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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 Santo DomingoDominican RepublicAmericaMetro14.5 km161610.9114.5
2 PerugiaItalyEuropeMinimetro3.0 km7710.433.0
3 AdanaTurkeyAsia8.0 km8811.008.0
4 ManilaPhilippinesAsiaMRT45.7 km423931.1715.2346 mio.7,571,0002008yesyes
5 DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesAsiaMetro39.7 km111113.6139.7rightmetro2009metro, monorailyesyes
6 EssenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn20.2 km272730.756.7rightyes
7 OsakaJapanAsiaSubway137.8 km13310491.3315.3860 mio.6,241,0002008leftNanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyredNanko Port Town Line1981all stations on the Nanko Port Town Lineyes
8 BursaTurkeyAsia22.5 km232310.9822.5
9 TehranIranAsiaMetro50.5 km474431.1516.8353 mio.6,990,0002007yes
10 MaracaiboVenezuelaAmericaMetro6.5 km6611.086.5yes
11 AmsterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro32.7 km333340.998.291 mio.2,783,0002002right
12 JacksonvilleUSAAmericaSkyway6.9 km6611.156.9rightdowntown monorail people mover1989
13 NewarkUSAAmericaSubway2.2 km4410.552.2right
14 SydneyAustraliaOceaniaCityrail22.1 km141431.587.4leftyes
15 Los AngelesUSAAmericaMetro Rail59.3 km303031.9819.845 mio.759,0002008rightyes
16 BrusselsBelgiumEuropeMetro32.2 km615930.5510.7136 mio.4,224,0002008rightline 1B
17 Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmericaMetro42.0 km343421.2421.0135 mio.3,214,0002006rightyes
18 HiroshimaJapanAsiaMonorail18.4 km212110.8818.418 mio.978,0002005left
19 NagoyaJapanAsiaSubway89.0 km938241.0922.3427 mio.4,798,0002008leftTobu Kyuryo maglev line2005Tobu Kyuryo maglev lineyes
20 CopenhagenDenmarkEuropeMetro21.0 km222220.9510.537 mio.1,762,0002002rightall metro lines2002all underground stationsall metro and S-Tog trainsyes
21 WarsawPolandEuropeMetro22.6 km212111.0822.6114 mio.5,044,0002007right
22 LausanneSwitzerlandEuropeMetro13.7 km292820.496.8line m2line m22008yes
23 BilbaoSpainEuropeMetro40.6 km383821.0720.386 mio.2,118,0002008leftyesyes
24 ShenzhenChinaAsiaMetro25.3 km232221.1512.673 mio.2,885,0002005rightyesyes
25 GwangjuSouth KoreaAsiaSubway20.1 km202011.0120.117 mio.846,0002008
26 PoznanPolandEurope6.1 km6611.026.1
27 ChibaJapanAsiaMonorail15.5 km181820.867.8left
28 ValenciaVenezuelaAmericaMetro6.2 km7710.896.218 mio.2,903,0002008
29 BarcelonaSpainEuropeMetro110.5 km152128100.8611.1378 mio.3,421,0002008rightunder construction on lines 5, 11, planned for lines 9, 10yesyes
30 SendaiJapanAsiaSubway14.8 km171710.8714.858 mio.3,919,0002008leftyes
31 ParisFranceEuropeMetro213.0 km380300160.7113.31473 mio.6,915,0002008right (metro), left (RER)line 14/Météor, rubber-tyredlines 1, 4, 6, 11, 141998all stations on line 14, under construction on line 13lines 1, 14
32 GelsenkirchenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.5 km9910.615.5right
33 Mexico CityMexicoAmericaMetro201.7 km175147111.3718.31460 mio.7,238,0002008rightyes
34 CaracasVenezuelaAmericaMetro60.5 km504651.3212.1510 mio.8,430,0002008yes
35 TokyoJapanAsiaMetro304.5 km290205131.4923.43174 mio.10,424,0002008leftYurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyredYurikamome line1995Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome linesyesyes
36 KazanRussiaEuropeMetro8.3 km6611.388.37 mio.843,0002007right
37 AthensGreeceEuropeMetro52.0 km524831.0817.3325 mio.6,250,0002007rightyesyes
38 San JuanPuerto RicoAmericaTren Urbano17.2 km161611.0817.29 mio.523,0002008
39 DuisburgGermanyEuropeStadtbahn14.3 km131321.107.2rightyes
40 NovosibirskRussiaAsiaMetro14.3 km131221.197.270 mio.4,895,0002007right
41 Buenos AiresArgentinaAmericaSubte47.5 km766860.707.9280 mio.5,895,0002008leftyes
42 TashkentUzbekistanAsiaMetro36.2 km292631.3912.171 mio.1,961,0002007right
43 MadridSpainEuropeMetro284.0 km281231131.2321.8686 mio.2,415,0002008leftyesyes
44 RouenFranceEuropeMetro2.2 km5510.442.2
45 IstanbulTurkeyEuropeMetro15.0 km101011.5015.068 mio.4,533,0002008right
46 NaplesItalyEuropeMetro31.8 km302831.1410.629 mio.912,0002006left
47 DelhiIndiaAsiaMetro96.2 km838131.1932.1310 mio.3,224,0002008leftyes
48 WuppertalGermanyEuropeSchwebebahn13.3 km202010.6713.3right
49 LisbonPortugalEuropeMetro41.0 km524640.8910.3180 mio.4,390,0002007leftyes
50 BostonUSAAmericaThe T60.5 km666031.0120.2145 mio.2,397,0002007rightyes
51 StockholmSwedenEuropeTunnelbana105.7 km10410031.0635.2303 mio.2,867,0002007left
52 HanoverGermanyEuropeStadtbahn18.6 km211731.096.2rightyes
53 RecifeBrazilAmericaMetro39.7 km302821.4219.9right
54 ClevelandUSAAmericaRapid Transit31.0 km181811.7231.06 mio.194,0002008right
55 ViennaAustriaEuropeU-Bahn69.8 km968450.8314.0498 mio.7,135,0002008rightyesyes
56 BerlinGermanyEuropeU-Bahn147.4 km195173100.8514.7447 mio.3,033,0002008rightyes
57 ShanghaiChinaAsiaMetro334.0 km230194101.7233.41122 mio.3,359,0002008rightnewer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stationsyes
58 KyotoJapanAsiaSubway31.3 km323121.0115.6126 mio.4,026,0002008leftTozai lineyes
59 GuadalajaraMexicoAmericaMetro24.0 km292820.8612.0right
60 TurinItalyEuropeMetro9.6 km141410.699.6rightVALyes2006VALyesyes
61 MinskBelarusEuropeMetro30.3 km252421.2615.1262 mio.8,647,0002007right
62 CharleroiBelgiumEurope17.5 km202040.884.4
63 SapporoJapanAsiaSubway48.0 km494631.0416.0209 mio.4,354,0002008leftyes
64 KitakyushuJapanAsiaMonorail8.8 km131310.688.8leftyes
65 BaltimoreUSAAmericaMetro Subway24.5 km141411.7524.514 mio.571,0002008rightyes
66 OsloNorwayEuropeT-Bane62.0 km727250.8612.464 mio.1,032,0002005rightyes
67 FrankfurtGermanyEuropeU-Bahn20.5 km312730.766.8rightyes
68 MarseilleFranceEuropeMetro19.3 km262420.809.658 mio.3,005,0002004rightyes
69 BusanSouth KoreaAsiaSubway95.0 km928831.0831.7257 mio.2,705,0002008right
70 The HagueNetherlandsEuropeRandstadRail27.9 km303030.939.3right
71 KamakuraJapanAsiaMonorail6.6 km8810.826.6left
72 AnkaraTurkeyAsiaMetro23.1 km232221.0511.6113 mio.4,892,0002007rightmetro line1997
73 SamaraRussiaEuropeMetro10.2 km9911.1310.212 mio.1,176,0002007right
74 DortmundGermanyEuropeStadtbahn29.5 km373730.809.8rightyes
75 YokohamaJapanAsiaSubway57.6 km484531.2819.2198 mio.3,438,0002008leftKanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyredKanazawa Seaside LRT1989Kanazawa Seaside LRT lineyes
76 NewcastleUnited KingdomEuropeTyne & Wear Metro76.5 km615021.5338.338 mio.497,0002006left
77 BucharestRomaniaEuropeMetro67.7 km504341.5716.9111 mio.1,640,0001999right
78 TaipeiTaiwanAsiaMRT90.6 km858081.1311.3450 mio.4,967,0002008rightMuzha line, VALyes1996Muzha line VAL MRTyesyes
79 LudwigshafenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn4.0 km111100.36right
80 RomeItalyEuropeMetro39.0 km494820.8119.5331 mio.8,487,0002008leftyesyes
81 Hong KongChinaAsiaMTR188.1 km958292.2920.91309 mio.6,959,0002008leftDisneyland Resort LineSI, WI lines, planned2005all underground stationsyesyes
82 NahaJapanAsiaMonorail12.8 km151510.8512.8left
83 WashingtonUSAAmericaMetrorail171.2 km908651.9934.2215 mio.1,256,0002008rightyes
84 LilleFranceEuropeMetro45.5 km626020.7622.874 mio.1,626,0002004rightVALyes1983VAL, all stationsyes
85 BochumGermanyEuropeStadtbahn21.5 km292720.8010.8right
86 SingaporeSingaporeAsiaMRT118.9 km766941.7229.7571 mio.4,802,0002007leftNorth-East MTR line and 3 rubber-tyred LRT linesLRT lines2003yesyes
87 HaifaIsraelAsiaCarmelit1.8 km6610.291.8
88 PragueCzech RepublicEuropeMetro59.1 km575431.0919.7597 mio.10,102,0002008rightyes
89 ChicagoUSAAmerica"L"166.0 km15114481.1520.8198 mio.1,193,0002008rightyes
90 ValparaisoChileAmericaMetro43.0 km202012.1543.0right
91 MoscowRussiaEuropeMetro298.8 km180144122.0724.92573 mio.8,611,0002008right
92 BeijingChinaAsiaSubway227.6 km14712591.8225.31200 mio.5,274,0002008rightPGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10recentlyall lines
93 SeoulSouth KoreaAsiaSubway286.9 km348298100.9628.72048 mio.7,138,0002008rightlines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010yesyes
94 PhiladelphiaUSAAmericaSubway62.0 km666231.0020.767 mio.1,081,0002008rightyes
95 GenoaItalyEuropeMetro5.2 km7710.745.2rightyes
96 MiamiUSAAmericaMetrorail36.0 km222211.6436.019 mio.528,0002008rightdowntown people mover, rubber-tyredDowntown people mover1986yes
97 CataniaItalyEuropeMetro3.8 km6610.633.8right
98 TorontoCanadaAmericaSubway71.3 km746941.0317.8278 mio.3,899,0002006rightyes
99 AtlantaUSAAmericaMARTA79.2 km393822.0839.634 mio.429,0001994rightyes
100 EdmontonCanadaAmericaLight Rail13.1 km111111.1913.1right
101 NurembergGermanyEuropeU-Bahn34.6 km464430.7911.592 mio.2,659,0001997rightlines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains2008yes
102 BuffaloUSAAmericaMetro Rail8.4 km8811.048.4right
103 TbilisiGeorgiaAsiaMetro26.3 km222121.2513.192 mio.3,498,0002007right
104 Saint LouisUSAAmericaMetrolink73.4 km373721.9836.7right
105 IzmirTurkeyAsiaMetro11.5 km101011.1511.530 mio.2,609,0002005
106 DetroitUSAAmericaPeople Mover4.8 km131310.374.8rightdowntown people mover, LIM technology1987yes
107 StuttgartGermanyEuropeStadtbahn24.0 km191721.4112.0rightyes
108 LondonUnited KingdomEuropeUnderground408.0 km268268111.5237.11197 mio.2,934,0002007leftDocklands Light Rail1987Jubilee Line extensionyes (DLR)
109 BrasiliaBrazilAmericaMetro42.0 km232311.8342.016 mio.381,0002002right
110 RennesFranceEuropeMetro9.0 km151510.609.023 mio.2,556,0002004rightVALyes2002VALyes
111 HelsinkiFinlandEuropeMetro21.0 km171711.2421.058 mio.2,762,0002008rightyes
112 MunichGermanyEuropeU-Bahn92.5 km1009460.9815.4349 mio.3,773,0002008rightyes
113 CologneGermanyEuropeStadtbahn45.0 km5151150.883.0rightnew light rail trains onlyyes
114 Las VegasUSAAmericaMonorail6.2 km7710.896.2rightmonorail2004
115 BielefeldGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.2 km7740.741.3right
116 Porto AlegreBrazilAmericaMetro33.8 km171711.9933.8right
117 ValenciaSpainEuropeMetro31.8 km383730.8610.6
118 MonterreyMexicoAmericaMetro31.5 km323121.0215.8rightyes
119 SeattleUSAAmericaLight Rail22.2 km121211.8522.2rightyes
120 KobeJapanAsiaSubway30.6 km262421.2815.3121 mio.3,954,0002008leftPort Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyredPort Liner and Rokko Liner1981Port Liner and Rokko Lineryes
121 BangkokThailandAsiaSkytrain, MRT46.3 km444031.1615.4206 mio.4,449,0002007leftGreen line1999Green line, Blue lineyes
122 Palma de MallorcaSpainEuropeMetro8.3 km9910.928.3
123 FukuokaJapanAsiaSubway29.8 km353430.889.9124 mio.4,161,0002007leftyes
124 CairoEgyptAfricaMetro65.5 km555321.2432.8700 mio.10,687,0002002left5 stns
125 TianjinChinaAsiaMetro72.0 km373721.9536.015 mio.208,0001993rightplatform gate doorsyes
126 KaohsiungTaiwanAsiaMRT42.7 km373621.1921.430 mio.703,0002008MRT
127 AntwerpBelgiumEuropePremetro7.6 km111120.693.8
128 San FranciscoUSAAmericaBART166.9 km434353.8833.4100 mio.599,0002007rightyes
129 DalianChinaAsiaMetro49.0 km121214.0849.0right
130 BudapestHungaryEuropeMetro33.0 km424030.8311.0297 mio.9,000,0002008right
131 TamaJapanAsiaMonorail16.0 km191910.8416.0leftyes
132 LyonFranceEuropeMetro30.7 km433940.797.7182 mio.5,928,0002004leftline D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDsyes1991
133 RotterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro47.0 km383721.2723.585 mio.1,809,0002006right
134 NanjingChinaAsiaMetro21.7 km161611.3621.7102 mio.4,700,0002008right
135 WuhanChinaAsiaMetro10.2 km101011.0210.2right
136 LimaPeruAmericaTren Urbano10.0 km6611.6710.0
137 BonnGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.0 km121210.759.0right
138 SofiaBulgariaEuropeMetro18.0 km141411.2918.051 mio.2,833,0002008right
139 HamburgGermanyEuropeU-Bahn100.7 km978931.1333.6184 mio.1,827,0002007right
140 PyongyangNorth KoreaAsiaMetro22.5 km161521.5011.335 mio.1,556,0002006
141 ChongqingChinaAsiaMonorail19.5 km181811.0819.5rightThe three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDsyesyes
142 VancouverCanadaAmericaSky Train69.5 km494731.4823.274 mio.1,065,0002008rightSkytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system1986yesyes
143 Belo HorizonteBrazilAmericaMetro28.1 km191911.4828.1right
144 Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAsia64.0 km605631.1421.3109 mio.1,703,0002008leftLRT1996KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stationsyes
145 PittsburghUSAAmericaThe T1.5 km3310.481.5right
146 GlasgowUnited KingdomEuropeSubway10.4 km151510.6910.415 mio.1,442,0002008left
147 ToulouseFranceEuropeMetro27.5 km383720.7413.842 mio.1,527,0002004rightVALyes1993VALyes
148 MilanItalyEuropeMetro74.6 km888430.8924.9328 mio.4,397,0002007rightyesyes
149 ChangchunChinaAsia17.0 km161611.0617.0right
150 Sao PauloBrazilAmericaMetro61.3 km585541.1115.3684 mio.11,158,0002008rightlines 4, 5, and regional rail
151 BakuAzerbaijanAsiaMetro32.9 km222121.5616.4176 mio.5,356,0002007right
152 MumbaiBombayIndiaAsiaSuburban Railway171.0 km737352.3434.2
153 KolkataCalcuttaIndiaAsiaMetro Railway22.6 km212111.0822.6100 mio.4,425,0002000right
154 GuangzhouCantonChinaAsiaMetro148.5 km887951.8829.7601 mio.4,047,0002008rightyesyes
155 DnepropetrovskDnipropetrovskUkraineEuropeMetro7.1 km6611.187.111 mio.1,549,0002007
156 DuesseldorfDüsseldorfGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.6 km141420.684.8rightyes
157 YekaterinburgEkaterinburgRussiaAsiaMetro8.5 km7711.218.546 mio.5,412,0002007right
158 YerevanErevanArmeniaAsiaMetro12.1 km101011.2112.117 mio.1,405,0002007right
159 Nizhny NovgorodGorkyRussiaEuropeMetro15.5 km141321.197.833 mio.2,129,0002007right
160 IncheonInchonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway29.5 km292911.0229.573 mio.2,475,0002008
161 KharkovKharkivUkraineEuropeMetro35.3 km282531.4111.8278 mio.7,875,0002007right
162 Kryvyi RihKrivoy RogUkraineEuropeMetrotram18.0 km121211.5018.0
163 KievKyivUkraineEuropeMetro59.8 km464331.3919.9642 mio.10,736,0002007right
164 Saint PetersburgLeningradRussiaEuropeMetro110.2 km635552.0022.0832 mio.7,550,0002007rightwindowless steel doors in ten stations
165 ChennaiMadrasIndiaAsiaMRTS27.0 km171711.5927.0
166 MedellinMedellínColombiaAmericaMetro28.8 km262521.1514.4155 mio.5,382,0002008
167 MontrealMontréalCanadaAmericaMetro69.2 km736841.0217.3219 mio.3,165,0002006rightyes
168 ShenyangMukdenChinaAsiaMetro22.2 km181811.2322.2right
169 MulheimMülheimGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.0 km131220.754.5right
170 New YorkNew York CityUSAAmericaSubway368.0 km468422270.8713.61624 mio.4,413,0002008rightplanned for new Second Avenue Lineyes
171 OportoPortoPortugalEuropeMetro21.7 km151421.5510.9rightyesyes
172 SantiagoSantiago de ChileChileAmericaMetro83.0 km938650.9716.6642 mio.7,735,0002008rightyes
173 SevilleSevillaSpainEuropeMetro18.0 km212110.8618.0Line 1
174 VolgogradStalingradRussiaEuropeMetro3.3 km2211.653.3
175 DaeguTaeguSouth KoreaAsiaSubway53.9 km565520.9827.0110 mio.2,041,0002008
176 DaejeonTaejonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway22.6 km222211.0322.629 mio.1,283,0002008


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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