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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 1904468422270.8717.313.61624 mio.4,413,000
2 Paris213.0 km19 Jul 1900380300160.7123.813.31473 mio.6,915,000
3 Seoul286.9 km15 Aug 1974348298100.9634.828.72048 mio.7,138,000
4 London408.0 km10 Jan 1863268268111.5224.437.11197 mio.2,934,000
5 Madrid284.0 km17 Oct 1919281231131.2321.621.8686 mio.2,415,000
6 Tokyo304.5 km30 Dec 1927290205131.4922.323.43174 mio.10,424,000
7 Shanghai334.0 km10 Apr 1995230194101.7223.033.41122 mio.3,359,000
8 Berlin147.4 km18 Feb 1902195173100.8519.514.7447 mio.3,033,000
9 Mexico City201.7 km5 Sep 1969175147111.3715.918.31460 mio.7,238,000
10 Moscow298.8 km15 May 1935180144122.0715.024.92573 mio.8,611,000
11 Chicago166.0 km6 Jun 189215114481.1518.920.8198 mio.1,193,000
12 Barcelona110.5 km30 Dec 1924152128100.8615.211.1378 mio.3,421,000
13 Beijing227.6 km1 Oct 196914712591.8216.325.31200 mio.5,274,000
14 Osaka137.8 km20 May 193313310491.3314.815.3860 mio.6,241,000
15 Stockholm105.7 km1 Oct 195010410031.0634.735.2303 mio.2,867,000
16 Munich92.5 km19 Oct 19711009460.9816.715.4349 mio.3,773,000
17 Hamburg100.7 km1 Mar 1912978931.1332.333.6184 mio.1,827,000
18 Busan95.0 km19 Jul 1985928831.0830.731.7257 mio.2,705,000
19 Washington171.2 km27 Mar 1976908651.9918.034.2215 mio.1,256,000
20 Santiago83.0 km15 Sep 1975938650.9718.616.6642 mio.7,735,000
21 Vienna69.8 km25 Feb 1978968450.8319.214.0498 mio.7,135,000
22 Milan74.6 km1 Nov 1964888430.8929.324.9328 mio.4,397,000
23 Nagoya89.0 km15 Nov 1957938241.0923.322.3427 mio.4,798,000
24 Hong Kong188.1 km1 Oct 1979958292.2910.620.91309 mio.6,959,000
25 Delhi96.2 km24 Dec 2002838131.1927.732.1310 mio.3,224,000
26 Taipei90.6 km28 Mar 1996858081.1310.611.3450 mio.4,967,000
27 Guangzhou148.5 km28 Jun 1999887951.8817.629.7601 mio.4,047,000
28 Mumbai171.0 km737352.3414.634.2
29 Oslo62.0 km22 May 1966727250.8614.412.464 mio.1,032,000
30 Singapore118.9 km7 Nov 1987766941.7219.029.7571 mio.4,802,000
31 Toronto71.3 km30 Apr 1954746941.0318.517.8278 mio.3,899,000
32 Montreal69.2 km14 Oct 1966736841.0218.317.3219 mio.3,165,000
33 Buenos Aires47.5 km1 Dec 1913766860.7012.77.9280 mio.5,895,000
34 Philadelphia62.0 km4 Mar 1907666231.0022.020.767 mio.1,081,000
35 Boston60.5 km1 Sep 1897666031.0122.020.2145 mio.2,397,000
36 Lille45.5 km25 Apr 1983626020.7631.022.874 mio.1,626,000
37 Brussels32.2 km20 Sep 1976615930.5520.310.7136 mio.4,224,000
38 Kuala Lumpur64.0 km16 Dec 1996605631.1420.021.3109 mio.1,703,000
39 Saint Petersburg110.2 km15 Nov 1955635552.0012.622.0832 mio.7,550,000
40 Daegu53.9 km26 Nov 1997565520.9828.027.0110 mio.2,041,000
41 Sao Paulo61.3 km14 Sep 1974585541.1114.515.3684 mio.11,158,000
42 Prague59.1 km9 May 1974575431.0919.019.7597 mio.10,102,000
43 Cairo65.5 km27 Sep 1987555321.2427.532.8700 mio.10,687,000
44 Cologne45.0 km11 Oct 19685151150.883.43.0
45 Newcastle76.5 km7 Aug 1980615021.5330.538.338 mio.497,000
46 Athens52.0 km1954524831.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,000
47 Rome39.0 km10 Feb 1955494820.8124.519.5331 mio.8,487,000
48 Vancouver69.5 km3 Jan 1986494731.4816.323.274 mio.1,065,000
49 Caracas60.5 km27 Mar 1983504651.3210.012.1510 mio.8,430,000
50 Lisbon41.0 km29 Dec 1959524640.8913.010.3180 mio.4,390,000
51 Sapporo48.0 km16 Dec 1971494631.0416.316.0209 mio.4,354,000
52 Yokohama57.6 km16 Dec 1972484531.2816.019.2198 mio.3,438,000
53 Tehran50.5 km21 Feb 2000474431.1515.716.8353 mio.6,990,000
54 Nuremberg34.6 km1 Mar 1972464430.7915.311.592 mio.2,659,000
55 Bucharest67.7 km16 Nov 1979504341.5712.516.9111 mio.1,640,000
56 San Francisco166.9 km11 Sep 1972434353.888.633.4100 mio.599,000
57 Kiev59.8 km22 Oct 1960464331.3915.319.9642 mio.10,736,000
58 Bangkok46.3 km5 Dec 1999444031.1614.715.4206 mio.4,449,000
59 Budapest33.0 km2 May 1896424030.8314.011.0297 mio.9,000,000
60 Manila45.7 km1 Dec 1984423931.1714.015.2346 mio.7,571,000
61 Lyon30.7 km28 Apr 1978433940.7910.87.7182 mio.5,928,000
62 Bilbao40.6 km11 Nov 1995383821.0719.020.386 mio.2,118,000
63 Atlanta79.2 km30 Jun 1979393822.0819.539.634 mio.429,000
64 Dortmund29.5 km17 May 1976373730.8012.39.8
65 Saint Louis73.4 km31 Jul 1993373721.9818.536.7
66 Valencia31.8 km3 Oct 1988383730.8612.710.6
67 Tianjin72.0 km28 Mar 2004373721.9518.536.015 mio.208,000
68 Rotterdam47.0 km10 Feb 1968383721.2719.023.585 mio.1,809,000
69 Toulouse27.5 km26 Jun 1993383720.7419.013.842 mio.1,527,000
70 Kaohsiung42.7 km9 Mar 2008373621.1918.521.430 mio.703,000
71 Rio de Janeiro42.0 km5 Mar 1979343421.2417.021.0135 mio.3,214,000
72 Fukuoka29.8 km26 Jul 1981353430.8811.79.9124 mio.4,161,000
73 Amsterdam32.7 km16 Oct 1977333340.998.38.291 mio.2,783,000
74 Kyoto31.3 km1 Apr 1981323121.0116.015.6126 mio.4,026,000
75 Monterrey31.5 km25 Apr 1991323121.0216.015.8
76 Los Angeles59.3 km30 Jan 1993303031.9810.019.845 mio.759,000
77 The Hague27.9 km16 Oct 2004303030.9310.09.3
78 Incheon29.5 km6 Oct 1999292911.0229.029.573 mio.2,475,000
79 Lausanne13.7 km24 May 1991292820.4914.56.8
80 Naples31.8 km28 Mar 1993302831.1410.010.629 mio.912,000
81 Recife39.7 km11 Mar 1985302821.4215.019.9
82 Guadalajara24.0 km1 Sep 1989292820.8614.512.0
83 Essen20.2 km5 Oct 1967272730.759.06.7
84 Frankfurt20.5 km4 Oct 1968312730.7610.36.8
85 Bochum21.5 km26 May 1979292720.8014.510.8
86 Tashkent36.2 km6 Nov 1977292631.399.712.171 mio.1,961,000
87 Kharkov35.3 km23 Aug 1975282531.419.311.8278 mio.7,875,000
88 Medellin28.8 km30 Nov 1995262521.1513.014.4155 mio.5,382,000
89 Minsk30.3 km26 Jun 1984252421.2612.515.1262 mio.8,647,000
90 Marseille19.3 km26 Nov 1977262420.8013.09.658 mio.3,005,000
91 Kobe30.6 km13 Mar 1977262421.2813.015.3121 mio.3,954,000
92 Bursa22.5 km19 Aug 2002232310.9823.022.5
93 Brasilia42.0 km31 Mar 2001232311.8323.042.016 mio.381,000
94 Copenhagen21.0 km19 Oct 2002222220.9511.010.537 mio.1,762,000
95 Shenzhen25.3 km28 Dec 2004232221.1511.512.673 mio.2,885,000
96 Ankara23.1 km30 Aug 1996232221.0511.511.6113 mio.4,892,000
97 Miami36.0 km21 May 1984222211.6422.036.019 mio.528,000
98 Daejeon22.6 km16 Mar 2006222211.0322.022.629 mio.1,283,000
99 Hiroshima18.4 km20 Aug 1994212110.8821.018.418 mio.978,000
100 Warsaw22.6 km7 Apr 1995212111.0821.022.6114 mio.5,044,000
101 Kolkata22.6 km24 Oct 1984212111.0821.022.6100 mio.4,425,000
102 Tbilisi26.3 km11 Jan 1966222121.2511.013.192 mio.3,498,000
103 Seville18.0 km2 Apr 2009212110.8621.018.0
104 Baku32.9 km6 Nov 1967222121.5611.016.4176 mio.5,356,000
105 Gwangju20.1 km28 Apr 2004202011.0120.020.117 mio.846,000
106 Wuppertal13.3 km1 Mar 1901202010.6720.013.3
107 Charleroi17.5 km21 Jun 1976202040.885.04.4
108 Valparaiso43.0 km23 Nov 2005202012.1520.043.0
109 Tama16.0 km27 Nov 1998191910.8419.016.0
110 Belo Horizonte28.1 km1 Aug 1986191911.4819.028.1
111 Chiba15.5 km28 Mar 1988181820.869.07.8
112 Cleveland31.0 km15 Mar 1955181811.7218.031.06 mio.194,000
113 Shenyang22.2 km23 Sep 2009181811.2318.022.2
114 Chongqing19.5 km18 Jun 2005181811.0818.019.5
115 Sendai14.8 km15 Jul 1987171710.8717.014.858 mio.3,919,000
116 Hanover18.6 km28 Sep 1975211731.097.06.2
117 Stuttgart24.0 km10 Jun 1966191721.419.512.0
118 Helsinki21.0 km3 Aug 1982171711.2417.021.058 mio.2,762,000
119 Porto Alegre33.8 km2 Mar 1985171711.9917.033.8
120 Chennai27.0 km19 Oct 1997171711.5917.027.0
121 Santo Domingo14.5 km30 Jan 2009161610.9116.014.5
122 San Juan17.2 km6 Jun 2005161611.0816.017.29 mio.523,000
123 Nanjing21.7 km27 Aug 2005161611.3616.021.7102 mio.4,700,000
124 Changchun17.0 kmOct 2002161611.0616.017.0
125 Naha12.8 km10 Aug 2003151510.8515.012.8
126 Rennes9.0 km16 Mar 2002151510.6015.09.023 mio.2,556,000
127 Pyongyang22.5 km6 Sep 1973161521.508.011.335 mio.1,556,000
128 Glasgow10.4 km14 Dec 1896151510.6915.010.415 mio.1,442,000
129 Sydney22.1 km1926141431.584.77.4
130 Oporto21.7 km7 Dec 2002151421.557.510.9
131 Turin9.6 km4 Feb 2006141410.6914.09.6
132 Baltimore24.5 km21 Nov 1983141411.7514.024.514 mio.571,000
133 Duesseldorf9.6 km4 Oct 1981141420.687.04.8
134 Sofia18.0 km28 Jan 1998141411.2914.018.051 mio.2,833,000
135 Duisburg14.3 km11 Jul 1992131321.106.57.2
136 Kitakyushu8.8 km9 Jan 1985131310.6813.08.8
137 Detroit4.8 kmJul 1987131310.3713.04.8
138 Nizhny Novgorod15.5 km20 Nov 1985141321.197.07.833 mio.2,129,000
139 Novosibirsk14.3 km7 Jan 1986131221.196.57.270 mio.4,895,000
140 Kryvyi Rih18.0 km26 Dec 1986121211.5012.018.0
141 Seattle22.2 km18 Jul 2009121211.8512.022.2
142 Dalian49.0 km1 May 2003121214.0812.049.0
143 Bonn9.0 km22 Mar 1975121210.7512.09.0
144 Mulheim9.0 km3 Nov 1979131220.756.54.5
145 Ludwigshafen4.0 km29 May 1969111100.36
146 Edmonton13.1 km22 Apr 1978111111.1911.013.1
147 Dubai39.7 km9 Sep 2009111113.6111.039.7
148 Antwerp7.6 km25 Mar 1975111120.695.53.8
149 Yerevan12.1 km7 Mar 1981101011.2110.012.117 mio.1,405,000
150 Istanbul15.0 km16 Sep 2000101011.5010.015.068 mio.4,533,000
151 Izmir11.5 km22 May 2000101011.1510.011.530 mio.2,609,000
152 Wuhan10.2 km28 Sep 2004101011.0210.010.2
153 Gelsenkirchen5.5 km1 Sep 19849910.619.05.5
154 Samara10.2 km26 Dec 19879911.139.010.212 mio.1,176,000
155 Palma de Mallorca8.3 km25 Apr 20079910.929.08.3
156 Adana8.0 km18 Mar 20098811.008.08.0
157 Kamakura6.6 km3 Mar 19708810.828.06.6
158 Buffalo8.4 km18 May 19858811.048.08.4
159 Valencia6.2 km18 Oct 20067710.897.06.218 mio.2,903,000
160 Perugia3.0 km29 Jan 20087710.437.03.0
161 Genoa5.2 km13 Jun 19907710.747.05.2
162 Yekaterinburg8.5 km26 Apr 19917711.217.08.546 mio.5,412,000
163 Bielefeld5.2 km21 Sep 19717740.741.81.3
164 Las Vegas6.2 km15 Jul 20047710.897.06.2
165 Maracaibo6.5 km8 Jun 20096611.086.06.5
166 Jacksonville6.9 km30 May 19896611.156.06.9
167 Dnepropetrovsk7.1 km29 Dec 19956611.186.07.111 mio.1,549,000
168 Poznan6.1 km1 Mar 19976611.026.06.1
169 Kazan8.3 km27 Aug 20056611.386.08.37 mio.843,000
170 Haifa1.8 km19596610.296.01.8
171 Catania3.8 km27 Jun 19996610.636.03.8
172 Lima10.0 km13 Jan 20036611.676.010.0
173 Rouen2.2 km17 Dec 19945510.445.02.2
174 Newark2.2 km26 May 19354410.554.02.2
175 Pittsburgh1.5 km3 Jul 19853310.483.01.5
176 Volgograd3.3 km5 Nov 19842211.652.03.3


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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