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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 20098811.008.08.0
2 AmsterdamEuropeMetro16 Oct 1977333340.998.28.391 mio.2,783,0002002right
3 AnkaraAsiaMetro30 Aug 1996232221.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,0002007rightmetro line1997
4 AntwerpEuropePremetro25 Mar 1975111120.693.85.5
5 AthensEuropeMetro1954524831.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,0002007rightyesyes
6 AtlantaAmericaMARTA30 Jun 1979393822.0839.619.534 mio.429,0001994rightyes
7 BakuAsiaMetro6 Nov 1967222121.5616.411.0176 mio.5,356,0002007right
8 BaltimoreAmericaMetro Subway21 Nov 1983141411.7524.514.014 mio.571,0002008rightyes
9 BangkokAsiaSkytrain, MRT5 Dec 1999444031.1615.414.7206 mio.4,449,0002007leftGreen line1999Green line, Blue lineyes
10 BarcelonaEuropeMetro30 Dec 1924152128100.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,0002008rightunder construction on lines 5, 11, planned for lines 9, 10yesyes
11 BeijingAsiaSubway1 Oct 196914712591.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,0002008rightPGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10recentlyall lines
12 Belo HorizonteAmericaMetro1 Aug 1986191911.4828.119.0right
13 BerlinEuropeU-Bahn18 Feb 1902195173100.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,0002008rightyes
14 BielefeldEuropeStadtbahn21 Sep 19717740.741.31.8right
15 BilbaoEuropeMetro11 Nov 1995383821.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,0002008leftyesyes
16 BochumEuropeStadtbahn26 May 1979292720.8010.814.5right
17 BonnEuropeStadtbahn22 Mar 1975121210.759.012.0right
18 BostonAmericaThe T1 Sep 1897666031.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,0002007rightyes
19 BrasiliaAmericaMetro31 Mar 2001232311.8342.023.016 mio.381,0002002right
20 BrusselsEuropeMetro20 Sep 1976615930.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,0002008rightline 1B
21 BucharestEuropeMetro16 Nov 1979504341.5716.912.5111 mio.1,640,0001999right
22 BudapestEuropeMetro2 May 1896424030.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,0002008right
23 Buenos AiresAmericaSubte1 Dec 1913766860.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,0002008leftyes
24 BuffaloAmericaMetro Rail18 May 19858811.048.48.0right
25 BursaAsia19 Aug 2002232310.9822.523.0
26 BusanAsiaSubway19 Jul 1985928831.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,0002008right
27 CairoAfricaMetro27 Sep 1987555321.2432.827.5700 mio.10,687,0002002left5 stns
28 CaracasAmericaMetro27 Mar 1983504651.3212.110.0510 mio.8,430,0002008yes
29 CataniaEuropeMetro27 Jun 19996610.633.86.0right
30 ChangchunAsiaOct 2002161611.0617.016.0right
31 CharleroiEurope21 Jun 1976202040.884.45.0
32 ChennaiMadrasAsiaMRTS19 Oct 1997171711.5927.017.0
33 ChibaAsiaMonorail28 Mar 1988181820.867.89.0left
34 ChicagoAmerica"L"6 Jun 189215114481.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,0002008rightyes
35 ChongqingAsiaMonorail18 Jun 2005181811.0819.518.0rightThe three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDsyesyes
36 ClevelandAmericaRapid Transit15 Mar 1955181811.7231.018.06 mio.194,0002008right
37 CologneEuropeStadtbahn11 Oct 19685151150.883.03.4rightnew light rail trains onlyyes
38 CopenhagenEuropeMetro19 Oct 2002222220.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,0002002rightall metro lines2002all underground stationsall metro and S-Tog trainsyes
39 DaeguTaeguAsiaSubway26 Nov 1997565520.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,0002008
40 DaejeonTaejonAsiaSubway16 Mar 2006222211.0322.622.029 mio.1,283,0002008
41 DalianAsiaMetro1 May 2003121214.0849.012.0right
42 DelhiAsiaMetro24 Dec 2002838131.1932.127.7310 mio.3,224,0002008leftyes
43 DetroitAmericaPeople MoverJul 1987131310.374.813.0rightdowntown people mover, LIM technology1987yes
44 DnepropetrovskDnipropetrovskEuropeMetro29 Dec 19956611.187.16.011 mio.1,549,0002007
45 DortmundEuropeStadtbahn17 May 1976373730.809.812.3rightyes
46 DubaiAsiaMetro9 Sep 2009111113.6139.711.0rightmetro2009metro, monorailyesyes
47 DuesseldorfDüsseldorfEuropeStadtbahn4 Oct 1981141420.684.87.0rightyes
48 DuisburgEuropeStadtbahn11 Jul 1992131321.107.26.5rightyes
49 EdmontonAmericaLight Rail22 Apr 1978111111.1913.111.0right
50 EssenEuropeStadtbahn5 Oct 1967272730.756.79.0rightyes
51 FrankfurtEuropeU-Bahn4 Oct 1968312730.766.810.3rightyes
52 FukuokaAsiaSubway26 Jul 1981353430.889.911.7124 mio.4,161,0002007leftyes
53 GelsenkirchenEuropeStadtbahn1 Sep 19849910.615.59.0right
54 GenoaEuropeMetro13 Jun 19907710.745.27.0rightyes
55 GlasgowEuropeSubway14 Dec 1896151510.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,0002008left
56 GuadalajaraAmericaMetro1 Sep 1989292820.8612.014.5right
57 GuangzhouCantonAsiaMetro28 Jun 1999887951.8829.717.6601 mio.4,047,0002008rightyesyes
58 GwangjuAsiaSubway28 Apr 2004202011.0120.120.017 mio.846,0002008
59 HaifaAsiaCarmelit19596610.291.86.0
60 HamburgEuropeU-Bahn1 Mar 1912978931.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,0002007right
61 HanoverEuropeStadtbahn28 Sep 1975211731.096.27.0rightyes
62 HelsinkiEuropeMetro3 Aug 1982171711.2421.017.058 mio.2,762,0002008rightyes
63 HiroshimaAsiaMonorail20 Aug 1994212110.8818.421.018 mio.978,0002005left
64 Hong KongAsiaMTR1 Oct 1979958292.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,0002008leftDisneyland Resort Line2005all underground stationsyesyes
65 IncheonInchonAsiaSubway6 Oct 1999292911.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,0002008
66 IstanbulEuropeMetro16 Sep 2000101011.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,0002008right
67 IzmirAsiaMetro22 May 2000101011.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,0002005
68 JacksonvilleAmericaSkyway30 May 19896611.156.96.0rightdowntown monorail people mover1989
69 KamakuraAsiaMonorail3 Mar 19708810.826.68.0left
70 KaohsiungAsiaMRT9 Mar 2008373621.1921.418.530 mio.703,0002008MRT
71 KazanEuropeMetro27 Aug 20056611.388.36.07 mio.843,0002007right
72 KharkovKharkivEuropeMetro23 Aug 1975282531.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,0002007right
73 KievKyivEuropeMetro22 Oct 1960464331.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,0002007right
74 KitakyushuAsiaMonorail9 Jan 1985131310.688.813.0leftyes
75 KobeAsiaSubway13 Mar 1977262421.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,0002008leftPort Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyred1981Port Liner and Rokko Lineryes
76 KolkataCalcuttaAsiaMetro Railway24 Oct 1984212111.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,0002000right
77 Kryvyi RihKrivoy RogEuropeMetrotram26 Dec 1986121211.5018.012.0
78 Kuala LumpurAsia16 Dec 1996605631.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,0002008leftLRT1996KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stationsyes
79 KyotoAsiaSubway1 Apr 1981323121.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,0002008leftTozai lineyes
80 Las VegasAmericaMonorail15 Jul 20047710.896.27.0rightmonorail2004
81 LausanneEuropeMetro24 May 1991292820.496.814.5line m22008yes
82 LilleEuropeMetro25 Apr 1983626020.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,0002004rightVAL1983VAL, all stationsyes
83 LimaAmericaTren Urbano13 Jan 20036611.6710.06.0
84 LisbonEuropeMetro29 Dec 1959524640.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,0002007leftyes
85 LondonEuropeUnderground10 Jan 1863268268111.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,0002007leftDocklands Light Rail1987Jubilee Line extensionyes (DLR)
86 Los AngelesAmericaMetro Rail30 Jan 1993303031.9819.810.045 mio.759,0002008rightyes
87 LudwigshafenEuropeStadtbahn29 May 1969111100.36right
88 LyonEuropeMetro28 Apr 1978433940.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,0002004leftline D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDs1991
89 MadridEuropeMetro17 Oct 1919281231131.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,0002008leftyesyes
90 ManilaAsiaMRT1 Dec 1984423931.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,0002008yesyes
91 MaracaiboAmericaMetro8 Jun 20096611.086.56.0yes
92 MarseilleEuropeMetro26 Nov 1977262420.809.613.058 mio.3,005,0002004right
93 MedellinMedellínAmericaMetro30 Nov 1995262521.1514.413.0155 mio.5,382,0002008
94 Mexico CityAmericaMetro5 Sep 1969175147111.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,0002008right
95 MiamiAmericaMetrorail21 May 1984222211.6436.022.019 mio.528,0002008rightdowntown people mover, rubber-tyred1986yes
96 MilanEuropeMetro1 Nov 1964888430.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,0002007rightyesyes
97 MinskEuropeMetro26 Jun 1984252421.2615.112.5262 mio.8,647,0002007right
98 MonterreyAmericaMetro25 Apr 1991323121.0215.816.0right
99 MontrealMontréalAmericaMetro14 Oct 1966736841.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,0002006right
100 MoscowEuropeMetro15 May 1935180144122.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,0002008right
101 MulheimMülheimEuropeStadtbahn3 Nov 1979131220.754.56.5right
102 MumbaiBombayAsiaSuburban Railway737352.3434.214.6
103 MunichEuropeU-Bahn19 Oct 19711009460.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,0002008rightyes
104 NagoyaAsiaSubway15 Nov 1957938241.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,0002008leftTobu Kyuryo maglev line2005Tobu Kyuryo maglev lineyes
105 NahaAsiaMonorail10 Aug 2003151510.8512.815.0left
106 NanjingAsiaMetro27 Aug 2005161611.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,0002008right
107 NaplesEuropeMetro28 Mar 1993302831.1410.610.029 mio.912,0002006left
108 New YorkNew York CityAmericaSubway27 Oct 1904468422270.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,0002008rightplanned for new Second Avenue Lineyes
109 NewarkAmericaSubway26 May 19354410.552.24.0right
110 NewcastleEuropeTyne & Wear Metro7 Aug 1980615021.5338.330.538 mio.497,0002006left
111 Nizhny NovgorodGorkyEuropeMetro20 Nov 1985141321.197.87.033 mio.2,129,0002007right
112 NovosibirskAsiaMetro7 Jan 1986131221.197.26.570 mio.4,895,0002007right
113 NurembergEuropeU-Bahn1 Mar 1972464430.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,0001997rightlines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains2008yes
114 OportoPortoEuropeMetro7 Dec 2002151421.5510.97.5rightyesyes
115 OsakaAsiaSubway20 May 193313310491.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,0002008leftNanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyred1981all stations on the Nanko Port Town Lineyes
116 OsloEuropeT-Bane22 May 1966727250.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,0002005rightyes
117 Palma de MallorcaEuropeMetro25 Apr 20079910.928.39.0
118 ParisEuropeMetro19 Jul 1900380300160.7113.323.81473 mio.6,915,0002008right (metro), left (RER)line 14/Météor, rubber-tyred1998all stations on line 14, under construction on line 13lines 1, 14
119 PerugiaEuropeMinimetro29 Jan 20087710.433.07.0
120 PhiladelphiaAmericaSubway4 Mar 1907666231.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,0002008rightyes
121 PittsburghAmericaThe T3 Jul 19853310.481.53.0right
122 Porto AlegreAmericaMetro2 Mar 1985171711.9933.817.0right
123 PoznanEurope1 Mar 19976611.026.16.0
124 PragueEuropeMetro9 May 1974575431.0919.719.0597 mio.10,102,0002008rightyes
125 PyongyangAsiaMetro6 Sep 1973161521.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,0002006
126 RecifeAmericaMetro11 Mar 1985302821.4219.915.0right
127 RennesEuropeMetro16 Mar 2002151510.609.015.023 mio.2,556,0002004rightVAL2002VALyes
128 Rio de JaneiroAmericaMetro5 Mar 1979343421.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,0002006rightyes
129 RomeEuropeMetro10 Feb 1955494820.8119.524.5331 mio.8,487,0002008leftyesyes
130 RotterdamEuropeMetro10 Feb 1968383721.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,0002006right
131 RouenEuropeMetro17 Dec 19945510.442.25.0
132 Saint LouisAmericaMetrolink31 Jul 1993373721.9836.718.5right
133 Saint PetersburgLeningradEuropeMetro15 Nov 1955635552.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,0002007rightwindowless steel doors in ten stations
134 SamaraEuropeMetro26 Dec 19879911.1310.29.012 mio.1,176,0002007right
135 San FranciscoAmericaBART11 Sep 1972434353.8833.48.6100 mio.599,0002007rightyes
136 San JuanAmericaTren Urbano6 Jun 2005161611.0817.216.09 mio.523,0002008
137 SantiagoSantiago de ChileAmericaMetro15 Sep 1975938650.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,0002008right
138 Santo DomingoAmericaMetro30 Jan 2009161610.9114.516.0
139 Sao PauloAmericaMetro14 Sep 1974585541.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,0002008rightlines 4, 5, and regional rail
140 SapporoAsiaSubway16 Dec 1971494631.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,0002008leftyes
141 SeattleAmericaLight Rail18 Jul 2009121211.8522.212.0rightyes
142 SendaiAsiaSubway15 Jul 1987171710.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,0002008leftyes
143 SeoulAsiaSubway15 Aug 1974348298100.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,0002008rightlines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010yesyes
144 SevilleSevillaEuropeMetro2 Apr 2009212110.8618.021.0Line 1
145 ShanghaiAsiaMetro10 Apr 1995230194101.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,0002008rightnewer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stationsyes
146 ShenyangMukdenAsiaMetro23 Sep 2009181811.2322.218.0right
147 ShenzhenAsiaMetro28 Dec 2004232221.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,0002005rightyesyes
148 SingaporeAsiaMRT7 Nov 1987766941.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,0002007leftNorth-East MTR line and 3 rubber-tyred LRT lines2003yesyes
149 SofiaEuropeMetro28 Jan 1998141411.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,0002008right
150 StockholmEuropeTunnelbana1 Oct 195010410031.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,0002007left
151 StuttgartEuropeStadtbahn10 Jun 1966191721.4112.09.5rightyes
152 SydneyOceaniaCityrail1926141431.587.44.7leftyes
153 TaipeiAsiaMRT28 Mar 1996858081.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,0002008rightMuzha line, VAL1996Muzha line VAL MRTyesyes
154 TamaAsiaMonorail27 Nov 1998191910.8416.019.0leftyes
155 TashkentAsiaMetro6 Nov 1977292631.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,0002007right
156 TbilisiAsiaMetro11 Jan 1966222121.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,0002007right
157 TehranAsiaMetro21 Feb 2000474431.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,0002007yes
158 The HagueEuropeRandstadRail16 Oct 2004303030.939.310.0right
159 TianjinAsiaMetro28 Mar 2004373721.9536.018.515 mio.208,0001993rightplatform gate doorsyes
160 TokyoAsiaMetro30 Dec 1927290205131.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,0002008leftYurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyred1995Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome linesyesyes
161 TorontoAmericaSubway30 Apr 1954746941.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,0002006rightyes
162 ToulouseEuropeMetro26 Jun 1993383720.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,0002004rightVAL1993VALyes
163 TurinEuropeMetro4 Feb 2006141410.699.614.0rightVAL2006VALyesyes
164 ValenciaAmericaMetro18 Oct 20067710.896.27.018 mio.2,903,0002008
165 ValenciaEuropeMetro3 Oct 1988383730.8610.612.7
166 ValparaisoAmericaMetro23 Nov 2005202012.1543.020.0right
167 VancouverAmericaSky Train3 Jan 1986494731.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,0002008rightSkytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system1986yesyes
168 ViennaEuropeU-Bahn25 Feb 1978968450.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,0002008rightyesyes
169 VolgogradStalingradEuropeMetro5 Nov 19842211.653.32.0
170 WarsawEuropeMetro7 Apr 1995212111.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,0002007right
171 WashingtonAmericaMetrorail27 Mar 1976908651.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,0002008rightyes
172 WuhanAsiaMetro28 Sep 2004101011.0210.210.0right
173 WuppertalEuropeSchwebebahn1 Mar 1901202010.6713.320.0right
174 YekaterinburgEkaterinburgAsiaMetro26 Apr 19917711.218.57.046 mio.5,412,0002007right
175 YerevanErevanAsiaMetro7 Mar 1981101011.2112.110.017 mio.1,405,0002007right
176 YokohamaAsiaSubway16 Dec 1972484531.2819.216.0198 mio.3,438,0002008leftKanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyred1989Kanazawa 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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