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


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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