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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 19044684220.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,000
2 Paris213.0 km19 Jul 19003803000.7113.323.81473 mio.6,915,000
3 Seoul286.9 km15 Aug 19743482980.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,000
4 Tokyo304.5 km30 Dec 19272902051.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,000
5 Madrid284.0 km17 Oct 19192812311.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,000
6 London408.0 km10 Jan 18632682681.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,000
7 Shanghai334.0 km10 Apr 19952301941.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,000
8 Berlin147.4 km18 Feb 19021951730.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,000
9 Moscow298.8 km15 May 19351801442.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,000
10 Mexico City201.7 km5 Sep 19691751471.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,000
11 Barcelona110.5 km30 Dec 19241521280.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,000
12 Chicago166.0 km6 Jun 18921511441.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,000
13 Beijing227.6 km1 Oct 19691471251.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,000
14 Osaka137.8 km20 May 19331331041.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,000
15 Stockholm105.7 km1 Oct 19501041001.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,000
16 Munich92.5 km19 Oct 1971100940.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,000
17 Hamburg100.7 km1 Mar 191297891.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,000
18 Vienna69.8 km25 Feb 197896840.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,000
19 Hong Kong188.1 km1 Oct 197995822.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,000
20 Nagoya89.0 km15 Nov 195793821.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,000
21 Santiago83.0 km15 Sep 197593860.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,000
22 Busan95.0 km19 Jul 198592881.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,000
23 Washington171.2 km27 Mar 197690861.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,000
24 Guangzhou148.5 km28 Jun 199988791.8829.717.6601 mio.4,047,000
25 Milan74.6 km1 Nov 196488840.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,000
26 Taipei90.6 km28 Mar 199685801.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,000
27 Delhi96.2 km24 Dec 200283811.1932.127.7310 mio.3,224,000
28 Buenos Aires47.5 km1 Dec 191376680.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,000
29 Singapore118.9 km7 Nov 198776691.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,000
30 Toronto71.3 km30 Apr 195474691.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,000
31 Montreal69.2 km14 Oct 196673681.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,000
32 Mumbai171.0 km73732.3434.214.6
33 Oslo62.0 km22 May 196672720.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,000
34 Boston60.5 km1 Sep 189766601.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,000
35 Philadelphia62.0 km4 Mar 190766621.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,000
36 Saint Petersburg110.2 km15 Nov 195563552.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,000
37 Lille45.5 km25 Apr 198362600.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,000
38 Brussels32.2 km20 Sep 197661590.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,000
39 Newcastle76.5 km7 Aug 198061501.5338.330.538 mio.497,000
40 Kuala Lumpur64.0 km16 Dec 199660561.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,000
41 Sao Paulo61.3 km14 Sep 197458551.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,000
42 Prague59.1 km9 May 197457541.0919.719.0597 mio.10,102,000
43 Daegu53.9 km26 Nov 199756550.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,000
44 Cairo65.5 km27 Sep 198755531.2432.827.5700 mio.10,687,000
45 Athens52.0 km195452481.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,000
46 Lisbon41.0 km29 Dec 195952460.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,000
47 Cologne45.0 km11 Oct 196851510.883.03.4
48 Caracas60.5 km27 Mar 198350461.3212.110.0510 mio.8,430,000
49 Bucharest67.7 km16 Nov 197950431.5716.912.5111 mio.1,640,000
50 Sapporo48.0 km16 Dec 197149461.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,000
51 Rome39.0 km10 Feb 195549480.8119.524.5331 mio.8,487,000
52 Vancouver69.5 km3 Jan 198649471.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,000
53 Yokohama57.6 km16 Dec 197248451.2819.216.0198 mio.3,438,000
54 Tehran50.5 km21 Feb 200047441.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,000
55 Nuremberg34.6 km1 Mar 197246440.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,000
56 Kiev59.8 km22 Oct 196046431.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,000
57 Bangkok46.3 km5 Dec 199944401.1615.414.7206 mio.4,449,000
58 San Francisco166.9 km11 Sep 197243433.8833.48.6100 mio.599,000
59 Lyon30.7 km28 Apr 197843390.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,000
60 Manila45.7 km1 Dec 198442391.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,000
61 Budapest33.0 km2 May 189642400.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,000
62 Atlanta79.2 km30 Jun 197939382.0839.619.534 mio.429,000
63 Bilbao40.6 km11 Nov 199538381.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,000
64 Valencia31.8 km3 Oct 198838370.8610.612.7
65 Rotterdam47.0 km10 Feb 196838371.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,000
66 Toulouse27.5 km26 Jun 199338370.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,000
67 Dortmund29.5 km17 May 197637370.809.812.3
68 Saint Louis73.4 km31 Jul 199337371.9836.718.5
69 Tianjin72.0 km28 Mar 200437371.9536.018.515 mio.208,000
70 Kaohsiung42.7 km9 Mar 200837361.1921.418.530 mio.703,000
71 Fukuoka29.8 km26 Jul 198135340.889.911.7124 mio.4,161,000
72 Rio de Janeiro42.0 km5 Mar 197934341.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,000
73 Amsterdam32.7 km16 Oct 197733330.998.28.391 mio.2,783,000
74 Kyoto31.3 km1 Apr 198132311.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,000
75 Monterrey31.5 km25 Apr 199132311.0215.816.0
76 Frankfurt20.5 km4 Oct 196831270.766.810.3
77 Los Angeles59.3 km30 Jan 199330301.9819.810.045 mio.759,000
78 Naples31.8 km28 Mar 199330281.1410.610.029 mio.912,000
79 Recife39.7 km11 Mar 198530281.4219.915.0
80 The Hague27.9 km16 Oct 200430300.939.310.0
81 Lausanne13.7 km24 May 199129280.496.814.5
82 Tashkent36.2 km6 Nov 197729261.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,000
83 Guadalajara24.0 km1 Sep 198929280.8612.014.5
84 Bochum21.5 km26 May 197929270.8010.814.5
85 Incheon29.5 km6 Oct 199929291.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,000
86 Kharkov35.3 km23 Aug 197528251.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,000
87 Essen20.2 km5 Oct 196727270.756.79.0
88 Marseille19.3 km26 Nov 197726240.809.613.058 mio.3,005,000
89 Kobe30.6 km13 Mar 197726241.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,000
90 Medellin28.8 km30 Nov 199526251.1514.413.0155 mio.5,382,000
91 Minsk30.3 km26 Jun 198425241.2615.112.5262 mio.8,647,000
92 Bursa22.5 km19 Aug 200223230.9822.523.0
93 Shenzhen25.3 km28 Dec 200423221.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,000
94 Ankara23.1 km30 Aug 199623221.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,000
95 Brasilia42.0 km31 Mar 200123231.8342.023.016 mio.381,000
96 Copenhagen21.0 km19 Oct 200222220.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,000
97 Miami36.0 km21 May 198422221.6436.022.019 mio.528,000
98 Tbilisi26.3 km11 Jan 196622211.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,000
99 Daejeon22.6 km16 Mar 200622221.0322.622.029 mio.1,283,000
100 Baku32.9 km6 Nov 196722211.5616.411.0176 mio.5,356,000
101 Hiroshima18.4 km20 Aug 199421210.8818.421.018 mio.978,000
102 Warsaw22.6 km7 Apr 199521211.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,000
103 Kolkata22.6 km24 Oct 198421211.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,000
104 Hanover18.6 km28 Sep 197521171.096.27.0
105 Seville18.0 km2 Apr 200921210.8618.021.0
106 Gwangju20.1 km28 Apr 200420201.0120.120.017 mio.846,000
107 Wuppertal13.3 km1 Mar 190120200.6713.320.0
108 Charleroi17.5 km21 Jun 197620200.884.45.0
109 Valparaiso43.0 km23 Nov 200520202.1543.020.0
110 Stuttgart24.0 km10 Jun 196619171.4112.09.5
111 Tama16.0 km27 Nov 199819190.8416.019.0
112 Belo Horizonte28.1 km1 Aug 198619191.4828.119.0
113 Chiba15.5 km28 Mar 198818180.867.89.0
114 Cleveland31.0 km15 Mar 195518181.7231.018.06 mio.194,000
115 Shenyang22.2 km23 Sep 200918181.2322.218.0
116 Chongqing19.5 km18 Jun 200518181.0819.518.0
117 Sendai14.8 km15 Jul 198717170.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,000
118 Helsinki21.0 km3 Aug 198217171.2421.017.058 mio.2,762,000
119 Porto Alegre33.8 km2 Mar 198517171.9933.817.0
120 Chennai27.0 km19 Oct 199717171.5927.017.0
121 Santo Domingo14.5 km30 Jan 200916160.9114.516.0
122 San Juan17.2 km6 Jun 200516161.0817.216.09 mio.523,000
123 Nanjing21.7 km27 Aug 200516161.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,000
124 Pyongyang22.5 km6 Sep 197316151.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,000
125 Changchun17.0 kmOct 200216161.0617.016.0
126 Oporto21.7 km7 Dec 200215141.5510.97.5
127 Naha12.8 km10 Aug 200315150.8512.815.0
128 Rennes9.0 km16 Mar 200215150.609.015.023 mio.2,556,000
129 Glasgow10.4 km14 Dec 189615150.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,000
130 Sydney22.1 km192614141.587.44.7
131 Turin9.6 km4 Feb 200614140.699.614.0
132 Baltimore24.5 km21 Nov 198314141.7524.514.014 mio.571,000
133 Nizhny Novgorod15.5 km20 Nov 198514131.197.87.033 mio.2,129,000
134 Duesseldorf9.6 km4 Oct 198114140.684.87.0
135 Sofia18.0 km28 Jan 199814141.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,000
136 Novosibirsk14.3 km7 Jan 198613121.197.26.570 mio.4,895,000
137 Duisburg14.3 km11 Jul 199213131.107.26.5
138 Kitakyushu8.8 km9 Jan 198513130.688.813.0
139 Detroit4.8 kmJul 198713130.374.813.0
140 Mulheim9.0 km3 Nov 197913120.754.56.5
141 Kryvyi Rih18.0 km26 Dec 198612121.5018.012.0
142 Seattle22.2 km18 Jul 200912121.8522.212.0
143 Dalian49.0 km1 May 200312124.0849.012.0
144 Bonn9.0 km22 Mar 197512120.759.012.0
145 Ludwigshafen4.0 km29 May 196911110.36
146 Edmonton13.1 km22 Apr 197811111.1913.111.0
147 Dubai39.7 km9 Sep 200911113.6139.711.0
148 Antwerp7.6 km25 Mar 197511110.693.85.5
149 Yerevan12.1 km7 Mar 198110101.2112.110.017 mio.1,405,000
150 Istanbul15.0 km16 Sep 200010101.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,000
151 Izmir11.5 km22 May 200010101.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,000
152 Wuhan10.2 km28 Sep 200410101.0210.210.0
153 Gelsenkirchen5.5 km1 Sep 1984990.615.59.0
154 Samara10.2 km26 Dec 1987991.1310.29.012 mio.1,176,000
155 Palma de Mallorca8.3 km25 Apr 2007990.928.39.0
156 Adana8.0 km18 Mar 2009881.008.08.0
157 Kamakura6.6 km3 Mar 1970880.826.68.0
158 Buffalo8.4 km18 May 1985881.048.48.0
159 Valencia6.2 km18 Oct 2006770.896.27.018 mio.2,903,000
160 Perugia3.0 km29 Jan 2008770.433.07.0
161 Genoa5.2 km13 Jun 1990770.745.27.0
162 Yekaterinburg8.5 km26 Apr 1991771.218.57.046 mio.5,412,000
163 Las Vegas6.2 km15 Jul 2004770.896.27.0
164 Bielefeld5.2 km21 Sep 1971770.741.31.8
165 Maracaibo6.5 km8 Jun 2009661.086.56.0
166 Jacksonville6.9 km30 May 1989661.156.96.0
167 Dnepropetrovsk7.1 km29 Dec 1995661.187.16.011 mio.1,549,000
168 Poznan6.1 km1 Mar 1997661.026.16.0
169 Kazan8.3 km27 Aug 2005661.388.36.07 mio.843,000
170 Haifa1.8 km1959660.291.86.0
171 Catania3.8 km27 Jun 1999660.633.86.0
172 Lima10.0 km13 Jan 2003661.6710.06.0
173 Rouen2.2 km17 Dec 1994550.442.25.0
174 Newark2.2 km26 May 1935440.552.24.0
175 Pittsburgh1.5 km3 Jul 1985330.481.53.0
176 Volgograd3.3 km5 Nov 1984221.653.32.0


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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