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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 New York27 Oct 1904468270.8713.617.34,413,0001624 mio.
2 Paris19 Jul 1900380160.7113.323.86,915,0001473 mio.
3 Cologne11 Oct 196851150.883.03.4
4 Tokyo30 Dec 1927290131.4923.422.310,424,0003174 mio.
5 Madrid17 Oct 1919281131.2321.821.62,415,000686 mio.
6 Moscow15 May 1935180122.0724.915.08,611,0002573 mio.
7 Mexico City5 Sep 1969175111.3718.315.97,238,0001460 mio.
8 London10 Jan 1863268111.5237.124.42,934,0001197 mio.
9 Barcelona30 Dec 1924152100.8611.115.23,421,000378 mio.
10 Berlin18 Feb 1902195100.8514.719.53,033,000447 mio.
11 Shanghai10 Apr 1995230101.7233.423.03,359,0001122 mio.
12 Seoul15 Aug 1974348100.9628.734.87,138,0002048 mio.
13 Osaka20 May 193313391.3315.314.86,241,000860 mio.
14 Hong Kong1 Oct 19799592.2920.910.66,959,0001309 mio.
15 Beijing1 Oct 196914791.8225.316.35,274,0001200 mio.
16 Taipei28 Mar 19968581.1311.310.64,967,000450 mio.
17 Chicago6 Jun 189215181.1520.818.91,193,000198 mio.
18 Buenos Aires1 Dec 19137660.707.912.75,895,000280 mio.
19 Munich19 Oct 197110060.9815.416.73,773,000349 mio.
20 Saint Petersburg15 Nov 19556352.0022.012.67,550,000832 mio.
21 Caracas27 Mar 19835051.3212.110.08,430,000510 mio.
22 Mumbai7352.3434.214.6
23 Vienna25 Feb 19789650.8314.019.27,135,000498 mio.
24 Oslo22 May 19667250.8612.414.41,032,00064 mio.
25 Washington27 Mar 19769051.9934.218.01,256,000215 mio.
26 Santiago15 Sep 19759350.9716.618.67,735,000642 mio.
27 Guangzhou28 Jun 19998851.8829.717.64,047,000601 mio.
28 San Francisco11 Sep 19724353.8833.48.6599,000100 mio.
29 Amsterdam16 Oct 19773340.998.28.32,783,00091 mio.
30 Nagoya15 Nov 19579341.0922.323.34,798,000427 mio.
31 Montreal14 Oct 19667341.0217.318.33,165,000219 mio.
32 Lisbon29 Dec 19595240.8910.313.04,390,000180 mio.
33 Charleroi21 Jun 19762040.884.45.0
34 Bucharest16 Nov 19795041.5716.912.51,640,000111 mio.
35 Singapore7 Nov 19877641.7229.719.04,802,000571 mio.
36 Toronto30 Apr 19547441.0317.818.53,899,000278 mio.
37 Bielefeld21 Sep 1971740.741.31.8
38 Lyon28 Apr 19784340.797.710.85,928,000182 mio.
39 Sao Paulo14 Sep 19745841.1115.314.511,158,000684 mio.
40 Essen5 Oct 19672730.756.79.0
41 Tehran21 Feb 20004731.1516.815.76,990,000353 mio.
42 Brussels20 Sep 19766130.5510.720.34,224,000136 mio.
43 Sydney19261431.587.44.7
44 Los Angeles30 Jan 19933031.9819.810.0759,00045 mio.
45 Athens19545231.0817.317.36,250,000325 mio.
46 Tashkent6 Nov 19772931.3912.19.71,961,00071 mio.
47 Naples28 Mar 19933031.1410.610.0912,00029 mio.
48 Delhi24 Dec 20028331.1932.127.73,224,000310 mio.
49 Stockholm1 Oct 195010431.0635.234.72,867,000303 mio.
50 Boston1 Sep 18976631.0120.222.02,397,000145 mio.
51 Hanover28 Sep 19752131.096.27.0
52 Sapporo16 Dec 19714931.0416.016.34,354,000209 mio.
53 Frankfurt4 Oct 19683130.766.810.3
54 Busan19 Jul 19859231.0831.730.72,705,000257 mio.
55 The Hague16 Oct 20043030.939.310.0
56 Dortmund17 May 19763730.809.812.3
57 Yokohama16 Dec 19724831.2819.216.03,438,000198 mio.
58 Prague9 May 19745731.0919.719.010,102,000597 mio.
59 Philadelphia4 Mar 19076631.0020.722.01,081,00067 mio.
60 Kharkov23 Aug 19752831.4111.89.37,875,000278 mio.
61 Nuremberg1 Mar 19724630.7911.515.32,659,00092 mio.
62 Manila1 Dec 19844231.1715.214.07,571,000346 mio.
63 Valencia3 Oct 19883830.8610.612.7
64 Bangkok5 Dec 19994431.1615.414.74,449,000206 mio.
65 Fukuoka26 Jul 19813530.889.911.74,161,000124 mio.
66 Budapest2 May 18964230.8311.014.09,000,000297 mio.
67 Hamburg1 Mar 19129731.1333.632.31,827,000184 mio.
68 Vancouver3 Jan 19864931.4823.216.31,065,00074 mio.
69 Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 19966031.1421.320.01,703,000109 mio.
70 Milan1 Nov 19648830.8924.929.34,397,000328 mio.
71 Kiev22 Oct 19604631.3919.915.310,736,000642 mio.
72 Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 19793421.2421.017.03,214,000135 mio.
73 Copenhagen19 Oct 20022220.9510.511.01,762,00037 mio.
74 Lausanne24 May 19912920.496.814.5
75 Bilbao11 Nov 19953821.0720.319.02,118,00086 mio.
76 Shenzhen28 Dec 20042321.1512.611.52,885,00073 mio.
77 Chiba28 Mar 19881820.867.89.0
78 Duisburg11 Jul 19921321.107.26.5
79 Novosibirsk7 Jan 19861321.197.26.54,895,00070 mio.
80 Recife11 Mar 19853021.4219.915.0
81 Kyoto1 Apr 19813221.0115.616.04,026,000126 mio.
82 Oporto7 Dec 20021521.5510.97.5
83 Guadalajara1 Sep 19892920.8612.014.5
84 Minsk26 Jun 19842521.2615.112.58,647,000262 mio.
85 Marseille26 Nov 19772620.809.613.03,005,00058 mio.
86 Ankara30 Aug 19962321.0511.611.54,892,000113 mio.
87 Newcastle7 Aug 19806121.5338.330.5497,00038 mio.
88 Rome10 Feb 19554920.8119.524.58,487,000331 mio.
89 Daegu26 Nov 19975620.9827.028.02,041,000110 mio.
90 Lille25 Apr 19836220.7622.831.01,626,00074 mio.
91 Bochum26 May 19792920.8010.814.5
92 Atlanta30 Jun 19793922.0839.619.5429,00034 mio.
93 Tbilisi11 Jan 19662221.2513.111.03,498,00092 mio.
94 Saint Louis31 Jul 19933721.9836.718.5
95 Stuttgart10 Jun 19661921.4112.09.5
96 Monterrey25 Apr 19913221.0215.816.0
97 Kobe13 Mar 19772621.2815.313.03,954,000121 mio.
98 Medellin30 Nov 19952621.1514.413.05,382,000155 mio.
99 Cairo27 Sep 19875521.2432.827.510,687,000700 mio.
100 Tianjin28 Mar 20043721.9536.018.5208,00015 mio.
101 Kaohsiung9 Mar 20083721.1921.418.5703,00030 mio.
102 Antwerp25 Mar 19751120.693.85.5
103 Duesseldorf4 Oct 19811420.684.87.0
104 Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 19851421.197.87.02,129,00033 mio.
105 Rotterdam10 Feb 19683821.2723.519.01,809,00085 mio.
106 Pyongyang6 Sep 19731621.5011.38.01,556,00035 mio.
107 Mulheim3 Nov 19791320.754.56.5
108 Toulouse26 Jun 19933820.7413.819.01,527,00042 mio.
109 Baku6 Nov 19672221.5616.411.05,356,000176 mio.
110 Santo Domingo30 Jan 20091610.9114.516.0
111 Maracaibo8 Jun 2009611.086.56.0
112 Bursa19 Aug 20022310.9822.523.0
113 Jacksonville30 May 1989611.156.96.0
114 Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 1995611.187.16.01,549,00011 mio.
115 Yerevan7 Mar 19811011.2112.110.01,405,00017 mio.
116 Newark26 May 1935410.552.24.0
117 Hiroshima20 Aug 19942110.8818.421.0978,00018 mio.
118 Warsaw7 Apr 19952111.0822.621.05,044,000114 mio.
119 Gwangju28 Apr 20042011.0120.120.0846,00017 mio.
120 Poznan1 Mar 1997611.026.16.0
121 Valencia18 Oct 2006710.896.27.02,903,00018 mio.
122 Sendai15 Jul 19871710.8714.817.03,919,00058 mio.
123 Kolkata24 Oct 19842111.0822.621.04,425,000100 mio.
124 Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 1984910.615.59.0
125 Kazan27 Aug 2005611.388.36.0843,0007 mio.
126 San Juan6 Jun 20051611.0817.216.0523,0009 mio.
127 Perugia29 Jan 2008710.433.07.0
128 Rouen17 Dec 1994510.442.25.0
129 Istanbul16 Sep 20001011.5015.010.04,533,00068 mio.
130 Wuppertal1 Mar 19012010.6713.320.0
131 Cleveland15 Mar 19551811.7231.018.0194,0006 mio.
132 Turin4 Feb 20061410.699.614.0
133 Kitakyushu9 Jan 19851310.688.813.0
134 Baltimore21 Nov 19831411.7524.514.0571,00014 mio.
135 Adana18 Mar 2009811.008.08.0
136 Kamakura3 Mar 1970810.826.68.0
137 Samara26 Dec 1987911.1310.29.01,176,00012 mio.
138 Naha10 Aug 20031510.8512.815.0
139 Haifa1959610.291.86.0
140 Valparaiso23 Nov 20052012.1543.020.0
141 Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 19861211.5018.012.0
142 Genoa13 Jun 1990710.745.27.0
143 Miami21 May 19842211.6436.022.0528,00019 mio.
144 Catania27 Jun 1999610.633.86.0
145 Edmonton22 Apr 19781111.1913.111.0
146 Buffalo18 May 1985811.048.48.0
147 Izmir22 May 20001011.1511.510.02,609,00030 mio.
148 Yekaterinburg26 Apr 1991711.218.57.05,412,00046 mio.
149 DetroitJul 19871310.374.813.0
150 Brasilia31 Mar 20012311.8342.023.0381,00016 mio.
151 Rennes16 Mar 20021510.609.015.02,556,00023 mio.
152 Helsinki3 Aug 19821711.2421.017.02,762,00058 mio.
153 Volgograd5 Nov 1984211.653.32.0
154 Las Vegas15 Jul 2004710.896.27.0
155 Shenyang23 Sep 20091811.2322.218.0
156 Porto Alegre2 Mar 19851711.9933.817.0
157 Chennai19 Oct 19971711.5927.017.0
158 Seattle18 Jul 20091211.8522.212.0
159 Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 2007910.928.39.0
160 Dubai9 Sep 20091113.6139.711.0
161 Dalian1 May 20031214.0849.012.0
162 Tama27 Nov 19981910.8416.019.0
163 Incheon6 Oct 19992911.0229.529.02,475,00073 mio.
164 Nanjing27 Aug 20051611.3621.716.04,700,000102 mio.
165 Daejeon16 Mar 20062211.0322.622.01,283,00029 mio.
166 Wuhan28 Sep 20041011.0210.210.0
167 Lima13 Jan 2003611.6710.06.0
168 Bonn22 Mar 19751210.759.012.0
169 Sofia28 Jan 19981411.2918.014.02,833,00051 mio.
170 Chongqing18 Jun 20051811.0819.518.0
171 Belo Horizonte1 Aug 19861911.4828.119.0
172 Seville2 Apr 20092110.8618.021.0
173 Pittsburgh3 Jul 1985310.481.53.0
174 Glasgow14 Dec 18961510.6910.415.01,442,00015 mio.
175 ChangchunOct 20021611.0617.016.0
176 Ludwigshafen29 May 19691100.36


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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