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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).



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1New York368.0 km468422270.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,000
2Paris213.0 km380300160.7113.323.81473 mio.6,915,000
3Cologne45.0 km5151150.883.03.4
4Madrid284.0 km281231131.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,000
5Tokyo304.5 km290205131.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,000
6Moscow298.8 km180144122.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,000
7Mexico City201.7 km175147111.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,000
8London408.0 km268268111.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,000
9Barcelona110.5 km152128100.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,000
10Berlin147.4 km195173100.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,000
11Shanghai334.0 km230194101.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,000
12Seoul286.9 km348298100.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,000
13Osaka137.8 km13310491.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,000
14Hong Kong188.1 km958292.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,000
15Beijing227.6 km14712591.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,000
16Chicago166.0 km15114481.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,000
17Taipei90.6 km858081.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,000
18Buenos Aires47.5 km766860.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,000
19Munich92.5 km1009460.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,000
20Saint Petersburg110.2 km635552.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,000
21Washington171.2 km908651.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,000
22Guangzhou176.1 km887952.2335.217.6601 mio.3,414,000
23Caracas60.5 km474351.4112.19.4510 mio.8,430,000
24Oslo62.0 km727250.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,000
25Santiago83.0 km938650.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,000
26Mumbai171.0 km737352.3434.214.6
27Vienna69.8 km968450.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,000
28San Francisco166.9 km434353.8833.48.6100 mio.599,000
29Amsterdam32.7 km333340.998.28.391 mio.2,783,000
30Lisbon41.0 km524640.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,000
31Singapore118.9 km766941.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,000
32Sao Paulo61.3 km585541.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,000
33Bielefeld5.2 km7740.741.31.8
34Bucharest67.7 km504341.5716.912.5111 mio.1,640,000
35Montreal69.2 km736841.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,000
36Charleroi17.5 km202040.884.45.0
37Lyon30.7 km433940.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,000
38Nagoya89.0 km938241.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,000
39Toronto71.3 km746941.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,000
40Fukuoka29.8 km353430.889.911.7124 mio.4,161,000
41Boston60.5 km666031.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,000
42Stockholm105.7 km10410031.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,000
43Tehran50.5 km474431.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,000
44Delhi89.9 km787631.1829.926.0310 mio.3,450,000
45Naples31.8 km302831.1410.610.029 mio.912,000
46Prague59.1 km575431.0919.719.0597 mio.10,102,000
47Bangkok46.3 km444031.1615.414.7206 mio.4,449,000
48Valencia31.8 km383730.8610.612.7
49Essen20.2 km272730.756.79.0
50Tashkent36.2 km292631.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,000
51Kiev59.8 km464331.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,000
52Milan74.6 km888430.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,000
53Athens52.0 km524831.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,000
54Yokohama57.6 km484531.2819.216.0198 mio.3,438,000
55Kuala Lumpur64.0 km605631.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,000
56Dortmund29.5 km373730.809.812.3
57Vancouver69.5 km494731.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,000
58Busan95.0 km928831.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,000
59The Hague27.9 km303030.939.310.0
60Hamburg100.7 km978931.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,000
61Frankfurt20.5 km312730.766.810.3
62Sapporo48.0 km494631.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,000
63Manila45.7 km423931.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,000
64Nuremberg34.6 km464430.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,000
65Budapest33.0 km424030.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,000
66Kharkov35.3 km282531.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,000
67Sydney22.1 km141431.587.44.7
68Philadelphia62.0 km666231.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,000
69Brussels32.2 km615930.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,000
70Los Angeles59.3 km303031.9819.810.045 mio.759,000
71Hanover18.6 km211731.096.27.0
72Kobe30.6 km262421.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,000
73Bochum21.5 km292720.8010.814.5
74Lille45.5 km626020.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,000
75Monterrey31.5 km323121.0215.816.0
76Daegu53.9 km565520.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,000
77Baku31.7 km212021.5915.910.5176 mio.5,552,000
78Novosibirsk14.3 km131221.197.26.570 mio.4,895,000
79Rome39.0 km494820.8119.524.5331 mio.8,487,000
80Toulouse27.5 km383720.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,000
81Duisburg14.3 km131321.107.26.5
82Newcastle76.5 km615021.5338.330.538 mio.497,000
83Stuttgart24.0 km191721.4112.09.5
84Mulheim9.0 km131220.754.56.5
85Ankara23.1 km232221.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,000
86Pyongyang22.5 km161521.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,000
87Marseille19.3 km262420.809.613.058 mio.3,005,000
88Saint Louis73.4 km373721.9836.718.5
89Chiba15.5 km181820.867.89.0
90Tbilisi26.3 km222121.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,000
91Rotterdam47.0 km383721.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,000
92Bilbao40.6 km383821.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,000
93Lausanne13.7 km292820.496.814.5
94Shenzhen25.3 km232221.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,000
95Minsk30.3 km252421.2615.112.5262 mio.8,647,000
96Copenhagen21.0 km222220.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,000
97Guadalajara24.0 km292820.8612.014.5
98Oporto21.7 km151421.5510.97.5
99Atlanta79.2 km393822.0839.619.534 mio.429,000
100Rio de Janeiro42.0 km343421.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,000
101Kyoto31.3 km323121.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,000
102Duesseldorf9.6 km141420.684.87.0
103Nizhny Novgorod15.5 km141321.197.87.033 mio.2,129,000
104Antwerp7.6 km111120.693.85.5
105Kaohsiung42.7 km373621.1921.418.530 mio.703,000
106Recife39.7 km302821.4219.915.0
107Cairo65.5 km555321.2432.827.5700 mio.10,687,000
108Medellin28.8 km262521.1514.413.0155 mio.5,382,000
109Tianjin72.0 km373721.9536.018.515 mio.208,000
110Valparaiso43.0 km202012.1543.020.0
111Palma de Mallorca8.3 km9910.928.39.0
112Jacksonville6.9 km6611.156.96.0
113Seattle22.2 km121211.8522.212.0
114Bursa22.5 km232310.9822.523.0
115Maracaibo6.5 km6611.086.56.0
116Wuppertal13.3 km202010.6713.320.0
117Haifa1.8 km6610.291.86.0
118Adana8.0 km8811.008.08.0
119Istanbul15.0 km101011.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,000
120Rouen2.2 km5510.442.25.0
121Chennai27.0 km171711.5927.017.0
122Naha12.8 km151510.8512.815.0
123Porto Alegre33.8 km171711.9933.817.0
124Perugia3.0 km7710.433.07.0
125Las Vegas6.2 km7710.896.27.0
126Changchun17.0 km161611.0617.016.0
127Volgograd3.3 km2211.653.32.0
128Glasgow10.4 km151510.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,000
129Pittsburgh1.5 km3310.481.53.0
130Kazan8.3 km6611.388.36.07 mio.843,000
131San Juan17.2 km161611.0817.216.09 mio.523,000
132Helsinki21.0 km171711.2421.017.058 mio.2,762,000
133Rennes9.0 km151510.609.015.023 mio.2,556,000
134Belo Horizonte28.1 km191911.4828.119.0
135Seville18.0 km212110.8618.021.0
136Chongqing19.5 km181811.0819.518.0
137Gelsenkirchen5.5 km9910.615.59.0
138Algiers9.0 km101010.909.010.0
139Kamakura6.6 km8810.826.68.0
140Samara10.2 km9911.1310.29.012 mio.1,176,000
141Brasilia42.0 km232311.8342.023.016 mio.381,000
142Kolkata22.6 km212111.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,000
143Sendai14.8 km171710.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,000
144Detroit4.8 km131310.374.813.0
145Yekaterinburg8.5 km7711.218.57.046 mio.5,412,000
146Valencia6.2 km7710.896.27.018 mio.2,903,000
147Dubai39.7 km101013.9739.710.0
148Izmir11.5 km101011.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,000
149Bonn9.0 km121210.759.012.0
150Lima10.0 km6611.6710.06.0
151Sofia18.0 km141411.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,000
152Kitakyushu8.8 km131310.688.813.0
153Buffalo8.4 km8811.048.48.0
154Daejeon22.6 km222211.0322.622.029 mio.1,283,000
155Nanjing21.7 km161611.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,000
156Wuhan10.2 km101011.0210.210.0
157Gwangju20.1 km202011.0120.120.017 mio.846,000
158Poznan6.1 km6611.026.16.0
159Baltimore24.5 km141411.7524.514.014 mio.571,000
160Edmonton13.1 km111111.1913.111.0
161Santo Domingo14.5 km161610.9114.516.0
162Incheon29.5 km292911.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,000
163Turin9.6 km141410.699.614.0
164Tama16.0 km191910.8416.019.0
165Warsaw22.6 km212111.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,000
166Dalian49.0 km121214.0849.012.0
167Hiroshima18.4 km212110.8818.421.018 mio.978,000
168Catania3.8 km6610.633.86.0
169Miami36.0 km222211.6436.022.019 mio.528,000
170Cleveland31.0 km181811.7231.018.06 mio.194,000
171Genoa5.2 km7710.745.27.0
172Kryvyi Rih18.0 km121211.5018.012.0
173Dnepropetrovsk7.1 km6611.187.16.011 mio.1,549,000
174Newark2.2 km4410.552.24.0
175Yerevan12.1 km101011.2112.110.017 mio.1,405,000
176Ludwigshafen4.0 km111100.36


Numerical data (except ridership) by Jordi Serradell 8/2009. Ridership data by John Kennes 7/2008. Ticket prices by UBS: Prices and Earnings (PDF, p. 20) 2009. Non-numerical data by Mike Rohde 8/2009.






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