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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 AdanaTurkeyAsia5.0 mi8810.625.08.0
2 AmsterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro20.3 mi333340.625.18.391 mio.2002right
3 AnkaraTurkeyAsiaMetro14.4 mi232220.657.211.5113 mio.2007rightmetro line1997
4 AntwerpBelgiumEuropePremetro4.7 mi111120.432.45.5
5 AthensGreeceEuropeMetro32.3 mi524830.6710.817.3325 mio.2007rightyesyes
6 AtlantaUSAAmericaMARTA49.2 mi393821.3024.619.534 mio.1994rightyes
7 BakuAzerbaijanAsiaMetro20.4 mi222120.9710.211.0176 mio.2007right
8 BaltimoreUSAAmericaMetro Subway15.2 mi141411.0915.214.014 mio.2008rightyes
9 BangkokThailandAsiaSkytrain, MRT28.8 mi444030.729.614.7206 mio.2007leftGreen line1999Green line, Blue lineyes
10 BarcelonaSpainEuropeMetro68.7 mi152128100.546.915.2378 mio.2008rightunder construction on lines 5, 11, planned for lines 9, 10yesyes
11 BeijingChinaAsiaSubway141.4 mi14712591.1315.716.31200 mio.2008rightPGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10recentlyall lines
12 Belo HorizonteBrazilAmericaMetro17.5 mi191910.9217.519.0right
13 BerlinGermanyEuropeU-Bahn91.6 mi195173100.539.219.5447 mio.2008rightyes
14 BielefeldGermanyEuropeStadtbahn3.2 mi7740.460.81.8right
15 BilbaoSpainEuropeMetro25.2 mi383820.6612.619.086 mio.2008leftyesyes
16 BochumGermanyEuropeStadtbahn13.4 mi292720.506.714.5right
17 BonnGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.6 mi121210.475.612.0right
18 BostonUSAAmericaThe T37.6 mi666030.6312.522.0145 mio.2007rightyes
19 BrasiliaBrazilAmericaMetro26.1 mi232311.1326.123.016 mio.2002right
20 BrusselsBelgiumEuropeMetro20.0 mi615930.346.720.3136 mio.2008rightline 1B
21 BucharestRomaniaEuropeMetro42.1 mi504340.9810.512.5111 mio.1999right
22 BudapestHungaryEuropeMetro20.5 mi424030.516.814.0297 mio.2008right
23 Buenos AiresArgentinaAmericaSubte29.5 mi766860.434.912.7280 mio.2008leftyes
24 BuffaloUSAAmericaMetro Rail5.2 mi8810.655.28.0right
25 BursaTurkeyAsia14.0 mi232310.6114.023.0
26 BusanSouth KoreaAsiaSubway59.0 mi928830.6719.730.7257 mio.2008right
27 CairoEgyptAfricaMetro40.7 mi555320.7720.427.5700 mio.2002left5 stns
28 CaracasVenezuelaAmericaMetro37.6 mi504650.827.510.0510 mio.2008yes
29 CataniaItalyEuropeMetro2.4 mi6610.392.46.0right
30 ChangchunChinaAsia10.6 mi161610.6610.616.0right
31 CharleroiBelgiumEurope10.9 mi202040.542.75.0
32 ChennaiMadrasIndiaAsiaMRTS16.8 mi171710.9916.817.0
33 ChibaJapanAsiaMonorail9.6 mi181820.544.89.0left
34 ChicagoUSAAmerica"L"103.2 mi15114480.7212.918.9198 mio.2008rightyes
35 ChongqingChinaAsiaMonorail12.1 mi181810.6712.118.0rightThe three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDsyesyes
36 ClevelandUSAAmericaRapid Transit19.3 mi181811.0719.318.06 mio.2008right
37 CologneGermanyEuropeStadtbahn28.0 mi5151150.551.93.4rightnew light rail trains onlyyes
38 CopenhagenDenmarkEuropeMetro13.1 mi222220.596.511.037 mio.2002rightall metro lines2002all underground stationsall metro and S-Tog trainsyes
39 DaeguTaeguSouth KoreaAsiaSubway33.5 mi565520.6116.728.0110 mio.2008
40 DaejeonTaejonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway14.0 mi222210.6414.022.029 mio.2008
41 DalianChinaAsiaMetro30.5 mi121212.5430.512.0right
42 DelhiIndiaAsiaMetro59.8 mi838130.7419.927.7310 mio.2008leftyes
43 DetroitUSAAmericaPeople Mover3.0 mi131310.233.013.0rightdowntown people mover, LIM technology1987yes
44 DnepropetrovskDnipropetrovskUkraineEuropeMetro4.4 mi6610.744.46.011 mio.2007
45 DortmundGermanyEuropeStadtbahn18.3 mi373730.496.112.3rightyes
46 DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesAsiaMetro24.7 mi111112.2424.711.0rightmetro2009metro, monorailyesyes
47 DuesseldorfDüsseldorfGermanyEuropeStadtbahn6.0 mi141420.433.07.0rightyes
48 DuisburgGermanyEuropeStadtbahn8.9 mi131320.694.56.5rightyes
49 EdmontonCanadaAmericaLight Rail8.1 mi111110.748.111.0right
50 EssenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn12.6 mi272730.474.29.0rightyes
51 FrankfurtGermanyEuropeU-Bahn12.7 mi312730.474.210.3rightyes
52 FukuokaJapanAsiaSubway18.5 mi353430.546.211.7124 mio.2007leftyes
53 GelsenkirchenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn3.4 mi9910.383.49.0right
54 GenoaItalyEuropeMetro3.2 mi7710.463.27.0rightyes
55 GlasgowUnited KingdomEuropeSubway6.5 mi151510.436.515.015 mio.2008left
56 GuadalajaraMexicoAmericaMetro14.9 mi292820.537.514.5right
57 GuangzhouCantonChinaAsiaMetro92.3 mi887951.1718.517.6601 mio.2008rightyesyes
58 GwangjuSouth KoreaAsiaSubway12.5 mi202010.6212.520.017 mio.2008
59 HaifaIsraelAsiaCarmelit1.1 mi6610.181.16.0
60 HamburgGermanyEuropeU-Bahn62.6 mi978930.7020.932.3184 mio.2007right
61 HanoverGermanyEuropeStadtbahn11.6 mi211730.683.97.0rightyes
62 HelsinkiFinlandEuropeMetro13.1 mi171710.7713.117.058 mio.2008rightyes
63 HiroshimaJapanAsiaMonorail11.4 mi212110.5411.421.018 mio.2005left
64 Hong KongChinaAsiaMTR116.9 mi958291.4313.010.61309 mio.2008leftDisneyland Resort LineSI, WI lines, planned2005all underground stationsyesyes
65 IncheonInchonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway18.3 mi292910.6318.329.073 mio.2008
66 IstanbulTurkeyEuropeMetro9.3 mi101010.939.310.068 mio.2008right
67 IzmirTurkeyAsiaMetro7.1 mi101010.717.110.030 mio.2005
68 JacksonvilleUSAAmericaSkyway4.3 mi6610.714.36.0rightdowntown monorail people mover1989
69 KamakuraJapanAsiaMonorail4.1 mi8810.514.18.0left
70 KaohsiungTaiwanAsiaMRT26.5 mi373620.7413.318.530 mio.2008MRT
71 KazanRussiaEuropeMetro5.2 mi6610.865.26.07 mio.2007right
72 KharkovKharkivUkraineEuropeMetro21.9 mi282530.887.39.3278 mio.2007right
73 KievKyivUkraineEuropeMetro37.2 mi464330.8612.415.3642 mio.2007right
74 KitakyushuJapanAsiaMonorail5.5 mi131310.425.513.0leftyes
75 KobeJapanAsiaSubway19.0 mi262420.799.513.0121 mio.2008leftPort Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyredPort Liner and Rokko Liner1981Port Liner and Rokko Lineryes
76 KolkataCalcuttaIndiaAsiaMetro Railway14.0 mi212110.6714.021.0100 mio.2000right
77 Kryvyi RihKrivoy RogUkraineEuropeMetrotram11.2 mi121210.9311.212.0
78 Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAsia39.8 mi605630.7113.320.0109 mio.2008leftLRT1996KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stationsyes
79 KyotoJapanAsiaSubway19.5 mi323120.639.716.0126 mio.2008leftTozai lineyes
80 Las VegasUSAAmericaMonorail3.9 mi7710.553.97.0rightmonorail2004
81 LausanneSwitzerlandEuropeMetro8.5 mi292820.304.314.5line m2line m22008yes
82 LilleFranceEuropeMetro28.3 mi626020.4714.131.074 mio.2004rightVALyes1983VAL, all stationsyes
83 LimaPeruAmericaTren Urbano6.2 mi6611.046.26.0
84 LisbonPortugalEuropeMetro25.5 mi524640.556.413.0180 mio.2007leftyes
85 LondonUnited KingdomEuropeUnderground253.6 mi268268110.9523.124.41197 mio.2007leftDocklands Light Rail1987Jubilee Line extensionyes (DLR)
86 Los AngelesUSAAmericaMetro Rail36.9 mi303031.2312.310.045 mio.2008rightyes
87 LudwigshafenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn2.5 mi111100.23right
88 LyonFranceEuropeMetro19.1 mi433940.494.810.8182 mio.2004leftline D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDsyes1991
89 MadridSpainEuropeMetro176.5 mi281231130.7613.621.6686 mio.2008leftyesyes
90 ManilaPhilippinesAsiaMRT28.4 mi423930.739.514.0346 mio.2008yesyes
91 MaracaiboVenezuelaAmericaMetro4.0 mi6610.674.06.0yes
92 MarseilleFranceEuropeMetro12.0 mi262420.506.013.058 mio.2004rightyes
93 MedellinMedellínColombiaAmericaMetro17.9 mi262520.728.913.0155 mio.2008
94 Mexico CityMexicoAmericaMetro125.4 mi175147110.8511.415.91460 mio.2008rightyes
95 MiamiUSAAmericaMetrorail22.4 mi222211.0222.422.019 mio.2008rightdowntown people mover, rubber-tyredDowntown people mover1986yes
96 MilanItalyEuropeMetro46.4 mi888430.5515.529.3328 mio.2007rightyesyes
97 MinskBelarusEuropeMetro18.8 mi252420.789.412.5262 mio.2007right
98 MonterreyMexicoAmericaMetro19.6 mi323120.639.816.0rightyes
99 MontrealMontréalCanadaAmericaMetro43.0 mi736840.6310.818.3219 mio.2006rightyes
100 MoscowRussiaEuropeMetro185.7 mi180144121.2915.515.02573 mio.2008right
101 MulheimMülheimGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.6 mi131220.472.86.5right
102 MumbaiBombayIndiaAsiaSuburban Railway106.3 mi737351.4621.314.6
103 MunichGermanyEuropeU-Bahn57.5 mi1009460.619.616.7349 mio.2008rightyes
104 NagoyaJapanAsiaSubway55.3 mi938240.6713.823.3427 mio.2008leftTobu Kyuryo maglev line2005Tobu Kyuryo maglev lineyes
105 NahaJapanAsiaMonorail8.0 mi151510.538.015.0left
106 NanjingChinaAsiaMetro13.5 mi161610.8413.516.0102 mio.2008right
107 NaplesItalyEuropeMetro19.8 mi302830.716.610.029 mio.2006left
108 New YorkNew York CityUSAAmericaSubway228.7 mi468422270.548.517.31624 mio.2008rightplanned for new Second Avenue Lineyes
109 NewarkUSAAmericaSubway1.4 mi4410.341.44.0right
110 NewcastleUnited KingdomEuropeTyne & Wear Metro47.5 mi615020.9523.830.538 mio.2006left
111 Nizhny NovgorodGorkyRussiaEuropeMetro9.6 mi141320.744.87.033 mio.2007right
112 NovosibirskRussiaAsiaMetro8.9 mi131220.744.46.570 mio.2007right
113 NurembergGermanyEuropeU-Bahn21.5 mi464430.497.215.392 mio.1997rightlines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains2008yes
114 OportoPortoPortugalEuropeMetro13.5 mi151420.966.77.5rightyesyes
115 OsakaJapanAsiaSubway85.6 mi13310490.829.514.8860 mio.2008leftNanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyredNanko Port Town Line1981all stations on the Nanko Port Town Lineyes
116 OsloNorwayEuropeT-Bane38.5 mi727250.547.714.464 mio.2005rightyes
117 Palma de MallorcaSpainEuropeMetro5.2 mi9910.575.29.0
118 ParisFranceEuropeMetro132.4 mi380300160.448.323.81473 mio.2008right (metro), left (RER)line 14/Météor, rubber-tyredlines 1, 4, 6, 11, 141998all stations on line 14, under construction on line 13lines 1, 14
119 PerugiaItalyEuropeMinimetro1.9 mi7710.271.97.0
120 PhiladelphiaUSAAmericaSubway38.5 mi666230.6212.822.067 mio.2008rightyes
121 PittsburghUSAAmericaThe T0.9 mi3310.300.93.0right
122 Porto AlegreBrazilAmericaMetro21.0 mi171711.2421.017.0right
123 PoznanPolandEurope3.8 mi6610.633.86.0
124 PragueCzech RepublicEuropeMetro36.7 mi575430.6812.219.0597 mio.2008rightyes
125 PyongyangNorth KoreaAsiaMetro14.0 mi161520.937.08.035 mio.2006
126 RecifeBrazilAmericaMetro24.7 mi302820.8812.315.0right
127 RennesFranceEuropeMetro5.6 mi151510.375.615.023 mio.2004rightVALyes2002VALyes
128 Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmericaMetro26.1 mi343420.7713.117.0135 mio.2006rightyes
129 RomeItalyEuropeMetro24.2 mi494820.5012.124.5331 mio.2008leftyesyes
130 RotterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro29.2 mi383720.7914.619.085 mio.2006right
131 RouenFranceEuropeMetro1.4 mi5510.271.45.0
132 Saint LouisUSAAmericaMetrolink45.6 mi373721.2322.818.5right
133 Saint PetersburgLeningradRussiaEuropeMetro68.5 mi635551.2513.712.6832 mio.2007rightwindowless steel doors in ten stations
134 SamaraRussiaEuropeMetro6.3 mi9910.706.39.012 mio.2007right
135 San FranciscoUSAAmericaBART103.7 mi434352.4120.78.6100 mio.2007rightyes
136 San JuanPuerto RicoAmericaTren Urbano10.7 mi161610.6710.716.09 mio.2008
137 SantiagoSantiago de ChileChileAmericaMetro51.6 mi938650.6010.318.6642 mio.2008rightyes
138 Santo DomingoDominican RepublicAmericaMetro9.0 mi161610.569.016.0
139 Sao PauloBrazilAmericaMetro38.1 mi585540.699.514.5684 mio.2008rightlines 4, 5, and regional rail
140 SapporoJapanAsiaSubway29.8 mi494630.659.916.3209 mio.2008leftyes
141 SeattleUSAAmericaLight Rail13.8 mi121211.1513.812.0rightyes
142 SendaiJapanAsiaSubway9.2 mi171710.549.217.058 mio.2008leftyes
143 SeoulSouth KoreaAsiaSubway178.3 mi348298100.6017.834.82048 mio.2008rightlines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010yesyes
144 SevilleSevillaSpainEuropeMetro11.2 mi212110.5311.221.0Line 1
145 ShanghaiChinaAsiaMetro207.6 mi230194101.0720.823.01122 mio.2008rightnewer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stationsyes
146 ShenyangMukdenChinaAsiaMetro13.8 mi181810.7713.818.0right
147 ShenzhenChinaAsiaMetro15.7 mi232220.717.911.573 mio.2005rightyesyes
148 SingaporeSingaporeAsiaMRT73.9 mi766941.0718.519.0571 mio.2007leftNorth-East MTR line and 3 rubber-tyred LRT linesLRT lines2003yesyes
149 SofiaBulgariaEuropeMetro11.2 mi141410.8011.214.051 mio.2008right
150 StockholmSwedenEuropeTunnelbana65.7 mi10410030.6621.934.7303 mio.2007left
151 StuttgartGermanyEuropeStadtbahn14.9 mi191720.887.59.5rightyes
152 SydneyAustraliaOceaniaCityrail13.7 mi141430.984.64.7leftyes
153 TaipeiTaiwanAsiaMRT56.3 mi858080.707.010.6450 mio.2008rightMuzha line, VALyes1996Muzha line VAL MRTyesyes
154 TamaJapanAsiaMonorail9.9 mi191910.529.919.0leftyes
155 TashkentUzbekistanAsiaMetro22.5 mi292630.877.59.771 mio.2007right
156 TbilisiGeorgiaAsiaMetro16.3 mi222120.788.211.092 mio.2007right
157 TehranIranAsiaMetro31.4 mi474430.7110.515.7353 mio.2007yes
158 The HagueNetherlandsEuropeRandstadRail17.3 mi303030.585.810.0right
159 TianjinChinaAsiaMetro44.7 mi373721.2122.418.515 mio.1993rightplatform gate doorsyes
160 TokyoJapanAsiaMetro189.2 mi290205130.9214.622.33174 mio.2008leftYurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyredYurikamome line1995Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome linesyesyes
161 TorontoCanadaAmericaSubway44.3 mi746940.6411.118.5278 mio.2006rightyes
162 ToulouseFranceEuropeMetro17.1 mi383720.468.519.042 mio.2004rightVALyes1993VALyes
163 TurinItalyEuropeMetro6.0 mi141410.436.014.0rightVALyes2006VALyesyes
164 ValenciaVenezuelaAmericaMetro3.9 mi7710.553.97.018 mio.2008
165 ValenciaSpainEuropeMetro19.8 mi383730.536.612.7
166 ValparaisoChileAmericaMetro26.7 mi202011.3426.720.0right
167 VancouverCanadaAmericaSky Train43.2 mi494730.9214.416.374 mio.2008rightSkytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system1986yesyes
168 ViennaAustriaEuropeU-Bahn43.4 mi968450.528.719.2498 mio.2008rightyesyes
169 VolgogradStalingradRussiaEuropeMetro2.1 mi2211.032.12.0
170 WarsawPolandEuropeMetro14.0 mi212110.6714.021.0114 mio.2007right
171 WashingtonUSAAmericaMetrorail106.4 mi908651.2421.318.0215 mio.2008rightyes
172 WuhanChinaAsiaMetro6.3 mi101010.636.310.0right
173 WuppertalGermanyEuropeSchwebebahn8.3 mi202010.418.320.0right
174 YekaterinburgEkaterinburgRussiaAsiaMetro5.3 mi7710.755.37.046 mio.2007right
175 YerevanErevanArmeniaAsiaMetro7.5 mi101010.757.510.017 mio.2007right
176 YokohamaJapanAsiaSubway35.8 mi484530.8011.916.0198 mio.2008leftKanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyredKanazawa Seaside LRT1989Kanazawa Seaside LRT lineyes


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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