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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 km101010.909.010.0yesyes
3AmsterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro32.7 km333340.998.28.391 mio.20022,783,000right
4AnkaraTurkeyAsiaMetro23.1 km232221.0511.611.5113 mio.20074,892,000rightmetro line1997
5AntwerpBelgiumEurope7.6 km111120.693.85.5
6AthensGreeceEuropeMetro52.0 km524831.0817.317.3325 mio.20076,250,000rightyesyes
7AtlantaUSAAmericaMARTA79.2 km393822.0839.619.534 mio.1994429,000rightyes
8BakuAzerbaijanAsiaMetro31.7 km212021.5915.910.5176 mio.20075,552,000right
9BaltimoreUSAAmericaMetro Subway24.5 km141411.7524.514.014 mio.2008571,000rightyes
10BangkokThailandAsiaSkytrain, MRT46.3 km444031.1615.414.7206 mio.20074,449,000leftGreen line1999Green line, Blue lineyes
11BarcelonaSpainEuropeMetro110.5 km152128100.8611.115.2378 mio.20083,421,000rightunder construction on lines 5, 11, planned for lines 9, 10yesyes
12BeijingChinaAsiaSubway227.6 km14712591.8225.316.31200 mio.20085,274,000rightPGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10recentlyall lines
13Belo HorizonteBrazilAmericaMetro28.1 km191911.4828.119.0
14BerlinGermanyEuropeU-Bahn147.4 km195173100.8514.719.5447 mio.20083,033,000rightyes
15BielefeldGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.2 km7740.741.31.8right
16BilbaoSpainEuropeMetro40.6 km383821.0720.319.086 mio.20082,118,000leftyesyes
17BochumGermanyEuropeStadtbahn21.5 km292720.8010.814.5right
18BonnGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.0 km121210.759.012.0right
19BostonUSAAmericaThe T60.5 km666031.0120.222.0145 mio.20072,397,000rightyes
20BrasiliaBrazilAmericaMetro42.0 km232311.8342.023.016 mio.2002381,000
21BrusselsBelgiumEuropeMetro32.2 km615930.5510.720.3136 mio.20084,224,000rightline 1B
22BucharestRomaniaEuropeMetro67.7 km504341.5716.912.5111 mio.19991,640,000right
23BudapestHungaryEuropeMetro33.0 km424030.8311.014.0297 mio.20089,000,000right
24Buenos AiresArgentinaAmericaSubte47.5 km766860.707.912.7280 mio.20085,895,000leftyes
25BuffaloUSAAmericaMetro Rail8.4 km8811.048.48.0
26BursaTurkeyAsia22.5 km232310.9822.523.0
27BusanSouth KoreaAsiaSubway95.0 km928831.0831.730.7257 mio.20082,705,000right
28CairoEgyptAfricaMetro65.5 km555321.2432.827.5700 mio.200210,687,000left5 stns
29CaracasVenezuelaAmericaMetro60.5 km474351.4112.19.4510 mio.20088,430,000yes
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.20081,193,000rightyes
36ChongqingChinaAsiaMonorail19.5 km181811.0819.518.0rightThe three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDsyesyes
37ClevelandUSAAmericaRapid Transit31.0 km181811.7231.018.06 mio.2008194,000
38CologneGermanyEuropeStadtbahn45.0 km5151150.883.03.4rightnew light rail trains onlyyes
39CopenhagenDenmarkEuropeMetro21.0 km222220.9510.511.037 mio.20021,762,000rightall metro lines2002all underground stationsall metro and S-Tog trainsyes
40DaeguTaeguSouth KoreaAsiaSubway53.9 km565520.9827.028.0110 mio.20082,041,000
41DaejeonTaejonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway22.6 km222211.0322.622.029 mio.20081,283,000
42DalianChinaAsiaMetro49.0 km121214.0849.012.0
43DelhiIndiaAsiaMetro89.9 km787631.1829.926.0310 mio.20083,450,000leftyes
44DetroitUSAAmericaPeople Mover4.8 km131310.374.813.0downtown people mover, LIM technology1987yes
45DnepropetrovskDnipropetrovskUkraineEuropeMetro7.1 km6611.187.16.011 mio.20071,549,000
46DortmundGermanyEuropeStadtbahn29.5 km373730.809.812.3rightyes
47DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesAsiaMetro39.7 km101013.9739.710.0rightmetro2009metro, monorailyesyes
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.20074,161,000leftyes
54GelsenkirchenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.5 km9910.615.59.0right
55GenoaItalyEuropeMetro5.2 km7710.745.27.0rightyes
56GlasgowUnited KingdomEuropeSubway10.4 km151510.6910.415.015 mio.20081,442,000left
57GuadalajaraMexicoAmericaMetro24.0 km292820.8612.014.5
58GuangzhouCantonChinaAsiaMetro176.1 km887952.2335.217.6601 mio.20083,414,000rightyesyes
59GwangjuSouth KoreaAsiaSubway20.1 km202011.0120.120.017 mio.2008846,000
60HaifaIsraelAsiaCarmelit1.8 km6610.291.86.0
61HamburgGermanyEuropeU-Bahn100.7 km978931.1333.632.3184 mio.20071,827,000right
62HanoverGermanyEuropeStadtbahn18.6 km211731.096.27.0rightyes
63HelsinkiFinlandEuropeMetro21.0 km171711.2421.017.058 mio.20082,762,000rightyes
64HiroshimaJapanAsiaMonorail18.4 km212110.8818.421.018 mio.2005978,000left
65Hong KongChinaAsiaMTR188.1 km958292.2920.910.61309 mio.20086,959,000leftDisneyland Resort LineSI, WI lines, planned2005all underground stationsyesyes
66IncheonInchonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway29.5 km292911.0229.529.073 mio.20082,475,000
67IstanbulTurkeyEuropeMetro15.0 km101011.5015.010.068 mio.20084,533,000right
68IzmirTurkeyAsiaMetro11.5 km101011.1511.510.030 mio.20052,609,000
69JacksonvilleUSAAmericaSkyway6.9 km6611.156.96.0downtown monorail people mover1989
70KamakuraJapanAsiaMonorail6.6 km8810.826.68.0
71KaohsiungTaiwanAsiaMRT42.7 km373621.1921.418.530 mio.2008703,000MRT
72KazanRussiaEuropeMetro8.3 km6611.388.36.07 mio.2007843,000
73KharkovKharkivUkraineEuropeMetro35.3 km282531.4111.89.3278 mio.20077,875,000right
74KievKyivUkraineEuropeMetro59.8 km464331.3919.915.3642 mio.200710,736,000right
75KitakyushuJapanAsiaMonorail8.8 km131310.688.813.0leftyes
76KobeJapanAsiaSubway30.6 km262421.2815.313.0121 mio.20083,954,000leftPort Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyredPort Liner and Rokko Liner1981Port Liner and Rokko Lineryes
77KolkataCalcuttaIndiaAsiaMetro Railway22.6 km212111.0822.621.0100 mio.20004,425,000right
78Kryvyi RihKrivoy RogUkraineEuropeMetrotram18.0 km121211.5018.012.0
79Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAsia64.0 km605631.1421.320.0109 mio.20081,703,000leftLRT1996KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stationsyes
80KyotoJapanAsiaSubway31.3 km323121.0115.616.0126 mio.20084,026,000leftTozai lineyes
81Las VegasUSAAmericaMonorail6.2 km7710.896.27.0monorail2004
82LausanneSwitzerlandEuropeMetro13.7 km292820.496.814.5line m2line m22008yes
83LilleFranceEuropeMetro45.5 km626020.7622.831.074 mio.20041,626,000rightVALyes1983VAL, all stationsyes
84LimaPeruAmericaTren Urbano10.0 km6611.6710.06.0
85LisbonPortugalEuropeMetro41.0 km524640.8910.313.0180 mio.20074,390,000leftyes
86LondonUnited KingdomEuropeUnderground408.0 km268268111.5237.124.41197 mio.20072,934,000leftDocklands Light Rail1987Jubilee Line extensionyes (DLR)
87Los AngelesUSAAmericaMetro Rail59.3 km303031.9819.810.045 mio.2008759,000rightyes
88LudwigshafenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn4.0 km111100.36right
89LyonFranceEuropeMetro30.7 km433940.797.710.8182 mio.20045,928,000leftline D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDsyes1991
90MadridSpainEuropeMetro284.0 km281231131.2321.821.6686 mio.20082,415,000leftyesyes
91ManilaPhilippinesAsiaMRT45.7 km423931.1715.214.0346 mio.20087,571,000yesyes
92MaracaiboVenezuelaAmericaMetro6.5 km6611.086.56.0yes
93MarseilleFranceEuropeMetro19.3 km262420.809.613.058 mio.20043,005,000rightyes
94MedellinMedellínColombiaAmericaMetro28.8 km262521.1514.413.0155 mio.20085,382,000
95Mexico CityMexicoAmericaMetro201.7 km175147111.3718.315.91460 mio.20087,238,000rightyes
96MiamiUSAAmericaMetrorail36.0 km222211.6436.022.019 mio.2008528,000rightdowntown people mover, rubber-tyredDowntown people mover1986yes
97MilanItalyEuropeMetro74.6 km888430.8924.929.3328 mio.20074,397,000rightyesyes
98MinskBelarusEuropeMetro30.3 km252421.2615.112.5262 mio.20078,647,000right
99MonterreyMexicoAmericaMetro31.5 km323121.0215.816.0yes
100MontrealMontréalCanadaAmericaMetro69.2 km736841.0217.318.3219 mio.20063,165,000rightyes
101MoscowRussiaEuropeMetro298.8 km180144122.0724.915.02573 mio.20088,611,000right
102MulheimMülheimGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.0 km131220.754.56.5right
103MumbaiBombayIndiaAsiaSuburban Railway171.0 km737352.3434.214.6
104MunichGermanyEuropeU-Bahn92.5 km1009460.9815.416.7349 mio.20083,773,000rightyes
105NagoyaJapanAsiaSubway89.0 km938241.0922.323.3427 mio.20084,798,000leftTobu Kyuryo maglev line2005Tobu Kyuryo maglev lineyes
106NahaJapanAsiaMonorail12.8 km151510.8512.815.0
107NanjingChinaAsiaMetro21.7 km161611.3621.716.0102 mio.20084,700,000
108NaplesItalyEuropeMetro31.8 km302831.1410.610.029 mio.2006912,000left
109New YorkNew York CityUSAAmericaSubway368.0 km468422270.8713.617.31624 mio.20084,413,000rightplanned for new Second Avenue Lineyes
110NewarkUSAAmericaSubway2.2 km4410.552.24.0right
111NewcastleUnited KingdomEuropeTyne & Wear Metro76.5 km615021.5338.330.538 mio.2006497,000left
112Nizhny NovgorodGorkyRussiaEuropeMetro15.5 km141321.197.87.033 mio.20072,129,000right
113NovosibirskRussiaAsiaMetro14.3 km131221.197.26.570 mio.20074,895,000right
114NurembergGermanyEuropeU-Bahn34.6 km464430.7911.515.392 mio.19972,659,000rightline U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated line U22008yes
115OportoPortoPortugalEuropeMetro21.7 km151421.5510.97.5rightyesyes
116OsakaJapanAsiaSubway137.8 km13310491.3315.314.8860 mio.20086,241,000leftNanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyredNanko Port Town Line1981all stations on the Nanko Port Town Lineyes
117OsloNorwayEuropeT-Bane62.0 km727250.8612.414.464 mio.20051,032,000rightyes
118Palma de MallorcaSpainEuropeMetro8.3 km9910.928.39.0
119ParisFranceEuropeMetro213.0 km380300160.7113.323.81473 mio.20086,915,000right (metro), left (RER)line 14/Météor, rubber-tyredlines 1, 4, 6, 11, 141998all stations on line 14, under construction on line 13lines 1, 14
120PerugiaItalyEuropeMinimetro3.0 km7710.433.07.0
121PhiladelphiaUSAAmericaSubway62.0 km666231.0020.722.067 mio.20081,081,000rightyes
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.200810,102,000rightyes
126PyongyangNorth KoreaAsiaMetro22.5 km161521.5011.38.035 mio.20061,556,000
127RecifeBrazilAmericaMetro39.7 km302821.4219.915.0
128RennesFranceEuropeMetro9.0 km151510.609.015.023 mio.20042,556,000rightVALyes2002VALyes
129Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmericaMetro42.0 km343421.2421.017.0135 mio.20063,214,000rightyes
130RomeItalyEuropeMetro39.0 km494820.8119.524.5331 mio.20088,487,000leftyesyes
131RotterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro47.0 km383721.2723.519.085 mio.20061,809,000right
132RouenFranceEuropeMetro2.2 km5510.442.25.0
133Saint LouisUSAAmericaMetrolink73.4 km373721.9836.718.5
134Saint PetersburgLeningradRussiaEuropeMetro110.2 km635552.0022.012.6832 mio.20077,550,000rightwindowless steel doors in ten stations
135SamaraRussiaEuropeMetro10.2 km9911.1310.29.012 mio.20071,176,000right
136San FranciscoUSAAmericaBART166.9 km434353.8833.48.6100 mio.2007599,000rightyes
137San JuanPuerto RicoAmericaTren Urbano17.2 km161611.0817.216.09 mio.2008523,000
138SantiagoSantiago de ChileChileAmericaMetro83.0 km938650.9716.618.6642 mio.20087,735,000rightyes
139Santo DomingoDominican RepublicAmericaMetro14.5 km161610.9114.516.0
140Sao PauloBrazilAmericaMetro61.3 km585541.1115.314.5684 mio.200811,158,000rightlines 4, 5, and regional rail
141SapporoJapanAsiaSubway48.0 km494631.0416.016.3209 mio.20084,354,000leftyes
142SeattleUSAAmericaLight Rail22.2 km121211.8522.212.0yes
143SendaiJapanAsiaSubway14.8 km171710.8714.817.058 mio.20083,919,000leftyes
144SeoulSouth KoreaAsiaSubway286.9 km348298100.9628.734.82048 mio.20087,138,000rightlines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010yesyes
145SevilleSevillaSpainEuropeMetro18.0 km212110.8618.021.0Line 1
146ShanghaiChinaAsiaMetro334.0 km230194101.7233.423.01122 mio.20083,359,000rightnewer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stationsyes
147ShenzhenChinaAsiaMetro25.3 km232221.1512.611.573 mio.20052,885,000rightyesyes
148SingaporeSingaporeAsiaMRT118.9 km766941.7229.719.0571 mio.20074,802,000leftNorth-East MTR line and 3 rubber-tyred LRT linesLRT lines2003yesyes
149SofiaBulgariaEuropeMetro18.0 km141411.2918.014.051 mio.20082,833,000right
150StockholmSwedenEuropeTunnelbana105.7 km10410031.0635.234.7303 mio.20072,867,000left
151StuttgartGermanyEuropeStadtbahn24.0 km191721.4112.09.5rightyes
152SydneyAustraliaOceaniaCityrail22.1 km141431.587.44.7yes
153TaipeiTaiwanAsiaMRT90.6 km858081.1311.310.6450 mio.20084,967,000rightMuzha line, VALyes1996Muzha line VAL MRTyesyes
154TamaJapanAsiaMonorail16.0 km191910.8416.019.0leftyes
155TashkentUzbekistanAsiaMetro36.2 km292631.3912.19.771 mio.20071,961,000right
156TbilisiGeorgiaAsiaMetro26.3 km222121.2513.111.092 mio.20073,498,000right
157TehranIranAsiaMetro50.5 km474431.1516.815.7353 mio.20076,990,000yes
158The HagueNetherlandsEuropeRandstadRail27.9 km303030.939.310.0
159TianjinChinaAsiaMetro72.0 km373721.9536.018.515 mio.1993208,000platform gate doorsyes
160TokyoJapanAsiaMetro304.5 km290205131.4923.422.33174 mio.200810,424,000leftYurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyredYurikamome line1995Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome linesyesyes
161TorontoCanadaAmericaSubway71.3 km746941.0317.818.5278 mio.20063,899,000rightyes
162ToulouseFranceEuropeMetro27.5 km383720.7413.819.042 mio.20041,527,000rightVALyes1993VALyes
163TurinItalyEuropeMetro9.6 km141410.699.614.0rightVALyes2006VALyesyes
164ValenciaSpainEuropeMetro31.8 km383730.8610.612.7
165ValenciaVenezuelaAmericaMetro6.2 km7710.896.27.018 mio.20082,903,000
166ValparaisoChileAmericaMetro43.0 km202012.1543.020.0
167VancouverCanadaAmericaSky Train69.5 km494731.4823.216.374 mio.20081,065,000rightSkytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system1986yesyes
168ViennaAustriaEuropeU-Bahn69.8 km968450.8314.019.2498 mio.20087,135,000rightyesyes
169VolgogradStalingradRussiaEuropeMetro3.3 km2211.653.32.0
170WarsawPolandEuropeMetro22.6 km212111.0822.621.0114 mio.20075,044,000right
171WashingtonUSAAmericaMetrorail171.2 km908651.9934.218.0215 mio.20081,256,000rightyes
172WuhanChinaAsiaMetro10.2 km101011.0210.210.0right
173WuppertalGermanyEuropeSchwebebahn13.3 km202010.6713.320.0right
174YekaterinburgEkaterinburgRussiaAsiaMetro8.5 km7711.218.57.046 mio.20075,412,000right
175YerevanErevanArmeniaAsiaMetro12.1 km101011.2112.110.017 mio.20071,405,000right
176YokohamaJapanAsiaSubway57.6 km484531.2819.216.0198 mio.20083,438,000leftKanazawa 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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