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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 EssenGermanyEurope5 Oct 196720.2 km272730.756.79.0rightyes
2 Santo DomingoDominican RepublicAmerica30 Jan 200914.5 km161610.9114.516.0
3 MaracaiboVenezuelaAmerica8 Jun 20096.5 km6611.086.56.0yes
4 BursaTurkeyAsia19 Aug 200222.5 km232310.9822.523.0
5 TehranIranAsia21 Feb 200050.5 km474431.1516.815.76,990,0002007yes
6 AmsterdamNetherlandsEurope16 Oct 197732.7 km333340.998.28.32,783,0002002right
7 Saint PetersburgLeningradRussiaEurope15 Nov 1955110.2 km635552.0022.012.67,550,0002007rightwindowless steel doors in ten stations
8 DnepropetrovskDnipropetrovskUkraineEurope29 Dec 19957.1 km6611.187.16.01,549,0002007
9 YerevanErevanArmeniaAsia7 Mar 198112.1 km101011.2112.110.01,405,0002007right
10 NewarkUSAAmerica26 May 19352.2 km4410.552.24.0right
11 BrusselsBelgiumEurope20 Sep 197632.2 km615930.5510.720.34,224,0002008rightline 1B
12 SydneyAustraliaOceania192622.1 km141431.587.44.7leftyes
13 Los AngelesUSAAmerica30 Jan 199359.3 km303031.9819.810.0759,0002008rightyes
14 Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmerica5 Mar 197942.0 km343421.2421.017.03,214,0002006rightyes
15 HiroshimaJapanAsia20 Aug 199418.4 km212110.8818.421.0978,0002005left
16 WarsawPolandEurope7 Apr 199522.6 km212111.0822.621.05,044,0002007right
17 BilbaoSpainEurope11 Nov 199540.6 km383821.0720.319.02,118,0002008leftyesyes
18 ShenzhenChinaAsia28 Dec 200425.3 km232221.1512.611.52,885,0002005rightyesyes
19 GwangjuSouth KoreaAsia28 Apr 200420.1 km202011.0120.120.0846,0002008
20 PoznanPolandEurope1 Mar 19976.1 km6611.026.16.0
21 ChibaJapanAsia28 Mar 198815.5 km181820.867.89.0left
22 ValenciaVenezuelaAmerica18 Oct 20066.2 km7710.896.27.02,903,0002008
23 MontrealMontréalCanadaAmerica14 Oct 196669.2 km736841.0217.318.33,165,0002006rightyes
24 BarcelonaSpainEurope30 Dec 1924110.5 km152128100.8611.115.23,421,0002008rightunder construction on lines 5, 11, planned for lines 9, 10yesyes
25 SendaiJapanAsia15 Jul 198714.8 km171710.8714.817.03,919,0002008leftyes
26 KolkataCalcuttaIndiaAsia24 Oct 198422.6 km212111.0822.621.04,425,0002000right
27 GelsenkirchenGermanyEurope1 Sep 19845.5 km9910.615.59.0right
28 Mexico CityMexicoAmerica5 Sep 1969201.7 km175147111.3718.315.97,238,0002008rightyes
29 CaracasVenezuelaAmerica27 Mar 198360.5 km504651.3212.110.08,430,0002008yes
30 San JuanPuerto RicoAmerica6 Jun 200517.2 km161611.0817.216.0523,0002008
31 KazanRussiaEurope27 Aug 20058.3 km6611.388.36.0843,0002007right
32 AthensGreeceEurope195452.0 km524831.0817.317.36,250,0002007rightyesyes
33 NovosibirskRussiaAsia7 Jan 198614.3 km131221.197.26.54,895,0002007right
34 DuisburgGermanyEurope11 Jul 199214.3 km131321.107.26.5rightyes
35 PerugiaItalyEurope29 Jan 20083.0 km7710.433.07.0
36 Buenos AiresArgentinaAmerica1 Dec 191347.5 km766860.707.912.75,895,0002008leftyes
37 TashkentUzbekistanAsia6 Nov 197736.2 km292631.3912.19.71,961,0002007right
38 MadridSpainEurope17 Oct 1919284.0 km281231131.2321.821.62,415,0002008leftyesyes
39 RouenFranceEurope17 Dec 19942.2 km5510.442.25.0
40 IstanbulTurkeyEurope16 Sep 200015.0 km101011.5015.010.04,533,0002008right
41 WuppertalGermanyEurope1 Mar 190113.3 km202010.6713.320.0right
42 NaplesItalyEurope28 Mar 199331.8 km302831.1410.610.0912,0002006left
43 DelhiIndiaAsia24 Dec 200296.2 km838131.1932.127.73,224,0002008leftyes
44 StockholmSwedenEurope1 Oct 1950105.7 km10410031.0635.234.72,867,0002007left
45 LisbonPortugalEurope29 Dec 195941.0 km524640.8910.313.04,390,0002007leftyes
46 BostonUSAAmerica1 Sep 189760.5 km666031.0120.222.02,397,0002007rightyes
47 RecifeBrazilAmerica11 Mar 198539.7 km302821.4219.915.0right
48 HanoverGermanyEurope28 Sep 197518.6 km211731.096.27.0rightyes
49 MumbaiBombayIndiaAsia171.0 km737352.3434.214.6
50 ClevelandUSAAmerica15 Mar 195531.0 km181811.7231.018.0194,0002008right
51 ViennaAustriaEurope25 Feb 197869.8 km968450.8314.019.27,135,0002008rightyesyes
52 KyotoJapanAsia1 Apr 198131.3 km323121.0115.616.04,026,0002008leftTozai lineyes
53 BerlinGermanyEurope18 Feb 1902147.4 km195173100.8514.719.53,033,0002008rightyes
54 ShanghaiChinaAsia10 Apr 1995334.0 km230194101.7233.423.03,359,0002008rightnewer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stationsyes
55 GuadalajaraMexicoAmerica1 Sep 198924.0 km292820.8612.014.5right
56 OportoPortoPortugalEurope7 Dec 200221.7 km151421.5510.97.5rightyesyes
57 CharleroiBelgiumEurope21 Jun 197617.5 km202040.884.45.0
58 MinskBelarusEurope26 Jun 198430.3 km252421.2615.112.58,647,0002007right
59 BaltimoreUSAAmerica21 Nov 198324.5 km141411.7524.514.0571,0002008rightyes
60 SapporoJapanAsia16 Dec 197148.0 km494631.0416.016.34,354,0002008leftyes
61 KitakyushuJapanAsia9 Jan 19858.8 km131310.688.813.0leftyes
62 OsloNorwayEurope22 May 196662.0 km727250.8612.414.41,032,0002005rightyes
63 FrankfurtGermanyEurope4 Oct 196820.5 km312730.766.810.3rightyes
64 AdanaTurkeyAsia18 Mar 20098.0 km8811.008.08.0
65 MarseilleFranceEurope26 Nov 197719.3 km262420.809.613.03,005,0002004rightyes
66 BusanSouth KoreaAsia19 Jul 198595.0 km928831.0831.730.72,705,0002008right
67 The HagueNetherlandsEurope16 Oct 200427.9 km303030.939.310.0right
68 KamakuraJapanAsia3 Mar 19706.6 km8810.826.68.0left
69 SamaraRussiaEurope26 Dec 198710.2 km9911.1310.29.01,176,0002007right
70 DortmundGermanyEurope17 May 197629.5 km373730.809.812.3rightyes
71 NewcastleUnited KingdomEurope7 Aug 198076.5 km615021.5338.330.5497,0002006left
72 BucharestRomaniaEurope16 Nov 197967.7 km504341.5716.912.51,640,0001999right
73 LudwigshafenGermanyEurope29 May 19694.0 km111100.36right
74 RomeItalyEurope10 Feb 195539.0 km494820.8119.524.58,487,0002008leftyesyes
75 NahaJapanAsia10 Aug 200312.8 km151510.8512.815.0left
76 DaeguTaeguSouth KoreaAsia26 Nov 199753.9 km565520.9827.028.02,041,0002008
77 WashingtonUSAAmerica27 Mar 1976171.2 km908651.9934.218.01,256,0002008rightyes
78 BochumGermanyEurope26 May 197921.5 km292720.8010.814.5right
79 HaifaIsraelAsia19591.8 km6610.291.86.0
80 PragueCzech RepublicEurope9 May 197459.1 km575431.0919.719.010,102,0002008rightyes
81 ChicagoUSAAmerica6 Jun 1892166.0 km15114481.1520.818.91,193,0002008rightyes
82 ValparaisoChileAmerica23 Nov 200543.0 km202012.1543.020.0right
83 MoscowRussiaEurope15 May 1935298.8 km180144122.0724.915.08,611,0002008right
84 BeijingChinaAsia1 Oct 1969227.6 km14712591.8225.316.35,274,0002008rightPGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10recentlyall lines
85 SeoulSouth KoreaAsia15 Aug 1974286.9 km348298100.9628.734.87,138,0002008rightlines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010yesyes
86 Kryvyi RihKrivoy RogUkraineEurope26 Dec 198618.0 km121211.5018.012.0
87 PhiladelphiaUSAAmerica4 Mar 190762.0 km666231.0020.722.01,081,0002008rightyes
88 GenoaItalyEurope13 Jun 19905.2 km7710.745.27.0rightyes
89 TorontoCanadaAmerica30 Apr 195471.3 km746941.0317.818.53,899,0002006rightyes
90 CataniaItalyEurope27 Jun 19993.8 km6610.633.86.0right
91 SantiagoSantiago de ChileChileAmerica15 Sep 197583.0 km938650.9716.618.67,735,0002008rightyes
92 KharkovKharkivUkraineEurope23 Aug 197535.3 km282531.4111.89.37,875,0002007right
93 AtlantaUSAAmerica30 Jun 197979.2 km393822.0839.619.5429,0001994rightyes
94 EdmontonCanadaAmerica22 Apr 197813.1 km111111.1913.111.0right
95 ManilaPhilippinesAsia1 Dec 198445.7 km423931.1715.214.07,571,0002008yesyes
96 BuffaloUSAAmerica18 May 19858.4 km8811.048.48.0right
97 TbilisiGeorgiaAsia11 Jan 196626.3 km222121.2513.111.03,498,0002007right
98 IzmirTurkeyAsia22 May 200011.5 km101011.1511.510.02,609,0002005
99 Saint LouisUSAAmerica31 Jul 199373.4 km373721.9836.718.5right
100 YekaterinburgEkaterinburgRussiaAsia26 Apr 19918.5 km7711.218.57.05,412,0002007right
101 New YorkNew York CityUSAAmerica27 Oct 1904368.0 km468422270.8713.617.34,413,0002008rightplanned for new Second Avenue Lineyes
102 BrasiliaBrazilAmerica31 Mar 200142.0 km232311.8342.023.0381,0002002right
103 StuttgartGermanyEurope10 Jun 196624.0 km191721.4112.09.5rightyes
104 HelsinkiFinlandEurope3 Aug 198221.0 km171711.2421.017.02,762,0002008rightyes
105 MunichGermanyEurope19 Oct 197192.5 km1009460.9815.416.73,773,0002008rightyes
106 CologneGermanyEurope11 Oct 196845.0 km5151150.883.03.4rightnew light rail trains onlyyes
107 VolgogradStalingradRussiaEurope5 Nov 19843.3 km2211.653.32.0
108 BielefeldGermanyEurope21 Sep 19715.2 km7740.741.31.8right
109 ShenyangMukdenChinaAsia23 Sep 200922.2 km181811.2322.218.0right
110 GuangzhouCantonChinaAsia28 Jun 1999148.5 km887951.8829.717.64,047,0002008rightyesyes
111 Porto AlegreBrazilAmerica2 Mar 198533.8 km171711.9933.817.0right
112 ChennaiMadrasIndiaAsia19 Oct 199727.0 km171711.5927.017.0
113 ValenciaSpainEurope3 Oct 198831.8 km383730.8610.612.7
114 MonterreyMexicoAmerica25 Apr 199131.5 km323121.0215.816.0rightyes
115 SeattleUSAAmerica18 Jul 200922.2 km121211.8522.212.0rightyes
116 Palma de MallorcaSpainEurope25 Apr 20078.3 km9910.928.39.0
117 FukuokaJapanAsia26 Jul 198129.8 km353430.889.911.74,161,0002007leftyes
118 MedellinMedellínColombiaAmerica30 Nov 199528.8 km262521.1514.413.05,382,0002008
119 CairoEgyptAfrica27 Sep 198765.5 km555321.2432.827.510,687,0002002left5 stns
120 TianjinChinaAsia28 Mar 200472.0 km373721.9536.018.5208,0001993rightplatform gate doorsyes
121 KaohsiungTaiwanAsia9 Mar 200842.7 km373621.1921.418.5703,0002008MRT
122 AntwerpBelgiumEurope25 Mar 19757.6 km111120.693.85.5
123 San FranciscoUSAAmerica11 Sep 1972166.9 km434353.8833.48.6599,0002007rightyes
124 DuesseldorfDüsseldorfGermanyEurope4 Oct 19819.6 km141420.684.87.0rightyes
125 DalianChinaAsia1 May 200349.0 km121214.0849.012.0right
126 Nizhny NovgorodGorkyRussiaEurope20 Nov 198515.5 km141321.197.87.02,129,0002007right
127 BudapestHungaryEurope2 May 189633.0 km424030.8311.014.09,000,0002008right
128 TamaJapanAsia27 Nov 199816.0 km191910.8416.019.0leftyes
129 RotterdamNetherlandsEurope10 Feb 196847.0 km383721.2723.519.01,809,0002006right
130 IncheonInchonSouth KoreaAsia6 Oct 199929.5 km292911.0229.529.02,475,0002008
131 WuhanChinaAsia28 Sep 200410.2 km101011.0210.210.0right
132 NanjingChinaAsia27 Aug 200521.7 km161611.3621.716.04,700,0002008right
133 DaejeonTaejonSouth KoreaAsia16 Mar 200622.6 km222211.0322.622.01,283,0002008
134 SofiaBulgariaEurope28 Jan 199818.0 km141411.2918.014.02,833,0002008right
135 LimaPeruAmerica13 Jan 200310.0 km6611.6710.06.0
136 BonnGermanyEurope22 Mar 19759.0 km121210.759.012.0right
137 PyongyangNorth KoreaAsia6 Sep 197322.5 km161521.5011.38.01,556,0002006
138 HamburgGermanyEurope1 Mar 1912100.7 km978931.1333.632.31,827,0002007right
139 MulheimMülheimGermanyEurope3 Nov 19799.0 km131220.754.56.5right
140 ChongqingChinaAsia18 Jun 200519.5 km181811.0819.518.0rightThe three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDsyesyes
141 Belo HorizonteBrazilAmerica1 Aug 198628.1 km191911.4828.119.0right
142 SevilleSevillaSpainEurope2 Apr 200918.0 km212110.8618.021.0Line 1
143 GlasgowUnited KingdomEurope14 Dec 189610.4 km151510.6910.415.01,442,0002008left
144 PittsburghUSAAmerica3 Jul 19851.5 km3310.481.53.0right
145 ChangchunChinaAsiaOct 200217.0 km161611.0617.016.0right
146 MilanItalyEurope1 Nov 196474.6 km888430.8924.929.34,397,0002007rightyesyes
147 Sao PauloBrazilAmerica14 Sep 197461.3 km585541.1115.314.511,158,0002008rightlines 4, 5, and regional rail
148 KievKyivUkraineEurope22 Oct 196059.8 km464331.3919.915.310,736,0002007right
149 BakuAzerbaijanAsia6 Nov 196732.9 km222121.5616.411.05,356,0002007right
150 CopenhagenDenmarkEurope19 Oct 200221.0 km222220.9510.511.01,762,0002002rightall metro lines2002all underground stationsall metro and S-Tog trainsyes
151 Hong KongChinaAsia1 Oct 1979188.1 km958292.2920.910.66,959,0002008leftDisneyland Resort LineSI, WI lines, planned2005all underground stationsyesyes
152 LondonUnited KingdomEurope10 Jan 1863408.0 km268268111.5237.124.42,934,0002007leftDocklands Light Rail1987Jubilee Line extensionyes (DLR)
153 JacksonvilleUSAAmerica30 May 19896.9 km6611.156.96.0rightdowntown monorail people mover1989
154 DetroitUSAAmericaJul 19874.8 km131310.374.813.0rightdowntown people mover, LIM technology1987yes
155 MiamiUSAAmerica21 May 198436.0 km222211.6436.022.0528,0002008rightdowntown people mover, rubber-tyredDowntown people mover1986yes
156 BangkokThailandAsia5 Dec 199946.3 km444031.1615.414.74,449,0002007leftGreen line1999Green line, Blue lineyes
157 YokohamaJapanAsia16 Dec 197257.6 km484531.2819.216.03,438,0002008leftKanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyredKanazawa Seaside LRT1989Kanazawa Seaside LRT lineyes
158 Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAsia16 Dec 199664.0 km605631.1421.320.01,703,0002008leftLRT1996KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stationsyes
159 ParisFranceEurope19 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
160 LyonFranceEurope28 Apr 197830.7 km433940.797.710.85,928,0002004leftline D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDsyes1991
161 LausanneSwitzerlandEurope24 May 199113.7 km292820.496.814.5line m2line m22008yes
162 NurembergGermanyEurope1 Mar 197234.6 km464430.7911.515.32,659,0001997rightlines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains2008yes
163 TaipeiTaiwanAsia28 Mar 199690.6 km858081.1311.310.64,967,0002008rightMuzha line, VALyes1996Muzha line VAL MRTyesyes
164 DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesAsia9 Sep 200939.7 km111113.6139.711.0rightmetro2009metro, monorailyesyes
165 AnkaraTurkeyAsia30 Aug 199623.1 km232221.0511.611.54,892,0002007rightmetro line1997
166 Las VegasUSAAmerica15 Jul 20046.2 km7710.896.27.0rightmonorail2004
167 OsakaJapanAsia20 May 1933137.8 km13310491.3315.314.86,241,0002008leftNanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyredNanko Port Town Line1981all stations on the Nanko Port Town Lineyes
168 SingaporeSingaporeAsia7 Nov 1987118.9 km766941.7229.719.04,802,0002007leftNorth-East MTR line and 3 rubber-tyred LRT linesLRT lines2003yesyes
169 KobeJapanAsia13 Mar 197730.6 km262421.2815.313.03,954,0002008leftPort Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyredPort Liner and Rokko Liner1981Port Liner and Rokko Lineryes
170 VancouverCanadaAmerica3 Jan 198669.5 km494731.4823.216.31,065,0002008rightSkytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system1986yesyes
171 NagoyaJapanAsia15 Nov 195789.0 km938241.0922.323.34,798,0002008leftTobu Kyuryo maglev line2005Tobu Kyuryo maglev lineyes
172 TurinItalyEurope4 Feb 20069.6 km141410.699.614.0rightVALyes2006VALyesyes
173 LilleFranceEurope25 Apr 198345.5 km626020.7622.831.01,626,0002004rightVALyes1983VAL, all stationsyes
174 RennesFranceEurope16 Mar 20029.0 km151510.609.015.02,556,0002004rightVALyes2002VALyes
175 ToulouseFranceEurope26 Jun 199327.5 km383720.7413.819.01,527,0002004rightVALyes1993VALyes
176 TokyoJapanAsia30 Dec 1927304.5 km290205131.4923.422.310,424,0002008leftYurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyredYurikamome line1995Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome linesyesyes


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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