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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 Santo DomingoDominican RepublicAmericaMetro14.5 km161610.9114.516.0
2 EssenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn20.2 km272730.756.79.0rightyes
3 TehranIranAsiaMetro50.5 km474431.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,0002007yes
4 MaracaiboVenezuelaAmericaMetro6.5 km6611.086.56.0yes
5 BursaTurkeyAsia22.5 km232310.9822.523.0
6 Saint PetersburgLeningradRussiaEuropeMetro110.2 km635552.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,0002007rightwindowless steel doors in ten stations
7 AmsterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro32.7 km333340.998.28.391 mio.2,783,0002002right
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.759,0002008rightyes
12 BrusselsBelgiumEuropeMetro32.2 km615930.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,0002008rightline 1B
13 SydneyAustraliaOceaniaCityrail22.1 km141431.587.44.7leftyes
14 HiroshimaJapanAsiaMonorail18.4 km212110.8818.421.018 mio.978,0002005left
15 Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmericaMetro42.0 km343421.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,0002006rightyes
16 WarsawPolandEuropeMetro22.6 km212111.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,0002007right
17 BilbaoSpainEuropeMetro40.6 km383821.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,0002008leftyesyes
18 ShenzhenChinaAsiaMetro25.3 km232221.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,0002005rightyesyes
19 PoznanPolandEurope6.1 km6611.026.16.0
20 GwangjuSouth KoreaAsiaSubway20.1 km202011.0120.120.017 mio.846,0002008
21 MontrealMontréalCanadaAmericaMetro69.2 km736841.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,0002006rightyes
22 ChibaJapanAsiaMonorail15.5 km181820.867.89.0left
23 ValenciaVenezuelaAmericaMetro6.2 km7710.896.27.018 mio.2,903,0002008
24 KolkataCalcuttaIndiaAsiaMetro Railway22.6 km212111.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,0002000right
25 BarcelonaSpainEuropeMetro110.5 km152128100.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,0002008rightunder construction on lines 5, 11, planned for lines 9, 10yesyes
26 SendaiJapanAsiaSubway14.8 km171710.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,0002008leftyes
27 GelsenkirchenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.5 km9910.615.59.0right
28 CaracasVenezuelaAmericaMetro60.5 km504651.3212.110.0510 mio.8,430,0002008yes
29 Mexico CityMexicoAmericaMetro201.7 km175147111.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,0002008rightyes
30 AthensGreeceEuropeMetro52.0 km524831.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,0002007rightyesyes
31 San JuanPuerto RicoAmericaTren Urbano17.2 km161611.0817.216.09 mio.523,0002008
32 KazanRussiaEuropeMetro8.3 km6611.388.36.07 mio.843,0002007right
33 NovosibirskRussiaAsiaMetro14.3 km131221.197.26.570 mio.4,895,0002007right
34 DuisburgGermanyEuropeStadtbahn14.3 km131321.107.26.5rightyes
35 PerugiaItalyEuropeMinimetro3.0 km7710.433.07.0
36 MadridSpainEuropeMetro284.0 km281231131.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,0002008leftyesyes
37 Buenos AiresArgentinaAmericaSubte47.5 km766860.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,0002008leftyes
38 TashkentUzbekistanAsiaMetro36.2 km292631.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,0002007right
39 IstanbulTurkeyEuropeMetro15.0 km101011.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,0002008right
40 RouenFranceEuropeMetro2.2 km5510.442.25.0
41 DelhiIndiaAsiaMetro96.2 km838131.1932.127.7310 mio.3,224,0002008leftyes
42 WuppertalGermanyEuropeSchwebebahn13.3 km202010.6713.320.0right
43 NaplesItalyEuropeMetro31.8 km302831.1410.610.029 mio.912,0002006left
44 BostonUSAAmericaThe T60.5 km666031.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,0002007rightyes
45 StockholmSwedenEuropeTunnelbana105.7 km10410031.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,0002007left
46 LisbonPortugalEuropeMetro41.0 km524640.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,0002007leftyes
47 RecifeBrazilAmericaMetro39.7 km302821.4219.915.0right
48 HanoverGermanyEuropeStadtbahn18.6 km211731.096.27.0rightyes
49 ViennaAustriaEuropeU-Bahn69.8 km968450.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,0002008rightyesyes
50 MumbaiBombayIndiaAsiaSuburban Railway171.0 km737352.3434.214.6
51 ClevelandUSAAmericaRapid Transit31.0 km181811.7231.018.06 mio.194,0002008right
52 ShanghaiChinaAsiaMetro334.0 km230194101.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,0002008rightnewer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stationsyes
53 KyotoJapanAsiaSubway31.3 km323121.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,0002008leftTozai lineyes
54 BerlinGermanyEuropeU-Bahn147.4 km195173100.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,0002008rightyes
55 OportoPortoPortugalEuropeMetro21.7 km151421.5510.97.5rightyesyes
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 BaltimoreUSAAmericaMetro Subway24.5 km141411.7524.514.014 mio.571,0002008rightyes
60 SapporoJapanAsiaSubway48.0 km494631.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,0002008leftyes
61 KitakyushuJapanAsiaMonorail8.8 km131310.688.813.0leftyes
62 AdanaTurkeyAsia8.0 km8811.008.08.0
63 OsloNorwayEuropeT-Bane62.0 km727250.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,0002005rightyes
64 FrankfurtGermanyEuropeU-Bahn20.5 km312730.766.810.3rightyes
65 The HagueNetherlandsEuropeRandstadRail27.9 km303030.939.310.0right
66 MarseilleFranceEuropeMetro19.3 km262420.809.613.058 mio.3,005,0002004rightyes
67 BusanSouth KoreaAsiaSubway95.0 km928831.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,0002008right
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.8,487,0002008leftyesyes
75 DaeguTaeguSouth KoreaAsiaSubway53.9 km565520.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,0002008
76 WashingtonUSAAmericaMetrorail171.2 km908651.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,0002008rightyes
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 MoscowRussiaEuropeMetro298.8 km180144122.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,0002008right
82 ChicagoUSAAmerica"L"166.0 km15114481.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,0002008rightyes
83 ValparaisoChileAmericaMetro43.0 km202012.1543.020.0right
84 Kryvyi RihKrivoy RogUkraineEuropeMetrotram18.0 km121211.5018.012.0
85 BeijingChinaAsiaSubway227.6 km14712591.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,0002008rightPGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10recentlyall lines
86 SeoulSouth KoreaAsiaSubway286.9 km348298100.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,0002008rightlines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010yesyes
87 GenoaItalyEuropeMetro5.2 km7710.745.27.0rightyes
88 PhiladelphiaUSAAmericaSubway62.0 km666231.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,0002008rightyes
89 CataniaItalyEuropeMetro3.8 km6610.633.86.0right
90 TorontoCanadaAmericaSubway71.3 km746941.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,0002006rightyes
91 AtlantaUSAAmericaMARTA79.2 km393822.0839.619.534 mio.429,0001994rightyes
92 SantiagoSantiago de ChileChileAmericaMetro83.0 km938650.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,0002008rightyes
93 KharkovKharkivUkraineEuropeMetro35.3 km282531.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,0002007right
94 EdmontonCanadaAmericaLight Rail13.1 km111111.1913.111.0right
95 ManilaPhilippinesAsiaMRT45.7 km423931.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,0002008yesyes
96 BuffaloUSAAmericaMetro Rail8.4 km8811.048.48.0right
97 TbilisiGeorgiaAsiaMetro26.3 km222121.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,0002007right
98 IzmirTurkeyAsiaMetro11.5 km101011.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,0002005
99 Saint LouisUSAAmericaMetrolink73.4 km373721.9836.718.5right
100 YekaterinburgEkaterinburgRussiaAsiaMetro8.5 km7711.218.57.046 mio.5,412,0002007right
101 New YorkNew York CityUSAAmericaSubway368.0 km468422270.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,0002008rightplanned for new Second Avenue Lineyes
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 VolgogradStalingradRussiaEuropeMetro3.3 km2211.653.32.0
106 MunichGermanyEuropeU-Bahn92.5 km1009460.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,0002008rightyes
107 CologneGermanyEuropeStadtbahn45.0 km5151150.883.03.4rightnew light rail trains onlyyes
108 ShenyangMukdenChinaAsiaMetro22.2 km181811.2322.218.0right
109 BielefeldGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.2 km7740.741.31.8right
110 Porto AlegreBrazilAmericaMetro33.8 km171711.9933.817.0right
111 GuangzhouCantonChinaAsiaMetro148.5 km887951.8829.717.6601 mio.4,047,0002008rightyesyes
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 km121211.8522.212.0rightyes
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.10,687,0002002left5 stns
119 TianjinChinaAsiaMetro72.0 km373721.9536.018.515 mio.208,0001993rightplatform gate doorsyes
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.599,0002007rightyes
123 KaohsiungTaiwanAsiaMRT42.7 km373621.1921.418.530 mio.703,0002008MRT
124 Nizhny NovgorodGorkyRussiaEuropeMetro15.5 km141321.197.87.033 mio.2,129,0002007right
125 DuesseldorfDüsseldorfGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.6 km141420.684.87.0rightyes
126 DalianChinaAsiaMetro49.0 km121214.0849.012.0right
127 BudapestHungaryEuropeMetro33.0 km424030.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,0002008right
128 TamaJapanAsiaMonorail16.0 km191910.8416.019.0leftyes
129 IncheonInchonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway29.5 km292911.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,0002008
130 RotterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro47.0 km383721.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,0002006right
131 DaejeonTaejonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway22.6 km222211.0322.622.029 mio.1,283,0002008
132 WuhanChinaAsiaMetro10.2 km101011.0210.210.0right
133 NanjingChinaAsiaMetro21.7 km161611.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,0002008right
134 BonnGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.0 km121210.759.012.0right
135 SofiaBulgariaEuropeMetro18.0 km141411.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,0002008right
136 LimaPeruAmericaTren Urbano10.0 km6611.6710.06.0
137 PyongyangNorth KoreaAsiaMetro22.5 km161521.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,0002006
138 HamburgGermanyEuropeU-Bahn100.7 km978931.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,0002007right
139 MulheimMülheimGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.0 km131220.754.56.5right
140 ChongqingChinaAsiaMonorail19.5 km181811.0819.518.0rightThe three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDsyesyes
141 Belo HorizonteBrazilAmericaMetro28.1 km191911.4828.119.0right
142 SevilleSevillaSpainEuropeMetro18.0 km212110.8618.021.0Line 1
143 GlasgowUnited KingdomEuropeSubway10.4 km151510.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,0002008left
144 PittsburghUSAAmericaThe T1.5 km3310.481.53.0right
145 ChangchunChinaAsia17.0 km161611.0617.016.0right
146 MilanItalyEuropeMetro74.6 km888430.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,0002007rightyesyes
147 BakuAzerbaijanAsiaMetro32.9 km222121.5616.411.0176 mio.5,356,0002007right
148 Sao PauloBrazilAmericaMetro61.3 km585541.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,0002008rightlines 4, 5, and regional rail
149 KievKyivUkraineEuropeMetro59.8 km464331.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,0002007right
150 OsakaJapanAsiaSubway137.8 km13310491.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,0002008leftNanko Port Town Line1981all stations on the Nanko Port Town Lineyes
151 KobeJapanAsiaSubway30.6 km262421.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,0002008leftPort Liner and Rokko Liner1981Port Liner and Rokko Lineryes
152 LilleFranceEuropeMetro45.5 km626020.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,0002004rightyes1983VAL, all stationsyes
153 MiamiUSAAmericaMetrorail36.0 km222211.6436.022.019 mio.528,0002008rightDowntown people mover1986yes
154 VancouverCanadaAmericaSky Train69.5 km494731.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,0002008right1986yesyes
155 DetroitUSAAmericaPeople Mover4.8 km131310.374.813.0right1987yes
156 LondonUnited KingdomEuropeUnderground408.0 km268268111.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,0002007left1987Jubilee Line extensionyes (DLR)
157 JacksonvilleUSAAmericaSkyway6.9 km6611.156.96.0right1989
158 YokohamaJapanAsiaSubway57.6 km484531.2819.216.0198 mio.3,438,0002008leftKanazawa Seaside LRT1989Kanazawa Seaside LRT lineyes
159 LyonFranceEuropeMetro30.7 km433940.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,0002004leftyes1991
160 ToulouseFranceEuropeMetro27.5 km383720.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,0002004rightyes1993VALyes
161 TokyoJapanAsiaMetro304.5 km290205131.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,0002008leftYurikamome line1995Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome linesyesyes
162 TaipeiTaiwanAsiaMRT90.6 km858081.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,0002008rightyes1996Muzha line VAL MRTyesyes
163 Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAsia64.0 km605631.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,0002008left1996KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stationsyes
164 AnkaraTurkeyAsiaMetro23.1 km232221.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,0002007right1997
165 ParisFranceEuropeMetro213.0 km380300160.7113.323.81473 mio.6,915,0002008right (metro), left (RER)lines 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.4,449,0002007left1999Green line, Blue lineyes
167 CopenhagenDenmarkEuropeMetro21.0 km222220.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,0002002right2002all underground stationsall metro and S-Tog trainsyes
168 RennesFranceEuropeMetro9.0 km151510.609.015.023 mio.2,556,0002004rightyes2002VALyes
169 SingaporeSingaporeAsiaMRT118.9 km766941.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,0002007leftLRT lines2003yesyes
170 Las VegasUSAAmericaMonorail6.2 km7710.896.27.0right2004
171 NagoyaJapanAsiaSubway89.0 km938241.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,0002008left2005Tobu Kyuryo maglev lineyes
172 Hong KongChinaAsiaMTR188.1 km958292.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,0002008leftSI, WI lines, planned2005all underground stationsyesyes
173 TurinItalyEuropeMetro9.6 km141410.699.614.0rightyes2006VALyesyes
174 LausanneSwitzerlandEuropeMetro13.7 km292820.496.814.5line m22008yes
175 NurembergGermanyEuropeU-Bahn34.6 km464430.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,0001997right2008yes
176 DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesAsiaMetro39.7 km111113.6139.711.0right2009metro, monorailyesyes


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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