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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 MaracaiboVenezuelaAmericaMetro6.5 km6611.086.56.0yes
3 PoznanPolandEurope6.1 km6611.026.16.0
4 ValenciaVenezuelaAmericaMetro6.2 km7710.896.27.018 mio.2,903,000
5 KazanRussiaEuropeMetro8.3 km6611.388.36.07 mio.843,000right
6 San JuanPuerto RicoAmericaTren Urbano17.2 km161611.0817.216.09 mio.523,000
7 PerugiaItalyEuropeMinimetro3.0 km7710.433.07.0
8 AdanaTurkeyAsia8.0 km8811.008.08.0
9 The HagueNetherlandsEuropeRandstadRail27.9 km303030.939.310.0right
10 ValparaisoChileAmericaMetro43.0 km202012.1543.020.0right
11 ShenyangMukdenChinaAsiaMetro22.2 km181811.2322.218.0right
12 SeattleUSAAmericaLight Rail22.2 km121211.8522.212.0rightyes
13 Palma de MallorcaSpainEuropeMetro8.3 km9910.928.39.0
14 TianjinChinaAsiaMetro72.0 km373721.9536.018.515 mio.208,000rightplatform gate doorsyes
15 KaohsiungTaiwanAsiaMRT42.7 km373621.1921.418.530 mio.703,000MRT
16 DalianChinaAsiaMetro49.0 km121214.0849.012.0right
17 NanjingChinaAsiaMetro21.7 km161611.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,000right
18 SevilleSevillaSpainEuropeMetro18.0 km212110.8618.021.0Line 1
19 ChangchunChinaAsia17.0 km161611.0617.016.0right
20 BursaTurkeyAsia22.5 km232310.9822.523.0
21 TehranIranAsiaMetro50.5 km474431.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,000yes
22 AmsterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro32.7 km333340.998.28.391 mio.2,783,000right
23 Saint PetersburgLeningradRussiaEuropeMetro110.2 km635552.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,000rightwindowless steel doors in ten stations
24 JacksonvilleUSAAmericaSkyway6.9 km6611.156.96.0rightdowntown monorail people mover1989
25 NewarkUSAAmericaSubway2.2 km4410.552.24.0right
26 DnepropetrovskDnipropetrovskUkraineEuropeMetro7.1 km6611.187.16.011 mio.1,549,000
27 YerevanErevanArmeniaAsiaMetro12.1 km101011.2112.110.017 mio.1,405,000right
28 Los AngelesUSAAmericaMetro Rail59.3 km303031.9819.810.045 mio.759,000rightyes
29 BrusselsBelgiumEuropeMetro32.2 km615930.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,000rightline 1B
30 SydneyAustraliaOceaniaCityrail22.1 km141431.587.44.7leftyes
31 HiroshimaJapanAsiaMonorail18.4 km212110.8818.421.018 mio.978,000left
32 Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmericaMetro42.0 km343421.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,000rightyes
33 WarsawPolandEuropeMetro22.6 km212111.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,000right
34 GwangjuSouth KoreaAsiaSubway20.1 km202011.0120.120.017 mio.846,000
35 MontrealMontréalCanadaAmericaMetro69.2 km736841.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,000rightyes
36 ChibaJapanAsiaMonorail15.5 km181820.867.89.0left
37 KolkataCalcuttaIndiaAsiaMetro Railway22.6 km212111.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,000right
38 GelsenkirchenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.5 km9910.615.59.0right
39 Mexico CityMexicoAmericaMetro201.7 km175147111.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,000rightyes
40 CaracasVenezuelaAmericaMetro60.5 km504651.3212.110.0510 mio.8,430,000yes
41 NovosibirskRussiaAsiaMetro14.3 km131221.197.26.570 mio.4,895,000right
42 TashkentUzbekistanAsiaMetro36.2 km292631.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,000right
43 RouenFranceEuropeMetro2.2 km5510.442.25.0
44 IstanbulTurkeyEuropeMetro15.0 km101011.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,000right
45 NaplesItalyEuropeMetro31.8 km302831.1410.610.029 mio.912,000left
46 DelhiIndiaAsiaMetro96.2 km838131.1932.127.7310 mio.3,224,000leftyes
47 WuppertalGermanyEuropeSchwebebahn13.3 km202010.6713.320.0right
48 BostonUSAAmericaThe T60.5 km666031.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,000rightyes
49 StockholmSwedenEuropeTunnelbana105.7 km10410031.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,000left
50 RecifeBrazilAmericaMetro39.7 km302821.4219.915.0right
51 ClevelandUSAAmericaRapid Transit31.0 km181811.7231.018.06 mio.194,000right
52 MumbaiBombayIndiaAsiaSuburban Railway171.0 km737352.3434.214.6
53 ShanghaiChinaAsiaMetro334.0 km230194101.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,000rightnewer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stationsyes
54 GuadalajaraMexicoAmericaMetro24.0 km292820.8612.014.5right
55 MinskBelarusEuropeMetro30.3 km252421.2615.112.5262 mio.8,647,000right
56 CharleroiBelgiumEurope17.5 km202040.884.45.0
57 BaltimoreUSAAmericaMetro Subway24.5 km141411.7524.514.014 mio.571,000rightyes
58 BusanSouth KoreaAsiaSubway95.0 km928831.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,000right
59 MarseilleFranceEuropeMetro19.3 km262420.809.613.058 mio.3,005,000rightyes
60 AnkaraTurkeyAsiaMetro23.1 km232221.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,000rightmetro line1997
61 SamaraRussiaEuropeMetro10.2 km9911.1310.29.012 mio.1,176,000right
62 KamakuraJapanAsiaMonorail6.6 km8810.826.68.0left
63 NewcastleUnited KingdomEuropeTyne & Wear Metro76.5 km615021.5338.330.538 mio.497,000left
64 LudwigshafenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn4.0 km111100.36right
65 BucharestRomaniaEuropeMetro67.7 km504341.5716.912.5111 mio.1,640,000right
66 NahaJapanAsiaMonorail12.8 km151510.8512.815.0left
67 DaeguTaeguSouth KoreaAsiaSubway53.9 km565520.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,000
68 WashingtonUSAAmericaMetrorail171.2 km908651.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,000rightyes
69 BochumGermanyEuropeStadtbahn21.5 km292720.8010.814.5right
70 HaifaIsraelAsiaCarmelit1.8 km6610.291.86.0
71 MoscowRussiaEuropeMetro298.8 km180144122.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,000right
72 ChicagoUSAAmerica"L"166.0 km15114481.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,000rightyes
73 Kryvyi RihKrivoy RogUkraineEuropeMetrotram18.0 km121211.5018.012.0
74 PhiladelphiaUSAAmericaSubway62.0 km666231.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,000rightyes
75 MiamiUSAAmericaMetrorail36.0 km222211.6436.022.019 mio.528,000rightdowntown people mover, rubber-tyredDowntown people mover1986yes
76 CataniaItalyEuropeMetro3.8 km6610.633.86.0right
77 TorontoCanadaAmericaSubway71.3 km746941.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,000rightyes
78 KharkovKharkivUkraineEuropeMetro35.3 km282531.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,000right
79 AtlantaUSAAmericaMARTA79.2 km393822.0839.619.534 mio.429,000rightyes
80 SantiagoSantiago de ChileChileAmericaMetro83.0 km938650.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,000rightyes
81 EdmontonCanadaAmericaLight Rail13.1 km111111.1913.111.0right
82 BuffaloUSAAmericaMetro Rail8.4 km8811.048.48.0right
83 TbilisiGeorgiaAsiaMetro26.3 km222121.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,000right
84 Saint LouisUSAAmericaMetrolink73.4 km373721.9836.718.5right
85 IzmirTurkeyAsiaMetro11.5 km101011.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,000
86 New YorkNew York CityUSAAmericaSubway368.0 km468422270.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,000rightplanned for new Second Avenue Lineyes
87 DetroitUSAAmericaPeople Mover4.8 km131310.374.813.0rightdowntown people mover, LIM technology1987yes
88 YekaterinburgEkaterinburgRussiaAsiaMetro8.5 km7711.218.57.046 mio.5,412,000right
89 BrasiliaBrazilAmericaMetro42.0 km232311.8342.023.016 mio.381,000right
90 VolgogradStalingradRussiaEuropeMetro3.3 km2211.653.32.0
91 BielefeldGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.2 km7740.741.31.8right
92 Las VegasUSAAmericaMonorail6.2 km7710.896.27.0rightmonorail2004
93 Porto AlegreBrazilAmericaMetro33.8 km171711.9933.817.0right
94 ValenciaSpainEuropeMetro31.8 km383730.8610.612.7
95 MonterreyMexicoAmericaMetro31.5 km323121.0215.816.0rightyes
96 ChennaiMadrasIndiaAsiaMRTS27.0 km171711.5927.017.0
97 BangkokThailandAsiaSkytrain, MRT46.3 km444031.1615.414.7206 mio.4,449,000leftGreen line1999Green line, Blue lineyes
98 CairoEgyptAfricaMetro65.5 km555321.2432.827.5700 mio.10,687,000left5 stns
99 MedellinMedellínColombiaAmericaMetro28.8 km262521.1514.413.0155 mio.5,382,000
100 AntwerpBelgiumEuropePremetro7.6 km111120.693.85.5
101 San FranciscoUSAAmericaBART166.9 km434353.8833.48.6100 mio.599,000rightyes
102 Nizhny NovgorodGorkyRussiaEuropeMetro15.5 km141321.197.87.033 mio.2,129,000right
103 LyonFranceEuropeMetro30.7 km433940.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,000leftline D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDsyes1991
104 BudapestHungaryEuropeMetro33.0 km424030.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,000right
105 RotterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro47.0 km383721.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,000right
106 IncheonInchonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway29.5 km292911.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,000
107 DaejeonTaejonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway22.6 km222211.0322.622.029 mio.1,283,000
108 WuhanChinaAsiaMetro10.2 km101011.0210.210.0right
109 LimaPeruAmericaTren Urbano10.0 km6611.6710.06.0
110 BonnGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.0 km121210.759.012.0right
111 SofiaBulgariaEuropeMetro18.0 km141411.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,000right
112 HamburgGermanyEuropeU-Bahn100.7 km978931.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,000right
113 PyongyangNorth KoreaAsiaMetro22.5 km161521.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,000
114 MulheimMülheimGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.0 km131220.754.56.5right
115 Belo HorizonteBrazilAmericaMetro28.1 km191911.4828.119.0right
116 Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAsia64.0 km605631.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,000leftLRT1996KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stationsyes
117 PittsburghUSAAmericaThe T1.5 km3310.481.53.0right
118 GlasgowUnited KingdomEuropeSubway10.4 km151510.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,000left
119 KievKyivUkraineEuropeMetro59.8 km464331.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,000right
120 BakuAzerbaijanAsiaMetro32.9 km222121.5616.411.0176 mio.5,356,000right
121 Sao PauloBrazilAmericaMetro61.3 km585541.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,000rightlines 4, 5, and regional rail
122 BeijingChinaAsiaSubway227.6 km14712591.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,000rightPGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10recentlyall lines
123 ParisFranceEuropeMetro213.0 km380300160.7113.323.81473 mio.6,915,000right (metro), left (RER)line 14/Météor, rubber-tyredlines 1, 4, 6, 11, 141998all stations on line 14, under construction on line 13lines 1, 14
124 EssenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn20.2 km272730.756.79.0rightyes
125 OsakaJapanAsiaSubway137.8 km13310491.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,000leftNanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyredNanko Port Town Line1981all stations on the Nanko Port Town Lineyes
126 CopenhagenDenmarkEuropeMetro21.0 km222220.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,000rightall metro lines2002all underground stationsall metro and S-Tog trainsyes
127 NagoyaJapanAsiaSubway89.0 km938241.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,000leftTobu Kyuryo maglev line2005Tobu Kyuryo maglev lineyes
128 BilbaoSpainEuropeMetro40.6 km383821.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,000leftyesyes
129 ShenzhenChinaAsiaMetro25.3 km232221.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,000rightyesyes
130 LausanneSwitzerlandEuropeMetro13.7 km292820.496.814.5line m2line m22008yes
131 SendaiJapanAsiaSubway14.8 km171710.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,000leftyes
132 BarcelonaSpainEuropeMetro110.5 km152128100.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,000rightunder construction on lines 5, 11, planned for lines 9, 10yesyes
133 TokyoJapanAsiaMetro304.5 km290205131.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,000leftYurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyredYurikamome line1995Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome linesyesyes
134 AthensGreeceEuropeMetro52.0 km524831.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,000rightyesyes
135 DuisburgGermanyEuropeStadtbahn14.3 km131321.107.26.5rightyes
136 Buenos AiresArgentinaAmericaSubte47.5 km766860.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,000leftyes
137 MadridSpainEuropeMetro284.0 km281231131.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,000leftyesyes
138 LisbonPortugalEuropeMetro41.0 km524640.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,000leftyes
139 HanoverGermanyEuropeStadtbahn18.6 km211731.096.27.0rightyes
140 ViennaAustriaEuropeU-Bahn69.8 km968450.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,000rightyesyes
141 BerlinGermanyEuropeU-Bahn147.4 km195173100.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,000rightyes
142 KyotoJapanAsiaSubway31.3 km323121.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,000leftTozai lineyes
143 OportoPortoPortugalEuropeMetro21.7 km151421.5510.97.5rightyesyes
144 TurinItalyEuropeMetro9.6 km141410.699.614.0rightVALyes2006VALyesyes
145 KitakyushuJapanAsiaMonorail8.8 km131310.688.813.0leftyes
146 SapporoJapanAsiaSubway48.0 km494631.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,000leftyes
147 FrankfurtGermanyEuropeU-Bahn20.5 km312730.766.810.3rightyes
148 OsloNorwayEuropeT-Bane62.0 km727250.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,000rightyes
149 YokohamaJapanAsiaSubway57.6 km484531.2819.216.0198 mio.3,438,000leftKanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyredKanazawa Seaside LRT1989Kanazawa Seaside LRT lineyes
150 DortmundGermanyEuropeStadtbahn29.5 km373730.809.812.3rightyes
151 TaipeiTaiwanAsiaMRT90.6 km858081.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,000rightMuzha line, VALyes1996Muzha line VAL MRTyesyes
152 RomeItalyEuropeMetro39.0 km494820.8119.524.5331 mio.8,487,000leftyesyes
153 Hong KongChinaAsiaMTR188.1 km958292.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,000leftDisneyland Resort LineSI, WI lines, planned2005all underground stationsyesyes
154 LilleFranceEuropeMetro45.5 km626020.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,000rightVALyes1983VAL, all stationsyes
155 SingaporeSingaporeAsiaMRT118.9 km766941.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,000leftNorth-East MTR line and 3 rubber-tyred LRT linesLRT lines2003yesyes
156 PragueCzech RepublicEuropeMetro59.1 km575431.0919.719.0597 mio.10,102,000rightyes
157 SeoulSouth KoreaAsiaSubway286.9 km348298100.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,000rightlines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010yesyes
158 GenoaItalyEuropeMetro5.2 km7710.745.27.0rightyes
159 NurembergGermanyEuropeU-Bahn34.6 km464430.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,000rightlines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains2008yes
160 ManilaPhilippinesAsiaMRT45.7 km423931.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,000yesyes
161 StuttgartGermanyEuropeStadtbahn24.0 km191721.4112.09.5rightyes
162 HelsinkiFinlandEuropeMetro21.0 km171711.2421.017.058 mio.2,762,000rightyes
163 RennesFranceEuropeMetro9.0 km151510.609.015.023 mio.2,556,000rightVALyes2002VALyes
164 CologneGermanyEuropeStadtbahn45.0 km5151150.883.03.4rightnew light rail trains onlyyes
165 MunichGermanyEuropeU-Bahn92.5 km1009460.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,000rightyes
166 GuangzhouCantonChinaAsiaMetro148.5 km887951.8829.717.6601 mio.4,047,000rightyesyes
167 KobeJapanAsiaSubway30.6 km262421.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,000leftPort Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyredPort Liner and Rokko Liner1981Port Liner and Rokko Lineryes
168 FukuokaJapanAsiaSubway29.8 km353430.889.911.7124 mio.4,161,000leftyes
169 DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesAsiaMetro39.7 km111113.6139.711.0rightmetro2009metro, monorailyesyes
170 DuesseldorfDüsseldorfGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.6 km141420.684.87.0rightyes
171 TamaJapanAsiaMonorail16.0 km191910.8416.019.0leftyes
172 ChongqingChinaAsiaMonorail19.5 km181811.0819.518.0rightThe three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDsyesyes
173 VancouverCanadaAmericaSky Train69.5 km494731.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,000rightSkytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system1986yesyes
174 MilanItalyEuropeMetro74.6 km888430.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,000rightyesyes
175 ToulouseFranceEuropeMetro27.5 km383720.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,000rightVALyes1993VALyes
176 LondonUnited KingdomEuropeUnderground408.0 km268268111.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,000leftDocklands Light Rail1987Jubilee Line extensionyes (DLR)


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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