The Top Ten: World's Largest Subway Systems

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

World's Largest Subway Systems

(by usage)

Rank	City	Date system completed	Number of riders (year)	Length (km)
1.	Moscow	1935	3.2 bil (1997)	340
2.	Tokyo	1927	2.6 bil (1997/98)	281+
3.	Seoul	1974	1.4 bil (1993)	278+
4.	Mexico City	1969	1.4 bil (1996)	202
5.	New York City	1904	1.3 bil (2001)	371
6.	Paris	1900	1.4 bil (1993)	211
7.	Osaka	1933	957 mil (1997)	114
8.	London	1863	866 mil (1999)	415
9.	Hong Kong	1979	790 mil (1999)	82
10.	St. Petersburg	1955	721 mil (1996)	110

Source: Jane's Urban Transport Systems, 2002–2003 edition, and individual subway websites.

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