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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). Only one logo per city is displayed.



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1 Adana5.0 miTurkey18 Mar 20098
2 Amsterdam20.3 miNetherlands16 Oct 19773391 mio.
3 Ankara14.4 miTurkey30 Aug 199623113 mio.
4 Antwerp4.7 miBelgium25 Mar 197511
5 Athens32.3 miGreece195452325 mio.
6 Atlanta49.2 miUSA30 Jun 19793934 mio.
7 Baku20.4 miAzerbaijan6 Nov 196722176 mio.
8 Baltimore15.2 miUSA21 Nov 19831414 mio.
9 Bangkok28.8 miThailand5 Dec 199944206 mio.
10 Barcelona68.7 miSpain30 Dec 1924152378 mio.
11 Beijing141.4 miChina1 Oct 19691471200 mio.
12 Belo Horizonte17.5 miBrazil1 Aug 198619
13 Berlin91.6 miGermany18 Feb 1902195447 mio.
14 Bielefeld3.2 miGermany21 Sep 19717
15 Bilbao25.2 miSpain11 Nov 19953886 mio.
16 Bochum13.4 miGermany26 May 197929
17 Bonn5.6 miGermany22 Mar 197512
18 Boston37.6 miUSA1 Sep 189766145 mio.
19 Brasilia26.1 miBrazil31 Mar 20012316 mio.
20 Brussels20.0 miBelgium20 Sep 197661136 mio.
21 Bucharest42.1 miRomania16 Nov 197950111 mio.
22 Budapest20.5 miHungary2 May 189642297 mio.
23 Buenos Aires29.5 miArgentina1 Dec 191376280 mio.
24 Buffalo5.2 miUSA18 May 19858
25 Bursa14.0 miTurkey19 Aug 200223
26 Busan59.0 miSouth Korea19 Jul 198592257 mio.
27 Cairo40.7 miEgypt27 Sep 198755700 mio.
28 Caracas37.6 miVenezuela27 Mar 198350510 mio.
29 Catania2.4 miItaly27 Jun 19996
30 Changchun10.6 miChinaOct 200216
31 Charleroi10.9 miBelgium21 Jun 197620
32 Chennai16.8 miIndia19 Oct 199717
33 Chiba9.6 miJapan28 Mar 198818
34 Chicago103.2 miUSA6 Jun 1892151198 mio.
35 Chongqing12.1 miChina18 Jun 200518
36 Cleveland19.3 miUSA15 Mar 1955186 mio.
37 Cologne28.0 miGermany11 Oct 196851
38 Copenhagen13.1 miDenmark19 Oct 20022237 mio.
39 Daegu33.5 miSouth Korea26 Nov 199756110 mio.
40 Daejeon14.0 miSouth Korea16 Mar 20062229 mio.
41 Dalian30.5 miChina1 May 200312
42 Delhi59.8 miIndia24 Dec 200283310 mio.
43 Detroit3.0 miUSAJul 198713
44 Dnepropetrovsk4.4 miUkraine29 Dec 1995611 mio.
45 Dortmund18.3 miGermany17 May 197637
46 Dubai24.7 miUnited Arab Emirates9 Sep 200911
47 Duesseldorf6.0 miGermany4 Oct 198114
48 Duisburg8.9 miGermany11 Jul 199213
49 Edmonton8.1 miCanada22 Apr 197811
50 Essen12.6 miGermany5 Oct 196727
51 Frankfurt12.7 miGermany4 Oct 196831
52 Fukuoka18.5 miJapan26 Jul 198135124 mio.
53 Gelsenkirchen3.4 miGermany1 Sep 19849
54 Genoa3.2 miItaly13 Jun 19907
55 Glasgow6.5 miUnited Kingdom14 Dec 18961515 mio.
56 Guadalajara14.9 miMexico1 Sep 198929
57 Guangzhou92.3 miChina28 Jun 199988601 mio.
58 Gwangju12.5 miSouth Korea28 Apr 20042017 mio.
59 Haifa1.1 miIsrael19596
60 Hamburg62.6 miGermany1 Mar 191297184 mio.
61 Hanover11.6 miGermany28 Sep 197521
62 Helsinki13.1 miFinland3 Aug 19821758 mio.
63 Hiroshima11.4 miJapan20 Aug 19942118 mio.
64 Hong Kong116.9 miChina1 Oct 1979951309 mio.
65 Incheon18.3 miSouth Korea6 Oct 19992973 mio.
66 Istanbul9.3 miTurkey16 Sep 20001068 mio.
67 Izmir7.1 miTurkey22 May 20001030 mio.
68 Jacksonville4.3 miUSA30 May 19896
69 Kamakura4.1 miJapan3 Mar 19708
70 Kaohsiung26.5 miTaiwan9 Mar 20083730 mio.
71 Kazan5.2 miRussia27 Aug 200567 mio.
72 Kharkov21.9 miUkraine23 Aug 197528278 mio.
73 Kiev37.2 miUkraine22 Oct 196046642 mio.
74 Kitakyushu5.5 miJapan9 Jan 198513
75 Kobe19.0 miJapan13 Mar 197726121 mio.
76 Kolkata14.0 miIndia24 Oct 198421100 mio.
77 Kryvyi Rih11.2 miUkraine26 Dec 198612
78 Kuala Lumpur39.8 miMalaysia16 Dec 199660109 mio.
79 Kyoto19.5 miJapan1 Apr 198132126 mio.
80 Las Vegas3.9 miUSA15 Jul 20047
81 Lausanne8.5 miSwitzerland24 May 199129
82 Lille28.3 miFrance25 Apr 19836274 mio.
83 Lima6.2 miPeru13 Jan 20036
84 Lisbon25.5 miPortugal29 Dec 195952180 mio.
85 London253.6 miUnited Kingdom10 Jan 18632681197 mio.
86 Los Angeles36.9 miUSA30 Jan 19933045 mio.
87 Ludwigshafen2.5 miGermany29 May 196911
88 Lyon19.1 miFrance28 Apr 197843182 mio.
89 Madrid176.5 miSpain17 Oct 1919281686 mio.
90 Manila28.4 miPhilippines1 Dec 198442346 mio.
91 Maracaibo4.0 miVenezuela8 Jun 20096
92 Marseille12.0 miFrance26 Nov 19772658 mio.
93 Medellin17.9 miColombia30 Nov 199526155 mio.
94 Mexico City125.4 miMexico5 Sep 19691751460 mio.
95 Miami22.4 miUSA21 May 19842219 mio.
96 Milan46.4 miItaly1 Nov 196488328 mio.
97 Minsk18.8 miBelarus26 Jun 198425262 mio.
98 Monterrey19.6 miMexico25 Apr 199132
99 Montreal43.0 miCanada14 Oct 196673219 mio.
100 Moscow185.7 miRussia15 May 19351802573 mio.
101 Mulheim5.6 miGermany3 Nov 197913
102 Mumbai106.3 miIndia73
103 Munich57.5 miGermany19 Oct 1971100349 mio.
104 Nagoya55.3 miJapan15 Nov 195793427 mio.
105 Naha8.0 miJapan10 Aug 200315
106 Nanjing13.5 miChina27 Aug 200516102 mio.
107 Naples19.8 miItaly28 Mar 19933029 mio.
108 New York228.7 miUSA27 Oct 19044681624 mio.
109 Newark1.4 miUSA26 May 19354
110 Newcastle47.5 miUnited Kingdom7 Aug 19806138 mio.
111 Nizhny Novgorod9.6 miRussia20 Nov 19851433 mio.
112 Novosibirsk8.9 miRussia7 Jan 19861370 mio.
113 Nuremberg21.5 miGermany1 Mar 19724692 mio.
114 Oporto13.5 miPortugal7 Dec 200215
115 Osaka85.6 miJapan20 May 1933133860 mio.
116 Oslo38.5 miNorway22 May 19667264 mio.
117 Palma de Mallorca5.2 miSpain25 Apr 20079
118 Paris132.4 miFrance19 Jul 19003801473 mio.
119 Perugia1.9 miItaly29 Jan 20087
120 Philadelphia38.5 miUSA4 Mar 19076667 mio.
121 Pittsburgh0.9 miUSA3 Jul 19853
122 Porto Alegre21.0 miBrazil2 Mar 198517
123 Poznan3.8 miPoland1 Mar 19976
124 Prague36.7 miCzech Republic9 May 197457597 mio.
125 Pyongyang14.0 miNorth Korea6 Sep 19731635 mio.
126 Recife24.7 miBrazil11 Mar 198530
127 Rennes5.6 miFrance16 Mar 20021523 mio.
128 Rio de Janeiro26.1 miBrazil5 Mar 197934135 mio.
129 Rome24.2 miItaly10 Feb 195549331 mio.
130 Rotterdam29.2 miNetherlands10 Feb 19683885 mio.
131 Rouen1.4 miFrance17 Dec 19945
132 Saint Louis45.6 miUSA31 Jul 199337
133 Saint Petersburg68.5 miRussia15 Nov 195563832 mio.
134 Samara6.3 miRussia26 Dec 1987912 mio.
135 San Francisco103.7 miUSA11 Sep 197243100 mio.
136 San Juan10.7 miPuerto Rico6 Jun 2005169 mio.
137 Santiago51.6 miChile15 Sep 197593642 mio.
138 Santo Domingo9.0 miDominican Republic30 Jan 200916
139 Sao Paulo38.1 miBrazil14 Sep 197458684 mio.
140 Sapporo29.8 miJapan16 Dec 197149209 mio.
141 Seattle13.8 miUSA18 Jul 200912
142 Sendai9.2 miJapan15 Jul 19871758 mio.
143 Seoul178.3 miSouth Korea15 Aug 19743482048 mio.
144 Seville11.2 miSpain2 Apr 200921
145 Shanghai207.6 miChina10 Apr 19952301122 mio.
146 Shenyang13.8 miChina23 Sep 200918
147 Shenzhen15.7 miChina28 Dec 20042373 mio.
148 Singapore73.9 miSingapore7 Nov 198776571 mio.
149 Sofia11.2 miBulgaria28 Jan 19981451 mio.
150 Stockholm65.7 miSweden1 Oct 1950104303 mio.
151 Stuttgart14.9 miGermany10 Jun 196619
152 Sydney13.7 miAustralia192614
153 Taipei56.3 miTaiwan28 Mar 199685450 mio.
154 Tama9.9 miJapan27 Nov 199819
155 Tashkent22.5 miUzbekistan6 Nov 19772971 mio.
156 Tbilisi16.3 miGeorgia11 Jan 19662292 mio.
157 Tehran31.4 miIran21 Feb 200047353 mio.
158 The Hague17.3 miNetherlands16 Oct 200430
159 Tianjin44.7 miChina28 Mar 20043715 mio.
160 Tokyo189.2 miJapan30 Dec 19272903174 mio.
161 Toronto44.3 miCanada30 Apr 195474278 mio.
162 Toulouse17.1 miFrance26 Jun 19933842 mio.
163 Turin6.0 miItaly4 Feb 200614
164 Valencia3.9 miVenezuela18 Oct 2006718 mio.
165 Valencia19.8 miSpain3 Oct 198838
166 Valparaiso26.7 miChile23 Nov 200520
167 Vancouver43.2 miCanada3 Jan 19864974 mio.
168 Vienna43.4 miAustria25 Feb 197896498 mio.
169 Volgograd2.1 miRussia5 Nov 19842
170 Warsaw14.0 miPoland7 Apr 199521114 mio.
171 Washington106.4 miUSA27 Mar 197690215 mio.
172 Wuhan6.3 miChina28 Sep 200410
173 Wuppertal8.3 miGermany1 Mar 190120
174 Yekaterinburg5.3 miRussia26 Apr 1991746 mio.
175 Yerevan7.5 miArmenia7 Mar 19811017 mio.
176 Yokohama35.8 miJapan16 Dec 197248198 mio.


Numerical data (except ridership) by Jordi Serradell 1/2010. Ridership data by John Kennes 10/2009. Ticket prices by UBS: Prices and Earnings (PDF, p. 20) 2009. Non-numerical data by Mike Rohde 1/2010.




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