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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 km333340.998.28.32,783,0002002right
3 AnkaraTurkeyAsiaMetro23.1 km232221.0511.611.54,892,0002007rightmetro line1997
4 AntwerpBelgiumEuropePremetro7.6 km111120.693.85.5
5 AthensGreeceEuropeMetro52.0 km524831.0817.317.36,250,0002007rightyesyes
6 AtlantaUSAAmericaMARTA79.2 km393822.0839.619.5429,0001994rightyes
7 BakuAzerbaijanAsiaMetro32.9 km222121.5616.411.05,356,0002007right
8 BaltimoreUSAAmericaMetro Subway24.5 km141411.7524.514.0571,0002008rightyes
9 BangkokThailandAsiaSkytrain, MRT46.3 km444031.1615.414.74,449,0002007leftGreen line1999Green line, Blue lineyes
10 BarcelonaSpainEuropeMetro110.5 km152128100.8611.115.23,421,0002008rightunder construction on lines 5, 11, planned for lines 9, 10yesyes
11 BeijingChinaAsiaSubway227.6 km14712591.8225.316.35,274,0002008rightPGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10recentlyall lines
12 Belo HorizonteBrazilAmericaMetro28.1 km191911.4828.119.0right
13 BerlinGermanyEuropeU-Bahn147.4 km195173100.8514.719.53,033,0002008rightyes
14 BielefeldGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.2 km7740.741.31.8right
15 BilbaoSpainEuropeMetro40.6 km383821.0720.319.02,118,0002008leftyesyes
16 BochumGermanyEuropeStadtbahn21.5 km292720.8010.814.5right
17 BonnGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.0 km121210.759.012.0right
18 BostonUSAAmericaThe T60.5 km666031.0120.222.02,397,0002007rightyes
19 BrasiliaBrazilAmericaMetro42.0 km232311.8342.023.0381,0002002right
20 BrusselsBelgiumEuropeMetro32.2 km615930.5510.720.34,224,0002008rightline 1B
21 BucharestRomaniaEuropeMetro67.7 km504341.5716.912.51,640,0001999right
22 BudapestHungaryEuropeMetro33.0 km424030.8311.014.09,000,0002008right
23 Buenos AiresArgentinaAmericaSubte47.5 km766860.707.912.75,895,0002008leftyes
24 BuffaloUSAAmericaMetro Rail8.4 km8811.048.48.0right
25 BursaTurkeyAsia22.5 km232310.9822.523.0
26 BusanSouth KoreaAsiaSubway95.0 km928831.0831.730.72,705,0002008right
27 CairoEgyptAfricaMetro65.5 km555321.2432.827.510,687,0002002left5 stns
28 CaracasVenezuelaAmericaMetro60.5 km504651.3212.110.08,430,0002008yes
29 CataniaItalyEuropeMetro3.8 km6610.633.86.0right
30 ChangchunChinaAsia17.0 km161611.0617.016.0right
31 CharleroiBelgiumEurope17.5 km202040.884.45.0
32 ChennaiMadrasIndiaAsiaMRTS27.0 km171711.5927.017.0
33 ChibaJapanAsiaMonorail15.5 km181820.867.89.0left
34 ChicagoUSAAmerica"L"166.0 km15114481.1520.818.91,193,0002008rightyes
35 ChongqingChinaAsiaMonorail19.5 km181811.0819.518.0rightThe three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDsyesyes
36 ClevelandUSAAmericaRapid Transit31.0 km181811.7231.018.0194,0002008right
37 CologneGermanyEuropeStadtbahn45.0 km5151150.883.03.4rightnew light rail trains onlyyes
38 CopenhagenDenmarkEuropeMetro21.0 km222220.9510.511.01,762,0002002rightall metro lines2002all underground stationsall metro and S-Tog trainsyes
39 DaeguTaeguSouth KoreaAsiaSubway53.9 km565520.9827.028.02,041,0002008
40 DaejeonTaejonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway22.6 km222211.0322.622.01,283,0002008
41 DalianChinaAsiaMetro49.0 km121214.0849.012.0right
42 DelhiIndiaAsiaMetro96.2 km838131.1932.127.73,224,0002008leftyes
43 DetroitUSAAmericaPeople Mover4.8 km131310.374.813.0rightdowntown people mover, LIM technology1987yes
44 DnepropetrovskDnipropetrovskUkraineEuropeMetro7.1 km6611.187.16.01,549,0002007
45 DortmundGermanyEuropeStadtbahn29.5 km373730.809.812.3rightyes
46 DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesAsiaMetro39.7 km111113.6139.711.0rightmetro2009metro, monorailyesyes
47 DuesseldorfDüsseldorfGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.6 km141420.684.87.0rightyes
48 DuisburgGermanyEuropeStadtbahn14.3 km131321.107.26.5rightyes
49 EdmontonCanadaAmericaLight Rail13.1 km111111.1913.111.0right
50 EssenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn20.2 km272730.756.79.0rightyes
51 FrankfurtGermanyEuropeU-Bahn20.5 km312730.766.810.3rightyes
52 FukuokaJapanAsiaSubway29.8 km353430.889.911.74,161,0002007leftyes
53 GelsenkirchenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.5 km9910.615.59.0right
54 GenoaItalyEuropeMetro5.2 km7710.745.27.0rightyes
55 GlasgowUnited KingdomEuropeSubway10.4 km151510.6910.415.01,442,0002008left
56 GuadalajaraMexicoAmericaMetro24.0 km292820.8612.014.5right
57 GuangzhouCantonChinaAsiaMetro148.5 km887951.8829.717.64,047,0002008rightyesyes
58 GwangjuSouth KoreaAsiaSubway20.1 km202011.0120.120.0846,0002008
59 HaifaIsraelAsiaCarmelit1.8 km6610.291.86.0
60 HamburgGermanyEuropeU-Bahn100.7 km978931.1333.632.31,827,0002007right
61 HanoverGermanyEuropeStadtbahn18.6 km211731.096.27.0rightyes
62 HelsinkiFinlandEuropeMetro21.0 km171711.2421.017.02,762,0002008rightyes
63 HiroshimaJapanAsiaMonorail18.4 km212110.8818.421.0978,0002005left
64 Hong KongChinaAsiaMTR188.1 km958292.2920.910.66,959,0002008leftDisneyland Resort Line2005SI, WI lines, plannedall underground stationsyesyes
65 IncheonInchonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway29.5 km292911.0229.529.02,475,0002008
66 IstanbulTurkeyEuropeMetro15.0 km101011.5015.010.04,533,0002008right
67 IzmirTurkeyAsiaMetro11.5 km101011.1511.510.02,609,0002005
68 JacksonvilleUSAAmericaSkyway6.9 km6611.156.96.0rightdowntown monorail people mover1989
69 KamakuraJapanAsiaMonorail6.6 km8810.826.68.0left
70 KaohsiungTaiwanAsiaMRT42.7 km373621.1921.418.5703,0002008MRT
71 KazanRussiaEuropeMetro8.3 km6611.388.36.0843,0002007right
72 KharkovKharkivUkraineEuropeMetro35.3 km282531.4111.89.37,875,0002007right
73 KievKyivUkraineEuropeMetro59.8 km464331.3919.915.310,736,0002007right
74 KitakyushuJapanAsiaMonorail8.8 km131310.688.813.0leftyes
75 KobeJapanAsiaSubway30.6 km262421.2815.313.03,954,0002008leftPort Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyred1981Port Liner and Rokko LinerPort Liner and Rokko Lineryes
76 KolkataCalcuttaIndiaAsiaMetro Railway22.6 km212111.0822.621.04,425,0002000right
77 Kryvyi RihKrivoy RogUkraineEuropeMetrotram18.0 km121211.5018.012.0
78 Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAsia64.0 km605631.1421.320.01,703,0002008leftLRT1996KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stationsyes
79 KyotoJapanAsiaSubway31.3 km323121.0115.616.04,026,0002008leftTozai lineyes
80 Las VegasUSAAmericaMonorail6.2 km7710.896.27.0rightmonorail2004
81 LausanneSwitzerlandEuropeMetro13.7 km292820.496.814.5line m22008line m2yes
82 LilleFranceEuropeMetro45.5 km626020.7622.831.01,626,0002004rightVAL1983yesVAL, all stationsyes
83 LimaPeruAmericaTren Urbano10.0 km6611.6710.06.0
84 LisbonPortugalEuropeMetro41.0 km524640.8910.313.04,390,0002007leftyes
85 LondonUnited KingdomEuropeUnderground408.0 km268268111.5237.124.42,934,0002007leftDocklands Light Rail1987Jubilee Line extensionyes (DLR)
86 Los AngelesUSAAmericaMetro Rail59.3 km303031.9819.810.0759,0002008rightyes
87 LudwigshafenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn4.0 km111100.36right
88 LyonFranceEuropeMetro30.7 km433940.797.710.85,928,0002004leftline D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDs1991yes
89 MadridSpainEuropeMetro284.0 km281231131.2321.821.62,415,0002008leftyesyes
90 ManilaPhilippinesAsiaMRT45.7 km423931.1715.214.07,571,0002008yesyes
91 MaracaiboVenezuelaAmericaMetro6.5 km6611.086.56.0yes
92 MarseilleFranceEuropeMetro19.3 km262420.809.613.03,005,0002004rightyes
93 MedellinMedellínColombiaAmericaMetro28.8 km262521.1514.413.05,382,0002008
94 Mexico CityMexicoAmericaMetro201.7 km175147111.3718.315.97,238,0002008rightyes
95 MiamiUSAAmericaMetrorail36.0 km222211.6436.022.0528,0002008rightdowntown people mover, rubber-tyred1986Downtown people moveryes
96 MilanItalyEuropeMetro74.6 km888430.8924.929.34,397,0002007rightyesyes
97 MinskBelarusEuropeMetro30.3 km252421.2615.112.58,647,0002007right
98 MonterreyMexicoAmericaMetro31.5 km323121.0215.816.0rightyes
99 MontrealMontréalCanadaAmericaMetro69.2 km736841.0217.318.33,165,0002006rightyes
100 MoscowRussiaEuropeMetro298.8 km180144122.0724.915.08,611,0002008right
101 MulheimMülheimGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.0 km131220.754.56.5right
102 MumbaiBombayIndiaAsiaSuburban Railway171.0 km737352.3434.214.6
103 MunichGermanyEuropeU-Bahn92.5 km1009460.9815.416.73,773,0002008rightyes
104 NagoyaJapanAsiaSubway89.0 km938241.0922.323.34,798,0002008leftTobu Kyuryo maglev line2005Tobu Kyuryo maglev lineyes
105 NahaJapanAsiaMonorail12.8 km151510.8512.815.0left
106 NanjingChinaAsiaMetro21.7 km161611.3621.716.04,700,0002008right
107 NaplesItalyEuropeMetro31.8 km302831.1410.610.0912,0002006left
108 New YorkNew York CityUSAAmericaSubway368.0 km468422270.8713.617.34,413,0002008rightplanned for new Second Avenue Lineyes
109 NewarkUSAAmericaSubway2.2 km4410.552.24.0right
110 NewcastleUnited KingdomEuropeTyne & Wear Metro76.5 km615021.5338.330.5497,0002006left
111 Nizhny NovgorodGorkyRussiaEuropeMetro15.5 km141321.197.87.02,129,0002007right
112 NovosibirskRussiaAsiaMetro14.3 km131221.197.26.54,895,0002007right
113 NurembergGermanyEuropeU-Bahn34.6 km464430.7911.515.32,659,0001997rightlines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains2008yes
114 OportoPortoPortugalEuropeMetro21.7 km151421.5510.97.5rightyesyes
115 OsakaJapanAsiaSubway137.8 km13310491.3315.314.86,241,0002008leftNanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyred1981Nanko Port Town Lineall stations on the Nanko Port Town Lineyes
116 OsloNorwayEuropeT-Bane62.0 km727250.8612.414.41,032,0002005rightyes
117 Palma de MallorcaSpainEuropeMetro8.3 km9910.928.39.0
118 ParisFranceEuropeMetro213.0 km380300160.7113.323.86,915,0002008right (metro), left (RER)line 14/Météor, rubber-tyred1998lines 1, 4, 6, 11, 14all stations on line 14, under construction on line 13lines 1, 14
119 PerugiaItalyEuropeMinimetro3.0 km7710.433.07.0
120 PhiladelphiaUSAAmericaSubway62.0 km666231.0020.722.01,081,0002008rightyes
121 PittsburghUSAAmericaThe T1.5 km3310.481.53.0right
122 Porto AlegreBrazilAmericaMetro33.8 km171711.9933.817.0right
123 PoznanPolandEurope6.1 km6611.026.16.0
124 PragueCzech RepublicEuropeMetro59.1 km575431.0919.719.010,102,0002008rightyes
125 PyongyangNorth KoreaAsiaMetro22.5 km161521.5011.38.01,556,0002006
126 RecifeBrazilAmericaMetro39.7 km302821.4219.915.0right
127 RennesFranceEuropeMetro9.0 km151510.609.015.02,556,0002004rightVAL2002yesVALyes
128 Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmericaMetro42.0 km343421.2421.017.03,214,0002006rightyes
129 RomeItalyEuropeMetro39.0 km494820.8119.524.58,487,0002008leftyesyes
130 RotterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro47.0 km383721.2723.519.01,809,0002006right
131 RouenFranceEuropeMetro2.2 km5510.442.25.0
132 Saint LouisUSAAmericaMetrolink73.4 km373721.9836.718.5right
133 Saint PetersburgLeningradRussiaEuropeMetro110.2 km635552.0022.012.67,550,0002007rightwindowless steel doors in ten stations
134 SamaraRussiaEuropeMetro10.2 km9911.1310.29.01,176,0002007right
135 San FranciscoUSAAmericaBART166.9 km434353.8833.48.6599,0002007rightyes
136 San JuanPuerto RicoAmericaTren Urbano17.2 km161611.0817.216.0523,0002008
137 SantiagoSantiago de ChileChileAmericaMetro83.0 km938650.9716.618.67,735,0002008rightyes
138 Santo DomingoDominican RepublicAmericaMetro14.5 km161610.9114.516.0
139 Sao PauloBrazilAmericaMetro61.3 km585541.1115.314.511,158,0002008rightlines 4, 5, and regional rail
140 SapporoJapanAsiaSubway48.0 km494631.0416.016.34,354,0002008leftyes
141 SeattleUSAAmericaLight Rail22.2 km121211.8522.212.0rightyes
142 SendaiJapanAsiaSubway14.8 km171710.8714.817.03,919,0002008leftyes
143 SeoulSouth KoreaAsiaSubway286.9 km348298100.9628.734.87,138,0002008rightlines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010yesyes
144 SevilleSevillaSpainEuropeMetro18.0 km212110.8618.021.0Line 1
145 ShanghaiChinaAsiaMetro334.0 km230194101.7233.423.03,359,0002008rightnewer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stationsyes
146 ShenyangMukdenChinaAsiaMetro22.2 km181811.2322.218.0right
147 ShenzhenChinaAsiaMetro25.3 km232221.1512.611.52,885,0002005rightyesyes
148 SingaporeSingaporeAsiaMRT118.9 km766941.7229.719.04,802,0002007leftNorth-East MTR line and 3 rubber-tyred LRT lines2003LRT linesyesyes
149 SofiaBulgariaEuropeMetro18.0 km141411.2918.014.02,833,0002008right
150 StockholmSwedenEuropeTunnelbana105.7 km10410031.0635.234.72,867,0002007left
151 StuttgartGermanyEuropeStadtbahn24.0 km191721.4112.09.5rightyes
152 SydneyAustraliaOceaniaCityrail22.1 km141431.587.44.7leftyes
153 TaipeiTaiwanAsiaMRT90.6 km858081.1311.310.64,967,0002008rightMuzha line, VAL1996yesMuzha line VAL MRTyesyes
154 TamaJapanAsiaMonorail16.0 km191910.8416.019.0leftyes
155 TashkentUzbekistanAsiaMetro36.2 km292631.3912.19.71,961,0002007right
156 TbilisiGeorgiaAsiaMetro26.3 km222121.2513.111.03,498,0002007right
157 TehranIranAsiaMetro50.5 km474431.1516.815.76,990,0002007yes
158 The HagueNetherlandsEuropeRandstadRail27.9 km303030.939.310.0right
159 TianjinChinaAsiaMetro72.0 km373721.9536.018.5208,0001993rightplatform gate doorsyes
160 TokyoJapanAsiaMetro304.5 km290205131.4923.422.310,424,0002008leftYurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyred1995Yurikamome lineMarunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome linesyesyes
161 TorontoCanadaAmericaSubway71.3 km746941.0317.818.53,899,0002006rightyes
162 ToulouseFranceEuropeMetro27.5 km383720.7413.819.01,527,0002004rightVAL1993yesVALyes
163 TurinItalyEuropeMetro9.6 km141410.699.614.0rightVAL2006yesVALyesyes
164 ValenciaVenezuelaAmericaMetro6.2 km7710.896.27.02,903,0002008
165 ValenciaSpainEuropeMetro31.8 km383730.8610.612.7
166 ValparaisoChileAmericaMetro43.0 km202012.1543.020.0right
167 VancouverCanadaAmericaSky Train69.5 km494731.4823.216.31,065,0002008rightSkytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system1986yesyes
168 ViennaAustriaEuropeU-Bahn69.8 km968450.8314.019.27,135,0002008rightyesyes
169 VolgogradStalingradRussiaEuropeMetro3.3 km2211.653.32.0
170 WarsawPolandEuropeMetro22.6 km212111.0822.621.05,044,0002007right
171 WashingtonUSAAmericaMetrorail171.2 km908651.9934.218.01,256,0002008rightyes
172 WuhanChinaAsiaMetro10.2 km101011.0210.210.0right
173 WuppertalGermanyEuropeSchwebebahn13.3 km202010.6713.320.0right
174 YekaterinburgEkaterinburgRussiaAsiaMetro8.5 km7711.218.57.05,412,0002007right
175 YerevanErevanArmeniaAsiaMetro12.1 km101011.2112.110.01,405,0002007right
176 YokohamaJapanAsiaSubway57.6 km484531.2819.216.03,438,0002008leftKanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyred1989Kanazawa Seaside LRTKanazawa 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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