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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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1AdanaAsia18 Mar 20098.0 km8811.008.08.0
2AlgiersAfricaMetro20099.0 km101010.909.010.0yesyes
3AmsterdamEuropeMetro16 Oct 197732.7 km333340.998.28.32,783,0002002right
4AnkaraAsiaMetro30 Aug 199623.1 km232221.0511.611.54,892,0002007rightmetro line1997
5AntwerpEurope25 Mar 19757.6 km111120.693.85.5
6AthensEuropeMetro195452.0 km524831.0817.317.36,250,0002007rightyesyes
7AtlantaAmericaMARTA30 Jun 197979.2 km393822.0839.619.5429,0001994rightyes
8BakuAsiaMetro6 Nov 196731.7 km212021.5915.910.55,552,0002007right
9BaltimoreAmericaMetro Subway21 Nov 198324.5 km141411.7524.514.0571,0002008rightyes
10BangkokAsiaSkytrain, MRT5 Dec 199946.3 km444031.1615.414.74,449,0002007leftGreen line1999Green line, Blue lineyes
11BarcelonaEuropeMetro30 Dec 1924110.5 km152128100.8611.115.23,421,0002008rightunder construction on lines 5, 11, planned for lines 9, 10yesyes
12BeijingAsiaSubway1 Oct 1969227.6 km14712591.8225.316.35,274,0002008rightPGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10recentlyall lines
13Belo HorizonteAmericaMetro1 Aug 198628.1 km191911.4828.119.0
14BerlinEuropeU-Bahn18 Feb 1902147.4 km195173100.8514.719.53,033,0002008rightyes
15BielefeldEuropeStadtbahn21 Sep 19715.2 km7740.741.31.8right
16BilbaoEuropeMetro11 Nov 199540.6 km383821.0720.319.02,118,0002008leftyesyes
17BochumEuropeStadtbahn26 May 197921.5 km292720.8010.814.5right
18BonnEuropeStadtbahn22 Mar 19759.0 km121210.759.012.0right
19BostonAmericaThe T1 Sep 189760.5 km666031.0120.222.02,397,0002007rightyes
20BrasiliaAmericaMetro31 Mar 200142.0 km232311.8342.023.0381,0002002
21BrusselsEuropeMetro20 Sep 197632.2 km615930.5510.720.34,224,0002008rightline 1B
22BucharestEuropeMetro16 Nov 197967.7 km504341.5716.912.51,640,0001999right
23BudapestEuropeMetro2 May 189633.0 km424030.8311.014.09,000,0002008right
24Buenos AiresAmericaSubte1 Dec 191347.5 km766860.707.912.75,895,0002008leftyes
25BuffaloAmericaMetro Rail18 May 19858.4 km8811.048.48.0
26BursaAsia19 Aug 200222.5 km232310.9822.523.0
27BusanAsiaSubway19 Jul 198595.0 km928831.0831.730.72,705,0002008right
28CairoAfricaMetro27 Sep 198765.5 km555321.2432.827.510,687,0002002left5 stns
29CaracasAmericaMetro27 Mar 198360.5 km474351.4112.19.48,430,0002008yes
30CataniaEuropeMetro27 Jun 19993.8 km6610.633.86.0right
31ChangchunAsiaOct 200217.0 km161611.0617.016.0
32CharleroiEurope21 Jun 197617.5 km202040.884.45.0
33ChennaiMadrasAsiaMRTS19 Oct 199727.0 km171711.5927.017.0
34ChibaAsiaMonorail28 Mar 198815.5 km181820.867.89.0
35ChicagoAmerica"L"6 Jun 1892166.0 km15114481.1520.818.91,193,0002008rightyes
36ChongqingAsiaMonorail18 Jun 200519.5 km181811.0819.518.0rightThe three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDsyesyes
37ClevelandAmericaRapid Transit15 Mar 195531.0 km181811.7231.018.0194,0002008
38CologneEuropeStadtbahn11 Oct 196845.0 km5151150.883.03.4rightnew light rail trains onlyyes
39CopenhagenEuropeMetro19 Oct 200221.0 km222220.9510.511.01,762,0002002rightall metro lines2002all underground stationsall metro and S-Tog trainsyes
40DaeguTaeguAsiaSubway26 Nov 199753.9 km565520.9827.028.02,041,0002008
41DaejeonTaejonAsiaSubway16 Mar 200622.6 km222211.0322.622.01,283,0002008
42DalianAsiaMetro1 May 200349.0 km121214.0849.012.0
43DelhiAsiaMetro24 Dec 200289.9 km787631.1829.926.03,450,0002008leftyes
44DetroitAmericaPeople MoverJul 19874.8 km131310.374.813.0downtown people mover, LIM technology1987yes
45DnepropetrovskDnipropetrovskEuropeMetro29 Dec 19957.1 km6611.187.16.01,549,0002007
46DortmundEuropeStadtbahn17 May 197629.5 km373730.809.812.3rightyes
47DubaiAsiaMetro9 Sep 200939.7 km101013.9739.710.0rightmetro2009metro, monorailyesyes
48DuesseldorfDüsseldorfEuropeStadtbahn4 Oct 19819.6 km141420.684.87.0rightyes
49DuisburgEuropeStadtbahn11 Jul 199214.3 km131321.107.26.5rightyes
50EdmontonAmericaLight Rail22 Apr 197813.1 km111111.1913.111.0
51EssenEuropeStadtbahn5 Oct 196720.2 km272730.756.79.0rightyes
52FrankfurtEuropeU-Bahn4 Oct 196820.5 km312730.766.810.3rightyes
53FukuokaAsiaSubway26 Jul 198129.8 km353430.889.911.74,161,0002007leftyes
54GelsenkirchenEuropeStadtbahn1 Sep 19845.5 km9910.615.59.0right
55GenoaEuropeMetro13 Jun 19905.2 km7710.745.27.0rightyes
56GlasgowEuropeSubway14 Dec 189610.4 km151510.6910.415.01,442,0002008left
57GuadalajaraAmericaMetro1 Sep 198924.0 km292820.8612.014.5
58GuangzhouCantonAsiaMetro28 Jun 1999176.1 km887952.2335.217.63,414,0002008rightyesyes
59GwangjuAsiaSubway28 Apr 200420.1 km202011.0120.120.0846,0002008
60HaifaAsiaCarmelit19591.8 km6610.291.86.0
61HamburgEuropeU-Bahn1 Mar 1912100.7 km978931.1333.632.31,827,0002007right
62HanoverEuropeStadtbahn28 Sep 197518.6 km211731.096.27.0rightyes
63HelsinkiEuropeMetro3 Aug 198221.0 km171711.2421.017.02,762,0002008rightyes
64HiroshimaAsiaMonorail20 Aug 199418.4 km212110.8818.421.0978,0002005left
65Hong KongAsiaMTR1 Oct 1979188.1 km958292.2920.910.66,959,0002008leftDisneyland Resort LineSI, WI lines, planned2005all underground stationsyesyes
66IncheonInchonAsiaSubway6 Oct 199929.5 km292911.0229.529.02,475,0002008
67IstanbulEuropeMetro16 Sep 200015.0 km101011.5015.010.04,533,0002008right
68IzmirAsiaMetro22 May 200011.5 km101011.1511.510.02,609,0002005
69JacksonvilleAmericaSkyway30 May 19896.9 km6611.156.96.0downtown monorail people mover1989
70KamakuraAsiaMonorail3 Mar 19706.6 km8810.826.68.0
71KaohsiungAsiaMRT9 Mar 200842.7 km373621.1921.418.5703,0002008MRT
72KazanEuropeMetro27 Aug 20058.3 km6611.388.36.0843,0002007
73KharkovKharkivEuropeMetro23 Aug 197535.3 km282531.4111.89.37,875,0002007right
74KievKyivEuropeMetro22 Oct 196059.8 km464331.3919.915.310,736,0002007right
75KitakyushuAsiaMonorail9 Jan 19858.8 km131310.688.813.0leftyes
76KobeAsiaSubway13 Mar 197730.6 km262421.2815.313.03,954,0002008leftPort Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyredPort Liner and Rokko Liner1981Port Liner and Rokko Lineryes
77KolkataCalcuttaAsiaMetro Railway24 Oct 198422.6 km212111.0822.621.04,425,0002000right
78Kryvyi RihKrivoy RogEuropeMetrotram26 Dec 198618.0 km121211.5018.012.0
79Kuala LumpurAsia16 Dec 199664.0 km605631.1421.320.01,703,0002008leftLRT1996KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stationsyes
80KyotoAsiaSubway1 Apr 198131.3 km323121.0115.616.04,026,0002008leftTozai lineyes
81Las VegasAmericaMonorail15 Jul 20046.2 km7710.896.27.0monorail2004
82LausanneEuropeMetro24 May 199113.7 km292820.496.814.5line m2line m22008yes
83LilleEuropeMetro25 Apr 198345.5 km626020.7622.831.01,626,0002004rightVALyes1983VAL, all stationsyes
84LimaAmericaTren Urbano13 Jan 200310.0 km6611.6710.06.0
85LisbonEuropeMetro29 Dec 195941.0 km524640.8910.313.04,390,0002007leftyes
86LondonEuropeUnderground10 Jan 1863408.0 km268268111.5237.124.42,934,0002007leftDocklands Light Rail1987Jubilee Line extensionyes (DLR)
87Los AngelesAmericaMetro Rail30 Jan 199359.3 km303031.9819.810.0759,0002008rightyes
88LudwigshafenEuropeStadtbahn29 May 19694.0 km111100.36right
89LyonEuropeMetro28 Apr 197830.7 km433940.797.710.85,928,0002004leftline D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDsyes1991
90MadridEuropeMetro17 Oct 1919284.0 km281231131.2321.821.62,415,0002008leftyesyes
91ManilaAsiaMRT1 Dec 198445.7 km423931.1715.214.07,571,0002008yesyes
92MaracaiboAmericaMetro8 Jun 20096.5 km6611.086.56.0yes
93MarseilleEuropeMetro26 Nov 197719.3 km262420.809.613.03,005,0002004rightyes
94MedellinMedellínAmericaMetro30 Nov 199528.8 km262521.1514.413.05,382,0002008
95Mexico CityAmericaMetro5 Sep 1969201.7 km175147111.3718.315.97,238,0002008rightyes
96MiamiAmericaMetrorail21 May 198436.0 km222211.6436.022.0528,0002008rightdowntown people mover, rubber-tyredDowntown people mover1986yes
97MilanEuropeMetro1 Nov 196474.6 km888430.8924.929.34,397,0002007rightyesyes
98MinskEuropeMetro26 Jun 198430.3 km252421.2615.112.58,647,0002007right
99MonterreyAmericaMetro25 Apr 199131.5 km323121.0215.816.0yes
100MontrealMontréalAmericaMetro14 Oct 196669.2 km736841.0217.318.33,165,0002006rightyes
101MoscowEuropeMetro15 May 1935298.8 km180144122.0724.915.08,611,0002008right
102MulheimMülheimEuropeStadtbahn3 Nov 19799.0 km131220.754.56.5right
103MumbaiBombayAsiaSuburban Railway171.0 km737352.3434.214.6
104MunichEuropeU-Bahn19 Oct 197192.5 km1009460.9815.416.73,773,0002008rightyes
105NagoyaAsiaSubway15 Nov 195789.0 km938241.0922.323.34,798,0002008leftTobu Kyuryo maglev line2005Tobu Kyuryo maglev lineyes
106NahaAsiaMonorail10 Aug 200312.8 km151510.8512.815.0
107NanjingAsiaMetro27 Aug 200521.7 km161611.3621.716.04,700,0002008
108NaplesEuropeMetro28 Mar 199331.8 km302831.1410.610.0912,0002006left
109New YorkNew York CityAmericaSubway27 Oct 1904368.0 km468422270.8713.617.34,413,0002008rightplanned for new Second Avenue Lineyes
110NewarkAmericaSubway26 May 19352.2 km4410.552.24.0right
111NewcastleEuropeTyne & Wear Metro7 Aug 198076.5 km615021.5338.330.5497,0002006left
112Nizhny NovgorodGorkyEuropeMetro20 Nov 198515.5 km141321.197.87.02,129,0002007right
113NovosibirskAsiaMetro7 Jan 198614.3 km131221.197.26.54,895,0002007right
114NurembergEuropeU-Bahn1 Mar 197234.6 km464430.7911.515.32,659,0001997rightline U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated line U22008yes
115OportoPortoEuropeMetro7 Dec 200221.7 km151421.5510.97.5rightyesyes
116OsakaAsiaSubway20 May 1933137.8 km13310491.3315.314.86,241,0002008leftNanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyredNanko Port Town Line1981all stations on the Nanko Port Town Lineyes
117OsloEuropeT-Bane22 May 196662.0 km727250.8612.414.41,032,0002005rightyes
118Palma de MallorcaEuropeMetro25 Apr 20078.3 km9910.928.39.0
119ParisEuropeMetro19 Jul 1900213.0 km380300160.7113.323.86,915,0002008right (metro), left (RER)line 14/Météor, rubber-tyredlines 1, 4, 6, 11, 141998all stations on line 14, under construction on line 13lines 1, 14
120PerugiaEuropeMinimetro29 Jan 20083.0 km7710.433.07.0
121PhiladelphiaAmericaSubway4 Mar 190762.0 km666231.0020.722.01,081,0002008rightyes
122PittsburghAmericaThe T3 Jul 19851.5 km3310.481.53.0
123Porto AlegreAmericaMetro2 Mar 198533.8 km171711.9933.817.0
124PoznanEurope1 Mar 19976.1 km6611.026.16.0
125PragueEuropeMetro9 May 197459.1 km575431.0919.719.010,102,0002008rightyes
126PyongyangAsiaMetro6 Sep 197322.5 km161521.5011.38.01,556,0002006
127RecifeAmericaMetro11 Mar 198539.7 km302821.4219.915.0
128RennesEuropeMetro16 Mar 20029.0 km151510.609.015.02,556,0002004rightVALyes2002VALyes
129Rio de JaneiroAmericaMetro5 Mar 197942.0 km343421.2421.017.03,214,0002006rightyes
130RomeEuropeMetro10 Feb 195539.0 km494820.8119.524.58,487,0002008leftyesyes
131RotterdamEuropeMetro10 Feb 196847.0 km383721.2723.519.01,809,0002006right
132RouenEuropeMetro17 Dec 19942.2 km5510.442.25.0
133Saint LouisAmericaMetrolink31 Jul 199373.4 km373721.9836.718.5
134Saint PetersburgLeningradEuropeMetro15 Nov 1955110.2 km635552.0022.012.67,550,0002007rightwindowless steel doors in ten stations
135SamaraEuropeMetro26 Dec 198710.2 km9911.1310.29.01,176,0002007right
136San FranciscoAmericaBART11 Sep 1972166.9 km434353.8833.48.6599,0002007rightyes
137San JuanAmericaTren Urbano6 Jun 200517.2 km161611.0817.216.0523,0002008
138SantiagoSantiago de ChileAmericaMetro15 Sep 197583.0 km938650.9716.618.67,735,0002008rightyes
139Santo DomingoAmericaMetro30 Jan 200914.5 km161610.9114.516.0
140Sao PauloAmericaMetro14 Sep 197461.3 km585541.1115.314.511,158,0002008rightlines 4, 5, and regional rail
141SapporoAsiaSubway16 Dec 197148.0 km494631.0416.016.34,354,0002008leftyes
142SeattleAmericaLight Rail18 Jul 200922.2 km121211.8522.212.0yes
143SendaiAsiaSubway15 Jul 198714.8 km171710.8714.817.03,919,0002008leftyes
144SeoulAsiaSubway15 Aug 1974286.9 km348298100.9628.734.87,138,0002008rightlines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010yesyes
145SevilleSevillaEuropeMetro2 Apr 200918.0 km212110.8618.021.0Line 1
146ShanghaiAsiaMetro10 Apr 1995334.0 km230194101.7233.423.03,359,0002008rightnewer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stationsyes
147ShenzhenAsiaMetro28 Dec 200425.3 km232221.1512.611.52,885,0002005rightyesyes
148SingaporeAsiaMRT7 Nov 1987118.9 km766941.7229.719.04,802,0002007leftNorth-East MTR line and 3 rubber-tyred LRT linesLRT lines2003yesyes
149SofiaEuropeMetro28 Jan 199818.0 km141411.2918.014.02,833,0002008right
150StockholmEuropeTunnelbana1 Oct 1950105.7 km10410031.0635.234.72,867,0002007left
151StuttgartEuropeStadtbahn10 Jun 196624.0 km191721.4112.09.5rightyes
152SydneyOceaniaCityrail192622.1 km141431.587.44.7yes
153TaipeiAsiaMRT28 Mar 199690.6 km858081.1311.310.64,967,0002008rightMuzha line, VALyes1996Muzha line VAL MRTyesyes
154TamaAsiaMonorail27 Nov 199816.0 km191910.8416.019.0leftyes
155TashkentAsiaMetro6 Nov 197736.2 km292631.3912.19.71,961,0002007right
156TbilisiAsiaMetro11 Jan 196626.3 km222121.2513.111.03,498,0002007right
157TehranAsiaMetro21 Feb 200050.5 km474431.1516.815.76,990,0002007yes
158The HagueEuropeRandstadRail16 Oct 200427.9 km303030.939.310.0
159TianjinAsiaMetro28 Mar 200472.0 km373721.9536.018.5208,0001993platform gate doorsyes
160TokyoAsiaMetro30 Dec 1927304.5 km290205131.4923.422.310,424,0002008leftYurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyredYurikamome line1995Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome linesyesyes
161TorontoAmericaSubway30 Apr 195471.3 km746941.0317.818.53,899,0002006rightyes
162ToulouseEuropeMetro26 Jun 199327.5 km383720.7413.819.01,527,0002004rightVALyes1993VALyes
163TurinEuropeMetro4 Feb 20069.6 km141410.699.614.0rightVALyes2006VALyesyes
164ValenciaEuropeMetro3 Oct 198831.8 km383730.8610.612.7
165ValenciaAmericaMetro18 Oct 20066.2 km7710.896.27.02,903,0002008
166ValparaisoAmericaMetro23 Nov 200543.0 km202012.1543.020.0
167VancouverAmericaSky Train3 Jan 198669.5 km494731.4823.216.31,065,0002008rightSkytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system1986yesyes
168ViennaEuropeU-Bahn25 Feb 197869.8 km968450.8314.019.27,135,0002008rightyesyes
169VolgogradStalingradEuropeMetro5 Nov 19843.3 km2211.653.32.0
170WarsawEuropeMetro7 Apr 199522.6 km212111.0822.621.05,044,0002007right
171WashingtonAmericaMetrorail27 Mar 1976171.2 km908651.9934.218.01,256,0002008rightyes
172WuhanAsiaMetro28 Sep 200410.2 km101011.0210.210.0right
173WuppertalEuropeSchwebebahn1 Mar 190113.3 km202010.6713.320.0right
174YekaterinburgEkaterinburgAsiaMetro26 Apr 19918.5 km7711.218.57.05,412,0002007right
175YerevanErevanAsiaMetro7 Mar 198112.1 km101011.2112.110.01,405,0002007right
176YokohamaAsiaSubway16 Dec 197257.6 km484531.2819.216.03,438,0002008leftKanazawa 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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