subway around the world

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It is brief about subways system from all over the world prepared by travel web site called 'virgin'
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http://www.virgin-vacations.com/site_vv/11-top-underground-transit-systems-in-the-world.asp

Another web site,www.infoplese.com listed as per riderships for standings among them

City Date system
completed Number of
riders (year) Length
(km)
Moscow 1935 3.2 bil (1997) 340
Tokyo 1927 2.6 bil (1997/98) 281+
Seoul 1974 1.4 bil (1993) 278+
Mexico City 1969 1.4 bil (1996) 202
New York City 1904 1.3 bil (2001) 371
Paris 1900 1.2 bil (1998) 211
Osaka 1933 957 mil (1997) 114
London 1863 866 mil (1999) 415
Hong Kong 1979 790 mil (1999) 82
St. Petersburg 1955 721 mil (1996) 110

another information found here www.funtrivia.com
New York's 722+ miles of tracks make it the longest subway system in the world, larger than those of London, Paris, Tokyo, or Seoul.

(pre 1995-ish figures)
That comes out to 6,400 cars, 469 stations, and an average of 2.7 million riders services per day. The NYC Transit Police Department employed nearly 4,000 officers as of 1992, which ranked it among the top ten largest police forces in the country.
http://www.greenmanreview.com/underground_harmonies.html


Further info:

Passengers carried per day

London 3 million
Paris 4.4 million
Moscow 9 million
Tokyo 7 million
Prague 1.2 million
Mexico City 4.2 million
New York 4.7 million

Number of Stations and lines

London 275 stations, 12 lines
Paris 297 stations, 14 lines
Moscow 162 stations, 11 lines
Tokyo 209 stations, 12 lines
Prague 50 stations, 3 lines
Mexico City 175 stations, 11 lines
New York 468 stations, 25 lines

Cost of a ticket

London 90p to £5.30 (10 zones) - no flat fares
Paris 80p flat fare
Moscow 12p flat fare
Tokyo 90p to £1.68
Prague 24p flat fare
Mexico City 11p flat fare
New York £1.03 flat fare