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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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1368.0 km New York27 Oct 1904468422270.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,000
2213.0 km Paris19 Jul 1900380300160.7113.323.81473 mio.6,915,000
3286.9 km Seoul15 Aug 1974348298100.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,000
4408.0 km London10 Jan 1863268268111.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,000
5284.0 km Madrid17 Oct 1919281231131.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,000
6304.5 km Tokyo30 Dec 1927290205131.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,000
7334.0 km Shanghai10 Apr 1995230194101.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,000
8147.4 km Berlin18 Feb 1902195173100.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,000
9201.7 km Mexico City5 Sep 1969175147111.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,000
10298.8 km Moscow15 May 1935180144122.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,000
11166.0 km Chicago6 Jun 189215114481.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,000
12110.5 km Barcelona30 Dec 1924152128100.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,000
13227.6 km Beijing1 Oct 196914712591.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,000
14137.8 km Osaka20 May 193313310491.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,000
15105.7 km Stockholm1 Oct 195010410031.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,000
1692.5 km Munich19 Oct 19711009460.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,000
17100.7 km Hamburg1 Mar 1912978931.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,000
1895.0 km Busan19 Jul 1985928831.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,000
19171.2 km Washington27 Mar 1976908651.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,000
2083.0 km Santiago15 Sep 1975938650.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,000
2169.8 km Vienna25 Feb 1978968450.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,000
2274.6 km Milan1 Nov 1964888430.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,000
2389.0 km Nagoya15 Nov 1957938241.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,000
24188.1 km Hong Kong1 Oct 1979958292.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,000
2596.2 km Delhi24 Dec 2002838131.1932.127.7310 mio.3,224,000
2690.6 km Taipei28 Mar 1996858081.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,000
27148.5 km Guangzhou28 Jun 1999887951.8829.717.6601 mio.4,047,000
28171.0 km Mumbai737352.3434.214.6
2962.0 km Oslo22 May 1966727250.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,000
30118.9 km Singapore7 Nov 1987766941.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,000
3171.3 km Toronto30 Apr 1954746941.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,000
3269.2 km Montreal14 Oct 1966736841.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,000
3347.5 km Buenos Aires1 Dec 1913766860.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,000
3462.0 km Philadelphia4 Mar 1907666231.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,000
3560.5 km Boston1 Sep 1897666031.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,000
3645.5 km Lille25 Apr 1983626020.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,000
3732.2 km Brussels20 Sep 1976615930.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,000
3864.0 km Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 1996605631.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,000
39110.2 km Saint Petersburg15 Nov 1955635552.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,000
4053.9 km Daegu26 Nov 1997565520.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,000
4161.3 km Sao Paulo14 Sep 1974585541.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,000
4259.1 km Prague9 May 1974575431.0919.719.0597 mio.10,102,000
4365.5 km Cairo27 Sep 1987555321.2432.827.5700 mio.10,687,000
4445.0 km Cologne11 Oct 19685151150.883.03.4
4576.5 km Newcastle7 Aug 1980615021.5338.330.538 mio.497,000
4652.0 km Athens1954524831.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,000
4739.0 km Rome10 Feb 1955494820.8119.524.5331 mio.8,487,000
4869.5 km Vancouver3 Jan 1986494731.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,000
4960.5 km Caracas27 Mar 1983504651.3212.110.0510 mio.8,430,000
5041.0 km Lisbon29 Dec 1959524640.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,000
5148.0 km Sapporo16 Dec 1971494631.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,000
5257.6 km Yokohama16 Dec 1972484531.2819.216.0198 mio.3,438,000
5350.5 km Tehran21 Feb 2000474431.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,000
5434.6 km Nuremberg1 Mar 1972464430.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,000
5567.7 km Bucharest16 Nov 1979504341.5716.912.5111 mio.1,640,000
56166.9 km San Francisco11 Sep 1972434353.8833.48.6100 mio.599,000
5759.8 km Kiev22 Oct 1960464331.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,000
5846.3 km Bangkok5 Dec 1999444031.1615.414.7206 mio.4,449,000
5933.0 km Budapest2 May 1896424030.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,000
6045.7 km Manila1 Dec 1984423931.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,000
6130.7 km Lyon28 Apr 1978433940.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,000
6240.6 km Bilbao11 Nov 1995383821.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,000
6379.2 km Atlanta30 Jun 1979393822.0839.619.534 mio.429,000
6429.5 km Dortmund17 May 1976373730.809.812.3
6573.4 km Saint Louis31 Jul 1993373721.9836.718.5
6631.8 km Valencia3 Oct 1988383730.8610.612.7
6772.0 km Tianjin28 Mar 2004373721.9536.018.515 mio.208,000
6847.0 km Rotterdam10 Feb 1968383721.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,000
6927.5 km Toulouse26 Jun 1993383720.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,000
7042.7 km Kaohsiung9 Mar 2008373621.1921.418.530 mio.703,000
7142.0 km Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 1979343421.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,000
7229.8 km Fukuoka26 Jul 1981353430.889.911.7124 mio.4,161,000
7332.7 km Amsterdam16 Oct 1977333340.998.28.391 mio.2,783,000
7431.3 km Kyoto1 Apr 1981323121.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,000
7531.5 km Monterrey25 Apr 1991323121.0215.816.0
7659.3 km Los Angeles30 Jan 1993303031.9819.810.045 mio.759,000
7727.9 km The Hague16 Oct 2004303030.939.310.0
7829.5 km Incheon6 Oct 1999292911.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,000
7913.7 km Lausanne24 May 1991292820.496.814.5
8031.8 km Naples28 Mar 1993302831.1410.610.029 mio.912,000
8139.7 km Recife11 Mar 1985302821.4219.915.0
8224.0 km Guadalajara1 Sep 1989292820.8612.014.5
8320.2 km Essen5 Oct 1967272730.756.79.0
8420.5 km Frankfurt4 Oct 1968312730.766.810.3
8521.5 km Bochum26 May 1979292720.8010.814.5
8636.2 km Tashkent6 Nov 1977292631.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,000
8735.3 km Kharkov23 Aug 1975282531.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,000
8828.8 km Medellin30 Nov 1995262521.1514.413.0155 mio.5,382,000
8930.3 km Minsk26 Jun 1984252421.2615.112.5262 mio.8,647,000
9019.3 km Marseille26 Nov 1977262420.809.613.058 mio.3,005,000
9130.6 km Kobe13 Mar 1977262421.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,000
9222.5 km Bursa19 Aug 2002232310.9822.523.0
9342.0 km Brasilia31 Mar 2001232311.8342.023.016 mio.381,000
9421.0 km Copenhagen19 Oct 2002222220.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,000
9525.3 km Shenzhen28 Dec 2004232221.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,000
9623.1 km Ankara30 Aug 1996232221.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,000
9736.0 km Miami21 May 1984222211.6436.022.019 mio.528,000
9822.6 km Daejeon16 Mar 2006222211.0322.622.029 mio.1,283,000
9918.4 km Hiroshima20 Aug 1994212110.8818.421.018 mio.978,000
10022.6 km Warsaw7 Apr 1995212111.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,000
10122.6 km Kolkata24 Oct 1984212111.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,000
10226.3 km Tbilisi11 Jan 1966222121.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,000
10318.0 km Seville2 Apr 2009212110.8618.021.0
10432.9 km Baku6 Nov 1967222121.5616.411.0176 mio.5,356,000
10520.1 km Gwangju28 Apr 2004202011.0120.120.017 mio.846,000
10613.3 km Wuppertal1 Mar 1901202010.6713.320.0
10717.5 km Charleroi21 Jun 1976202040.884.45.0
10843.0 km Valparaiso23 Nov 2005202012.1543.020.0
10916.0 km Tama27 Nov 1998191910.8416.019.0
11028.1 km Belo Horizonte1 Aug 1986191911.4828.119.0
11115.5 km Chiba28 Mar 1988181820.867.89.0
11231.0 km Cleveland15 Mar 1955181811.7231.018.06 mio.194,000
11322.2 km Shenyang23 Sep 2009181811.2322.218.0
11419.5 km Chongqing18 Jun 2005181811.0819.518.0
11514.8 km Sendai15 Jul 1987171710.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,000
11618.6 km Hanover28 Sep 1975211731.096.27.0
11724.0 km Stuttgart10 Jun 1966191721.4112.09.5
11821.0 km Helsinki3 Aug 1982171711.2421.017.058 mio.2,762,000
11933.8 km Porto Alegre2 Mar 1985171711.9933.817.0
12027.0 km Chennai19 Oct 1997171711.5927.017.0
12114.5 km Santo Domingo30 Jan 2009161610.9114.516.0
12217.2 km San Juan6 Jun 2005161611.0817.216.09 mio.523,000
12321.7 km Nanjing27 Aug 2005161611.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,000
12417.0 km ChangchunOct 2002161611.0617.016.0
12512.8 km Naha10 Aug 2003151510.8512.815.0
1269.0 km Rennes16 Mar 2002151510.609.015.023 mio.2,556,000
12722.5 km Pyongyang6 Sep 1973161521.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,000
12810.4 km Glasgow14 Dec 1896151510.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,000
12922.1 km Sydney1926141431.587.44.7
13021.7 km Oporto7 Dec 2002151421.5510.97.5
1319.6 km Turin4 Feb 2006141410.699.614.0
13224.5 km Baltimore21 Nov 1983141411.7524.514.014 mio.571,000
1339.6 km Duesseldorf4 Oct 1981141420.684.87.0
13418.0 km Sofia28 Jan 1998141411.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,000
13514.3 km Duisburg11 Jul 1992131321.107.26.5
1368.8 km Kitakyushu9 Jan 1985131310.688.813.0
1374.8 km DetroitJul 1987131310.374.813.0
13815.5 km Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 1985141321.197.87.033 mio.2,129,000
13914.3 km Novosibirsk7 Jan 1986131221.197.26.570 mio.4,895,000
14018.0 km Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 1986121211.5018.012.0
14122.2 km Seattle18 Jul 2009121211.8522.212.0
14249.0 km Dalian1 May 2003121214.0849.012.0
1439.0 km Bonn22 Mar 1975121210.759.012.0
1449.0 km Mulheim3 Nov 1979131220.754.56.5
1454.0 km Ludwigshafen29 May 1969111100.36
14613.1 km Edmonton22 Apr 1978111111.1913.111.0
14739.7 km Dubai9 Sep 2009111113.6139.711.0
1487.6 km Antwerp25 Mar 1975111120.693.85.5
14912.1 km Yerevan7 Mar 1981101011.2112.110.017 mio.1,405,000
15015.0 km Istanbul16 Sep 2000101011.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,000
15111.5 km Izmir22 May 2000101011.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,000
15210.2 km Wuhan28 Sep 2004101011.0210.210.0
1535.5 km Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 19849910.615.59.0
15410.2 km Samara26 Dec 19879911.1310.29.012 mio.1,176,000
1558.3 km Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 20079910.928.39.0
1568.0 km Adana18 Mar 20098811.008.08.0
1576.6 km Kamakura3 Mar 19708810.826.68.0
1588.4 km Buffalo18 May 19858811.048.48.0
1596.2 km Valencia18 Oct 20067710.896.27.018 mio.2,903,000
1603.0 km Perugia29 Jan 20087710.433.07.0
1615.2 km Genoa13 Jun 19907710.745.27.0
1628.5 km Yekaterinburg26 Apr 19917711.218.57.046 mio.5,412,000
1635.2 km Bielefeld21 Sep 19717740.741.31.8
1646.2 km Las Vegas15 Jul 20047710.896.27.0
1656.5 km Maracaibo8 Jun 20096611.086.56.0
1666.9 km Jacksonville30 May 19896611.156.96.0
1677.1 km Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 19956611.187.16.011 mio.1,549,000
1686.1 km Poznan1 Mar 19976611.026.16.0
1698.3 km Kazan27 Aug 20056611.388.36.07 mio.843,000
1701.8 km Haifa19596610.291.86.0
1713.8 km Catania27 Jun 19996610.633.86.0
17210.0 km Lima13 Jan 20036611.6710.06.0
1732.2 km Rouen17 Dec 19945510.442.25.0
1742.2 km Newark26 May 19354410.552.24.0
1751.5 km Pittsburgh3 Jul 19853310.481.53.0
1763.3 km Volgograd5 Nov 19842211.653.32.0


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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