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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).



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1AdanaTurkeyAsia8.0 km8811.008.08.0
2PerugiaItalyEuropeMinimetro3.0 km7710.433.07.0
3AlgiersAlgeriaAfricaMetro9.0 km101010.909.010.0yesyes
4DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesAsiaMetro39.7 km101013.9739.710.0rightmetro2009metro, monorailyesyes
5ManilaPhilippinesAsiaMRT45.7 km423931.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,0002008yesyes
6Santo DomingoDominican RepublicAmericaMetro14.5 km161610.9114.516.0
7FukuokaJapanAsiaSubway29.8 km353430.889.911.7124 mio.4,161,0002007leftyes
8Palma de MallorcaSpainEuropeMetro8.3 km9910.928.39.0
9AmsterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro32.7 km333340.998.28.391 mio.2,783,0002002right
10JacksonvilleUSAAmericaSkyway6.9 km6611.156.96.0downtown monorail people mover1989
11BostonUSAAmericaThe T60.5 km666031.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,0002007rightyes
12LisbonPortugalEuropeMetro41.0 km524640.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,0002007leftyes
13StockholmSwedenEuropeTunnelbana105.7 km10410031.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,0002007left
14ChicagoUSAAmerica"L"166.0 km15114481.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,0002008rightyes
15MoscowRussiaEuropeMetro298.8 km180144122.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,0002008right
16ValparaisoChileAmericaMetro43.0 km202012.1543.020.0
17BursaTurkeyAsia22.5 km232310.9822.523.0
18MaracaiboVenezuelaAmericaMetro6.5 km6611.086.56.0yes
19TehranIranAsiaMetro50.5 km474431.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,0002007yes
20DelhiIndiaAsiaMetro89.9 km787631.1829.926.0310 mio.3,450,0002008leftyes
21NaplesItalyEuropeMetro31.8 km302831.1410.610.029 mio.912,0002006left
22WuppertalGermanyEuropeSchwebebahn13.3 km202010.6713.320.0right
23HaifaIsraelAsiaCarmelit1.8 km6610.291.86.0
24PragueCzech RepublicEuropeMetro59.1 km575431.0919.719.0597 mio.10,102,0002008rightyes
25BangkokThailandAsiaSkytrain, MRT46.3 km444031.1615.414.7206 mio.4,449,0002007leftGreen line1999Green line, Blue lineyes
26KobeJapanAsiaSubway30.6 km262421.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,0002008leftPort Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyredPort Liner and Rokko Liner1981Port Liner and Rokko Lineryes
27SeattleUSAAmericaLight Rail22.2 km121211.8522.212.0yes
28IstanbulTurkeyEuropeMetro15.0 km101011.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,0002008right
29RouenFranceEuropeMetro2.2 km5510.442.25.0
30BochumGermanyEuropeStadtbahn21.5 km292720.8010.814.5right
31LilleFranceEuropeMetro45.5 km626020.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,0002004rightVALyes1983VAL, all stationsyes
32SingaporeSingaporeAsiaMRT118.9 km766941.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,0002007leftNorth-East MTR line and 3 rubber-tyred LRT linesLRT lines2003yesyes
33MonterreyMexicoAmericaMetro31.5 km323121.0215.816.0yes
34ValenciaSpainEuropeMetro31.8 km383730.8610.612.7
35EssenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn20.2 km272730.756.79.0rightyes
36OsakaJapanAsiaSubway137.8 km13310491.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,0002008leftNanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyredNanko Port Town Line1981all stations on the Nanko Port Town Lineyes
37TashkentUzbekistanAsiaMetro36.2 km292631.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,0002007right
38NahaJapanAsiaMonorail12.8 km151510.8512.815.0
39WashingtonUSAAmericaMetrorail171.2 km908651.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,0002008rightyes
40Porto AlegreBrazilAmericaMetro33.8 km171711.9933.817.0
41BakuAzerbaijanAsiaMetro31.7 km212021.5915.910.5176 mio.5,552,0002007right
42Sao PauloBrazilAmericaMetro61.3 km585541.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,0002008rightlines 4, 5, and regional rail
43Buenos AiresArgentinaAmericaSubte47.5 km766860.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,0002008leftyes
44MadridSpainEuropeMetro284.0 km281231131.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,0002008leftyesyes
45RomeItalyEuropeMetro39.0 km494820.8119.524.5331 mio.8,487,0002008leftyesyes
46BielefeldGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.2 km7740.741.31.8right
47Las VegasUSAAmericaMonorail6.2 km7710.896.27.0monorail2004
48ChangchunChinaAsia17.0 km161611.0617.016.0
49MilanItalyEuropeMetro74.6 km888430.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,0002007rightyesyes
50ToulouseFranceEuropeMetro27.5 km383720.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,0002004rightVALyes1993VALyes
51DuisburgGermanyEuropeStadtbahn14.3 km131321.107.26.5rightyes
52NovosibirskRussiaAsiaMetro14.3 km131221.197.26.570 mio.4,895,0002007right
53Hong KongChinaAsiaMTR188.1 km958292.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,0002008leftDisneyland Resort LineSI, WI lines, planned2005all underground stationsyesyes
54MunichGermanyEuropeU-Bahn92.5 km1009460.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,0002008rightyes
55GlasgowUnited KingdomEuropeSubway10.4 km151510.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,0002008left
56PittsburghUSAAmericaThe T1.5 km3310.481.53.0
57AthensGreeceEuropeMetro52.0 km524831.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,0002007rightyesyes
58KazanRussiaEuropeMetro8.3 km6611.388.36.07 mio.843,0002007
59San JuanPuerto RicoAmericaTren Urbano17.2 km161611.0817.216.09 mio.523,0002008
60BucharestRomaniaEuropeMetro67.7 km504341.5716.912.5111 mio.1,640,0001999right
61LudwigshafenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn4.0 km111100.36right
62TaipeiTaiwanAsiaMRT90.6 km858081.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,0002008rightMuzha line, VALyes1996Muzha line VAL MRTyesyes
63CologneGermanyEuropeStadtbahn45.0 km5151150.883.03.4rightnew light rail trains onlyyes
64Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAsia64.0 km605631.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,0002008leftLRT1996KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stationsyes
65CaracasVenezuelaAmericaMetro60.5 km474351.4112.19.4510 mio.8,430,0002008yes
66Mexico CityMexicoAmericaMetro201.7 km175147111.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,0002008rightyes
67TokyoJapanAsiaMetro304.5 km290205131.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,0002008leftYurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyredYurikamome line1995Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome linesyesyes
68DortmundGermanyEuropeStadtbahn29.5 km373730.809.812.3rightyes
69NewcastleUnited KingdomEuropeTyne & Wear Metro76.5 km615021.5338.330.538 mio.497,0002006left
70YokohamaJapanAsiaSubway57.6 km484531.2819.216.0198 mio.3,438,0002008leftKanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyredKanazawa Seaside LRT1989Kanazawa Seaside LRT lineyes
71HelsinkiFinlandEuropeMetro21.0 km171711.2421.017.058 mio.2,762,0002008rightyes
72RennesFranceEuropeMetro9.0 km151510.609.015.023 mio.2,556,0002004rightVALyes2002VALyes
73Belo HorizonteBrazilAmericaMetro28.1 km191911.4828.119.0
74VancouverCanadaAmericaSky Train69.5 km494731.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,0002008rightSkytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system1986yesyes
75GelsenkirchenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.5 km9910.615.59.0right
76ParisFranceEuropeMetro213.0 km380300160.7113.323.81473 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
77AnkaraTurkeyAsiaMetro23.1 km232221.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,0002007rightmetro line1997
78KamakuraJapanAsiaMonorail6.6 km8810.826.68.0
79SamaraRussiaEuropeMetro10.2 km9911.1310.29.012 mio.1,176,0002007right
80BrasiliaBrazilAmericaMetro42.0 km232311.8342.023.016 mio.381,0002002
81LondonUnited KingdomEuropeUnderground408.0 km268268111.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,0002007leftDocklands Light Rail1987Jubilee Line extensionyes (DLR)
82StuttgartGermanyEuropeStadtbahn24.0 km191721.4112.09.5rightyes
83ChongqingChinaAsiaMonorail19.5 km181811.0819.518.0rightThe three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDsyesyes
84SendaiJapanAsiaSubway14.8 km171710.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,0002008leftyes
85BusanSouth KoreaAsiaSubway95.0 km928831.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,0002008right
86MarseilleFranceEuropeMetro19.3 km262420.809.613.058 mio.3,005,0002004rightyes
87The HagueNetherlandsEuropeRandstadRail27.9 km303030.939.310.0
88DetroitUSAAmericaPeople Mover4.8 km131310.374.813.0downtown people mover, LIM technology1987yes
89HamburgGermanyEuropeU-Bahn100.7 km978931.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,0002007right
90PyongyangNorth KoreaAsiaMetro22.5 km161521.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,0002006
91BarcelonaSpainEuropeMetro110.5 km152128100.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,0002008rightunder construction on lines 5, 11, planned for lines 9, 10yesyes
92OsloNorwayEuropeT-Bane62.0 km727250.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,0002005rightyes
93IzmirTurkeyAsiaMetro11.5 km101011.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,0002005
94Saint LouisUSAAmericaMetrolink73.4 km373721.9836.718.5
95BonnGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.0 km121210.759.012.0right
96LimaPeruAmericaTren Urbano10.0 km6611.6710.06.0
97SofiaBulgariaEuropeMetro18.0 km141411.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,0002008right
98ChibaJapanAsiaMonorail15.5 km181820.867.89.0
99ValenciaVenezuelaAmericaMetro6.2 km7710.896.27.018 mio.2,903,0002008
100FrankfurtGermanyEuropeU-Bahn20.5 km312730.766.810.3rightyes
101TbilisiGeorgiaAsiaMetro26.3 km222121.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,0002007right
102NanjingChinaAsiaMetro21.7 km161611.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,0002008
103WuhanChinaAsiaMetro10.2 km101011.0210.210.0right
104GwangjuSouth KoreaAsiaSubway20.1 km202011.0120.120.017 mio.846,0002008
105PoznanPolandEurope6.1 km6611.026.16.0
106BaltimoreUSAAmericaMetro Subway24.5 km141411.7524.514.014 mio.571,0002008rightyes
107KitakyushuJapanAsiaMonorail8.8 km131310.688.813.0leftyes
108SapporoJapanAsiaSubway48.0 km494631.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,0002008leftyes
109BuffaloUSAAmericaMetro Rail8.4 km8811.048.48.0
110RotterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro47.0 km383721.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,0002006right
111BilbaoSpainEuropeMetro40.6 km383821.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,0002008leftyesyes
112LausanneSwitzerlandEuropeMetro13.7 km292820.496.814.5line m2line m22008yes
113ShenzhenChinaAsiaMetro25.3 km232221.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,0002005rightyesyes
114CharleroiBelgiumEurope17.5 km202040.884.45.0
115MinskBelarusEuropeMetro30.3 km252421.2615.112.5262 mio.8,647,0002007right
116TurinItalyEuropeMetro9.6 km141410.699.614.0rightVALyes2006VALyesyes
117EdmontonCanadaAmericaLight Rail13.1 km111111.1913.111.0
118NurembergGermanyEuropeU-Bahn34.6 km464430.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,0001997rightline U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated line U22008yes
119TamaJapanAsiaMonorail16.0 km191910.8416.019.0leftyes
120CopenhagenDenmarkEuropeMetro21.0 km222220.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,0002002rightall metro lines2002all underground stationsall metro and S-Tog trainsyes
121NagoyaJapanAsiaSubway89.0 km938241.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,0002008leftTobu Kyuryo maglev line2005Tobu Kyuryo maglev lineyes
122WarsawPolandEuropeMetro22.6 km212111.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,0002007right
123GuadalajaraMexicoAmericaMetro24.0 km292820.8612.014.5
124AtlantaUSAAmericaMARTA79.2 km393822.0839.619.534 mio.429,0001994rightyes
125BudapestHungaryEuropeMetro33.0 km424030.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,0002008right
126LyonFranceEuropeMetro30.7 km433940.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,0002004leftline D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDsyes1991
127Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmericaMetro42.0 km343421.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,0002006rightyes
128BerlinGermanyEuropeU-Bahn147.4 km195173100.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,0002008rightyes
129KyotoJapanAsiaSubway31.3 km323121.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,0002008leftTozai lineyes
130ShanghaiChinaAsiaMetro334.0 km230194101.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,0002008rightnewer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stationsyes
131CataniaItalyEuropeMetro3.8 km6610.633.86.0right
132MiamiUSAAmericaMetrorail36.0 km222211.6436.022.019 mio.528,0002008rightdowntown people mover, rubber-tyredDowntown people mover1986yes
133TorontoCanadaAmericaSubway71.3 km746941.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,0002006rightyes
134DalianChinaAsiaMetro49.0 km121214.0849.012.0
135HiroshimaJapanAsiaMonorail18.4 km212110.8818.421.018 mio.978,0002005left
136ViennaAustriaEuropeU-Bahn69.8 km968450.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,0002008rightyesyes
137GenoaItalyEuropeMetro5.2 km7710.745.27.0rightyes
138PhiladelphiaUSAAmericaSubway62.0 km666231.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,0002008rightyes
139AntwerpBelgiumEurope7.6 km111120.693.85.5
140KaohsiungTaiwanAsiaMRT42.7 km373621.1921.418.530 mio.703,0002008MRT
141San FranciscoUSAAmericaBART166.9 km434353.8833.48.6100 mio.599,0002007rightyes
142BrusselsBelgiumEuropeMetro32.2 km615930.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,0002008rightline 1B
143Los AngelesUSAAmericaMetro Rail59.3 km303031.9819.810.045 mio.759,0002008rightyes
144SydneyAustraliaOceaniaCityrail22.1 km141431.587.44.7yes
145ClevelandUSAAmericaRapid Transit31.0 km181811.7231.018.06 mio.194,0002008
146SeoulSouth KoreaAsiaSubway286.9 km348298100.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,0002008rightlines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010yesyes
147CairoEgyptAfricaMetro65.5 km555321.2432.827.5700 mio.10,687,0002002left5 stns
148TianjinChinaAsiaMetro72.0 km373721.9536.018.515 mio.208,0001993platform gate doorsyes
149NewarkUSAAmericaSubway2.2 km4410.552.24.0right
150HanoverGermanyEuropeStadtbahn18.6 km211731.096.27.0rightyes
151RecifeBrazilAmericaMetro39.7 km302821.4219.915.0
152BeijingChinaAsiaSubway227.6 km14712591.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,0002008rightPGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10recentlyall lines
153MumbaiBombayIndiaAsiaSuburban Railway171.0 km737352.3434.214.6
154KolkataCalcuttaIndiaAsiaMetro Railway22.6 km212111.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,0002000right
155GuangzhouCantonChinaAsiaMetro176.1 km887952.2335.217.6601 mio.3,414,0002008rightyesyes
156DnepropetrovskDnipropetrovskUkraineEuropeMetro7.1 km6611.187.16.011 mio.1,549,0002007
157DuesseldorfDüsseldorfGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.6 km141420.684.87.0rightyes
158YekaterinburgEkaterinburgRussiaAsiaMetro8.5 km7711.218.57.046 mio.5,412,0002007right
159YerevanErevanArmeniaAsiaMetro12.1 km101011.2112.110.017 mio.1,405,0002007right
160Nizhny NovgorodGorkyRussiaEuropeMetro15.5 km141321.197.87.033 mio.2,129,0002007right
161IncheonInchonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway29.5 km292911.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,0002008
162KharkovKharkivUkraineEuropeMetro35.3 km282531.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,0002007right
163Kryvyi RihKrivoy RogUkraineEuropeMetrotram18.0 km121211.5018.012.0
164KievKyivUkraineEuropeMetro59.8 km464331.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,0002007right
165Saint PetersburgLeningradRussiaEuropeMetro110.2 km635552.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,0002007rightwindowless steel doors in ten stations
166ChennaiMadrasIndiaAsiaMRTS27.0 km171711.5927.017.0
167MedellinMedellínColombiaAmericaMetro28.8 km262521.1514.413.0155 mio.5,382,0002008
168MontrealMontréalCanadaAmericaMetro69.2 km736841.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,0002006rightyes
169MulheimMülheimGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.0 km131220.754.56.5right
170New YorkNew York CityUSAAmericaSubway368.0 km468422270.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,0002008rightplanned for new Second Avenue Lineyes
171OportoPortoPortugalEuropeMetro21.7 km151421.5510.97.5rightyesyes
172SantiagoSantiago de ChileChileAmericaMetro83.0 km938650.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,0002008rightyes
173SevilleSevillaSpainEuropeMetro18.0 km212110.8618.021.0Line 1
174VolgogradStalingradRussiaEuropeMetro3.3 km2211.653.32.0
175DaeguTaeguSouth KoreaAsiaSubway53.9 km565520.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,0002008
176DaejeonTaejonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway22.6 km222211.0322.622.029 mio.1,283,0002008


Numerical data (except ridership) by Jordi Serradell 8/2009. Ridership data by John Kennes 7/2008. Ticket prices by UBS: Prices and Earnings (PDF, p. 20) 2009. Non-numerical data by Mike Rohde 8/2009.






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