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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 km881.008.08.0
2 AmsterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro32.7 km33330.998.28.391 mio.2,783,0002002
3 AnkaraTurkeyAsiaMetro23.1 km23221.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,0002007metro line1997
4 AntwerpBelgiumEuropePremetro7.6 km11110.693.85.5
5 AthensGreeceEuropeMetro52.0 km52481.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,0002007yesyes
6 AtlantaUSAAmericaMARTA79.2 km39382.0839.619.534 mio.429,0001994yes
7 BakuAzerbaijanAsiaMetro32.9 km22211.5616.411.0176 mio.5,356,0002007
8 BaltimoreUSAAmericaMetro Subway24.5 km14141.7524.514.014 mio.571,0002008yes
9 BangkokThailandAsiaSkytrain, MRT46.3 km44401.1615.414.7206 mio.4,449,0002007Green line1999Green line, Blue lineyes
10 BarcelonaSpainEuropeMetro110.5 km1521280.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,0002008under construction on lines 5, 11, planned for lines 9, 10yesyes
11 BeijingChinaAsiaSubway227.6 km1471251.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,0002008PGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10recentlyall lines
12 Belo HorizonteBrazilAmericaMetro28.1 km19191.4828.119.0
13 BerlinGermanyEuropeU-Bahn147.4 km1951730.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,0002008yes
14 BielefeldGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.2 km770.741.31.8
15 BilbaoSpainEuropeMetro40.6 km38381.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,0002008yesyes
16 BochumGermanyEuropeStadtbahn21.5 km29270.8010.814.5
17 BonnGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.0 km12120.759.012.0
18 BostonUSAAmericaThe T60.5 km66601.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,0002007yes
19 BrasiliaBrazilAmericaMetro42.0 km23231.8342.023.016 mio.381,0002002
20 BrusselsBelgiumEuropeMetro32.2 km61590.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,0002008line 1B
21 BucharestRomaniaEuropeMetro67.7 km50431.5716.912.5111 mio.1,640,0001999
22 BudapestHungaryEuropeMetro33.0 km42400.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,0002008
23 Buenos AiresArgentinaAmericaSubte47.5 km76680.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,0002008yes
24 BuffaloUSAAmericaMetro Rail8.4 km881.048.48.0
25 BursaTurkeyAsia22.5 km23230.9822.523.0
26 BusanSouth KoreaAsiaSubway95.0 km92881.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,0002008
27 CairoEgyptAfricaMetro65.5 km55531.2432.827.5700 mio.10,687,00020025 stns
28 CaracasVenezuelaAmericaMetro60.5 km50461.3212.110.0510 mio.8,430,0002008yes
29 CataniaItalyEuropeMetro3.8 km660.633.86.0
30 ChangchunChinaAsia17.0 km16161.0617.016.0
31 CharleroiBelgiumEurope17.5 km20200.884.45.0
32 ChennaiMadrasIndiaAsiaMRTS27.0 km17171.5927.017.0
33 ChibaJapanAsiaMonorail15.5 km18180.867.89.0
34 ChicagoUSAAmerica"L"166.0 km1511441.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,0002008yes
35 ChongqingChinaAsiaMonorail19.5 km18181.0819.518.0The three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDsyesyes
36 ClevelandUSAAmericaRapid Transit31.0 km18181.7231.018.06 mio.194,0002008
37 CologneGermanyEuropeStadtbahn45.0 km51510.883.03.4new light rail trains onlyyes
38 CopenhagenDenmarkEuropeMetro21.0 km22220.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,0002002all metro lines2002all underground stationsall metro and S-Tog trainsyes
39 DaeguTaeguSouth KoreaAsiaSubway53.9 km56550.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,0002008
40 DaejeonTaejonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway22.6 km22221.0322.622.029 mio.1,283,0002008
41 DalianChinaAsiaMetro49.0 km12124.0849.012.0
42 DelhiIndiaAsiaMetro96.2 km83811.1932.127.7310 mio.3,224,0002008yes
43 DetroitUSAAmericaPeople Mover4.8 km13130.374.813.0downtown people mover, LIM technology1987yes
44 DnepropetrovskDnipropetrovskUkraineEuropeMetro7.1 km661.187.16.011 mio.1,549,0002007
45 DortmundGermanyEuropeStadtbahn29.5 km37370.809.812.3yes
46 DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesAsiaMetro39.7 km11113.6139.711.0metro2009metro, monorailyesyes
47 DuesseldorfDüsseldorfGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.6 km14140.684.87.0yes
48 DuisburgGermanyEuropeStadtbahn14.3 km13131.107.26.5yes
49 EdmontonCanadaAmericaLight Rail13.1 km11111.1913.111.0
50 EssenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn20.2 km27270.756.79.0yes
51 FrankfurtGermanyEuropeU-Bahn20.5 km31270.766.810.3yes
52 FukuokaJapanAsiaSubway29.8 km35340.889.911.7124 mio.4,161,0002007yes
53 GelsenkirchenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.5 km990.615.59.0
54 GenoaItalyEuropeMetro5.2 km770.745.27.0yes
55 GlasgowUnited KingdomEuropeSubway10.4 km15150.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,0002008
56 GuadalajaraMexicoAmericaMetro24.0 km29280.8612.014.5
57 GuangzhouCantonChinaAsiaMetro148.5 km88791.8829.717.6601 mio.4,047,0002008yesyes
58 GwangjuSouth KoreaAsiaSubway20.1 km20201.0120.120.017 mio.846,0002008
59 HaifaIsraelAsiaCarmelit1.8 km660.291.86.0
60 HamburgGermanyEuropeU-Bahn100.7 km97891.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,0002007
61 HanoverGermanyEuropeStadtbahn18.6 km21171.096.27.0yes
62 HelsinkiFinlandEuropeMetro21.0 km17171.2421.017.058 mio.2,762,0002008yes
63 HiroshimaJapanAsiaMonorail18.4 km21210.8818.421.018 mio.978,0002005
64 Hong KongChinaAsiaMTR188.1 km95822.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,0002008Disneyland Resort LineSI, WI lines, planned2005all underground stationsyesyes
65 IncheonInchonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway29.5 km29291.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,0002008
66 IstanbulTurkeyEuropeMetro15.0 km10101.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,0002008
67 IzmirTurkeyAsiaMetro11.5 km10101.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,0002005
68 JacksonvilleUSAAmericaSkyway6.9 km661.156.96.0downtown monorail people mover1989
69 KamakuraJapanAsiaMonorail6.6 km880.826.68.0
70 KaohsiungTaiwanAsiaMRT42.7 km37361.1921.418.530 mio.703,0002008MRT
71 KazanRussiaEuropeMetro8.3 km661.388.36.07 mio.843,0002007
72 KharkovKharkivUkraineEuropeMetro35.3 km28251.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,0002007
73 KievKyivUkraineEuropeMetro59.8 km46431.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,0002007
74 KitakyushuJapanAsiaMonorail8.8 km13130.688.813.0yes
75 KobeJapanAsiaSubway30.6 km26241.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,0002008Port Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyredPort Liner and Rokko Liner1981Port Liner and Rokko Lineryes
76 KolkataCalcuttaIndiaAsiaMetro Railway22.6 km21211.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,0002000
77 Kryvyi RihKrivoy RogUkraineEuropeMetrotram18.0 km12121.5018.012.0
78 Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAsia64.0 km60561.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,0002008LRT1996KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stationsyes
79 KyotoJapanAsiaSubway31.3 km32311.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,0002008Tozai lineyes
80 Las VegasUSAAmericaMonorail6.2 km770.896.27.0monorail2004
81 LausanneSwitzerlandEuropeMetro13.7 km29280.496.814.5line m2line m22008yes
82 LilleFranceEuropeMetro45.5 km62600.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,0002004VALyes1983VAL, all stationsyes
83 LimaPeruAmericaTren Urbano10.0 km661.6710.06.0
84 LisbonPortugalEuropeMetro41.0 km52460.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,0002007yes
85 LondonUnited KingdomEuropeUnderground408.0 km2682681.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,0002007Docklands Light Rail1987Jubilee Line extensionyes (DLR)
86 Los AngelesUSAAmericaMetro Rail59.3 km30301.9819.810.045 mio.759,0002008yes
87 LudwigshafenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn4.0 km11110.36
88 LyonFranceEuropeMetro30.7 km43390.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,0002004line D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDsyes1991
89 MadridSpainEuropeMetro284.0 km2812311.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,0002008yesyes
90 ManilaPhilippinesAsiaMRT45.7 km42391.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,0002008yesyes
91 MaracaiboVenezuelaAmericaMetro6.5 km661.086.56.0yes
92 MarseilleFranceEuropeMetro19.3 km26240.809.613.058 mio.3,005,0002004yes
93 MedellinMedellínColombiaAmericaMetro28.8 km26251.1514.413.0155 mio.5,382,0002008
94 Mexico CityMexicoAmericaMetro201.7 km1751471.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,0002008yes
95 MiamiUSAAmericaMetrorail36.0 km22221.6436.022.019 mio.528,0002008downtown people mover, rubber-tyredDowntown people mover1986yes
96 MilanItalyEuropeMetro74.6 km88840.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,0002007yesyes
97 MinskBelarusEuropeMetro30.3 km25241.2615.112.5262 mio.8,647,0002007
98 MonterreyMexicoAmericaMetro31.5 km32311.0215.816.0yes
99 MontrealMontréalCanadaAmericaMetro69.2 km73681.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,0002006yes
100 MoscowRussiaEuropeMetro298.8 km1801442.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,0002008
101 MulheimMülheimGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.0 km13120.754.56.5
102 MumbaiBombayIndiaAsiaSuburban Railway171.0 km73732.3434.214.6
103 MunichGermanyEuropeU-Bahn92.5 km100940.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,0002008yes
104 NagoyaJapanAsiaSubway89.0 km93821.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,0002008Tobu Kyuryo maglev line2005Tobu Kyuryo maglev lineyes
105 NahaJapanAsiaMonorail12.8 km15150.8512.815.0
106 NanjingChinaAsiaMetro21.7 km16161.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,0002008
107 NaplesItalyEuropeMetro31.8 km30281.1410.610.029 mio.912,0002006
108 New YorkNew York CityUSAAmericaSubway368.0 km4684220.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,0002008planned for new Second Avenue Lineyes
109 NewarkUSAAmericaSubway2.2 km440.552.24.0
110 NewcastleUnited KingdomEuropeTyne & Wear Metro76.5 km61501.5338.330.538 mio.497,0002006
111 Nizhny NovgorodGorkyRussiaEuropeMetro15.5 km14131.197.87.033 mio.2,129,0002007
112 NovosibirskRussiaAsiaMetro14.3 km13121.197.26.570 mio.4,895,0002007
113 NurembergGermanyEuropeU-Bahn34.6 km46440.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,0001997lines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains2008yes
114 OportoPortoPortugalEuropeMetro21.7 km15141.5510.97.5yesyes
115 OsakaJapanAsiaSubway137.8 km1331041.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,0002008Nanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyredNanko Port Town Line1981all stations on the Nanko Port Town Lineyes
116 OsloNorwayEuropeT-Bane62.0 km72720.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,0002005yes
117 Palma de MallorcaSpainEuropeMetro8.3 km990.928.39.0
118 ParisFranceEuropeMetro213.0 km3803000.7113.323.81473 mio.6,915,0002008line 14/Météor, rubber-tyredlines 1, 4, 6, 11, 141998all stations on line 14, under construction on line 13lines 1, 14
119 PerugiaItalyEuropeMinimetro3.0 km770.433.07.0
120 PhiladelphiaUSAAmericaSubway62.0 km66621.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,0002008yes
121 PittsburghUSAAmericaThe T1.5 km330.481.53.0
122 Porto AlegreBrazilAmericaMetro33.8 km17171.9933.817.0
123 PoznanPolandEurope6.1 km661.026.16.0
124 PragueCzech RepublicEuropeMetro59.1 km57541.0919.719.0597 mio.10,102,0002008yes
125 PyongyangNorth KoreaAsiaMetro22.5 km16151.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,0002006
126 RecifeBrazilAmericaMetro39.7 km30281.4219.915.0
127 RennesFranceEuropeMetro9.0 km15150.609.015.023 mio.2,556,0002004VALyes2002VALyes
128 Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmericaMetro42.0 km34341.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,0002006yes
129 RomeItalyEuropeMetro39.0 km49480.8119.524.5331 mio.8,487,0002008yesyes
130 RotterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro47.0 km38371.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,0002006
131 RouenFranceEuropeMetro2.2 km550.442.25.0
132 Saint LouisUSAAmericaMetrolink73.4 km37371.9836.718.5
133 Saint PetersburgLeningradRussiaEuropeMetro110.2 km63552.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,0002007windowless steel doors in ten stations
134 SamaraRussiaEuropeMetro10.2 km991.1310.29.012 mio.1,176,0002007
135 San FranciscoUSAAmericaBART166.9 km43433.8833.48.6100 mio.599,0002007yes
136 San JuanPuerto RicoAmericaTren Urbano17.2 km16161.0817.216.09 mio.523,0002008
137 SantiagoSantiago de ChileChileAmericaMetro83.0 km93860.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,0002008yes
138 Santo DomingoDominican RepublicAmericaMetro14.5 km16160.9114.516.0
139 Sao PauloBrazilAmericaMetro61.3 km58551.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,0002008lines 4, 5, and regional rail
140 SapporoJapanAsiaSubway48.0 km49461.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,0002008yes
141 SeattleUSAAmericaLight Rail22.2 km12121.8522.212.0yes
142 SendaiJapanAsiaSubway14.8 km17170.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,0002008yes
143 SeoulSouth KoreaAsiaSubway286.9 km3482980.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,0002008lines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010yesyes
144 SevilleSevillaSpainEuropeMetro18.0 km21210.8618.021.0Line 1
145 ShanghaiChinaAsiaMetro334.0 km2301941.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,0002008newer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stationsyes
146 ShenyangMukdenChinaAsiaMetro22.2 km18181.2322.218.0
147 ShenzhenChinaAsiaMetro25.3 km23221.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,0002005yesyes
148 SingaporeSingaporeAsiaMRT118.9 km76691.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,0002007North-East MTR line and 3 rubber-tyred LRT linesLRT lines2003yesyes
149 SofiaBulgariaEuropeMetro18.0 km14141.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,0002008
150 StockholmSwedenEuropeTunnelbana105.7 km1041001.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,0002007
151 StuttgartGermanyEuropeStadtbahn24.0 km19171.4112.09.5yes
152 SydneyAustraliaOceaniaCityrail22.1 km14141.587.44.7yes
153 TaipeiTaiwanAsiaMRT90.6 km85801.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,0002008Muzha line, VALyes1996Muzha line VAL MRTyesyes
154 TamaJapanAsiaMonorail16.0 km19190.8416.019.0yes
155 TashkentUzbekistanAsiaMetro36.2 km29261.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,0002007
156 TbilisiGeorgiaAsiaMetro26.3 km22211.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,0002007
157 TehranIranAsiaMetro50.5 km47441.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,0002007yes
158 The HagueNetherlandsEuropeRandstadRail27.9 km30300.939.310.0
159 TianjinChinaAsiaMetro72.0 km37371.9536.018.515 mio.208,0001993platform gate doorsyes
160 TokyoJapanAsiaMetro304.5 km2902051.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,0002008Yurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyredYurikamome line1995Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome linesyesyes
161 TorontoCanadaAmericaSubway71.3 km74691.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,0002006yes
162 ToulouseFranceEuropeMetro27.5 km38370.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,0002004VALyes1993VALyes
163 TurinItalyEuropeMetro9.6 km14140.699.614.0VALyes2006VALyesyes
164 ValenciaVenezuelaAmericaMetro6.2 km770.896.27.018 mio.2,903,0002008
165 ValenciaSpainEuropeMetro31.8 km38370.8610.612.7
166 ValparaisoChileAmericaMetro43.0 km20202.1543.020.0
167 VancouverCanadaAmericaSky Train69.5 km49471.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,0002008Skytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system1986yesyes
168 ViennaAustriaEuropeU-Bahn69.8 km96840.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,0002008yesyes
169 VolgogradStalingradRussiaEuropeMetro3.3 km221.653.32.0
170 WarsawPolandEuropeMetro22.6 km21211.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,0002007
171 WashingtonUSAAmericaMetrorail171.2 km90861.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,0002008yes
172 WuhanChinaAsiaMetro10.2 km10101.0210.210.0
173 WuppertalGermanyEuropeSchwebebahn13.3 km20200.6713.320.0
174 YekaterinburgEkaterinburgRussiaAsiaMetro8.5 km771.218.57.046 mio.5,412,0002007
175 YerevanErevanArmeniaAsiaMetro12.1 km10101.2112.110.017 mio.1,405,0002007
176 YokohamaJapanAsiaSubway57.6 km48451.2819.216.0198 mio.3,438,0002008Kanazawa 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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