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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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1AdanaAsiaTurkey8.0 km8811.008.08.0
2AlgiersAfricaAlgeriaMetro9.0 km101010.909.010.0yesyes
3AmsterdamEuropeNetherlandsMetro32.7 km333340.998.28.391 mio.2,783,0002002right
4AnkaraAsiaTurkeyMetro23.1 km232221.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,0002007rightmetro line1997
5AntwerpEuropeBelgium7.6 km111120.693.85.5
6AthensEuropeGreeceMetro52.0 km524831.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,0002007rightyesyes
7AtlantaAmericaUSAMARTA79.2 km393822.0839.619.534 mio.429,0001994rightyes
8BakuAsiaAzerbaijanMetro31.7 km212021.5915.910.5176 mio.5,552,0002007right
9BaltimoreAmericaUSAMetro Subway24.5 km141411.7524.514.014 mio.571,0002008rightyes
10BangkokAsiaThailandSkytrain, MRT46.3 km444031.1615.414.7206 mio.4,449,0002007leftGreen line1999Green line, Blue lineyes
11BarcelonaEuropeSpainMetro110.5 km152128100.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,0002008rightunder construction on lines 5, 11, planned for lines 9, 10yesyes
12BeijingAsiaChinaSubway227.6 km14712591.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,0002008rightPGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10recentlyall lines
13Belo HorizonteAmericaBrazilMetro28.1 km191911.4828.119.0
14BerlinEuropeGermanyU-Bahn147.4 km195173100.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,0002008rightyes
15BielefeldEuropeGermanyStadtbahn5.2 km7740.741.31.8right
16BilbaoEuropeSpainMetro40.6 km383821.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,0002008leftyesyes
17BochumEuropeGermanyStadtbahn21.5 km292720.8010.814.5right
18BonnEuropeGermanyStadtbahn9.0 km121210.759.012.0right
19BostonAmericaUSAThe T60.5 km666031.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,0002007rightyes
20BrasiliaAmericaBrazilMetro42.0 km232311.8342.023.016 mio.381,0002002
21BrusselsEuropeBelgiumMetro32.2 km615930.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,0002008rightline 1B
22BucharestEuropeRomaniaMetro67.7 km504341.5716.912.5111 mio.1,640,0001999right
23BudapestEuropeHungaryMetro33.0 km424030.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,0002008right
24Buenos AiresAmericaArgentinaSubte47.5 km766860.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,0002008leftyes
25BuffaloAmericaUSAMetro Rail8.4 km8811.048.48.0
26BursaAsiaTurkey22.5 km232310.9822.523.0
27BusanAsiaSouth KoreaSubway95.0 km928831.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,0002008right
28CairoAfricaEgyptMetro65.5 km555321.2432.827.5700 mio.10,687,0002002left5 stns
29CaracasAmericaVenezuelaMetro60.5 km474351.4112.19.4510 mio.8,430,0002008yes
30CataniaEuropeItalyMetro3.8 km6610.633.86.0right
31ChangchunAsiaChina17.0 km161611.0617.016.0
32CharleroiEuropeBelgium17.5 km202040.884.45.0
33ChennaiMadrasAsiaIndiaMRTS27.0 km171711.5927.017.0
34ChibaAsiaJapanMonorail15.5 km181820.867.89.0
35ChicagoAmericaUSA"L"166.0 km15114481.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,0002008rightyes
36ChongqingAsiaChinaMonorail19.5 km181811.0819.518.0rightThe three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDsyesyes
37ClevelandAmericaUSARapid Transit31.0 km181811.7231.018.06 mio.194,0002008
38CologneEuropeGermanyStadtbahn45.0 km5151150.883.03.4rightnew light rail trains onlyyes
39CopenhagenEuropeDenmarkMetro21.0 km222220.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,0002002rightall metro lines2002all underground stationsall metro and S-Tog trainsyes
40DaeguTaeguAsiaSouth KoreaSubway53.9 km565520.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,0002008
41DaejeonTaejonAsiaSouth KoreaSubway22.6 km222211.0322.622.029 mio.1,283,0002008
42DalianAsiaChinaMetro49.0 km121214.0849.012.0
43DelhiAsiaIndiaMetro89.9 km787631.1829.926.0310 mio.3,450,0002008leftyes
44DetroitAmericaUSAPeople Mover4.8 km131310.374.813.0downtown people mover, LIM technology1987yes
45DnepropetrovskDnipropetrovskEuropeUkraineMetro7.1 km6611.187.16.011 mio.1,549,0002007
46DortmundEuropeGermanyStadtbahn29.5 km373730.809.812.3rightyes
47DubaiAsiaUnited Arab EmiratesMetro39.7 km101013.9739.710.0rightmetro2009metro, monorailyesyes
48DuesseldorfDüsseldorfEuropeGermanyStadtbahn9.6 km141420.684.87.0rightyes
49DuisburgEuropeGermanyStadtbahn14.3 km131321.107.26.5rightyes
50EdmontonAmericaCanadaLight Rail13.1 km111111.1913.111.0
51EssenEuropeGermanyStadtbahn20.2 km272730.756.79.0rightyes
52FrankfurtEuropeGermanyU-Bahn20.5 km312730.766.810.3rightyes
53FukuokaAsiaJapanSubway29.8 km353430.889.911.7124 mio.4,161,0002007leftyes
54GelsenkirchenEuropeGermanyStadtbahn5.5 km9910.615.59.0right
55GenoaEuropeItalyMetro5.2 km7710.745.27.0rightyes
56GlasgowEuropeUnited KingdomSubway10.4 km151510.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,0002008left
57GuadalajaraAmericaMexicoMetro24.0 km292820.8612.014.5
58GuangzhouCantonAsiaChinaMetro176.1 km887952.2335.217.6601 mio.3,414,0002008rightyesyes
59GwangjuAsiaSouth KoreaSubway20.1 km202011.0120.120.017 mio.846,0002008
60HaifaAsiaIsraelCarmelit1.8 km6610.291.86.0
61HamburgEuropeGermanyU-Bahn100.7 km978931.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,0002007right
62HanoverEuropeGermanyStadtbahn18.6 km211731.096.27.0rightyes
63HelsinkiEuropeFinlandMetro21.0 km171711.2421.017.058 mio.2,762,0002008rightyes
64HiroshimaAsiaJapanMonorail18.4 km212110.8818.421.018 mio.978,0002005left
65Hong KongAsiaChinaMTR188.1 km958292.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,0002008leftDisneyland Resort LineSI, WI lines, planned2005all underground stationsyesyes
66IncheonInchonAsiaSouth KoreaSubway29.5 km292911.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,0002008
67IstanbulEuropeTurkeyMetro15.0 km101011.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,0002008right
68IzmirAsiaTurkeyMetro11.5 km101011.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,0002005
69JacksonvilleAmericaUSASkyway6.9 km6611.156.96.0downtown monorail people mover1989
70KamakuraAsiaJapanMonorail6.6 km8810.826.68.0
71KaohsiungAsiaTaiwanMRT42.7 km373621.1921.418.530 mio.703,0002008MRT
72KazanEuropeRussiaMetro8.3 km6611.388.36.07 mio.843,0002007
73KharkovKharkivEuropeUkraineMetro35.3 km282531.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,0002007right
74KievKyivEuropeUkraineMetro59.8 km464331.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,0002007right
75KitakyushuAsiaJapanMonorail8.8 km131310.688.813.0leftyes
76KobeAsiaJapanSubway30.6 km262421.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,0002008leftPort Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyredPort Liner and Rokko Liner1981Port Liner and Rokko Lineryes
77KolkataCalcuttaAsiaIndiaMetro Railway22.6 km212111.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,0002000right
78Kryvyi RihKrivoy RogEuropeUkraineMetrotram18.0 km121211.5018.012.0
79Kuala LumpurAsiaMalaysia64.0 km605631.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,0002008leftLRT1996KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stationsyes
80KyotoAsiaJapanSubway31.3 km323121.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,0002008leftTozai lineyes
81Las VegasAmericaUSAMonorail6.2 km7710.896.27.0monorail2004
82LausanneEuropeSwitzerlandMetro13.7 km292820.496.814.5line m2line m22008yes
83LilleEuropeFranceMetro45.5 km626020.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,0002004rightVALyes1983VAL, all stationsyes
84LimaAmericaPeruTren Urbano10.0 km6611.6710.06.0
85LisbonEuropePortugalMetro41.0 km524640.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,0002007leftyes
86LondonEuropeUnited KingdomUnderground408.0 km268268111.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,0002007leftDocklands Light Rail1987Jubilee Line extensionyes (DLR)
87Los AngelesAmericaUSAMetro Rail59.3 km303031.9819.810.045 mio.759,0002008rightyes
88LudwigshafenEuropeGermanyStadtbahn4.0 km111100.36right
89LyonEuropeFranceMetro30.7 km433940.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,0002004leftline D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDsyes1991
90MadridEuropeSpainMetro284.0 km281231131.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,0002008leftyesyes
91ManilaAsiaPhilippinesMRT45.7 km423931.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,0002008yesyes
92MaracaiboAmericaVenezuelaMetro6.5 km6611.086.56.0yes
93MarseilleEuropeFranceMetro19.3 km262420.809.613.058 mio.3,005,0002004rightyes
94MedellinMedellínAmericaColombiaMetro28.8 km262521.1514.413.0155 mio.5,382,0002008
95Mexico CityAmericaMexicoMetro201.7 km175147111.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,0002008rightyes
96MiamiAmericaUSAMetrorail36.0 km222211.6436.022.019 mio.528,0002008rightdowntown people mover, rubber-tyredDowntown people mover1986yes
97MilanEuropeItalyMetro74.6 km888430.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,0002007rightyesyes
98MinskEuropeBelarusMetro30.3 km252421.2615.112.5262 mio.8,647,0002007right
99MonterreyAmericaMexicoMetro31.5 km323121.0215.816.0yes
100MontrealMontréalAmericaCanadaMetro69.2 km736841.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,0002006rightyes
101MoscowEuropeRussiaMetro298.8 km180144122.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,0002008right
102MulheimMülheimEuropeGermanyStadtbahn9.0 km131220.754.56.5right
103MumbaiBombayAsiaIndiaSuburban Railway171.0 km737352.3434.214.6
104MunichEuropeGermanyU-Bahn92.5 km1009460.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,0002008rightyes
105NagoyaAsiaJapanSubway89.0 km938241.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,0002008leftTobu Kyuryo maglev line2005Tobu Kyuryo maglev lineyes
106NahaAsiaJapanMonorail12.8 km151510.8512.815.0
107NanjingAsiaChinaMetro21.7 km161611.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,0002008
108NaplesEuropeItalyMetro31.8 km302831.1410.610.029 mio.912,0002006left
109New YorkNew York CityAmericaUSASubway368.0 km468422270.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,0002008rightplanned for new Second Avenue Lineyes
110NewarkAmericaUSASubway2.2 km4410.552.24.0right
111NewcastleEuropeUnited KingdomTyne & Wear Metro76.5 km615021.5338.330.538 mio.497,0002006left
112Nizhny NovgorodGorkyEuropeRussiaMetro15.5 km141321.197.87.033 mio.2,129,0002007right
113NovosibirskAsiaRussiaMetro14.3 km131221.197.26.570 mio.4,895,0002007right
114NurembergEuropeGermanyU-Bahn34.6 km464430.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,0001997rightline U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated line U22008yes
115OportoPortoEuropePortugalMetro21.7 km151421.5510.97.5rightyesyes
116OsakaAsiaJapanSubway137.8 km13310491.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,0002008leftNanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyredNanko Port Town Line1981all stations on the Nanko Port Town Lineyes
117OsloEuropeNorwayT-Bane62.0 km727250.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,0002005rightyes
118Palma de MallorcaEuropeSpainMetro8.3 km9910.928.39.0
119ParisEuropeFranceMetro213.0 km380300160.7113.323.81473 mio.6,915,0002008right (metro), left (RER)line 14/Météor, rubber-tyredlines 1, 4, 6, 11, 141998all stations on line 14, under construction on line 13lines 1, 14
120PerugiaEuropeItalyMinimetro3.0 km7710.433.07.0
121PhiladelphiaAmericaUSASubway62.0 km666231.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,0002008rightyes
122PittsburghAmericaUSAThe T1.5 km3310.481.53.0
123Porto AlegreAmericaBrazilMetro33.8 km171711.9933.817.0
124PoznanEuropePoland6.1 km6611.026.16.0
125PragueEuropeCzech RepublicMetro59.1 km575431.0919.719.0597 mio.10,102,0002008rightyes
126PyongyangAsiaNorth KoreaMetro22.5 km161521.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,0002006
127RecifeAmericaBrazilMetro39.7 km302821.4219.915.0
128RennesEuropeFranceMetro9.0 km151510.609.015.023 mio.2,556,0002004rightVALyes2002VALyes
129Rio de JaneiroAmericaBrazilMetro42.0 km343421.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,0002006rightyes
130RomeEuropeItalyMetro39.0 km494820.8119.524.5331 mio.8,487,0002008leftyesyes
131RotterdamEuropeNetherlandsMetro47.0 km383721.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,0002006right
132RouenEuropeFranceMetro2.2 km5510.442.25.0
133Saint LouisAmericaUSAMetrolink73.4 km373721.9836.718.5
134Saint PetersburgLeningradEuropeRussiaMetro110.2 km635552.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,0002007rightwindowless steel doors in ten stations
135SamaraEuropeRussiaMetro10.2 km9911.1310.29.012 mio.1,176,0002007right
136San FranciscoAmericaUSABART166.9 km434353.8833.48.6100 mio.599,0002007rightyes
137San JuanAmericaPuerto RicoTren Urbano17.2 km161611.0817.216.09 mio.523,0002008
138SantiagoSantiago de ChileAmericaChileMetro83.0 km938650.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,0002008rightyes
139Santo DomingoAmericaDominican RepublicMetro14.5 km161610.9114.516.0
140Sao PauloAmericaBrazilMetro61.3 km585541.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,0002008rightlines 4, 5, and regional rail
141SapporoAsiaJapanSubway48.0 km494631.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,0002008leftyes
142SeattleAmericaUSALight Rail22.2 km121211.8522.212.0yes
143SendaiAsiaJapanSubway14.8 km171710.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,0002008leftyes
144SeoulAsiaSouth KoreaSubway286.9 km348298100.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,0002008rightlines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010yesyes
145SevilleSevillaEuropeSpainMetro18.0 km212110.8618.021.0Line 1
146ShanghaiAsiaChinaMetro334.0 km230194101.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,0002008rightnewer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stationsyes
147ShenzhenAsiaChinaMetro25.3 km232221.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,0002005rightyesyes
148SingaporeAsiaSingaporeMRT118.9 km766941.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,0002007leftNorth-East MTR line and 3 rubber-tyred LRT linesLRT lines2003yesyes
149SofiaEuropeBulgariaMetro18.0 km141411.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,0002008right
150StockholmEuropeSwedenTunnelbana105.7 km10410031.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,0002007left
151StuttgartEuropeGermanyStadtbahn24.0 km191721.4112.09.5rightyes
152SydneyOceaniaAustraliaCityrail22.1 km141431.587.44.7yes
153TaipeiAsiaTaiwanMRT90.6 km858081.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,0002008rightMuzha line, VALyes1996Muzha line VAL MRTyesyes
154TamaAsiaJapanMonorail16.0 km191910.8416.019.0leftyes
155TashkentAsiaUzbekistanMetro36.2 km292631.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,0002007right
156TbilisiAsiaGeorgiaMetro26.3 km222121.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,0002007right
157TehranAsiaIranMetro50.5 km474431.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,0002007yes
158The HagueEuropeNetherlandsRandstadRail27.9 km303030.939.310.0
159TianjinAsiaChinaMetro72.0 km373721.9536.018.515 mio.208,0001993platform gate doorsyes
160TokyoAsiaJapanMetro304.5 km290205131.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,0002008leftYurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyredYurikamome line1995Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome linesyesyes
161TorontoAmericaCanadaSubway71.3 km746941.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,0002006rightyes
162ToulouseEuropeFranceMetro27.5 km383720.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,0002004rightVALyes1993VALyes
163TurinEuropeItalyMetro9.6 km141410.699.614.0rightVALyes2006VALyesyes
164ValenciaEuropeSpainMetro31.8 km383730.8610.612.7
165ValenciaAmericaVenezuelaMetro6.2 km7710.896.27.018 mio.2,903,0002008
166ValparaisoAmericaChileMetro43.0 km202012.1543.020.0
167VancouverAmericaCanadaSky Train69.5 km494731.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,0002008rightSkytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system1986yesyes
168ViennaEuropeAustriaU-Bahn69.8 km968450.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,0002008rightyesyes
169VolgogradStalingradEuropeRussiaMetro3.3 km2211.653.32.0
170WarsawEuropePolandMetro22.6 km212111.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,0002007right
171WashingtonAmericaUSAMetrorail171.2 km908651.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,0002008rightyes
172WuhanAsiaChinaMetro10.2 km101011.0210.210.0right
173WuppertalEuropeGermanySchwebebahn13.3 km202010.6713.320.0right
174YekaterinburgEkaterinburgAsiaRussiaMetro8.5 km7711.218.57.046 mio.5,412,0002007right
175YerevanErevanAsiaArmeniaMetro12.1 km101011.2112.110.017 mio.1,405,0002007right
176YokohamaAsiaJapanSubway57.6 km484531.2819.216.0198 mio.3,438,0002008leftKanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyredKanazawa Seaside LRT1989Kanazawa Seaside LRT lineyes


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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