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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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1AdanaTurkeyAsia5.0 mi8810.625.08.0
2AlgiersAlgeriaAfricaMetro5.6 mi101010.565.610.0yesyes
3AmsterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro20.3 mi333340.625.18.391 mio.4,478,0002002right
4AnkaraTurkeyAsiaMetro14.4 mi232220.657.211.5113 mio.7,871,0002007rightmetro line1997
5AntwerpBelgiumEurope4.7 mi111120.432.45.5
6AthensGreeceEuropeMetro32.3 mi524830.6710.817.3325 mio.10,056,0002007rightyesyes
7AtlantaUSAAmericaMARTA49.2 mi393821.3024.619.534 mio.691,0001994rightyes
8BakuAzerbaijanAsiaMetro19.7 mi212020.999.910.5176 mio.8,933,0002007right
9BaltimoreUSAAmericaMetro Subway15.2 mi141411.0915.214.014 mio.919,0002008rightyes
10BangkokThailandAsiaSkytrain, MRT28.8 mi444030.729.614.7206 mio.7,159,0002007leftGreen line1999Green line, Blue lineyes
11BarcelonaSpainEuropeMetro68.7 mi152128100.546.915.2378 mio.5,504,0002008rightunder construction on lines 5, 11, planned for lines 9, 10yesyes
12BeijingChinaAsiaSubway141.4 mi14712591.1315.716.31200 mio.8,485,0002008rightPGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10recentlyall lines
13Belo HorizonteBrazilAmericaMetro17.5 mi191910.9217.519.0
14BerlinGermanyEuropeU-Bahn91.6 mi195173100.539.219.5447 mio.4,879,0002008rightyes
15BielefeldGermanyEuropeStadtbahn3.2 mi7740.460.81.8right
16BilbaoSpainEuropeMetro25.2 mi383820.6612.619.086 mio.3,407,0002008leftyesyes
17BochumGermanyEuropeStadtbahn13.4 mi292720.506.714.5right
18BonnGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.6 mi121210.475.612.0right
19BostonUSAAmericaThe T37.6 mi666030.6312.522.0145 mio.3,856,0002007rightyes
20BrasiliaBrazilAmericaMetro26.1 mi232311.1326.123.016 mio.613,0002002
21BrusselsBelgiumEuropeMetro20.0 mi615930.346.720.3136 mio.6,796,0002008rightline 1B
22BucharestRomaniaEuropeMetro42.1 mi504340.9810.512.5111 mio.2,638,0001999right
23BudapestHungaryEuropeMetro20.5 mi424030.516.814.0297 mio.14,481,0002008right
24Buenos AiresArgentinaAmericaSubte29.5 mi766860.434.912.7280 mio.9,485,0002008leftyes
25BuffaloUSAAmericaMetro Rail5.2 mi8810.655.28.0
26BursaTurkeyAsia14.0 mi232310.6114.023.0
27BusanSouth KoreaAsiaSubway59.0 mi928830.6719.730.7257 mio.4,353,0002008right
28CairoEgyptAfricaMetro40.7 mi555320.7720.427.5700 mio.17,195,0002002left5 stns
29CaracasVenezuelaAmericaMetro37.6 mi474350.877.59.4510 mio.13,563,0002008yes
30CataniaItalyEuropeMetro2.4 mi6610.392.46.0right
31ChangchunChinaAsia10.6 mi161610.6610.616.0
32CharleroiBelgiumEurope10.9 mi202040.542.75.0
33ChennaiMadrasIndiaAsiaMRTS16.8 mi171710.9916.817.0
34ChibaJapanAsiaMonorail9.6 mi181820.544.89.0
35ChicagoUSAAmerica"L"103.2 mi15114480.7212.918.9198 mio.1,919,0002008rightyes
36ChongqingChinaAsiaMonorail12.1 mi181810.6712.118.0rightThe three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDsyesyes
37ClevelandUSAAmericaRapid Transit19.3 mi181811.0719.318.06 mio.311,0002008
38CologneGermanyEuropeStadtbahn28.0 mi5151150.551.93.4rightnew light rail trains onlyyes
39CopenhagenDenmarkEuropeMetro13.1 mi222220.596.511.037 mio.2,835,0002002rightall metro lines2002all underground stationsall metro and S-Tog trainsyes
40DaeguTaeguSouth KoreaAsiaSubway33.5 mi565520.6116.728.0110 mio.3,284,0002008
41DaejeonTaejonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway14.0 mi222210.6414.022.029 mio.2,065,0002008
42DalianChinaAsiaMetro30.5 mi121212.5430.512.0
43DelhiIndiaAsiaMetro55.8 mi787630.7318.626.0310 mio.5,551,0002008leftyes
44DetroitUSAAmericaPeople Mover3.0 mi131310.233.013.0downtown people mover, LIM technology1987yes
45DnepropetrovskDnipropetrovskUkraineEuropeMetro4.4 mi6610.744.46.011 mio.2,493,0002007
46DortmundGermanyEuropeStadtbahn18.3 mi373730.496.112.3rightyes
47DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesAsiaMetro24.7 mi101012.4724.710.0rightmetro2009metro, monorailyesyes
48DuesseldorfDüsseldorfGermanyEuropeStadtbahn6.0 mi141420.433.07.0rightyes
49DuisburgGermanyEuropeStadtbahn8.9 mi131320.694.56.5rightyes
50EdmontonCanadaAmericaLight Rail8.1 mi111110.748.111.0
51EssenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn12.6 mi272730.474.29.0rightyes
52FrankfurtGermanyEuropeU-Bahn12.7 mi312730.474.210.3rightyes
53FukuokaJapanAsiaSubway18.5 mi353430.546.211.7124 mio.6,695,0002007leftyes
54GelsenkirchenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn3.4 mi9910.383.49.0right
55GenoaItalyEuropeMetro3.2 mi7710.463.27.0rightyes
56GlasgowUnited KingdomEuropeSubway6.5 mi151510.436.515.015 mio.2,321,0002008left
57GuadalajaraMexicoAmericaMetro14.9 mi292820.537.514.5
58GuangzhouCantonChinaAsiaMetro109.4 mi887951.3921.917.6601 mio.5,492,0002008rightyesyes
59GwangjuSouth KoreaAsiaSubway12.5 mi202010.6212.520.017 mio.1,361,0002008
60HaifaIsraelAsiaCarmelit1.1 mi6610.181.16.0
61HamburgGermanyEuropeU-Bahn62.6 mi978930.7020.932.3184 mio.2,940,0002007right
62HanoverGermanyEuropeStadtbahn11.6 mi211730.683.97.0rightyes
63HelsinkiFinlandEuropeMetro13.1 mi171710.7713.117.058 mio.4,444,0002008rightyes
64HiroshimaJapanAsiaMonorail11.4 mi212110.5411.421.018 mio.1,574,0002005left
65Hong KongChinaAsiaMTR116.9 mi958291.4313.010.61309 mio.11,197,0002008leftDisneyland Resort LineSI, WI lines, planned2005all underground stationsyesyes
66IncheonInchonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway18.3 mi292910.6318.329.073 mio.3,982,0002008
67IstanbulTurkeyEuropeMetro9.3 mi101010.939.310.068 mio.7,294,0002008right
68IzmirTurkeyAsiaMetro7.1 mi101010.717.110.030 mio.4,197,0002005
69JacksonvilleUSAAmericaSkyway4.3 mi6610.714.36.0downtown monorail people mover1989
70KamakuraJapanAsiaMonorail4.1 mi8810.514.18.0
71KaohsiungTaiwanAsiaMRT26.5 mi373620.7413.318.530 mio.1,130,0002008MRT
72KazanRussiaEuropeMetro5.2 mi6610.865.26.07 mio.1,357,0002007
73KharkovKharkivUkraineEuropeMetro21.9 mi282530.887.39.3278 mio.12,671,0002007right
74KievKyivUkraineEuropeMetro37.2 mi464330.8612.415.3642 mio.17,274,0002007right
75KitakyushuJapanAsiaMonorail5.5 mi131310.425.513.0leftyes
76KobeJapanAsiaSubway19.0 mi262420.799.513.0121 mio.6,362,0002008leftPort Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyredPort Liner and Rokko Liner1981Port Liner and Rokko Lineryes
77KolkataCalcuttaIndiaAsiaMetro Railway14.0 mi212110.6714.021.0100 mio.7,119,0002000right
78Kryvyi RihKrivoy RogUkraineEuropeMetrotram11.2 mi121210.9311.212.0
79Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAsia39.8 mi605630.7113.320.0109 mio.2,740,0002008leftLRT1996KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stationsyes
80KyotoJapanAsiaSubway19.5 mi323120.639.716.0126 mio.6,477,0002008leftTozai lineyes
81Las VegasUSAAmericaMonorail3.9 mi7710.553.97.0monorail2004
82LausanneSwitzerlandEuropeMetro8.5 mi292820.304.314.5line m2line m22008yes
83LilleFranceEuropeMetro28.3 mi626020.4714.131.074 mio.2,617,0002004rightVALyes1983VAL, all stationsyes
84LimaPeruAmericaTren Urbano6.2 mi6611.046.26.0
85LisbonPortugalEuropeMetro25.5 mi524640.556.413.0180 mio.7,064,0002007leftyes
86LondonUnited KingdomEuropeUnderground253.6 mi268268110.9523.124.41197 mio.4,721,0002007leftDocklands Light Rail1987Jubilee Line extensionyes (DLR)
87Los AngelesUSAAmericaMetro Rail36.9 mi303031.2312.310.045 mio.1,221,0002008rightyes
88LudwigshafenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn2.5 mi111100.23right
89LyonFranceEuropeMetro19.1 mi433940.494.810.8182 mio.9,539,0002004leftline D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDsyes1991
90MadridSpainEuropeMetro176.5 mi281231130.7613.621.6686 mio.3,887,0002008leftyesyes
91ManilaPhilippinesAsiaMRT28.4 mi423930.739.514.0346 mio.12,182,0002008yesyes
92MaracaiboVenezuelaAmericaMetro4.0 mi6610.674.06.0yes
93MarseilleFranceEuropeMetro12.0 mi262420.506.013.058 mio.4,835,0002004rightyes
94MedellinMedellínColombiaAmericaMetro17.9 mi262520.728.913.0155 mio.8,660,0002008
95Mexico CityMexicoAmericaMetro125.4 mi175147110.8511.415.91460 mio.11,647,0002008rightyes
96MiamiUSAAmericaMetrorail22.4 mi222211.0222.422.019 mio.849,0002008rightdowntown people mover, rubber-tyredDowntown people mover1986yes
97MilanItalyEuropeMetro46.4 mi888430.5515.529.3328 mio.7,074,0002007rightyesyes
98MinskBelarusEuropeMetro18.8 mi252420.789.412.5262 mio.13,913,0002007right
99MonterreyMexicoAmericaMetro19.6 mi323120.639.816.0yes
100MontrealMontréalCanadaAmericaMetro43.0 mi736840.6310.818.3219 mio.5,092,0002006rightyes
101MoscowRussiaEuropeMetro185.7 mi180144121.2915.515.02573 mio.13,855,0002008right
102MulheimMülheimGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.6 mi131220.472.86.5right
103MumbaiBombayIndiaAsiaSuburban Railway106.3 mi737351.4621.314.6
104MunichGermanyEuropeU-Bahn57.5 mi1009460.619.616.7349 mio.6,071,0002008rightyes
105NagoyaJapanAsiaSubway55.3 mi938240.6713.823.3427 mio.7,720,0002008leftTobu Kyuryo maglev line2005Tobu Kyuryo maglev lineyes
106NahaJapanAsiaMonorail8.0 mi151510.538.015.0
107NanjingChinaAsiaMetro13.5 mi161610.8413.516.0102 mio.7,563,0002008
108NaplesItalyEuropeMetro19.8 mi302830.716.610.029 mio.1,467,0002006left
109New YorkNew York CityUSAAmericaSubway228.7 mi468422270.548.517.31624 mio.7,101,0002008rightplanned for new Second Avenue Lineyes
110NewarkUSAAmericaSubway1.4 mi4410.341.44.0right
111NewcastleUnited KingdomEuropeTyne & Wear Metro47.5 mi615020.9523.830.538 mio.799,0002006left
112Nizhny NovgorodGorkyRussiaEuropeMetro9.6 mi141320.744.87.033 mio.3,426,0002007right
113NovosibirskRussiaAsiaMetro8.9 mi131220.744.46.570 mio.7,876,0002007right
114NurembergGermanyEuropeU-Bahn21.5 mi464430.497.215.392 mio.4,278,0001997rightline U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated line U22008yes
115OportoPortoPortugalEuropeMetro13.5 mi151420.966.77.5rightyesyes
116OsakaJapanAsiaSubway85.6 mi13310490.829.514.8860 mio.10,042,0002008leftNanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyredNanko Port Town Line1981all stations on the Nanko Port Town Lineyes
117OsloNorwayEuropeT-Bane38.5 mi727250.547.714.464 mio.1,661,0002005rightyes
118Palma de MallorcaSpainEuropeMetro5.2 mi9910.575.29.0
119ParisFranceEuropeMetro132.4 mi380300160.448.323.81473 mio.11,127,0002008right (metro), left (RER)line 14/Météor, rubber-tyredlines 1, 4, 6, 11, 141998all stations on line 14, under construction on line 13lines 1, 14
120PerugiaItalyEuropeMinimetro1.9 mi7710.271.97.0
121PhiladelphiaUSAAmericaSubway38.5 mi666230.6212.822.067 mio.1,739,0002008rightyes
122PittsburghUSAAmericaThe T0.9 mi3310.300.93.0
123Porto AlegreBrazilAmericaMetro21.0 mi171711.2421.017.0
124PoznanPolandEurope3.8 mi6610.633.86.0
125PragueCzech RepublicEuropeMetro36.7 mi575430.6812.219.0597 mio.16,253,0002008rightyes
126PyongyangNorth KoreaAsiaMetro14.0 mi161520.937.08.035 mio.2,503,0002006
127RecifeBrazilAmericaMetro24.7 mi302820.8812.315.0
128RennesFranceEuropeMetro5.6 mi151510.375.615.023 mio.4,112,0002004rightVALyes2002VALyes
129Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmericaMetro26.1 mi343420.7713.117.0135 mio.5,172,0002006rightyes
130RomeItalyEuropeMetro24.2 mi494820.5012.124.5331 mio.13,656,0002008leftyesyes
131RotterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro29.2 mi383720.7914.619.085 mio.2,910,0002006right
132RouenFranceEuropeMetro1.4 mi5510.271.45.0
133Saint LouisUSAAmericaMetrolink45.6 mi373721.2322.818.5
134Saint PetersburgLeningradRussiaEuropeMetro68.5 mi635551.2513.712.6832 mio.12,148,0002007rightwindowless steel doors in ten stations
135SamaraRussiaEuropeMetro6.3 mi9910.706.39.012 mio.1,893,0002007right
136San FranciscoUSAAmericaBART103.7 mi434352.4120.78.6100 mio.964,0002007rightyes
137San JuanPuerto RicoAmericaTren Urbano10.7 mi161610.6710.716.09 mio.842,0002008
138SantiagoSantiago de ChileChileAmericaMetro51.6 mi938650.6010.318.6642 mio.12,446,0002008rightyes
139Santo DomingoDominican RepublicAmericaMetro9.0 mi161610.569.016.0
140Sao PauloBrazilAmericaMetro38.1 mi585540.699.514.5684 mio.17,954,0002008rightlines 4, 5, and regional rail
141SapporoJapanAsiaSubway29.8 mi494630.659.916.3209 mio.7,006,0002008leftyes
142SeattleUSAAmericaLight Rail13.8 mi121211.1513.812.0yes
143SendaiJapanAsiaSubway9.2 mi171710.549.217.058 mio.6,306,0002008leftyes
144SeoulSouth KoreaAsiaSubway178.3 mi348298100.6017.834.82048 mio.11,486,0002008rightlines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010yesyes
145SevilleSevillaSpainEuropeMetro11.2 mi212110.5311.221.0Line 1
146ShanghaiChinaAsiaMetro207.6 mi230194101.0720.823.01122 mio.5,405,0002008rightnewer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stationsyes
147ShenzhenChinaAsiaMetro15.7 mi232220.717.911.573 mio.4,643,0002005rightyesyes
148SingaporeSingaporeAsiaMRT73.9 mi766941.0718.519.0571 mio.7,727,0002007leftNorth-East MTR line and 3 rubber-tyred LRT linesLRT lines2003yesyes
149SofiaBulgariaEuropeMetro11.2 mi141410.8011.214.051 mio.4,559,0002008right
150StockholmSwedenEuropeTunnelbana65.7 mi10410030.6621.934.7303 mio.4,612,0002007left
151StuttgartGermanyEuropeStadtbahn14.9 mi191720.887.59.5rightyes
152SydneyAustraliaOceaniaCityrail13.7 mi141430.984.64.7yes
153TaipeiTaiwanAsiaMRT56.3 mi858080.707.010.6450 mio.7,992,0002008rightMuzha line, VALyes1996Muzha line VAL MRTyesyes
154TamaJapanAsiaMonorail9.9 mi191910.529.919.0leftyes
155TashkentUzbekistanAsiaMetro22.5 mi292630.877.59.771 mio.3,156,0002007right
156TbilisiGeorgiaAsiaMetro16.3 mi222120.788.211.092 mio.5,628,0002007right
157TehranIranAsiaMetro31.4 mi474430.7110.515.7353 mio.11,247,0002007yes
158The HagueNetherlandsEuropeRandstadRail17.3 mi303030.585.810.0
159TianjinChinaAsiaMetro44.7 mi373721.2122.418.515 mio.335,0001993platform gate doorsyes
160TokyoJapanAsiaMetro189.2 mi290205130.9214.622.33174 mio.16,772,0002008leftYurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyredYurikamome line1995Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome linesyesyes
161TorontoCanadaAmericaSubway44.3 mi746940.6411.118.5278 mio.6,274,0002006rightyes
162ToulouseFranceEuropeMetro17.1 mi383720.468.519.042 mio.2,457,0002004rightVALyes1993VALyes
163TurinItalyEuropeMetro6.0 mi141410.436.014.0rightVALyes2006VALyesyes
164ValenciaSpainEuropeMetro19.8 mi383730.536.612.7
165ValenciaVenezuelaAmericaMetro3.9 mi7710.553.97.018 mio.4,671,0002008
166ValparaisoChileAmericaMetro26.7 mi202011.3426.720.0
167VancouverCanadaAmericaSky Train43.2 mi494730.9214.416.374 mio.1,713,0002008rightSkytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system1986yesyes
168ViennaAustriaEuropeU-Bahn43.4 mi968450.528.719.2498 mio.11,480,0002008rightyesyes
169VolgogradStalingradRussiaEuropeMetro2.1 mi2211.032.12.0
170WarsawPolandEuropeMetro14.0 mi212110.6714.021.0114 mio.8,116,0002007right
171WashingtonUSAAmericaMetrorail106.4 mi908651.2421.318.0215 mio.2,021,0002008rightyes
172WuhanChinaAsiaMetro6.3 mi101010.636.310.0right
173WuppertalGermanyEuropeSchwebebahn8.3 mi202010.418.320.0right
174YekaterinburgEkaterinburgRussiaAsiaMetro5.3 mi7710.755.37.046 mio.8,708,0002007right
175YerevanErevanArmeniaAsiaMetro7.5 mi101010.757.510.017 mio.2,261,0002007right
176YokohamaJapanAsiaSubway35.8 mi484530.8011.916.0198 mio.5,531,0002008leftKanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyredKanazawa Seaside LRT1989Kanazawa Seaside LRT lineyes


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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