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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 km423931.1715.214.07,571,0002008yesyes
5United Arab EmiratesAsiaMetro9 Sep 200939.7 km111113.6139.711.0metro2009metro, monorailyesyes
6GermanyEuropeStadtbahn5 Oct 196720.2 km272730.756.79.0yes
7JapanAsiaSubway20 May 1933137.8 km13310491.3315.314.86,241,0002008Nanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyredNanko Port Town Line1981all stations on the Nanko Port Town Lineyes
8TurkeyAsia19 Aug 200222.5 km232310.9822.523.0
9IranAsiaMetro21 Feb 200050.5 km474431.1516.815.76,990,0002007yes
10VenezuelaAmericaMetro8 Jun 20096.5 km6611.086.56.0yes
11NetherlandsEuropeMetro16 Oct 197732.7 km333340.998.28.32,783,0002002
12USAAmericaSkyway30 May 19896.9 km6611.156.96.0downtown monorail people mover1989
13USAAmericaSubway26 May 19352.2 km4410.552.24.0
14AustraliaOceaniaCityrail192622.1 km141431.587.44.7yes
15USAAmericaMetro Rail30 Jan 199359.3 km303031.9819.810.0759,0002008yes
16BelgiumEuropeMetro20 Sep 197632.2 km615930.5510.720.34,224,0002008line 1B
17BrazilAmericaMetro5 Mar 197942.0 km343421.2421.017.03,214,0002006yes
18JapanAsiaMonorail20 Aug 199418.4 km212110.8818.421.0978,0002005
19DenmarkEuropeMetro19 Oct 200221.0 km222220.9510.511.01,762,0002002all metro lines2002all underground stationsall metro and S-Tog trainsyes
20PolandEuropeMetro7 Apr 199522.6 km212111.0822.621.05,044,0002007
21JapanAsiaSubway15 Nov 195789.0 km938241.0922.323.34,798,0002008Tobu Kyuryo maglev line2005Tobu Kyuryo maglev lineyes
22SpainEuropeMetro11 Nov 199540.6 km383821.0720.319.02,118,0002008yesyes
23ChinaAsiaMetro28 Dec 200425.3 km232221.1512.611.52,885,0002005yesyes
24SwitzerlandEuropeMetro24 May 199113.7 km292820.496.814.5line m2line m22008yes
25PolandEurope1 Mar 19976.1 km6611.026.16.0
26South KoreaAsiaSubway28 Apr 200420.1 km202011.0120.120.0846,0002008
27VenezuelaAmericaMetro18 Oct 20066.2 km7710.896.27.02,903,0002008
28JapanAsiaMonorail28 Mar 198815.5 km181820.867.89.0
29JapanAsiaSubway15 Jul 198714.8 km171710.8714.817.03,919,0002008yes
30SpainEuropeMetro30 Dec 1924110.5 km152128100.8611.115.23,421,0002008under construction on lines 5, 11, planned for lines 9, 10yesyes
31FranceEuropeMetro19 Jul 1900213.0 km380300160.7113.323.86,915,0002008line 14/Météor, rubber-tyredlines 1, 4, 6, 11, 141998all stations on line 14, under construction on line 13lines 1, 14
32GermanyEuropeStadtbahn1 Sep 19845.5 km9910.615.59.0
33MexicoAmericaMetro5 Sep 1969201.7 km175147111.3718.315.97,238,0002008yes
34VenezuelaAmericaMetro27 Mar 198360.5 km504651.3212.110.08,430,0002008yes
35JapanAsiaMetro30 Dec 1927304.5 km290205131.4923.422.310,424,0002008Yurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyredYurikamome line1995Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome linesyesyes
36RussiaEuropeMetro27 Aug 20058.3 km6611.388.36.0843,0002007
37GreeceEuropeMetro195452.0 km524831.0817.317.36,250,0002007yesyes
38Puerto RicoAmericaTren Urbano6 Jun 200517.2 km161611.0817.216.0523,0002008
39GermanyEuropeStadtbahn11 Jul 199214.3 km131321.107.26.5yes
40RussiaAsiaMetro7 Jan 198614.3 km131221.197.26.54,895,0002007
41ArgentinaAmericaSubte1 Dec 191347.5 km766860.707.912.75,895,0002008yes
42UzbekistanAsiaMetro6 Nov 197736.2 km292631.3912.19.71,961,0002007
43SpainEuropeMetro17 Oct 1919284.0 km281231131.2321.821.62,415,0002008yesyes
44FranceEuropeMetro17 Dec 19942.2 km5510.442.25.0
45TurkeyEuropeMetro16 Sep 200015.0 km101011.5015.010.04,533,0002008
46ItalyEuropeMetro28 Mar 199331.8 km302831.1410.610.0912,0002006
47IndiaAsiaMetro24 Dec 200296.2 km838131.1932.127.73,224,0002008yes
48GermanyEuropeSchwebebahn1 Mar 190113.3 km202010.6713.320.0
49PortugalEuropeMetro29 Dec 195941.0 km524640.8910.313.04,390,0002007yes
50USAAmericaThe T1 Sep 189760.5 km666031.0120.222.02,397,0002007yes
51SwedenEuropeTunnelbana1 Oct 1950105.7 km10410031.0635.234.72,867,0002007
52GermanyEuropeStadtbahn28 Sep 197518.6 km211731.096.27.0yes
53BrazilAmericaMetro11 Mar 198539.7 km302821.4219.915.0
54USAAmericaRapid Transit15 Mar 195531.0 km181811.7231.018.0194,0002008
55AustriaEuropeU-Bahn25 Feb 197869.8 km968450.8314.019.27,135,0002008yesyes
56GermanyEuropeU-Bahn18 Feb 1902147.4 km195173100.8514.719.53,033,0002008yes
57ChinaAsiaMetro10 Apr 1995334.0 km230194101.7233.423.03,359,0002008newer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stationsyes
58JapanAsiaSubway1 Apr 198131.3 km323121.0115.616.04,026,0002008Tozai lineyes
59MexicoAmericaMetro1 Sep 198924.0 km292820.8612.014.5
60BelarusEuropeMetro26 Jun 198430.3 km252421.2615.112.58,647,0002007
61BelgiumEurope21 Jun 197617.5 km202040.884.45.0
62ItalyEuropeMetro4 Feb 20069.6 km141410.699.614.0VALyes2006VALyesyes
63JapanAsiaMonorail9 Jan 19858.8 km131310.688.813.0yes
64USAAmericaMetro Subway21 Nov 198324.5 km141411.7524.514.0571,0002008yes
65JapanAsiaSubway16 Dec 197148.0 km494631.0416.016.34,354,0002008yes
66GermanyEuropeU-Bahn4 Oct 196820.5 km312730.766.810.3yes
67NorwayEuropeT-Bane22 May 196662.0 km727250.8612.414.41,032,0002005yes
68South KoreaAsiaSubway19 Jul 198595.0 km928831.0831.730.72,705,0002008
69NetherlandsEuropeRandstadRail16 Oct 200427.9 km303030.939.310.0
70FranceEuropeMetro26 Nov 197719.3 km262420.809.613.03,005,0002004yes
71TurkeyAsiaMetro30 Aug 199623.1 km232221.0511.611.54,892,0002007metro line1997
72RussiaEuropeMetro26 Dec 198710.2 km9911.1310.29.01,176,0002007
73JapanAsiaMonorail3 Mar 19706.6 km8810.826.68.0
74JapanAsiaSubway16 Dec 197257.6 km484531.2819.216.03,438,0002008Kanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyredKanazawa Seaside LRT1989Kanazawa Seaside LRT lineyes
75United KingdomEuropeTyne & Wear Metro7 Aug 198076.5 km615021.5338.330.5497,0002006
76GermanyEuropeStadtbahn17 May 197629.5 km373730.809.812.3yes
77TaiwanAsiaMRT28 Mar 199690.6 km858081.1311.310.64,967,0002008Muzha line, VALyes1996Muzha line VAL MRTyesyes
78GermanyEuropeStadtbahn29 May 19694.0 km111100.36
79RomaniaEuropeMetro16 Nov 197967.7 km504341.5716.912.51,640,0001999
80ItalyEuropeMetro10 Feb 195539.0 km494820.8119.524.58,487,0002008yesyes
81ChinaAsiaMTR1 Oct 1979188.1 km958292.2920.910.66,959,0002008Disneyland Resort LineSI, WI lines, planned2005all underground stationsyesyes
82JapanAsiaMonorail10 Aug 200312.8 km151510.8512.815.0
83USAAmericaMetrorail27 Mar 1976171.2 km908651.9934.218.01,256,0002008yes
84FranceEuropeMetro25 Apr 198345.5 km626020.7622.831.01,626,0002004VALyes1983VAL, all stationsyes
85GermanyEuropeStadtbahn26 May 197921.5 km292720.8010.814.5
86SingaporeAsiaMRT7 Nov 1987118.9 km766941.7229.719.04,802,0002007North-East MTR line and 3 rubber-tyred LRT linesLRT lines2003yesyes
87IsraelAsiaCarmelit19591.8 km6610.291.86.0
88Czech RepublicEuropeMetro9 May 197459.1 km575431.0919.719.010,102,0002008yes
89USAAmerica"L"6 Jun 1892166.0 km15114481.1520.818.91,193,0002008yes
90ChileAmericaMetro23 Nov 200543.0 km202012.1543.020.0
91RussiaEuropeMetro15 May 1935298.8 km180144122.0724.915.08,611,0002008
92ChinaAsiaSubway1 Oct 1969227.6 km14712591.8225.316.35,274,0002008PGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10recentlyall lines
93South KoreaAsiaSubway15 Aug 1974286.9 km348298100.9628.734.87,138,0002008lines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010yesyes
94USAAmericaSubway4 Mar 190762.0 km666231.0020.722.01,081,0002008yes
95ItalyEuropeMetro13 Jun 19905.2 km7710.745.27.0yes
96USAAmericaMetrorail21 May 198436.0 km222211.6436.022.0528,0002008downtown people mover, rubber-tyredDowntown people mover1986yes
97ItalyEuropeMetro27 Jun 19993.8 km6610.633.86.0
98CanadaAmericaSubway30 Apr 195471.3 km746941.0317.818.53,899,0002006yes
99USAAmericaMARTA30 Jun 197979.2 km393822.0839.619.5429,0001994yes
100CanadaAmericaLight Rail22 Apr 197813.1 km111111.1913.111.0
101GermanyEuropeU-Bahn1 Mar 197234.6 km464430.7911.515.32,659,0001997lines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains2008yes
102USAAmericaMetro Rail18 May 19858.4 km8811.048.48.0
103GeorgiaAsiaMetro11 Jan 196626.3 km222121.2513.111.03,498,0002007
104USAAmericaMetrolink31 Jul 199373.4 km373721.9836.718.5
105TurkeyAsiaMetro22 May 200011.5 km101011.1511.510.02,609,0002005
106USAAmericaPeople MoverJul 19874.8 km131310.374.813.0downtown people mover, LIM technology1987yes
107United KingdomEuropeUnderground10 Jan 1863408.0 km268268111.5237.124.42,934,0002007Docklands Light Rail1987Jubilee Line extensionyes (DLR)
108BrazilAmericaMetro31 Mar 200142.0 km232311.8342.023.0381,0002002
109GermanyEuropeStadtbahn10 Jun 196624.0 km191721.4112.09.5yes
110FinlandEuropeMetro3 Aug 198221.0 km171711.2421.017.02,762,0002008yes
111FranceEuropeMetro16 Mar 20029.0 km151510.609.015.02,556,0002004VALyes2002VALyes
112GermanyEuropeStadtbahn11 Oct 196845.0 km5151150.883.03.4new light rail trains onlyyes
113GermanyEuropeU-Bahn19 Oct 197192.5 km1009460.9815.416.73,773,0002008yes
114GermanyEuropeStadtbahn21 Sep 19715.2 km7740.741.31.8
115USAAmericaMonorail15 Jul 20046.2 km7710.896.27.0monorail2004
116BrazilAmericaMetro2 Mar 198533.8 km171711.9933.817.0
117SpainEuropeMetro3 Oct 198831.8 km383730.8610.612.7
118MexicoAmericaMetro25 Apr 199131.5 km323121.0215.816.0yes
119USAAmericaLight Rail18 Jul 200922.2 km121211.8522.212.0yes
120JapanAsiaSubway13 Mar 197730.6 km262421.2815.313.03,954,0002008Port Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyredPort Liner and Rokko Liner1981Port Liner and Rokko Lineryes
121ThailandAsiaSkytrain, MRT5 Dec 199946.3 km444031.1615.414.74,449,0002007Green line1999Green line, Blue lineyes
122SpainEuropeMetro25 Apr 20078.3 km9910.928.39.0
123JapanAsiaSubway26 Jul 198129.8 km353430.889.911.74,161,0002007yes
124EgyptAfricaMetro27 Sep 198765.5 km555321.2432.827.510,687,00020025 stns
125ChinaAsiaMetro28 Mar 200472.0 km373721.9536.018.5208,0001993platform gate doorsyes
126TaiwanAsiaMRT9 Mar 200842.7 km373621.1921.418.5703,0002008MRT
127BelgiumEuropePremetro25 Mar 19757.6 km111120.693.85.5
128USAAmericaBART11 Sep 1972166.9 km434353.8833.48.6599,0002007yes
129ChinaAsiaMetro1 May 200349.0 km121214.0849.012.0
130JapanAsiaMonorail27 Nov 199816.0 km191910.8416.019.0yes
131FranceEuropeMetro28 Apr 197830.7 km433940.797.710.85,928,0002004line D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDsyes1991
132HungaryEuropeMetro2 May 189633.0 km424030.8311.014.09,000,0002008
133NetherlandsEuropeMetro10 Feb 196847.0 km383721.2723.519.01,809,0002006
134ChinaAsiaMetro27 Aug 200521.7 km161611.3621.716.04,700,0002008
135ChinaAsiaMetro28 Sep 200410.2 km101011.0210.210.0
136PeruAmericaTren Urbano13 Jan 200310.0 km6611.6710.06.0
137GermanyEuropeStadtbahn22 Mar 19759.0 km121210.759.012.0
138BulgariaEuropeMetro28 Jan 199818.0 km141411.2918.014.02,833,0002008
139GermanyEuropeU-Bahn1 Mar 1912100.7 km978931.1333.632.31,827,0002007
140North KoreaAsiaMetro6 Sep 197322.5 km161521.5011.38.01,556,0002006
141ChinaAsiaMonorail18 Jun 200519.5 km181811.0819.518.0The three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDsyesyes
142CanadaAmericaSky Train3 Jan 198669.5 km494731.4823.216.31,065,0002008Skytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system1986yesyes
143BrazilAmericaMetro1 Aug 198628.1 km191911.4828.119.0
144MalaysiaAsia16 Dec 199664.0 km605631.1421.320.01,703,0002008LRT1996KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stationsyes
145USAAmericaThe T3 Jul 19851.5 km3310.481.53.0
146United KingdomEuropeSubway14 Dec 189610.4 km151510.6910.415.01,442,0002008
147ItalyEuropeMetro1 Nov 196474.6 km888430.8924.929.34,397,0002007yesyes
148ChinaAsiaOct 200217.0 km161611.0617.016.0
149FranceEuropeMetro26 Jun 199327.5 km383720.7413.819.01,527,0002004VALyes1993VALyes
150AzerbaijanAsiaMetro6 Nov 196732.9 km222121.5616.411.05,356,0002007
151BrazilAmericaMetro14 Sep 197461.3 km585541.1115.314.511,158,0002008lines 4, 5, and regional rail
152BombayIndiaAsiaSuburban Railway171.0 km737352.3434.214.6
153CalcuttaIndiaAsiaMetro Railway24 Oct 198422.6 km212111.0822.621.04,425,0002000
154CantonChinaAsiaMetro28 Jun 1999148.5 km887951.8829.717.64,047,0002008yesyes
155DnipropetrovskUkraineEuropeMetro29 Dec 19957.1 km6611.187.16.01,549,0002007
156DüsseldorfGermanyEuropeStadtbahn4 Oct 19819.6 km141420.684.87.0yes
157EkaterinburgRussiaAsiaMetro26 Apr 19918.5 km7711.218.57.05,412,0002007
158ErevanArmeniaAsiaMetro7 Mar 198112.1 km101011.2112.110.01,405,0002007
159GorkyRussiaEuropeMetro20 Nov 198515.5 km141321.197.87.02,129,0002007
160InchonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway6 Oct 199929.5 km292911.0229.529.02,475,0002008
161KharkivUkraineEuropeMetro23 Aug 197535.3 km282531.4111.89.37,875,0002007
162Krivoy RogUkraineEuropeMetrotram26 Dec 198618.0 km121211.5018.012.0
163KyivUkraineEuropeMetro22 Oct 196059.8 km464331.3919.915.310,736,0002007
164LeningradRussiaEuropeMetro15 Nov 1955110.2 km635552.0022.012.67,550,0002007windowless steel doors in ten stations
165MadrasIndiaAsiaMRTS19 Oct 199727.0 km171711.5927.017.0
166MedellínColombiaAmericaMetro30 Nov 199528.8 km262521.1514.413.05,382,0002008
167MontréalCanadaAmericaMetro14 Oct 196669.2 km736841.0217.318.33,165,0002006yes
168MukdenChinaAsiaMetro23 Sep 200922.2 km181811.2322.218.0
169MülheimGermanyEuropeStadtbahn3 Nov 19799.0 km131220.754.56.5
170New York CityUSAAmericaSubway27 Oct 1904368.0 km468422270.8713.617.34,413,0002008planned for new Second Avenue Lineyes
171PortoPortugalEuropeMetro7 Dec 200221.7 km151421.5510.97.5yesyes
172Santiago de ChileChileAmericaMetro15 Sep 197583.0 km938650.9716.618.67,735,0002008yes
173SevillaSpainEuropeMetro2 Apr 200918.0 km212110.8618.021.0Line 1
174StalingradRussiaEuropeMetro5 Nov 19843.3 km2211.653.32.0
175TaeguSouth KoreaAsiaSubway26 Nov 199753.9 km565520.9827.028.02,041,0002008
176TaejonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway16 Mar 200622.6 km222211.0322.622.01,283,0002008


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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