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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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1Mumbai171.0 km737352.3434.214.6
2London408.0 km10 Jan 1863268268111.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,000
3Chicago166.0 km6 Jun 189215114481.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,000
4Budapest33.0 km2 May 1896424030.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,000
5Glasgow10.4 km14 Dec 1896151510.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,000
6Boston60.5 km1 Sep 1897666031.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,000
7Paris213.0 km19 Jul 1900380300160.7113.323.81473 mio.6,915,000
8Wuppertal13.3 km1 Mar 1901202010.6713.320.0
9Berlin147.4 km18 Feb 1902195173100.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,000
10New York368.0 km27 Oct 1904468422270.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,000
11Philadelphia62.0 km4 Mar 1907666231.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,000
12Hamburg100.7 km1 Mar 1912978931.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,000
13Buenos Aires47.5 km1 Dec 1913766860.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,000
14Madrid284.0 km17 Oct 1919281231131.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,000
15Barcelona110.5 km30 Dec 1924152128100.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,000
16Sydney22.1 km1926141431.587.44.7
17Tokyo304.5 km30 Dec 1927290205131.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,000
18Osaka137.8 km20 May 193313310491.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,000
19Moscow298.8 km15 May 1935180144122.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,000
20Newark2.2 km26 May 19354410.552.24.0
21Stockholm105.7 km1 Oct 195010410031.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,000
22Athens52.0 km1954524831.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,000
23Toronto71.3 km30 Apr 1954746941.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,000
24Rome39.0 km10 Feb 1955494820.8119.524.5331 mio.8,487,000
25Cleveland31.0 km15 Mar 1955181811.7231.018.06 mio.194,000
26Saint Petersburg110.2 km15 Nov 1955635552.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,000
27Nagoya89.0 km15 Nov 1957938241.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,000
28Haifa1.8 km19596610.291.86.0
29Lisbon41.0 km29 Dec 1959524640.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,000
30Kiev59.8 km22 Oct 1960464331.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,000
31Milan74.6 km1 Nov 1964888430.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,000
32Tbilisi26.3 km11 Jan 1966222121.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,000
33Oslo62.0 km22 May 1966727250.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,000
34Stuttgart24.0 km10 Jun 1966191721.4112.09.5
35Montreal69.2 km14 Oct 1966736841.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,000
36Essen20.2 km5 Oct 1967272730.756.79.0
37Baku31.7 km6 Nov 1967212021.5915.910.5176 mio.5,552,000
38Rotterdam47.0 km10 Feb 1968383721.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,000
39Frankfurt20.5 km4 Oct 1968312730.766.810.3
40Cologne45.0 km11 Oct 19685151150.883.03.4
41Ludwigshafen4.0 km29 May 1969111100.36
42Mexico City201.7 km5 Sep 1969175147111.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,000
43Beijing227.6 km1 Oct 196914712591.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,000
44Kamakura6.6 km3 Mar 19708810.826.68.0
45Bielefeld5.2 km21 Sep 19717740.741.31.8
46Munich92.5 km19 Oct 19711009460.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,000
47Sapporo48.0 km16 Dec 1971494631.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,000
48Nuremberg34.6 km1 Mar 1972464430.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,000
49San Francisco166.9 km11 Sep 1972434353.8833.48.6100 mio.599,000
50Yokohama57.6 km16 Dec 1972484531.2819.216.0198 mio.3,438,000
51Pyongyang22.5 km6 Sep 1973161521.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,000
52Prague59.1 km9 May 1974575431.0919.719.0597 mio.10,102,000
53Seoul286.9 km15 Aug 1974348298100.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,000
54Sao Paulo61.3 km14 Sep 1974585541.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,000
55Bonn9.0 km22 Mar 1975121210.759.012.0
56Antwerp7.6 km25 Mar 1975111120.693.85.5
57Kharkov35.3 km23 Aug 1975282531.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,000
58Santiago83.0 km15 Sep 1975938650.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,000
59Hanover18.6 km28 Sep 1975211731.096.27.0
60Washington171.2 km27 Mar 1976908651.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,000
61Dortmund29.5 km17 May 1976373730.809.812.3
62Charleroi17.5 km21 Jun 1976202040.884.45.0
63Brussels32.2 km20 Sep 1976615930.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,000
64Kobe30.6 km13 Mar 1977262421.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,000
65Amsterdam32.7 km16 Oct 1977333340.998.28.391 mio.2,783,000
66Tashkent36.2 km6 Nov 1977292631.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,000
67Marseille19.3 km26 Nov 1977262420.809.613.058 mio.3,005,000
68Vienna69.8 km25 Feb 1978968450.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,000
69Edmonton13.1 km22 Apr 1978111111.1913.111.0
70Lyon30.7 km28 Apr 1978433940.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,000
71Rio de Janeiro42.0 km5 Mar 1979343421.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,000
72Bochum21.5 km26 May 1979292720.8010.814.5
73Atlanta79.2 km30 Jun 1979393822.0839.619.534 mio.429,000
74Hong Kong188.1 km1 Oct 1979958292.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,000
75Mulheim9.0 km3 Nov 1979131220.754.56.5
76Bucharest67.7 km16 Nov 1979504341.5716.912.5111 mio.1,640,000
77Newcastle76.5 km7 Aug 1980615021.5338.330.538 mio.497,000
78Yerevan12.1 km7 Mar 1981101011.2112.110.017 mio.1,405,000
79Kyoto31.3 km1 Apr 1981323121.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,000
80Fukuoka29.8 km26 Jul 1981353430.889.911.7124 mio.4,161,000
81Duesseldorf9.6 km4 Oct 1981141420.684.87.0
82Helsinki21.0 km3 Aug 1982171711.2421.017.058 mio.2,762,000
83Caracas60.5 km27 Mar 1983474351.4112.19.4510 mio.8,430,000
84Lille45.5 km25 Apr 1983626020.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,000
85Baltimore24.5 km21 Nov 1983141411.7524.514.014 mio.571,000
86Miami36.0 km21 May 1984222211.6436.022.019 mio.528,000
87Minsk30.3 km26 Jun 1984252421.2615.112.5262 mio.8,647,000
88Gelsenkirchen5.5 km1 Sep 19849910.615.59.0
89Kolkata22.6 km24 Oct 1984212111.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,000
90Volgograd3.3 km5 Nov 19842211.653.32.0
91Manila45.7 km1 Dec 1984423931.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,000
92Kitakyushu8.8 km9 Jan 1985131310.688.813.0
93Porto Alegre33.8 km2 Mar 1985171711.9933.817.0
94Recife39.7 km11 Mar 1985302821.4219.915.0
95Buffalo8.4 km18 May 19858811.048.48.0
96Pittsburgh1.5 km3 Jul 19853310.481.53.0
97Busan95.0 km19 Jul 1985928831.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,000
98Nizhny Novgorod15.5 km20 Nov 1985141321.197.87.033 mio.2,129,000
99Vancouver69.5 km3 Jan 1986494731.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,000
100Novosibirsk14.3 km7 Jan 1986131221.197.26.570 mio.4,895,000
101Belo Horizonte28.1 km1 Aug 1986191911.4828.119.0
102Kryvyi Rih18.0 km26 Dec 1986121211.5018.012.0
103Detroit4.8 kmJul 1987131310.374.813.0
104Sendai14.8 km15 Jul 1987171710.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,000
105Cairo65.5 km27 Sep 1987555321.2432.827.5700 mio.10,687,000
106Singapore118.9 km7 Nov 1987766941.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,000
107Samara10.2 km26 Dec 19879911.1310.29.012 mio.1,176,000
108Chiba15.5 km28 Mar 1988181820.867.89.0
109Valencia31.8 km3 Oct 1988383730.8610.612.7
110Jacksonville6.9 km30 May 19896611.156.96.0
111Guadalajara24.0 km1 Sep 1989292820.8612.014.5
112Genoa5.2 km13 Jun 19907710.745.27.0
113Monterrey31.5 km25 Apr 1991323121.0215.816.0
114Yekaterinburg8.5 km26 Apr 19917711.218.57.046 mio.5,412,000
115Lausanne13.7 km24 May 1991292820.496.814.5
116Duisburg14.3 km11 Jul 1992131321.107.26.5
117Los Angeles59.3 km30 Jan 1993303031.9819.810.045 mio.759,000
118Naples31.8 km28 Mar 1993302831.1410.610.029 mio.912,000
119Toulouse27.5 km26 Jun 1993383720.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,000
120Saint Louis73.4 km31 Jul 1993373721.9836.718.5
121Hiroshima18.4 km20 Aug 1994212110.8818.421.018 mio.978,000
122Rouen2.2 km17 Dec 19945510.442.25.0
123Warsaw22.6 km7 Apr 1995212111.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,000
124Shanghai334.0 km10 Apr 1995230194101.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,000
125Bilbao40.6 km11 Nov 1995383821.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,000
126Medellin28.8 km30 Nov 1995262521.1514.413.0155 mio.5,382,000
127Dnepropetrovsk7.1 km29 Dec 19956611.187.16.011 mio.1,549,000
128Taipei90.6 km28 Mar 1996858081.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,000
129Ankara23.1 km30 Aug 1996232221.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,000
130Kuala Lumpur64.0 km16 Dec 1996605631.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,000
131Poznan6.1 km1 Mar 19976611.026.16.0
132Chennai27.0 km19 Oct 1997171711.5927.017.0
133Daegu53.9 km26 Nov 1997565520.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,000
134Sofia18.0 km28 Jan 1998141411.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,000
135Tama16.0 km27 Nov 1998191910.8416.019.0
136Catania3.8 km27 Jun 19996610.633.86.0
137Guangzhou176.1 km28 Jun 1999887952.2335.217.6601 mio.3,414,000
138Incheon29.5 km6 Oct 1999292911.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,000
139Bangkok46.3 km5 Dec 1999444031.1615.414.7206 mio.4,449,000
140Tehran50.5 km21 Feb 2000474431.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,000
141Izmir11.5 km22 May 2000101011.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,000
142Istanbul15.0 km16 Sep 2000101011.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,000
143Brasilia42.0 km31 Mar 2001232311.8342.023.016 mio.381,000
144Rennes9.0 km16 Mar 2002151510.609.015.023 mio.2,556,000
145Bursa22.5 km19 Aug 2002232310.9822.523.0
146Changchun17.0 kmOct 2002161611.0617.016.0
147Copenhagen21.0 km19 Oct 2002222220.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,000
148Oporto21.7 km7 Dec 2002151421.5510.97.5
149Delhi89.9 km24 Dec 2002787631.1829.926.0310 mio.3,450,000
150Lima10.0 km13 Jan 20036611.6710.06.0
151Dalian49.0 km1 May 2003121214.0849.012.0
152Naha12.8 km10 Aug 2003151510.8512.815.0
153Tianjin72.0 km28 Mar 2004373721.9536.018.515 mio.208,000
154Gwangju20.1 km28 Apr 2004202011.0120.120.017 mio.846,000
155Las Vegas6.2 km15 Jul 20047710.896.27.0
156Wuhan10.2 km28 Sep 2004101011.0210.210.0
157The Hague27.9 km16 Oct 2004303030.939.310.0
158Shenzhen25.3 km28 Dec 2004232221.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,000
159San Juan17.2 km6 Jun 2005161611.0817.216.09 mio.523,000
160Chongqing19.5 km18 Jun 2005181811.0819.518.0
161Kazan8.3 km27 Aug 20056611.388.36.07 mio.843,000
162Nanjing21.7 km27 Aug 2005161611.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,000
163Valparaiso43.0 km23 Nov 2005202012.1543.020.0
164Turin9.6 km4 Feb 2006141410.699.614.0
165Daejeon22.6 km16 Mar 2006222211.0322.622.029 mio.1,283,000
166Valencia6.2 km18 Oct 20067710.896.27.018 mio.2,903,000
167Palma de Mallorca8.3 km25 Apr 20079910.928.39.0
168Perugia3.0 km29 Jan 20087710.433.07.0
169Kaohsiung42.7 km9 Mar 2008373621.1921.418.530 mio.703,000
170Algiers9.0 km2009101010.909.010.0
171Santo Domingo14.5 km30 Jan 2009161610.9114.516.0
172Adana8.0 km18 Mar 20098811.008.08.0
173Seville18.0 km2 Apr 2009212110.8618.021.0
174Maracaibo6.5 km8 Jun 20096611.086.56.0
175Seattle22.2 km18 Jul 2009121211.8522.212.0
176Dubai39.7 km9 Sep 2009101013.9739.710.0


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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