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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 London268408.0 km10 Jan 1863268111.5237.11197 mio.24.42,934,000
2 New York468368.0 km27 Oct 1904422270.8713.61624 mio.17.34,413,000
3 Shanghai230334.0 km10 Apr 1995194101.7233.41122 mio.23.03,359,000
4 Tokyo290304.5 km30 Dec 1927205131.4923.43174 mio.22.310,424,000
5 Moscow180298.8 km15 May 1935144122.0724.92573 mio.15.08,611,000
6 Seoul348286.9 km15 Aug 1974298100.9628.72048 mio.34.87,138,000
7 Madrid281284.0 km17 Oct 1919231131.2321.8686 mio.21.62,415,000
8 Beijing147227.6 km1 Oct 196912591.8225.31200 mio.16.35,274,000
9 Paris380213.0 km19 Jul 1900300160.7113.31473 mio.23.86,915,000
10 Mexico City175201.7 km5 Sep 1969147111.3718.31460 mio.15.97,238,000
11 Hong Kong95188.1 km1 Oct 19798292.2920.91309 mio.10.66,959,000
12 Washington90171.2 km27 Mar 19768651.9934.2215 mio.18.01,256,000
13 Mumbai73171.0 km7352.3434.214.6
14 San Francisco43166.9 km11 Sep 19724353.8833.4100 mio.8.6599,000
15 Chicago151166.0 km6 Jun 189214481.1520.8198 mio.18.91,193,000
16 Guangzhou88148.5 km28 Jun 19997951.8829.7601 mio.17.64,047,000
17 Berlin195147.4 km18 Feb 1902173100.8514.7447 mio.19.53,033,000
18 Osaka133137.8 km20 May 193310491.3315.3860 mio.14.86,241,000
19 Singapore76118.9 km7 Nov 19876941.7229.7571 mio.19.04,802,000
20 Barcelona152110.5 km30 Dec 1924128100.8611.1378 mio.15.23,421,000
21 Saint Petersburg63110.2 km15 Nov 19555552.0022.0832 mio.12.67,550,000
22 Stockholm104105.7 km1 Oct 195010031.0635.2303 mio.34.72,867,000
23 Hamburg97100.7 km1 Mar 19128931.1333.6184 mio.32.31,827,000
24 Delhi8396.2 km24 Dec 20028131.1932.1310 mio.27.73,224,000
25 Busan9295.0 km19 Jul 19858831.0831.7257 mio.30.72,705,000
26 Munich10092.5 km19 Oct 19719460.9815.4349 mio.16.73,773,000
27 Taipei8590.6 km28 Mar 19968081.1311.3450 mio.10.64,967,000
28 Nagoya9389.0 km15 Nov 19578241.0922.3427 mio.23.34,798,000
29 Santiago9383.0 km15 Sep 19758650.9716.6642 mio.18.67,735,000
30 Atlanta3979.2 km30 Jun 19793822.0839.634 mio.19.5429,000
31 Newcastle6176.5 km7 Aug 19805021.5338.338 mio.30.5497,000
32 Milan8874.6 km1 Nov 19648430.8924.9328 mio.29.34,397,000
33 Saint Louis3773.4 km31 Jul 19933721.9836.718.5
34 Tianjin3772.0 km28 Mar 20043721.9536.015 mio.18.5208,000
35 Toronto7471.3 km30 Apr 19546941.0317.8278 mio.18.53,899,000
36 Vienna9669.8 km25 Feb 19788450.8314.0498 mio.19.27,135,000
37 Vancouver4969.5 km3 Jan 19864731.4823.274 mio.16.31,065,000
38 Montreal7369.2 km14 Oct 19666841.0217.3219 mio.18.33,165,000
39 Bucharest5067.7 km16 Nov 19794341.5716.9111 mio.12.51,640,000
40 Cairo5565.5 km27 Sep 19875321.2432.8700 mio.27.510,687,000
41 Kuala Lumpur6064.0 km16 Dec 19965631.1421.3109 mio.20.01,703,000
42 Oslo7262.0 km22 May 19667250.8612.464 mio.14.41,032,000
43 Philadelphia6662.0 km4 Mar 19076231.0020.767 mio.22.01,081,000
44 Sao Paulo5861.3 km14 Sep 19745541.1115.3684 mio.14.511,158,000
45 Caracas5060.5 km27 Mar 19834651.3212.1510 mio.10.08,430,000
46 Boston6660.5 km1 Sep 18976031.0120.2145 mio.22.02,397,000
47 Kiev4659.8 km22 Oct 19604331.3919.9642 mio.15.310,736,000
48 Los Angeles3059.3 km30 Jan 19933031.9819.845 mio.10.0759,000
49 Prague5759.1 km9 May 19745431.0919.7597 mio.19.010,102,000
50 Yokohama4857.6 km16 Dec 19724531.2819.2198 mio.16.03,438,000
51 Daegu5653.9 km26 Nov 19975520.9827.0110 mio.28.02,041,000
52 Athens5252.0 km19544831.0817.3325 mio.17.36,250,000
53 Tehran4750.5 km21 Feb 20004431.1516.8353 mio.15.76,990,000
54 Dalian1249.0 km1 May 20031214.0849.012.0
55 Sapporo4948.0 km16 Dec 19714631.0416.0209 mio.16.34,354,000
56 Buenos Aires7647.5 km1 Dec 19136860.707.9280 mio.12.75,895,000
57 Rotterdam3847.0 km10 Feb 19683721.2723.585 mio.19.01,809,000
58 Bangkok4446.3 km5 Dec 19994031.1615.4206 mio.14.74,449,000
59 Manila4245.7 km1 Dec 19843931.1715.2346 mio.14.07,571,000
60 Lille6245.5 km25 Apr 19836020.7622.874 mio.31.01,626,000
61 Cologne5145.0 km11 Oct 196851150.883.03.4
62 Valparaiso2043.0 km23 Nov 20052012.1543.020.0
63 Kaohsiung3742.7 km9 Mar 20083621.1921.430 mio.18.5703,000
64 Rio de Janeiro3442.0 km5 Mar 19793421.2421.0135 mio.17.03,214,000
65 Brasilia2342.0 km31 Mar 20012311.8342.016 mio.23.0381,000
66 Lisbon5241.0 km29 Dec 19594640.8910.3180 mio.13.04,390,000
67 Bilbao3840.6 km11 Nov 19953821.0720.386 mio.19.02,118,000
68 Dubai1139.7 km9 Sep 20091113.6139.711.0
69 Recife3039.7 km11 Mar 19852821.4219.915.0
70 Rome4939.0 km10 Feb 19554820.8119.5331 mio.24.58,487,000
71 Tashkent2936.2 km6 Nov 19772631.3912.171 mio.9.71,961,000
72 Miami2236.0 km21 May 19842211.6436.019 mio.22.0528,000
73 Kharkov2835.3 km23 Aug 19752531.4111.8278 mio.9.37,875,000
74 Nuremberg4634.6 km1 Mar 19724430.7911.592 mio.15.32,659,000
75 Porto Alegre1733.8 km2 Mar 19851711.9933.817.0
76 Budapest4233.0 km2 May 18964030.8311.0297 mio.14.09,000,000
77 Baku2232.9 km6 Nov 19672121.5616.4176 mio.11.05,356,000
78 Amsterdam3332.7 km16 Oct 19773340.998.291 mio.8.32,783,000
79 Brussels6132.2 km20 Sep 19765930.5510.7136 mio.20.34,224,000
80 Naples3031.8 km28 Mar 19932831.1410.629 mio.10.0912,000
81 Valencia3831.8 km3 Oct 19883730.8610.612.7
82 Monterrey3231.5 km25 Apr 19913121.0215.816.0
83 Kyoto3231.3 km1 Apr 19813121.0115.6126 mio.16.04,026,000
84 Cleveland1831.0 km15 Mar 19551811.7231.06 mio.18.0194,000
85 Lyon4330.7 km28 Apr 19783940.797.7182 mio.10.85,928,000
86 Kobe2630.6 km13 Mar 19772421.2815.3121 mio.13.03,954,000
87 Minsk2530.3 km26 Jun 19842421.2615.1262 mio.12.58,647,000
88 Fukuoka3529.8 km26 Jul 19813430.889.9124 mio.11.74,161,000
89 Incheon2929.5 km6 Oct 19992911.0229.573 mio.29.02,475,000
90 Dortmund3729.5 km17 May 19763730.809.812.3
91 Medellin2628.8 km30 Nov 19952521.1514.4155 mio.13.05,382,000
92 Belo Horizonte1928.1 km1 Aug 19861911.4828.119.0
93 The Hague3027.9 km16 Oct 20043030.939.310.0
94 Toulouse3827.5 km26 Jun 19933720.7413.842 mio.19.01,527,000
95 Chennai1727.0 km19 Oct 19971711.5927.017.0
96 Tbilisi2226.3 km11 Jan 19662121.2513.192 mio.11.03,498,000
97 Shenzhen2325.3 km28 Dec 20042221.1512.673 mio.11.52,885,000
98 Baltimore1424.5 km21 Nov 19831411.7524.514 mio.14.0571,000
99 Guadalajara2924.0 km1 Sep 19892820.8612.014.5
100 Stuttgart1924.0 km10 Jun 19661721.4112.09.5
101 Ankara2323.1 km30 Aug 19962221.0511.6113 mio.11.54,892,000
102 Warsaw2122.6 km7 Apr 19952111.0822.6114 mio.21.05,044,000
103 Kolkata2122.6 km24 Oct 19842111.0822.6100 mio.21.04,425,000
104 Daejeon2222.6 km16 Mar 20062211.0322.629 mio.22.01,283,000
105 Bursa2322.5 km19 Aug 20022310.9822.523.0
106 Pyongyang1622.5 km6 Sep 19731521.5011.335 mio.8.01,556,000
107 Shenyang1822.2 km23 Sep 20091811.2322.218.0
108 Seattle1222.2 km18 Jul 20091211.8522.212.0
109 Sydney1422.1 km19261431.587.44.7
110 Oporto1521.7 km7 Dec 20021421.5510.97.5
111 Nanjing1621.7 km27 Aug 20051611.3621.7102 mio.16.04,700,000
112 Bochum2921.5 km26 May 19792720.8010.814.5
113 Copenhagen2221.0 km19 Oct 20022220.9510.537 mio.11.01,762,000
114 Helsinki1721.0 km3 Aug 19821711.2421.058 mio.17.02,762,000
115 Frankfurt3120.5 km4 Oct 19682730.766.810.3
116 Essen2720.2 km5 Oct 19672730.756.79.0
117 Gwangju2020.1 km28 Apr 20042011.0120.117 mio.20.0846,000
118 Chongqing1819.5 km18 Jun 20051811.0819.518.0
119 Marseille2619.3 km26 Nov 19772420.809.658 mio.13.03,005,000
120 Hanover2118.6 km28 Sep 19751731.096.27.0
121 Hiroshima2118.4 km20 Aug 19942110.8818.418 mio.21.0978,000
122 Kryvyi Rih1218.0 km26 Dec 19861211.5018.012.0
123 Sofia1418.0 km28 Jan 19981411.2918.051 mio.14.02,833,000
124 Seville2118.0 km2 Apr 20092110.8618.021.0
125 Charleroi2017.5 km21 Jun 19762040.884.45.0
126 San Juan1617.2 km6 Jun 20051611.0817.29 mio.16.0523,000
127 Changchun1617.0 kmOct 20021611.0617.016.0
128 Tama1916.0 km27 Nov 19981910.8416.019.0
129 Chiba1815.5 km28 Mar 19881820.867.89.0
130 Nizhny Novgorod1415.5 km20 Nov 19851321.197.833 mio.7.02,129,000
131 Istanbul1015.0 km16 Sep 20001011.5015.068 mio.10.04,533,000
132 Sendai1714.8 km15 Jul 19871710.8714.858 mio.17.03,919,000
133 Santo Domingo1614.5 km30 Jan 20091610.9114.516.0
134 Duisburg1314.3 km11 Jul 19921321.107.26.5
135 Novosibirsk1314.3 km7 Jan 19861221.197.270 mio.6.54,895,000
136 Lausanne2913.7 km24 May 19912820.496.814.5
137 Wuppertal2013.3 km1 Mar 19012010.6713.320.0
138 Edmonton1113.1 km22 Apr 19781111.1913.111.0
139 Naha1512.8 km10 Aug 20031510.8512.815.0
140 Yerevan1012.1 km7 Mar 19811011.2112.117 mio.10.01,405,000
141 Izmir1011.5 km22 May 20001011.1511.530 mio.10.02,609,000
142 Glasgow1510.4 km14 Dec 18961510.6910.415 mio.15.01,442,000
143 Samara910.2 km26 Dec 1987911.1310.212 mio.9.01,176,000
144 Wuhan1010.2 km28 Sep 20041011.0210.210.0
145 Lima610.0 km13 Jan 2003611.6710.06.0
146 Turin149.6 km4 Feb 20061410.699.614.0
147 Duesseldorf149.6 km4 Oct 19811420.684.87.0
148 Mulheim139.0 km3 Nov 19791220.754.56.5
149 Rennes159.0 km16 Mar 20021510.609.023 mio.15.02,556,000
150 Bonn129.0 km22 Mar 19751210.759.012.0
151 Kitakyushu138.8 km9 Jan 19851310.688.813.0
152 Yekaterinburg78.5 km26 Apr 1991711.218.546 mio.7.05,412,000
153 Buffalo88.4 km18 May 1985811.048.48.0
154 Kazan68.3 km27 Aug 2005611.388.37 mio.6.0843,000
155 Palma de Mallorca98.3 km25 Apr 2007910.928.39.0
156 Adana88.0 km18 Mar 2009811.008.08.0
157 Antwerp117.6 km25 Mar 19751120.693.85.5
158 Dnepropetrovsk67.1 km29 Dec 1995611.187.111 mio.6.01,549,000
159 Jacksonville66.9 km30 May 1989611.156.96.0
160 Kamakura86.6 km3 Mar 1970810.826.68.0
161 Maracaibo66.5 km8 Jun 2009611.086.56.0
162 Valencia76.2 km18 Oct 2006710.896.218 mio.7.02,903,000
163 Las Vegas76.2 km15 Jul 2004710.896.27.0
164 Poznan66.1 km1 Mar 1997611.026.16.0
165 Gelsenkirchen95.5 km1 Sep 1984910.615.59.0
166 Genoa75.2 km13 Jun 1990710.745.27.0
167 Bielefeld75.2 km21 Sep 1971740.741.31.8
168 Detroit134.8 kmJul 19871310.374.813.0
169 Ludwigshafen114.0 km29 May 19691100.36
170 Catania63.8 km27 Jun 1999610.633.86.0
171 Volgograd23.3 km5 Nov 1984211.653.32.0
172 Perugia73.0 km29 Jan 2008710.433.07.0
173 Newark42.2 km26 May 1935410.552.24.0
174 Rouen52.2 km17 Dec 1994510.442.25.0
175 Haifa61.8 km1959610.291.86.0
176 Pittsburgh31.5 km3 Jul 1985310.481.53.0


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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