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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 1863268111.5224.437.11197 mio.2,934,000
2 New York368.0 km27 Oct 1904468270.8717.313.61624 mio.4,413,000
3 Shanghai334.0 km10 Apr 1995230101.7223.033.41122 mio.3,359,000
4 Tokyo304.5 km30 Dec 1927290131.4922.323.43174 mio.10,424,000
5 Moscow298.8 km15 May 1935180122.0715.024.92573 mio.8,611,000
6 Seoul286.9 km15 Aug 1974348100.9634.828.72048 mio.7,138,000
7 Madrid284.0 km17 Oct 1919281131.2321.621.8686 mio.2,415,000
8 Beijing227.6 km1 Oct 196914791.8216.325.31200 mio.5,274,000
9 Paris213.0 km19 Jul 1900380160.7123.813.31473 mio.6,915,000
10 Mexico City201.7 km5 Sep 1969175111.3715.918.31460 mio.7,238,000
11 Hong Kong188.1 km1 Oct 19799592.2910.620.91309 mio.6,959,000
12 Washington171.2 km27 Mar 19769051.9918.034.2215 mio.1,256,000
13 Mumbai171.0 km7352.3414.634.2
14 San Francisco166.9 km11 Sep 19724353.888.633.4100 mio.599,000
15 Chicago166.0 km6 Jun 189215181.1518.920.8198 mio.1,193,000
16 Guangzhou148.5 km28 Jun 19998851.8817.629.7601 mio.4,047,000
17 Berlin147.4 km18 Feb 1902195100.8519.514.7447 mio.3,033,000
18 Osaka137.8 km20 May 193313391.3314.815.3860 mio.6,241,000
19 Singapore118.9 km7 Nov 19877641.7219.029.7571 mio.4,802,000
20 Barcelona110.5 km30 Dec 1924152100.8615.211.1378 mio.3,421,000
21 Saint Petersburg110.2 km15 Nov 19556352.0012.622.0832 mio.7,550,000
22 Stockholm105.7 km1 Oct 195010431.0634.735.2303 mio.2,867,000
23 Hamburg100.7 km1 Mar 19129731.1332.333.6184 mio.1,827,000
24 Delhi96.2 km24 Dec 20028331.1927.732.1310 mio.3,224,000
25 Busan95.0 km19 Jul 19859231.0830.731.7257 mio.2,705,000
26 Munich92.5 km19 Oct 197110060.9816.715.4349 mio.3,773,000
27 Taipei90.6 km28 Mar 19968581.1310.611.3450 mio.4,967,000
28 Nagoya89.0 km15 Nov 19579341.0923.322.3427 mio.4,798,000
29 Santiago83.0 km15 Sep 19759350.9718.616.6642 mio.7,735,000
30 Atlanta79.2 km30 Jun 19793922.0819.539.634 mio.429,000
31 Newcastle76.5 km7 Aug 19806121.5330.538.338 mio.497,000
32 Milan74.6 km1 Nov 19648830.8929.324.9328 mio.4,397,000
33 Saint Louis73.4 km31 Jul 19933721.9818.536.7
34 Tianjin72.0 km28 Mar 20043721.9518.536.015 mio.208,000
35 Toronto71.3 km30 Apr 19547441.0318.517.8278 mio.3,899,000
36 Vienna69.8 km25 Feb 19789650.8319.214.0498 mio.7,135,000
37 Vancouver69.5 km3 Jan 19864931.4816.323.274 mio.1,065,000
38 Montreal69.2 km14 Oct 19667341.0218.317.3219 mio.3,165,000
39 Bucharest67.7 km16 Nov 19795041.5712.516.9111 mio.1,640,000
40 Cairo65.5 km27 Sep 19875521.2427.532.8700 mio.10,687,000
41 Kuala Lumpur64.0 km16 Dec 19966031.1420.021.3109 mio.1,703,000
42 Oslo62.0 km22 May 19667250.8614.412.464 mio.1,032,000
43 Philadelphia62.0 km4 Mar 19076631.0022.020.767 mio.1,081,000
44 Sao Paulo61.3 km14 Sep 19745841.1114.515.3684 mio.11,158,000
45 Caracas60.5 km27 Mar 19835051.3210.012.1510 mio.8,430,000
46 Boston60.5 km1 Sep 18976631.0122.020.2145 mio.2,397,000
47 Kiev59.8 km22 Oct 19604631.3915.319.9642 mio.10,736,000
48 Los Angeles59.3 km30 Jan 19933031.9810.019.845 mio.759,000
49 Prague59.1 km9 May 19745731.0919.019.7597 mio.10,102,000
50 Yokohama57.6 km16 Dec 19724831.2816.019.2198 mio.3,438,000
51 Daegu53.9 km26 Nov 19975620.9828.027.0110 mio.2,041,000
52 Athens52.0 km19545231.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,000
53 Tehran50.5 km21 Feb 20004731.1515.716.8353 mio.6,990,000
54 Dalian49.0 km1 May 20031214.0812.049.0
55 Sapporo48.0 km16 Dec 19714931.0416.316.0209 mio.4,354,000
56 Buenos Aires47.5 km1 Dec 19137660.7012.77.9280 mio.5,895,000
57 Rotterdam47.0 km10 Feb 19683821.2719.023.585 mio.1,809,000
58 Bangkok46.3 km5 Dec 19994431.1614.715.4206 mio.4,449,000
59 Manila45.7 km1 Dec 19844231.1714.015.2346 mio.7,571,000
60 Lille45.5 km25 Apr 19836220.7631.022.874 mio.1,626,000
61 Cologne45.0 km11 Oct 196851150.883.43.0
62 Valparaiso43.0 km23 Nov 20052012.1520.043.0
63 Kaohsiung42.7 km9 Mar 20083721.1918.521.430 mio.703,000
64 Rio de Janeiro42.0 km5 Mar 19793421.2417.021.0135 mio.3,214,000
65 Brasilia42.0 km31 Mar 20012311.8323.042.016 mio.381,000
66 Lisbon41.0 km29 Dec 19595240.8913.010.3180 mio.4,390,000
67 Bilbao40.6 km11 Nov 19953821.0719.020.386 mio.2,118,000
68 Dubai39.7 km9 Sep 20091113.6111.039.7
69 Recife39.7 km11 Mar 19853021.4215.019.9
70 Rome39.0 km10 Feb 19554920.8124.519.5331 mio.8,487,000
71 Tashkent36.2 km6 Nov 19772931.399.712.171 mio.1,961,000
72 Miami36.0 km21 May 19842211.6422.036.019 mio.528,000
73 Kharkov35.3 km23 Aug 19752831.419.311.8278 mio.7,875,000
74 Nuremberg34.6 km1 Mar 19724630.7915.311.592 mio.2,659,000
75 Porto Alegre33.8 km2 Mar 19851711.9917.033.8
76 Budapest33.0 km2 May 18964230.8314.011.0297 mio.9,000,000
77 Baku32.9 km6 Nov 19672221.5611.016.4176 mio.5,356,000
78 Amsterdam32.7 km16 Oct 19773340.998.38.291 mio.2,783,000
79 Brussels32.2 km20 Sep 19766130.5520.310.7136 mio.4,224,000
80 Naples31.8 km28 Mar 19933031.1410.010.629 mio.912,000
81 Valencia31.8 km3 Oct 19883830.8612.710.6
82 Monterrey31.5 km25 Apr 19913221.0216.015.8
83 Kyoto31.3 km1 Apr 19813221.0116.015.6126 mio.4,026,000
84 Cleveland31.0 km15 Mar 19551811.7218.031.06 mio.194,000
85 Lyon30.7 km28 Apr 19784340.7910.87.7182 mio.5,928,000
86 Kobe30.6 km13 Mar 19772621.2813.015.3121 mio.3,954,000
87 Minsk30.3 km26 Jun 19842521.2612.515.1262 mio.8,647,000
88 Fukuoka29.8 km26 Jul 19813530.8811.79.9124 mio.4,161,000
89 Incheon29.5 km6 Oct 19992911.0229.029.573 mio.2,475,000
90 Dortmund29.5 km17 May 19763730.8012.39.8
91 Medellin28.8 km30 Nov 19952621.1513.014.4155 mio.5,382,000
92 Belo Horizonte28.1 km1 Aug 19861911.4819.028.1
93 The Hague27.9 km16 Oct 20043030.9310.09.3
94 Toulouse27.5 km26 Jun 19933820.7419.013.842 mio.1,527,000
95 Chennai27.0 km19 Oct 19971711.5917.027.0
96 Tbilisi26.3 km11 Jan 19662221.2511.013.192 mio.3,498,000
97 Shenzhen25.3 km28 Dec 20042321.1511.512.673 mio.2,885,000
98 Baltimore24.5 km21 Nov 19831411.7514.024.514 mio.571,000
99 Guadalajara24.0 km1 Sep 19892920.8614.512.0
100 Stuttgart24.0 km10 Jun 19661921.419.512.0
101 Ankara23.1 km30 Aug 19962321.0511.511.6113 mio.4,892,000
102 Warsaw22.6 km7 Apr 19952111.0821.022.6114 mio.5,044,000
103 Kolkata22.6 km24 Oct 19842111.0821.022.6100 mio.4,425,000
104 Daejeon22.6 km16 Mar 20062211.0322.022.629 mio.1,283,000
105 Bursa22.5 km19 Aug 20022310.9823.022.5
106 Pyongyang22.5 km6 Sep 19731621.508.011.335 mio.1,556,000
107 Shenyang22.2 km23 Sep 20091811.2318.022.2
108 Seattle22.2 km18 Jul 20091211.8512.022.2
109 Sydney22.1 km19261431.584.77.4
110 Oporto21.7 km7 Dec 20021521.557.510.9
111 Nanjing21.7 km27 Aug 20051611.3616.021.7102 mio.4,700,000
112 Bochum21.5 km26 May 19792920.8014.510.8
113 Copenhagen21.0 km19 Oct 20022220.9511.010.537 mio.1,762,000
114 Helsinki21.0 km3 Aug 19821711.2417.021.058 mio.2,762,000
115 Frankfurt20.5 km4 Oct 19683130.7610.36.8
116 Essen20.2 km5 Oct 19672730.759.06.7
117 Gwangju20.1 km28 Apr 20042011.0120.020.117 mio.846,000
118 Chongqing19.5 km18 Jun 20051811.0818.019.5
119 Marseille19.3 km26 Nov 19772620.8013.09.658 mio.3,005,000
120 Hanover18.6 km28 Sep 19752131.097.06.2
121 Hiroshima18.4 km20 Aug 19942110.8821.018.418 mio.978,000
122 Kryvyi Rih18.0 km26 Dec 19861211.5012.018.0
123 Sofia18.0 km28 Jan 19981411.2914.018.051 mio.2,833,000
124 Seville18.0 km2 Apr 20092110.8621.018.0
125 Charleroi17.5 km21 Jun 19762040.885.04.4
126 San Juan17.2 km6 Jun 20051611.0816.017.29 mio.523,000
127 Changchun17.0 kmOct 20021611.0616.017.0
128 Tama16.0 km27 Nov 19981910.8419.016.0
129 Chiba15.5 km28 Mar 19881820.869.07.8
130 Nizhny Novgorod15.5 km20 Nov 19851421.197.07.833 mio.2,129,000
131 Istanbul15.0 km16 Sep 20001011.5010.015.068 mio.4,533,000
132 Sendai14.8 km15 Jul 19871710.8717.014.858 mio.3,919,000
133 Santo Domingo14.5 km30 Jan 20091610.9116.014.5
134 Duisburg14.3 km11 Jul 19921321.106.57.2
135 Novosibirsk14.3 km7 Jan 19861321.196.57.270 mio.4,895,000
136 Lausanne13.7 km24 May 19912920.4914.56.8
137 Wuppertal13.3 km1 Mar 19012010.6720.013.3
138 Edmonton13.1 km22 Apr 19781111.1911.013.1
139 Naha12.8 km10 Aug 20031510.8515.012.8
140 Yerevan12.1 km7 Mar 19811011.2110.012.117 mio.1,405,000
141 Izmir11.5 km22 May 20001011.1510.011.530 mio.2,609,000
142 Glasgow10.4 km14 Dec 18961510.6915.010.415 mio.1,442,000
143 Samara10.2 km26 Dec 1987911.139.010.212 mio.1,176,000
144 Wuhan10.2 km28 Sep 20041011.0210.010.2
145 Lima10.0 km13 Jan 2003611.676.010.0
146 Turin9.6 km4 Feb 20061410.6914.09.6
147 Duesseldorf9.6 km4 Oct 19811420.687.04.8
148 Mulheim9.0 km3 Nov 19791320.756.54.5
149 Rennes9.0 km16 Mar 20021510.6015.09.023 mio.2,556,000
150 Bonn9.0 km22 Mar 19751210.7512.09.0
151 Kitakyushu8.8 km9 Jan 19851310.6813.08.8
152 Yekaterinburg8.5 km26 Apr 1991711.217.08.546 mio.5,412,000
153 Buffalo8.4 km18 May 1985811.048.08.4
154 Kazan8.3 km27 Aug 2005611.386.08.37 mio.843,000
155 Palma de Mallorca8.3 km25 Apr 2007910.929.08.3
156 Adana8.0 km18 Mar 2009811.008.08.0
157 Antwerp7.6 km25 Mar 19751120.695.53.8
158 Dnepropetrovsk7.1 km29 Dec 1995611.186.07.111 mio.1,549,000
159 Jacksonville6.9 km30 May 1989611.156.06.9
160 Kamakura6.6 km3 Mar 1970810.828.06.6
161 Maracaibo6.5 km8 Jun 2009611.086.06.5
162 Valencia6.2 km18 Oct 2006710.897.06.218 mio.2,903,000
163 Las Vegas6.2 km15 Jul 2004710.897.06.2
164 Poznan6.1 km1 Mar 1997611.026.06.1
165 Gelsenkirchen5.5 km1 Sep 1984910.619.05.5
166 Genoa5.2 km13 Jun 1990710.747.05.2
167 Bielefeld5.2 km21 Sep 1971740.741.81.3
168 Detroit4.8 kmJul 19871310.3713.04.8
169 Ludwigshafen4.0 km29 May 19691100.36
170 Catania3.8 km27 Jun 1999610.636.03.8
171 Volgograd3.3 km5 Nov 1984211.652.03.3
172 Perugia3.0 km29 Jan 2008710.437.03.0
173 Newark2.2 km26 May 1935410.554.02.2
174 Rouen2.2 km17 Dec 1994510.445.02.2
175 Haifa1.8 km1959610.296.01.8
176 Pittsburgh1.5 km3 Jul 1985310.483.01.5


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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