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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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1Japan Tokyo30 Dec 19272901323.43174 mio.
2Russia Moscow15 May 19351801224.92573 mio.
3South Korea Seoul15 Aug 19743481028.72048 mio.
4USA New York27 Oct 19044682713.61624 mio.
5France Paris19 Jul 19003801613.31473 mio.
6Mexico Mexico City5 Sep 19691751118.31460 mio.
7China Hong Kong1 Oct 197995920.91309 mio.
8China Beijing1 Oct 1969147925.31200 mio.
9United Kingdom London10 Jan 18632681137.11197 mio.
10China Shanghai10 Apr 19952301033.41122 mio.
11Japan Osaka20 May 1933133915.3860 mio.
12Russia Saint Petersburg15 Nov 195563522.0832 mio.
13Egypt Cairo27 Sep 198755232.8700 mio.
14Spain Madrid17 Oct 19192811321.8686 mio.
15Brazil Sao Paulo14 Sep 197458415.3684 mio.
16Chile Santiago15 Sep 197593516.6642 mio.
17Ukraine Kiev22 Oct 196046319.9642 mio.
18China Guangzhou28 Jun 199988529.7601 mio.
19Czech Republic Prague9 May 197457319.7597 mio.
20Singapore Singapore7 Nov 198776429.7571 mio.
21Venezuela Caracas27 Mar 198350512.1510 mio.
22Austria Vienna25 Feb 197896514.0498 mio.
23Taiwan Taipei28 Mar 199685811.3450 mio.
24Germany Berlin18 Feb 19021951014.7447 mio.
25Japan Nagoya15 Nov 195793422.3427 mio.
26Spain Barcelona30 Dec 19241521011.1378 mio.
27Iran Tehran21 Feb 200047316.8353 mio.
28Germany Munich19 Oct 1971100615.4349 mio.
29Philippines Manila1 Dec 198442315.2346 mio.
30Italy Rome10 Feb 195549219.5331 mio.
31Italy Milan1 Nov 196488324.9328 mio.
32Greece Athens195452317.3325 mio.
33India Delhi24 Dec 200283332.1310 mio.
34Sweden Stockholm1 Oct 1950104335.2303 mio.
35Hungary Budapest2 May 189642311.0297 mio.
36Argentina Buenos Aires1 Dec 19137667.9280 mio.
37Canada Toronto30 Apr 195474417.8278 mio.
38Ukraine Kharkov23 Aug 197528311.8278 mio.
39Belarus Minsk26 Jun 198425215.1262 mio.
40South Korea Busan19 Jul 198592331.7257 mio.
41Canada Montreal14 Oct 196673417.3219 mio.
42USA Washington27 Mar 197690534.2215 mio.
43Japan Sapporo16 Dec 197149316.0209 mio.
44Thailand Bangkok5 Dec 199944315.4206 mio.
45Japan Yokohama16 Dec 197248319.2198 mio.
46USA Chicago6 Jun 1892151820.8198 mio.
47Germany Hamburg1 Mar 191297333.6184 mio.
48France Lyon28 Apr 19784347.7182 mio.
49Portugal Lisbon29 Dec 195952410.3180 mio.
50Azerbaijan Baku6 Nov 196722216.4176 mio.
51Colombia Medellin30 Nov 199526214.4155 mio.
52USA Boston1 Sep 189766320.2145 mio.
53Belgium Brussels20 Sep 197661310.7136 mio.
54Brazil Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 197934221.0135 mio.
55Japan Kyoto1 Apr 198132215.6126 mio.
56Japan Fukuoka26 Jul 19813539.9124 mio.
57Japan Kobe13 Mar 197726215.3121 mio.
58Poland Warsaw7 Apr 199521122.6114 mio.
59Turkey Ankara30 Aug 199623211.6113 mio.
60Romania Bucharest16 Nov 197950416.9111 mio.
61South Korea Daegu26 Nov 199756227.0110 mio.
62Malaysia Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 199660321.3109 mio.
63China Nanjing27 Aug 200516121.7102 mio.
64India Kolkata24 Oct 198421122.6100 mio.
65USA San Francisco11 Sep 197243533.4100 mio.
66Germany Nuremberg1 Mar 197246311.592 mio.
67Georgia Tbilisi11 Jan 196622213.192 mio.
68Netherlands Amsterdam16 Oct 19773348.291 mio.
69Spain Bilbao11 Nov 199538220.386 mio.
70Netherlands Rotterdam10 Feb 196838223.585 mio.
71France Lille25 Apr 198362222.874 mio.
72Canada Vancouver3 Jan 198649323.274 mio.
73China Shenzhen28 Dec 200423212.673 mio.
74South Korea Incheon6 Oct 199929129.573 mio.
75Uzbekistan Tashkent6 Nov 197729312.171 mio.
76Russia Novosibirsk7 Jan 19861327.270 mio.
77Turkey Istanbul16 Sep 200010115.068 mio.
78USA Philadelphia4 Mar 190766320.767 mio.
79Norway Oslo22 May 196672512.464 mio.
80Japan Sendai15 Jul 198717114.858 mio.
81France Marseille26 Nov 19772629.658 mio.
82Finland Helsinki3 Aug 198217121.058 mio.
83Bulgaria Sofia28 Jan 199814118.051 mio.
84Russia Yekaterinburg26 Apr 1991718.546 mio.
85USA Los Angeles30 Jan 199330319.845 mio.
86France Toulouse26 Jun 199338213.842 mio.
87United Kingdom Newcastle7 Aug 198061238.338 mio.
88Denmark Copenhagen19 Oct 200222210.537 mio.
89North Korea Pyongyang6 Sep 197316211.335 mio.
90USA Atlanta30 Jun 197939239.634 mio.
91Russia Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 19851427.833 mio.
92Turkey Izmir22 May 200010111.530 mio.
93Taiwan Kaohsiung9 Mar 200837221.430 mio.
94Italy Naples28 Mar 199330310.629 mio.
95South Korea Daejeon16 Mar 200622122.629 mio.
96France Rennes16 Mar 20021519.023 mio.
97USA Miami21 May 198422136.019 mio.
98Japan Hiroshima20 Aug 199421118.418 mio.
99Venezuela Valencia18 Oct 2006716.218 mio.
100Armenia Yerevan7 Mar 198110112.117 mio.
101South Korea Gwangju28 Apr 200420120.117 mio.
102Brazil Brasilia31 Mar 200123142.016 mio.
103China Tianjin28 Mar 200437236.015 mio.
104United Kingdom Glasgow14 Dec 189615110.415 mio.
105USA Baltimore21 Nov 198314124.514 mio.
106Russia Samara26 Dec 19879110.212 mio.
107Ukraine Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 1995617.111 mio.
108Puerto Rico San Juan6 Jun 200516117.29 mio.
109Russia Kazan27 Aug 2005618.37 mio.
110USA Cleveland15 Mar 195518131.06 mio.
111Germany Essen5 Oct 19672736.7
112Dominican Republic Santo Domingo30 Jan 200916114.5
113Venezuela Maracaibo8 Jun 2009616.5
114Turkey Bursa19 Aug 200223122.5
115USA Jacksonville30 May 1989616.9
116USA Newark26 May 1935412.2
117Australia Sydney19261437.4
118Switzerland Lausanne24 May 19912926.8
119Poland Poznan1 Mar 1997616.1
120Japan Chiba28 Mar 19881827.8
121Germany Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 1984915.5
122Germany Duisburg11 Jul 19921327.2
123Italy Perugia29 Jan 2008713.0
124France Rouen17 Dec 1994512.2
125Germany Wuppertal1 Mar 190120113.3
126Brazil Recife11 Mar 198530219.9
127Germany Hanover28 Sep 19752136.2
128India Mumbai73534.2
129Mexico Guadalajara1 Sep 198929212.0
130Portugal Oporto7 Dec 200215210.9
131Belgium Charleroi21 Jun 19762044.4
132Italy Turin4 Feb 20061419.6
133Japan Kitakyushu9 Jan 19851318.8
134Germany Frankfurt4 Oct 19683136.8
135Turkey Adana18 Mar 2009818.0
136Netherlands The Hague16 Oct 20043039.3
137Japan Kamakura3 Mar 1970816.6
138Germany Dortmund17 May 19763739.8
139Germany Ludwigshafen29 May 1969110
140Japan Naha10 Aug 200315112.8
141Germany Bochum26 May 197929210.8
142Israel Haifa1959611.8
143Chile Valparaiso23 Nov 200520143.0
144Ukraine Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 198612118.0
145Italy Genoa13 Jun 1990715.2
146Italy Catania27 Jun 1999613.8
147Canada Edmonton22 Apr 197811113.1
148USA Buffalo18 May 1985818.4
149USA Saint Louis31 Jul 199337236.7
150USA DetroitJul 19871314.8
151Germany Stuttgart10 Jun 196619212.0
152Germany Cologne11 Oct 196851153.0
153Russia Volgograd5 Nov 1984213.3
154USA Las Vegas15 Jul 2004716.2
155Germany Bielefeld21 Sep 1971741.3
156China Shenyang23 Sep 200918122.2
157Brazil Porto Alegre2 Mar 198517133.8
158India Chennai19 Oct 199717127.0
159Spain Valencia3 Oct 198838310.6
160Mexico Monterrey25 Apr 199132215.8
161USA Seattle18 Jul 200912122.2
162Spain Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 2007918.3
163United Arab Emirates Dubai9 Sep 200911139.7
164Belgium Antwerp25 Mar 19751123.8
165Germany Duesseldorf4 Oct 19811424.8
166China Dalian1 May 200312149.0
167Japan Tama27 Nov 199819116.0
168China Wuhan28 Sep 200410110.2
169Peru Lima13 Jan 20036110.0
170Germany Bonn22 Mar 19751219.0
171Germany Mulheim3 Nov 19791324.5
172China Chongqing18 Jun 200518119.5
173Brazil Belo Horizonte1 Aug 198619128.1
174Spain Seville2 Apr 200921118.0
175USA Pittsburgh3 Jul 1985311.5
176China ChangchunOct 200216117.0


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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