45.0 km11 Oct 196851153.00.883.4
62 Valparaiso43.0 km23 Nov 200520143.02.1520.0
63 Kaohsiung42.7 km9 Mar 200837221.41.1930 mio.18.5703,000
64 Rio de Janeiro42.0 km5 Mar 197934221.01.24135 mio.17.03,214,000
65 Brasilia42.0 km31 Mar 200123142.01.8316 mio.23.0381,000
66 Lisbon41.0 km29 Dec 195952410.30.89180 mio.13.04,390,000
67 Bilbao40.6 km11 Nov 199538220.31.0786 mio.19.02,118,000
68 Dubai39.7 km9 Sep 200911139.73.6111.0
69 Recife39.7 km11 Mar 198530219.91.4215.0
70 Rome39.0 km10 Feb 195549219.50.81331 mio.24.58,487,000
71 Tashkent36.2 km6 Nov 197729312.11.3971 mio.9.71,961,000
72 Miami36.0 km21 May 198422136.01.6419 mio.22.0528,000
73 Kharkov35.3 km23 Aug 197528311.81.41278 mio.9.37,875,000
74 Nuremberg34.6 km1 Mar 197246311.50.7992 mio.15.32,659,000
75 Porto Alegre33.8 km2 Mar 198517133.81.9917.0
76 Budapest33.0 km2 May 189642311.00.83297 mio.14.09,000,000
77 Baku32.9 km6 Nov 196722216.41.56176 mio.11.05,356,000
78 Amsterdam32.7 km16 Oct 19773348.20.9991 mio.8.32,783,000
79 Brussels32.2 km20 Sep 197661310.70.55136 mio.20.34,224,000
80 Naples31.8 km28 Mar 199330310.61.1429 mio.10.0912,000
81 Valencia31.8 km3 Oct 198838310.60.8612.7
82 Monterrey31.5 km25 Apr 199132215.81.0216.0
83 Kyoto31.3 km1 Apr 198132215.61.01126 mio.16.04,026,000
84 Cleveland31.0 km15 Mar 195518131.01.726 mio.18.0194,000
85 Lyon30.7 km28 Apr 19784347.70.79182 mio.10.85,928,000
86 Kobe30.6 km13 Mar 197726215.31.28121 mio.13.03,954,000
87 Minsk30.3 km26 Jun 198425215.11.26262 mio.12.58,647,000
88 Fukuoka29.8 km26 Jul 19813539.90.88124 mio.11.74,161,000
89 Incheon29.5 km6 Oct 199929129.51.0273 mio.29.02,475,000
90 Dortmund29.5 km17 May 19763739.80.8012.3
91 Medellin28.8 km30 Nov 199526214.41.15155 mio.13.05,382,000
92 Belo Horizonte28.1 km1 Aug 198619128.11.4819.0
93 The Hague27.9 km16 Oct 20043039.30.9310.0
94 Toulouse27.5 km26 Jun 199338213.80.7442 mio.19.01,527,000
95 Chennai27.0 km19 Oct 199717127.01.5917.0
96 Tbilisi26.3 km11 Jan 196622213.11.2592 mio.11.03,498,000
97 Shenzhen25.3 km28 Dec 200423212.61.1573 mio.11.52,885,000
98 Baltimore24.5 km21 Nov 198314124.51.7514 mio.14.0571,000
99 Guadalajara24.0 km1 Sep 198929212.00.8614.5
100 Stuttgart24.0 km10 Jun 196619212.01.419.5
101 Ankara23.1 km30 Aug 199623211.61.05113 mio.11.54,892,000
102 Warsaw22.6 km7 Apr 199521122.61.08114 mio.21.05,044,000
103 Kolkata22.6 km24 Oct 198421122.61.08100 mio.21.04,425,000
104 Daejeon22.6 km16 Mar 200622122.61.0329 mio.22.01,283,000
105 Bursa22.5 km19 Aug 200223122.50.9823.0
106 Pyongyang22.5 km6 Sep 197316211.31.5035 mio.8.01,556,000
107 Shenyang22.2 km23 Sep 200918122.21.2318.0
108 Seattle22.2 km18 Jul 200912122.21.8512.0
109 Sydney22.1 km19261437.41.584.7
110 Oporto21.7 km7 Dec 200215210.91.557.5
111 Nanjing21.7 km27 Aug 200516121.71.36102 mio.16.04,700,000
112 Bochum21.5 km26 May 197929210.80.8014.5
113 Copenhagen21.0 km19 Oct 200222210.50.9537 mio.11.01,762,000
114 Helsinki21.0 km3 Aug 198217121.01.2458 mio.17.02,762,000
115 Frankfurt20.5 km4 Oct 19683136.80.7610.3
116 Essen20.2 km5 Oct 19672736.70.759.0
117 Gwangju20.1 km28 Apr 200420120.11.0117 mio.20.0846,000
118 Chongqing19.5 km18 Jun 200518119.51.0818.0
119 Marseille19.3 km26 Nov 19772629.60.8058 mio.13.03,005,000
120 Hanover18.6 km28 Sep 19752136.21.097.0
121 Hiroshima18.4 km20 Aug 199421118.40.8818 mio.21.0978,000
122 Kryvyi Rih18.0 km26 Dec 198612118.01.5012.0
123 Sofia18.0 km28 Jan 199814118.01.2951 mio.14.02,833,000
124 Seville18.0 km2 Apr 200921118.00.8621.0
125 Charleroi17.5 km21 Jun 19762044.40.885.0
126 San Juan17.2 km6 Jun 200516117.21.089 mio.16.0523,000
127 Changchun17.0 kmOct 200216117.01.0616.0
128 Tama16.0 km27 Nov 199819116.00.8419.0
129 Chiba15.5 km28 Mar 19881827.80.869.0
130 Nizhny Novgorod15.5 km20 Nov 19851427.81.1933 mio.7.02,129,000
131 Istanbul15.0 km16 Sep 200010115.01.5068 mio.10.04,533,000
132 Sendai14.8 km15 Jul 198717114.80.8758 mio.17.03,919,000
133 Santo Domingo14.5 km30 Jan 200916114.50.9116.0
134 Duisburg14.3 km11 Jul 19921327.21.106.5
135 Novosibirsk14.3 km7 Jan 19861327.21.1970 mio.6.54,895,000
136 Lausanne13.7 km24 May 19912926.80.4914.5
137 Wuppertal13.3 km1 Mar 190120113.30.6720.0
138 Edmonton13.1 km22 Apr 197811113.11.1911.0
139 Naha12.8 km10 Aug 200315112.80.8515.0
140 Yerevan12.1 km7 Mar 198110112.11.2117 mio.10.01,405,000
141 Izmir11.5 km22 May 200010111.51.1530 mio.10.02,609,000
142 Glasgow10.4 km14 Dec 189615110.40.6915 mio.15.01,442,000
143 Samara10.2 km26 Dec 19879110.21.1312 mio.9.01,176,000
144 Wuhan10.2 km28 Sep 200410110.21.0210.0
145 Lima10.0 km13 Jan 20036110.01.676.0
146 Turin9.6 km4 Feb 20061419.60.6914.0
147 Duesseldorf9.6 km4 Oct 19811424.80.687.0
148 Mulheim9.0 km3 Nov 19791324.50.756.5
149 Rennes9.0 km16 Mar 20021519.00.6023 mio.15.02,556,000
150 Bonn9.0 km22 Mar 19751219.00.7512.0
151 Kitakyushu8.8 km9 Jan 19851318.80.6813.0
152 Yekaterinburg8.5 km26 Apr 1991718.51.2146 mio.7.05,412,000
153 Buffalo8.4 km18 May 1985818.41.048.0
154 Kazan8.3 km27 Aug 2005618.31.387 mio.6.0843,000
155 Palma de Mallorca8.3 km25 Apr 2007918.30.929.0
156 Adana8.0 km18 Mar 2009818.01.008.0
157 Antwerp7.6 km25 Mar 19751123.80.695.5
158 Dnepropetrovsk7.1 km29 Dec 1995617.11.1811 mio.6.01,549,000
159 Jacksonville6.9 km30 May 1989616.91.156.0
160 Kamakura6.6 km3 Mar 1970816.60.828.0
161 Maracaibo6.5 km8 Jun 2009616.51.086.0
162 Valencia6.2 km18 Oct 2006716.20.8918 mio.7.02,903,000
163 Las Vegas6.2 km15 Jul 2004716.20.897.0
164 Poznan6.1 km1 Mar 1997616.11.026.0
165 Gelsenkirchen5.5 km1 Sep 1984915.50.619.0
166 Genoa5.2 km13 Jun 1990715.20.747.0
167 Bielefeld5.2 km21 Sep 1971741.30.741.8
168 Detroit4.8 kmJul 19871314.80.3713.0
169 Ludwigshafen4.0 km29 May 19691100.36
170 Catania3.8 km27 Jun 1999613.80.636.0
171 Volgograd3.3 km5 Nov 1984213.31.652.0
172 Perugia3.0 km29 Jan 2008713.00.437.0
173 Newark2.2 km26 May 1935412.20.554.0
174 Rouen2.2 km17 Dec 1994512.20.445.0
175 Haifa1.8 km1959611.80.296.0
176 Pittsburgh1.5 km3 Jul 1985311.50.483.0


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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