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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 km333340.998.28.32,783,0002002right
4AnkaraTurkeyAsiaMetro23.1 km232221.0511.611.54,892,0002007rightmetro line1997
5AntwerpBelgiumEurope7.6 km111120.693.85.5
6AthensGreeceEuropeMetro52.0 km524831.0817.317.36,250,0002007rightyesyes
7AtlantaUSAAmericaMARTA79.2 km393822.0839.619.5429,0001994rightyes
8BakuAzerbaijanAsiaMetro31.7 km212021.5915.910.55,552,0002007right
9BaltimoreUSAAmericaMetro Subway24.5 km141411.7524.514.0571,0002008rightyes
10BangkokThailandAsiaSkytrain, MRT46.3 km444031.1615.414.74,449,0002007leftGreen line1999Green line, Blue lineyes
11BarcelonaSpainEuropeMetro110.5 km152128100.8611.115.23,421,0002008rightunder construction on lines 5, 11, planned for lines 9, 10yesyes
12BeijingChinaAsiaSubway227.6 km14712591.8225.316.35,274,0002008rightPGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10recentlyall lines
13Belo HorizonteBrazilAmericaMetro28.1 km191911.4828.119.0
14BerlinGermanyEuropeU-Bahn147.4 km195173100.8514.719.53,033,0002008rightyes
15BielefeldGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.2 km7740.741.31.8right
16BilbaoSpainEuropeMetro40.6 km383821.0720.319.02,118,0002008leftyesyes
17BochumGermanyEuropeStadtbahn21.5 km292720.8010.814.5right
18BonnGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.0 km121210.759.012.0right
19BostonUSAAmericaThe T60.5 km666031.0120.222.02,397,0002007rightyes
20BrasiliaBrazilAmericaMetro42.0 km232311.8342.023.0381,0002002
21BrusselsBelgiumEuropeMetro32.2 km615930.5510.720.34,224,0002008rightline 1B
22BucharestRomaniaEuropeMetro67.7 km504341.5716.912.51,640,0001999right
23BudapestHungaryEuropeMetro33.0 km424030.8311.014.09,000,0002008right
24Buenos AiresArgentinaAmericaSubte47.5 km766860.707.912.75,895,0002008leftyes
25BuffaloUSAAmericaMetro Rail8.4 km8811.048.48.0
26BursaTurkeyAsia22.5 km232310.9822.523.0
27BusanSouth KoreaAsiaSubway95.0 km928831.0831.730.72,705,0002008right
28CairoEgyptAfricaMetro65.5 km555321.2432.827.510,687,0002002left5 stns
29CaracasVenezuelaAmericaMetro60.5 km474351.4112.19.48,430,0002008yes
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 km15114481.1520.818.91,193,0002008rightyes
36ChongqingChinaAsiaMonorail19.5 km181811.0819.518.0rightThe three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDsyesyes
37ClevelandUSAAmericaRapid Transit31.0 km181811.7231.018.0194,0002008
38CologneGermanyEuropeStadtbahn45.0 km5151150.883.03.4rightnew light rail trains onlyyes
39CopenhagenDenmarkEuropeMetro21.0 km222220.9510.511.01,762,0002002rightall metro lines2002all underground stationsall metro and S-Tog trainsyes
40DaeguTaeguSouth KoreaAsiaSubway53.9 km565520.9827.028.02,041,0002008
41DaejeonTaejonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway22.6 km222211.0322.622.01,283,0002008
42DalianChinaAsiaMetro49.0 km121214.0849.012.0
43DelhiIndiaAsiaMetro89.9 km787631.1829.926.03,450,0002008leftyes
44DetroitUSAAmericaPeople Mover4.8 km131310.374.813.0downtown people mover, LIM technology1987yes
45DnepropetrovskDnipropetrovskUkraineEuropeMetro7.1 km6611.187.16.01,549,0002007
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 km353430.889.911.74,161,0002007leftyes
54GelsenkirchenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.5 km9910.615.59.0right
55GenoaItalyEuropeMetro5.2 km7710.745.27.0rightyes
56GlasgowUnited KingdomEuropeSubway10.4 km151510.6910.415.01,442,0002008left
57GuadalajaraMexicoAmericaMetro24.0 km292820.8612.014.5
58GuangzhouCantonChinaAsiaMetro176.1 km887952.2335.217.63,414,0002008rightyesyes
59GwangjuSouth KoreaAsiaSubway20.1 km202011.0120.120.0846,0002008
60HaifaIsraelAsiaCarmelit1.8 km6610.291.86.0
61HamburgGermanyEuropeU-Bahn100.7 km978931.1333.632.31,827,0002007right
62HanoverGermanyEuropeStadtbahn18.6 km211731.096.27.0rightyes
63HelsinkiFinlandEuropeMetro21.0 km171711.2421.017.02,762,0002008rightyes
64HiroshimaJapanAsiaMonorail18.4 km212110.8818.421.0978,0002005left
65Hong KongChinaAsiaMTR188.1 km958292.2920.910.66,959,0002008leftDisneyland Resort LineSI, WI lines, planned2005all underground stationsyesyes
66IncheonInchonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway29.5 km292911.0229.529.02,475,0002008
67IstanbulTurkeyEuropeMetro15.0 km101011.5015.010.04,533,0002008right
68IzmirTurkeyAsiaMetro11.5 km101011.1511.510.02,609,0002005
69JacksonvilleUSAAmericaSkyway6.9 km6611.156.96.0downtown monorail people mover1989
70KamakuraJapanAsiaMonorail6.6 km8810.826.68.0
71KaohsiungTaiwanAsiaMRT42.7 km373621.1921.418.5703,0002008MRT
72KazanRussiaEuropeMetro8.3 km6611.388.36.0843,0002007
73KharkovKharkivUkraineEuropeMetro35.3 km282531.4111.89.37,875,0002007right
74KievKyivUkraineEuropeMetro59.8 km464331.3919.915.310,736,0002007right
75KitakyushuJapanAsiaMonorail8.8 km131310.688.813.0leftyes
76KobeJapanAsiaSubway30.6 km262421.2815.313.03,954,0002008leftPort Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyredPort Liner and Rokko Liner1981Port Liner and Rokko Lineryes
77KolkataCalcuttaIndiaAsiaMetro Railway22.6 km212111.0822.621.04,425,0002000right
78Kryvyi RihKrivoy RogUkraineEuropeMetrotram18.0 km121211.5018.012.0
79Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAsia64.0 km605631.1421.320.01,703,0002008leftLRT1996KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stationsyes
80KyotoJapanAsiaSubway31.3 km323121.0115.616.04,026,0002008leftTozai lineyes
81Las VegasUSAAmericaMonorail6.2 km7710.896.27.0monorail2004
82LausanneSwitzerlandEuropeMetro13.7 km292820.496.814.5line m2line m22008yes
83LilleFranceEuropeMetro45.5 km626020.7622.831.01,626,0002004rightVALyes1983VAL, all stationsyes
84LimaPeruAmericaTren Urbano10.0 km6611.6710.06.0
85LisbonPortugalEuropeMetro41.0 km524640.8910.313.04,390,0002007leftyes
86LondonUnited KingdomEuropeUnderground408.0 km268268111.5237.124.42,934,0002007leftDocklands Light Rail1987Jubilee Line extensionyes (DLR)
87Los AngelesUSAAmericaMetro Rail59.3 km303031.9819.810.0759,0002008rightyes
88LudwigshafenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn4.0 km111100.36right
89LyonFranceEuropeMetro30.7 km433940.797.710.85,928,0002004leftline D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDsyes1991
90MadridSpainEuropeMetro284.0 km281231131.2321.821.62,415,0002008leftyesyes
91ManilaPhilippinesAsiaMRT45.7 km423931.1715.214.07,571,0002008yesyes
92MaracaiboVenezuelaAmericaMetro6.5 km6611.086.56.0yes
93MarseilleFranceEuropeMetro19.3 km262420.809.613.03,005,0002004rightyes
94MedellinMedellínColombiaAmericaMetro28.8 km262521.1514.413.05,382,0002008
95Mexico CityMexicoAmericaMetro201.7 km175147111.3718.315.97,238,0002008rightyes
96MiamiUSAAmericaMetrorail36.0 km222211.6436.022.0528,0002008rightdowntown people mover, rubber-tyredDowntown people mover1986yes
97MilanItalyEuropeMetro74.6 km888430.8924.929.34,397,0002007rightyesyes
98MinskBelarusEuropeMetro30.3 km252421.2615.112.58,647,0002007right
99MonterreyMexicoAmericaMetro31.5 km323121.0215.816.0yes
100MontrealMontréalCanadaAmericaMetro69.2 km736841.0217.318.33,165,0002006rightyes
101MoscowRussiaEuropeMetro298.8 km180144122.0724.915.08,611,0002008right
102MulheimMülheimGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.0 km131220.754.56.5right
103MumbaiBombayIndiaAsiaSuburban Railway171.0 km737352.3434.214.6
104MunichGermanyEuropeU-Bahn92.5 km1009460.9815.416.73,773,0002008rightyes
105NagoyaJapanAsiaSubway89.0 km938241.0922.323.34,798,0002008leftTobu Kyuryo maglev line2005Tobu Kyuryo maglev lineyes
106NahaJapanAsiaMonorail12.8 km151510.8512.815.0
107NanjingChinaAsiaMetro21.7 km161611.3621.716.04,700,0002008
108NaplesItalyEuropeMetro31.8 km302831.1410.610.0912,0002006left
109New YorkNew York CityUSAAmericaSubway368.0 km468422270.8713.617.34,413,0002008rightplanned for new Second Avenue Lineyes
110NewarkUSAAmericaSubway2.2 km4410.552.24.0right
111NewcastleUnited KingdomEuropeTyne & Wear Metro76.5 km615021.5338.330.5497,0002006left
112Nizhny NovgorodGorkyRussiaEuropeMetro15.5 km141321.197.87.02,129,0002007right
113NovosibirskRussiaAsiaMetro14.3 km131221.197.26.54,895,0002007right
114NurembergGermanyEuropeU-Bahn34.6 km464430.7911.515.32,659,0001997rightline U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated line U22008yes
115OportoPortoPortugalEuropeMetro21.7 km151421.5510.97.5rightyesyes
116OsakaJapanAsiaSubway137.8 km13310491.3315.314.86,241,0002008leftNanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyredNanko Port Town Line1981all stations on the Nanko Port Town Lineyes
117OsloNorwayEuropeT-Bane62.0 km727250.8612.414.41,032,0002005rightyes
118Palma de MallorcaSpainEuropeMetro8.3 km9910.928.39.0
119ParisFranceEuropeMetro213.0 km380300160.7113.323.86,915,0002008right (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 km666231.0020.722.01,081,0002008rightyes
122PittsburghUSAAmericaThe T1.5 km3310.481.53.0
123Porto AlegreBrazilAmericaMetro33.8 km171711.9933.817.0
124PoznanPolandEurope6.1 km6611.026.16.0
125PragueCzech RepublicEuropeMetro59.1 km575431.0919.719.010,102,0002008rightyes
126PyongyangNorth KoreaAsiaMetro22.5 km161521.5011.38.01,556,0002006
127RecifeBrazilAmericaMetro39.7 km302821.4219.915.0
128RennesFranceEuropeMetro9.0 km151510.609.015.02,556,0002004rightVALyes2002VALyes
129Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmericaMetro42.0 km343421.2421.017.03,214,0002006rightyes
130RomeItalyEuropeMetro39.0 km494820.8119.524.58,487,0002008leftyesyes
131RotterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro47.0 km383721.2723.519.01,809,0002006right
132RouenFranceEuropeMetro2.2 km5510.442.25.0
133Saint LouisUSAAmericaMetrolink73.4 km373721.9836.718.5
134Saint PetersburgLeningradRussiaEuropeMetro110.2 km635552.0022.012.67,550,0002007rightwindowless steel doors in ten stations
135SamaraRussiaEuropeMetro10.2 km9911.1310.29.01,176,0002007right
136San FranciscoUSAAmericaBART166.9 km434353.8833.48.6599,0002007rightyes
137San JuanPuerto RicoAmericaTren Urbano17.2 km161611.0817.216.0523,0002008
138SantiagoSantiago de ChileChileAmericaMetro83.0 km938650.9716.618.67,735,0002008rightyes
139Santo DomingoDominican RepublicAmericaMetro14.5 km161610.9114.516.0
140Sao PauloBrazilAmericaMetro61.3 km585541.1115.314.511,158,0002008rightlines 4, 5, and regional rail
141SapporoJapanAsiaSubway48.0 km494631.0416.016.34,354,0002008leftyes
142SeattleUSAAmericaLight Rail22.2 km121211.8522.212.0yes
143SendaiJapanAsiaSubway14.8 km171710.8714.817.03,919,0002008leftyes
144SeoulSouth KoreaAsiaSubway286.9 km348298100.9628.734.87,138,0002008rightlines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010yesyes
145SevilleSevillaSpainEuropeMetro18.0 km212110.8618.021.0Line 1
146ShanghaiChinaAsiaMetro334.0 km230194101.7233.423.03,359,0002008rightnewer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stationsyes
147ShenzhenChinaAsiaMetro25.3 km232221.1512.611.52,885,0002005rightyesyes
148SingaporeSingaporeAsiaMRT118.9 km766941.7229.719.04,802,0002007leftNorth-East MTR line and 3 rubber-tyred LRT linesLRT lines2003yesyes
149SofiaBulgariaEuropeMetro18.0 km141411.2918.014.02,833,0002008right
150StockholmSwedenEuropeTunnelbana105.7 km10410031.0635.234.72,867,0002007left
151StuttgartGermanyEuropeStadtbahn24.0 km191721.4112.09.5rightyes
152SydneyAustraliaOceaniaCityrail22.1 km141431.587.44.7yes
153TaipeiTaiwanAsiaMRT90.6 km858081.1311.310.64,967,0002008rightMuzha line, VALyes1996Muzha line VAL MRTyesyes
154TamaJapanAsiaMonorail16.0 km191910.8416.019.0leftyes
155TashkentUzbekistanAsiaMetro36.2 km292631.3912.19.71,961,0002007right
156TbilisiGeorgiaAsiaMetro26.3 km222121.2513.111.03,498,0002007right
157TehranIranAsiaMetro50.5 km474431.1516.815.76,990,0002007yes
158The HagueNetherlandsEuropeRandstadRail27.9 km303030.939.310.0
159TianjinChinaAsiaMetro72.0 km373721.9536.018.5208,0001993platform gate doorsyes
160TokyoJapanAsiaMetro304.5 km290205131.4923.422.310,424,0002008leftYurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyredYurikamome line1995Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome linesyesyes
161TorontoCanadaAmericaSubway71.3 km746941.0317.818.53,899,0002006rightyes
162ToulouseFranceEuropeMetro27.5 km383720.7413.819.01,527,0002004rightVALyes1993VALyes
163TurinItalyEuropeMetro9.6 km141410.699.614.0rightVALyes2006VALyesyes
164ValenciaSpainEuropeMetro31.8 km383730.8610.612.7
165ValenciaVenezuelaAmericaMetro6.2 km7710.896.27.02,903,0002008
166ValparaisoChileAmericaMetro43.0 km202012.1543.020.0
167VancouverCanadaAmericaSky Train69.5 km494731.4823.216.31,065,0002008rightSkytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system1986yesyes
168ViennaAustriaEuropeU-Bahn69.8 km968450.8314.019.27,135,0002008rightyesyes
169VolgogradStalingradRussiaEuropeMetro3.3 km2211.653.32.0
170WarsawPolandEuropeMetro22.6 km212111.0822.621.05,044,0002007right
171WashingtonUSAAmericaMetrorail171.2 km908651.9934.218.01,256,0002008rightyes
172WuhanChinaAsiaMetro10.2 km101011.0210.210.0right
173WuppertalGermanyEuropeSchwebebahn13.3 km202010.6713.320.0right
174YekaterinburgEkaterinburgRussiaAsiaMetro8.5 km7711.218.57.05,412,0002007right
175YerevanErevanArmeniaAsiaMetro12.1 km101011.2112.110.01,405,0002007right
176YokohamaJapanAsiaSubway57.6 km484531.2819.216.03,438,0002008leftKanazawa 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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