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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).



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1YokohamaJapan16 Dec 197248198 mio.
2YerevanArmenia7 Mar 19811017 mio.
3YekaterinburgRussia26 Apr 1991746 mio.
4WuppertalGermany1 Mar 190120
5WuhanChina28 Sep 200410
6WashingtonUSA27 Mar 197690215 mio.
7WarsawPoland7 Apr 199521114 mio.
8VolgogradRussia5 Nov 19842
9ViennaAustria25 Feb 197896498 mio.
10VancouverCanada3 Jan 19864974 mio.
11ValparaisoChile23 Nov 200520
12ValenciaSpain3 Oct 198838
13ValenciaVenezuela18 Oct 2006718 mio.
14TurinItaly4 Feb 200614
15ToulouseFrance26 Jun 19933842 mio.
16TorontoCanada30 Apr 195474278 mio.
17TokyoJapan30 Dec 19272903174 mio.
18TianjinChina28 Mar 20043715 mio.
19The HagueNetherlands16 Oct 200430
20TehranIran21 Feb 200047353 mio.
21TbilisiGeorgia11 Jan 19662292 mio.
22TashkentUzbekistan6 Nov 19772971 mio.
23TamaJapan27 Nov 199819
24TaipeiTaiwan28 Mar 199685450 mio.
25SydneyAustralia192614
26StuttgartGermany10 Jun 196619
27StockholmSweden1 Oct 1950104303 mio.
28SofiaBulgaria28 Jan 19981451 mio.
29SingaporeSingapore7 Nov 198776571 mio.
30ShenzhenChina28 Dec 20042373 mio.
31ShanghaiChina10 Apr 19952301122 mio.
32SevilleSpain2 Apr 200921
33SeoulSouth Korea15 Aug 19743482048 mio.
34SendaiJapan15 Jul 19871758 mio.
35SeattleUSA18 Jul 200912
36SapporoJapan16 Dec 197149209 mio.
37Sao PauloBrazil14 Sep 197458684 mio.
38Santo DomingoDominican Republic30 Jan 200916
39SantiagoChile15 Sep 197593642 mio.
40San JuanPuerto Rico6 Jun 2005169 mio.
41San FranciscoUSA11 Sep 197243100 mio.
42SamaraRussia26 Dec 1987912 mio.
43Saint PetersburgRussia15 Nov 195563832 mio.
44Saint LouisUSA31 Jul 199337
45RouenFrance17 Dec 19945
46RotterdamNetherlands10 Feb 19683885 mio.
47RomeItaly10 Feb 195549331 mio.
48Rio de JaneiroBrazil5 Mar 197934135 mio.
49RennesFrance16 Mar 20021523 mio.
50RecifeBrazil11 Mar 198530
51PyongyangNorth Korea6 Sep 19731635 mio.
52PragueCzech Republic9 May 197457597 mio.
53PoznanPoland1 Mar 19976
54Porto AlegreBrazil2 Mar 198517
55PittsburghUSA3 Jul 19853
56PhiladelphiaUSA4 Mar 19076667 mio.
57PerugiaItaly29 Jan 20087
58ParisFrance19 Jul 19003801473 mio.
59Palma de MallorcaSpain25 Apr 20079
60OsloNorway22 May 19667264 mio.
61OsakaJapan20 May 1933133860 mio.
62OportoPortugal7 Dec 200215
63NurembergGermany1 Mar 19724692 mio.
64NovosibirskRussia7 Jan 19861370 mio.
65Nizhny NovgorodRussia20 Nov 19851433 mio.
66NewcastleUnited Kingdom7 Aug 19806138 mio.
67NewarkUSA26 May 19354
68New YorkUSA27 Oct 19044681624 mio.
69NaplesItaly28 Mar 19933029 mio.
70NanjingChina27 Aug 200516102 mio.
71NahaJapan10 Aug 200315
72NagoyaJapan15 Nov 195793427 mio.
73MunichGermany19 Oct 1971100349 mio.
74MumbaiIndia73
75MulheimGermany3 Nov 197913
76MoscowRussia15 May 19351802573 mio.
77MontrealCanada14 Oct 196673219 mio.
78MonterreyMexico25 Apr 199132
79MinskBelarus26 Jun 198425262 mio.
80MilanItaly1 Nov 196488328 mio.
81MiamiUSA21 May 19842219 mio.
82Mexico CityMexico5 Sep 19691751460 mio.
83MedellinColombia30 Nov 199526155 mio.
84MarseilleFrance26 Nov 19772658 mio.
85MaracaiboVenezuela8 Jun 20096
86ManilaPhilippines1 Dec 198442346 mio.
87MadridSpain17 Oct 1919281686 mio.
88LyonFrance28 Apr 197843182 mio.
89LudwigshafenGermany29 May 196911
90Los AngelesUSA30 Jan 19933045 mio.
91LondonUnited Kingdom10 Jan 18632681197 mio.
92LisbonPortugal29 Dec 195952180 mio.
93LimaPeru13 Jan 20036
94LilleFrance25 Apr 19836274 mio.
95LausanneSwitzerland24 May 199129
96Las VegasUSA15 Jul 20047
97KyotoJapan1 Apr 198132126 mio.
98Kuala LumpurMalaysia16 Dec 199660109 mio.
99Kryvyi RihUkraine26 Dec 198612
100KolkataIndia24 Oct 198421100 mio.
101KobeJapan13 Mar 197726121 mio.
102KitakyushuJapan9 Jan 198513
103KievUkraine22 Oct 196046642 mio.
104KharkovUkraine23 Aug 197528278 mio.
105KazanRussia27 Aug 200567 mio.
106KaohsiungTaiwan9 Mar 20083730 mio.
107KamakuraJapan3 Mar 19708
108JacksonvilleUSA30 May 19896
109IzmirTurkey22 May 20001030 mio.
110IstanbulTurkey16 Sep 20001068 mio.
111IncheonSouth Korea6 Oct 19992973 mio.
112Hong KongChina1 Oct 1979951309 mio.
113HiroshimaJapan20 Aug 19942118 mio.
114HelsinkiFinland3 Aug 19821758 mio.
115HanoverGermany28 Sep 197521
116HamburgGermany1 Mar 191297184 mio.
117HaifaIsrael19596
118GwangjuSouth Korea28 Apr 20042017 mio.
119GuangzhouChina28 Jun 199988601 mio.
120GuadalajaraMexico1 Sep 198929
121GlasgowUnited Kingdom14 Dec 18961515 mio.
122GenoaItaly13 Jun 19907
123GelsenkirchenGermany1 Sep 19849
124FukuokaJapan26 Jul 198135124 mio.
125FrankfurtGermany4 Oct 196831
126EssenGermany5 Oct 196727
127EdmontonCanada22 Apr 197811
128DuisburgGermany11 Jul 199213
129DuesseldorfGermany4 Oct 198114
130DubaiUnited Arab Emirates9 Sep 200910
131DortmundGermany17 May 197637
132DnepropetrovskUkraine29 Dec 1995611 mio.
133DetroitUSAJul 198713
134DelhiIndia24 Dec 200278310 mio.
135DalianChina1 May 200312
136DaejeonSouth Korea16 Mar 20062229 mio.
137DaeguSouth Korea26 Nov 199756110 mio.
138CopenhagenDenmark19 Oct 20022237 mio.
139CologneGermany11 Oct 196851
140ClevelandUSA15 Mar 1955186 mio.
141ChongqingChina18 Jun 200518
142ChicagoUSA6 Jun 1892151198 mio.
143ChibaJapan28 Mar 198818
144ChennaiIndia19 Oct 199717
145CharleroiBelgium21 Jun 197620
146ChangchunChinaOct 200216
147CataniaItaly27 Jun 19996
148CaracasVenezuela27 Mar 198347510 mio.
149CairoEgypt27 Sep 198755700 mio.
150BusanSouth Korea19 Jul 198592257 mio.
151BursaTurkey19 Aug 200223
152BuffaloUSA18 May 19858
153Buenos AiresArgentina1 Dec 191376280 mio.
154BudapestHungary2 May 189642297 mio.
155BucharestRomania16 Nov 197950111 mio.
156BrusselsBelgium20 Sep 197661136 mio.
157BrasiliaBrazil31 Mar 20012316 mio.
158BostonUSA1 Sep 189766145 mio.
159BonnGermany22 Mar 197512
160BochumGermany26 May 197929
161BilbaoSpain11 Nov 19953886 mio.
162BielefeldGermany21 Sep 19717
163BerlinGermany18 Feb 1902195447 mio.
164Belo HorizonteBrazil1 Aug 198619
165BeijingChina1 Oct 19691471200 mio.
166BarcelonaSpain30 Dec 1924152378 mio.
167BangkokThailand5 Dec 199944206 mio.
168BaltimoreUSA21 Nov 19831414 mio.
169BakuAzerbaijan6 Nov 196721176 mio.
170AtlantaUSA30 Jun 19793934 mio.
171AthensGreece195452325 mio.
172AntwerpBelgium25 Mar 197511
173AnkaraTurkey30 Aug 199623113 mio.
174AmsterdamNetherlands16 Oct 19773391 mio.
175AlgiersAlgeria200910
176AdanaTurkey18 Mar 20098


Numerical data (except ridership) by Jordi Serradell 8/2009. Ridership data by John Kennes 7/2008. Ticket prices by UBS: Prices and Earnings (PDF, p. 20) 2009. Non-numerical data by Mike Rohde 8/2009.






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