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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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1Sao PauloBrazil58684 mio.200811,158,000
2KievUkraine46642 mio.200710,736,000
3CairoEgypt55700 mio.200210,687,000
4TokyoJapan2903174 mio.200810,424,000
5PragueCzech Republic57597 mio.200810,102,000
6BudapestHungary42297 mio.20089,000,000
7MinskBelarus25262 mio.20078,647,000
8MoscowRussia1802573 mio.20088,611,000
9RomeItaly49331 mio.20088,487,000
10CaracasVenezuela47510 mio.20088,430,000
11KharkovUkraine28278 mio.20077,875,000
12SantiagoChile93642 mio.20087,735,000
13ManilaPhilippines42346 mio.20087,571,000
14Saint PetersburgRussia63832 mio.20077,550,000
15Mexico CityMexico1751460 mio.20087,238,000
16SeoulSouth Korea3482048 mio.20087,138,000
17ViennaAustria96498 mio.20087,135,000
18TehranIran47353 mio.20076,990,000
19Hong KongChina951309 mio.20086,959,000
20ParisFrance3801473 mio.20086,915,000
21AthensGreece52325 mio.20076,250,000
22OsakaJapan133860 mio.20086,241,000
23LyonFrance43182 mio.20045,928,000
24Buenos AiresArgentina76280 mio.20085,895,000
25BakuAzerbaijan21176 mio.20075,552,000
26YekaterinburgRussia746 mio.20075,412,000
27MedellinColombia26155 mio.20085,382,000
28BeijingChina1471200 mio.20085,274,000
29WarsawPoland21114 mio.20075,044,000
30TaipeiTaiwan85450 mio.20084,967,000
31NovosibirskRussia1370 mio.20074,895,000
32AnkaraTurkey23113 mio.20074,892,000
33SingaporeSingapore76571 mio.20074,802,000
34NagoyaJapan93427 mio.20084,798,000
35NanjingChina16102 mio.20084,700,000
36IstanbulTurkey1068 mio.20084,533,000
37BangkokThailand44206 mio.20074,449,000
38KolkataIndia21100 mio.20004,425,000
39New YorkUSA4681624 mio.20084,413,000
40MilanItaly88328 mio.20074,397,000
41LisbonPortugal52180 mio.20074,390,000
42SapporoJapan49209 mio.20084,354,000
43BrusselsBelgium61136 mio.20084,224,000
44FukuokaJapan35124 mio.20074,161,000
45KyotoJapan32126 mio.20084,026,000
46KobeJapan26121 mio.20083,954,000
47SendaiJapan1758 mio.20083,919,000
48TorontoCanada74278 mio.20063,899,000
49MunichGermany100349 mio.20083,773,000
50TbilisiGeorgia2292 mio.20073,498,000
51DelhiIndia78310 mio.20083,450,000
52YokohamaJapan48198 mio.20083,438,000
53BarcelonaSpain152378 mio.20083,421,000
54GuangzhouChina88601 mio.20083,414,000
55ShanghaiChina2301122 mio.20083,359,000
56Rio de JaneiroBrazil34135 mio.20063,214,000
57MontrealCanada73219 mio.20063,165,000
58BerlinGermany195447 mio.20083,033,000
59MarseilleFrance2658 mio.20043,005,000
60LondonUnited Kingdom2681197 mio.20072,934,000
61ValenciaVenezuela718 mio.20082,903,000
62ShenzhenChina2373 mio.20052,885,000
63StockholmSweden104303 mio.20072,867,000
64SofiaBulgaria1451 mio.20082,833,000
65AmsterdamNetherlands3391 mio.20022,783,000
66HelsinkiFinland1758 mio.20082,762,000
67BusanSouth Korea92257 mio.20082,705,000
68NurembergGermany4692 mio.19972,659,000
69IzmirTurkey1030 mio.20052,609,000
70RennesFrance1523 mio.20042,556,000
71IncheonSouth Korea2973 mio.20082,475,000
72MadridSpain281686 mio.20082,415,000
73BostonUSA66145 mio.20072,397,000
74Nizhny NovgorodRussia1433 mio.20072,129,000
75BilbaoSpain3886 mio.20082,118,000
76DaeguSouth Korea56110 mio.20082,041,000
77TashkentUzbekistan2971 mio.20071,961,000
78HamburgGermany97184 mio.20071,827,000
79RotterdamNetherlands3885 mio.20061,809,000
80CopenhagenDenmark2237 mio.20021,762,000
81Kuala LumpurMalaysia60109 mio.20081,703,000
82BucharestRomania50111 mio.19991,640,000
83LilleFrance6274 mio.20041,626,000
84PyongyangNorth Korea1635 mio.20061,556,000
85DnepropetrovskUkraine611 mio.20071,549,000
86ToulouseFrance3842 mio.20041,527,000
87GlasgowUnited Kingdom1515 mio.20081,442,000
88YerevanArmenia1017 mio.20071,405,000
89DaejeonSouth Korea2229 mio.20081,283,000
90WashingtonUSA90215 mio.20081,256,000
91ChicagoUSA151198 mio.20081,193,000
92SamaraRussia912 mio.20071,176,000
93PhiladelphiaUSA6667 mio.20081,081,000
94VancouverCanada4974 mio.20081,065,000
95OsloNorway7264 mio.20051,032,000
96HiroshimaJapan2118 mio.2005978,000
97NaplesItaly3029 mio.2006912,000
98GwangjuSouth Korea2017 mio.2008846,000
99KazanRussia67 mio.2007843,000
100Los AngelesUSA3045 mio.2008759,000
101KaohsiungTaiwan3730 mio.2008703,000
102San FranciscoUSA43100 mio.2007599,000
103BaltimoreUSA1414 mio.2008571,000
104MiamiUSA2219 mio.2008528,000
105San JuanPuerto Rico169 mio.2008523,000
106NewcastleUnited Kingdom6138 mio.2006497,000
107AtlantaUSA3934 mio.1994429,000
108BrasiliaBrazil2316 mio.2002381,000
109TianjinChina3715 mio.1993208,000
110ClevelandUSA186 mio.2008194,000
111ValparaisoChile20
112Palma de MallorcaSpain9
113JacksonvilleUSA6
114SeattleUSA12
115BursaTurkey23
116MaracaiboVenezuela6
117WuppertalGermany20
118HaifaIsrael6
119ValenciaSpain38
120EssenGermany27
121AdanaTurkey8
122RouenFrance5
123BochumGermany29
124ChennaiIndia17
125MonterreyMexico32
126NahaJapan15
127Porto AlegreBrazil17
128PerugiaItaly7
129BielefeldGermany7
130Las VegasUSA7
131ChangchunChina16
132DuisburgGermany13
133LudwigshafenGermany11
134CologneGermany51
135VolgogradRussia2
136PittsburghUSA3
137Belo HorizonteBrazil19
138SevilleSpain21
139DortmundGermany37
140StuttgartGermany19
141ChongqingChina18
142MulheimGermany13
143GelsenkirchenGermany9
144AlgiersAlgeria10
145KamakuraJapan8
146The HagueNetherlands30
147DetroitUSA13
148FrankfurtGermany31
149DubaiUnited Arab Emirates10
150Saint LouisUSA37
151BonnGermany12
152LimaPeru6
153ChibaJapan18
154KitakyushuJapan13
155BuffaloUSA8
156WuhanChina10
157PoznanPoland6
158EdmontonCanada11
159Santo DomingoDominican Republic16
160LausanneSwitzerland29
161CharleroiBelgium20
162TurinItaly14
163TamaJapan19
164GuadalajaraMexico29
165OportoPortugal15
166DalianChina12
167CataniaItaly6
168DuesseldorfGermany14
169SydneyAustralia14
170MumbaiIndia73
171GenoaItaly7
172AntwerpBelgium11
173RecifeBrazil30
174Kryvyi RihUkraine12
175NewarkUSA4
176HanoverGermany21


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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