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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 PerugiaItalyEuropeMinimetro3.0 km7710.433.07.0
3 AdanaTurkeyAsia8.0 km8811.008.08.0
4 ManilaPhilippinesAsiaMRT45.7 km423931.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,0002008yesyes
5 DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesAsiaMetro39.7 km111113.6139.711.0rightmetro2009metro, monorailyesyes
6 OsakaJapanAsiaSubway137.8 km13310491.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,0002008leftNanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyred1981all stations on the Nanko Port Town Lineyes
7 EssenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn20.2 km272730.756.79.0rightyes
8 MaracaiboVenezuelaAmericaMetro6.5 km6611.086.56.0yes
9 BursaTurkeyAsia22.5 km232310.9822.523.0
10 TehranIranAsiaMetro50.5 km474431.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,0002007yes
11 JacksonvilleUSAAmericaSkyway6.9 km6611.156.96.0rightdowntown monorail people mover1989
12 AmsterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro32.7 km333340.998.28.391 mio.2,783,0002002right
13 NewarkUSAAmericaSubway2.2 km4410.552.24.0right
14 BrusselsBelgiumEuropeMetro32.2 km615930.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,0002008rightline 1B
15 SydneyAustraliaOceaniaCityrail22.1 km141431.587.44.7leftyes
16 Los AngelesUSAAmericaMetro Rail59.3 km303031.9819.810.045 mio.759,0002008rightyes
17 Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmericaMetro42.0 km343421.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,0002006rightyes
18 HiroshimaJapanAsiaMonorail18.4 km212110.8818.421.018 mio.978,0002005left
19 NagoyaJapanAsiaSubway89.0 km938241.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,0002008leftTobu Kyuryo maglev line2005Tobu Kyuryo maglev lineyes
20 CopenhagenDenmarkEuropeMetro21.0 km222220.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,0002002rightall metro lines2002all underground stationsall metro and S-Tog trainsyes
21 WarsawPolandEuropeMetro22.6 km212111.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,0002007right
22 LausanneSwitzerlandEuropeMetro13.7 km292820.496.814.5line m22008yes
23 BilbaoSpainEuropeMetro40.6 km383821.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,0002008leftyesyes
24 ShenzhenChinaAsiaMetro25.3 km232221.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,0002005rightyesyes
25 GwangjuSouth KoreaAsiaSubway20.1 km202011.0120.120.017 mio.846,0002008
26 PoznanPolandEurope6.1 km6611.026.16.0
27 ChibaJapanAsiaMonorail15.5 km181820.867.89.0left
28 ValenciaVenezuelaAmericaMetro6.2 km7710.896.27.018 mio.2,903,0002008
29 BarcelonaSpainEuropeMetro110.5 km152128100.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,0002008rightunder construction on lines 5, 11, planned for lines 9, 10yesyes
30 SendaiJapanAsiaSubway14.8 km171710.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,0002008leftyes
31 ParisFranceEuropeMetro213.0 km380300160.7113.323.81473 mio.6,915,0002008right (metro), left (RER)line 14/Météor, rubber-tyred1998all stations on line 14, under construction on line 13lines 1, 14
32 GelsenkirchenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.5 km9910.615.59.0right
33 TokyoJapanAsiaMetro304.5 km290205131.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,0002008leftYurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyred1995Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome linesyesyes
34 Mexico CityMexicoAmericaMetro201.7 km175147111.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,0002008right
35 CaracasVenezuelaAmericaMetro60.5 km504651.3212.110.0510 mio.8,430,0002008yes
36 San JuanPuerto RicoAmericaTren Urbano17.2 km161611.0817.216.09 mio.523,0002008
37 KazanRussiaEuropeMetro8.3 km6611.388.36.07 mio.843,0002007right
38 AthensGreeceEuropeMetro52.0 km524831.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,0002007rightyesyes
39 NovosibirskRussiaAsiaMetro14.3 km131221.197.26.570 mio.4,895,0002007right
40 DuisburgGermanyEuropeStadtbahn14.3 km131321.107.26.5rightyes
41 Buenos AiresArgentinaAmericaSubte47.5 km766860.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,0002008leftyes
42 TashkentUzbekistanAsiaMetro36.2 km292631.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,0002007right
43 MadridSpainEuropeMetro284.0 km281231131.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,0002008leftyesyes
44 RouenFranceEuropeMetro2.2 km5510.442.25.0
45 IstanbulTurkeyEuropeMetro15.0 km101011.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,0002008right
46 WuppertalGermanyEuropeSchwebebahn13.3 km202010.6713.320.0right
47 NaplesItalyEuropeMetro31.8 km302831.1410.610.029 mio.912,0002006left
48 DelhiIndiaAsiaMetro96.2 km838131.1932.127.7310 mio.3,224,0002008leftyes
49 StockholmSwedenEuropeTunnelbana105.7 km10410031.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,0002007left
50 LisbonPortugalEuropeMetro41.0 km524640.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,0002007leftyes
51 BostonUSAAmericaThe T60.5 km666031.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,0002007rightyes
52 RecifeBrazilAmericaMetro39.7 km302821.4219.915.0right
53 HanoverGermanyEuropeStadtbahn18.6 km211731.096.27.0rightyes
54 ClevelandUSAAmericaRapid Transit31.0 km181811.7231.018.06 mio.194,0002008right
55 ViennaAustriaEuropeU-Bahn69.8 km968450.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,0002008rightyesyes
56 KyotoJapanAsiaSubway31.3 km323121.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,0002008leftTozai lineyes
57 BerlinGermanyEuropeU-Bahn147.4 km195173100.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,0002008rightyes
58 ShanghaiChinaAsiaMetro334.0 km230194101.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,0002008rightnewer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stationsyes
59 GuadalajaraMexicoAmericaMetro24.0 km292820.8612.014.5right
60 CharleroiBelgiumEurope17.5 km202040.884.45.0
61 TurinItalyEuropeMetro9.6 km141410.699.614.0rightVAL2006VALyesyes
62 MinskBelarusEuropeMetro30.3 km252421.2615.112.5262 mio.8,647,0002007right
63 BaltimoreUSAAmericaMetro Subway24.5 km141411.7524.514.014 mio.571,0002008rightyes
64 SapporoJapanAsiaSubway48.0 km494631.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,0002008leftyes
65 KitakyushuJapanAsiaMonorail8.8 km131310.688.813.0leftyes
66 OsloNorwayEuropeT-Bane62.0 km727250.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,0002005rightyes
67 FrankfurtGermanyEuropeU-Bahn20.5 km312730.766.810.3rightyes
68 MarseilleFranceEuropeMetro19.3 km262420.809.613.058 mio.3,005,0002004right
69 BusanSouth KoreaAsiaSubway95.0 km928831.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,0002008right
70 The HagueNetherlandsEuropeRandstadRail27.9 km303030.939.310.0right
71 KamakuraJapanAsiaMonorail6.6 km8810.826.68.0left
72 AnkaraTurkeyAsiaMetro23.1 km232221.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,0002007rightmetro line1997
73 SamaraRussiaEuropeMetro10.2 km9911.1310.29.012 mio.1,176,0002007right
74 DortmundGermanyEuropeStadtbahn29.5 km373730.809.812.3rightyes
75 YokohamaJapanAsiaSubway57.6 km484531.2819.216.0198 mio.3,438,0002008leftKanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyred1989Kanazawa Seaside LRT lineyes
76 NewcastleUnited KingdomEuropeTyne & Wear Metro76.5 km615021.5338.330.538 mio.497,0002006left
77 BucharestRomaniaEuropeMetro67.7 km504341.5716.912.5111 mio.1,640,0001999right
78 TaipeiTaiwanAsiaMRT90.6 km858081.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,0002008rightMuzha line, VAL1996Muzha line VAL MRTyesyes
79 LudwigshafenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn4.0 km111100.36right
80 RomeItalyEuropeMetro39.0 km494820.8119.524.5331 mio.8,487,0002008leftyesyes
81 Hong KongChinaAsiaMTR188.1 km958292.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,0002008leftDisneyland Resort Line2005all underground stationsyesyes
82 NahaJapanAsiaMonorail12.8 km151510.8512.815.0left
83 WashingtonUSAAmericaMetrorail171.2 km908651.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,0002008rightyes
84 LilleFranceEuropeMetro45.5 km626020.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,0002004rightVAL1983VAL, all stationsyes
85 BochumGermanyEuropeStadtbahn21.5 km292720.8010.814.5right
86 SingaporeSingaporeAsiaMRT118.9 km766941.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,0002007leftNorth-East MTR line and 3 rubber-tyred LRT lines2003yesyes
87 HaifaIsraelAsiaCarmelit1.8 km6610.291.86.0
88 PragueCzech RepublicEuropeMetro59.1 km575431.0919.719.0597 mio.10,102,0002008rightyes
89 ChicagoUSAAmerica"L"166.0 km15114481.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,0002008rightyes
90 ValparaisoChileAmericaMetro43.0 km202012.1543.020.0right
91 MoscowRussiaEuropeMetro298.8 km180144122.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,0002008right
92 BeijingChinaAsiaSubway227.6 km14712591.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,0002008rightPGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10recentlyall lines
93 SeoulSouth KoreaAsiaSubway286.9 km348298100.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,0002008rightlines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010yesyes
94 PhiladelphiaUSAAmericaSubway62.0 km666231.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,0002008rightyes
95 GenoaItalyEuropeMetro5.2 km7710.745.27.0rightyes
96 TorontoCanadaAmericaSubway71.3 km746941.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,0002006rightyes
97 MiamiUSAAmericaMetrorail36.0 km222211.6436.022.019 mio.528,0002008rightdowntown people mover, rubber-tyred1986yes
98 CataniaItalyEuropeMetro3.8 km6610.633.86.0right
99 AtlantaUSAAmericaMARTA79.2 km393822.0839.619.534 mio.429,0001994rightyes
100 NurembergGermanyEuropeU-Bahn34.6 km464430.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,0001997rightlines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains2008yes
101 EdmontonCanadaAmericaLight Rail13.1 km111111.1913.111.0right
102 BuffaloUSAAmericaMetro Rail8.4 km8811.048.48.0right
103 TbilisiGeorgiaAsiaMetro26.3 km222121.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,0002007right
104 IzmirTurkeyAsiaMetro11.5 km101011.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,0002005
105 Saint LouisUSAAmericaMetrolink73.4 km373721.9836.718.5right
106 DetroitUSAAmericaPeople Mover4.8 km131310.374.813.0rightdowntown people mover, LIM technology1987yes
107 BrasiliaBrazilAmericaMetro42.0 km232311.8342.023.016 mio.381,0002002right
108 StuttgartGermanyEuropeStadtbahn24.0 km191721.4112.09.5rightyes
109 LondonUnited KingdomEuropeUnderground408.0 km268268111.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,0002007leftDocklands Light Rail1987Jubilee Line extensionyes (DLR)
110 RennesFranceEuropeMetro9.0 km151510.609.015.023 mio.2,556,0002004rightVAL2002VALyes
111 HelsinkiFinlandEuropeMetro21.0 km171711.2421.017.058 mio.2,762,0002008rightyes
112 MunichGermanyEuropeU-Bahn92.5 km1009460.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,0002008rightyes
113 CologneGermanyEuropeStadtbahn45.0 km5151150.883.03.4rightnew light rail trains onlyyes
114 Las VegasUSAAmericaMonorail6.2 km7710.896.27.0rightmonorail2004
115 BielefeldGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.2 km7740.741.31.8right
116 Porto AlegreBrazilAmericaMetro33.8 km171711.9933.817.0right
117 ValenciaSpainEuropeMetro31.8 km383730.8610.612.7
118 MonterreyMexicoAmericaMetro31.5 km323121.0215.816.0right
119 BangkokThailandAsiaSkytrain, MRT46.3 km444031.1615.414.7206 mio.4,449,0002007leftGreen line1999Green line, Blue lineyes
120 SeattleUSAAmericaLight Rail22.2 km121211.8522.212.0rightyes
121 KobeJapanAsiaSubway30.6 km262421.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,0002008leftPort Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyred1981Port Liner and Rokko Lineryes
122 Palma de MallorcaSpainEuropeMetro8.3 km9910.928.39.0
123 FukuokaJapanAsiaSubway29.8 km353430.889.911.7124 mio.4,161,0002007leftyes
124 CairoEgyptAfricaMetro65.5 km555321.2432.827.5700 mio.10,687,0002002left5 stns
125 TianjinChinaAsiaMetro72.0 km373721.9536.018.515 mio.208,0001993rightplatform gate doorsyes
126 KaohsiungTaiwanAsiaMRT42.7 km373621.1921.418.530 mio.703,0002008MRT
127 AntwerpBelgiumEuropePremetro7.6 km111120.693.85.5
128 San FranciscoUSAAmericaBART166.9 km434353.8833.48.6100 mio.599,0002007rightyes
129 DalianChinaAsiaMetro49.0 km121214.0849.012.0right
130 BudapestHungaryEuropeMetro33.0 km424030.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,0002008right
131 TamaJapanAsiaMonorail16.0 km191910.8416.019.0leftyes
132 LyonFranceEuropeMetro30.7 km433940.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,0002004leftline D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDs1991
133 RotterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro47.0 km383721.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,0002006right
134 WuhanChinaAsiaMetro10.2 km101011.0210.210.0right
135 NanjingChinaAsiaMetro21.7 km161611.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,0002008right
136 SofiaBulgariaEuropeMetro18.0 km141411.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,0002008right
137 LimaPeruAmericaTren Urbano10.0 km6611.6710.06.0
138 BonnGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.0 km121210.759.012.0right
139 PyongyangNorth KoreaAsiaMetro22.5 km161521.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,0002006
140 HamburgGermanyEuropeU-Bahn100.7 km978931.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,0002007right
141 ChongqingChinaAsiaMonorail19.5 km181811.0819.518.0rightThe three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDsyesyes
142 VancouverCanadaAmericaSky Train69.5 km494731.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,0002008rightSkytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system1986yesyes
143 Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAsia64.0 km605631.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,0002008leftLRT1996KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stationsyes
144 Belo HorizonteBrazilAmericaMetro28.1 km191911.4828.119.0right
145 GlasgowUnited KingdomEuropeSubway10.4 km151510.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,0002008left
146 PittsburghUSAAmericaThe T1.5 km3310.481.53.0right
147 ChangchunChinaAsia17.0 km161611.0617.016.0right
148 ToulouseFranceEuropeMetro27.5 km383720.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,0002004rightVAL1993VALyes
149 MilanItalyEuropeMetro74.6 km888430.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,0002007rightyesyes
150 Sao PauloBrazilAmericaMetro61.3 km585541.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,0002008rightlines 4, 5, and regional rail
151 BakuAzerbaijanAsiaMetro32.9 km222121.5616.411.0176 mio.5,356,0002007right
152 MumbaiBombayIndiaAsiaSuburban Railway171.0 km737352.3434.214.6
153 KolkataCalcuttaIndiaAsiaMetro Railway22.6 km212111.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,0002000right
154 GuangzhouCantonChinaAsiaMetro148.5 km887951.8829.717.6601 mio.4,047,0002008rightyesyes
155 DnepropetrovskDnipropetrovskUkraineEuropeMetro7.1 km6611.187.16.011 mio.1,549,0002007
156 DuesseldorfDüsseldorfGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.6 km141420.684.87.0rightyes
157 YekaterinburgEkaterinburgRussiaAsiaMetro8.5 km7711.218.57.046 mio.5,412,0002007right
158 YerevanErevanArmeniaAsiaMetro12.1 km101011.2112.110.017 mio.1,405,0002007right
159 Nizhny NovgorodGorkyRussiaEuropeMetro15.5 km141321.197.87.033 mio.2,129,0002007right
160 IncheonInchonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway29.5 km292911.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,0002008
161 KharkovKharkivUkraineEuropeMetro35.3 km282531.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,0002007right
162 Kryvyi RihKrivoy RogUkraineEuropeMetrotram18.0 km121211.5018.012.0
163 KievKyivUkraineEuropeMetro59.8 km464331.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,0002007right
164 Saint PetersburgLeningradRussiaEuropeMetro110.2 km635552.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,0002007rightwindowless steel doors in ten stations
165 ChennaiMadrasIndiaAsiaMRTS27.0 km171711.5927.017.0
166 MedellinMedellínColombiaAmericaMetro28.8 km262521.1514.413.0155 mio.5,382,0002008
167 MontrealMontréalCanadaAmericaMetro69.2 km736841.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,0002006right
168 ShenyangMukdenChinaAsiaMetro22.2 km181811.2322.218.0right
169 MulheimMülheimGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.0 km131220.754.56.5right
170 New YorkNew York CityUSAAmericaSubway368.0 km468422270.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,0002008rightplanned for new Second Avenue Lineyes
171 OportoPortoPortugalEuropeMetro21.7 km151421.5510.97.5rightyesyes
172 SantiagoSantiago de ChileChileAmericaMetro83.0 km938650.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,0002008right
173 SevilleSevillaSpainEuropeMetro18.0 km212110.8618.021.0Line 1
174 VolgogradStalingradRussiaEuropeMetro3.3 km2211.653.32.0
175 DaeguTaeguSouth KoreaAsiaSubway53.9 km565520.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,0002008
176 DaejeonTaejonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway22.6 km222211.0322.622.029 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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