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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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1 AdanaAsiaTurkey8.0 km8811.008.08.0
2 AmsterdamEuropeNetherlandsMetro32.7 km333340.998.28.391 mio.2,783,0002002
3 AnkaraAsiaTurkeyMetro23.1 km232221.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,0002007metro line1997
4 AntwerpEuropeBelgiumPremetro7.6 km111120.693.85.5
5 AthensEuropeGreeceMetro52.0 km524831.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,0002007yesyes
6 AtlantaAmericaUSAMARTA79.2 km393822.0839.619.534 mio.429,0001994yes
7 BakuAsiaAzerbaijanMetro32.9 km222121.5616.411.0176 mio.5,356,0002007
8 BaltimoreAmericaUSAMetro Subway24.5 km141411.7524.514.014 mio.571,0002008yes
9 BangkokAsiaThailandSkytrain, MRT46.3 km444031.1615.414.7206 mio.4,449,0002007Green line1999Green line, Blue lineyes
10 BarcelonaEuropeSpainMetro110.5 km152128100.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,0002008under construction on lines 5, 11, planned for lines 9, 10yesyes
11 BeijingAsiaChinaSubway227.6 km14712591.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,0002008PGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10recentlyall lines
12 Belo HorizonteAmericaBrazilMetro28.1 km191911.4828.119.0
13 BerlinEuropeGermanyU-Bahn147.4 km195173100.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,0002008yes
14 BielefeldEuropeGermanyStadtbahn5.2 km7740.741.31.8
15 BilbaoEuropeSpainMetro40.6 km383821.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,0002008yesyes
16 BochumEuropeGermanyStadtbahn21.5 km292720.8010.814.5
17 BonnEuropeGermanyStadtbahn9.0 km121210.759.012.0
18 BostonAmericaUSAThe T60.5 km666031.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,0002007yes
19 BrasiliaAmericaBrazilMetro42.0 km232311.8342.023.016 mio.381,0002002
20 BrusselsEuropeBelgiumMetro32.2 km615930.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,0002008line 1B
21 BucharestEuropeRomaniaMetro67.7 km504341.5716.912.5111 mio.1,640,0001999
22 BudapestEuropeHungaryMetro33.0 km424030.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,0002008
23 Buenos AiresAmericaArgentinaSubte47.5 km766860.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,0002008yes
24 BuffaloAmericaUSAMetro Rail8.4 km8811.048.48.0
25 BursaAsiaTurkey22.5 km232310.9822.523.0
26 BusanAsiaSouth KoreaSubway95.0 km928831.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,0002008
27 CairoAfricaEgyptMetro65.5 km555321.2432.827.5700 mio.10,687,00020025 stns
28 CaracasAmericaVenezuelaMetro60.5 km504651.3212.110.0510 mio.8,430,0002008yes
29 CataniaEuropeItalyMetro3.8 km6610.633.86.0
30 ChangchunAsiaChina17.0 km161611.0617.016.0
31 CharleroiEuropeBelgium17.5 km202040.884.45.0
32 ChennaiMadrasAsiaIndiaMRTS27.0 km171711.5927.017.0
33 ChibaAsiaJapanMonorail15.5 km181820.867.89.0
34 ChicagoAmericaUSA"L"166.0 km15114481.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,0002008yes
35 ChongqingAsiaChinaMonorail19.5 km181811.0819.518.0The three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDsyesyes
36 ClevelandAmericaUSARapid Transit31.0 km181811.7231.018.06 mio.194,0002008
37 CologneEuropeGermanyStadtbahn45.0 km5151150.883.03.4new light rail trains onlyyes
38 CopenhagenEuropeDenmarkMetro21.0 km222220.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,0002002all metro lines2002all underground stationsall metro and S-Tog trainsyes
39 DaeguTaeguAsiaSouth KoreaSubway53.9 km565520.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,0002008
40 DaejeonTaejonAsiaSouth KoreaSubway22.6 km222211.0322.622.029 mio.1,283,0002008
41 DalianAsiaChinaMetro49.0 km121214.0849.012.0
42 DelhiAsiaIndiaMetro96.2 km838131.1932.127.7310 mio.3,224,0002008yes
43 DetroitAmericaUSAPeople Mover4.8 km131310.374.813.0downtown people mover, LIM technology1987yes
44 DnepropetrovskDnipropetrovskEuropeUkraineMetro7.1 km6611.187.16.011 mio.1,549,0002007
45 DortmundEuropeGermanyStadtbahn29.5 km373730.809.812.3yes
46 DubaiAsiaUnited Arab EmiratesMetro39.7 km111113.6139.711.0metro2009metro, monorailyesyes
47 DuesseldorfDüsseldorfEuropeGermanyStadtbahn9.6 km141420.684.87.0yes
48 DuisburgEuropeGermanyStadtbahn14.3 km131321.107.26.5yes
49 EdmontonAmericaCanadaLight Rail13.1 km111111.1913.111.0
50 EssenEuropeGermanyStadtbahn20.2 km272730.756.79.0yes
51 FrankfurtEuropeGermanyU-Bahn20.5 km312730.766.810.3yes
52 FukuokaAsiaJapanSubway29.8 km353430.889.911.7124 mio.4,161,0002007yes
53 GelsenkirchenEuropeGermanyStadtbahn5.5 km9910.615.59.0
54 GenoaEuropeItalyMetro5.2 km7710.745.27.0yes
55 GlasgowEuropeUnited KingdomSubway10.4 km151510.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,0002008
56 GuadalajaraAmericaMexicoMetro24.0 km292820.8612.014.5
57 GuangzhouCantonAsiaChinaMetro148.5 km887951.8829.717.6601 mio.4,047,0002008yesyes
58 GwangjuAsiaSouth KoreaSubway20.1 km202011.0120.120.017 mio.846,0002008
59 HaifaAsiaIsraelCarmelit1.8 km6610.291.86.0
60 HamburgEuropeGermanyU-Bahn100.7 km978931.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,0002007
61 HanoverEuropeGermanyStadtbahn18.6 km211731.096.27.0yes
62 HelsinkiEuropeFinlandMetro21.0 km171711.2421.017.058 mio.2,762,0002008yes
63 HiroshimaAsiaJapanMonorail18.4 km212110.8818.421.018 mio.978,0002005
64 Hong KongAsiaChinaMTR188.1 km958292.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,0002008Disneyland Resort LineSI, WI lines, planned2005all underground stationsyesyes
65 IncheonInchonAsiaSouth KoreaSubway29.5 km292911.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,0002008
66 IstanbulEuropeTurkeyMetro15.0 km101011.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,0002008
67 IzmirAsiaTurkeyMetro11.5 km101011.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,0002005
68 JacksonvilleAmericaUSASkyway6.9 km6611.156.96.0downtown monorail people mover1989
69 KamakuraAsiaJapanMonorail6.6 km8810.826.68.0
70 KaohsiungAsiaTaiwanMRT42.7 km373621.1921.418.530 mio.703,0002008MRT
71 KazanEuropeRussiaMetro8.3 km6611.388.36.07 mio.843,0002007
72 KharkovKharkivEuropeUkraineMetro35.3 km282531.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,0002007
73 KievKyivEuropeUkraineMetro59.8 km464331.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,0002007
74 KitakyushuAsiaJapanMonorail8.8 km131310.688.813.0yes
75 KobeAsiaJapanSubway30.6 km262421.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,0002008Port Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyredPort Liner and Rokko Liner1981Port Liner and Rokko Lineryes
76 KolkataCalcuttaAsiaIndiaMetro Railway22.6 km212111.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,0002000
77 Kryvyi RihKrivoy RogEuropeUkraineMetrotram18.0 km121211.5018.012.0
78 Kuala LumpurAsiaMalaysia64.0 km605631.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,0002008LRT1996KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stationsyes
79 KyotoAsiaJapanSubway31.3 km323121.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,0002008Tozai lineyes
80 Las VegasAmericaUSAMonorail6.2 km7710.896.27.0monorail2004
81 LausanneEuropeSwitzerlandMetro13.7 km292820.496.814.5line m2line m22008yes
82 LilleEuropeFranceMetro45.5 km626020.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,0002004VALyes1983VAL, all stationsyes
83 LimaAmericaPeruTren Urbano10.0 km6611.6710.06.0
84 LisbonEuropePortugalMetro41.0 km524640.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,0002007yes
85 LondonEuropeUnited KingdomUnderground408.0 km268268111.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,0002007Docklands Light Rail1987Jubilee Line extensionyes (DLR)
86 Los AngelesAmericaUSAMetro Rail59.3 km303031.9819.810.045 mio.759,0002008yes
87 LudwigshafenEuropeGermanyStadtbahn4.0 km111100.36
88 LyonEuropeFranceMetro30.7 km433940.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,0002004line D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDsyes1991
89 MadridEuropeSpainMetro284.0 km281231131.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,0002008yesyes
90 ManilaAsiaPhilippinesMRT45.7 km423931.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,0002008yesyes
91 MaracaiboAmericaVenezuelaMetro6.5 km6611.086.56.0yes
92 MarseilleEuropeFranceMetro19.3 km262420.809.613.058 mio.3,005,0002004yes
93 MedellinMedellínAmericaColombiaMetro28.8 km262521.1514.413.0155 mio.5,382,0002008
94 Mexico CityAmericaMexicoMetro201.7 km175147111.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,0002008yes
95 MiamiAmericaUSAMetrorail36.0 km222211.6436.022.019 mio.528,0002008downtown people mover, rubber-tyredDowntown people mover1986yes
96 MilanEuropeItalyMetro74.6 km888430.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,0002007yesyes
97 MinskEuropeBelarusMetro30.3 km252421.2615.112.5262 mio.8,647,0002007
98 MonterreyAmericaMexicoMetro31.5 km323121.0215.816.0yes
99 MontrealMontréalAmericaCanadaMetro69.2 km736841.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,0002006yes
100 MoscowEuropeRussiaMetro298.8 km180144122.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,0002008
101 MulheimMülheimEuropeGermanyStadtbahn9.0 km131220.754.56.5
102 MumbaiBombayAsiaIndiaSuburban Railway171.0 km737352.3434.214.6
103 MunichEuropeGermanyU-Bahn92.5 km1009460.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,0002008yes
104 NagoyaAsiaJapanSubway89.0 km938241.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,0002008Tobu Kyuryo maglev line2005Tobu Kyuryo maglev lineyes
105 NahaAsiaJapanMonorail12.8 km151510.8512.815.0
106 NanjingAsiaChinaMetro21.7 km161611.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,0002008
107 NaplesEuropeItalyMetro31.8 km302831.1410.610.029 mio.912,0002006
108 New YorkNew York CityAmericaUSASubway368.0 km468422270.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,0002008planned for new Second Avenue Lineyes
109 NewarkAmericaUSASubway2.2 km4410.552.24.0
110 NewcastleEuropeUnited KingdomTyne & Wear Metro76.5 km615021.5338.330.538 mio.497,0002006
111 Nizhny NovgorodGorkyEuropeRussiaMetro15.5 km141321.197.87.033 mio.2,129,0002007
112 NovosibirskAsiaRussiaMetro14.3 km131221.197.26.570 mio.4,895,0002007
113 NurembergEuropeGermanyU-Bahn34.6 km464430.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,0001997lines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains2008yes
114 OportoPortoEuropePortugalMetro21.7 km151421.5510.97.5yesyes
115 OsakaAsiaJapanSubway137.8 km13310491.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,0002008Nanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyredNanko Port Town Line1981all stations on the Nanko Port Town Lineyes
116 OsloEuropeNorwayT-Bane62.0 km727250.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,0002005yes
117 Palma de MallorcaEuropeSpainMetro8.3 km9910.928.39.0
118 ParisEuropeFranceMetro213.0 km380300160.7113.323.81473 mio.6,915,0002008line 14/Météor, rubber-tyredlines 1, 4, 6, 11, 141998all stations on line 14, under construction on line 13lines 1, 14
119 PerugiaEuropeItalyMinimetro3.0 km7710.433.07.0
120 PhiladelphiaAmericaUSASubway62.0 km666231.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,0002008yes
121 PittsburghAmericaUSAThe T1.5 km3310.481.53.0
122 Porto AlegreAmericaBrazilMetro33.8 km171711.9933.817.0
123 PoznanEuropePoland6.1 km6611.026.16.0
124 PragueEuropeCzech RepublicMetro59.1 km575431.0919.719.0597 mio.10,102,0002008yes
125 PyongyangAsiaNorth KoreaMetro22.5 km161521.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,0002006
126 RecifeAmericaBrazilMetro39.7 km302821.4219.915.0
127 RennesEuropeFranceMetro9.0 km151510.609.015.023 mio.2,556,0002004VALyes2002VALyes
128 Rio de JaneiroAmericaBrazilMetro42.0 km343421.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,0002006yes
129 RomeEuropeItalyMetro39.0 km494820.8119.524.5331 mio.8,487,0002008yesyes
130 RotterdamEuropeNetherlandsMetro47.0 km383721.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,0002006
131 RouenEuropeFranceMetro2.2 km5510.442.25.0
132 Saint LouisAmericaUSAMetrolink73.4 km373721.9836.718.5
133 Saint PetersburgLeningradEuropeRussiaMetro110.2 km635552.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,0002007windowless steel doors in ten stations
134 SamaraEuropeRussiaMetro10.2 km9911.1310.29.012 mio.1,176,0002007
135 San FranciscoAmericaUSABART166.9 km434353.8833.48.6100 mio.599,0002007yes
136 San JuanAmericaPuerto RicoTren Urbano17.2 km161611.0817.216.09 mio.523,0002008
137 SantiagoSantiago de ChileAmericaChileMetro83.0 km938650.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,0002008yes
138 Santo DomingoAmericaDominican RepublicMetro14.5 km161610.9114.516.0
139 Sao PauloAmericaBrazilMetro61.3 km585541.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,0002008lines 4, 5, and regional rail
140 SapporoAsiaJapanSubway48.0 km494631.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,0002008yes
141 SeattleAmericaUSALight Rail22.2 km121211.8522.212.0yes
142 SendaiAsiaJapanSubway14.8 km171710.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,0002008yes
143 SeoulAsiaSouth KoreaSubway286.9 km348298100.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,0002008lines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010yesyes
144 SevilleSevillaEuropeSpainMetro18.0 km212110.8618.021.0Line 1
145 ShanghaiAsiaChinaMetro334.0 km230194101.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,0002008newer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stationsyes
146 ShenyangMukdenAsiaChinaMetro22.2 km181811.2322.218.0
147 ShenzhenAsiaChinaMetro25.3 km232221.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,0002005yesyes
148 SingaporeAsiaSingaporeMRT118.9 km766941.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,0002007North-East MTR line and 3 rubber-tyred LRT linesLRT lines2003yesyes
149 SofiaEuropeBulgariaMetro18.0 km141411.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,0002008
150 StockholmEuropeSwedenTunnelbana105.7 km10410031.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,0002007
151 StuttgartEuropeGermanyStadtbahn24.0 km191721.4112.09.5yes
152 SydneyOceaniaAustraliaCityrail22.1 km141431.587.44.7yes
153 TaipeiAsiaTaiwanMRT90.6 km858081.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,0002008Muzha line, VALyes1996Muzha line VAL MRTyesyes
154 TamaAsiaJapanMonorail16.0 km191910.8416.019.0yes
155 TashkentAsiaUzbekistanMetro36.2 km292631.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,0002007
156 TbilisiAsiaGeorgiaMetro26.3 km222121.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,0002007
157 TehranAsiaIranMetro50.5 km474431.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,0002007yes
158 The HagueEuropeNetherlandsRandstadRail27.9 km303030.939.310.0
159 TianjinAsiaChinaMetro72.0 km373721.9536.018.515 mio.208,0001993platform gate doorsyes
160 TokyoAsiaJapanMetro304.5 km290205131.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,0002008Yurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyredYurikamome line1995Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome linesyesyes
161 TorontoAmericaCanadaSubway71.3 km746941.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,0002006yes
162 ToulouseEuropeFranceMetro27.5 km383720.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,0002004VALyes1993VALyes
163 TurinEuropeItalyMetro9.6 km141410.699.614.0VALyes2006VALyesyes
164 ValenciaAmericaVenezuelaMetro6.2 km7710.896.27.018 mio.2,903,0002008
165 ValenciaEuropeSpainMetro31.8 km383730.8610.612.7
166 ValparaisoAmericaChileMetro43.0 km202012.1543.020.0
167 VancouverAmericaCanadaSky Train69.5 km494731.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,0002008Skytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system1986yesyes
168 ViennaEuropeAustriaU-Bahn69.8 km968450.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,0002008yesyes
169 VolgogradStalingradEuropeRussiaMetro3.3 km2211.653.32.0
170 WarsawEuropePolandMetro22.6 km212111.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,0002007
171 WashingtonAmericaUSAMetrorail171.2 km908651.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,0002008yes
172 WuhanAsiaChinaMetro10.2 km101011.0210.210.0
173 WuppertalEuropeGermanySchwebebahn13.3 km202010.6713.320.0
174 YekaterinburgEkaterinburgAsiaRussiaMetro8.5 km7711.218.57.046 mio.5,412,0002007
175 YerevanErevanAsiaArmeniaMetro12.1 km101011.2112.110.017 mio.1,405,0002007
176 YokohamaAsiaJapanSubway57.6 km484531.2819.216.0198 mio.3,438,0002008Kanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyredKanazawa Seaside LRT1989Kanazawa Seaside LRT lineyes


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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