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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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1AfricaEgypt27 Sep 198755700 mio.
2AmericaDominican Republic30 Jan 200916
3AmericaVenezuela8 Jun 20096
4AmericaUSA30 May 19896
5AmericaUSA26 May 19354
6AmericaUSA30 Jan 19933045 mio.
7AmericaBrazil5 Mar 197934135 mio.
8AmericaVenezuela18 Oct 2006718 mio.
9AmericaCanada14 Oct 196673219 mio.
10AmericaMexico5 Sep 19691751460 mio.
11AmericaVenezuela27 Mar 198350510 mio.
12AmericaPuerto Rico6 Jun 2005169 mio.
13AmericaArgentina1 Dec 191376280 mio.
14AmericaUSA1 Sep 189766145 mio.
15AmericaBrazil11 Mar 198530
16AmericaUSA15 Mar 1955186 mio.
17AmericaMexico1 Sep 198929
18AmericaUSA21 Nov 19831414 mio.
19AmericaUSA27 Mar 197690215 mio.
20AmericaUSA6 Jun 1892151198 mio.
21AmericaChile23 Nov 200520
22AmericaUSA4 Mar 19076667 mio.
23AmericaCanada30 Apr 195474278 mio.
24AmericaUSA21 May 19842219 mio.
25AmericaChile15 Sep 197593642 mio.
26AmericaUSA30 Jun 19793934 mio.
27AmericaCanada22 Apr 197811
28AmericaUSA18 May 19858
29AmericaUSA31 Jul 199337
30AmericaUSAJul 198713
31AmericaUSA27 Oct 19044681624 mio.
32AmericaBrazil31 Mar 20012316 mio.
33AmericaUSA15 Jul 20047
34AmericaBrazil2 Mar 198517
35AmericaMexico25 Apr 199132
36AmericaUSA18 Jul 200912
37AmericaColombia30 Nov 199526155 mio.
38AmericaUSA11 Sep 197243100 mio.
39AmericaPeru13 Jan 20036
40AmericaCanada3 Jan 19864974 mio.
41AmericaBrazil1 Aug 198619
42AmericaUSA3 Jul 19853
43AmericaBrazil14 Sep 197458684 mio.
44AsiaJapan20 May 1933133860 mio.
45AsiaTurkey19 Aug 200223
46AsiaIran21 Feb 200047353 mio.
47AsiaArmenia7 Mar 19811017 mio.
48AsiaJapan20 Aug 19942118 mio.
49AsiaJapan15 Nov 195793427 mio.
50AsiaChina28 Dec 20042373 mio.
51AsiaSouth Korea28 Apr 20042017 mio.
52AsiaJapan28 Mar 198818
53AsiaJapan15 Jul 19871758 mio.
54AsiaIndia24 Oct 198421100 mio.
55AsiaJapan30 Dec 19272903174 mio.
56AsiaRussia7 Jan 19861370 mio.
57AsiaUzbekistan6 Nov 19772971 mio.
58AsiaIndia24 Dec 200283310 mio.
59AsiaIndia73
60AsiaJapan1 Apr 198132126 mio.
61AsiaChina10 Apr 19952301122 mio.
62AsiaJapan16 Dec 197149209 mio.
63AsiaJapan9 Jan 198513
64AsiaTurkey18 Mar 20098
65AsiaSouth Korea19 Jul 198592257 mio.
66AsiaJapan3 Mar 19708
67AsiaTurkey30 Aug 199623113 mio.
68AsiaJapan16 Dec 197248198 mio.
69AsiaTaiwan28 Mar 199685450 mio.
70AsiaChina1 Oct 1979951309 mio.
71AsiaJapan10 Aug 200315
72AsiaSouth Korea26 Nov 199756110 mio.
73AsiaSingapore7 Nov 198776571 mio.
74AsiaIsrael19596
75AsiaChina1 Oct 19691471200 mio.
76AsiaSouth Korea15 Aug 19743482048 mio.
77AsiaPhilippines1 Dec 198442346 mio.
78AsiaGeorgia11 Jan 19662292 mio.
79AsiaTurkey22 May 20001030 mio.
80AsiaRussia26 Apr 1991746 mio.
81AsiaChina23 Sep 200918
82AsiaChina28 Jun 199988601 mio.
83AsiaIndia19 Oct 199717
84AsiaThailand5 Dec 199944206 mio.
85AsiaJapan13 Mar 197726121 mio.
86AsiaUnited Arab Emirates9 Sep 200911
87AsiaJapan26 Jul 198135124 mio.
88AsiaChina28 Mar 20043715 mio.
89AsiaTaiwan9 Mar 20083730 mio.
90AsiaChina1 May 200312
91AsiaJapan27 Nov 199819
92AsiaSouth Korea6 Oct 19992973 mio.
93AsiaChina28 Sep 200410
94AsiaChina27 Aug 200516102 mio.
95AsiaSouth Korea16 Mar 20062229 mio.
96AsiaNorth Korea6 Sep 19731635 mio.
97AsiaChina18 Jun 200518
98AsiaMalaysia16 Dec 199660109 mio.
99AsiaChinaOct 200216
100AsiaAzerbaijan6 Nov 196722176 mio.
101EuropeGermany5 Oct 196727
102EuropeNetherlands16 Oct 19773391 mio.
103EuropeRussia15 Nov 195563832 mio.
104EuropeUkraine29 Dec 1995611 mio.
105EuropeBelgium20 Sep 197661136 mio.
106EuropeDenmark19 Oct 20022237 mio.
107EuropePoland7 Apr 199521114 mio.
108EuropeSwitzerland24 May 199129
109EuropeSpain11 Nov 19953886 mio.
110EuropePoland1 Mar 19976
111EuropeSpain30 Dec 1924152378 mio.
112EuropeFrance19 Jul 19003801473 mio.
113EuropeGermany1 Sep 19849
114EuropeRussia27 Aug 200567 mio.
115EuropeGreece195452325 mio.
116EuropeGermany11 Jul 199213
117EuropeItaly29 Jan 20087
118EuropeSpain17 Oct 1919281686 mio.
119EuropeTurkey16 Sep 20001068 mio.
120EuropeFrance17 Dec 19945
121EuropeGermany1 Mar 190120
122EuropeItaly28 Mar 19933029 mio.
123EuropeSweden1 Oct 1950104303 mio.
124EuropePortugal29 Dec 195952180 mio.
125EuropeGermany28 Sep 197521
126EuropeAustria25 Feb 197896498 mio.
127EuropeGermany18 Feb 1902195447 mio.
128EuropePortugal7 Dec 200215
129EuropeBelgium21 Jun 197620
130EuropeItaly4 Feb 200614
131EuropeBelarus26 Jun 198425262 mio.
132EuropeNorway22 May 19667264 mio.
133EuropeGermany4 Oct 196831
134EuropeFrance26 Nov 19772658 mio.
135EuropeNetherlands16 Oct 200430
136EuropeRussia26 Dec 1987912 mio.
137EuropeGermany17 May 197637
138EuropeUnited Kingdom7 Aug 19806138 mio.
139EuropeRomania16 Nov 197950111 mio.
140EuropeGermany29 May 196911
141EuropeItaly10 Feb 195549331 mio.
142EuropeFrance25 Apr 19836274 mio.
143EuropeGermany26 May 197929
144EuropeCzech Republic9 May 197457597 mio.
145EuropeRussia15 May 19351802573 mio.
146EuropeUkraine26 Dec 198612
147EuropeItaly13 Jun 19907
148EuropeItaly27 Jun 19996
149EuropeUkraine23 Aug 197528278 mio.
150EuropeGermany1 Mar 19724692 mio.
151EuropeGermany10 Jun 196619
152EuropeUnited Kingdom10 Jan 18632681197 mio.
153EuropeFrance16 Mar 20021523 mio.
154EuropeFinland3 Aug 19821758 mio.
155EuropeGermany19 Oct 1971100349 mio.
156EuropeGermany11 Oct 196851
157EuropeRussia5 Nov 19842
158EuropeGermany21 Sep 19717
159EuropeSpain3 Oct 198838
160EuropeSpain25 Apr 20079
161EuropeBelgium25 Mar 197511
162EuropeGermany4 Oct 198114
163EuropeRussia20 Nov 19851433 mio.
164EuropeHungary2 May 189642297 mio.
165EuropeFrance28 Apr 197843182 mio.
166EuropeNetherlands10 Feb 19683885 mio.
167EuropeBulgaria28 Jan 19981451 mio.
168EuropeGermany22 Mar 197512
169EuropeGermany1 Mar 191297184 mio.
170EuropeGermany3 Nov 197913
171EuropeSpain2 Apr 200921
172EuropeUnited Kingdom14 Dec 18961515 mio.
173EuropeFrance26 Jun 19933842 mio.
174EuropeItaly1 Nov 196488328 mio.
175EuropeUkraine22 Oct 196046642 mio.
176OceaniaAustralia192614


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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