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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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1London10 Jan 1863United Kingdom408.0 km1197 mio.268
2New York27 Oct 1904USA368.0 km1624 mio.468
3Shanghai10 Apr 1995China334.0 km1122 mio.230
4Tokyo30 Dec 1927Japan304.5 km3174 mio.290
5Moscow15 May 1935Russia298.8 km2573 mio.180
6Seoul15 Aug 1974South Korea286.9 km2048 mio.348
7Madrid17 Oct 1919Spain284.0 km686 mio.281
8Beijing1 Oct 1969China227.6 km1200 mio.147
9Paris19 Jul 1900France213.0 km1473 mio.380
10Mexico City5 Sep 1969Mexico201.7 km1460 mio.175
11Hong Kong1 Oct 1979China188.1 km1309 mio.95
12Guangzhou28 Jun 1999China176.1 km601 mio.88
13Washington27 Mar 1976USA171.2 km215 mio.90
14MumbaiIndia171.0 km73
15San Francisco11 Sep 1972USA166.9 km100 mio.43
16Chicago6 Jun 1892USA166.0 km198 mio.151
17Berlin18 Feb 1902Germany147.4 km447 mio.195
18Osaka20 May 1933Japan137.8 km860 mio.133
19Singapore7 Nov 1987Singapore118.9 km571 mio.76
20Barcelona30 Dec 1924Spain110.5 km378 mio.152
21Saint Petersburg15 Nov 1955Russia110.2 km832 mio.63
22Stockholm1 Oct 1950Sweden105.7 km303 mio.104
23Hamburg1 Mar 1912Germany100.7 km184 mio.97
24Busan19 Jul 1985South Korea95.0 km257 mio.92
25Munich19 Oct 1971Germany92.5 km349 mio.100
26Taipei28 Mar 1996Taiwan90.6 km450 mio.85
27Delhi24 Dec 2002India89.9 km310 mio.78
28Nagoya15 Nov 1957Japan89.0 km427 mio.93
29Santiago15 Sep 1975Chile83.0 km642 mio.93
30Atlanta30 Jun 1979USA79.2 km34 mio.39
31Newcastle7 Aug 1980United Kingdom76.5 km38 mio.61
32Milan1 Nov 1964Italy74.6 km328 mio.88
33Saint Louis31 Jul 1993USA73.4 km37
34Tianjin28 Mar 2004China72.0 km15 mio.37
35Toronto30 Apr 1954Canada71.3 km278 mio.74
36Vienna25 Feb 1978Austria69.8 km498 mio.96
37Vancouver3 Jan 1986Canada69.5 km74 mio.49
38Montreal14 Oct 1966Canada69.2 km219 mio.73
39Bucharest16 Nov 1979Romania67.7 km111 mio.50
40Cairo27 Sep 1987Egypt65.5 km700 mio.55
41Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 1996Malaysia64.0 km109 mio.60
42Oslo22 May 1966Norway62.0 km64 mio.72
43Philadelphia4 Mar 1907USA62.0 km67 mio.66
44Sao Paulo14 Sep 1974Brazil61.3 km684 mio.58
45Boston1 Sep 1897USA60.5 km145 mio.66
46Caracas27 Mar 1983Venezuela60.5 km510 mio.47
47Kiev22 Oct 1960Ukraine59.8 km642 mio.46
48Los Angeles30 Jan 1993USA59.3 km45 mio.30
49Prague9 May 1974Czech Republic59.1 km597 mio.57
50Yokohama16 Dec 1972Japan57.6 km198 mio.48
51Daegu26 Nov 1997South Korea53.9 km110 mio.56
52Athens1954Greece52.0 km325 mio.52
53Tehran21 Feb 2000Iran50.5 km353 mio.47
54Dalian1 May 2003China49.0 km12
55Sapporo16 Dec 1971Japan48.0 km209 mio.49
56Buenos Aires1 Dec 1913Argentina47.5 km280 mio.76
57Rotterdam10 Feb 1968Netherlands47.0 km85 mio.38
58Bangkok5 Dec 1999Thailand46.3 km206 mio.44
59Manila1 Dec 1984Philippines45.7 km346 mio.42
60Lille25 Apr 1983France45.5 km74 mio.62
61Cologne11 Oct 1968Germany45.0 km51
62Valparaiso23 Nov 2005Chile43.0 km20
63Kaohsiung9 Mar 2008Taiwan42.7 km30 mio.37
64Brasilia31 Mar 2001Brazil42.0 km16 mio.23
65Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 1979Brazil42.0 km135 mio.34
66Lisbon29 Dec 1959Portugal41.0 km180 mio.52
67Bilbao11 Nov 1995Spain40.6 km86 mio.38
68Dubai9 Sep 2009United Arab Emirates39.7 km10
69Recife11 Mar 1985Brazil39.7 km30
70Rome10 Feb 1955Italy39.0 km331 mio.49
71Tashkent6 Nov 1977Uzbekistan36.2 km71 mio.29
72Miami21 May 1984USA36.0 km19 mio.22
73Kharkov23 Aug 1975Ukraine35.3 km278 mio.28
74Nuremberg1 Mar 1972Germany34.6 km92 mio.46
75Porto Alegre2 Mar 1985Brazil33.8 km17
76Budapest2 May 1896Hungary33.0 km297 mio.42
77Amsterdam16 Oct 1977Netherlands32.7 km91 mio.33
78Brussels20 Sep 1976Belgium32.2 km136 mio.61
79Naples28 Mar 1993Italy31.8 km29 mio.30
80Valencia3 Oct 1988Spain31.8 km38
81Baku6 Nov 1967Azerbaijan31.7 km176 mio.21
82Monterrey25 Apr 1991Mexico31.5 km32
83Kyoto1 Apr 1981Japan31.3 km126 mio.32
84Cleveland15 Mar 1955USA31.0 km6 mio.18
85Lyon28 Apr 1978France30.7 km182 mio.43
86Kobe13 Mar 1977Japan30.6 km121 mio.26
87Minsk26 Jun 1984Belarus30.3 km262 mio.25
88Fukuoka26 Jul 1981Japan29.8 km124 mio.35
89Incheon6 Oct 1999South Korea29.5 km73 mio.29
90Dortmund17 May 1976Germany29.5 km37
91Medellin30 Nov 1995Colombia28.8 km155 mio.26
92Belo Horizonte1 Aug 1986Brazil28.1 km19
93The Hague16 Oct 2004Netherlands27.9 km30
94Toulouse26 Jun 1993France27.5 km42 mio.38
95Chennai19 Oct 1997India27.0 km17
96Tbilisi11 Jan 1966Georgia26.3 km92 mio.22
97Shenzhen28 Dec 2004China25.3 km73 mio.23
98Baltimore21 Nov 1983USA24.5 km14 mio.14
99Stuttgart10 Jun 1966Germany24.0 km19
100Guadalajara1 Sep 1989Mexico24.0 km29
101Ankara30 Aug 1996Turkey23.1 km113 mio.23
102Kolkata24 Oct 1984India22.6 km100 mio.21
103Daejeon16 Mar 2006South Korea22.6 km29 mio.22
104Warsaw7 Apr 1995Poland22.6 km114 mio.21
105Bursa19 Aug 2002Turkey22.5 km23
106Pyongyang6 Sep 1973North Korea22.5 km35 mio.16
107Seattle18 Jul 2009USA22.2 km12
108Sydney1926Australia22.1 km14
109Nanjing27 Aug 2005China21.7 km102 mio.16
110Oporto7 Dec 2002Portugal21.7 km15
111Bochum26 May 1979Germany21.5 km29
112Helsinki3 Aug 1982Finland21.0 km58 mio.17
113Copenhagen19 Oct 2002Denmark21.0 km37 mio.22
114Frankfurt4 Oct 1968Germany20.5 km31
115Essen5 Oct 1967Germany20.2 km27
116Gwangju28 Apr 2004South Korea20.1 km17 mio.20
117Chongqing18 Jun 2005China19.5 km18
118Marseille26 Nov 1977France19.3 km58 mio.26
119Hanover28 Sep 1975Germany18.6 km21
120Hiroshima20 Aug 1994Japan18.4 km18 mio.21
121Seville2 Apr 2009Spain18.0 km21
122Sofia28 Jan 1998Bulgaria18.0 km51 mio.14
123Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 1986Ukraine18.0 km12
124Charleroi21 Jun 1976Belgium17.5 km20
125San Juan6 Jun 2005Puerto Rico17.2 km9 mio.16
126ChangchunOct 2002China17.0 km16
127Tama27 Nov 1998Japan16.0 km19
128Chiba28 Mar 1988Japan15.5 km18
129Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 1985Russia15.5 km33 mio.14
130Istanbul16 Sep 2000Turkey15.0 km68 mio.10
131Sendai15 Jul 1987Japan14.8 km58 mio.17
132Santo Domingo30 Jan 2009Dominican Republic14.5 km16
133Duisburg11 Jul 1992Germany14.3 km13
134Novosibirsk7 Jan 1986Russia14.3 km70 mio.13
135Lausanne24 May 1991Switzerland13.7 km29
136Wuppertal1 Mar 1901Germany13.3 km20
137Edmonton22 Apr 1978Canada13.1 km11
138Naha10 Aug 2003Japan12.8 km15
139Yerevan7 Mar 1981Armenia12.1 km17 mio.10
140Izmir22 May 2000Turkey11.5 km30 mio.10
141Glasgow14 Dec 1896United Kingdom10.4 km15 mio.15
142Samara26 Dec 1987Russia10.2 km12 mio.9
143Wuhan28 Sep 2004China10.2 km10
144Lima13 Jan 2003Peru10.0 km6
145Turin4 Feb 2006Italy9.6 km14
146Duesseldorf4 Oct 1981Germany9.6 km14
147Mulheim3 Nov 1979Germany9.0 km13
148Rennes16 Mar 2002France9.0 km23 mio.15
149Algiers2009Algeria9.0 km10
150Bonn22 Mar 1975Germany9.0 km12
151Kitakyushu9 Jan 1985Japan8.8 km13
152Yekaterinburg26 Apr 1991Russia8.5 km46 mio.7
153Buffalo18 May 1985USA8.4 km8
154Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 2007Spain8.3 km9
155Kazan27 Aug 2005Russia8.3 km7 mio.6
156Adana18 Mar 2009Turkey8.0 km8
157Antwerp25 Mar 1975Belgium7.6 km11
158Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 1995Ukraine7.1 km11 mio.6
159Jacksonville30 May 1989USA6.9 km6
160Kamakura3 Mar 1970Japan6.6 km8
161Maracaibo8 Jun 2009Venezuela6.5 km6
162Las Vegas15 Jul 2004USA6.2 km7
163Valencia18 Oct 2006Venezuela6.2 km18 mio.7
164Poznan1 Mar 1997Poland6.1 km6
165Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 1984Germany5.5 km9
166Bielefeld21 Sep 1971Germany5.2 km7
167Genoa13 Jun 1990Italy5.2 km7
168DetroitJul 1987USA4.8 km13
169Ludwigshafen29 May 1969Germany4.0 km11
170Catania27 Jun 1999Italy3.8 km6
171Volgograd5 Nov 1984Russia3.3 km2
172Perugia29 Jan 2008Italy3.0 km7
173Rouen17 Dec 1994France2.2 km5
174Newark26 May 1935USA2.2 km4
175Haifa1959Israel1.8 km6
176Pittsburgh3 Jul 1985USA1.5 km3


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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