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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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<City >
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<Passengers
1United Kingdom London10 Jan 1863253.6 mi1197 mio.
2USA New York27 Oct 1904228.7 mi1624 mio.
3China Shanghai10 Apr 1995207.6 mi1122 mio.
4Japan Tokyo30 Dec 1927189.2 mi3174 mio.
5Russia Moscow15 May 1935185.7 mi2573 mio.
6South Korea Seoul15 Aug 1974178.3 mi2048 mio.
7Spain Madrid17 Oct 1919176.5 mi686 mio.
8China Beijing1 Oct 1969141.4 mi1200 mio.
9France Paris19 Jul 1900132.4 mi1473 mio.
10Mexico Mexico City5 Sep 1969125.4 mi1460 mio.
11China Hong Kong1 Oct 1979116.9 mi1309 mio.
12USA Washington27 Mar 1976106.4 mi215 mio.
13India Mumbai106.3 mi
14USA San Francisco11 Sep 1972103.7 mi100 mio.
15USA Chicago6 Jun 1892103.2 mi198 mio.
16China Guangzhou28 Jun 199992.3 mi601 mio.
17Germany Berlin18 Feb 190291.6 mi447 mio.
18Japan Osaka20 May 193385.6 mi860 mio.
19Singapore Singapore7 Nov 198773.9 mi571 mio.
20Spain Barcelona30 Dec 192468.7 mi378 mio.
21Russia Saint Petersburg15 Nov 195568.5 mi832 mio.
22Sweden Stockholm1 Oct 195065.7 mi303 mio.
23Germany Hamburg1 Mar 191262.6 mi184 mio.
24India Delhi24 Dec 200259.8 mi310 mio.
25South Korea Busan19 Jul 198559.0 mi257 mio.
26Germany Munich19 Oct 197157.5 mi349 mio.
27Taiwan Taipei28 Mar 199656.3 mi450 mio.
28Japan Nagoya15 Nov 195755.3 mi427 mio.
29Chile Santiago15 Sep 197551.6 mi642 mio.
30USA Atlanta30 Jun 197949.2 mi34 mio.
31United Kingdom Newcastle7 Aug 198047.5 mi38 mio.
32Italy Milan1 Nov 196446.4 mi328 mio.
33USA Saint Louis31 Jul 199345.6 mi
34China Tianjin28 Mar 200444.7 mi15 mio.
35Canada Toronto30 Apr 195444.3 mi278 mio.
36Austria Vienna25 Feb 197843.4 mi498 mio.
37Canada Vancouver3 Jan 198643.2 mi74 mio.
38Canada Montreal14 Oct 196643.0 mi219 mio.
39Romania Bucharest16 Nov 197942.1 mi111 mio.
40Egypt Cairo27 Sep 198740.7 mi700 mio.
41Malaysia Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 199639.8 mi109 mio.
42Norway Oslo22 May 196638.5 mi64 mio.
43USA Philadelphia4 Mar 190738.5 mi67 mio.
44Brazil Sao Paulo14 Sep 197438.1 mi684 mio.
45Venezuela Caracas27 Mar 198337.6 mi510 mio.
46USA Boston1 Sep 189737.6 mi145 mio.
47Ukraine Kiev22 Oct 196037.2 mi642 mio.
48USA Los Angeles30 Jan 199336.9 mi45 mio.
49Czech Republic Prague9 May 197436.7 mi597 mio.
50Japan Yokohama16 Dec 197235.8 mi198 mio.
51South Korea Daegu26 Nov 199733.5 mi110 mio.
52Greece Athens195432.3 mi325 mio.
53Iran Tehran21 Feb 200031.4 mi353 mio.
54China Dalian1 May 200330.5 mi
55Japan Sapporo16 Dec 197129.8 mi209 mio.
56Argentina Buenos Aires1 Dec 191329.5 mi280 mio.
57Netherlands Rotterdam10 Feb 196829.2 mi85 mio.
58Thailand Bangkok5 Dec 199928.8 mi206 mio.
59Philippines Manila1 Dec 198428.4 mi346 mio.
60France Lille25 Apr 198328.3 mi74 mio.
61Germany Cologne11 Oct 196828.0 mi
62Chile Valparaiso23 Nov 200526.7 mi
63Taiwan Kaohsiung9 Mar 200826.5 mi30 mio.
64Brazil Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 197926.1 mi135 mio.
65Brazil Brasilia31 Mar 200126.1 mi16 mio.
66Portugal Lisbon29 Dec 195925.5 mi180 mio.
67Spain Bilbao11 Nov 199525.2 mi86 mio.
68United Arab Emirates Dubai9 Sep 200924.7 mi
69Brazil Recife11 Mar 198524.7 mi
70Italy Rome10 Feb 195524.2 mi331 mio.
71Uzbekistan Tashkent6 Nov 197722.5 mi71 mio.
72USA Miami21 May 198422.4 mi19 mio.
73Ukraine Kharkov23 Aug 197521.9 mi278 mio.
74Germany Nuremberg1 Mar 197221.5 mi92 mio.
75Brazil Porto Alegre2 Mar 198521.0 mi
76Hungary Budapest2 May 189620.5 mi297 mio.
77Azerbaijan Baku6 Nov 196720.4 mi176 mio.
78Netherlands Amsterdam16 Oct 197720.3 mi91 mio.
79Belgium Brussels20 Sep 197620.0 mi136 mio.
80Italy Naples28 Mar 199319.8 mi29 mio.
81Spain Valencia3 Oct 198819.8 mi
82Mexico Monterrey25 Apr 199119.6 mi
83Japan Kyoto1 Apr 198119.5 mi126 mio.
84USA Cleveland15 Mar 195519.3 mi6 mio.
85France Lyon28 Apr 197819.1 mi182 mio.
86Japan Kobe13 Mar 197719.0 mi121 mio.
87Belarus Minsk26 Jun 198418.8 mi262 mio.
88Japan Fukuoka26 Jul 198118.5 mi124 mio.
89South Korea Incheon6 Oct 199918.3 mi73 mio.
90Germany Dortmund17 May 197618.3 mi
91Colombia Medellin30 Nov 199517.9 mi155 mio.
92Brazil Belo Horizonte1 Aug 198617.5 mi
93Netherlands The Hague16 Oct 200417.3 mi
94France Toulouse26 Jun 199317.1 mi42 mio.
95India Chennai19 Oct 199716.8 mi
96Georgia Tbilisi11 Jan 196616.3 mi92 mio.
97China Shenzhen28 Dec 200415.7 mi73 mio.
98USA Baltimore21 Nov 198315.2 mi14 mio.
99Mexico Guadalajara1 Sep 198914.9 mi
100Germany Stuttgart10 Jun 196614.9 mi
101Turkey Ankara30 Aug 199614.4 mi113 mio.
102Poland Warsaw7 Apr 199514.0 mi114 mio.
103India Kolkata24 Oct 198414.0 mi100 mio.
104South Korea Daejeon16 Mar 200614.0 mi29 mio.
105Turkey Bursa19 Aug 200214.0 mi
106North Korea Pyongyang6 Sep 197314.0 mi35 mio.
107China Shenyang23 Sep 200913.8 mi
108USA Seattle18 Jul 200913.8 mi
109Australia Sydney192613.7 mi
110Portugal Oporto7 Dec 200213.5 mi
111China Nanjing27 Aug 200513.5 mi102 mio.
112Germany Bochum26 May 197913.4 mi
113Denmark Copenhagen19 Oct 200213.1 mi37 mio.
114Finland Helsinki3 Aug 198213.1 mi58 mio.
115Germany Frankfurt4 Oct 196812.7 mi
116Germany Essen5 Oct 196712.6 mi
117South Korea Gwangju28 Apr 200412.5 mi17 mio.
118China Chongqing18 Jun 200512.1 mi
119France Marseille26 Nov 197712.0 mi58 mio.
120Germany Hanover28 Sep 197511.6 mi
121Japan Hiroshima20 Aug 199411.4 mi18 mio.
122Ukraine Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 198611.2 mi
123Bulgaria Sofia28 Jan 199811.2 mi51 mio.
124Spain Seville2 Apr 200911.2 mi
125Belgium Charleroi21 Jun 197610.9 mi
126Puerto Rico San Juan6 Jun 200510.7 mi9 mio.
127China ChangchunOct 200210.6 mi
128Japan Tama27 Nov 19989.9 mi
129Japan Chiba28 Mar 19889.6 mi
130Russia Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 19859.6 mi33 mio.
131Turkey Istanbul16 Sep 20009.3 mi68 mio.
132Japan Sendai15 Jul 19879.2 mi58 mio.
133Dominican Republic Santo Domingo30 Jan 20099.0 mi
134Germany Duisburg11 Jul 19928.9 mi
135Russia Novosibirsk7 Jan 19868.9 mi70 mio.
136Switzerland Lausanne24 May 19918.5 mi
137Germany Wuppertal1 Mar 19018.3 mi
138Canada Edmonton22 Apr 19788.1 mi
139Japan Naha10 Aug 20038.0 mi
140Armenia Yerevan7 Mar 19817.5 mi17 mio.
141Turkey Izmir22 May 20007.1 mi30 mio.
142United Kingdom Glasgow14 Dec 18966.5 mi15 mio.
143Russia Samara26 Dec 19876.3 mi12 mio.
144China Wuhan28 Sep 20046.3 mi
145Peru Lima13 Jan 20036.2 mi
146Italy Turin4 Feb 20066.0 mi
147Germany Duesseldorf4 Oct 19816.0 mi
148Germany Mulheim3 Nov 19795.6 mi
149France Rennes16 Mar 20025.6 mi23 mio.
150Germany Bonn22 Mar 19755.6 mi
151Japan Kitakyushu9 Jan 19855.5 mi
152Russia Yekaterinburg26 Apr 19915.3 mi46 mio.
153USA Buffalo18 May 19855.2 mi
154Russia Kazan27 Aug 20055.2 mi7 mio.
155Spain Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 20075.2 mi
156Turkey Adana18 Mar 20095.0 mi
157Belgium Antwerp25 Mar 19754.7 mi
158Ukraine Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 19954.4 mi11 mio.
159USA Jacksonville30 May 19894.3 mi
160Japan Kamakura3 Mar 19704.1 mi
161Venezuela Maracaibo8 Jun 20094.0 mi
162Venezuela Valencia18 Oct 20063.9 mi18 mio.
163USA Las Vegas15 Jul 20043.9 mi
164Poland Poznan1 Mar 19973.8 mi
165Germany Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 19843.4 mi
166Italy Genoa13 Jun 19903.2 mi
167Germany Bielefeld21 Sep 19713.2 mi
168USA DetroitJul 19873.0 mi
169Germany Ludwigshafen29 May 19692.5 mi
170Italy Catania27 Jun 19992.4 mi
171Russia Volgograd5 Nov 19842.1 mi
172Italy Perugia29 Jan 20081.9 mi
173USA Newark26 May 19351.4 mi
174France Rouen17 Dec 19941.4 mi
175Israel Haifa19591.1 mi
176USA Pittsburgh3 Jul 19850.9 mi


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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