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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 km46827 Oct 1904422270.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,000
2 Paris213.0 km38019 Jul 1900300160.7113.323.81473 mio.6,915,000
3 Seoul286.9 km34815 Aug 1974298100.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,000
4 Tokyo304.5 km29030 Dec 1927205131.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,000
5 Madrid284.0 km28117 Oct 1919231131.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,000
6 London408.0 km26810 Jan 1863268111.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,000
7 Shanghai334.0 km23010 Apr 1995194101.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,000
8 Berlin147.4 km19518 Feb 1902173100.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,000
9 Moscow298.8 km18015 May 1935144122.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,000
10 Mexico City201.7 km1755 Sep 1969147111.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,000
11 Barcelona110.5 km15230 Dec 1924128100.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,000
12 Chicago166.0 km1516 Jun 189214481.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,000
13 Beijing227.6 km1471 Oct 196912591.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,000
14 Osaka137.8 km13320 May 193310491.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,000
15 Stockholm105.7 km1041 Oct 195010031.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,000
16 Munich92.5 km10019 Oct 19719460.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,000
17 Hamburg100.7 km971 Mar 19128931.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,000
18 Vienna69.8 km9625 Feb 19788450.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,000
19 Hong Kong188.1 km951 Oct 19798292.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,000
20 Nagoya89.0 km9315 Nov 19578241.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,000
21 Santiago83.0 km9315 Sep 19758650.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,000
22 Busan95.0 km9219 Jul 19858831.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,000
23 Washington171.2 km9027 Mar 19768651.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,000
24 Guangzhou148.5 km8828 Jun 19997951.8829.717.6601 mio.4,047,000
25 Milan74.6 km881 Nov 19648430.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,000
26 Taipei90.6 km8528 Mar 19968081.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,000
27 Delhi96.2 km8324 Dec 20028131.1932.127.7310 mio.3,224,000
28 Buenos Aires47.5 km761 Dec 19136860.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,000
29 Singapore118.9 km767 Nov 19876941.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,000
30 Toronto71.3 km7430 Apr 19546941.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,000
31 Montreal69.2 km7314 Oct 19666841.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,000
32 Mumbai171.0 km737352.3434.214.6
33 Oslo62.0 km7222 May 19667250.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,000
34 Boston60.5 km661 Sep 18976031.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,000
35 Philadelphia62.0 km664 Mar 19076231.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,000
36 Saint Petersburg110.2 km6315 Nov 19555552.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,000
37 Lille45.5 km6225 Apr 19836020.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,000
38 Brussels32.2 km6120 Sep 19765930.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,000
39 Newcastle76.5 km617 Aug 19805021.5338.330.538 mio.497,000
40 Kuala Lumpur64.0 km6016 Dec 19965631.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,000
41 Sao Paulo61.3 km5814 Sep 19745541.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,000
42 Prague59.1 km579 May 19745431.0919.719.0597 mio.10,102,000
43 Daegu53.9 km5626 Nov 19975520.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,000
44 Cairo65.5 km5527 Sep 19875321.2432.827.5700 mio.10,687,000
45 Athens52.0 km5219544831.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,000
46 Lisbon41.0 km5229 Dec 19594640.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,000
47 Cologne45.0 km5111 Oct 196851150.883.03.4
48 Caracas60.5 km5027 Mar 19834651.3212.110.0510 mio.8,430,000
49 Bucharest67.7 km5016 Nov 19794341.5716.912.5111 mio.1,640,000
50 Sapporo48.0 km4916 Dec 19714631.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,000
51 Rome39.0 km4910 Feb 19554820.8119.524.5331 mio.8,487,000
52 Vancouver69.5 km493 Jan 19864731.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,000
53 Yokohama57.6 km4816 Dec 19724531.2819.216.0198 mio.3,438,000
54 Tehran50.5 km4721 Feb 20004431.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,000
55 Nuremberg34.6 km461 Mar 19724430.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,000
56 Kiev59.8 km4622 Oct 19604331.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,000
57 Bangkok46.3 km445 Dec 19994031.1615.414.7206 mio.4,449,000
58 San Francisco166.9 km4311 Sep 19724353.8833.48.6100 mio.599,000
59 Lyon30.7 km4328 Apr 19783940.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,000
60 Manila45.7 km421 Dec 19843931.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,000
61 Budapest33.0 km422 May 18964030.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,000
62 Atlanta79.2 km3930 Jun 19793822.0839.619.534 mio.429,000
63 Bilbao40.6 km3811 Nov 19953821.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,000
64 Valencia31.8 km383 Oct 19883730.8610.612.7
65 Rotterdam47.0 km3810 Feb 19683721.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,000
66 Toulouse27.5 km3826 Jun 19933720.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,000
67 Dortmund29.5 km3717 May 19763730.809.812.3
68 Saint Louis73.4 km3731 Jul 19933721.9836.718.5
69 Tianjin72.0 km3728 Mar 20043721.9536.018.515 mio.208,000
70 Kaohsiung42.7 km379 Mar 20083621.1921.418.530 mio.703,000
71 Fukuoka29.8 km3526 Jul 19813430.889.911.7124 mio.4,161,000
72 Rio de Janeiro42.0 km345 Mar 19793421.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,000
73 Amsterdam32.7 km3316 Oct 19773340.998.28.391 mio.2,783,000
74 Kyoto31.3 km321 Apr 19813121.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,000
75 Monterrey31.5 km3225 Apr 19913121.0215.816.0
76 Frankfurt20.5 km314 Oct 19682730.766.810.3
77 Los Angeles59.3 km3030 Jan 19933031.9819.810.045 mio.759,000
78 Naples31.8 km3028 Mar 19932831.1410.610.029 mio.912,000
79 Recife39.7 km3011 Mar 19852821.4219.915.0
80 The Hague27.9 km3016 Oct 20043030.939.310.0
81 Lausanne13.7 km2924 May 19912820.496.814.5
82 Tashkent36.2 km296 Nov 19772631.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,000
83 Guadalajara24.0 km291 Sep 19892820.8612.014.5
84 Bochum21.5 km2926 May 19792720.8010.814.5
85 Incheon29.5 km296 Oct 19992911.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,000
86 Kharkov35.3 km2823 Aug 19752531.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,000
87 Essen20.2 km275 Oct 19672730.756.79.0
88 Marseille19.3 km2626 Nov 19772420.809.613.058 mio.3,005,000
89 Kobe30.6 km2613 Mar 19772421.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,000
90 Medellin28.8 km2630 Nov 19952521.1514.413.0155 mio.5,382,000
91 Minsk30.3 km2526 Jun 19842421.2615.112.5262 mio.8,647,000
92 Bursa22.5 km2319 Aug 20022310.9822.523.0
93 Shenzhen25.3 km2328 Dec 20042221.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,000
94 Ankara23.1 km2330 Aug 19962221.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,000
95 Brasilia42.0 km2331 Mar 20012311.8342.023.016 mio.381,000
96 Copenhagen21.0 km2219 Oct 20022220.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,000
97 Miami36.0 km2221 May 19842211.6436.022.019 mio.528,000
98 Tbilisi26.3 km2211 Jan 19662121.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,000
99 Daejeon22.6 km2216 Mar 20062211.0322.622.029 mio.1,283,000
100 Baku32.9 km226 Nov 19672121.5616.411.0176 mio.5,356,000
101 Hiroshima18.4 km2120 Aug 19942110.8818.421.018 mio.978,000
102 Warsaw22.6 km217 Apr 19952111.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,000
103 Kolkata22.6 km2124 Oct 19842111.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,000
104 Hanover18.6 km2128 Sep 19751731.096.27.0
105 Seville18.0 km212 Apr 20092110.8618.021.0
106 Gwangju20.1 km2028 Apr 20042011.0120.120.017 mio.846,000
107 Wuppertal13.3 km201 Mar 19012010.6713.320.0
108 Charleroi17.5 km2021 Jun 19762040.884.45.0
109 Valparaiso43.0 km2023 Nov 20052012.1543.020.0
110 Stuttgart24.0 km1910 Jun 19661721.4112.09.5
111 Tama16.0 km1927 Nov 19981910.8416.019.0
112 Belo Horizonte28.1 km191 Aug 19861911.4828.119.0
113 Chiba15.5 km1828 Mar 19881820.867.89.0
114 Cleveland31.0 km1815 Mar 19551811.7231.018.06 mio.194,000
115 Shenyang22.2 km1823 Sep 20091811.2322.218.0
116 Chongqing19.5 km1818 Jun 20051811.0819.518.0
117 Sendai14.8 km1715 Jul 19871710.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,000
118 Helsinki21.0 km173 Aug 19821711.2421.017.058 mio.2,762,000
119 Porto Alegre33.8 km172 Mar 19851711.9933.817.0
120 Chennai27.0 km1719 Oct 19971711.5927.017.0
121 Santo Domingo14.5 km1630 Jan 20091610.9114.516.0
122 San Juan17.2 km166 Jun 20051611.0817.216.09 mio.523,000
123 Nanjing21.7 km1627 Aug 20051611.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,000
124 Pyongyang22.5 km166 Sep 19731521.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,000
125 Changchun17.0 km16Oct 20021611.0617.016.0
126 Oporto21.7 km157 Dec 20021421.5510.97.5
127 Naha12.8 km1510 Aug 20031510.8512.815.0
128 Rennes9.0 km1516 Mar 20021510.609.015.023 mio.2,556,000
129 Glasgow10.4 km1514 Dec 18961510.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,000
130 Sydney22.1 km1419261431.587.44.7
131 Turin9.6 km144 Feb 20061410.699.614.0
132 Baltimore24.5 km1421 Nov 19831411.7524.514.014 mio.571,000
133 Nizhny Novgorod15.5 km1420 Nov 19851321.197.87.033 mio.2,129,000
134 Duesseldorf9.6 km144 Oct 19811420.684.87.0
135 Sofia18.0 km1428 Jan 19981411.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,000
136 Novosibirsk14.3 km137 Jan 19861221.197.26.570 mio.4,895,000
137 Duisburg14.3 km1311 Jul 19921321.107.26.5
138 Kitakyushu8.8 km139 Jan 19851310.688.813.0
139 Detroit4.8 km13Jul 19871310.374.813.0
140 Mulheim9.0 km133 Nov 19791220.754.56.5
141 Kryvyi Rih18.0 km1226 Dec 19861211.5018.012.0
142 Seattle22.2 km1218 Jul 20091211.8522.212.0
143 Dalian49.0 km121 May 20031214.0849.012.0
144 Bonn9.0 km1222 Mar 19751210.759.012.0
145 Ludwigshafen4.0 km1129 May 19691100.36
146 Edmonton13.1 km1122 Apr 19781111.1913.111.0
147 Dubai39.7 km119 Sep 20091113.6139.711.0
148 Antwerp7.6 km1125 Mar 19751120.693.85.5
149 Yerevan12.1 km107 Mar 19811011.2112.110.017 mio.1,405,000
150 Istanbul15.0 km1016 Sep 20001011.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,000
151 Izmir11.5 km1022 May 20001011.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,000
152 Wuhan10.2 km1028 Sep 20041011.0210.210.0
153 Gelsenkirchen5.5 km91 Sep 1984910.615.59.0
154 Samara10.2 km926 Dec 1987911.1310.29.012 mio.1,176,000
155 Palma de Mallorca8.3 km925 Apr 2007910.928.39.0
156 Adana8.0 km818 Mar 2009811.008.08.0
157 Kamakura6.6 km83 Mar 1970810.826.68.0
158 Buffalo8.4 km818 May 1985811.048.48.0
159 Valencia6.2 km718 Oct 2006710.896.27.018 mio.2,903,000
160 Perugia3.0 km729 Jan 2008710.433.07.0
161 Genoa5.2 km713 Jun 1990710.745.27.0
162 Yekaterinburg8.5 km726 Apr 1991711.218.57.046 mio.5,412,000
163 Las Vegas6.2 km715 Jul 2004710.896.27.0
164 Bielefeld5.2 km721 Sep 1971740.741.31.8
165 Maracaibo6.5 km68 Jun 2009611.086.56.0
166 Jacksonville6.9 km630 May 1989611.156.96.0
167 Dnepropetrovsk7.1 km629 Dec 1995611.187.16.011 mio.1,549,000
168 Poznan6.1 km61 Mar 1997611.026.16.0
169 Kazan8.3 km627 Aug 2005611.388.36.07 mio.843,000
170 Haifa1.8 km61959610.291.86.0
171 Catania3.8 km627 Jun 1999610.633.86.0
172 Lima10.0 km613 Jan 2003611.6710.06.0
173 Rouen2.2 km517 Dec 1994510.442.25.0
174 Newark2.2 km426 May 1935410.552.24.0
175 Pittsburgh1.5 km33 Jul 1985310.481.53.0
176 Volgograd3.3 km25 Nov 1984211.653.32.0


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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