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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 Seoul286.9 km15 Aug 1974348100.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,000
2 Stockholm105.7 km1 Oct 195010431.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,000
3 Hamburg100.7 km1 Mar 19129731.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,000
4 Lille45.5 km25 Apr 19836220.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,000
5 Busan95.0 km19 Jul 19859231.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,000
6 Newcastle76.5 km7 Aug 19806121.5338.330.538 mio.497,000
7 Milan74.6 km1 Nov 19648830.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,000
8 Incheon29.5 km6 Oct 19992911.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,000
9 Daegu53.9 km26 Nov 19975620.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,000
10 Delhi96.2 km24 Dec 20028331.1932.127.7310 mio.3,224,000
11 Cairo65.5 km27 Sep 19875521.2432.827.5700 mio.10,687,000
12 Rome39.0 km10 Feb 19554920.8119.524.5331 mio.8,487,000
13 London408.0 km10 Jan 1863268111.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,000
14 Paris213.0 km19 Jul 1900380160.7113.323.81473 mio.6,915,000
15 Nagoya89.0 km15 Nov 19579341.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,000
16 Bursa22.5 km19 Aug 20022310.9822.523.0
17 Shanghai334.0 km10 Apr 1995230101.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,000
18 Brasilia42.0 km31 Mar 20012311.8342.023.016 mio.381,000
19 Tokyo304.5 km30 Dec 1927290131.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,000
20 Boston60.5 km1 Sep 18976631.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,000
21 Philadelphia62.0 km4 Mar 19076631.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,000
22 Miami36.0 km21 May 19842211.6436.022.019 mio.528,000
23 Daejeon22.6 km16 Mar 20062211.0322.622.029 mio.1,283,000
24 Madrid284.0 km17 Oct 1919281131.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,000
25 Hiroshima18.4 km20 Aug 19942110.8818.421.018 mio.978,000
26 Warsaw22.6 km7 Apr 19952111.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,000
27 Kolkata22.6 km24 Oct 19842111.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,000
28 Seville18.0 km2 Apr 20092110.8618.021.0
29 Brussels32.2 km20 Sep 19766130.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,000
30 Gwangju20.1 km28 Apr 20042011.0120.120.017 mio.846,000
31 Wuppertal13.3 km1 Mar 19012010.6713.320.0
32 Valparaiso43.0 km23 Nov 20052012.1543.020.0
33 Kuala Lumpur64.0 km16 Dec 19966031.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,000
34 Berlin147.4 km18 Feb 1902195100.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,000
35 Atlanta79.2 km30 Jun 19793922.0839.619.534 mio.429,000
36 Vienna69.8 km25 Feb 19789650.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,000
37 Bilbao40.6 km11 Nov 19953821.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,000
38 Singapore118.9 km7 Nov 19877641.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,000
39 Prague59.1 km9 May 19745731.0919.719.0597 mio.10,102,000
40 Tama16.0 km27 Nov 19981910.8416.019.0
41 Rotterdam47.0 km10 Feb 19683821.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,000
42 Belo Horizonte28.1 km1 Aug 19861911.4828.119.0
43 Toulouse27.5 km26 Jun 19933820.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,000
44 Chicago166.0 km6 Jun 189215181.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,000
45 Santiago83.0 km15 Sep 19759350.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,000
46 Toronto71.3 km30 Apr 19547441.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,000
47 Saint Louis73.4 km31 Jul 19933721.9836.718.5
48 Tianjin72.0 km28 Mar 20043721.9536.018.515 mio.208,000
49 Kaohsiung42.7 km9 Mar 20083721.1921.418.530 mio.703,000
50 Montreal69.2 km14 Oct 19667341.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,000
51 Cleveland31.0 km15 Mar 19551811.7231.018.06 mio.194,000
52 Washington171.2 km27 Mar 19769051.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,000
53 Shenyang22.2 km23 Sep 20091811.2322.218.0
54 Chongqing19.5 km18 Jun 20051811.0819.518.0
55 Guangzhou148.5 km28 Jun 19998851.8829.717.6601 mio.4,047,000
56 Athens52.0 km19545231.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,000
57 New York368.0 km27 Oct 1904468270.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,000
58 Rio de Janeiro42.0 km5 Mar 19793421.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,000
59 Sendai14.8 km15 Jul 19871710.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,000
60 Helsinki21.0 km3 Aug 19821711.2421.017.058 mio.2,762,000
61 Porto Alegre33.8 km2 Mar 19851711.9933.817.0
62 Chennai27.0 km19 Oct 19971711.5927.017.0
63 Munich92.5 km19 Oct 197110060.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,000
64 Sapporo48.0 km16 Dec 19714931.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,000
65 Beijing227.6 km1 Oct 196914791.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,000
66 Vancouver69.5 km3 Jan 19864931.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,000
67 Santo Domingo14.5 km30 Jan 20091610.9114.516.0
68 San Juan17.2 km6 Jun 20051611.0817.216.09 mio.523,000
69 Kyoto31.3 km1 Apr 19813221.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,000
70 Yokohama57.6 km16 Dec 19724831.2819.216.0198 mio.3,438,000
71 Monterrey31.5 km25 Apr 19913221.0215.816.0
72 Nanjing21.7 km27 Aug 20051611.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,000
73 Changchun17.0 kmOct 20021611.0617.016.0
74 Mexico City201.7 km5 Sep 1969175111.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,000
75 Tehran50.5 km21 Feb 20004731.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,000
76 Nuremberg34.6 km1 Mar 19724630.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,000
77 Kiev59.8 km22 Oct 19604631.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,000
78 Barcelona110.5 km30 Dec 1924152100.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,000
79 Recife39.7 km11 Mar 19853021.4219.915.0
80 Naha12.8 km10 Aug 20031510.8512.815.0
81 Moscow298.8 km15 May 1935180122.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,000
82 Rennes9.0 km16 Mar 20021510.609.015.023 mio.2,556,000
83 Glasgow10.4 km14 Dec 18961510.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,000
84 Osaka137.8 km20 May 193313391.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,000
85 Bangkok46.3 km5 Dec 19994431.1615.414.7206 mio.4,449,000
86 Mumbai171.0 km7352.3434.214.6
87 Lausanne13.7 km24 May 19912920.496.814.5
88 Guadalajara24.0 km1 Sep 19892920.8612.014.5
89 Bochum21.5 km26 May 19792920.8010.814.5
90 Sao Paulo61.3 km14 Sep 19745841.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,000
91 Oslo62.0 km22 May 19667250.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,000
92 Turin9.6 km4 Feb 20061410.699.614.0
93 Baltimore24.5 km21 Nov 19831411.7524.514.014 mio.571,000
94 Manila45.7 km1 Dec 19844231.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,000
95 Budapest33.0 km2 May 18964230.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,000
96 Sofia18.0 km28 Jan 19981411.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,000
97 Lisbon41.0 km29 Dec 19595240.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,000
98 Kitakyushu8.8 km9 Jan 19851310.688.813.0
99 Marseille19.3 km26 Nov 19772620.809.613.058 mio.3,005,000
100 Detroit4.8 kmJul 19871310.374.813.0
101 Kobe30.6 km13 Mar 19772621.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,000
102 Medellin28.8 km30 Nov 19952621.1514.413.0155 mio.5,382,000
103 Buenos Aires47.5 km1 Dec 19137660.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,000
104 Valencia31.8 km3 Oct 19883830.8610.612.7
105 Saint Petersburg110.2 km15 Nov 19556352.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,000
106 Minsk30.3 km26 Jun 19842521.2615.112.5262 mio.8,647,000
107 Bucharest67.7 km16 Nov 19795041.5716.912.5111 mio.1,640,000
108 Dortmund29.5 km17 May 19763730.809.812.3
109 Kryvyi Rih18.0 km26 Dec 19861211.5018.012.0
110 Seattle22.2 km18 Jul 20091211.8522.212.0
111 Dalian49.0 km1 May 20031214.0849.012.0
112 Bonn9.0 km22 Mar 19751210.759.012.0
113 Fukuoka29.8 km26 Jul 19813530.889.911.7124 mio.4,161,000
114 Shenzhen25.3 km28 Dec 20042321.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,000
115 Ankara23.1 km30 Aug 19962321.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,000
116 Copenhagen21.0 km19 Oct 20022220.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,000
117 Edmonton13.1 km22 Apr 19781111.1913.111.0
118 Tbilisi26.3 km11 Jan 19662221.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,000
119 Dubai39.7 km9 Sep 20091113.6139.711.0
120 Baku32.9 km6 Nov 19672221.5616.411.0176 mio.5,356,000
121 Lyon30.7 km28 Apr 19784340.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,000
122 Taipei90.6 km28 Mar 19968581.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,000
123 Hong Kong188.1 km1 Oct 19799592.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,000
124 Frankfurt20.5 km4 Oct 19683130.766.810.3
125 Yerevan12.1 km7 Mar 19811011.2112.110.017 mio.1,405,000
126 Los Angeles59.3 km30 Jan 19933031.9819.810.045 mio.759,000
127 Caracas60.5 km27 Mar 19835051.3212.110.0510 mio.8,430,000
128 Istanbul15.0 km16 Sep 20001011.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,000
129 Naples31.8 km28 Mar 19933031.1410.610.029 mio.912,000
130 The Hague27.9 km16 Oct 20043030.939.310.0
131 Izmir11.5 km22 May 20001011.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,000
132 Wuhan10.2 km28 Sep 20041011.0210.210.0
133 Tashkent36.2 km6 Nov 19772931.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,000
134 Stuttgart24.0 km10 Jun 19661921.4112.09.5
135 Kharkov35.3 km23 Aug 19752831.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,000
136 Essen20.2 km5 Oct 19672730.756.79.0
137 Chiba15.5 km28 Mar 19881820.867.89.0
138 Gelsenkirchen5.5 km1 Sep 1984910.615.59.0
139 Samara10.2 km26 Dec 1987911.1310.29.012 mio.1,176,000
140 Palma de Mallorca8.3 km25 Apr 2007910.928.39.0
141 San Francisco166.9 km11 Sep 19724353.8833.48.6100 mio.599,000
142 Amsterdam32.7 km16 Oct 19773340.998.28.391 mio.2,783,000
143 Adana8.0 km18 Mar 2009811.008.08.0
144 Kamakura6.6 km3 Mar 1970810.826.68.0
145 Buffalo8.4 km18 May 1985811.048.48.0
146 Pyongyang22.5 km6 Sep 19731621.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,000
147 Oporto21.7 km7 Dec 20021521.5510.97.5
148 Valencia6.2 km18 Oct 2006710.896.27.018 mio.2,903,000
149 Perugia3.0 km29 Jan 2008710.433.07.0
150 Hanover18.6 km28 Sep 19752131.096.27.0
151 Genoa5.2 km13 Jun 1990710.745.27.0
152 Yekaterinburg8.5 km26 Apr 1991711.218.57.046 mio.5,412,000
153 Las Vegas6.2 km15 Jul 2004710.896.27.0
154 Nizhny Novgorod15.5 km20 Nov 19851421.197.87.033 mio.2,129,000
155 Duesseldorf9.6 km4 Oct 19811420.684.87.0
156 Novosibirsk14.3 km7 Jan 19861321.197.26.570 mio.4,895,000
157 Duisburg14.3 km11 Jul 19921321.107.26.5
158 Mulheim9.0 km3 Nov 19791320.754.56.5
159 Maracaibo6.5 km8 Jun 2009611.086.56.0
160 Jacksonville6.9 km30 May 1989611.156.96.0
161 Dnepropetrovsk7.1 km29 Dec 1995611.187.16.011 mio.1,549,000
162 Poznan6.1 km1 Mar 1997611.026.16.0
163 Kazan8.3 km27 Aug 2005611.388.36.07 mio.843,000
164 Haifa1.8 km1959610.291.86.0
165 Catania3.8 km27 Jun 1999610.633.86.0
166 Lima10.0 km13 Jan 2003611.6710.06.0
167 Antwerp7.6 km25 Mar 19751120.693.85.5
168 Rouen2.2 km17 Dec 1994510.442.25.0
169 Charleroi17.5 km21 Jun 19762040.884.45.0
170 Sydney22.1 km19261431.587.44.7
171 Newark2.2 km26 May 1935410.552.24.0
172 Cologne45.0 km11 Oct 196851150.883.03.4
173 Pittsburgh1.5 km3 Jul 1985310.481.53.0
174 Volgograd3.3 km5 Nov 1984211.653.32.0
175 Bielefeld5.2 km21 Sep 1971740.741.31.8
176 Ludwigshafen4.0 km29 May 19691100.36


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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