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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
2AlgiersAlgeriaAfricaMetro9.0 km101010.909.010.0yes
3AmsterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro32.7 km333340.998.28.391 mio.2,783,0002002right
4AnkaraTurkeyAsiaMetro23.1 km232221.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,0002007rightmetro line1997
5AntwerpBelgiumEurope7.6 km111120.693.85.5
6AthensGreeceEuropeMetro52.0 km524831.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,0002007rightyes
7AtlantaUSAAmericaMARTA79.2 km393822.0839.619.534 mio.429,0001994right
8BakuAzerbaijanAsiaMetro31.7 km212021.5915.910.5176 mio.5,552,0002007right
9BaltimoreUSAAmericaMetro Subway24.5 km141411.7524.514.014 mio.571,0002008right
10BangkokThailandAsiaSkytrain, MRT46.3 km444031.1615.414.7206 mio.4,449,0002007leftGreen line1999Green line, Blue line
11BarcelonaSpainEuropeMetro110.5 km152128100.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,0002008rightunder construction on lines 5, 11, planned for lines 9, 10yes
12BeijingChinaAsiaSubway227.6 km14712591.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,0002008rightPGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10all lines
13Belo HorizonteBrazilAmericaMetro28.1 km191911.4828.119.0
14BerlinGermanyEuropeU-Bahn147.4 km195173100.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,0002008rightyes
15BielefeldGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.2 km7740.741.31.8right
16BilbaoSpainEuropeMetro40.6 km383821.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,0002008leftyes
17BochumGermanyEuropeStadtbahn21.5 km292720.8010.814.5right
18BonnGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.0 km121210.759.012.0right
19BostonUSAAmericaThe T60.5 km666031.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,0002007right
20BrasiliaBrazilAmericaMetro42.0 km232311.8342.023.016 mio.381,0002002
21BrusselsBelgiumEuropeMetro32.2 km615930.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,0002008right
22BucharestRomaniaEuropeMetro67.7 km504341.5716.912.5111 mio.1,640,0001999right
23BudapestHungaryEuropeMetro33.0 km424030.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,0002008right
24Buenos AiresArgentinaAmericaSubte47.5 km766860.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,0002008leftyes
25BuffaloUSAAmericaMetro Rail8.4 km8811.048.48.0
26BursaTurkeyAsia22.5 km232310.9822.523.0
27BusanSouth KoreaAsiaSubway95.0 km928831.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,0002008right
28CairoEgyptAfricaMetro65.5 km555321.2432.827.5700 mio.10,687,0002002left
29CaracasVenezuelaAmericaMetro60.5 km474351.4112.19.4510 mio.8,430,0002008
30CataniaItalyEuropeMetro3.8 km6610.633.86.0right
31ChangchunChinaAsia17.0 km161611.0617.016.0
32CharleroiBelgiumEurope17.5 km202040.884.45.0
33ChennaiMadrasIndiaAsiaMRTS27.0 km171711.5927.017.0
34ChibaJapanAsiaMonorail15.5 km181820.867.89.0
35ChicagoUSAAmerica"L"166.0 km15114481.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,0002008right
36ChongqingChinaAsiaMonorail19.5 km181811.0819.518.0rightThe three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDsyes
37ClevelandUSAAmericaRapid Transit31.0 km181811.7231.018.06 mio.194,0002008
38CologneGermanyEuropeStadtbahn45.0 km5151150.883.03.4rightyes
39CopenhagenDenmarkEuropeMetro21.0 km222220.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,0002002rightall metro lines2002all underground stationsyes
40DaeguTaeguSouth KoreaAsiaSubway53.9 km565520.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,0002008
41DaejeonTaejonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway22.6 km222211.0322.622.029 mio.1,283,0002008
42DalianChinaAsiaMetro49.0 km121214.0849.012.0
43DelhiIndiaAsiaMetro89.9 km787631.1829.926.0310 mio.3,450,0002008left
44DetroitUSAAmericaPeople Mover4.8 km131310.374.813.0downtown people mover, LIM technology1987
45DnepropetrovskDnipropetrovskUkraineEuropeMetro7.1 km6611.187.16.011 mio.1,549,0002007
46DortmundGermanyEuropeStadtbahn29.5 km373730.809.812.3rightyes
47DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesAsiaMetro39.7 km101013.9739.710.0rightmetro2009metro, monorailyes
48DuesseldorfDüsseldorfGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.6 km141420.684.87.0rightyes
49DuisburgGermanyEuropeStadtbahn14.3 km131321.107.26.5rightyes
50EdmontonCanadaAmericaLight Rail13.1 km111111.1913.111.0
51EssenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn20.2 km272730.756.79.0rightyes
52FrankfurtGermanyEuropeU-Bahn20.5 km312730.766.810.3rightyes
53FukuokaJapanAsiaSubway29.8 km353430.889.911.7124 mio.4,161,0002007leftyes
54GelsenkirchenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.5 km9910.615.59.0right
55GenoaItalyEuropeMetro5.2 km7710.745.27.0rightyes
56GlasgowUnited KingdomEuropeSubway10.4 km151510.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,0002008left
57GuadalajaraMexicoAmericaMetro24.0 km292820.8612.014.5
58GuangzhouCantonChinaAsiaMetro176.1 km887952.2335.217.6601 mio.3,414,0002008rightyes
59GwangjuSouth KoreaAsiaSubway20.1 km202011.0120.120.017 mio.846,0002008
60HaifaIsraelAsiaCarmelit1.8 km6610.291.86.0
61HamburgGermanyEuropeU-Bahn100.7 km978931.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,0002007right
62HanoverGermanyEuropeStadtbahn18.6 km211731.096.27.0rightyes
63HelsinkiFinlandEuropeMetro21.0 km171711.2421.017.058 mio.2,762,0002008rightyes
64HiroshimaJapanAsiaMonorail18.4 km212110.8818.421.018 mio.978,0002005left
65Hong KongChinaAsiaMTR188.1 km958292.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,0002008leftDisneyland Resort LineSI, WI lines, planned2005all underground stationsyes
66IncheonInchonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway29.5 km292911.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,0002008
67IstanbulTurkeyEuropeMetro15.0 km101011.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,0002008right
68IzmirTurkeyAsiaMetro11.5 km101011.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,0002005
69JacksonvilleUSAAmericaSkyway6.9 km6611.156.96.0downtown monorail people mover1989
70KamakuraJapanAsiaMonorail6.6 km8810.826.68.0
71KaohsiungTaiwanAsiaMRT42.7 km373621.1921.418.530 mio.703,0002008MRT
72KazanRussiaEuropeMetro8.3 km6611.388.36.07 mio.843,0002007
73KharkovKharkivUkraineEuropeMetro35.3 km282531.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,0002007right
74KievKyivUkraineEuropeMetro59.8 km464331.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,0002007right
75KitakyushuJapanAsiaMonorail8.8 km131310.688.813.0leftyes
76KobeJapanAsiaSubway30.6 km262421.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,0002008leftPort Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyredPort Liner and Rokko Liner1981Port Liner and Rokko Lineryes
77KolkataCalcuttaIndiaAsiaMetro Railway22.6 km212111.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,0002000right
78Kryvyi RihKrivoy RogUkraineEuropeMetrotram18.0 km121211.5018.012.0
79Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAsia64.0 km605631.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,0002008leftLRT1996KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stations
80KyotoJapanAsiaSubway31.3 km323121.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,0002008leftTozai lineyes
81Las VegasUSAAmericaMonorail6.2 km7710.896.27.0monorail2004
82LausanneSwitzerlandEuropeMetro13.7 km292820.496.814.5line m2line m22008yes
83LilleFranceEuropeMetro45.5 km626020.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,0002004rightVALyes1983VAL, all stationsyes
84LimaPeruAmericaTren Urbano10.0 km6611.6710.06.0
85LisbonPortugalEuropeMetro41.0 km524640.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,0002007leftyes
86LondonUnited KingdomEuropeUnderground408.0 km268268111.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,0002007leftDocklands Light Rail1987Jubilee Line extensionyes (DLR)
87Los AngelesUSAAmericaMetro Rail59.3 km303031.9819.810.045 mio.759,0002008right
88LudwigshafenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn4.0 km111100.36right
89LyonFranceEuropeMetro30.7 km433940.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,0002004leftline D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDsyes1991
90MadridSpainEuropeMetro284.0 km281231131.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,0002008leftyes
91ManilaPhilippinesAsiaMRT45.7 km423931.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,0002008yes
92MaracaiboVenezuelaAmericaMetro6.5 km6611.086.56.0
93MarseilleFranceEuropeMetro19.3 km262420.809.613.058 mio.3,005,0002004rightyes
94MedellinMedellínColombiaAmericaMetro28.8 km262521.1514.413.0155 mio.5,382,0002008
95Mexico CityMexicoAmericaMetro201.7 km175147111.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,0002008rightyes
96MiamiUSAAmericaMetrorail36.0 km222211.6436.022.019 mio.528,0002008rightdowntown people mover, rubber-tyredDowntown people mover1986
97MilanItalyEuropeMetro74.6 km888430.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,0002007rightyes
98MinskBelarusEuropeMetro30.3 km252421.2615.112.5262 mio.8,647,0002007right
99MonterreyMexicoAmericaMetro31.5 km323121.0215.816.0yes
100MontrealMontréalCanadaAmericaMetro69.2 km736841.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,0002006rightyes
101MoscowRussiaEuropeMetro298.8 km180144122.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,0002008right
102MulheimMülheimGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.0 km131220.754.56.5right
103MumbaiBombayIndiaAsiaSuburban Railway171.0 km737352.3434.214.6
104MunichGermanyEuropeU-Bahn92.5 km1009460.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,0002008rightyes
105NagoyaJapanAsiaSubway89.0 km938241.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,0002008leftTobu Kyuryo maglev line2005Tobu Kyuryo maglev lineyes
106NahaJapanAsiaMonorail12.8 km151510.8512.815.0
107NanjingChinaAsiaMetro21.7 km161611.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,0002008
108NaplesItalyEuropeMetro31.8 km302831.1410.610.029 mio.912,0002006left
109New YorkNew York CityUSAAmericaSubway368.0 km468422270.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,0002008rightplanned for new Second Avenue Line
110NewarkUSAAmericaSubway2.2 km4410.552.24.0right
111NewcastleUnited KingdomEuropeTyne & Wear Metro76.5 km615021.5338.330.538 mio.497,0002006left
112Nizhny NovgorodGorkyRussiaEuropeMetro15.5 km141321.197.87.033 mio.2,129,0002007right
113NovosibirskRussiaAsiaMetro14.3 km131221.197.26.570 mio.4,895,0002007right
114NurembergGermanyEuropeU-Bahn34.6 km464430.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,0001997rightline U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated line U22008yes
115OportoPortoPortugalEuropeMetro21.7 km151421.5510.97.5rightyes
116OsakaJapanAsiaSubway137.8 km13310491.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,0002008leftNanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyredNanko Port Town Line1981all stations on the Nanko Port Town Lineyes
117OsloNorwayEuropeT-Bane62.0 km727250.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,0002005rightyes
118Palma de MallorcaSpainEuropeMetro8.3 km9910.928.39.0
119ParisFranceEuropeMetro213.0 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
120PerugiaItalyEuropeMinimetro3.0 km7710.433.07.0
121PhiladelphiaUSAAmericaSubway62.0 km666231.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,0002008right
122PittsburghUSAAmericaThe T1.5 km3310.481.53.0
123Porto AlegreBrazilAmericaMetro33.8 km171711.9933.817.0
124PoznanPolandEurope6.1 km6611.026.16.0
125PragueCzech RepublicEuropeMetro59.1 km575431.0919.719.0597 mio.10,102,0002008rightyes
126PyongyangNorth KoreaAsiaMetro22.5 km161521.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,0002006
127RecifeBrazilAmericaMetro39.7 km302821.4219.915.0
128RennesFranceEuropeMetro9.0 km151510.609.015.023 mio.2,556,0002004rightVALyes2002VALyes
129Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmericaMetro42.0 km343421.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,0002006right
130RomeItalyEuropeMetro39.0 km494820.8119.524.5331 mio.8,487,0002008leftyes
131RotterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro47.0 km383721.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,0002006right
132RouenFranceEuropeMetro2.2 km5510.442.25.0
133Saint LouisUSAAmericaMetrolink73.4 km373721.9836.718.5
134Saint PetersburgLeningradRussiaEuropeMetro110.2 km635552.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,0002007rightwindowless steel doors in ten stations
135SamaraRussiaEuropeMetro10.2 km9911.1310.29.012 mio.1,176,0002007right
136San FranciscoUSAAmericaBART166.9 km434353.8833.48.6100 mio.599,0002007right
137San JuanPuerto RicoAmericaTren Urbano17.2 km161611.0817.216.09 mio.523,0002008
138SantiagoSantiago de ChileChileAmericaMetro83.0 km938650.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,0002008rightyes
139Santo DomingoDominican RepublicAmericaMetro14.5 km161610.9114.516.0
140Sao PauloBrazilAmericaMetro61.3 km585541.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,0002008right
141SapporoJapanAsiaSubway48.0 km494631.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,0002008leftyes
142SeattleUSAAmericaLight Rail22.2 km121211.8522.212.0
143SendaiJapanAsiaSubway14.8 km171710.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,0002008leftyes
144SeoulSouth KoreaAsiaSubway286.9 km348298100.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,0002008rightlines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010yes
145SevilleSevillaSpainEuropeMetro18.0 km212110.8618.021.0Line 1
146ShanghaiChinaAsiaMetro334.0 km230194101.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,0002008rightnewer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stations
147ShenzhenChinaAsiaMetro25.3 km232221.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,0002005rightyes
148SingaporeSingaporeAsiaMRT118.9 km766941.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,0002007leftNorth-East MTR line and 3 rubber-tyred LRT linesLRT lines2003yes
149SofiaBulgariaEuropeMetro18.0 km141411.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,0002008right
150StockholmSwedenEuropeTunnelbana105.7 km10410031.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,0002007left
151StuttgartGermanyEuropeStadtbahn24.0 km191721.4112.09.5rightyes
152SydneyAustraliaOceaniaCityrail22.1 km141431.587.44.7
153TaipeiTaiwanAsiaMRT90.6 km858081.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,0002008rightMuzha line, VALyes1996Muzha line VAL MRTyes
154TamaJapanAsiaMonorail16.0 km191910.8416.019.0leftyes
155TashkentUzbekistanAsiaMetro36.2 km292631.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,0002007right
156TbilisiGeorgiaAsiaMetro26.3 km222121.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,0002007right
157TehranIranAsiaMetro50.5 km474431.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,0002007
158The HagueNetherlandsEuropeRandstadRail27.9 km303030.939.310.0
159TianjinChinaAsiaMetro72.0 km373721.9536.018.515 mio.208,0001993platform gate doors
160TokyoJapanAsiaMetro304.5 km290205131.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,0002008leftYurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyredYurikamome line1995Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome linesyes
161TorontoCanadaAmericaSubway71.3 km746941.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,0002006right
162ToulouseFranceEuropeMetro27.5 km383720.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,0002004rightVALyes1993VALyes
163TurinItalyEuropeMetro9.6 km141410.699.614.0rightVALyes2006VALyes
164ValenciaSpainEuropeMetro31.8 km383730.8610.612.7
165ValenciaVenezuelaAmericaMetro6.2 km7710.896.27.018 mio.2,903,0002008
166ValparaisoChileAmericaMetro43.0 km202012.1543.020.0
167VancouverCanadaAmericaSky Train69.5 km494731.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,0002008rightSkytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system1986yes
168ViennaAustriaEuropeU-Bahn69.8 km968450.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,0002008rightyes
169VolgogradStalingradRussiaEuropeMetro3.3 km2211.653.32.0
170WarsawPolandEuropeMetro22.6 km212111.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,0002007right
171WashingtonUSAAmericaMetrorail171.2 km908651.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,0002008right
172WuhanChinaAsiaMetro10.2 km101011.0210.210.0right
173WuppertalGermanyEuropeSchwebebahn13.3 km202010.6713.320.0right
174YekaterinburgEkaterinburgRussiaAsiaMetro8.5 km7711.218.57.046 mio.5,412,0002007right
175YerevanErevanArmeniaAsiaMetro12.1 km101011.2112.110.017 mio.1,405,0002007right
176YokohamaJapanAsiaSubway57.6 km484531.2819.216.0198 mio.3,438,0002008leftKanazawa 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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