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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 km161610.9114.516.0
2 PoznanPolandEurope6.1 km6611.026.16.0
3 ValenciaVenezuelaAmericaMetro6.2 km7710.896.27.018 mio.2,903,0002008
4 San JuanPuerto RicoAmericaTren Urbano17.2 km161611.0817.216.09 mio.523,0002008
5 KazanRussiaEuropeMetro8.3 km6611.388.36.07 mio.843,0002007
6 PerugiaItalyEuropeMinimetro3.0 km7710.433.07.0
7 AdanaTurkeyAsia8.0 km8811.008.08.0
8 The HagueNetherlandsEuropeRandstadRail27.9 km303030.939.310.0
9 ValparaisoChileAmericaMetro43.0 km202012.1543.020.0
10 ShenyangMukdenChinaAsiaMetro22.2 km181811.2322.218.0
11 Palma de MallorcaSpainEuropeMetro8.3 km9910.928.39.0
12 KaohsiungTaiwanAsiaMRT42.7 km373621.1921.418.530 mio.703,0002008MRT
13 DalianChinaAsiaMetro49.0 km121214.0849.012.0
14 NanjingChinaAsiaMetro21.7 km161611.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,0002008
15 SevilleSevillaSpainEuropeMetro18.0 km212110.8618.021.0Line 1
16 ChangchunChinaAsia17.0 km161611.0617.016.0
17 EssenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn20.2 km272730.756.79.0yes
18 OsakaJapanAsiaSubway137.8 km13310491.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,0002008Nanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyredNanko Port Town Line1981all stations on the Nanko Port Town Lineyes
19 BursaTurkeyAsia22.5 km232310.9822.523.0
20 AmsterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro32.7 km333340.998.28.391 mio.2,783,0002002
21 Saint PetersburgLeningradRussiaEuropeMetro110.2 km635552.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,0002007windowless steel doors in ten stations
22 JacksonvilleUSAAmericaSkyway6.9 km6611.156.96.0downtown monorail people mover1989
23 NewarkUSAAmericaSubway2.2 km4410.552.24.0
24 DnepropetrovskDnipropetrovskUkraineEuropeMetro7.1 km6611.187.16.011 mio.1,549,0002007
25 YerevanErevanArmeniaAsiaMetro12.1 km101011.2112.110.017 mio.1,405,0002007
26 HiroshimaJapanAsiaMonorail18.4 km212110.8818.421.018 mio.978,0002005
27 WarsawPolandEuropeMetro22.6 km212111.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,0002007
28 NagoyaJapanAsiaSubway89.0 km938241.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,0002008Tobu Kyuryo maglev line2005Tobu Kyuryo maglev lineyes
29 LausanneSwitzerlandEuropeMetro13.7 km292820.496.814.5line m2line m22008yes
30 GwangjuSouth KoreaAsiaSubway20.1 km202011.0120.120.017 mio.846,0002008
31 MontrealMontréalCanadaAmericaMetro69.2 km736841.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,0002006yes
32 ChibaJapanAsiaMonorail15.5 km181820.867.89.0
33 SendaiJapanAsiaSubway14.8 km171710.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,0002008yes
34 KolkataCalcuttaIndiaAsiaMetro Railway22.6 km212111.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,0002000
35 ParisFranceEuropeMetro213.0 km380300160.7113.323.81473 mio.6,915,0002008line 14/Météor, rubber-tyredlines 1, 4, 6, 11, 141998all stations on line 14, under construction on line 13lines 1, 14
36 GelsenkirchenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.5 km9910.615.59.0
37 Mexico CityMexicoAmericaMetro201.7 km175147111.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,0002008yes
38 NovosibirskRussiaAsiaMetro14.3 km131221.197.26.570 mio.4,895,0002007
39 DuisburgGermanyEuropeStadtbahn14.3 km131321.107.26.5yes
40 TashkentUzbekistanAsiaMetro36.2 km292631.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,0002007
41 Buenos AiresArgentinaAmericaSubte47.5 km766860.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,0002008yes
42 RouenFranceEuropeMetro2.2 km5510.442.25.0
43 IstanbulTurkeyEuropeMetro15.0 km101011.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,0002008
44 NaplesItalyEuropeMetro31.8 km302831.1410.610.029 mio.912,0002006
45 WuppertalGermanyEuropeSchwebebahn13.3 km202010.6713.320.0
46 LisbonPortugalEuropeMetro41.0 km524640.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,0002007yes
47 StockholmSwedenEuropeTunnelbana105.7 km10410031.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,0002007
48 HanoverGermanyEuropeStadtbahn18.6 km211731.096.27.0yes
49 RecifeBrazilAmericaMetro39.7 km302821.4219.915.0
50 ClevelandUSAAmericaRapid Transit31.0 km181811.7231.018.06 mio.194,0002008
51 MumbaiBombayIndiaAsiaSuburban Railway171.0 km737352.3434.214.6
52 BerlinGermanyEuropeU-Bahn147.4 km195173100.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,0002008yes
53 KyotoJapanAsiaSubway31.3 km323121.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,0002008Tozai lineyes
54 GuadalajaraMexicoAmericaMetro24.0 km292820.8612.014.5
55 MinskBelarusEuropeMetro30.3 km252421.2615.112.5262 mio.8,647,0002007
56 CharleroiBelgiumEurope17.5 km202040.884.45.0
57 KitakyushuJapanAsiaMonorail8.8 km131310.688.813.0yes
58 SapporoJapanAsiaSubway48.0 km494631.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,0002008yes
59 FrankfurtGermanyEuropeU-Bahn20.5 km312730.766.810.3yes
60 OsloNorwayEuropeT-Bane62.0 km727250.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,0002005yes
61 BusanSouth KoreaAsiaSubway95.0 km928831.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,0002008
62 MarseilleFranceEuropeMetro19.3 km262420.809.613.058 mio.3,005,0002004yes
63 AnkaraTurkeyAsiaMetro23.1 km232221.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,0002007metro line1997
64 SamaraRussiaEuropeMetro10.2 km9911.1310.29.012 mio.1,176,0002007
65 KamakuraJapanAsiaMonorail6.6 km8810.826.68.0
66 NewcastleUnited KingdomEuropeTyne & Wear Metro76.5 km615021.5338.330.538 mio.497,0002006
67 DortmundGermanyEuropeStadtbahn29.5 km373730.809.812.3yes
68 YokohamaJapanAsiaSubway57.6 km484531.2819.216.0198 mio.3,438,0002008Kanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyredKanazawa Seaside LRT1989Kanazawa Seaside LRT lineyes
69 LudwigshafenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn4.0 km111100.36
70 BucharestRomaniaEuropeMetro67.7 km504341.5716.912.5111 mio.1,640,0001999
71 DaeguTaeguSouth KoreaAsiaSubway53.9 km565520.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,0002008
72 NahaJapanAsiaMonorail12.8 km151510.8512.815.0
73 BochumGermanyEuropeStadtbahn21.5 km292720.8010.814.5
74 LilleFranceEuropeMetro45.5 km626020.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,0002004VALyes1983VAL, all stationsyes
75 PragueCzech RepublicEuropeMetro59.1 km575431.0919.719.0597 mio.10,102,0002008yes
76 HaifaIsraelAsiaCarmelit1.8 km6610.291.86.0
77 MoscowRussiaEuropeMetro298.8 km180144122.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,0002008
78 Kryvyi RihKrivoy RogUkraineEuropeMetrotram18.0 km121211.5018.012.0
79 GenoaItalyEuropeMetro5.2 km7710.745.27.0yes
80 CataniaItalyEuropeMetro3.8 km6610.633.86.0
81 KharkovKharkivUkraineEuropeMetro35.3 km282531.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,0002007
82 SantiagoSantiago de ChileChileAmericaMetro83.0 km938650.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,0002008yes
83 EdmontonCanadaAmericaLight Rail13.1 km111111.1913.111.0
84 NurembergGermanyEuropeU-Bahn34.6 km464430.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,0001997lines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains2008yes
85 BuffaloUSAAmericaMetro Rail8.4 km8811.048.48.0
86 TbilisiGeorgiaAsiaMetro26.3 km222121.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,0002007
87 Saint LouisUSAAmericaMetrolink73.4 km373721.9836.718.5
88 IzmirTurkeyAsiaMetro11.5 km101011.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,0002005
89 YekaterinburgEkaterinburgRussiaAsiaMetro8.5 km7711.218.57.046 mio.5,412,0002007
90 LondonUnited KingdomEuropeUnderground408.0 km268268111.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,0002007Docklands Light Rail1987Jubilee Line extensionyes (DLR)
91 BrasiliaBrazilAmericaMetro42.0 km232311.8342.023.016 mio.381,0002002
92 StuttgartGermanyEuropeStadtbahn24.0 km191721.4112.09.5yes
93 HelsinkiFinlandEuropeMetro21.0 km171711.2421.017.058 mio.2,762,0002008yes
94 RennesFranceEuropeMetro9.0 km151510.609.015.023 mio.2,556,0002004VALyes2002VALyes
95 VolgogradStalingradRussiaEuropeMetro3.3 km2211.653.32.0
96 MunichGermanyEuropeU-Bahn92.5 km1009460.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,0002008yes
97 BielefeldGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.2 km7740.741.31.8
98 Las VegasUSAAmericaMonorail6.2 km7710.896.27.0monorail2004
99 Porto AlegreBrazilAmericaMetro33.8 km171711.9933.817.0
100 MonterreyMexicoAmericaMetro31.5 km323121.0215.816.0yes
101 ChennaiMadrasIndiaAsiaMRTS27.0 km171711.5927.017.0
102 ValenciaSpainEuropeMetro31.8 km383730.8610.612.7
103 KobeJapanAsiaSubway30.6 km262421.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,0002008Port Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyredPort Liner and Rokko Liner1981Port Liner and Rokko Lineryes
104 FukuokaJapanAsiaSubway29.8 km353430.889.911.7124 mio.4,161,0002007yes
105 MedellinMedellínColombiaAmericaMetro28.8 km262521.1514.413.0155 mio.5,382,0002008
106 AntwerpBelgiumEuropePremetro7.6 km111120.693.85.5
107 Nizhny NovgorodGorkyRussiaEuropeMetro15.5 km141321.197.87.033 mio.2,129,0002007
108 DuesseldorfDüsseldorfGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.6 km141420.684.87.0yes
109 TamaJapanAsiaMonorail16.0 km191910.8416.019.0yes
110 LyonFranceEuropeMetro30.7 km433940.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,0002004line D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDsyes1991
111 BudapestHungaryEuropeMetro33.0 km424030.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,0002008
112 RotterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro47.0 km383721.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,0002006
113 IncheonInchonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway29.5 km292911.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,0002008
114 DaejeonTaejonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway22.6 km222211.0322.622.029 mio.1,283,0002008
115 WuhanChinaAsiaMetro10.2 km101011.0210.210.0
116 LimaPeruAmericaTren Urbano10.0 km6611.6710.06.0
117 BonnGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.0 km121210.759.012.0
118 SofiaBulgariaEuropeMetro18.0 km141411.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,0002008
119 HamburgGermanyEuropeU-Bahn100.7 km978931.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,0002007
120 PyongyangNorth KoreaAsiaMetro22.5 km161521.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,0002006
121 MulheimMülheimGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.0 km131220.754.56.5
122 Belo HorizonteBrazilAmericaMetro28.1 km191911.4828.119.0
123 PittsburghUSAAmericaThe T1.5 km3310.481.53.0
124 GlasgowUnited KingdomEuropeSubway10.4 km151510.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,0002008
125 ToulouseFranceEuropeMetro27.5 km383720.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,0002004VALyes1993VALyes
126 KievKyivUkraineEuropeMetro59.8 km464331.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,0002007
127 BakuAzerbaijanAsiaMetro32.9 km222121.5616.411.0176 mio.5,356,0002007
128 CairoEgyptAfricaMetro65.5 km555321.2432.827.5700 mio.10,687,00020025 stns
129 CopenhagenDenmarkEuropeMetro21.0 km222220.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,0002002all metro lines2002all underground stationsall metro and S-Tog trainsyes
130 BrusselsBelgiumEuropeMetro32.2 km615930.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,0002008line 1B
131 Sao PauloBrazilAmericaMetro61.3 km585541.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,0002008lines 4, 5, and regional rail
132 CologneGermanyEuropeStadtbahn45.0 km5151150.883.03.4new light rail trains onlyyes
133 BeijingChinaAsiaSubway227.6 km14712591.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,0002008PGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10recentlyall lines
134 TehranIranAsiaMetro50.5 km474431.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,0002007yes
135 MaracaiboVenezuelaAmericaMetro6.5 km6611.086.56.0yes
136 Los AngelesUSAAmericaMetro Rail59.3 km303031.9819.810.045 mio.759,0002008yes
137 SydneyAustraliaOceaniaCityrail22.1 km141431.587.44.7yes
138 Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmericaMetro42.0 km343421.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,0002006yes
139 BilbaoSpainEuropeMetro40.6 km383821.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,0002008yesyes
140 ShenzhenChinaAsiaMetro25.3 km232221.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,0002005yesyes
141 BarcelonaSpainEuropeMetro110.5 km152128100.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,0002008under construction on lines 5, 11, planned for lines 9, 10yesyes
142 CaracasVenezuelaAmericaMetro60.5 km504651.3212.110.0510 mio.8,430,0002008yes
143 TokyoJapanAsiaMetro304.5 km290205131.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,0002008Yurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyredYurikamome line1995Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome linesyesyes
144 AthensGreeceEuropeMetro52.0 km524831.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,0002007yesyes
145 MadridSpainEuropeMetro284.0 km281231131.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,0002008yesyes
146 DelhiIndiaAsiaMetro96.2 km838131.1932.127.7310 mio.3,224,0002008yes
147 BostonUSAAmericaThe T60.5 km666031.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,0002007yes
148 ViennaAustriaEuropeU-Bahn69.8 km968450.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,0002008yesyes
149 ShanghaiChinaAsiaMetro334.0 km230194101.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,0002008newer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stationsyes
150 OportoPortoPortugalEuropeMetro21.7 km151421.5510.97.5yesyes
151 TurinItalyEuropeMetro9.6 km141410.699.614.0VALyes2006VALyesyes
152 BaltimoreUSAAmericaMetro Subway24.5 km141411.7524.514.014 mio.571,0002008yes
153 TaipeiTaiwanAsiaMRT90.6 km858081.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,0002008Muzha line, VALyes1996Muzha line VAL MRTyesyes
154 Hong KongChinaAsiaMTR188.1 km958292.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,0002008Disneyland Resort LineSI, WI lines, planned2005all underground stationsyesyes
155 RomeItalyEuropeMetro39.0 km494820.8119.524.5331 mio.8,487,0002008yesyes
156 WashingtonUSAAmericaMetrorail171.2 km908651.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,0002008yes
157 SingaporeSingaporeAsiaMRT118.9 km766941.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,0002007North-East MTR line and 3 rubber-tyred LRT linesLRT lines2003yesyes
158 ChicagoUSAAmerica"L"166.0 km15114481.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,0002008yes
159 SeoulSouth KoreaAsiaSubway286.9 km348298100.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,0002008lines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010yesyes
160 PhiladelphiaUSAAmericaSubway62.0 km666231.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,0002008yes
161 MiamiUSAAmericaMetrorail36.0 km222211.6436.022.019 mio.528,0002008downtown people mover, rubber-tyredDowntown people mover1986yes
162 TorontoCanadaAmericaSubway71.3 km746941.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,0002006yes
163 AtlantaUSAAmericaMARTA79.2 km393822.0839.619.534 mio.429,0001994yes
164 ManilaPhilippinesAsiaMRT45.7 km423931.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,0002008yesyes
165 New YorkNew York CityUSAAmericaSubway368.0 km468422270.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,0002008planned for new Second Avenue Lineyes
166 DetroitUSAAmericaPeople Mover4.8 km131310.374.813.0downtown people mover, LIM technology1987yes
167 GuangzhouCantonChinaAsiaMetro148.5 km887951.8829.717.6601 mio.4,047,0002008yesyes
168 BangkokThailandAsiaSkytrain, MRT46.3 km444031.1615.414.7206 mio.4,449,0002007Green line1999Green line, Blue lineyes
169 SeattleUSAAmericaLight Rail22.2 km121211.8522.212.0yes
170 DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesAsiaMetro39.7 km111113.6139.711.0metro2009metro, monorailyesyes
171 TianjinChinaAsiaMetro72.0 km373721.9536.018.515 mio.208,0001993platform gate doorsyes
172 San FranciscoUSAAmericaBART166.9 km434353.8833.48.6100 mio.599,0002007yes
173 ChongqingChinaAsiaMonorail19.5 km181811.0819.518.0The three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDsyesyes
174 VancouverCanadaAmericaSky Train69.5 km494731.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,0002008Skytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system1986yesyes
175 Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAsia64.0 km605631.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,0002008LRT1996KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stationsyes
176 MilanItalyEuropeMetro74.6 km888430.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,0002007yesyes


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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