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A list like this and the rail systems that appear in it may always be somewhat controversial. One reason is that definitions of what a metro is vary according to who you ask (a popular definition is here). Differences between commuter rail, metros and trams are increasingly fading as new hybrid trains make it easier for metros to include sections on streets or heavy-rail tracks. 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.

Numerical data (except ridership) by Jordi Serradell 09/2010. Ridership data by John Kennes 07/2010. Ticket prices by UBS: Prices and Earnings (PDF, p. 20) 2009. Non-numerical data by Mike Rohde 10/2010.

'Stations*' (with an asterisk) counts each interchange station as one. Daily ridership is annual ridership divided by 365 (for convenience; please note that weekday and weekend ridership may differ significantly and refer to the Annual Ridership column if desired). 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 shown.



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1 MumbaiIndia73
2 LondonUnited Kingdom10 Jan 18632.99 million268
3 ChicagoUSA6 Jun 1892542,000151
4 BudapestHungary2 May 1896814,00042
5 GlasgowUnited Kingdom14 Dec 189641,10015
6 BostonUSA1 Sep 1897400,00066
7 ParisFrance19 Jul 19004.05 million380
8 WuppertalGermany1 Mar 190120
9 BerlinGermany18 Feb 19021.39 million195
10 New YorkUSA27 Oct 19044.33 million468
11 PhiladelphiaUSA4 Mar 1907192,00066
12 HamburgGermany1 Mar 1912518,00097
13 Buenos AiresArgentina1 Dec 1913789,00077
14 MadridSpain17 Oct 19191.78 million281
15 BarcelonaSpain30 Dec 19241.11 million162
16 SydneyAustralia192614
17 TokyoJapan30 Dec 19278.7 million290
18 OsakaJapan20 May 19332.36 million133
19 MoscowRussia15 May 19356.55 million182
20 NewarkUSA26 May 19354
21 StockholmSweden1 Oct 1950841,000104
22 AthensGreece1954937,00053
23 TorontoCanada30 Apr 1954762,00074
24 RomeItaly10 Feb 1955907,00049
25 ClevelandUSA15 Mar 195513,70018
26 Saint PetersburgRussia15 Nov 19552.25 million63
27 NagoyaJapan15 Nov 19571.17 million93
28 HaifaIsrael19596
29 LisbonPortugal29 Dec 1959488,00052
30 KievUkraine22 Oct 19601.76 million46
31 MilanItaly1 Nov 1964899,00088
32 TbilisiGeorgia11 Jan 1966252,00022
33 OsloNorway22 May 1966214,00073
34 StuttgartGermany10 Jun 196619
35 MontrealCanada14 Oct 1966600,00073
36 EssenGermany5 Oct 196727
37 BakuAzerbaijan6 Nov 1967482,00022
38 RotterdamNetherlands10 Feb 1968238,00038
39 FrankfurtGermany4 Oct 196831
40 CologneGermany11 Oct 196851
41 LudwigshafenGermany29 May 196911
42 Mexico CityMexico5 Sep 19693.88 million175
43 BeijingChina1 Oct 19693.99 million147
44 KamakuraJapan3 Mar 19708
45 BielefeldGermany21 Sep 19717
46 MunichGermany19 Oct 1971962,000102
47 SapporoJapan16 Dec 1971573,00049
48 NurembergGermany1 Mar 1972315,00046
49 San FranciscoUSA11 Sep 1972274,00043
50 YokohamaJapan16 Dec 1972542,00048
51 PyongyangNorth Korea6 Sep 197395,90016
52 PragueCzech Republic9 May 19741.6 million57
53 SeoulSouth Korea15 Aug 19745.61 million348
54 Sao PauloBrazil14 Sep 19741.93 million63
55 BonnGermany22 Mar 197512
56 AntwerpBelgium25 Mar 197511
57 KharkovUkraine23 Aug 1975762,00028
58 SantiagoChile15 Sep 19751.67 million101
59 HanoverGermany28 Sep 197521
60 WashingtonUSA27 Mar 1976611,00090
61 DortmundGermany17 May 197637
62 CharleroiBelgium21 Jun 197620
63 BrusselsBelgium20 Sep 1976364,00061
64 KobeJapan13 Mar 1977332,00026
65 AmsterdamNetherlands16 Oct 1977233,00033
66 TashkentUzbekistan6 Nov 1977195,00029
67 MarseilleFrance26 Nov 1977159,00030
68 ViennaAustria25 Feb 19781.4 million102
69 EdmontonCanada22 Apr 197815
70 LyonFrance28 Apr 1978499,00043
71 Rio de JaneiroBrazil5 Mar 1979370,00034
72 BochumGermany26 May 197929
73 AtlantaUSA30 Jun 197993,20039
74 Hong KongChina1 Oct 19793.62 million95
75 MulheimGermany3 Nov 197913
76 BucharestRomania16 Nov 1979304,00050
77 NewcastleUnited Kingdom7 Aug 1980104,00061
78 YerevanArmenia7 Mar 198146,60010
79 KyotoJapan1 Apr 1981345,00032
80 FukuokaJapan26 Jul 1981340,00035
81 DuesseldorfGermany4 Oct 198114
82 HelsinkiFinland3 Aug 1982156,00017
83 CaracasVenezuela27 Mar 19831.25 million50
84 LilleFrance25 Apr 1983203,00062
85 BaltimoreUSA21 Nov 198335,60014
86 MiamiUSA21 May 198449,30022
87 MinskBelarus26 Jun 1984718,00025
88 GelsenkirchenGermany1 Sep 19849
89 KolkataIndia24 Oct 1984474,00023
90 VolgogradRussia5 Nov 19842
91 ManilaPhilippines1 Dec 1984948,00043
92 KitakyushuJapan9 Jan 198513
93 Porto AlegreBrazil2 Mar 198517
94 RecifeBrazil11 Mar 198530
95 BuffaloUSA18 May 19858
96 PittsburghUSA3 Jul 19853
97 BusanSouth Korea19 Jul 1985704,00092
98 Nizhny NovgorodRussia20 Nov 198590,40014
99 VancouverCanada3 Jan 1986203,00049
100 NovosibirskRussia7 Jan 1986192,00013
101 Belo HorizonteBrazil1 Aug 198619
102 Kryvyi RihUkraine26 Dec 198612
103 DetroitUSAJul 198713
104 SendaiJapan15 Jul 1987159,00017
105 CairoEgypt27 Sep 19871.92 million55
106 SingaporeSingapore7 Nov 19871.81 million87
107 SamaraRussia26 Dec 198732,9009
108 ChibaJapan28 Mar 198818
109 ValenciaSpain3 Oct 198838
110 JacksonvilleUSA30 May 19896
111 GuadalajaraMexico1 Sep 198929
112 GenoaItaly13 Jun 19907
113 MonterreyMexico25 Apr 199132
114 YekaterinburgRussia26 Apr 1991126,0007
115 LausanneSwitzerland24 May 199129
116 DuisburgGermany11 Jul 199213
117 Los AngelesUSA30 Jan 1993129,00030
118 NaplesItaly28 Mar 199379,50030
119 ToulouseFrance26 Jun 1993115,00038
120 Saint LouisUSA31 Jul 199337
121 HiroshimaJapan20 Aug 199449,30021
122 RouenFrance17 Dec 19945
123 WarsawPoland7 Apr 1995345,00021
124 ShanghaiChina10 Apr 19953.56 million278
125 BilbaoSpain11 Nov 1995238,00038
126 MedellinColombia30 Nov 1995425,00026
127 DnepropetrovskUkraine29 Dec 199538,4006
128 TaipeiTaiwan28 Mar 19961.27 million85
129 AnkaraTurkey30 Aug 1996310,00023
130 Kuala LumpurMalaysia16 Dec 1996299,00060
131 PoznanPoland1 Mar 19976
132 ChennaiIndia19 Oct 199717
133 DaeguSouth Korea26 Nov 1997301,00056
134 SofiaBulgaria28 Jan 199879,50014
135 TamaJapan27 Nov 199819
136 CataniaItaly27 Jun 19996
137 GuangzhouChina28 Jun 19991.85 million111
138 IncheonSouth Korea6 Oct 1999200,00029
139 BangkokThailand5 Dec 1999564,00052
140 TehranIran21 Feb 20001.26 million55
141 IzmirTurkey22 May 200082,20010
142 IstanbulTurkey16 Sep 2000186,00010
143 BrasiliaBrazil31 Mar 200143,80024
144 RennesFrance16 Mar 200263,00015
145 BursaTurkey19 Aug 200223
146 ChangchunChinaOct 200216
147 CopenhagenDenmark19 Oct 2002126,00022
148 OportoPortugal7 Dec 200215
149 DelhiIndia24 Dec 2002838,000116
150 LimaPeru13 Jan 20036
151 DalianChina1 May 200312
152 NahaJapan10 Aug 200315
153 TianjinChina28 Mar 200441,10037
154 GwangjuSouth Korea28 Apr 200446,60020
155 Las VegasUSA15 Jul 20047
156 WuhanChina28 Sep 200435,60027
157 The HagueNetherlands16 Oct 200430
158 ShenzhenChina28 Dec 2004362,00023
159 San JuanPuerto Rico6 Jun 200524,70016
160 ChongqingChina18 Jun 200518
161 NanjingChina27 Aug 2005400,00057
162 KazanRussia27 Aug 200519,2006
163 ValparaisoChile23 Nov 200520
164 TurinItaly4 Feb 200614
165 DaejeonSouth Korea16 Mar 200679,50022
166 ValenciaVenezuela18 Oct 200649,3007
167 Palma de MallorcaSpain25 Apr 20079
168 PerugiaItaly29 Jan 20087
169 KaohsiungTaiwan9 Mar 200882,20037
170 Santo DomingoDominican Republic30 Jan 2009200,00016
171 AdanaTurkey18 Mar 20098
172 SevilleSpain2 Apr 200921
173 MaracaiboVenezuela8 Jun 20096
174 SeattleUSA18 Jul 200912
175 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates9 Sep 200926
176 ShenyangChina27 Sep 201022
177 ChengduChina27 Sep 201016
178 MeccaSaudi Arabia13 Nov 20109





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