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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). Only one logo per city is displayed.



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1 EssenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn20.2 km272730.756.79.0rightyes
2 Santo DomingoDominican RepublicAmericaMetro14.5 km161610.9114.516.0
3 BursaTurkeyAsia22.5 km232310.9822.523.0
4 TehranIranAsiaMetro50.5 km474431.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,0002007
5 MaracaiboVenezuelaAmericaMetro6.5 km6611.086.56.0
6 AmsterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro32.7 km333340.998.28.391 mio.2,783,0002002right
7 Saint PetersburgLeningradRussiaEuropeMetro110.2 km635552.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,0002007rightwindowless steel doors in ten stations
8 NewarkUSAAmericaSubway2.2 km4410.552.24.0right
9 DnepropetrovskDnipropetrovskUkraineEuropeMetro7.1 km6611.187.16.011 mio.1,549,0002007
10 YerevanErevanArmeniaAsiaMetro12.1 km101011.2112.110.017 mio.1,405,0002007right
11 Los AngelesUSAAmericaMetro Rail59.3 km303031.9819.810.045 mio.759,0002008right
12 BrusselsBelgiumEuropeMetro32.2 km615930.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,0002008right
13 SydneyAustraliaOceaniaCityrail22.1 km141431.587.44.7left
14 HiroshimaJapanAsiaMonorail18.4 km212110.8818.421.018 mio.978,0002005left
15 Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmericaMetro42.0 km343421.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,0002006right
16 WarsawPolandEuropeMetro22.6 km212111.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,0002007right
17 BilbaoSpainEuropeMetro40.6 km383821.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,0002008leftyes
18 ShenzhenChinaAsiaMetro25.3 km232221.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,0002005rightyes
19 PoznanPolandEurope6.1 km6611.026.16.0
20 GwangjuSouth KoreaAsiaSubway20.1 km202011.0120.120.017 mio.846,0002008
21 ValenciaVenezuelaAmericaMetro6.2 km7710.896.27.018 mio.2,903,0002008
22 MontrealMontréalCanadaAmericaMetro69.2 km736841.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,0002006rightyes
23 ChibaJapanAsiaMonorail15.5 km181820.867.89.0left
24 SendaiJapanAsiaSubway14.8 km171710.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,0002008leftyes
25 KolkataCalcuttaIndiaAsiaMetro Railway22.6 km212111.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,0002000right
26 BarcelonaSpainEuropeMetro110.5 km152128100.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,0002008rightunder construction on lines 5, 11, planned for lines 9, 10yes
27 GelsenkirchenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.5 km9910.615.59.0right
28 CaracasVenezuelaAmericaMetro60.5 km504651.3212.110.0510 mio.8,430,0002008
29 Mexico CityMexicoAmericaMetro201.7 km175147111.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,0002008rightyes
30 AthensGreeceEuropeMetro52.0 km524831.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,0002007rightyes
31 San JuanPuerto RicoAmericaTren Urbano17.2 km161611.0817.216.09 mio.523,0002008
32 KazanRussiaEuropeMetro8.3 km6611.388.36.07 mio.843,0002007right
33 PerugiaItalyEuropeMinimetro3.0 km7710.433.07.0
34 NovosibirskRussiaAsiaMetro14.3 km131221.197.26.570 mio.4,895,0002007right
35 DuisburgGermanyEuropeStadtbahn14.3 km131321.107.26.5rightyes
36 TashkentUzbekistanAsiaMetro36.2 km292631.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,0002007right
37 MadridSpainEuropeMetro284.0 km281231131.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,0002008leftyes
38 Buenos AiresArgentinaAmericaSubte47.5 km766860.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,0002008leftyes
39 RouenFranceEuropeMetro2.2 km5510.442.25.0
40 IstanbulTurkeyEuropeMetro15.0 km101011.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,0002008right
41 NaplesItalyEuropeMetro31.8 km302831.1410.610.029 mio.912,0002006left
42 DelhiIndiaAsiaMetro96.2 km838131.1932.127.7310 mio.3,224,0002008left
43 WuppertalGermanyEuropeSchwebebahn13.3 km202010.6713.320.0right
44 LisbonPortugalEuropeMetro41.0 km524640.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,0002007leftyes
45 BostonUSAAmericaThe T60.5 km666031.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,0002007right
46 StockholmSwedenEuropeTunnelbana105.7 km10410031.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,0002007left
47 HanoverGermanyEuropeStadtbahn18.6 km211731.096.27.0rightyes
48 RecifeBrazilAmericaMetro39.7 km302821.4219.915.0right
49 ClevelandUSAAmericaRapid Transit31.0 km181811.7231.018.06 mio.194,0002008right
50 ViennaAustriaEuropeU-Bahn69.8 km968450.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,0002008rightyes
51 MumbaiBombayIndiaAsiaSuburban Railway171.0 km737352.3434.214.6
52 BerlinGermanyEuropeU-Bahn147.4 km195173100.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,0002008rightyes
53 ShanghaiChinaAsiaMetro334.0 km230194101.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,0002008rightnewer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stations
54 KyotoJapanAsiaSubway31.3 km323121.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,0002008leftTozai lineyes
55 OportoPortoPortugalEuropeMetro21.7 km151421.5510.97.5rightyes
56 GuadalajaraMexicoAmericaMetro24.0 km292820.8612.014.5right
57 MinskBelarusEuropeMetro30.3 km252421.2615.112.5262 mio.8,647,0002007right
58 CharleroiBelgiumEurope17.5 km202040.884.45.0
59 KitakyushuJapanAsiaMonorail8.8 km131310.688.813.0leftyes
60 BaltimoreUSAAmericaMetro Subway24.5 km141411.7524.514.014 mio.571,0002008right
61 SapporoJapanAsiaSubway48.0 km494631.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,0002008leftyes
62 FrankfurtGermanyEuropeU-Bahn20.5 km312730.766.810.3rightyes
63 AdanaTurkeyAsia8.0 km8811.008.08.0
64 OsloNorwayEuropeT-Bane62.0 km727250.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,0002005rightyes
65 BusanSouth KoreaAsiaSubway95.0 km928831.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,0002008right
66 The HagueNetherlandsEuropeRandstadRail27.9 km303030.939.310.0right
67 MarseilleFranceEuropeMetro19.3 km262420.809.613.058 mio.3,005,0002004rightyes
68 SamaraRussiaEuropeMetro10.2 km9911.1310.29.012 mio.1,176,0002007right
69 KamakuraJapanAsiaMonorail6.6 km8810.826.68.0left
70 NewcastleUnited KingdomEuropeTyne & Wear Metro76.5 km615021.5338.330.538 mio.497,0002006left
71 DortmundGermanyEuropeStadtbahn29.5 km373730.809.812.3rightyes
72 LudwigshafenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn4.0 km111100.36right
73 BucharestRomaniaEuropeMetro67.7 km504341.5716.912.5111 mio.1,640,0001999right
74 RomeItalyEuropeMetro39.0 km494820.8119.524.5331 mio.8,487,0002008leftyes
75 DaeguTaeguSouth KoreaAsiaSubway53.9 km565520.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,0002008
76 WashingtonUSAAmericaMetrorail171.2 km908651.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,0002008right
77 NahaJapanAsiaMonorail12.8 km151510.8512.815.0left
78 BochumGermanyEuropeStadtbahn21.5 km292720.8010.814.5right
79 PragueCzech RepublicEuropeMetro59.1 km575431.0919.719.0597 mio.10,102,0002008rightyes
80 HaifaIsraelAsiaCarmelit1.8 km6610.291.86.0
81 ValparaisoChileAmericaMetro43.0 km202012.1543.020.0right
82 MoscowRussiaEuropeMetro298.8 km180144122.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,0002008right
83 ChicagoUSAAmerica"L"166.0 km15114481.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,0002008right
84 SeoulSouth KoreaAsiaSubway286.9 km348298100.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,0002008rightlines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010yes
85 Kryvyi RihKrivoy RogUkraineEuropeMetrotram18.0 km121211.5018.012.0
86 BeijingChinaAsiaSubway227.6 km14712591.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,0002008rightPGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10all lines
87 PhiladelphiaUSAAmericaSubway62.0 km666231.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,0002008right
88 GenoaItalyEuropeMetro5.2 km7710.745.27.0rightyes
89 CataniaItalyEuropeMetro3.8 km6610.633.86.0right
90 TorontoCanadaAmericaSubway71.3 km746941.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,0002006right
91 KharkovKharkivUkraineEuropeMetro35.3 km282531.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,0002007right
92 AtlantaUSAAmericaMARTA79.2 km393822.0839.619.534 mio.429,0001994right
93 SantiagoSantiago de ChileChileAmericaMetro83.0 km938650.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,0002008rightyes
94 EdmontonCanadaAmericaLight Rail13.1 km111111.1913.111.0right
95 BuffaloUSAAmericaMetro Rail8.4 km8811.048.48.0right
96 TbilisiGeorgiaAsiaMetro26.3 km222121.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,0002007right
97 ManilaPhilippinesAsiaMRT45.7 km423931.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,0002008yes
98 Saint LouisUSAAmericaMetrolink73.4 km373721.9836.718.5right
99 IzmirTurkeyAsiaMetro11.5 km101011.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,0002005
100 New YorkNew York CityUSAAmericaSubway368.0 km468422270.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,0002008rightplanned for new Second Avenue Line
101 YekaterinburgEkaterinburgRussiaAsiaMetro8.5 km7711.218.57.046 mio.5,412,0002007right
102 BrasiliaBrazilAmericaMetro42.0 km232311.8342.023.016 mio.381,0002002right
103 StuttgartGermanyEuropeStadtbahn24.0 km191721.4112.09.5rightyes
104 HelsinkiFinlandEuropeMetro21.0 km171711.2421.017.058 mio.2,762,0002008rightyes
105 CologneGermanyEuropeStadtbahn45.0 km5151150.883.03.4rightyes
106 VolgogradStalingradRussiaEuropeMetro3.3 km2211.653.32.0
107 MunichGermanyEuropeU-Bahn92.5 km1009460.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,0002008rightyes
108 BielefeldGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.2 km7740.741.31.8right
109 ShenyangMukdenChinaAsiaMetro22.2 km181811.2322.218.0right
110 Porto AlegreBrazilAmericaMetro33.8 km171711.9933.817.0right
111 GuangzhouCantonChinaAsiaMetro148.5 km887951.8829.717.6601 mio.4,047,0002008rightyes
112 MonterreyMexicoAmericaMetro31.5 km323121.0215.816.0rightyes
113 ChennaiMadrasIndiaAsiaMRTS27.0 km171711.5927.017.0
114 ValenciaSpainEuropeMetro31.8 km383730.8610.612.7
115 SeattleUSAAmericaLight Rail22.2 km121211.8522.212.0right
116 FukuokaJapanAsiaSubway29.8 km353430.889.911.7124 mio.4,161,0002007leftyes
117 Palma de MallorcaSpainEuropeMetro8.3 km9910.928.39.0
118 CairoEgyptAfricaMetro65.5 km555321.2432.827.5700 mio.10,687,0002002left
119 TianjinChinaAsiaMetro72.0 km373721.9536.018.515 mio.208,0001993rightplatform gate doors
120 MedellinMedellínColombiaAmericaMetro28.8 km262521.1514.413.0155 mio.5,382,0002008
121 AntwerpBelgiumEuropePremetro7.6 km111120.693.85.5
122 San FranciscoUSAAmericaBART166.9 km434353.8833.48.6100 mio.599,0002007right
123 KaohsiungTaiwanAsiaMRT42.7 km373621.1921.418.530 mio.703,0002008MRT
124 DalianChinaAsiaMetro49.0 km121214.0849.012.0right
125 Nizhny NovgorodGorkyRussiaEuropeMetro15.5 km141321.197.87.033 mio.2,129,0002007right
126 DuesseldorfDüsseldorfGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.6 km141420.684.87.0rightyes
127 TamaJapanAsiaMonorail16.0 km191910.8416.019.0leftyes
128 BudapestHungaryEuropeMetro33.0 km424030.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,0002008right
129 RotterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro47.0 km383721.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,0002006right
130 IncheonInchonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway29.5 km292911.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,0002008
131 NanjingChinaAsiaMetro21.7 km161611.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,0002008right
132 DaejeonTaejonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway22.6 km222211.0322.622.029 mio.1,283,0002008
133 WuhanChinaAsiaMetro10.2 km101011.0210.210.0right
134 LimaPeruAmericaTren Urbano10.0 km6611.6710.06.0
135 BonnGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.0 km121210.759.012.0right
136 SofiaBulgariaEuropeMetro18.0 km141411.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,0002008right
137 HamburgGermanyEuropeU-Bahn100.7 km978931.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,0002007right
138 PyongyangNorth KoreaAsiaMetro22.5 km161521.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,0002006
139 ChongqingChinaAsiaMonorail19.5 km181811.0819.518.0rightThe three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDsyes
140 MulheimMülheimGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.0 km131220.754.56.5right
141 SevilleSevillaSpainEuropeMetro18.0 km212110.8618.021.0Line 1
142 Belo HorizonteBrazilAmericaMetro28.1 km191911.4828.119.0right
143 PittsburghUSAAmericaThe T1.5 km3310.481.53.0right
144 GlasgowUnited KingdomEuropeSubway10.4 km151510.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,0002008left
145 MilanItalyEuropeMetro74.6 km888430.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,0002007rightyes
146 ChangchunChinaAsia17.0 km161611.0617.016.0right
147 KievKyivUkraineEuropeMetro59.8 km464331.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,0002007right
148 BakuAzerbaijanAsiaMetro32.9 km222121.5616.411.0176 mio.5,356,0002007right
149 Sao PauloBrazilAmericaMetro61.3 km585541.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,0002008right
150 OsakaJapanAsiaSubway137.8 km13310491.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,0002008leftNanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyredNanko Port Town Line1981all stations on the Nanko Port Town Lineyes
151 KobeJapanAsiaSubway30.6 km262421.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,0002008leftPort Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyredPort Liner and Rokko Liner1981Port Liner and Rokko Lineryes
152 LilleFranceEuropeMetro45.5 km626020.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,0002004rightVALyes1983VAL, all stationsyes
153 MiamiUSAAmericaMetrorail36.0 km222211.6436.022.019 mio.528,0002008rightdowntown people mover, rubber-tyredDowntown people mover1986
154 VancouverCanadaAmericaSky Train69.5 km494731.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,0002008rightSkytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system1986yes
155 DetroitUSAAmericaPeople Mover4.8 km131310.374.813.0rightdowntown people mover, LIM technology1987
156 LondonUnited KingdomEuropeUnderground408.0 km268268111.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,0002007leftDocklands Light Rail1987Jubilee Line extensionyes (DLR)
157 JacksonvilleUSAAmericaSkyway6.9 km6611.156.96.0rightdowntown monorail people mover1989
158 YokohamaJapanAsiaSubway57.6 km484531.2819.216.0198 mio.3,438,0002008leftKanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyredKanazawa Seaside LRT1989Kanazawa Seaside LRT lineyes
159 LyonFranceEuropeMetro30.7 km433940.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,0002004leftline D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDsyes1991
160 ToulouseFranceEuropeMetro27.5 km383720.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,0002004rightVALyes1993VALyes
161 TokyoJapanAsiaMetro304.5 km290205131.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,0002008leftYurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyredYurikamome line1995Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome linesyes
162 TaipeiTaiwanAsiaMRT90.6 km858081.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,0002008rightMuzha line, VALyes1996Muzha line VAL MRTyes
163 Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAsia64.0 km605631.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,0002008leftLRT1996KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stations
164 AnkaraTurkeyAsiaMetro23.1 km232221.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,0002007rightmetro line1997
165 ParisFranceEuropeMetro213.0 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
166 BangkokThailandAsiaSkytrain, MRT46.3 km444031.1615.414.7206 mio.4,449,0002007leftGreen line1999Green line, Blue line
167 CopenhagenDenmarkEuropeMetro21.0 km222220.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,0002002rightall metro lines2002all underground stationsyes
168 RennesFranceEuropeMetro9.0 km151510.609.015.023 mio.2,556,0002004rightVALyes2002VALyes
169 SingaporeSingaporeAsiaMRT118.9 km766941.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,0002007leftNorth-East MTR line and 3 rubber-tyred LRT linesLRT lines2003yes
170 Las VegasUSAAmericaMonorail6.2 km7710.896.27.0rightmonorail2004
171 NagoyaJapanAsiaSubway89.0 km938241.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,0002008leftTobu Kyuryo maglev line2005Tobu Kyuryo maglev lineyes
172 Hong KongChinaAsiaMTR188.1 km958292.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,0002008leftDisneyland Resort LineSI, WI lines, planned2005all underground stationsyes
173 TurinItalyEuropeMetro9.6 km141410.699.614.0rightVALyes2006VALyes
174 LausanneSwitzerlandEuropeMetro13.7 km292820.496.814.5line m2line m22008yes
175 NurembergGermanyEuropeU-Bahn34.6 km464430.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,0001997rightlines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains2008yes
176 DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesAsiaMetro39.7 km111113.6139.711.0rightmetro2009metro, monorailyes


Numerical data (except ridership) by Jordi Serradell 1/2010. Ridership data by John Kennes 10/2009. Ticket prices by UBS: Prices and Earnings (PDF, p. 20) 2009. Non-numerical data by Mike Rohde 1/2010.




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