The statistic illustrates the world's busiest metro networks in 2017, based on the number of passenger journeys. New York City's metro system was ranked sixth with just over 1.8 billion journeys in that year.
World's busiest metro networks in 2017, ranked by number of trips
(in millions)
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InfrastructureUSA. (September 27, 2018). World's busiest metro networks in 2017, ranked by number of trips (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 31, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/555773/largest-metro-networks-worldwide-by-ridership/
InfrastructureUSA. "World's busiest metro networks in 2017, ranked by number of trips (in millions)." Chart. September 27, 2018. Statista. Accessed March 31, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/555773/largest-metro-networks-worldwide-by-ridership/
InfrastructureUSA. (2018). World's busiest metro networks in 2017, ranked by number of trips (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 31, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/555773/largest-metro-networks-worldwide-by-ridership/
InfrastructureUSA. "World's Busiest Metro Networks in 2017, Ranked by Number of Trips (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Sep 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/555773/largest-metro-networks-worldwide-by-ridership/
InfrastructureUSA, World's busiest metro networks in 2017, ranked by number of trips (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/555773/largest-metro-networks-worldwide-by-ridership/ (last visited March 31, 2020)
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