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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 AdanaTurkeyAsia8.0 km8811.008.08.0
2 AmsterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro32.7 km333340.998.28.32,783,00091 mio.2002
3 AnkaraTurkeyAsiaMetro23.1 km232221.0511.611.54,892,000113 mio.2007metro line1997
4 AntwerpBelgiumEuropePremetro7.6 km111120.693.85.5
5 AthensGreeceEuropeMetro52.0 km524831.0817.317.36,250,000325 mio.2007yesyes
6 AtlantaUSAAmericaMARTA79.2 km393822.0839.619.5429,00034 mio.1994yes
7 BakuAzerbaijanAsiaMetro32.9 km222121.5616.411.05,356,000176 mio.2007
8 BaltimoreUSAAmericaMetro Subway24.5 km141411.7524.514.0571,00014 mio.2008yes
9 BangkokThailandAsiaSkytrain, MRT46.3 km444031.1615.414.74,449,000206 mio.2007Green line1999Green line, Blue lineyes
10 BarcelonaSpainEuropeMetro110.5 km152128100.8611.115.23,421,000378 mio.2008under construction on lines 5, 11, planned for lines 9, 10yesyes
11 BeijingChinaAsiaSubway227.6 km14712591.8225.316.35,274,0001200 mio.2008PGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10recentlyall lines
12 Belo HorizonteBrazilAmericaMetro28.1 km191911.4828.119.0
13 BerlinGermanyEuropeU-Bahn147.4 km195173100.8514.719.53,033,000447 mio.2008yes
14 BielefeldGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.2 km7740.741.31.8
15 BilbaoSpainEuropeMetro40.6 km383821.0720.319.02,118,00086 mio.2008yesyes
16 BochumGermanyEuropeStadtbahn21.5 km292720.8010.814.5
17 BonnGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.0 km121210.759.012.0
18 BostonUSAAmericaThe T60.5 km666031.0120.222.02,397,000145 mio.2007yes
19 BrasiliaBrazilAmericaMetro42.0 km232311.8342.023.0381,00016 mio.2002
20 BrusselsBelgiumEuropeMetro32.2 km615930.5510.720.34,224,000136 mio.2008line 1B
21 BucharestRomaniaEuropeMetro67.7 km504341.5716.912.51,640,000111 mio.1999
22 BudapestHungaryEuropeMetro33.0 km424030.8311.014.09,000,000297 mio.2008
23 Buenos AiresArgentinaAmericaSubte47.5 km766860.707.912.75,895,000280 mio.2008yes
24 BuffaloUSAAmericaMetro Rail8.4 km8811.048.48.0
25 BursaTurkeyAsia22.5 km232310.9822.523.0
26 BusanSouth KoreaAsiaSubway95.0 km928831.0831.730.72,705,000257 mio.2008
27 CairoEgyptAfricaMetro65.5 km555321.2432.827.510,687,000700 mio.20025 stns
28 CaracasVenezuelaAmericaMetro60.5 km504651.3212.110.08,430,000510 mio.2008yes
29 CataniaItalyEuropeMetro3.8 km6610.633.86.0
30 ChangchunChinaAsia17.0 km161611.0617.016.0
31 CharleroiBelgiumEurope17.5 km202040.884.45.0
32 ChennaiMadrasIndiaAsiaMRTS27.0 km171711.5927.017.0
33 ChibaJapanAsiaMonorail15.5 km181820.867.89.0
34 ChicagoUSAAmerica"L"166.0 km15114481.1520.818.91,193,000198 mio.2008yes
35 ChongqingChinaAsiaMonorail19.5 km181811.0819.518.0The three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDsyesyes
36 ClevelandUSAAmericaRapid Transit31.0 km181811.7231.018.0194,0006 mio.2008
37 CologneGermanyEuropeStadtbahn45.0 km5151150.883.03.4new light rail trains onlyyes
38 CopenhagenDenmarkEuropeMetro21.0 km222220.9510.511.01,762,00037 mio.2002all metro lines2002all underground stationsall metro and S-Tog trainsyes
39 DaeguTaeguSouth KoreaAsiaSubway53.9 km565520.9827.028.02,041,000110 mio.2008
40 DaejeonTaejonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway22.6 km222211.0322.622.01,283,00029 mio.2008
41 DalianChinaAsiaMetro49.0 km121214.0849.012.0
42 DelhiIndiaAsiaMetro96.2 km838131.1932.127.73,224,000310 mio.2008yes
43 DetroitUSAAmericaPeople Mover4.8 km131310.374.813.0downtown people mover, LIM technology1987yes
44 DnepropetrovskDnipropetrovskUkraineEuropeMetro7.1 km6611.187.16.01,549,00011 mio.2007
45 DortmundGermanyEuropeStadtbahn29.5 km373730.809.812.3yes
46 DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesAsiaMetro39.7 km111113.6139.711.0metro2009metro, monorailyesyes
47 DuesseldorfDüsseldorfGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.6 km141420.684.87.0yes
48 DuisburgGermanyEuropeStadtbahn14.3 km131321.107.26.5yes
49 EdmontonCanadaAmericaLight Rail13.1 km111111.1913.111.0
50 EssenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn20.2 km272730.756.79.0yes
51 FrankfurtGermanyEuropeU-Bahn20.5 km312730.766.810.3yes
52 FukuokaJapanAsiaSubway29.8 km353430.889.911.74,161,000124 mio.2007yes
53 GelsenkirchenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.5 km9910.615.59.0
54 GenoaItalyEuropeMetro5.2 km7710.745.27.0yes
55 GlasgowUnited KingdomEuropeSubway10.4 km151510.6910.415.01,442,00015 mio.2008
56 GuadalajaraMexicoAmericaMetro24.0 km292820.8612.014.5
57 GuangzhouCantonChinaAsiaMetro148.5 km887951.8829.717.64,047,000601 mio.2008yesyes
58 GwangjuSouth KoreaAsiaSubway20.1 km202011.0120.120.0846,00017 mio.2008
59 HaifaIsraelAsiaCarmelit1.8 km6610.291.86.0
60 HamburgGermanyEuropeU-Bahn100.7 km978931.1333.632.31,827,000184 mio.2007
61 HanoverGermanyEuropeStadtbahn18.6 km211731.096.27.0yes
62 HelsinkiFinlandEuropeMetro21.0 km171711.2421.017.02,762,00058 mio.2008yes
63 HiroshimaJapanAsiaMonorail18.4 km212110.8818.421.0978,00018 mio.2005
64 Hong KongChinaAsiaMTR188.1 km958292.2920.910.66,959,0001309 mio.2008Disneyland Resort LineSI, WI lines, planned2005all underground stationsyesyes
65 IncheonInchonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway29.5 km292911.0229.529.02,475,00073 mio.2008
66 IstanbulTurkeyEuropeMetro15.0 km101011.5015.010.04,533,00068 mio.2008
67 IzmirTurkeyAsiaMetro11.5 km101011.1511.510.02,609,00030 mio.2005
68 JacksonvilleUSAAmericaSkyway6.9 km6611.156.96.0downtown monorail people mover1989
69 KamakuraJapanAsiaMonorail6.6 km8810.826.68.0
70 KaohsiungTaiwanAsiaMRT42.7 km373621.1921.418.5703,00030 mio.2008MRT
71 KazanRussiaEuropeMetro8.3 km6611.388.36.0843,0007 mio.2007
72 KharkovKharkivUkraineEuropeMetro35.3 km282531.4111.89.37,875,000278 mio.2007
73 KievKyivUkraineEuropeMetro59.8 km464331.3919.915.310,736,000642 mio.2007
74 KitakyushuJapanAsiaMonorail8.8 km131310.688.813.0yes
75 KobeJapanAsiaSubway30.6 km262421.2815.313.03,954,000121 mio.2008Port Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyredPort Liner and Rokko Liner1981Port Liner and Rokko Lineryes
76 KolkataCalcuttaIndiaAsiaMetro Railway22.6 km212111.0822.621.04,425,000100 mio.2000
77 Kryvyi RihKrivoy RogUkraineEuropeMetrotram18.0 km121211.5018.012.0
78 Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAsia64.0 km605631.1421.320.01,703,000109 mio.2008LRT1996KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stationsyes
79 KyotoJapanAsiaSubway31.3 km323121.0115.616.04,026,000126 mio.2008Tozai lineyes
80 Las VegasUSAAmericaMonorail6.2 km7710.896.27.0monorail2004
81 LausanneSwitzerlandEuropeMetro13.7 km292820.496.814.5line m2line m22008yes
82 LilleFranceEuropeMetro45.5 km626020.7622.831.01,626,00074 mio.2004VALyes1983VAL, all stationsyes
83 LimaPeruAmericaTren Urbano10.0 km6611.6710.06.0
84 LisbonPortugalEuropeMetro41.0 km524640.8910.313.04,390,000180 mio.2007yes
85 LondonUnited KingdomEuropeUnderground408.0 km268268111.5237.124.42,934,0001197 mio.2007Docklands Light Rail1987Jubilee Line extensionyes (DLR)
86 Los AngelesUSAAmericaMetro Rail59.3 km303031.9819.810.0759,00045 mio.2008yes
87 LudwigshafenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn4.0 km111100.36
88 LyonFranceEuropeMetro30.7 km433940.797.710.85,928,000182 mio.2004line D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDsyes1991
89 MadridSpainEuropeMetro284.0 km281231131.2321.821.62,415,000686 mio.2008yesyes
90 ManilaPhilippinesAsiaMRT45.7 km423931.1715.214.07,571,000346 mio.2008yesyes
91 MaracaiboVenezuelaAmericaMetro6.5 km6611.086.56.0yes
92 MarseilleFranceEuropeMetro19.3 km262420.809.613.03,005,00058 mio.2004yes
93 MedellinMedellínColombiaAmericaMetro28.8 km262521.1514.413.05,382,000155 mio.2008
94 Mexico CityMexicoAmericaMetro201.7 km175147111.3718.315.97,238,0001460 mio.2008yes
95 MiamiUSAAmericaMetrorail36.0 km222211.6436.022.0528,00019 mio.2008downtown people mover, rubber-tyredDowntown people mover1986yes
96 MilanItalyEuropeMetro74.6 km888430.8924.929.34,397,000328 mio.2007yesyes
97 MinskBelarusEuropeMetro30.3 km252421.2615.112.58,647,000262 mio.2007
98 MonterreyMexicoAmericaMetro31.5 km323121.0215.816.0yes
99 MontrealMontréalCanadaAmericaMetro69.2 km736841.0217.318.33,165,000219 mio.2006yes
100 MoscowRussiaEuropeMetro298.8 km180144122.0724.915.08,611,0002573 mio.2008
101 MulheimMülheimGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.0 km131220.754.56.5
102 MumbaiBombayIndiaAsiaSuburban Railway171.0 km737352.3434.214.6
103 MunichGermanyEuropeU-Bahn92.5 km1009460.9815.416.73,773,000349 mio.2008yes
104 NagoyaJapanAsiaSubway89.0 km938241.0922.323.34,798,000427 mio.2008Tobu Kyuryo maglev line2005Tobu Kyuryo maglev lineyes
105 NahaJapanAsiaMonorail12.8 km151510.8512.815.0
106 NanjingChinaAsiaMetro21.7 km161611.3621.716.04,700,000102 mio.2008
107 NaplesItalyEuropeMetro31.8 km302831.1410.610.0912,00029 mio.2006
108 New YorkNew York CityUSAAmericaSubway368.0 km468422270.8713.617.34,413,0001624 mio.2008planned for new Second Avenue Lineyes
109 NewarkUSAAmericaSubway2.2 km4410.552.24.0
110 NewcastleUnited KingdomEuropeTyne & Wear Metro76.5 km615021.5338.330.5497,00038 mio.2006
111 Nizhny NovgorodGorkyRussiaEuropeMetro15.5 km141321.197.87.02,129,00033 mio.2007
112 NovosibirskRussiaAsiaMetro14.3 km131221.197.26.54,895,00070 mio.2007
113 NurembergGermanyEuropeU-Bahn34.6 km464430.7911.515.32,659,00092 mio.1997lines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains2008yes
114 OportoPortoPortugalEuropeMetro21.7 km151421.5510.97.5yesyes
115 OsakaJapanAsiaSubway137.8 km13310491.3315.314.86,241,000860 mio.2008Nanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyredNanko Port Town Line1981all stations on the Nanko Port Town Lineyes
116 OsloNorwayEuropeT-Bane62.0 km727250.8612.414.41,032,00064 mio.2005yes
117 Palma de MallorcaSpainEuropeMetro8.3 km9910.928.39.0
118 ParisFranceEuropeMetro213.0 km380300160.7113.323.86,915,0001473 mio.2008line 14/Météor, rubber-tyredlines 1, 4, 6, 11, 141998all stations on line 14, under construction on line 13lines 1, 14
119 PerugiaItalyEuropeMinimetro3.0 km7710.433.07.0
120 PhiladelphiaUSAAmericaSubway62.0 km666231.0020.722.01,081,00067 mio.2008yes
121 PittsburghUSAAmericaThe T1.5 km3310.481.53.0
122 Porto AlegreBrazilAmericaMetro33.8 km171711.9933.817.0
123 PoznanPolandEurope6.1 km6611.026.16.0
124 PragueCzech RepublicEuropeMetro59.1 km575431.0919.719.010,102,000597 mio.2008yes
125 PyongyangNorth KoreaAsiaMetro22.5 km161521.5011.38.01,556,00035 mio.2006
126 RecifeBrazilAmericaMetro39.7 km302821.4219.915.0
127 RennesFranceEuropeMetro9.0 km151510.609.015.02,556,00023 mio.2004VALyes2002VALyes
128 Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmericaMetro42.0 km343421.2421.017.03,214,000135 mio.2006yes
129 RomeItalyEuropeMetro39.0 km494820.8119.524.58,487,000331 mio.2008yesyes
130 RotterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro47.0 km383721.2723.519.01,809,00085 mio.2006
131 RouenFranceEuropeMetro2.2 km5510.442.25.0
132 Saint LouisUSAAmericaMetrolink73.4 km373721.9836.718.5
133 Saint PetersburgLeningradRussiaEuropeMetro110.2 km635552.0022.012.67,550,000832 mio.2007windowless steel doors in ten stations
134 SamaraRussiaEuropeMetro10.2 km9911.1310.29.01,176,00012 mio.2007
135 San FranciscoUSAAmericaBART166.9 km434353.8833.48.6599,000100 mio.2007yes
136 San JuanPuerto RicoAmericaTren Urbano17.2 km161611.0817.216.0523,0009 mio.2008
137 SantiagoSantiago de ChileChileAmericaMetro83.0 km938650.9716.618.67,735,000642 mio.2008yes
138 Santo DomingoDominican RepublicAmericaMetro14.5 km161610.9114.516.0
139 Sao PauloBrazilAmericaMetro61.3 km585541.1115.314.511,158,000684 mio.2008lines 4, 5, and regional rail
140 SapporoJapanAsiaSubway48.0 km494631.0416.016.34,354,000209 mio.2008yes
141 SeattleUSAAmericaLight Rail22.2 km121211.8522.212.0yes
142 SendaiJapanAsiaSubway14.8 km171710.8714.817.03,919,00058 mio.2008yes
143 SeoulSouth KoreaAsiaSubway286.9 km348298100.9628.734.87,138,0002048 mio.2008lines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010yesyes
144 SevilleSevillaSpainEuropeMetro18.0 km212110.8618.021.0Line 1
145 ShanghaiChinaAsiaMetro334.0 km230194101.7233.423.03,359,0001122 mio.2008newer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stationsyes
146 ShenyangMukdenChinaAsiaMetro22.2 km181811.2322.218.0
147 ShenzhenChinaAsiaMetro25.3 km232221.1512.611.52,885,00073 mio.2005yesyes
148 SingaporeSingaporeAsiaMRT118.9 km766941.7229.719.04,802,000571 mio.2007North-East MTR line and 3 rubber-tyred LRT linesLRT lines2003yesyes
149 SofiaBulgariaEuropeMetro18.0 km141411.2918.014.02,833,00051 mio.2008
150 StockholmSwedenEuropeTunnelbana105.7 km10410031.0635.234.72,867,000303 mio.2007
151 StuttgartGermanyEuropeStadtbahn24.0 km191721.4112.09.5yes
152 SydneyAustraliaOceaniaCityrail22.1 km141431.587.44.7yes
153 TaipeiTaiwanAsiaMRT90.6 km858081.1311.310.64,967,000450 mio.2008Muzha line, VALyes1996Muzha line VAL MRTyesyes
154 TamaJapanAsiaMonorail16.0 km191910.8416.019.0yes
155 TashkentUzbekistanAsiaMetro36.2 km292631.3912.19.71,961,00071 mio.2007
156 TbilisiGeorgiaAsiaMetro26.3 km222121.2513.111.03,498,00092 mio.2007
157 TehranIranAsiaMetro50.5 km474431.1516.815.76,990,000353 mio.2007yes
158 The HagueNetherlandsEuropeRandstadRail27.9 km303030.939.310.0
159 TianjinChinaAsiaMetro72.0 km373721.9536.018.5208,00015 mio.1993platform gate doorsyes
160 TokyoJapanAsiaMetro304.5 km290205131.4923.422.310,424,0003174 mio.2008Yurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyredYurikamome line1995Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome linesyesyes
161 TorontoCanadaAmericaSubway71.3 km746941.0317.818.53,899,000278 mio.2006yes
162 ToulouseFranceEuropeMetro27.5 km383720.7413.819.01,527,00042 mio.2004VALyes1993VALyes
163 TurinItalyEuropeMetro9.6 km141410.699.614.0VALyes2006VALyesyes
164 ValenciaVenezuelaAmericaMetro6.2 km7710.896.27.02,903,00018 mio.2008
165 ValenciaSpainEuropeMetro31.8 km383730.8610.612.7
166 ValparaisoChileAmericaMetro43.0 km202012.1543.020.0
167 VancouverCanadaAmericaSky Train69.5 km494731.4823.216.31,065,00074 mio.2008Skytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system1986yesyes
168 ViennaAustriaEuropeU-Bahn69.8 km968450.8314.019.27,135,000498 mio.2008yesyes
169 VolgogradStalingradRussiaEuropeMetro3.3 km2211.653.32.0
170 WarsawPolandEuropeMetro22.6 km212111.0822.621.05,044,000114 mio.2007
171 WashingtonUSAAmericaMetrorail171.2 km908651.9934.218.01,256,000215 mio.2008yes
172 WuhanChinaAsiaMetro10.2 km101011.0210.210.0
173 WuppertalGermanyEuropeSchwebebahn13.3 km202010.6713.320.0
174 YekaterinburgEkaterinburgRussiaAsiaMetro8.5 km7711.218.57.05,412,00046 mio.2007
175 YerevanErevanArmeniaAsiaMetro12.1 km101011.2112.110.01,405,00017 mio.2007
176 YokohamaJapanAsiaSubway57.6 km484531.2819.216.03,438,000198 mio.2008Kanazawa 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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