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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 New YorkUSA27 Oct 19044684220.874.33 million
2 ParisFrance19 Jul 19003803000.714.05 million
3 SeoulSouth Korea15 Aug 19743482980.965.61 million
4 TokyoJapan30 Dec 19272902051.498.7 million
5 MadridSpain17 Oct 19192812311.231.78 million
6 ShanghaiChina10 Apr 19952782351.793.56 million
7 LondonUnited Kingdom10 Jan 18632682681.522.99 million
8 BerlinGermany18 Feb 19021951730.851.39 million
9 MoscowRussia15 May 19351821462.076.55 million
10 Mexico CityMexico5 Sep 19691751471.373.88 million
11 BarcelonaSpain30 Dec 19241621350.881.11 million
12 ChicagoUSA6 Jun 18921511441.15542,000
13 BeijingChina1 Oct 19691471251.823.99 million
14 OsakaJapan20 May 19331331041.332.36 million
15 DelhiIndia24 Dec 20021161131.23838,000
16 GuangzhouChina28 Jun 19991111011.751.85 million
17 StockholmSweden1 Oct 19501041001.06841,000
18 ViennaAustria25 Feb 1978102900.831.4 million
19 MunichGermany19 Oct 1971102960.98962,000
20 SantiagoChile15 Sep 1975101930.991.67 million
21 HamburgGermany1 Mar 191297891.13518,000
22 Hong KongChina1 Oct 197995822.293.62 million
23 NagoyaJapan15 Nov 195793821.091.17 million
24 BusanSouth Korea19 Jul 198592881.08704,000
25 WashingtonUSA27 Mar 197690861.99611,000
26 MilanItaly1 Nov 196488840.89899,000
27 SingaporeSingapore7 Nov 198787781.661.81 million
28 TaipeiTaiwan28 Mar 199685801.181.27 million
29 Buenos AiresArgentina1 Dec 191377680.71789,000
30 TorontoCanada30 Apr 195474691.03762,000
31 MumbaiIndia73732.34
32 MontrealCanada14 Oct 196673681.02600,000
33 OsloNorway22 May 196673730.85214,000
34 BostonUSA1 Sep 189766601.01400,000
35 PhiladelphiaUSA4 Mar 190766621.00192,000
36 Sao PauloBrazil14 Sep 197463591.181.93 million
37 Saint PetersburgRussia15 Nov 195563552.002.25 million
38 LilleFrance25 Apr 198362600.76203,000
39 BrusselsBelgium20 Sep 197661590.55364,000
40 NewcastleUnited Kingdom7 Aug 198061501.53104,000
41 Kuala LumpurMalaysia16 Dec 199660561.14299,000
42 NanjingChina27 Aug 200557551.54400,000
43 PragueCzech Republic9 May 197457541.091.6 million
44 DaeguSouth Korea26 Nov 199756550.98301,000
45 TehranIran21 Feb 200055521.271.26 million
46 CairoEgypt27 Sep 198755531.241.92 million
47 AthensGreece195453491.06937,000
48 BangkokThailand5 Dec 199952461.63564,000
49 LisbonPortugal29 Dec 195952460.89488,000
50 CologneGermany11 Oct 196851510.88
51 BucharestRomania16 Nov 197950431.57304,000
52 CaracasVenezuela27 Mar 198350461.321.25 million
53 SapporoJapan16 Dec 197149461.04573,000
54 VancouverCanada3 Jan 198649471.48203,000
55 RomeItaly10 Feb 195549480.81907,000
56 YokohamaJapan16 Dec 197248451.28542,000
57 KievUkraine22 Oct 196046431.391.76 million
58 NurembergGermany1 Mar 197246440.79315,000
59 ManilaPhilippines1 Dec 198443401.29948,000
60 San FranciscoUSA11 Sep 197243433.88274,000
61 LyonFrance28 Apr 197843390.79499,000
62 BudapestHungary2 May 189642400.83814,000
63 AtlantaUSA30 Jun 197939382.0893,200
64 RotterdamNetherlands10 Feb 196838371.27238,000
65 ToulouseFrance26 Jun 199338370.74115,000
66 BilbaoSpain11 Nov 199538381.07238,000
67 ValenciaSpain3 Oct 198838370.86
68 KaohsiungTaiwan9 Mar 200837361.1982,200
69 Saint LouisUSA31 Jul 199337371.98
70 TianjinChina28 Mar 200437371.9541,100
71 DortmundGermany17 May 197637370.80
72 FukuokaJapan26 Jul 198135340.88340,000
73 Rio de JaneiroBrazil5 Mar 197934341.24370,000
74 AmsterdamNetherlands16 Oct 197733330.99233,000
75 KyotoJapan1 Apr 198132311.01345,000
76 MonterreyMexico25 Apr 199132311.02
77 FrankfurtGermany4 Oct 196831270.76
78 NaplesItaly28 Mar 199330281.1479,500
79 MarseilleFrance26 Nov 197730280.78159,000
80 The HagueNetherlands16 Oct 200430300.93
81 Los AngelesUSA30 Jan 199330301.98129,000
82 RecifeBrazil11 Mar 198530281.42
83 IncheonSouth Korea6 Oct 199929291.02200,000
84 BochumGermany26 May 197929270.80
85 TashkentUzbekistan6 Nov 197729261.39195,000
86 LausanneSwitzerland24 May 199129280.49
87 GuadalajaraMexico1 Sep 198929280.86
88 KharkovUkraine23 Aug 197528251.41762,000
89 EssenGermany5 Oct 196727270.75
90 WuhanChina28 Sep 200427271.0435,600
91 KobeJapan13 Mar 197726241.28332,000
92 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates9 Sep 200926262.00
93 MedellinColombia30 Nov 199526251.15425,000
94 MinskBelarus26 Jun 198425241.26718,000
95 BrasiliaBrazil31 Mar 200124241.7543,800
96 AnkaraTurkey30 Aug 199623221.05310,000
97 BursaTurkey19 Aug 200223230.98
98 ShenzhenChina28 Dec 200423221.15362,000
99 KolkataIndia24 Oct 198423230.98474,000
100 BakuAzerbaijan6 Nov 196722211.56482,000
101 MiamiUSA21 May 198422221.6449,300
102 TbilisiGeorgia11 Jan 196622211.25252,000
103 ShenyangChina27 Sep 201022221.26
104 CopenhagenDenmark19 Oct 200222220.95126,000
105 DaejeonSouth Korea16 Mar 200622221.0379,500
106 HiroshimaJapan20 Aug 199421210.8849,300
107 WarsawPoland7 Apr 199521211.08345,000
108 HanoverGermany28 Sep 197521171.09
109 SevilleSpain2 Apr 200921210.86
110 ValparaisoChile23 Nov 200520202.15
111 GwangjuSouth Korea28 Apr 200420201.0146,600
112 WuppertalGermany1 Mar 190120200.67
113 CharleroiBelgium21 Jun 197620200.88
114 StuttgartGermany10 Jun 196619171.41
115 TamaJapan27 Nov 199819190.84
116 Belo HorizonteBrazil1 Aug 198619191.48
117 ClevelandUSA15 Mar 195518181.7213,700
118 ChibaJapan28 Mar 198818180.86
119 ChongqingChina18 Jun 200518181.08
120 HelsinkiFinland3 Aug 198217171.24156,000
121 Porto AlegreBrazil2 Mar 198517171.99
122 SendaiJapan15 Jul 198717170.87159,000
123 ChennaiIndia19 Oct 199717171.59
124 PyongyangNorth Korea6 Sep 197316151.5095,900
125 Santo DomingoDominican Republic30 Jan 200916160.91200,000
126 ChangchunChinaOct 200216161.06
127 ChengduChina27 Sep 201016161.16
128 San JuanPuerto Rico6 Jun 200516161.0824,700
129 NahaJapan10 Aug 200315150.85
130 GlasgowUnited Kingdom14 Dec 189615150.6941,100
131 RennesFrance16 Mar 200215150.6063,000
132 EdmontonCanada22 Apr 197815151.36
133 OportoPortugal7 Dec 200215141.55
134 TurinItaly4 Feb 200614140.69
135 DuesseldorfGermany4 Oct 198114140.68
136 Nizhny NovgorodRussia20 Nov 198514131.1990,400
137 BaltimoreUSA21 Nov 198314141.7535,600
138 SydneyAustralia192614141.58
139 SofiaBulgaria28 Jan 199814141.2979,500
140 NovosibirskRussia7 Jan 198613121.19192,000
141 DuisburgGermany11 Jul 199213131.10
142 KitakyushuJapan9 Jan 198513130.68
143 MulheimGermany3 Nov 197913120.75
144 DetroitUSAJul 198713130.37
145 SeattleUSA18 Jul 200912121.85
146 Kryvyi RihUkraine26 Dec 198612121.50
147 DalianChina1 May 200312124.08
148 BonnGermany22 Mar 197512120.75
149 AntwerpBelgium25 Mar 197511110.69
150 LudwigshafenGermany29 May 196911110.36
151 YerevanArmenia7 Mar 198110101.2146,600
152 IzmirTurkey22 May 200010101.1582,200
153 IstanbulTurkey16 Sep 200010101.50186,000
154 MeccaSaudi Arabia13 Nov 2010992.01
155 GelsenkirchenGermany1 Sep 1984990.61
156 Palma de MallorcaSpain25 Apr 2007990.92
157 SamaraRussia26 Dec 1987991.1332,900
158 BuffaloUSA18 May 1985881.04
159 KamakuraJapan3 Mar 1970880.82
160 AdanaTurkey18 Mar 2009881.00
161 Las VegasUSA15 Jul 2004770.89
162 BielefeldGermany21 Sep 1971770.74
163 PerugiaItaly29 Jan 2008770.43
164 ValenciaVenezuela18 Oct 2006770.8949,300
165 GenoaItaly13 Jun 1990770.74
166 YekaterinburgRussia26 Apr 1991771.21126,000
167 JacksonvilleUSA30 May 1989661.15
168 CataniaItaly27 Jun 1999660.63
169 PoznanPoland1 Mar 1997661.02
170 DnepropetrovskUkraine29 Dec 1995661.1838,400
171 MaracaiboVenezuela8 Jun 2009661.08
172 HaifaIsrael1959660.29
173 KazanRussia27 Aug 2005661.3819,200
174 LimaPeru13 Jan 2003661.67
175 RouenFrance17 Dec 1994550.44
176 NewarkUSA26 May 1935440.55
177 PittsburghUSA3 Jul 1985330.48
178 VolgogradRussia5 Nov 1984221.65





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