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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 km26810 Jan 1863112681.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,000
2 New York368.0 km46827 Oct 1904274220.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,000
3 Shanghai334.0 km23010 Apr 1995101941.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,000
4 Tokyo304.5 km29030 Dec 1927132051.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,000
5 Moscow298.8 km18015 May 1935121442.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,000
6 Seoul286.9 km34815 Aug 1974102980.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,000
7 Madrid284.0 km28117 Oct 1919132311.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,000
8 Beijing227.6 km1471 Oct 196991251.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,000
9 Paris213.0 km38019 Jul 1900163000.7113.323.81473 mio.6,915,000
10 Mexico City201.7 km1755 Sep 1969111471.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,000
11 Hong Kong188.1 km951 Oct 19799822.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,000
12 Washington171.2 km9027 Mar 19765861.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,000
13 Mumbai171.0 km735732.3434.214.6
14 San Francisco166.9 km4311 Sep 19725433.8833.48.6100 mio.599,000
15 Chicago166.0 km1516 Jun 189281441.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,000
16 Guangzhou148.5 km8828 Jun 19995791.8829.717.6601 mio.4,047,000
17 Berlin147.4 km19518 Feb 1902101730.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,000
18 Osaka137.8 km13320 May 193391041.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,000
19 Singapore118.9 km767 Nov 19874691.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,000
20 Barcelona110.5 km15230 Dec 1924101280.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,000
21 Saint Petersburg110.2 km6315 Nov 19555552.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,000
22 Stockholm105.7 km1041 Oct 195031001.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,000
23 Hamburg100.7 km971 Mar 19123891.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,000
24 Delhi96.2 km8324 Dec 20023811.1932.127.7310 mio.3,224,000
25 Busan95.0 km9219 Jul 19853881.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,000
26 Munich92.5 km10019 Oct 19716940.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,000
27 Taipei90.6 km8528 Mar 19968801.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,000
28 Nagoya89.0 km9315 Nov 19574821.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,000
29 Santiago83.0 km9315 Sep 19755860.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,000
30 Atlanta79.2 km3930 Jun 19792382.0839.619.534 mio.429,000
31 Newcastle76.5 km617 Aug 19802501.5338.330.538 mio.497,000
32 Milan74.6 km881 Nov 19643840.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,000
33 Saint Louis73.4 km3731 Jul 19932371.9836.718.5
34 Tianjin72.0 km3728 Mar 20042371.9536.018.515 mio.208,000
35 Toronto71.3 km7430 Apr 19544691.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,000
36 Vienna69.8 km9625 Feb 19785840.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,000
37 Vancouver69.5 km493 Jan 19863471.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,000
38 Montreal69.2 km7314 Oct 19664681.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,000
39 Bucharest67.7 km5016 Nov 19794431.5716.912.5111 mio.1,640,000
40 Cairo65.5 km5527 Sep 19872531.2432.827.5700 mio.10,687,000
41 Kuala Lumpur64.0 km6016 Dec 19963561.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,000
42 Oslo62.0 km7222 May 19665720.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,000
43 Philadelphia62.0 km664 Mar 19073621.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,000
44 Sao Paulo61.3 km5814 Sep 19744551.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,000
45 Caracas60.5 km5027 Mar 19835461.3212.110.0510 mio.8,430,000
46 Boston60.5 km661 Sep 18973601.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,000
47 Kiev59.8 km4622 Oct 19603431.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,000
48 Los Angeles59.3 km3030 Jan 19933301.9819.810.045 mio.759,000
49 Prague59.1 km579 May 19743541.0919.719.0597 mio.10,102,000
50 Yokohama57.6 km4816 Dec 19723451.2819.216.0198 mio.3,438,000
51 Daegu53.9 km5626 Nov 19972550.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,000
52 Athens52.0 km5219543481.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,000
53 Tehran50.5 km4721 Feb 20003441.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,000
54 Dalian49.0 km121 May 20031124.0849.012.0
55 Sapporo48.0 km4916 Dec 19713461.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,000
56 Buenos Aires47.5 km761 Dec 19136680.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,000
57 Rotterdam47.0 km3810 Feb 19682371.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,000
58 Bangkok46.3 km445 Dec 19993401.1615.414.7206 mio.4,449,000
59 Manila45.7 km421 Dec 19843391.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,000
60 Lille45.5 km6225 Apr 19832600.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,000
61 Cologne45.0 km5111 Oct 196815510.883.03.4
62 Valparaiso43.0 km2023 Nov 20051202.1543.020.0
63 Kaohsiung42.7 km379 Mar 20082361.1921.418.530 mio.703,000
64 Rio de Janeiro42.0 km345 Mar 19792341.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,000
65 Brasilia42.0 km2331 Mar 20011231.8342.023.016 mio.381,000
66 Lisbon41.0 km5229 Dec 19594460.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,000
67 Bilbao40.6 km3811 Nov 19952381.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,000
68 Dubai39.7 km119 Sep 20091113.6139.711.0
69 Recife39.7 km3011 Mar 19852281.4219.915.0
70 Rome39.0 km4910 Feb 19552480.8119.524.5331 mio.8,487,000
71 Tashkent36.2 km296 Nov 19773261.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,000
72 Miami36.0 km2221 May 19841221.6436.022.019 mio.528,000
73 Kharkov35.3 km2823 Aug 19753251.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,000
74 Nuremberg34.6 km461 Mar 19723440.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,000
75 Porto Alegre33.8 km172 Mar 19851171.9933.817.0
76 Budapest33.0 km422 May 18963400.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,000
77 Baku32.9 km226 Nov 19672211.5616.411.0176 mio.5,356,000
78 Amsterdam32.7 km3316 Oct 19774330.998.28.391 mio.2,783,000
79 Brussels32.2 km6120 Sep 19763590.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,000
80 Naples31.8 km3028 Mar 19933281.1410.610.029 mio.912,000
81 Valencia31.8 km383 Oct 19883370.8610.612.7
82 Monterrey31.5 km3225 Apr 19912311.0215.816.0
83 Kyoto31.3 km321 Apr 19812311.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,000
84 Cleveland31.0 km1815 Mar 19551181.7231.018.06 mio.194,000
85 Lyon30.7 km4328 Apr 19784390.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,000
86 Kobe30.6 km2613 Mar 19772241.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,000
87 Minsk30.3 km2526 Jun 19842241.2615.112.5262 mio.8,647,000
88 Fukuoka29.8 km3526 Jul 19813340.889.911.7124 mio.4,161,000
89 Incheon29.5 km296 Oct 19991291.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,000
90 Dortmund29.5 km3717 May 19763370.809.812.3
91 Medellin28.8 km2630 Nov 19952251.1514.413.0155 mio.5,382,000
92 Belo Horizonte28.1 km191 Aug 19861191.4828.119.0
93 The Hague27.9 km3016 Oct 20043300.939.310.0
94 Toulouse27.5 km3826 Jun 19932370.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,000
95 Chennai27.0 km1719 Oct 19971171.5927.017.0
96 Tbilisi26.3 km2211 Jan 19662211.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,000
97 Shenzhen25.3 km2328 Dec 20042221.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,000
98 Baltimore24.5 km1421 Nov 19831141.7524.514.014 mio.571,000
99 Guadalajara24.0 km291 Sep 19892280.8612.014.5
100 Stuttgart24.0 km1910 Jun 19662171.4112.09.5
101 Ankara23.1 km2330 Aug 19962221.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,000
102 Warsaw22.6 km217 Apr 19951211.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,000
103 Kolkata22.6 km2124 Oct 19841211.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,000
104 Daejeon22.6 km2216 Mar 20061221.0322.622.029 mio.1,283,000
105 Bursa22.5 km2319 Aug 20021230.9822.523.0
106 Pyongyang22.5 km166 Sep 19732151.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,000
107 Shenyang22.2 km1823 Sep 20091181.2322.218.0
108 Seattle22.2 km1218 Jul 20091121.8522.212.0
109 Sydney22.1 km1419263141.587.44.7
110 Oporto21.7 km157 Dec 20022141.5510.97.5
111 Nanjing21.7 km1627 Aug 20051161.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,000
112 Bochum21.5 km2926 May 19792270.8010.814.5
113 Copenhagen21.0 km2219 Oct 20022220.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,000
114 Helsinki21.0 km173 Aug 19821171.2421.017.058 mio.2,762,000
115 Frankfurt20.5 km314 Oct 19683270.766.810.3
116 Essen20.2 km275 Oct 19673270.756.79.0
117 Gwangju20.1 km2028 Apr 20041201.0120.120.017 mio.846,000
118 Chongqing19.5 km1818 Jun 20051181.0819.518.0
119 Marseille19.3 km2626 Nov 19772240.809.613.058 mio.3,005,000
120 Hanover18.6 km2128 Sep 19753171.096.27.0
121 Hiroshima18.4 km2120 Aug 19941210.8818.421.018 mio.978,000
122 Kryvyi Rih18.0 km1226 Dec 19861121.5018.012.0
123 Sofia18.0 km1428 Jan 19981141.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,000
124 Seville18.0 km212 Apr 20091210.8618.021.0
125 Charleroi17.5 km2021 Jun 19764200.884.45.0
126 San Juan17.2 km166 Jun 20051161.0817.216.09 mio.523,000
127 Changchun17.0 km16Oct 20021161.0617.016.0
128 Tama16.0 km1927 Nov 19981190.8416.019.0
129 Chiba15.5 km1828 Mar 19882180.867.89.0
130 Nizhny Novgorod15.5 km1420 Nov 19852131.197.87.033 mio.2,129,000
131 Istanbul15.0 km1016 Sep 20001101.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,000
132 Sendai14.8 km1715 Jul 19871170.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,000
133 Santo Domingo14.5 km1630 Jan 20091160.9114.516.0
134 Duisburg14.3 km1311 Jul 19922131.107.26.5
135 Novosibirsk14.3 km137 Jan 19862121.197.26.570 mio.4,895,000
136 Lausanne13.7 km2924 May 19912280.496.814.5
137 Wuppertal13.3 km201 Mar 19011200.6713.320.0
138 Edmonton13.1 km1122 Apr 19781111.1913.111.0
139 Naha12.8 km1510 Aug 20031150.8512.815.0
140 Yerevan12.1 km107 Mar 19811101.2112.110.017 mio.1,405,000
141 Izmir11.5 km1022 May 20001101.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,000
142 Glasgow10.4 km1514 Dec 18961150.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,000
143 Samara10.2 km926 Dec 1987191.1310.29.012 mio.1,176,000
144 Wuhan10.2 km1028 Sep 20041101.0210.210.0
145 Lima10.0 km613 Jan 2003161.6710.06.0
146 Turin9.6 km144 Feb 20061140.699.614.0
147 Duesseldorf9.6 km144 Oct 19812140.684.87.0
148 Mulheim9.0 km133 Nov 19792120.754.56.5
149 Rennes9.0 km1516 Mar 20021150.609.015.023 mio.2,556,000
150 Bonn9.0 km1222 Mar 19751120.759.012.0
151 Kitakyushu8.8 km139 Jan 19851130.688.813.0
152 Yekaterinburg8.5 km726 Apr 1991171.218.57.046 mio.5,412,000
153 Buffalo8.4 km818 May 1985181.048.48.0
154 Kazan8.3 km627 Aug 2005161.388.36.07 mio.843,000
155 Palma de Mallorca8.3 km925 Apr 2007190.928.39.0
156 Adana8.0 km818 Mar 2009181.008.08.0
157 Antwerp7.6 km1125 Mar 19752110.693.85.5
158 Dnepropetrovsk7.1 km629 Dec 1995161.187.16.011 mio.1,549,000
159 Jacksonville6.9 km630 May 1989161.156.96.0
160 Kamakura6.6 km83 Mar 1970180.826.68.0
161 Maracaibo6.5 km68 Jun 2009161.086.56.0
162 Valencia6.2 km718 Oct 2006170.896.27.018 mio.2,903,000
163 Las Vegas6.2 km715 Jul 2004170.896.27.0
164 Poznan6.1 km61 Mar 1997161.026.16.0
165 Gelsenkirchen5.5 km91 Sep 1984190.615.59.0
166 Genoa5.2 km713 Jun 1990170.745.27.0
167 Bielefeld5.2 km721 Sep 1971470.741.31.8
168 Detroit4.8 km13Jul 19871130.374.813.0
169 Ludwigshafen4.0 km1129 May 19690110.36
170 Catania3.8 km627 Jun 1999160.633.86.0
171 Volgograd3.3 km25 Nov 1984121.653.32.0
172 Perugia3.0 km729 Jan 2008170.433.07.0
173 Newark2.2 km426 May 1935140.552.24.0
174 Rouen2.2 km517 Dec 1994150.442.25.0
175 Haifa1.8 km61959160.291.86.0
176 Pittsburgh1.5 km33 Jul 1985130.481.53.0


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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