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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 New York368.0 km27 Oct 1904468422270.8713.61624 mio.
2 Paris213.0 km19 Jul 1900380300160.7113.31473 mio.
3 Cologne45.0 km11 Oct 19685151150.883.0
4 Tokyo304.5 km30 Dec 1927290205131.4923.43174 mio.
5 Madrid284.0 km17 Oct 1919281231131.2321.8686 mio.
6 Moscow298.8 km15 May 1935180144122.0724.92573 mio.
7 Mexico City201.7 km5 Sep 1969175147111.3718.31460 mio.
8 London408.0 km10 Jan 1863268268111.5237.11197 mio.
9 Barcelona110.5 km30 Dec 1924152128100.8611.1378 mio.
10 Berlin147.4 km18 Feb 1902195173100.8514.7447 mio.
11 Shanghai334.0 km10 Apr 1995230194101.7233.41122 mio.
12 Seoul286.9 km15 Aug 1974348298100.9628.72048 mio.
13 Osaka137.8 km20 May 193313310491.3315.3860 mio.
14 Hong Kong188.1 km1 Oct 1979958292.2920.91309 mio.
15 Beijing227.6 km1 Oct 196914712591.8225.31200 mio.
16 Taipei90.6 km28 Mar 1996858081.1311.3450 mio.
17 Chicago166.0 km6 Jun 189215114481.1520.8198 mio.
18 Buenos Aires47.5 km1 Dec 1913766860.707.9280 mio.
19 Munich92.5 km19 Oct 19711009460.9815.4349 mio.
20 Saint Petersburg110.2 km15 Nov 1955635552.0022.0832 mio.
21 Caracas60.5 km27 Mar 1983504651.3212.1510 mio.
22 Vienna69.8 km25 Feb 1978968450.8314.0498 mio.
23 Mumbai171.0 km737352.3434.2
24 Oslo62.0 km22 May 1966727250.8612.464 mio.
25 Washington171.2 km27 Mar 1976908651.9934.2215 mio.
26 Santiago83.0 km15 Sep 1975938650.9716.6642 mio.
27 Guangzhou148.5 km28 Jun 1999887951.8829.7601 mio.
28 San Francisco166.9 km11 Sep 1972434353.8833.4100 mio.
29 Amsterdam32.7 km16 Oct 1977333340.998.291 mio.
30 Nagoya89.0 km15 Nov 1957938241.0922.3427 mio.
31 Montreal69.2 km14 Oct 1966736841.0217.3219 mio.
32 Lisbon41.0 km29 Dec 1959524640.8910.3180 mio.
33 Charleroi17.5 km21 Jun 1976202040.884.4
34 Bucharest67.7 km16 Nov 1979504341.5716.9111 mio.
35 Singapore118.9 km7 Nov 1987766941.7229.7571 mio.
36 Toronto71.3 km30 Apr 1954746941.0317.8278 mio.
37 Bielefeld5.2 km21 Sep 19717740.741.3
38 Lyon30.7 km28 Apr 1978433940.797.7182 mio.
39 Sao Paulo61.3 km14 Sep 1974585541.1115.3684 mio.
40 Essen20.2 km5 Oct 1967272730.756.7
41 Tehran50.5 km21 Feb 2000474431.1516.8353 mio.
42 Sydney22.1 km1926141431.587.4
43 Los Angeles59.3 km30 Jan 1993303031.9819.845 mio.
44 Brussels32.2 km20 Sep 1976615930.5510.7136 mio.
45 Athens52.0 km1954524831.0817.3325 mio.
46 Tashkent36.2 km6 Nov 1977292631.3912.171 mio.
47 Naples31.8 km28 Mar 1993302831.1410.629 mio.
48 Delhi96.2 km24 Dec 2002838131.1932.1310 mio.
49 Boston60.5 km1 Sep 1897666031.0120.2145 mio.
50 Stockholm105.7 km1 Oct 195010410031.0635.2303 mio.
51 Hanover18.6 km28 Sep 1975211731.096.2
52 Sapporo48.0 km16 Dec 1971494631.0416.0209 mio.
53 Frankfurt20.5 km4 Oct 1968312730.766.8
54 Busan95.0 km19 Jul 1985928831.0831.7257 mio.
55 The Hague27.9 km16 Oct 2004303030.939.3
56 Yokohama57.6 km16 Dec 1972484531.2819.2198 mio.
57 Dortmund29.5 km17 May 1976373730.809.8
58 Prague59.1 km9 May 1974575431.0919.7597 mio.
59 Philadelphia62.0 km4 Mar 1907666231.0020.767 mio.
60 Kharkov35.3 km23 Aug 1975282531.4111.8278 mio.
61 Nuremberg34.6 km1 Mar 1972464430.7911.592 mio.
62 Manila45.7 km1 Dec 1984423931.1715.2346 mio.
63 Valencia31.8 km3 Oct 1988383730.8610.6
64 Bangkok46.3 km5 Dec 1999444031.1615.4206 mio.
65 Fukuoka29.8 km26 Jul 1981353430.889.9124 mio.
66 Budapest33.0 km2 May 1896424030.8311.0297 mio.
67 Hamburg100.7 km1 Mar 1912978931.1333.6184 mio.
68 Vancouver69.5 km3 Jan 1986494731.4823.274 mio.
69 Kuala Lumpur64.0 km16 Dec 1996605631.1421.3109 mio.
70 Milan74.6 km1 Nov 1964888430.8924.9328 mio.
71 Kiev59.8 km22 Oct 1960464331.3919.9642 mio.
72 Rio de Janeiro42.0 km5 Mar 1979343421.2421.0135 mio.
73 Copenhagen21.0 km19 Oct 2002222220.9510.537 mio.
74 Lausanne13.7 km24 May 1991292820.496.8
75 Bilbao40.6 km11 Nov 1995383821.0720.386 mio.
76 Shenzhen25.3 km28 Dec 2004232221.1512.673 mio.
77 Chiba15.5 km28 Mar 1988181820.867.8
78 Duisburg14.3 km11 Jul 1992131321.107.2
79 Novosibirsk14.3 km7 Jan 1986131221.197.270 mio.
80 Recife39.7 km11 Mar 1985302821.4219.9
81 Kyoto31.3 km1 Apr 1981323121.0115.6126 mio.
82 Oporto21.7 km7 Dec 2002151421.5510.9
83 Guadalajara24.0 km1 Sep 1989292820.8612.0
84 Minsk30.3 km26 Jun 1984252421.2615.1262 mio.
85 Marseille19.3 km26 Nov 1977262420.809.658 mio.
86 Ankara23.1 km30 Aug 1996232221.0511.6113 mio.
87 Newcastle76.5 km7 Aug 1980615021.5338.338 mio.
88 Rome39.0 km10 Feb 1955494820.8119.5331 mio.
89 Daegu53.9 km26 Nov 1997565520.9827.0110 mio.
90 Lille45.5 km25 Apr 1983626020.7622.874 mio.
91 Bochum21.5 km26 May 1979292720.8010.8
92 Atlanta79.2 km30 Jun 1979393822.0839.634 mio.
93 Tbilisi26.3 km11 Jan 1966222121.2513.192 mio.
94 Saint Louis73.4 km31 Jul 1993373721.9836.7
95 Stuttgart24.0 km10 Jun 1966191721.4112.0
96 Monterrey31.5 km25 Apr 1991323121.0215.8
97 Kobe30.6 km13 Mar 1977262421.2815.3121 mio.
98 Medellin28.8 km30 Nov 1995262521.1514.4155 mio.
99 Cairo65.5 km27 Sep 1987555321.2432.8700 mio.
100 Tianjin72.0 km28 Mar 2004373721.9536.015 mio.
101 Kaohsiung42.7 km9 Mar 2008373621.1921.430 mio.
102 Antwerp7.6 km25 Mar 1975111120.693.8
103 Duesseldorf9.6 km4 Oct 1981141420.684.8
104 Nizhny Novgorod15.5 km20 Nov 1985141321.197.833 mio.
105 Rotterdam47.0 km10 Feb 1968383721.2723.585 mio.
106 Pyongyang22.5 km6 Sep 1973161521.5011.335 mio.
107 Mulheim9.0 km3 Nov 1979131220.754.5
108 Toulouse27.5 km26 Jun 1993383720.7413.842 mio.
109 Baku32.9 km6 Nov 1967222121.5616.4176 mio.
110 Santo Domingo14.5 km30 Jan 2009161610.9114.5
111 Bursa22.5 km19 Aug 2002232310.9822.5
112 Maracaibo6.5 km8 Jun 20096611.086.5
113 Jacksonville6.9 km30 May 19896611.156.9
114 Yerevan12.1 km7 Mar 1981101011.2112.117 mio.
115 Newark2.2 km26 May 19354410.552.2
116 Dnepropetrovsk7.1 km29 Dec 19956611.187.111 mio.
117 Hiroshima18.4 km20 Aug 1994212110.8818.418 mio.
118 Warsaw22.6 km7 Apr 1995212111.0822.6114 mio.
119 Gwangju20.1 km28 Apr 2004202011.0120.117 mio.
120 Poznan6.1 km1 Mar 19976611.026.1
121 Valencia6.2 km18 Oct 20067710.896.218 mio.
122 Sendai14.8 km15 Jul 1987171710.8714.858 mio.
123 Kolkata22.6 km24 Oct 1984212111.0822.6100 mio.
124 Gelsenkirchen5.5 km1 Sep 19849910.615.5
125 Kazan8.3 km27 Aug 20056611.388.37 mio.
126 San Juan17.2 km6 Jun 2005161611.0817.29 mio.
127 Perugia3.0 km29 Jan 20087710.433.0
128 Rouen2.2 km17 Dec 19945510.442.2
129 Istanbul15.0 km16 Sep 2000101011.5015.068 mio.
130 Wuppertal13.3 km1 Mar 1901202010.6713.3
131 Cleveland31.0 km15 Mar 1955181811.7231.06 mio.
132 Turin9.6 km4 Feb 2006141410.699.6
133 Kitakyushu8.8 km9 Jan 1985131310.688.8
134 Baltimore24.5 km21 Nov 1983141411.7524.514 mio.
135 Adana8.0 km18 Mar 20098811.008.0
136 Samara10.2 km26 Dec 19879911.1310.212 mio.
137 Kamakura6.6 km3 Mar 19708810.826.6
138 Naha12.8 km10 Aug 2003151510.8512.8
139 Haifa1.8 km19596610.291.8
140 Valparaiso43.0 km23 Nov 2005202012.1543.0
141 Kryvyi Rih18.0 km26 Dec 1986121211.5018.0
142 Genoa5.2 km13 Jun 19907710.745.2
143 Miami36.0 km21 May 1984222211.6436.019 mio.
144 Catania3.8 km27 Jun 19996610.633.8
145 Edmonton13.1 km22 Apr 1978111111.1913.1
146 Buffalo8.4 km18 May 19858811.048.4
147 Izmir11.5 km22 May 2000101011.1511.530 mio.
148 Yekaterinburg8.5 km26 Apr 19917711.218.546 mio.
149 Detroit4.8 kmJul 1987131310.374.8
150 Brasilia42.0 km31 Mar 2001232311.8342.016 mio.
151 Helsinki21.0 km3 Aug 1982171711.2421.058 mio.
152 Rennes9.0 km16 Mar 2002151510.609.023 mio.
153 Volgograd3.3 km5 Nov 19842211.653.3
154 Shenyang22.2 km23 Sep 2009181811.2322.2
155 Las Vegas6.2 km15 Jul 20047710.896.2
156 Porto Alegre33.8 km2 Mar 1985171711.9933.8
157 Chennai27.0 km19 Oct 1997171711.5927.0
158 Seattle22.2 km18 Jul 2009121211.8522.2
159 Palma de Mallorca8.3 km25 Apr 20079910.928.3
160 Dubai39.7 km9 Sep 2009111113.6139.7
161 Dalian49.0 km1 May 2003121214.0849.0
162 Tama16.0 km27 Nov 1998191910.8416.0
163 Incheon29.5 km6 Oct 1999292911.0229.573 mio.
164 Nanjing21.7 km27 Aug 2005161611.3621.7102 mio.
165 Daejeon22.6 km16 Mar 2006222211.0322.629 mio.
166 Wuhan10.2 km28 Sep 2004101011.0210.2
167 Lima10.0 km13 Jan 20036611.6710.0
168 Bonn9.0 km22 Mar 1975121210.759.0
169 Sofia18.0 km28 Jan 1998141411.2918.051 mio.
170 Chongqing19.5 km18 Jun 2005181811.0819.5
171 Belo Horizonte28.1 km1 Aug 1986191911.4828.1
172 Seville18.0 km2 Apr 2009212110.8618.0
173 Pittsburgh1.5 km3 Jul 19853310.481.5
174 Glasgow10.4 km14 Dec 1896151510.6910.415 mio.
175 Changchun17.0 kmOct 2002161611.0617.0
176 Ludwigshafen4.0 km29 May 1969111100.36


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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