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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 18632682681124.41.521197 mio.2,934,000
2 New York368.0 km27 Oct 19044684222717.30.871624 mio.4,413,000
3 Shanghai334.0 km10 Apr 19952301941023.01.721122 mio.3,359,000
4 Tokyo304.5 km30 Dec 19272902051322.31.493174 mio.10,424,000
5 Moscow298.8 km15 May 19351801441215.02.072573 mio.8,611,000
6 Seoul286.9 km15 Aug 19743482981034.80.962048 mio.7,138,000
7 Madrid284.0 km17 Oct 19192812311321.61.23686 mio.2,415,000
8 Beijing227.6 km1 Oct 1969147125916.31.821200 mio.5,274,000
9 Paris213.0 km19 Jul 19003803001623.80.711473 mio.6,915,000
10 Mexico City201.7 km5 Sep 19691751471115.91.371460 mio.7,238,000
11 Hong Kong188.1 km1 Oct 19799582910.62.291309 mio.6,959,000
12 Washington171.2 km27 Mar 19769086518.01.99215 mio.1,256,000
13 Mumbai171.0 km7373514.62.34
14 San Francisco166.9 km11 Sep 1972434358.63.88100 mio.599,000
15 Chicago166.0 km6 Jun 1892151144818.91.15198 mio.1,193,000
16 Guangzhou148.5 km28 Jun 19998879517.61.88601 mio.4,047,000
17 Berlin147.4 km18 Feb 19021951731019.50.85447 mio.3,033,000
18 Osaka137.8 km20 May 1933133104914.81.33860 mio.6,241,000
19 Singapore118.9 km7 Nov 19877669419.01.72571 mio.4,802,000
20 Barcelona110.5 km30 Dec 19241521281015.20.86378 mio.3,421,000
21 Saint Petersburg110.2 km15 Nov 19556355512.62.00832 mio.7,550,000
22 Stockholm105.7 km1 Oct 1950104100334.71.06303 mio.2,867,000
23 Hamburg100.7 km1 Mar 19129789332.31.13184 mio.1,827,000
24 Delhi96.2 km24 Dec 20028381327.71.19310 mio.3,224,000
25 Busan95.0 km19 Jul 19859288330.71.08257 mio.2,705,000
26 Munich92.5 km19 Oct 197110094616.70.98349 mio.3,773,000
27 Taipei90.6 km28 Mar 19968580810.61.13450 mio.4,967,000
28 Nagoya89.0 km15 Nov 19579382423.31.09427 mio.4,798,000
29 Santiago83.0 km15 Sep 19759386518.60.97642 mio.7,735,000
30 Atlanta79.2 km30 Jun 19793938219.52.0834 mio.429,000
31 Newcastle76.5 km7 Aug 19806150230.51.5338 mio.497,000
32 Milan74.6 km1 Nov 19648884329.30.89328 mio.4,397,000
33 Saint Louis73.4 km31 Jul 19933737218.51.98
34 Tianjin72.0 km28 Mar 20043737218.51.9515 mio.208,000
35 Toronto71.3 km30 Apr 19547469418.51.03278 mio.3,899,000
36 Vienna69.8 km25 Feb 19789684519.20.83498 mio.7,135,000
37 Vancouver69.5 km3 Jan 19864947316.31.4874 mio.1,065,000
38 Montreal69.2 km14 Oct 19667368418.31.02219 mio.3,165,000
39 Bucharest67.7 km16 Nov 19795043412.51.57111 mio.1,640,000
40 Cairo65.5 km27 Sep 19875553227.51.24700 mio.10,687,000
41 Kuala Lumpur64.0 km16 Dec 19966056320.01.14109 mio.1,703,000
42 Oslo62.0 km22 May 19667272514.40.8664 mio.1,032,000
43 Philadelphia62.0 km4 Mar 19076662322.01.0067 mio.1,081,000
44 Sao Paulo61.3 km14 Sep 19745855414.51.11684 mio.11,158,000
45 Caracas60.5 km27 Mar 19835046510.01.32510 mio.8,430,000
46 Boston60.5 km1 Sep 18976660322.01.01145 mio.2,397,000
47 Kiev59.8 km22 Oct 19604643315.31.39642 mio.10,736,000
48 Los Angeles59.3 km30 Jan 19933030310.01.9845 mio.759,000
49 Prague59.1 km9 May 19745754319.01.09597 mio.10,102,000
50 Yokohama57.6 km16 Dec 19724845316.01.28198 mio.3,438,000
51 Daegu53.9 km26 Nov 19975655228.00.98110 mio.2,041,000
52 Athens52.0 km19545248317.31.08325 mio.6,250,000
53 Tehran50.5 km21 Feb 20004744315.71.15353 mio.6,990,000
54 Dalian49.0 km1 May 20031212112.04.08
55 Sapporo48.0 km16 Dec 19714946316.31.04209 mio.4,354,000
56 Buenos Aires47.5 km1 Dec 19137668612.70.70280 mio.5,895,000
57 Rotterdam47.0 km10 Feb 19683837219.01.2785 mio.1,809,000
58 Bangkok46.3 km5 Dec 19994440314.71.16206 mio.4,449,000
59 Manila45.7 km1 Dec 19844239314.01.17346 mio.7,571,000
60 Lille45.5 km25 Apr 19836260231.00.7674 mio.1,626,000
61 Cologne45.0 km11 Oct 19685151153.40.88
62 Valparaiso43.0 km23 Nov 20052020120.02.15
63 Kaohsiung42.7 km9 Mar 20083736218.51.1930 mio.703,000
64 Rio de Janeiro42.0 km5 Mar 19793434217.01.24135 mio.3,214,000
65 Brasilia42.0 km31 Mar 20012323123.01.8316 mio.381,000
66 Lisbon41.0 km29 Dec 19595246413.00.89180 mio.4,390,000
67 Bilbao40.6 km11 Nov 19953838219.01.0786 mio.2,118,000
68 Dubai39.7 km9 Sep 20091111111.03.61
69 Recife39.7 km11 Mar 19853028215.01.42
70 Rome39.0 km10 Feb 19554948224.50.81331 mio.8,487,000
71 Tashkent36.2 km6 Nov 1977292639.71.3971 mio.1,961,000
72 Miami36.0 km21 May 19842222122.01.6419 mio.528,000
73 Kharkov35.3 km23 Aug 1975282539.31.41278 mio.7,875,000
74 Nuremberg34.6 km1 Mar 19724644315.30.7992 mio.2,659,000
75 Porto Alegre33.8 km2 Mar 19851717117.01.99
76 Budapest33.0 km2 May 18964240314.00.83297 mio.9,000,000
77 Baku32.9 km6 Nov 19672221211.01.56176 mio.5,356,000
78 Amsterdam32.7 km16 Oct 1977333348.30.9991 mio.2,783,000
79 Brussels32.2 km20 Sep 19766159320.30.55136 mio.4,224,000
80 Naples31.8 km28 Mar 19933028310.01.1429 mio.912,000
81 Valencia31.8 km3 Oct 19883837312.70.86
82 Monterrey31.5 km25 Apr 19913231216.01.02
83 Kyoto31.3 km1 Apr 19813231216.01.01126 mio.4,026,000
84 Cleveland31.0 km15 Mar 19551818118.01.726 mio.194,000
85 Lyon30.7 km28 Apr 19784339410.80.79182 mio.5,928,000
86 Kobe30.6 km13 Mar 19772624213.01.28121 mio.3,954,000
87 Minsk30.3 km26 Jun 19842524212.51.26262 mio.8,647,000
88 Fukuoka29.8 km26 Jul 19813534311.70.88124 mio.4,161,000
89 Incheon29.5 km6 Oct 19992929129.01.0273 mio.2,475,000
90 Dortmund29.5 km17 May 19763737312.30.80
91 Medellin28.8 km30 Nov 19952625213.01.15155 mio.5,382,000
92 Belo Horizonte28.1 km1 Aug 19861919119.01.48
93 The Hague27.9 km16 Oct 20043030310.00.93
94 Toulouse27.5 km26 Jun 19933837219.00.7442 mio.1,527,000
95 Chennai27.0 km19 Oct 19971717117.01.59
96 Tbilisi26.3 km11 Jan 19662221211.01.2592 mio.3,498,000
97 Shenzhen25.3 km28 Dec 20042322211.51.1573 mio.2,885,000
98 Baltimore24.5 km21 Nov 19831414114.01.7514 mio.571,000
99 Guadalajara24.0 km1 Sep 19892928214.50.86
100 Stuttgart24.0 km10 Jun 1966191729.51.41
101 Ankara23.1 km30 Aug 19962322211.51.05113 mio.4,892,000
102 Warsaw22.6 km7 Apr 19952121121.01.08114 mio.5,044,000
103 Kolkata22.6 km24 Oct 19842121121.01.08100 mio.4,425,000
104 Daejeon22.6 km16 Mar 20062222122.01.0329 mio.1,283,000
105 Bursa22.5 km19 Aug 20022323123.00.98
106 Pyongyang22.5 km6 Sep 1973161528.01.5035 mio.1,556,000
107 Shenyang22.2 km23 Sep 20091818118.01.23
108 Seattle22.2 km18 Jul 20091212112.01.85
109 Sydney22.1 km1926141434.71.58
110 Oporto21.7 km7 Dec 2002151427.51.55
111 Nanjing21.7 km27 Aug 20051616116.01.36102 mio.4,700,000
112 Bochum21.5 km26 May 19792927214.50.80
113 Copenhagen21.0 km19 Oct 20022222211.00.9537 mio.1,762,000
114 Helsinki21.0 km3 Aug 19821717117.01.2458 mio.2,762,000
115 Frankfurt20.5 km4 Oct 19683127310.30.76
116 Essen20.2 km5 Oct 1967272739.00.75
117 Gwangju20.1 km28 Apr 20042020120.01.0117 mio.846,000
118 Chongqing19.5 km18 Jun 20051818118.01.08
119 Marseille19.3 km26 Nov 19772624213.00.8058 mio.3,005,000
120 Hanover18.6 km28 Sep 1975211737.01.09
121 Hiroshima18.4 km20 Aug 19942121121.00.8818 mio.978,000
122 Kryvyi Rih18.0 km26 Dec 19861212112.01.50
123 Sofia18.0 km28 Jan 19981414114.01.2951 mio.2,833,000
124 Seville18.0 km2 Apr 20092121121.00.86
125 Charleroi17.5 km21 Jun 1976202045.00.88
126 San Juan17.2 km6 Jun 20051616116.01.089 mio.523,000
127 Changchun17.0 kmOct 20021616116.01.06
128 Tama16.0 km27 Nov 19981919119.00.84
129 Chiba15.5 km28 Mar 1988181829.00.86
130 Nizhny Novgorod15.5 km20 Nov 1985141327.01.1933 mio.2,129,000
131 Istanbul15.0 km16 Sep 20001010110.01.5068 mio.4,533,000
132 Sendai14.8 km15 Jul 19871717117.00.8758 mio.3,919,000
133 Santo Domingo14.5 km30 Jan 20091616116.00.91
134 Duisburg14.3 km11 Jul 1992131326.51.10
135 Novosibirsk14.3 km7 Jan 1986131226.51.1970 mio.4,895,000
136 Lausanne13.7 km24 May 19912928214.50.49
137 Wuppertal13.3 km1 Mar 19012020120.00.67
138 Edmonton13.1 km22 Apr 19781111111.01.19
139 Naha12.8 km10 Aug 20031515115.00.85
140 Yerevan12.1 km7 Mar 19811010110.01.2117 mio.1,405,000
141 Izmir11.5 km22 May 20001010110.01.1530 mio.2,609,000
142 Glasgow10.4 km14 Dec 18961515115.00.6915 mio.1,442,000
143 Samara10.2 km26 Dec 19879919.01.1312 mio.1,176,000
144 Wuhan10.2 km28 Sep 20041010110.01.02
145 Lima10.0 km13 Jan 20036616.01.67
146 Turin9.6 km4 Feb 20061414114.00.69
147 Duesseldorf9.6 km4 Oct 1981141427.00.68
148 Mulheim9.0 km3 Nov 1979131226.50.75
149 Rennes9.0 km16 Mar 20021515115.00.6023 mio.2,556,000
150 Bonn9.0 km22 Mar 19751212112.00.75
151 Kitakyushu8.8 km9 Jan 19851313113.00.68
152 Yekaterinburg8.5 km26 Apr 19917717.01.2146 mio.5,412,000
153 Buffalo8.4 km18 May 19858818.01.04
154 Kazan8.3 km27 Aug 20056616.01.387 mio.843,000
155 Palma de Mallorca8.3 km25 Apr 20079919.00.92
156 Adana8.0 km18 Mar 20098818.01.00
157 Antwerp7.6 km25 Mar 1975111125.50.69
158 Dnepropetrovsk7.1 km29 Dec 19956616.01.1811 mio.1,549,000
159 Jacksonville6.9 km30 May 19896616.01.15
160 Kamakura6.6 km3 Mar 19708818.00.82
161 Maracaibo6.5 km8 Jun 20096616.01.08
162 Valencia6.2 km18 Oct 20067717.00.8918 mio.2,903,000
163 Las Vegas6.2 km15 Jul 20047717.00.89
164 Poznan6.1 km1 Mar 19976616.01.02
165 Gelsenkirchen5.5 km1 Sep 19849919.00.61
166 Genoa5.2 km13 Jun 19907717.00.74
167 Bielefeld5.2 km21 Sep 19717741.80.74
168 Detroit4.8 kmJul 19871313113.00.37
169 Ludwigshafen4.0 km29 May 1969111100.36
170 Catania3.8 km27 Jun 19996616.00.63
171 Volgograd3.3 km5 Nov 19842212.01.65
172 Perugia3.0 km29 Jan 20087717.00.43
173 Newark2.2 km26 May 19354414.00.55
174 Rouen2.2 km17 Dec 19945515.00.44
175 Haifa1.8 km19596616.00.29
176 Pittsburgh1.5 km3 Jul 19853313.00.48


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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