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


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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