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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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1Dominican RepublicAmericaMetro30 Jan 200914.5 km161610.9114.516.0
2ItalyEuropeMinimetro29 Jan 20083.0 km7710.433.07.0
3TurkeyAsia18 Mar 20098.0 km8811.008.08.0
4PhilippinesAsiaMRT1 Dec 198445.7 km423931.1715.214.0346 mio.20087,571,000yesyes
5United Arab EmiratesAsiaMetro9 Sep 200939.7 km111113.6139.711.0rightmetro2009yesyes
6GermanyEuropeStadtbahn5 Oct 196720.2 km272730.756.79.0rightyes
7JapanAsiaSubway20 May 1933137.8 km13310491.3315.314.8860 mio.20086,241,000leftNanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyredNanko Port Town Line1981yes
8TurkeyAsia19 Aug 200222.5 km232310.9822.523.0
9IranAsiaMetro21 Feb 200050.5 km474431.1516.815.7353 mio.20076,990,000yes
10VenezuelaAmericaMetro8 Jun 20096.5 km6611.086.56.0yes
11NetherlandsEuropeMetro16 Oct 197732.7 km333340.998.28.391 mio.20022,783,000right
12USAAmericaSkyway30 May 19896.9 km6611.156.96.0rightdowntown monorail people mover1989
13USAAmericaSubway26 May 19352.2 km4410.552.24.0right
14AustraliaOceaniaCityrail192622.1 km141431.587.44.7leftyes
15USAAmericaMetro Rail30 Jan 199359.3 km303031.9819.810.045 mio.2008759,000rightyes
16BelgiumEuropeMetro20 Sep 197632.2 km615930.5510.720.3136 mio.20084,224,000rightline 1B
17BrazilAmericaMetro5 Mar 197942.0 km343421.2421.017.0135 mio.20063,214,000rightyes
18JapanAsiaMonorail20 Aug 199418.4 km212110.8818.421.018 mio.2005978,000left
19DenmarkEuropeMetro19 Oct 200221.0 km222220.9510.511.037 mio.20021,762,000rightall metro lines2002all metro and S-Tog trainsyes
20PolandEuropeMetro7 Apr 199522.6 km212111.0822.621.0114 mio.20075,044,000right
21JapanAsiaSubway15 Nov 195789.0 km938241.0922.323.3427 mio.20084,798,000leftTobu Kyuryo maglev line2005yes
22SpainEuropeMetro11 Nov 199540.6 km383821.0720.319.086 mio.20082,118,000leftyesyes
23ChinaAsiaMetro28 Dec 200425.3 km232221.1512.611.573 mio.20052,885,000rightyesyes
24SwitzerlandEuropeMetro24 May 199113.7 km292820.496.814.5line m2line m22008yes
25PolandEurope1 Mar 19976.1 km6611.026.16.0
26South KoreaAsiaSubway28 Apr 200420.1 km202011.0120.120.017 mio.2008846,000
27VenezuelaAmericaMetro18 Oct 20066.2 km7710.896.27.018 mio.20082,903,000
28JapanAsiaMonorail28 Mar 198815.5 km181820.867.89.0left
29JapanAsiaSubway15 Jul 198714.8 km171710.8714.817.058 mio.20083,919,000leftyes
30SpainEuropeMetro30 Dec 1924110.5 km152128100.8611.115.2378 mio.20083,421,000rightyesyes
31FranceEuropeMetro19 Jul 1900213.0 km380300160.7113.323.81473 mio.20086,915,000right (metro), left (RER)line 14/Météor, rubber-tyredlines 1, 4, 6, 11, 141998lines 1, 14
32GermanyEuropeStadtbahn1 Sep 19845.5 km9910.615.59.0right
33MexicoAmericaMetro5 Sep 1969201.7 km175147111.3718.315.91460 mio.20087,238,000rightyes
34VenezuelaAmericaMetro27 Mar 198360.5 km504651.3212.110.0510 mio.20088,430,000yes
35JapanAsiaMetro30 Dec 1927304.5 km290205131.4923.422.33174 mio.200810,424,000leftYurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyredYurikamome line1995yesyes
36RussiaEuropeMetro27 Aug 20058.3 km6611.388.36.07 mio.2007843,000right
37GreeceEuropeMetro195452.0 km524831.0817.317.3325 mio.20076,250,000rightyesyes
38Puerto RicoAmericaTren Urbano6 Jun 200517.2 km161611.0817.216.09 mio.2008523,000
39GermanyEuropeStadtbahn11 Jul 199214.3 km131321.107.26.5rightyes
40RussiaAsiaMetro7 Jan 198614.3 km131221.197.26.570 mio.20074,895,000right
41ArgentinaAmericaSubte1 Dec 191347.5 km766860.707.912.7280 mio.20085,895,000leftyes
42UzbekistanAsiaMetro6 Nov 197736.2 km292631.3912.19.771 mio.20071,961,000right
43SpainEuropeMetro17 Oct 1919284.0 km281231131.2321.821.6686 mio.20082,415,000leftyesyes
44FranceEuropeMetro17 Dec 19942.2 km5510.442.25.0
45TurkeyEuropeMetro16 Sep 200015.0 km101011.5015.010.068 mio.20084,533,000right
46ItalyEuropeMetro28 Mar 199331.8 km302831.1410.610.029 mio.2006912,000left
47IndiaAsiaMetro24 Dec 200296.2 km838131.1932.127.7310 mio.20083,224,000leftyes
48GermanyEuropeSchwebebahn1 Mar 190113.3 km202010.6713.320.0right
49PortugalEuropeMetro29 Dec 195941.0 km524640.8910.313.0180 mio.20074,390,000leftyes
50USAAmericaThe T1 Sep 189760.5 km666031.0120.222.0145 mio.20072,397,000rightyes
51SwedenEuropeTunnelbana1 Oct 1950105.7 km10410031.0635.234.7303 mio.20072,867,000left
52GermanyEuropeStadtbahn28 Sep 197518.6 km211731.096.27.0rightyes
53BrazilAmericaMetro11 Mar 198539.7 km302821.4219.915.0right
54USAAmericaRapid Transit15 Mar 195531.0 km181811.7231.018.06 mio.2008194,000right
55AustriaEuropeU-Bahn25 Feb 197869.8 km968450.8314.019.2498 mio.20087,135,000rightyesyes
56GermanyEuropeU-Bahn18 Feb 1902147.4 km195173100.8514.719.5447 mio.20083,033,000rightyes
57ChinaAsiaMetro10 Apr 1995334.0 km230194101.7233.423.01122 mio.20083,359,000rightyes
58JapanAsiaSubway1 Apr 198131.3 km323121.0115.616.0126 mio.20084,026,000leftyes
59MexicoAmericaMetro1 Sep 198924.0 km292820.8612.014.5right
60BelarusEuropeMetro26 Jun 198430.3 km252421.2615.112.5262 mio.20078,647,000right
61BelgiumEurope21 Jun 197617.5 km202040.884.45.0
62ItalyEuropeMetro4 Feb 20069.6 km141410.699.614.0rightVALyes2006yesyes
63JapanAsiaMonorail9 Jan 19858.8 km131310.688.813.0leftyes
64USAAmericaMetro Subway21 Nov 198324.5 km141411.7524.514.014 mio.2008571,000rightyes
65JapanAsiaSubway16 Dec 197148.0 km494631.0416.016.3209 mio.20084,354,000leftyes
66GermanyEuropeU-Bahn4 Oct 196820.5 km312730.766.810.3rightyes
67NorwayEuropeT-Bane22 May 196662.0 km727250.8612.414.464 mio.20051,032,000rightyes
68South KoreaAsiaSubway19 Jul 198595.0 km928831.0831.730.7257 mio.20082,705,000right
69NetherlandsEuropeRandstadRail16 Oct 200427.9 km303030.939.310.0right
70FranceEuropeMetro26 Nov 197719.3 km262420.809.613.058 mio.20043,005,000rightyes
71TurkeyAsiaMetro30 Aug 199623.1 km232221.0511.611.5113 mio.20074,892,000rightmetro line1997
72RussiaEuropeMetro26 Dec 198710.2 km9911.1310.29.012 mio.20071,176,000right
73JapanAsiaMonorail3 Mar 19706.6 km8810.826.68.0left
74JapanAsiaSubway16 Dec 197257.6 km484531.2819.216.0198 mio.20083,438,000leftKanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyredKanazawa Seaside LRT1989yes
75United KingdomEuropeTyne & Wear Metro7 Aug 198076.5 km615021.5338.330.538 mio.2006497,000left
76GermanyEuropeStadtbahn17 May 197629.5 km373730.809.812.3rightyes
77TaiwanAsiaMRT28 Mar 199690.6 km858081.1311.310.6450 mio.20084,967,000rightMuzha line, VALyes1996yesyes
78GermanyEuropeStadtbahn29 May 19694.0 km111100.36right
79RomaniaEuropeMetro16 Nov 197967.7 km504341.5716.912.5111 mio.19991,640,000right
80ItalyEuropeMetro10 Feb 195539.0 km494820.8119.524.5331 mio.20088,487,000leftyesyes
81ChinaAsiaMTR1 Oct 1979188.1 km958292.2920.910.61309 mio.20086,959,000leftDisneyland Resort LineSI, WI lines, planned2005yesyes
82JapanAsiaMonorail10 Aug 200312.8 km151510.8512.815.0left
83USAAmericaMetrorail27 Mar 1976171.2 km908651.9934.218.0215 mio.20081,256,000rightyes
84FranceEuropeMetro25 Apr 198345.5 km626020.7622.831.074 mio.20041,626,000rightVALyes1983yes
85GermanyEuropeStadtbahn26 May 197921.5 km292720.8010.814.5right
86SingaporeAsiaMRT7 Nov 1987118.9 km766941.7229.719.0571 mio.20074,802,000leftNorth-East MTR line and 3 rubber-tyred LRT linesLRT lines2003yesyes
87IsraelAsiaCarmelit19591.8 km6610.291.86.0
88Czech RepublicEuropeMetro9 May 197459.1 km575431.0919.719.0597 mio.200810,102,000rightyes
89USAAmerica"L"6 Jun 1892166.0 km15114481.1520.818.9198 mio.20081,193,000rightyes
90ChileAmericaMetro23 Nov 200543.0 km202012.1543.020.0right
91RussiaEuropeMetro15 May 1935298.8 km180144122.0724.915.02573 mio.20088,611,000right
92ChinaAsiaSubway1 Oct 1969227.6 km14712591.8225.316.31200 mio.20085,274,000rightrecentlyall lines
93South KoreaAsiaSubway15 Aug 1974286.9 km348298100.9628.734.82048 mio.20087,138,000rightyesyes
94USAAmericaSubway4 Mar 190762.0 km666231.0020.722.067 mio.20081,081,000rightyes
95ItalyEuropeMetro13 Jun 19905.2 km7710.745.27.0rightyes
96USAAmericaMetrorail21 May 198436.0 km222211.6436.022.019 mio.2008528,000rightdowntown people mover, rubber-tyredDowntown people mover1986yes
97ItalyEuropeMetro27 Jun 19993.8 km6610.633.86.0right
98CanadaAmericaSubway30 Apr 195471.3 km746941.0317.818.5278 mio.20063,899,000rightyes
99USAAmericaMARTA30 Jun 197979.2 km393822.0839.619.534 mio.1994429,000rightyes
100CanadaAmericaLight Rail22 Apr 197813.1 km111111.1913.111.0right
101GermanyEuropeU-Bahn1 Mar 197234.6 km464430.7911.515.392 mio.19972,659,000rightlines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains2008yes
102USAAmericaMetro Rail18 May 19858.4 km8811.048.48.0right
103GeorgiaAsiaMetro11 Jan 196626.3 km222121.2513.111.092 mio.20073,498,000right
104USAAmericaMetrolink31 Jul 199373.4 km373721.9836.718.5right
105TurkeyAsiaMetro22 May 200011.5 km101011.1511.510.030 mio.20052,609,000
106USAAmericaPeople MoverJul 19874.8 km131310.374.813.0rightdowntown people mover, LIM technology1987yes
107United KingdomEuropeUnderground10 Jan 1863408.0 km268268111.5237.124.41197 mio.20072,934,000leftDocklands Light Rail1987yes (DLR)
108BrazilAmericaMetro31 Mar 200142.0 km232311.8342.023.016 mio.2002381,000right
109GermanyEuropeStadtbahn10 Jun 196624.0 km191721.4112.09.5rightyes
110FinlandEuropeMetro3 Aug 198221.0 km171711.2421.017.058 mio.20082,762,000rightyes
111FranceEuropeMetro16 Mar 20029.0 km151510.609.015.023 mio.20042,556,000rightVALyes2002yes
112GermanyEuropeStadtbahn11 Oct 196845.0 km5151150.883.03.4rightnew light rail trains onlyyes
113GermanyEuropeU-Bahn19 Oct 197192.5 km1009460.9815.416.7349 mio.20083,773,000rightyes
114GermanyEuropeStadtbahn21 Sep 19715.2 km7740.741.31.8right
115USAAmericaMonorail15 Jul 20046.2 km7710.896.27.0rightmonorail2004
116BrazilAmericaMetro2 Mar 198533.8 km171711.9933.817.0right
117SpainEuropeMetro3 Oct 198831.8 km383730.8610.612.7
118MexicoAmericaMetro25 Apr 199131.5 km323121.0215.816.0rightyes
119USAAmericaLight Rail18 Jul 200922.2 km121211.8522.212.0rightyes
120JapanAsiaSubway13 Mar 197730.6 km262421.2815.313.0121 mio.20083,954,000leftPort Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyredPort Liner and Rokko Liner1981yes
121ThailandAsiaSkytrain, MRT5 Dec 199946.3 km444031.1615.414.7206 mio.20074,449,000leftGreen line1999yes
122SpainEuropeMetro25 Apr 20078.3 km9910.928.39.0
123JapanAsiaSubway26 Jul 198129.8 km353430.889.911.7124 mio.20074,161,000leftyes
124EgyptAfricaMetro27 Sep 198765.5 km555321.2432.827.5700 mio.200210,687,000left5 stns
125ChinaAsiaMetro28 Mar 200472.0 km373721.9536.018.515 mio.1993208,000rightyes
126TaiwanAsiaMRT9 Mar 200842.7 km373621.1921.418.530 mio.2008703,000
127BelgiumEuropePremetro25 Mar 19757.6 km111120.693.85.5
128USAAmericaBART11 Sep 1972166.9 km434353.8833.48.6100 mio.2007599,000rightyes
129ChinaAsiaMetro1 May 200349.0 km121214.0849.012.0right
130JapanAsiaMonorail27 Nov 199816.0 km191910.8416.019.0leftyes
131FranceEuropeMetro28 Apr 197830.7 km433940.797.710.8182 mio.20045,928,000leftline D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDsyes1991
132HungaryEuropeMetro2 May 189633.0 km424030.8311.014.0297 mio.20089,000,000right
133NetherlandsEuropeMetro10 Feb 196847.0 km383721.2723.519.085 mio.20061,809,000right
134ChinaAsiaMetro27 Aug 200521.7 km161611.3621.716.0102 mio.20084,700,000right
135ChinaAsiaMetro28 Sep 200410.2 km101011.0210.210.0right
136PeruAmericaTren Urbano13 Jan 200310.0 km6611.6710.06.0
137GermanyEuropeStadtbahn22 Mar 19759.0 km121210.759.012.0right
138BulgariaEuropeMetro28 Jan 199818.0 km141411.2918.014.051 mio.20082,833,000right
139GermanyEuropeU-Bahn1 Mar 1912100.7 km978931.1333.632.3184 mio.20071,827,000right
140North KoreaAsiaMetro6 Sep 197322.5 km161521.5011.38.035 mio.20061,556,000
141ChinaAsiaMonorail18 Jun 200519.5 km181811.0819.518.0rightyesyes
142CanadaAmericaSky Train3 Jan 198669.5 km494731.4823.216.374 mio.20081,065,000rightSkytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system1986yesyes
143BrazilAmericaMetro1 Aug 198628.1 km191911.4828.119.0right
144MalaysiaAsia16 Dec 199664.0 km605631.1421.320.0109 mio.20081,703,000leftLRT1996yes
145USAAmericaThe T3 Jul 19851.5 km3310.481.53.0right
146United KingdomEuropeSubway14 Dec 189610.4 km151510.6910.415.015 mio.20081,442,000left
147ItalyEuropeMetro1 Nov 196474.6 km888430.8924.929.3328 mio.20074,397,000rightyesyes
148ChinaAsiaOct 200217.0 km161611.0617.016.0right
149FranceEuropeMetro26 Jun 199327.5 km383720.7413.819.042 mio.20041,527,000rightVALyes1993yes
150AzerbaijanAsiaMetro6 Nov 196732.9 km222121.5616.411.0176 mio.20075,356,000right
151BrazilAmericaMetro14 Sep 197461.3 km585541.1115.314.5684 mio.200811,158,000rightlines 4, 5, and regional rail
152BombayIndiaAsiaSuburban Railway171.0 km737352.3434.214.6
153CalcuttaIndiaAsiaMetro Railway24 Oct 198422.6 km212111.0822.621.0100 mio.20004,425,000right
154CantonChinaAsiaMetro28 Jun 1999148.5 km887951.8829.717.6601 mio.20084,047,000rightyesyes
155DnipropetrovskUkraineEuropeMetro29 Dec 19957.1 km6611.187.16.011 mio.20071,549,000
156DüsseldorfGermanyEuropeStadtbahn4 Oct 19819.6 km141420.684.87.0rightyes
157EkaterinburgRussiaAsiaMetro26 Apr 19918.5 km7711.218.57.046 mio.20075,412,000right
158ErevanArmeniaAsiaMetro7 Mar 198112.1 km101011.2112.110.017 mio.20071,405,000right
159GorkyRussiaEuropeMetro20 Nov 198515.5 km141321.197.87.033 mio.20072,129,000right
160InchonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway6 Oct 199929.5 km292911.0229.529.073 mio.20082,475,000
161KharkivUkraineEuropeMetro23 Aug 197535.3 km282531.4111.89.3278 mio.20077,875,000right
162Krivoy RogUkraineEuropeMetrotram26 Dec 198618.0 km121211.5018.012.0
163KyivUkraineEuropeMetro22 Oct 196059.8 km464331.3919.915.3642 mio.200710,736,000right
164LeningradRussiaEuropeMetro15 Nov 1955110.2 km635552.0022.012.6832 mio.20077,550,000right
165MadrasIndiaAsiaMRTS19 Oct 199727.0 km171711.5927.017.0
166MedellínColombiaAmericaMetro30 Nov 199528.8 km262521.1514.413.0155 mio.20085,382,000
167MontréalCanadaAmericaMetro14 Oct 196669.2 km736841.0217.318.3219 mio.20063,165,000rightyes
168MukdenChinaAsiaMetro23 Sep 200922.2 km181811.2322.218.0right
169MülheimGermanyEuropeStadtbahn3 Nov 19799.0 km131220.754.56.5right
170New York CityUSAAmericaSubway27 Oct 1904368.0 km468422270.8713.617.31624 mio.20084,413,000rightyes
171PortoPortugalEuropeMetro7 Dec 200221.7 km151421.5510.97.5rightyesyes
172Santiago de ChileChileAmericaMetro15 Sep 197583.0 km938650.9716.618.6642 mio.20087,735,000rightyes
173SevillaSpainEuropeMetro2 Apr 200918.0 km212110.8618.021.0
174StalingradRussiaEuropeMetro5 Nov 19843.3 km2211.653.32.0
175TaeguSouth KoreaAsiaSubway26 Nov 199753.9 km565520.9827.028.0110 mio.20082,041,000
176TaejonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway16 Mar 200622.6 km222211.0322.622.029 mio.20081,283,000


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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