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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 AdanaAsia18 Mar 20098.0 km811.008.08.0
2 AmsterdamEuropeMetro16 Oct 197732.7 km3340.998.28.32,783,0002002right
3 AnkaraAsiaMetro30 Aug 199623.1 km2321.0511.611.54,892,0002007rightmetro line1997
4 AntwerpEuropePremetro25 Mar 19757.6 km1120.693.85.5
5 AthensEuropeMetro195452.0 km5231.0817.317.36,250,0002007rightyesyes
6 AtlantaAmericaMARTA30 Jun 197979.2 km3922.0839.619.5429,0001994rightyes
7 BakuAsiaMetro6 Nov 196732.9 km2221.5616.411.05,356,0002007right
8 BaltimoreAmericaMetro Subway21 Nov 198324.5 km1411.7524.514.0571,0002008rightyes
9 BangkokAsiaSkytrain, MRT5 Dec 199946.3 km4431.1615.414.74,449,0002007leftGreen line1999Green line, Blue lineyes
10 BarcelonaEuropeMetro30 Dec 1924110.5 km152100.8611.115.23,421,0002008rightunder construction on lines 5, 11, planned for lines 9, 10yesyes
11 BeijingAsiaSubway1 Oct 1969227.6 km14791.8225.316.35,274,0002008rightPGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10recentlyall lines
12 Belo HorizonteAmericaMetro1 Aug 198628.1 km1911.4828.119.0right
13 BerlinEuropeU-Bahn18 Feb 1902147.4 km195100.8514.719.53,033,0002008rightyes
14 BielefeldEuropeStadtbahn21 Sep 19715.2 km740.741.31.8right
15 BilbaoEuropeMetro11 Nov 199540.6 km3821.0720.319.02,118,0002008leftyesyes
16 BochumEuropeStadtbahn26 May 197921.5 km2920.8010.814.5right
17 BonnEuropeStadtbahn22 Mar 19759.0 km1210.759.012.0right
18 BostonAmericaThe T1 Sep 189760.5 km6631.0120.222.02,397,0002007rightyes
19 BrasiliaAmericaMetro31 Mar 200142.0 km2311.8342.023.0381,0002002right
20 BrusselsEuropeMetro20 Sep 197632.2 km6130.5510.720.34,224,0002008rightline 1B
21 BucharestEuropeMetro16 Nov 197967.7 km5041.5716.912.51,640,0001999right
22 BudapestEuropeMetro2 May 189633.0 km4230.8311.014.09,000,0002008right
23 Buenos AiresAmericaSubte1 Dec 191347.5 km7660.707.912.75,895,0002008leftyes
24 BuffaloAmericaMetro Rail18 May 19858.4 km811.048.48.0right
25 BursaAsia19 Aug 200222.5 km2310.9822.523.0
26 BusanAsiaSubway19 Jul 198595.0 km9231.0831.730.72,705,0002008right
27 CairoAfricaMetro27 Sep 198765.5 km5521.2432.827.510,687,0002002left5 stns
28 CaracasAmericaMetro27 Mar 198360.5 km5051.3212.110.08,430,0002008yes
29 CataniaEuropeMetro27 Jun 19993.8 km610.633.86.0right
30 ChangchunAsiaOct 200217.0 km1611.0617.016.0right
31 CharleroiEurope21 Jun 197617.5 km2040.884.45.0
32 ChennaiMadrasAsiaMRTS19 Oct 199727.0 km1711.5927.017.0
33 ChibaAsiaMonorail28 Mar 198815.5 km1820.867.89.0left
34 ChicagoAmerica"L"6 Jun 1892166.0 km15181.1520.818.91,193,0002008rightyes
35 ChongqingAsiaMonorail18 Jun 200519.5 km1811.0819.518.0rightThe three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDsyesyes
36 ClevelandAmericaRapid Transit15 Mar 195531.0 km1811.7231.018.0194,0002008right
37 CologneEuropeStadtbahn11 Oct 196845.0 km51150.883.03.4rightnew light rail trains onlyyes
38 CopenhagenEuropeMetro19 Oct 200221.0 km2220.9510.511.01,762,0002002rightall metro lines2002all underground stationsall metro and S-Tog trainsyes
39 DaeguTaeguAsiaSubway26 Nov 199753.9 km5620.9827.028.02,041,0002008
40 DaejeonTaejonAsiaSubway16 Mar 200622.6 km2211.0322.622.01,283,0002008
41 DalianAsiaMetro1 May 200349.0 km1214.0849.012.0right
42 DelhiAsiaMetro24 Dec 200296.2 km8331.1932.127.73,224,0002008leftyes
43 DetroitAmericaPeople MoverJul 19874.8 km1310.374.813.0rightdowntown people mover, LIM technology1987yes
44 DnepropetrovskDnipropetrovskEuropeMetro29 Dec 19957.1 km611.187.16.01,549,0002007
45 DortmundEuropeStadtbahn17 May 197629.5 km3730.809.812.3rightyes
46 DubaiAsiaMetro9 Sep 200939.7 km1113.6139.711.0rightmetro2009metro, monorailyesyes
47 DuesseldorfDüsseldorfEuropeStadtbahn4 Oct 19819.6 km1420.684.87.0rightyes
48 DuisburgEuropeStadtbahn11 Jul 199214.3 km1321.107.26.5rightyes
49 EdmontonAmericaLight Rail22 Apr 197813.1 km1111.1913.111.0right
50 EssenEuropeStadtbahn5 Oct 196720.2 km2730.756.79.0rightyes
51 FrankfurtEuropeU-Bahn4 Oct 196820.5 km3130.766.810.3rightyes
52 FukuokaAsiaSubway26 Jul 198129.8 km3530.889.911.74,161,0002007leftyes
53 GelsenkirchenEuropeStadtbahn1 Sep 19845.5 km910.615.59.0right
54 GenoaEuropeMetro13 Jun 19905.2 km710.745.27.0rightyes
55 GlasgowEuropeSubway14 Dec 189610.4 km1510.6910.415.01,442,0002008left
56 GuadalajaraAmericaMetro1 Sep 198924.0 km2920.8612.014.5right
57 GuangzhouCantonAsiaMetro28 Jun 1999148.5 km8851.8829.717.64,047,0002008rightyesyes
58 GwangjuAsiaSubway28 Apr 200420.1 km2011.0120.120.0846,0002008
59 HaifaAsiaCarmelit19591.8 km610.291.86.0
60 HamburgEuropeU-Bahn1 Mar 1912100.7 km9731.1333.632.31,827,0002007right
61 HanoverEuropeStadtbahn28 Sep 197518.6 km2131.096.27.0rightyes
62 HelsinkiEuropeMetro3 Aug 198221.0 km1711.2421.017.02,762,0002008rightyes
63 HiroshimaAsiaMonorail20 Aug 199418.4 km2110.8818.421.0978,0002005left
64 Hong KongAsiaMTR1 Oct 1979188.1 km9592.2920.910.66,959,0002008leftDisneyland Resort LineSI, WI lines, planned2005all underground stationsyesyes
65 IncheonInchonAsiaSubway6 Oct 199929.5 km2911.0229.529.02,475,0002008
66 IstanbulEuropeMetro16 Sep 200015.0 km1011.5015.010.04,533,0002008right
67 IzmirAsiaMetro22 May 200011.5 km1011.1511.510.02,609,0002005
68 JacksonvilleAmericaSkyway30 May 19896.9 km611.156.96.0rightdowntown monorail people mover1989
69 KamakuraAsiaMonorail3 Mar 19706.6 km810.826.68.0left
70 KaohsiungAsiaMRT9 Mar 200842.7 km3721.1921.418.5703,0002008MRT
71 KazanEuropeMetro27 Aug 20058.3 km611.388.36.0843,0002007right
72 KharkovKharkivEuropeMetro23 Aug 197535.3 km2831.4111.89.37,875,0002007right
73 KievKyivEuropeMetro22 Oct 196059.8 km4631.3919.915.310,736,0002007right
74 KitakyushuAsiaMonorail9 Jan 19858.8 km1310.688.813.0leftyes
75 KobeAsiaSubway13 Mar 197730.6 km2621.2815.313.03,954,0002008leftPort Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyredPort Liner and Rokko Liner1981Port Liner and Rokko Lineryes
76 KolkataCalcuttaAsiaMetro Railway24 Oct 198422.6 km2111.0822.621.04,425,0002000right
77 Kryvyi RihKrivoy RogEuropeMetrotram26 Dec 198618.0 km1211.5018.012.0
78 Kuala LumpurAsia16 Dec 199664.0 km6031.1421.320.01,703,0002008leftLRT1996KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stationsyes
79 KyotoAsiaSubway1 Apr 198131.3 km3221.0115.616.04,026,0002008leftTozai lineyes
80 Las VegasAmericaMonorail15 Jul 20046.2 km710.896.27.0rightmonorail2004
81 LausanneEuropeMetro24 May 199113.7 km2920.496.814.5line m2line m22008yes
82 LilleEuropeMetro25 Apr 198345.5 km6220.7622.831.01,626,0002004rightVALyes1983VAL, all stationsyes
83 LimaAmericaTren Urbano13 Jan 200310.0 km611.6710.06.0
84 LisbonEuropeMetro29 Dec 195941.0 km5240.8910.313.04,390,0002007leftyes
85 LondonEuropeUnderground10 Jan 1863408.0 km268111.5237.124.42,934,0002007leftDocklands Light Rail1987Jubilee Line extensionyes (DLR)
86 Los AngelesAmericaMetro Rail30 Jan 199359.3 km3031.9819.810.0759,0002008rightyes
87 LudwigshafenEuropeStadtbahn29 May 19694.0 km1100.36right
88 LyonEuropeMetro28 Apr 197830.7 km4340.797.710.85,928,0002004leftline D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDsyes1991
89 MadridEuropeMetro17 Oct 1919284.0 km281131.2321.821.62,415,0002008leftyesyes
90 ManilaAsiaMRT1 Dec 198445.7 km4231.1715.214.07,571,0002008yesyes
91 MaracaiboAmericaMetro8 Jun 20096.5 km611.086.56.0yes
92 MarseilleEuropeMetro26 Nov 197719.3 km2620.809.613.03,005,0002004rightyes
93 MedellinMedellínAmericaMetro30 Nov 199528.8 km2621.1514.413.05,382,0002008
94 Mexico CityAmericaMetro5 Sep 1969201.7 km175111.3718.315.97,238,0002008rightyes
95 MiamiAmericaMetrorail21 May 198436.0 km2211.6436.022.0528,0002008rightdowntown people mover, rubber-tyredDowntown people mover1986yes
96 MilanEuropeMetro1 Nov 196474.6 km8830.8924.929.34,397,0002007rightyesyes
97 MinskEuropeMetro26 Jun 198430.3 km2521.2615.112.58,647,0002007right
98 MonterreyAmericaMetro25 Apr 199131.5 km3221.0215.816.0rightyes
99 MontrealMontréalAmericaMetro14 Oct 196669.2 km7341.0217.318.33,165,0002006rightyes
100 MoscowEuropeMetro15 May 1935298.8 km180122.0724.915.08,611,0002008right
101 MulheimMülheimEuropeStadtbahn3 Nov 19799.0 km1320.754.56.5right
102 MumbaiBombayAsiaSuburban Railway171.0 km7352.3434.214.6
103 MunichEuropeU-Bahn19 Oct 197192.5 km10060.9815.416.73,773,0002008rightyes
104 NagoyaAsiaSubway15 Nov 195789.0 km9341.0922.323.34,798,0002008leftTobu Kyuryo maglev line2005Tobu Kyuryo maglev lineyes
105 NahaAsiaMonorail10 Aug 200312.8 km1510.8512.815.0left
106 NanjingAsiaMetro27 Aug 200521.7 km1611.3621.716.04,700,0002008right
107 NaplesEuropeMetro28 Mar 199331.8 km3031.1410.610.0912,0002006left
108 New YorkNew York CityAmericaSubway27 Oct 1904368.0 km468270.8713.617.34,413,0002008rightplanned for new Second Avenue Lineyes
109 NewarkAmericaSubway26 May 19352.2 km410.552.24.0right
110 NewcastleEuropeTyne & Wear Metro7 Aug 198076.5 km6121.5338.330.5497,0002006left
111 Nizhny NovgorodGorkyEuropeMetro20 Nov 198515.5 km1421.197.87.02,129,0002007right
112 NovosibirskAsiaMetro7 Jan 198614.3 km1321.197.26.54,895,0002007right
113 NurembergEuropeU-Bahn1 Mar 197234.6 km4630.7911.515.32,659,0001997rightlines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains2008yes
114 OportoPortoEuropeMetro7 Dec 200221.7 km1521.5510.97.5rightyesyes
115 OsakaAsiaSubway20 May 1933137.8 km13391.3315.314.86,241,0002008leftNanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyredNanko Port Town Line1981all stations on the Nanko Port Town Lineyes
116 OsloEuropeT-Bane22 May 196662.0 km7250.8612.414.41,032,0002005rightyes
117 Palma de MallorcaEuropeMetro25 Apr 20078.3 km910.928.39.0
118 ParisEuropeMetro19 Jul 1900213.0 km380160.7113.323.86,915,0002008right (metro), left (RER)line 14/Météor, rubber-tyredlines 1, 4, 6, 11, 141998all stations on line 14, under construction on line 13lines 1, 14
119 PerugiaEuropeMinimetro29 Jan 20083.0 km710.433.07.0
120 PhiladelphiaAmericaSubway4 Mar 190762.0 km6631.0020.722.01,081,0002008rightyes
121 PittsburghAmericaThe T3 Jul 19851.5 km310.481.53.0right
122 Porto AlegreAmericaMetro2 Mar 198533.8 km1711.9933.817.0right
123 PoznanEurope1 Mar 19976.1 km611.026.16.0
124 PragueEuropeMetro9 May 197459.1 km5731.0919.719.010,102,0002008rightyes
125 PyongyangAsiaMetro6 Sep 197322.5 km1621.5011.38.01,556,0002006
126 RecifeAmericaMetro11 Mar 198539.7 km3021.4219.915.0right
127 RennesEuropeMetro16 Mar 20029.0 km1510.609.015.02,556,0002004rightVALyes2002VALyes
128 Rio de JaneiroAmericaMetro5 Mar 197942.0 km3421.2421.017.03,214,0002006rightyes
129 RomeEuropeMetro10 Feb 195539.0 km4920.8119.524.58,487,0002008leftyesyes
130 RotterdamEuropeMetro10 Feb 196847.0 km3821.2723.519.01,809,0002006right
131 RouenEuropeMetro17 Dec 19942.2 km510.442.25.0
132 Saint LouisAmericaMetrolink31 Jul 199373.4 km3721.9836.718.5right
133 Saint PetersburgLeningradEuropeMetro15 Nov 1955110.2 km6352.0022.012.67,550,0002007rightwindowless steel doors in ten stations
134 SamaraEuropeMetro26 Dec 198710.2 km911.1310.29.01,176,0002007right
135 San FranciscoAmericaBART11 Sep 1972166.9 km4353.8833.48.6599,0002007rightyes
136 San JuanAmericaTren Urbano6 Jun 200517.2 km1611.0817.216.0523,0002008
137 SantiagoSantiago de ChileAmericaMetro15 Sep 197583.0 km9350.9716.618.67,735,0002008rightyes
138 Santo DomingoAmericaMetro30 Jan 200914.5 km1610.9114.516.0
139 Sao PauloAmericaMetro14 Sep 197461.3 km5841.1115.314.511,158,0002008rightlines 4, 5, and regional rail
140 SapporoAsiaSubway16 Dec 197148.0 km4931.0416.016.34,354,0002008leftyes
141 SeattleAmericaLight Rail18 Jul 200922.2 km1211.8522.212.0rightyes
142 SendaiAsiaSubway15 Jul 198714.8 km1710.8714.817.03,919,0002008leftyes
143 SeoulAsiaSubway15 Aug 1974286.9 km348100.9628.734.87,138,0002008rightlines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010yesyes
144 SevilleSevillaEuropeMetro2 Apr 200918.0 km2110.8618.021.0Line 1
145 ShanghaiAsiaMetro10 Apr 1995334.0 km230101.7233.423.03,359,0002008rightnewer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stationsyes
146 ShenyangMukdenAsiaMetro23 Sep 200922.2 km1811.2322.218.0right
147 ShenzhenAsiaMetro28 Dec 200425.3 km2321.1512.611.52,885,0002005rightyesyes
148 SingaporeAsiaMRT7 Nov 1987118.9 km7641.7229.719.04,802,0002007leftNorth-East MTR line and 3 rubber-tyred LRT linesLRT lines2003yesyes
149 SofiaEuropeMetro28 Jan 199818.0 km1411.2918.014.02,833,0002008right
150 StockholmEuropeTunnelbana1 Oct 1950105.7 km10431.0635.234.72,867,0002007left
151 StuttgartEuropeStadtbahn10 Jun 196624.0 km1921.4112.09.5rightyes
152 SydneyOceaniaCityrail192622.1 km1431.587.44.7leftyes
153 TaipeiAsiaMRT28 Mar 199690.6 km8581.1311.310.64,967,0002008rightMuzha line, VALyes1996Muzha line VAL MRTyesyes
154 TamaAsiaMonorail27 Nov 199816.0 km1910.8416.019.0leftyes
155 TashkentAsiaMetro6 Nov 197736.2 km2931.3912.19.71,961,0002007right
156 TbilisiAsiaMetro11 Jan 196626.3 km2221.2513.111.03,498,0002007right
157 TehranAsiaMetro21 Feb 200050.5 km4731.1516.815.76,990,0002007yes
158 The HagueEuropeRandstadRail16 Oct 200427.9 km3030.939.310.0right
159 TianjinAsiaMetro28 Mar 200472.0 km3721.9536.018.5208,0001993rightplatform gate doorsyes
160 TokyoAsiaMetro30 Dec 1927304.5 km290131.4923.422.310,424,0002008leftYurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyredYurikamome line1995Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome linesyesyes
161 TorontoAmericaSubway30 Apr 195471.3 km7441.0317.818.53,899,0002006rightyes
162 ToulouseEuropeMetro26 Jun 199327.5 km3820.7413.819.01,527,0002004rightVALyes1993VALyes
163 TurinEuropeMetro4 Feb 20069.6 km1410.699.614.0rightVALyes2006VALyesyes
164 ValenciaAmericaMetro18 Oct 20066.2 km710.896.27.02,903,0002008
165 ValenciaEuropeMetro3 Oct 198831.8 km3830.8610.612.7
166 ValparaisoAmericaMetro23 Nov 200543.0 km2012.1543.020.0right
167 VancouverAmericaSky Train3 Jan 198669.5 km4931.4823.216.31,065,0002008rightSkytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system1986yesyes
168 ViennaEuropeU-Bahn25 Feb 197869.8 km9650.8314.019.27,135,0002008rightyesyes
169 VolgogradStalingradEuropeMetro5 Nov 19843.3 km211.653.32.0
170 WarsawEuropeMetro7 Apr 199522.6 km2111.0822.621.05,044,0002007right
171 WashingtonAmericaMetrorail27 Mar 1976171.2 km9051.9934.218.01,256,0002008rightyes
172 WuhanAsiaMetro28 Sep 200410.2 km1011.0210.210.0right
173 WuppertalEuropeSchwebebahn1 Mar 190113.3 km2010.6713.320.0right
174 YekaterinburgEkaterinburgAsiaMetro26 Apr 19918.5 km711.218.57.05,412,0002007right
175 YerevanErevanAsiaMetro7 Mar 198112.1 km1011.2112.110.01,405,0002007right
176 YokohamaAsiaSubway16 Dec 197257.6 km4831.2819.216.03,438,0002008leftKanazawa 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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