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


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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