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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 km10 Jan 18632682681137.11.5224.41197 mio.2,934,000
2New York368.0 km27 Oct 19044684222713.60.8717.31624 mio.4,413,000
3Shanghai334.0 km10 Apr 19952301941033.41.7223.01122 mio.3,359,000
4Tokyo304.5 km30 Dec 19272902051323.41.4922.33174 mio.10,424,000
5Moscow298.8 km15 May 19351801441224.92.0715.02573 mio.8,611,000
6Seoul286.9 km15 Aug 19743482981028.70.9634.82048 mio.7,138,000
7Madrid284.0 km17 Oct 19192812311321.81.2321.6686 mio.2,415,000
8Beijing227.6 km1 Oct 1969147125925.31.8216.31200 mio.5,274,000
9Paris213.0 km19 Jul 19003803001613.30.7123.81473 mio.6,915,000
10Mexico City201.7 km5 Sep 19691751471118.31.3715.91460 mio.7,238,000
11Hong Kong188.1 km1 Oct 19799582920.92.2910.61309 mio.6,959,000
12Guangzhou176.1 km28 Jun 19998879535.22.2317.6601 mio.3,414,000
13Washington171.2 km27 Mar 19769086534.21.9918.0215 mio.1,256,000
14Mumbai171.0 km7373534.22.3414.6
15San Francisco166.9 km11 Sep 19724343533.43.888.6100 mio.599,000
16Chicago166.0 km6 Jun 1892151144820.81.1518.9198 mio.1,193,000
17Berlin147.4 km18 Feb 19021951731014.70.8519.5447 mio.3,033,000
18Osaka137.8 km20 May 1933133104915.31.3314.8860 mio.6,241,000
19Singapore118.9 km7 Nov 19877669429.71.7219.0571 mio.4,802,000
20Barcelona110.5 km30 Dec 19241521281011.10.8615.2378 mio.3,421,000
21Saint Petersburg110.2 km15 Nov 19556355522.02.0012.6832 mio.7,550,000
22Stockholm105.7 km1 Oct 1950104100335.21.0634.7303 mio.2,867,000
23Hamburg100.7 km1 Mar 19129789333.61.1332.3184 mio.1,827,000
24Busan95.0 km19 Jul 19859288331.71.0830.7257 mio.2,705,000
25Munich92.5 km19 Oct 197110094615.40.9816.7349 mio.3,773,000
26Taipei90.6 km28 Mar 19968580811.31.1310.6450 mio.4,967,000
27Delhi89.9 km24 Dec 20027876329.91.1826.0310 mio.3,450,000
28Nagoya89.0 km15 Nov 19579382422.31.0923.3427 mio.4,798,000
29Santiago83.0 km15 Sep 19759386516.60.9718.6642 mio.7,735,000
30Atlanta79.2 km30 Jun 19793938239.62.0819.534 mio.429,000
31Newcastle76.5 km7 Aug 19806150238.31.5330.538 mio.497,000
32Milan74.6 km1 Nov 19648884324.90.8929.3328 mio.4,397,000
33Saint Louis73.4 km31 Jul 19933737236.71.9818.5
34Tianjin72.0 km28 Mar 20043737236.01.9518.515 mio.208,000
35Toronto71.3 km30 Apr 19547469417.81.0318.5278 mio.3,899,000
36Vienna69.8 km25 Feb 19789684514.00.8319.2498 mio.7,135,000
37Vancouver69.5 km3 Jan 19864947323.21.4816.374 mio.1,065,000
38Montreal69.2 km14 Oct 19667368417.31.0218.3219 mio.3,165,000
39Bucharest67.7 km16 Nov 19795043416.91.5712.5111 mio.1,640,000
40Cairo65.5 km27 Sep 19875553232.81.2427.5700 mio.10,687,000
41Kuala Lumpur64.0 km16 Dec 19966056321.31.1420.0109 mio.1,703,000
42Oslo62.0 km22 May 19667272512.40.8614.464 mio.1,032,000
43Philadelphia62.0 km4 Mar 19076662320.71.0022.067 mio.1,081,000
44Sao Paulo61.3 km14 Sep 19745855415.31.1114.5684 mio.11,158,000
45Boston60.5 km1 Sep 18976660320.21.0122.0145 mio.2,397,000
46Caracas60.5 km27 Mar 19834743512.11.419.4510 mio.8,430,000
47Kiev59.8 km22 Oct 19604643319.91.3915.3642 mio.10,736,000
48Los Angeles59.3 km30 Jan 19933030319.81.9810.045 mio.759,000
49Prague59.1 km9 May 19745754319.71.0919.0597 mio.10,102,000
50Yokohama57.6 km16 Dec 19724845319.21.2816.0198 mio.3,438,000
51Daegu53.9 km26 Nov 19975655227.00.9828.0110 mio.2,041,000
52Athens52.0 km19545248317.31.0817.3325 mio.6,250,000
53Tehran50.5 km21 Feb 20004744316.81.1515.7353 mio.6,990,000
54Dalian49.0 km1 May 20031212149.04.0812.0
55Sapporo48.0 km16 Dec 19714946316.01.0416.3209 mio.4,354,000
56Buenos Aires47.5 km1 Dec 1913766867.90.7012.7280 mio.5,895,000
57Rotterdam47.0 km10 Feb 19683837223.51.2719.085 mio.1,809,000
58Bangkok46.3 km5 Dec 19994440315.41.1614.7206 mio.4,449,000
59Manila45.7 km1 Dec 19844239315.21.1714.0346 mio.7,571,000
60Lille45.5 km25 Apr 19836260222.80.7631.074 mio.1,626,000
61Cologne45.0 km11 Oct 19685151153.00.883.4
62Valparaiso43.0 km23 Nov 20052020143.02.1520.0
63Kaohsiung42.7 km9 Mar 20083736221.41.1918.530 mio.703,000
64Brasilia42.0 km31 Mar 20012323142.01.8323.016 mio.381,000
65Rio de Janeiro42.0 km5 Mar 19793434221.01.2417.0135 mio.3,214,000
66Lisbon41.0 km29 Dec 19595246410.30.8913.0180 mio.4,390,000
67Bilbao40.6 km11 Nov 19953838220.31.0719.086 mio.2,118,000
68Dubai39.7 km9 Sep 20091010139.73.9710.0
69Recife39.7 km11 Mar 19853028219.91.4215.0
70Rome39.0 km10 Feb 19554948219.50.8124.5331 mio.8,487,000
71Tashkent36.2 km6 Nov 19772926312.11.399.771 mio.1,961,000
72Miami36.0 km21 May 19842222136.01.6422.019 mio.528,000
73Kharkov35.3 km23 Aug 19752825311.81.419.3278 mio.7,875,000
74Nuremberg34.6 km1 Mar 19724644311.50.7915.392 mio.2,659,000
75Porto Alegre33.8 km2 Mar 19851717133.81.9917.0
76Budapest33.0 km2 May 18964240311.00.8314.0297 mio.9,000,000
77Amsterdam32.7 km16 Oct 1977333348.20.998.391 mio.2,783,000
78Brussels32.2 km20 Sep 19766159310.70.5520.3136 mio.4,224,000
79Naples31.8 km28 Mar 19933028310.61.1410.029 mio.912,000
80Valencia31.8 km3 Oct 19883837310.60.8612.7
81Baku31.7 km6 Nov 19672120215.91.5910.5176 mio.5,552,000
82Monterrey31.5 km25 Apr 19913231215.81.0216.0
83Kyoto31.3 km1 Apr 19813231215.61.0116.0126 mio.4,026,000
84Cleveland31.0 km15 Mar 19551818131.01.7218.06 mio.194,000
85Lyon30.7 km28 Apr 1978433947.70.7910.8182 mio.5,928,000
86Kobe30.6 km13 Mar 19772624215.31.2813.0121 mio.3,954,000
87Minsk30.3 km26 Jun 19842524215.11.2612.5262 mio.8,647,000
88Fukuoka29.8 km26 Jul 1981353439.90.8811.7124 mio.4,161,000
89Incheon29.5 km6 Oct 19992929129.51.0229.073 mio.2,475,000
90Dortmund29.5 km17 May 1976373739.80.8012.3
91Medellin28.8 km30 Nov 19952625214.41.1513.0155 mio.5,382,000
92Belo Horizonte28.1 km1 Aug 19861919128.11.4819.0
93The Hague27.9 km16 Oct 2004303039.30.9310.0
94Toulouse27.5 km26 Jun 19933837213.80.7419.042 mio.1,527,000
95Chennai27.0 km19 Oct 19971717127.01.5917.0
96Tbilisi26.3 km11 Jan 19662221213.11.2511.092 mio.3,498,000
97Shenzhen25.3 km28 Dec 20042322212.61.1511.573 mio.2,885,000
98Baltimore24.5 km21 Nov 19831414124.51.7514.014 mio.571,000
99Stuttgart24.0 km10 Jun 19661917212.01.419.5
100Guadalajara24.0 km1 Sep 19892928212.00.8614.5
101Ankara23.1 km30 Aug 19962322211.61.0511.5113 mio.4,892,000
102Kolkata22.6 km24 Oct 19842121122.61.0821.0100 mio.4,425,000
103Daejeon22.6 km16 Mar 20062222122.61.0322.029 mio.1,283,000
104Warsaw22.6 km7 Apr 19952121122.61.0821.0114 mio.5,044,000
105Bursa22.5 km19 Aug 20022323122.50.9823.0
106Pyongyang22.5 km6 Sep 19731615211.31.508.035 mio.1,556,000
107Seattle22.2 km18 Jul 20091212122.21.8512.0
108Sydney22.1 km1926141437.41.584.7
109Nanjing21.7 km27 Aug 20051616121.71.3616.0102 mio.4,700,000
110Oporto21.7 km7 Dec 20021514210.91.557.5
111Bochum21.5 km26 May 19792927210.80.8014.5
112Helsinki21.0 km3 Aug 19821717121.01.2417.058 mio.2,762,000
113Copenhagen21.0 km19 Oct 20022222210.50.9511.037 mio.1,762,000
114Frankfurt20.5 km4 Oct 1968312736.80.7610.3
115Essen20.2 km5 Oct 1967272736.70.759.0
116Gwangju20.1 km28 Apr 20042020120.11.0120.017 mio.846,000
117Chongqing19.5 km18 Jun 20051818119.51.0818.0
118Marseille19.3 km26 Nov 1977262429.60.8013.058 mio.3,005,000
119Hanover18.6 km28 Sep 1975211736.21.097.0
120Hiroshima18.4 km20 Aug 19942121118.40.8821.018 mio.978,000
121Seville18.0 km2 Apr 20092121118.00.8621.0
122Sofia18.0 km28 Jan 19981414118.01.2914.051 mio.2,833,000
123Kryvyi Rih18.0 km26 Dec 19861212118.01.5012.0
124Charleroi17.5 km21 Jun 1976202044.40.885.0
125San Juan17.2 km6 Jun 20051616117.21.0816.09 mio.523,000
126Changchun17.0 kmOct 20021616117.01.0616.0
127Tama16.0 km27 Nov 19981919116.00.8419.0
128Chiba15.5 km28 Mar 1988181827.80.869.0
129Nizhny Novgorod15.5 km20 Nov 1985141327.81.197.033 mio.2,129,000
130Istanbul15.0 km16 Sep 20001010115.01.5010.068 mio.4,533,000
131Sendai14.8 km15 Jul 19871717114.80.8717.058 mio.3,919,000
132Santo Domingo14.5 km30 Jan 20091616114.50.9116.0
133Duisburg14.3 km11 Jul 1992131327.21.106.5
134Novosibirsk14.3 km7 Jan 1986131227.21.196.570 mio.4,895,000
135Lausanne13.7 km24 May 1991292826.80.4914.5
136Wuppertal13.3 km1 Mar 19012020113.30.6720.0
137Edmonton13.1 km22 Apr 19781111113.11.1911.0
138Naha12.8 km10 Aug 20031515112.80.8515.0
139Yerevan12.1 km7 Mar 19811010112.11.2110.017 mio.1,405,000
140Izmir11.5 km22 May 20001010111.51.1510.030 mio.2,609,000
141Glasgow10.4 km14 Dec 18961515110.40.6915.015 mio.1,442,000
142Samara10.2 km26 Dec 198799110.21.139.012 mio.1,176,000
143Wuhan10.2 km28 Sep 20041010110.21.0210.0
144Lima10.0 km13 Jan 200366110.01.676.0
145Turin9.6 km4 Feb 2006141419.60.6914.0
146Duesseldorf9.6 km4 Oct 1981141424.80.687.0
147Mulheim9.0 km3 Nov 1979131224.50.756.5
148Rennes9.0 km16 Mar 2002151519.00.6015.023 mio.2,556,000
149Algiers9.0 km2009101019.00.9010.0
150Bonn9.0 km22 Mar 1975121219.00.7512.0
151Kitakyushu8.8 km9 Jan 1985131318.80.6813.0
152Yekaterinburg8.5 km26 Apr 19917718.51.217.046 mio.5,412,000
153Buffalo8.4 km18 May 19858818.41.048.0
154Palma de Mallorca8.3 km25 Apr 20079918.30.929.0
155Kazan8.3 km27 Aug 20056618.31.386.07 mio.843,000
156Adana8.0 km18 Mar 20098818.01.008.0
157Antwerp7.6 km25 Mar 1975111123.80.695.5
158Dnepropetrovsk7.1 km29 Dec 19956617.11.186.011 mio.1,549,000
159Jacksonville6.9 km30 May 19896616.91.156.0
160Kamakura6.6 km3 Mar 19708816.60.828.0
161Maracaibo6.5 km8 Jun 20096616.51.086.0
162Las Vegas6.2 km15 Jul 20047716.20.897.0
163Valencia6.2 km18 Oct 20067716.20.897.018 mio.2,903,000
164Poznan6.1 km1 Mar 19976616.11.026.0
165Gelsenkirchen5.5 km1 Sep 19849915.50.619.0
166Bielefeld5.2 km21 Sep 19717741.30.741.8
167Genoa5.2 km13 Jun 19907715.20.747.0
168Detroit4.8 kmJul 1987131314.80.3713.0
169Ludwigshafen4.0 km29 May 1969111100.36
170Catania3.8 km27 Jun 19996613.80.636.0
171Volgograd3.3 km5 Nov 19842213.31.652.0
172Perugia3.0 km29 Jan 20087713.00.437.0
173Rouen2.2 km17 Dec 19945512.20.445.0
174Newark2.2 km26 May 19354412.20.554.0
175Haifa1.8 km19596611.80.296.0
176Pittsburgh1.5 km3 Jul 19853311.50.483.0


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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