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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 AdanaTurkeyAsia18 Mar 20098.0 km8811.008.08.0
2 AmsterdamNetherlandsEurope16 Oct 197732.7 km333340.998.28.3200291 mio.right
3 AnkaraTurkeyAsia30 Aug 199623.1 km232221.0511.611.52007113 mio.rightmetro line1997
4 AntwerpBelgiumEurope25 Mar 19757.6 km111120.693.85.5
5 AthensGreeceEurope195452.0 km524831.0817.317.32007325 mio.rightyesyes
6 AtlantaUSAAmerica30 Jun 197979.2 km393822.0839.619.5199434 mio.rightyes
7 BakuAzerbaijanAsia6 Nov 196732.9 km222121.5616.411.02007176 mio.right
8 BaltimoreUSAAmerica21 Nov 198324.5 km141411.7524.514.0200814 mio.rightyes
9 BangkokThailandAsia5 Dec 199946.3 km444031.1615.414.72007206 mio.leftGreen line1999Green line, Blue lineyes
10 BarcelonaSpainEurope30 Dec 1924110.5 km152128100.8611.115.22008378 mio.rightunder construction on lines 5, 11, planned for lines 9, 10yesyes
11 BeijingChinaAsia1 Oct 1969227.6 km14712591.8225.316.320081200 mio.rightPGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10recentlyall lines
12 Belo HorizonteBrazilAmerica1 Aug 198628.1 km191911.4828.119.0right
13 BerlinGermanyEurope18 Feb 1902147.4 km195173100.8514.719.52008447 mio.rightyes
14 BielefeldGermanyEurope21 Sep 19715.2 km7740.741.31.8right
15 BilbaoSpainEurope11 Nov 199540.6 km383821.0720.319.0200886 mio.leftyesyes
16 BochumGermanyEurope26 May 197921.5 km292720.8010.814.5right
17 BonnGermanyEurope22 Mar 19759.0 km121210.759.012.0right
18 BostonUSAAmerica1 Sep 189760.5 km666031.0120.222.02007145 mio.rightyes
19 BrasiliaBrazilAmerica31 Mar 200142.0 km232311.8342.023.0200216 mio.right
20 BrusselsBelgiumEurope20 Sep 197632.2 km615930.5510.720.32008136 mio.rightline 1B
21 BucharestRomaniaEurope16 Nov 197967.7 km504341.5716.912.51999111 mio.right
22 BudapestHungaryEurope2 May 189633.0 km424030.8311.014.02008297 mio.right
23 Buenos AiresArgentinaAmerica1 Dec 191347.5 km766860.707.912.72008280 mio.leftyes
24 BuffaloUSAAmerica18 May 19858.4 km8811.048.48.0right
25 BursaTurkeyAsia19 Aug 200222.5 km232310.9822.523.0
26 BusanSouth KoreaAsia19 Jul 198595.0 km928831.0831.730.72008257 mio.right
27 CairoEgyptAfrica27 Sep 198765.5 km555321.2432.827.52002700 mio.left5 stns
28 CaracasVenezuelaAmerica27 Mar 198360.5 km504651.3212.110.02008510 mio.yes
29 CataniaItalyEurope27 Jun 19993.8 km6610.633.86.0right
30 ChangchunChinaAsiaOct 200217.0 km161611.0617.016.0right
31 CharleroiBelgiumEurope21 Jun 197617.5 km202040.884.45.0
32 ChennaiMadrasIndiaAsia19 Oct 199727.0 km171711.5927.017.0
33 ChibaJapanAsia28 Mar 198815.5 km181820.867.89.0left
34 ChicagoUSAAmerica6 Jun 1892166.0 km15114481.1520.818.92008198 mio.rightyes
35 ChongqingChinaAsia18 Jun 200519.5 km181811.0819.518.0rightThe three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDsyesyes
36 ClevelandUSAAmerica15 Mar 195531.0 km181811.7231.018.020086 mio.right
37 CologneGermanyEurope11 Oct 196845.0 km5151150.883.03.4rightnew light rail trains onlyyes
38 CopenhagenDenmarkEurope19 Oct 200221.0 km222220.9510.511.0200237 mio.rightall metro lines2002all underground stationsall metro and S-Tog trainsyes
39 DaeguTaeguSouth KoreaAsia26 Nov 199753.9 km565520.9827.028.02008110 mio.
40 DaejeonTaejonSouth KoreaAsia16 Mar 200622.6 km222211.0322.622.0200829 mio.
41 DalianChinaAsia1 May 200349.0 km121214.0849.012.0right
42 DelhiIndiaAsia24 Dec 200296.2 km838131.1932.127.72008310 mio.leftyes
43 DetroitUSAAmericaJul 19874.8 km131310.374.813.0rightdowntown people mover, LIM technology1987yes
44 DnepropetrovskDnipropetrovskUkraineEurope29 Dec 19957.1 km6611.187.16.0200711 mio.
45 DortmundGermanyEurope17 May 197629.5 km373730.809.812.3rightyes
46 DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesAsia9 Sep 200939.7 km111113.6139.711.0rightmetro2009metro, monorailyesyes
47 DuesseldorfDüsseldorfGermanyEurope4 Oct 19819.6 km141420.684.87.0rightyes
48 DuisburgGermanyEurope11 Jul 199214.3 km131321.107.26.5rightyes
49 EdmontonCanadaAmerica22 Apr 197813.1 km111111.1913.111.0right
50 EssenGermanyEurope5 Oct 196720.2 km272730.756.79.0rightyes
51 FrankfurtGermanyEurope4 Oct 196820.5 km312730.766.810.3rightyes
52 FukuokaJapanAsia26 Jul 198129.8 km353430.889.911.72007124 mio.leftyes
53 GelsenkirchenGermanyEurope1 Sep 19845.5 km9910.615.59.0right
54 GenoaItalyEurope13 Jun 19905.2 km7710.745.27.0rightyes
55 GlasgowUnited KingdomEurope14 Dec 189610.4 km151510.6910.415.0200815 mio.left
56 GuadalajaraMexicoAmerica1 Sep 198924.0 km292820.8612.014.5right
57 GuangzhouCantonChinaAsia28 Jun 1999148.5 km887951.8829.717.62008601 mio.rightyesyes
58 GwangjuSouth KoreaAsia28 Apr 200420.1 km202011.0120.120.0200817 mio.
59 HaifaIsraelAsia19591.8 km6610.291.86.0
60 HamburgGermanyEurope1 Mar 1912100.7 km978931.1333.632.32007184 mio.right
61 HanoverGermanyEurope28 Sep 197518.6 km211731.096.27.0rightyes
62 HelsinkiFinlandEurope3 Aug 198221.0 km171711.2421.017.0200858 mio.rightyes
63 HiroshimaJapanAsia20 Aug 199418.4 km212110.8818.421.0200518 mio.left
64 Hong KongChinaAsia1 Oct 1979188.1 km958292.2920.910.620081309 mio.leftDisneyland Resort LineSI, WI lines, planned2005all underground stationsyesyes
65 IncheonInchonSouth KoreaAsia6 Oct 199929.5 km292911.0229.529.0200873 mio.
66 IstanbulTurkeyEurope16 Sep 200015.0 km101011.5015.010.0200868 mio.right
67 IzmirTurkeyAsia22 May 200011.5 km101011.1511.510.0200530 mio.
68 JacksonvilleUSAAmerica30 May 19896.9 km6611.156.96.0rightdowntown monorail people mover1989
69 KamakuraJapanAsia3 Mar 19706.6 km8810.826.68.0left
70 KaohsiungTaiwanAsia9 Mar 200842.7 km373621.1921.418.5200830 mio.MRT
71 KazanRussiaEurope27 Aug 20058.3 km6611.388.36.020077 mio.right
72 KharkovKharkivUkraineEurope23 Aug 197535.3 km282531.4111.89.32007278 mio.right
73 KievKyivUkraineEurope22 Oct 196059.8 km464331.3919.915.32007642 mio.right
74 KitakyushuJapanAsia9 Jan 19858.8 km131310.688.813.0leftyes
75 KobeJapanAsia13 Mar 197730.6 km262421.2815.313.02008121 mio.leftPort Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyredPort Liner and Rokko Liner1981Port Liner and Rokko Lineryes
76 KolkataCalcuttaIndiaAsia24 Oct 198422.6 km212111.0822.621.02000100 mio.right
77 Kryvyi RihKrivoy RogUkraineEurope26 Dec 198618.0 km121211.5018.012.0
78 Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAsia16 Dec 199664.0 km605631.1421.320.02008109 mio.leftLRT1996KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stationsyes
79 KyotoJapanAsia1 Apr 198131.3 km323121.0115.616.02008126 mio.leftTozai lineyes
80 Las VegasUSAAmerica15 Jul 20046.2 km7710.896.27.0rightmonorail2004
81 LausanneSwitzerlandEurope24 May 199113.7 km292820.496.814.5line m2line m22008yes
82 LilleFranceEurope25 Apr 198345.5 km626020.7622.831.0200474 mio.rightVALyes1983VAL, all stationsyes
83 LimaPeruAmerica13 Jan 200310.0 km6611.6710.06.0
84 LisbonPortugalEurope29 Dec 195941.0 km524640.8910.313.02007180 mio.leftyes
85 LondonUnited KingdomEurope10 Jan 1863408.0 km268268111.5237.124.420071197 mio.leftDocklands Light Rail1987Jubilee Line extensionyes (DLR)
86 Los AngelesUSAAmerica30 Jan 199359.3 km303031.9819.810.0200845 mio.rightyes
87 LudwigshafenGermanyEurope29 May 19694.0 km111100.36right
88 LyonFranceEurope28 Apr 197830.7 km433940.797.710.82004182 mio.leftline D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDsyes1991
89 MadridSpainEurope17 Oct 1919284.0 km281231131.2321.821.62008686 mio.leftyesyes
90 ManilaPhilippinesAsia1 Dec 198445.7 km423931.1715.214.02008346 mio.yesyes
91 MaracaiboVenezuelaAmerica8 Jun 20096.5 km6611.086.56.0yes
92 MarseilleFranceEurope26 Nov 197719.3 km262420.809.613.0200458 mio.rightyes
93 MedellinMedellínColombiaAmerica30 Nov 199528.8 km262521.1514.413.02008155 mio.
94 Mexico CityMexicoAmerica5 Sep 1969201.7 km175147111.3718.315.920081460 mio.rightyes
95 MiamiUSAAmerica21 May 198436.0 km222211.6436.022.0200819 mio.rightdowntown people mover, rubber-tyredDowntown people mover1986yes
96 MilanItalyEurope1 Nov 196474.6 km888430.8924.929.32007328 mio.rightyesyes
97 MinskBelarusEurope26 Jun 198430.3 km252421.2615.112.52007262 mio.right
98 MonterreyMexicoAmerica25 Apr 199131.5 km323121.0215.816.0rightyes
99 MontrealMontréalCanadaAmerica14 Oct 196669.2 km736841.0217.318.32006219 mio.rightyes
100 MoscowRussiaEurope15 May 1935298.8 km180144122.0724.915.020082573 mio.right
101 MulheimMülheimGermanyEurope3 Nov 19799.0 km131220.754.56.5right
102 MumbaiBombayIndiaAsia171.0 km737352.3434.214.6
103 MunichGermanyEurope19 Oct 197192.5 km1009460.9815.416.72008349 mio.rightyes
104 NagoyaJapanAsia15 Nov 195789.0 km938241.0922.323.32008427 mio.leftTobu Kyuryo maglev line2005Tobu Kyuryo maglev lineyes
105 NahaJapanAsia10 Aug 200312.8 km151510.8512.815.0left
106 NanjingChinaAsia27 Aug 200521.7 km161611.3621.716.02008102 mio.right
107 NaplesItalyEurope28 Mar 199331.8 km302831.1410.610.0200629 mio.left
108 New YorkNew York CityUSAAmerica27 Oct 1904368.0 km468422270.8713.617.320081624 mio.rightplanned for new Second Avenue Lineyes
109 NewarkUSAAmerica26 May 19352.2 km4410.552.24.0right
110 NewcastleUnited KingdomEurope7 Aug 198076.5 km615021.5338.330.5200638 mio.left
111 Nizhny NovgorodGorkyRussiaEurope20 Nov 198515.5 km141321.197.87.0200733 mio.right
112 NovosibirskRussiaAsia7 Jan 198614.3 km131221.197.26.5200770 mio.right
113 NurembergGermanyEurope1 Mar 197234.6 km464430.7911.515.3199792 mio.rightlines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains2008yes
114 OportoPortoPortugalEurope7 Dec 200221.7 km151421.5510.97.5rightyesyes
115 OsakaJapanAsia20 May 1933137.8 km13310491.3315.314.82008860 mio.leftNanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyredNanko Port Town Line1981all stations on the Nanko Port Town Lineyes
116 OsloNorwayEurope22 May 196662.0 km727250.8612.414.4200564 mio.rightyes
117 Palma de MallorcaSpainEurope25 Apr 20078.3 km9910.928.39.0
118 ParisFranceEurope19 Jul 1900213.0 km380300160.7113.323.820081473 mio.right (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 PerugiaItalyEurope29 Jan 20083.0 km7710.433.07.0
120 PhiladelphiaUSAAmerica4 Mar 190762.0 km666231.0020.722.0200867 mio.rightyes
121 PittsburghUSAAmerica3 Jul 19851.5 km3310.481.53.0right
122 Porto AlegreBrazilAmerica2 Mar 198533.8 km171711.9933.817.0right
123 PoznanPolandEurope1 Mar 19976.1 km6611.026.16.0
124 PragueCzech RepublicEurope9 May 197459.1 km575431.0919.719.02008597 mio.rightyes
125 PyongyangNorth KoreaAsia6 Sep 197322.5 km161521.5011.38.0200635 mio.
126 RecifeBrazilAmerica11 Mar 198539.7 km302821.4219.915.0right
127 RennesFranceEurope16 Mar 20029.0 km151510.609.015.0200423 mio.rightVALyes2002VALyes
128 Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmerica5 Mar 197942.0 km343421.2421.017.02006135 mio.rightyes
129 RomeItalyEurope10 Feb 195539.0 km494820.8119.524.52008331 mio.leftyesyes
130 RotterdamNetherlandsEurope10 Feb 196847.0 km383721.2723.519.0200685 mio.right
131 RouenFranceEurope17 Dec 19942.2 km5510.442.25.0
132 Saint LouisUSAAmerica31 Jul 199373.4 km373721.9836.718.5right
133 Saint PetersburgLeningradRussiaEurope15 Nov 1955110.2 km635552.0022.012.62007832 mio.rightwindowless steel doors in ten stations
134 SamaraRussiaEurope26 Dec 198710.2 km9911.1310.29.0200712 mio.right
135 San FranciscoUSAAmerica11 Sep 1972166.9 km434353.8833.48.62007100 mio.rightyes
136 San JuanPuerto RicoAmerica6 Jun 200517.2 km161611.0817.216.020089 mio.
137 SantiagoSantiago de ChileChileAmerica15 Sep 197583.0 km938650.9716.618.62008642 mio.rightyes
138 Santo DomingoDominican RepublicAmerica30 Jan 200914.5 km161610.9114.516.0
139 Sao PauloBrazilAmerica14 Sep 197461.3 km585541.1115.314.52008684 mio.rightlines 4, 5, and regional rail
140 SapporoJapanAsia16 Dec 197148.0 km494631.0416.016.32008209 mio.leftyes
141 SeattleUSAAmerica18 Jul 200922.2 km121211.8522.212.0rightyes
142 SendaiJapanAsia15 Jul 198714.8 km171710.8714.817.0200858 mio.leftyes
143 SeoulSouth KoreaAsia15 Aug 1974286.9 km348298100.9628.734.820082048 mio.rightlines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010yesyes
144 SevilleSevillaSpainEurope2 Apr 200918.0 km212110.8618.021.0Line 1
145 ShanghaiChinaAsia10 Apr 1995334.0 km230194101.7233.423.020081122 mio.rightnewer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stationsyes
146 ShenyangMukdenChinaAsia23 Sep 200922.2 km181811.2322.218.0right
147 ShenzhenChinaAsia28 Dec 200425.3 km232221.1512.611.5200573 mio.rightyesyes
148 SingaporeSingaporeAsia7 Nov 1987118.9 km766941.7229.719.02007571 mio.leftNorth-East MTR line and 3 rubber-tyred LRT linesLRT lines2003yesyes
149 SofiaBulgariaEurope28 Jan 199818.0 km141411.2918.014.0200851 mio.right
150 StockholmSwedenEurope1 Oct 1950105.7 km10410031.0635.234.72007303 mio.left
151 StuttgartGermanyEurope10 Jun 196624.0 km191721.4112.09.5rightyes
152 SydneyAustraliaOceania192622.1 km141431.587.44.7leftyes
153 TaipeiTaiwanAsia28 Mar 199690.6 km858081.1311.310.62008450 mio.rightMuzha line, VALyes1996Muzha line VAL MRTyesyes
154 TamaJapanAsia27 Nov 199816.0 km191910.8416.019.0leftyes
155 TashkentUzbekistanAsia6 Nov 197736.2 km292631.3912.19.7200771 mio.right
156 TbilisiGeorgiaAsia11 Jan 196626.3 km222121.2513.111.0200792 mio.right
157 TehranIranAsia21 Feb 200050.5 km474431.1516.815.72007353 mio.yes
158 The HagueNetherlandsEurope16 Oct 200427.9 km303030.939.310.0right
159 TianjinChinaAsia28 Mar 200472.0 km373721.9536.018.5199315 mio.rightplatform gate doorsyes
160 TokyoJapanAsia30 Dec 1927304.5 km290205131.4923.422.320083174 mio.leftYurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyredYurikamome line1995Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome linesyesyes
161 TorontoCanadaAmerica30 Apr 195471.3 km746941.0317.818.52006278 mio.rightyes
162 ToulouseFranceEurope26 Jun 199327.5 km383720.7413.819.0200442 mio.rightVALyes1993VALyes
163 TurinItalyEurope4 Feb 20069.6 km141410.699.614.0rightVALyes2006VALyesyes
164 ValenciaVenezuelaAmerica18 Oct 20066.2 km7710.896.27.0200818 mio.
165 ValenciaSpainEurope3 Oct 198831.8 km383730.8610.612.7
166 ValparaisoChileAmerica23 Nov 200543.0 km202012.1543.020.0right
167 VancouverCanadaAmerica3 Jan 198669.5 km494731.4823.216.3200874 mio.rightSkytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system1986yesyes
168 ViennaAustriaEurope25 Feb 197869.8 km968450.8314.019.22008498 mio.rightyesyes
169 VolgogradStalingradRussiaEurope5 Nov 19843.3 km2211.653.32.0
170 WarsawPolandEurope7 Apr 199522.6 km212111.0822.621.02007114 mio.right
171 WashingtonUSAAmerica27 Mar 1976171.2 km908651.9934.218.02008215 mio.rightyes
172 WuhanChinaAsia28 Sep 200410.2 km101011.0210.210.0right
173 WuppertalGermanyEurope1 Mar 190113.3 km202010.6713.320.0right
174 YekaterinburgEkaterinburgRussiaAsia26 Apr 19918.5 km7711.218.57.0200746 mio.right
175 YerevanErevanArmeniaAsia7 Mar 198112.1 km101011.2112.110.0200717 mio.right
176 YokohamaJapanAsia16 Dec 197257.6 km484531.2819.216.02008198 mio.leftKanazawa 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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