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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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1Adana18 Mar 20098181.008.08.0
2Algiers2009101100.909.010.0
3Amsterdam16 Oct 1977334330.998.28.391 mio.2,783,000
4Ankara30 Aug 1996232221.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,000
5Antwerp25 Mar 1975112110.693.85.5
6Athens1954523481.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,000
7Atlanta30 Jun 1979392382.0839.619.534 mio.429,000
8Baku6 Nov 1967212201.5915.910.5176 mio.5,552,000
9Baltimore21 Nov 1983141141.7524.514.014 mio.571,000
10Bangkok5 Dec 1999443401.1615.414.7206 mio.4,449,000
11Barcelona30 Dec 1924152101280.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,000
12Beijing1 Oct 196914791251.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,000
13Belo Horizonte1 Aug 1986191191.4828.119.0
14Berlin18 Feb 1902195101730.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,000
15Bielefeld21 Sep 19717470.741.31.8
16Bilbao11 Nov 1995382381.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,000
17Bochum26 May 1979292270.8010.814.5
18Bonn22 Mar 1975121120.759.012.0
19Boston1 Sep 1897663601.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,000
20Brasilia31 Mar 2001231231.8342.023.016 mio.381,000
21Brussels20 Sep 1976613590.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,000
22Bucharest16 Nov 1979504431.5716.912.5111 mio.1,640,000
23Budapest2 May 1896423400.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,000
24Buenos Aires1 Dec 1913766680.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,000
25Buffalo18 May 19858181.048.48.0
26Bursa19 Aug 2002231230.9822.523.0
27Busan19 Jul 1985923881.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,000
28Cairo27 Sep 1987552531.2432.827.5700 mio.10,687,000
29Caracas27 Mar 1983475431.4112.19.4510 mio.8,430,000
30Catania27 Jun 19996160.633.86.0
31ChangchunOct 2002161161.0617.016.0
32Charleroi21 Jun 1976204200.884.45.0
33Chennai19 Oct 1997171171.5927.017.0
34Chiba28 Mar 1988182180.867.89.0
35Chicago6 Jun 189215181441.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,000
36Chongqing18 Jun 2005181181.0819.518.0
37Cleveland15 Mar 1955181181.7231.018.06 mio.194,000
38Cologne11 Oct 19685115510.883.03.4
39Copenhagen19 Oct 2002222220.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,000
40Daegu26 Nov 1997562550.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,000
41Daejeon16 Mar 2006221221.0322.622.029 mio.1,283,000
42Dalian1 May 2003121124.0849.012.0
43Delhi24 Dec 2002783761.1829.926.0310 mio.3,450,000
44DetroitJul 1987131130.374.813.0
45Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 19956161.187.16.011 mio.1,549,000
46Dortmund17 May 1976373370.809.812.3
47Dubai9 Sep 2009101103.9739.710.0
48Duesseldorf4 Oct 1981142140.684.87.0
49Duisburg11 Jul 1992132131.107.26.5
50Edmonton22 Apr 1978111111.1913.111.0
51Essen5 Oct 1967273270.756.79.0
52Frankfurt4 Oct 1968313270.766.810.3
53Fukuoka26 Jul 1981353340.889.911.7124 mio.4,161,000
54Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 19849190.615.59.0
55Genoa13 Jun 19907170.745.27.0
56Glasgow14 Dec 1896151150.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,000
57Guadalajara1 Sep 1989292280.8612.014.5
58Guangzhou28 Jun 1999885792.2335.217.6601 mio.3,414,000
59Gwangju28 Apr 2004201201.0120.120.017 mio.846,000
60Haifa19596160.291.86.0
61Hamburg1 Mar 1912973891.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,000
62Hanover28 Sep 1975213171.096.27.0
63Helsinki3 Aug 1982171171.2421.017.058 mio.2,762,000
64Hiroshima20 Aug 1994211210.8818.421.018 mio.978,000
65Hong Kong1 Oct 1979959822.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,000
66Incheon6 Oct 1999291291.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,000
67Istanbul16 Sep 2000101101.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,000
68Izmir22 May 2000101101.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,000
69Jacksonville30 May 19896161.156.96.0
70Kamakura3 Mar 19708180.826.68.0
71Kaohsiung9 Mar 2008372361.1921.418.530 mio.703,000
72Kazan27 Aug 20056161.388.36.07 mio.843,000
73Kharkov23 Aug 1975283251.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,000
74Kiev22 Oct 1960463431.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,000
75Kitakyushu9 Jan 1985131130.688.813.0
76Kobe13 Mar 1977262241.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,000
77Kolkata24 Oct 1984211211.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,000
78Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 1986121121.5018.012.0
79Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 1996603561.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,000
80Kyoto1 Apr 1981322311.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,000
81Las Vegas15 Jul 20047170.896.27.0
82Lausanne24 May 1991292280.496.814.5
83Lille25 Apr 1983622600.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,000
84Lima13 Jan 20036161.6710.06.0
85Lisbon29 Dec 1959524460.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,000
86London10 Jan 1863268112681.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,000
87Los Angeles30 Jan 1993303301.9819.810.045 mio.759,000
88Ludwigshafen29 May 1969110110.36
89Lyon28 Apr 1978434390.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,000
90Madrid17 Oct 1919281132311.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,000
91Manila1 Dec 1984423391.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,000
92Maracaibo8 Jun 20096161.086.56.0
93Marseille26 Nov 1977262240.809.613.058 mio.3,005,000
94Medellin30 Nov 1995262251.1514.413.0155 mio.5,382,000
95Mexico City5 Sep 1969175111471.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,000
96Miami21 May 1984221221.6436.022.019 mio.528,000
97Milan1 Nov 1964883840.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,000
98Minsk26 Jun 1984252241.2615.112.5262 mio.8,647,000
99Monterrey25 Apr 1991322311.0215.816.0
100Montreal14 Oct 1966734681.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,000
101Moscow15 May 1935180121442.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,000
102Mulheim3 Nov 1979132120.754.56.5
103Mumbai735732.3434.214.6
104Munich19 Oct 19711006940.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,000
105Nagoya15 Nov 1957934821.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,000
106Naha10 Aug 2003151150.8512.815.0
107Nanjing27 Aug 2005161161.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,000
108Naples28 Mar 1993303281.1410.610.029 mio.912,000
109New York27 Oct 1904468274220.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,000
110Newark26 May 19354140.552.24.0
111Newcastle7 Aug 1980612501.5338.330.538 mio.497,000
112Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 1985142131.197.87.033 mio.2,129,000
113Novosibirsk7 Jan 1986132121.197.26.570 mio.4,895,000
114Nuremberg1 Mar 1972463440.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,000
115Oporto7 Dec 2002152141.5510.97.5
116Osaka20 May 193313391041.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,000
117Oslo22 May 1966725720.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,000
118Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 20079190.928.39.0
119Paris19 Jul 1900380163000.7113.323.81473 mio.6,915,000
120Perugia29 Jan 20087170.433.07.0
121Philadelphia4 Mar 1907663621.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,000
122Pittsburgh3 Jul 19853130.481.53.0
123Porto Alegre2 Mar 1985171171.9933.817.0
124Poznan1 Mar 19976161.026.16.0
125Prague9 May 1974573541.0919.719.0597 mio.10,102,000
126Pyongyang6 Sep 1973162151.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,000
127Recife11 Mar 1985302281.4219.915.0
128Rennes16 Mar 2002151150.609.015.023 mio.2,556,000
129Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 1979342341.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,000
130Rome10 Feb 1955492480.8119.524.5331 mio.8,487,000
131Rotterdam10 Feb 1968382371.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,000
132Rouen17 Dec 19945150.442.25.0
133Saint Louis31 Jul 1993372371.9836.718.5
134Saint Petersburg15 Nov 1955635552.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,000
135Samara26 Dec 19879191.1310.29.012 mio.1,176,000
136San Francisco11 Sep 1972435433.8833.48.6100 mio.599,000
137San Juan6 Jun 2005161161.0817.216.09 mio.523,000
138Santiago15 Sep 1975935860.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,000
139Santo Domingo30 Jan 2009161160.9114.516.0
140Sao Paulo14 Sep 1974584551.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,000
141Sapporo16 Dec 1971493461.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,000
142Seattle18 Jul 2009121121.8522.212.0
143Sendai15 Jul 1987171170.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,000
144Seoul15 Aug 1974348102980.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,000
145Seville2 Apr 2009211210.8618.021.0
146Shanghai10 Apr 1995230101941.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,000
147Shenzhen28 Dec 2004232221.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,000
148Singapore7 Nov 1987764691.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,000
149Sofia28 Jan 1998141141.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,000
150Stockholm1 Oct 195010431001.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,000
151Stuttgart10 Jun 1966192171.4112.09.5
152Sydney1926143141.587.44.7
153Taipei28 Mar 1996858801.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,000
154Tama27 Nov 1998191190.8416.019.0
155Tashkent6 Nov 1977293261.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,000
156Tbilisi11 Jan 1966222211.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,000
157Tehran21 Feb 2000473441.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,000
158The Hague16 Oct 2004303300.939.310.0
159Tianjin28 Mar 2004372371.9536.018.515 mio.208,000
160Tokyo30 Dec 1927290132051.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,000
161Toronto30 Apr 1954744691.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,000
162Toulouse26 Jun 1993382370.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,000
163Turin4 Feb 2006141140.699.614.0
164Valencia3 Oct 1988383370.8610.612.7
165Valencia18 Oct 20067170.896.27.018 mio.2,903,000
166Valparaiso23 Nov 2005201202.1543.020.0
167Vancouver3 Jan 1986493471.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,000
168Vienna25 Feb 1978965840.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,000
169Volgograd5 Nov 19842121.653.32.0
170Warsaw7 Apr 1995211211.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,000
171Washington27 Mar 1976905861.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,000
172Wuhan28 Sep 2004101101.0210.210.0
173Wuppertal1 Mar 1901201200.6713.320.0
174Yekaterinburg26 Apr 19917171.218.57.046 mio.5,412,000
175Yerevan7 Mar 1981101101.2112.110.017 mio.1,405,000
176Yokohama16 Dec 1972483451.2819.216.0198 mio.3,438,000


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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