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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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Country >
<City >
<Length >
<Opening >
< Passengers
1Japan Tokyo304.5 km30 Dec 19273174 mio.
2Russia Moscow298.8 km15 May 19352573 mio.
3South Korea Seoul286.9 km15 Aug 19742048 mio.
4USA New York368.0 km27 Oct 19041624 mio.
5France Paris213.0 km19 Jul 19001473 mio.
6Mexico Mexico City201.7 km5 Sep 19691460 mio.
7China Hong Kong188.1 km1 Oct 19791309 mio.
8China Beijing227.6 km1 Oct 19691200 mio.
9United Kingdom London408.0 km10 Jan 18631197 mio.
10China Shanghai334.0 km10 Apr 19951122 mio.
11Japan Osaka137.8 km20 May 1933860 mio.
12Russia Saint Petersburg110.2 km15 Nov 1955832 mio.
13Egypt Cairo65.5 km27 Sep 1987700 mio.
14Spain Madrid284.0 km17 Oct 1919686 mio.
15Brazil Sao Paulo61.3 km14 Sep 1974684 mio.
16Chile Santiago83.0 km15 Sep 1975642 mio.
17Ukraine Kiev59.8 km22 Oct 1960642 mio.
18China Guangzhou148.5 km28 Jun 1999601 mio.
19Czech Republic Prague59.1 km9 May 1974597 mio.
20Singapore Singapore118.9 km7 Nov 1987571 mio.
21Venezuela Caracas60.5 km27 Mar 1983510 mio.
22Austria Vienna69.8 km25 Feb 1978498 mio.
23Taiwan Taipei90.6 km28 Mar 1996450 mio.
24Germany Berlin147.4 km18 Feb 1902447 mio.
25Japan Nagoya89.0 km15 Nov 1957427 mio.
26Spain Barcelona110.5 km30 Dec 1924378 mio.
27Iran Tehran50.5 km21 Feb 2000353 mio.
28Germany Munich92.5 km19 Oct 1971349 mio.
29Philippines Manila45.7 km1 Dec 1984346 mio.
30Italy Rome39.0 km10 Feb 1955331 mio.
31Italy Milan74.6 km1 Nov 1964328 mio.
32Greece Athens52.0 km1954325 mio.
33India Delhi96.2 km24 Dec 2002310 mio.
34Sweden Stockholm105.7 km1 Oct 1950303 mio.
35Hungary Budapest33.0 km2 May 1896297 mio.
36Argentina Buenos Aires47.5 km1 Dec 1913280 mio.
37Canada Toronto71.3 km30 Apr 1954278 mio.
38Ukraine Kharkov35.3 km23 Aug 1975278 mio.
39Belarus Minsk30.3 km26 Jun 1984262 mio.
40South Korea Busan95.0 km19 Jul 1985257 mio.
41Canada Montreal69.2 km14 Oct 1966219 mio.
42USA Washington171.2 km27 Mar 1976215 mio.
43Japan Sapporo48.0 km16 Dec 1971209 mio.
44Thailand Bangkok46.3 km5 Dec 1999206 mio.
45Japan Yokohama57.6 km16 Dec 1972198 mio.
46USA Chicago166.0 km6 Jun 1892198 mio.
47Germany Hamburg100.7 km1 Mar 1912184 mio.
48France Lyon30.7 km28 Apr 1978182 mio.
49Portugal Lisbon41.0 km29 Dec 1959180 mio.
50Azerbaijan Baku32.9 km6 Nov 1967176 mio.
51Colombia Medellin28.8 km30 Nov 1995155 mio.
52USA Boston60.5 km1 Sep 1897145 mio.
53Belgium Brussels32.2 km20 Sep 1976136 mio.
54Brazil Rio de Janeiro42.0 km5 Mar 1979135 mio.
55Japan Kyoto31.3 km1 Apr 1981126 mio.
56Japan Fukuoka29.8 km26 Jul 1981124 mio.
57Japan Kobe30.6 km13 Mar 1977121 mio.
58Poland Warsaw22.6 km7 Apr 1995114 mio.
59Turkey Ankara23.1 km30 Aug 1996113 mio.
60Romania Bucharest67.7 km16 Nov 1979111 mio.
61South Korea Daegu53.9 km26 Nov 1997110 mio.
62Malaysia Kuala Lumpur64.0 km16 Dec 1996109 mio.
63China Nanjing21.7 km27 Aug 2005102 mio.
64India Kolkata22.6 km24 Oct 1984100 mio.
65USA San Francisco166.9 km11 Sep 1972100 mio.
66Germany Nuremberg34.6 km1 Mar 197292 mio.
67Georgia Tbilisi26.3 km11 Jan 196692 mio.
68Netherlands Amsterdam32.7 km16 Oct 197791 mio.
69Spain Bilbao40.6 km11 Nov 199586 mio.
70Netherlands Rotterdam47.0 km10 Feb 196885 mio.
71France Lille45.5 km25 Apr 198374 mio.
72Canada Vancouver69.5 km3 Jan 198674 mio.
73China Shenzhen25.3 km28 Dec 200473 mio.
74South Korea Incheon29.5 km6 Oct 199973 mio.
75Uzbekistan Tashkent36.2 km6 Nov 197771 mio.
76Russia Novosibirsk14.3 km7 Jan 198670 mio.
77Turkey Istanbul15.0 km16 Sep 200068 mio.
78USA Philadelphia62.0 km4 Mar 190767 mio.
79Norway Oslo62.0 km22 May 196664 mio.
80Japan Sendai14.8 km15 Jul 198758 mio.
81France Marseille19.3 km26 Nov 197758 mio.
82Finland Helsinki21.0 km3 Aug 198258 mio.
83Bulgaria Sofia18.0 km28 Jan 199851 mio.
84Russia Yekaterinburg8.5 km26 Apr 199146 mio.
85USA Los Angeles59.3 km30 Jan 199345 mio.
86France Toulouse27.5 km26 Jun 199342 mio.
87United Kingdom Newcastle76.5 km7 Aug 198038 mio.
88Denmark Copenhagen21.0 km19 Oct 200237 mio.
89North Korea Pyongyang22.5 km6 Sep 197335 mio.
90USA Atlanta79.2 km30 Jun 197934 mio.
91Russia Nizhny Novgorod15.5 km20 Nov 198533 mio.
92Turkey Izmir11.5 km22 May 200030 mio.
93Taiwan Kaohsiung42.7 km9 Mar 200830 mio.
94Italy Naples31.8 km28 Mar 199329 mio.
95South Korea Daejeon22.6 km16 Mar 200629 mio.
96France Rennes9.0 km16 Mar 200223 mio.
97USA Miami36.0 km21 May 198419 mio.
98Japan Hiroshima18.4 km20 Aug 199418 mio.
99Venezuela Valencia6.2 km18 Oct 200618 mio.
100Armenia Yerevan12.1 km7 Mar 198117 mio.
101South Korea Gwangju20.1 km28 Apr 200417 mio.
102Brazil Brasilia42.0 km31 Mar 200116 mio.
103China Tianjin72.0 km28 Mar 200415 mio.
104United Kingdom Glasgow10.4 km14 Dec 189615 mio.
105USA Baltimore24.5 km21 Nov 198314 mio.
106Russia Samara10.2 km26 Dec 198712 mio.
107Ukraine Dnepropetrovsk7.1 km29 Dec 199511 mio.
108Puerto Rico San Juan17.2 km6 Jun 20059 mio.
109Russia Kazan8.3 km27 Aug 20057 mio.
110USA Cleveland31.0 km15 Mar 19556 mio.
111Germany Essen20.2 km5 Oct 1967
112Dominican Republic Santo Domingo14.5 km30 Jan 2009
113Turkey Bursa22.5 km19 Aug 2002
114Venezuela Maracaibo6.5 km8 Jun 2009
115USA Jacksonville6.9 km30 May 1989
116USA Newark2.2 km26 May 1935
117Australia Sydney22.1 km1926
118Switzerland Lausanne13.7 km24 May 1991
119Poland Poznan6.1 km1 Mar 1997
120Japan Chiba15.5 km28 Mar 1988
121Germany Gelsenkirchen5.5 km1 Sep 1984
122Italy Perugia3.0 km29 Jan 2008
123Germany Duisburg14.3 km11 Jul 1992
124France Rouen2.2 km17 Dec 1994
125Germany Wuppertal13.3 km1 Mar 1901
126Brazil Recife39.7 km11 Mar 1985
127Germany Hanover18.6 km28 Sep 1975
128India Mumbai171.0 km
129Portugal Oporto21.7 km7 Dec 2002
130Mexico Guadalajara24.0 km1 Sep 1989
131Belgium Charleroi17.5 km21 Jun 1976
132Italy Turin9.6 km4 Feb 2006
133Japan Kitakyushu8.8 km9 Jan 1985
134Germany Frankfurt20.5 km4 Oct 1968
135Turkey Adana8.0 km18 Mar 2009
136Netherlands The Hague27.9 km16 Oct 2004
137Japan Kamakura6.6 km3 Mar 1970
138Germany Dortmund29.5 km17 May 1976
139Germany Ludwigshafen4.0 km29 May 1969
140Japan Naha12.8 km10 Aug 2003
141Germany Bochum21.5 km26 May 1979
142Israel Haifa1.8 km1959
143Chile Valparaiso43.0 km23 Nov 2005
144Ukraine Kryvyi Rih18.0 km26 Dec 1986
145Italy Genoa5.2 km13 Jun 1990
146Italy Catania3.8 km27 Jun 1999
147Canada Edmonton13.1 km22 Apr 1978
148USA Buffalo8.4 km18 May 1985
149USA Saint Louis73.4 km31 Jul 1993
150USA Detroit4.8 kmJul 1987
151Germany Stuttgart24.0 km10 Jun 1966
152Germany Cologne45.0 km11 Oct 1968
153Russia Volgograd3.3 km5 Nov 1984
154Germany Bielefeld5.2 km21 Sep 1971
155China Shenyang22.2 km23 Sep 2009
156USA Las Vegas6.2 km15 Jul 2004
157Brazil Porto Alegre33.8 km2 Mar 1985
158Mexico Monterrey31.5 km25 Apr 1991
159India Chennai27.0 km19 Oct 1997
160Spain Valencia31.8 km3 Oct 1988
161USA Seattle22.2 km18 Jul 2009
162United Arab Emirates Dubai39.7 km9 Sep 2009
163Spain Palma de Mallorca8.3 km25 Apr 2007
164Belgium Antwerp7.6 km25 Mar 1975
165Germany Duesseldorf9.6 km4 Oct 1981
166China Dalian49.0 km1 May 2003
167Japan Tama16.0 km27 Nov 1998
168China Wuhan10.2 km28 Sep 2004
169Germany Bonn9.0 km22 Mar 1975
170Peru Lima10.0 km13 Jan 2003
171Germany Mulheim9.0 km3 Nov 1979
172China Chongqing19.5 km18 Jun 2005
173Spain Seville18.0 km2 Apr 2009
174Brazil Belo Horizonte28.1 km1 Aug 1986
175USA Pittsburgh1.5 km3 Jul 1985
176China Changchun17.0 kmOct 2002


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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