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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 AdanaTurkeyAsia18 Mar 20098811.008.08.0
2 AmsterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro16 Oct 1977333340.998.28.32,783,0002002right
3 AnkaraTurkeyAsiaMetro30 Aug 1996222321.0511.611.54,892,0002007rightmetro line1997
4 AntwerpBelgiumEuropePremetro25 Mar 1975111120.693.85.5
5 AthensGreeceEuropeMetro1954485231.0817.317.36,250,0002007rightyesyes
6 AtlantaUSAAmericaMARTA30 Jun 1979383922.0839.619.5429,0001994rightyes
7 BakuAzerbaijanAsiaMetro6 Nov 1967212221.5616.411.05,356,0002007right
8 BaltimoreUSAAmericaMetro Subway21 Nov 1983141411.7524.514.0571,0002008rightyes
9 BangkokThailandAsiaSkytrain, MRT5 Dec 1999404431.1615.414.74,449,0002007leftGreen line1999Green line, Blue lineyes
10 BarcelonaSpainEuropeMetro30 Dec 1924128152100.8611.115.23,421,0002008rightunder construction on lines 5, 11, planned for lines 9, 10yesyes
11 BeijingChinaAsiaSubway1 Oct 196912514791.8225.316.35,274,0002008rightPGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10recentlyall lines
12 Belo HorizonteBrazilAmericaMetro1 Aug 1986191911.4828.119.0right
13 BerlinGermanyEuropeU-Bahn18 Feb 1902173195100.8514.719.53,033,0002008rightyes
14 BielefeldGermanyEuropeStadtbahn21 Sep 19717740.741.31.8right
15 BilbaoSpainEuropeMetro11 Nov 1995383821.0720.319.02,118,0002008leftyesyes
16 BochumGermanyEuropeStadtbahn26 May 1979272920.8010.814.5right
17 BonnGermanyEuropeStadtbahn22 Mar 1975121210.759.012.0right
18 BostonUSAAmericaThe T1 Sep 1897606631.0120.222.02,397,0002007rightyes
19 BrasiliaBrazilAmericaMetro31 Mar 2001232311.8342.023.0381,0002002right
20 BrusselsBelgiumEuropeMetro20 Sep 1976596130.5510.720.34,224,0002008rightline 1B
21 BucharestRomaniaEuropeMetro16 Nov 1979435041.5716.912.51,640,0001999right
22 BudapestHungaryEuropeMetro2 May 1896404230.8311.014.09,000,0002008right
23 Buenos AiresArgentinaAmericaSubte1 Dec 1913687660.707.912.75,895,0002008leftyes
24 BuffaloUSAAmericaMetro Rail18 May 19858811.048.48.0right
25 BursaTurkeyAsia19 Aug 2002232310.9822.523.0
26 BusanSouth KoreaAsiaSubway19 Jul 1985889231.0831.730.72,705,0002008right
27 CairoEgyptAfricaMetro27 Sep 1987535521.2432.827.510,687,0002002left5 stns
28 CaracasVenezuelaAmericaMetro27 Mar 1983465051.3212.110.08,430,0002008yes
29 CataniaItalyEuropeMetro27 Jun 19996610.633.86.0right
30 ChangchunChinaAsiaOct 2002161611.0617.016.0right
31 CharleroiBelgiumEurope21 Jun 1976202040.884.45.0
32 ChennaiMadrasIndiaAsiaMRTS19 Oct 1997171711.5927.017.0
33 ChibaJapanAsiaMonorail28 Mar 1988181820.867.89.0left
34 ChicagoUSAAmerica"L"6 Jun 189214415181.1520.818.91,193,0002008rightyes
35 ChongqingChinaAsiaMonorail18 Jun 2005181811.0819.518.0rightThe three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDsyesyes
36 ClevelandUSAAmericaRapid Transit15 Mar 1955181811.7231.018.0194,0002008right
37 CologneGermanyEuropeStadtbahn11 Oct 19685151150.883.03.4rightnew light rail trains onlyyes
38 CopenhagenDenmarkEuropeMetro19 Oct 2002222220.9510.511.01,762,0002002rightall metro lines2002all underground stationsall metro and S-Tog trainsyes
39 DaeguTaeguSouth KoreaAsiaSubway26 Nov 1997555620.9827.028.02,041,0002008
40 DaejeonTaejonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway16 Mar 2006222211.0322.622.01,283,0002008
41 DalianChinaAsiaMetro1 May 2003121214.0849.012.0right
42 DelhiIndiaAsiaMetro24 Dec 2002818331.1932.127.73,224,0002008leftyes
43 DetroitUSAAmericaPeople MoverJul 1987131310.374.813.0rightdowntown people mover, LIM technology1987yes
44 DnepropetrovskDnipropetrovskUkraineEuropeMetro29 Dec 19956611.187.16.01,549,0002007
45 DortmundGermanyEuropeStadtbahn17 May 1976373730.809.812.3rightyes
46 DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesAsiaMetro9 Sep 2009111113.6139.711.0rightmetro2009metro, monorailyesyes
47 DuesseldorfDüsseldorfGermanyEuropeStadtbahn4 Oct 1981141420.684.87.0rightyes
48 DuisburgGermanyEuropeStadtbahn11 Jul 1992131321.107.26.5rightyes
49 EdmontonCanadaAmericaLight Rail22 Apr 1978111111.1913.111.0right
50 EssenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5 Oct 1967272730.756.79.0rightyes
51 FrankfurtGermanyEuropeU-Bahn4 Oct 1968273130.766.810.3rightyes
52 FukuokaJapanAsiaSubway26 Jul 1981343530.889.911.74,161,0002007leftyes
53 GelsenkirchenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn1 Sep 19849910.615.59.0right
54 GenoaItalyEuropeMetro13 Jun 19907710.745.27.0rightyes
55 GlasgowUnited KingdomEuropeSubway14 Dec 1896151510.6910.415.01,442,0002008left
56 GuadalajaraMexicoAmericaMetro1 Sep 1989282920.8612.014.5right
57 GuangzhouCantonChinaAsiaMetro28 Jun 1999798851.8829.717.64,047,0002008rightyesyes
58 GwangjuSouth KoreaAsiaSubway28 Apr 2004202011.0120.120.0846,0002008
59 HaifaIsraelAsiaCarmelit19596610.291.86.0
60 HamburgGermanyEuropeU-Bahn1 Mar 1912899731.1333.632.31,827,0002007right
61 HanoverGermanyEuropeStadtbahn28 Sep 1975172131.096.27.0rightyes
62 HelsinkiFinlandEuropeMetro3 Aug 1982171711.2421.017.02,762,0002008rightyes
63 HiroshimaJapanAsiaMonorail20 Aug 1994212110.8818.421.0978,0002005left
64 Hong KongChinaAsiaMTR1 Oct 1979829592.2920.910.66,959,0002008leftDisneyland Resort LineSI, WI lines, planned2005all underground stationsyesyes
65 IncheonInchonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway6 Oct 1999292911.0229.529.02,475,0002008
66 IstanbulTurkeyEuropeMetro16 Sep 2000101011.5015.010.04,533,0002008right
67 IzmirTurkeyAsiaMetro22 May 2000101011.1511.510.02,609,0002005
68 JacksonvilleUSAAmericaSkyway30 May 19896611.156.96.0rightdowntown monorail people mover1989
69 KamakuraJapanAsiaMonorail3 Mar 19708810.826.68.0left
70 KaohsiungTaiwanAsiaMRT9 Mar 2008363721.1921.418.5703,0002008MRT
71 KazanRussiaEuropeMetro27 Aug 20056611.388.36.0843,0002007right
72 KharkovKharkivUkraineEuropeMetro23 Aug 1975252831.4111.89.37,875,0002007right
73 KievKyivUkraineEuropeMetro22 Oct 1960434631.3919.915.310,736,0002007right
74 KitakyushuJapanAsiaMonorail9 Jan 1985131310.688.813.0leftyes
75 KobeJapanAsiaSubway13 Mar 1977242621.2815.313.03,954,0002008leftPort Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyredPort Liner and Rokko Liner1981Port Liner and Rokko Lineryes
76 KolkataCalcuttaIndiaAsiaMetro Railway24 Oct 1984212111.0822.621.04,425,0002000right
77 Kryvyi RihKrivoy RogUkraineEuropeMetrotram26 Dec 1986121211.5018.012.0
78 Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAsia16 Dec 1996566031.1421.320.01,703,0002008leftLRT1996KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stationsyes
79 KyotoJapanAsiaSubway1 Apr 1981313221.0115.616.04,026,0002008leftTozai lineyes
80 Las VegasUSAAmericaMonorail15 Jul 20047710.896.27.0rightmonorail2004
81 LausanneSwitzerlandEuropeMetro24 May 1991282920.496.814.5line m2line m22008yes
82 LilleFranceEuropeMetro25 Apr 1983606220.7622.831.01,626,0002004rightVALyes1983VAL, all stationsyes
83 LimaPeruAmericaTren Urbano13 Jan 20036611.6710.06.0
84 LisbonPortugalEuropeMetro29 Dec 1959465240.8910.313.04,390,0002007leftyes
85 LondonUnited KingdomEuropeUnderground10 Jan 1863268268111.5237.124.42,934,0002007leftDocklands Light Rail1987Jubilee Line extensionyes (DLR)
86 Los AngelesUSAAmericaMetro Rail30 Jan 1993303031.9819.810.0759,0002008rightyes
87 LudwigshafenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn29 May 1969111100.36right
88 LyonFranceEuropeMetro28 Apr 1978394340.797.710.85,928,0002004leftline D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDsyes1991
89 MadridSpainEuropeMetro17 Oct 1919231281131.2321.821.62,415,0002008leftyesyes
90 ManilaPhilippinesAsiaMRT1 Dec 1984394231.1715.214.07,571,0002008yesyes
91 MaracaiboVenezuelaAmericaMetro8 Jun 20096611.086.56.0yes
92 MarseilleFranceEuropeMetro26 Nov 1977242620.809.613.03,005,0002004rightyes
93 MedellinMedellínColombiaAmericaMetro30 Nov 1995252621.1514.413.05,382,0002008
94 Mexico CityMexicoAmericaMetro5 Sep 1969147175111.3718.315.97,238,0002008rightyes
95 MiamiUSAAmericaMetrorail21 May 1984222211.6436.022.0528,0002008rightdowntown people mover, rubber-tyredDowntown people mover1986yes
96 MilanItalyEuropeMetro1 Nov 1964848830.8924.929.34,397,0002007rightyesyes
97 MinskBelarusEuropeMetro26 Jun 1984242521.2615.112.58,647,0002007right
98 MonterreyMexicoAmericaMetro25 Apr 1991313221.0215.816.0rightyes
99 MontrealMontréalCanadaAmericaMetro14 Oct 1966687341.0217.318.33,165,0002006rightyes
100 MoscowRussiaEuropeMetro15 May 1935144180122.0724.915.08,611,0002008right
101 MulheimMülheimGermanyEuropeStadtbahn3 Nov 1979121320.754.56.5right
102 MumbaiBombayIndiaAsiaSuburban Railway737352.3434.214.6
103 MunichGermanyEuropeU-Bahn19 Oct 19719410060.9815.416.73,773,0002008rightyes
104 NagoyaJapanAsiaSubway15 Nov 1957829341.0922.323.34,798,0002008leftTobu Kyuryo maglev line2005Tobu Kyuryo maglev lineyes
105 NahaJapanAsiaMonorail10 Aug 2003151510.8512.815.0left
106 NanjingChinaAsiaMetro27 Aug 2005161611.3621.716.04,700,0002008right
107 NaplesItalyEuropeMetro28 Mar 1993283031.1410.610.0912,0002006left
108 New YorkNew York CityUSAAmericaSubway27 Oct 1904422468270.8713.617.34,413,0002008rightplanned for new Second Avenue Lineyes
109 NewarkUSAAmericaSubway26 May 19354410.552.24.0right
110 NewcastleUnited KingdomEuropeTyne & Wear Metro7 Aug 1980506121.5338.330.5497,0002006left
111 Nizhny NovgorodGorkyRussiaEuropeMetro20 Nov 1985131421.197.87.02,129,0002007right
112 NovosibirskRussiaAsiaMetro7 Jan 1986121321.197.26.54,895,0002007right
113 NurembergGermanyEuropeU-Bahn1 Mar 1972444630.7911.515.32,659,0001997rightlines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains2008yes
114 OportoPortoPortugalEuropeMetro7 Dec 2002141521.5510.97.5rightyesyes
115 OsakaJapanAsiaSubway20 May 193310413391.3315.314.86,241,0002008leftNanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyredNanko Port Town Line1981all stations on the Nanko Port Town Lineyes
116 OsloNorwayEuropeT-Bane22 May 1966727250.8612.414.41,032,0002005rightyes
117 Palma de MallorcaSpainEuropeMetro25 Apr 20079910.928.39.0
118 ParisFranceEuropeMetro19 Jul 1900300380160.7113.323.86,915,0002008right (metro), left (RER)line 14/Météor, rubber-tyredlines 1, 4, 6, 11, 141998all stations on line 14, under construction on line 13lines 1, 14
119 PerugiaItalyEuropeMinimetro29 Jan 20087710.433.07.0
120 PhiladelphiaUSAAmericaSubway4 Mar 1907626631.0020.722.01,081,0002008rightyes
121 PittsburghUSAAmericaThe T3 Jul 19853310.481.53.0right
122 Porto AlegreBrazilAmericaMetro2 Mar 1985171711.9933.817.0right
123 PoznanPolandEurope1 Mar 19976611.026.16.0
124 PragueCzech RepublicEuropeMetro9 May 1974545731.0919.719.010,102,0002008rightyes
125 PyongyangNorth KoreaAsiaMetro6 Sep 1973151621.5011.38.01,556,0002006
126 RecifeBrazilAmericaMetro11 Mar 1985283021.4219.915.0right
127 RennesFranceEuropeMetro16 Mar 2002151510.609.015.02,556,0002004rightVALyes2002VALyes
128 Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmericaMetro5 Mar 1979343421.2421.017.03,214,0002006rightyes
129 RomeItalyEuropeMetro10 Feb 1955484920.8119.524.58,487,0002008leftyesyes
130 RotterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro10 Feb 1968373821.2723.519.01,809,0002006right
131 RouenFranceEuropeMetro17 Dec 19945510.442.25.0
132 Saint LouisUSAAmericaMetrolink31 Jul 1993373721.9836.718.5right
133 Saint PetersburgLeningradRussiaEuropeMetro15 Nov 1955556352.0022.012.67,550,0002007rightwindowless steel doors in ten stations
134 SamaraRussiaEuropeMetro26 Dec 19879911.1310.29.01,176,0002007right
135 San FranciscoUSAAmericaBART11 Sep 1972434353.8833.48.6599,0002007rightyes
136 San JuanPuerto RicoAmericaTren Urbano6 Jun 2005161611.0817.216.0523,0002008
137 SantiagoSantiago de ChileChileAmericaMetro15 Sep 1975869350.9716.618.67,735,0002008rightyes
138 Santo DomingoDominican RepublicAmericaMetro30 Jan 2009161610.9114.516.0
139 Sao PauloBrazilAmericaMetro14 Sep 1974555841.1115.314.511,158,0002008rightlines 4, 5, and regional rail
140 SapporoJapanAsiaSubway16 Dec 1971464931.0416.016.34,354,0002008leftyes
141 SeattleUSAAmericaLight Rail18 Jul 2009121211.8522.212.0rightyes
142 SendaiJapanAsiaSubway15 Jul 1987171710.8714.817.03,919,0002008leftyes
143 SeoulSouth KoreaAsiaSubway15 Aug 1974298348100.9628.734.87,138,0002008rightlines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010yesyes
144 SevilleSevillaSpainEuropeMetro2 Apr 2009212110.8618.021.0Line 1
145 ShanghaiChinaAsiaMetro10 Apr 1995194230101.7233.423.03,359,0002008rightnewer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stationsyes
146 ShenyangMukdenChinaAsiaMetro23 Sep 2009181811.2322.218.0right
147 ShenzhenChinaAsiaMetro28 Dec 2004222321.1512.611.52,885,0002005rightyesyes
148 SingaporeSingaporeAsiaMRT7 Nov 1987697641.7229.719.04,802,0002007leftNorth-East MTR line and 3 rubber-tyred LRT linesLRT lines2003yesyes
149 SofiaBulgariaEuropeMetro28 Jan 1998141411.2918.014.02,833,0002008right
150 StockholmSwedenEuropeTunnelbana1 Oct 195010010431.0635.234.72,867,0002007left
151 StuttgartGermanyEuropeStadtbahn10 Jun 1966171921.4112.09.5rightyes
152 SydneyAustraliaOceaniaCityrail1926141431.587.44.7leftyes
153 TaipeiTaiwanAsiaMRT28 Mar 1996808581.1311.310.64,967,0002008rightMuzha line, VALyes1996Muzha line VAL MRTyesyes
154 TamaJapanAsiaMonorail27 Nov 1998191910.8416.019.0leftyes
155 TashkentUzbekistanAsiaMetro6 Nov 1977262931.3912.19.71,961,0002007right
156 TbilisiGeorgiaAsiaMetro11 Jan 1966212221.2513.111.03,498,0002007right
157 TehranIranAsiaMetro21 Feb 2000444731.1516.815.76,990,0002007yes
158 The HagueNetherlandsEuropeRandstadRail16 Oct 2004303030.939.310.0right
159 TianjinChinaAsiaMetro28 Mar 2004373721.9536.018.5208,0001993rightplatform gate doorsyes
160 TokyoJapanAsiaMetro30 Dec 1927205290131.4923.422.310,424,0002008leftYurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyredYurikamome line1995Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome linesyesyes
161 TorontoCanadaAmericaSubway30 Apr 1954697441.0317.818.53,899,0002006rightyes
162 ToulouseFranceEuropeMetro26 Jun 1993373820.7413.819.01,527,0002004rightVALyes1993VALyes
163 TurinItalyEuropeMetro4 Feb 2006141410.699.614.0rightVALyes2006VALyesyes
164 ValenciaVenezuelaAmericaMetro18 Oct 20067710.896.27.02,903,0002008
165 ValenciaSpainEuropeMetro3 Oct 1988373830.8610.612.7
166 ValparaisoChileAmericaMetro23 Nov 2005202012.1543.020.0right
167 VancouverCanadaAmericaSky Train3 Jan 1986474931.4823.216.31,065,0002008rightSkytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system1986yesyes
168 ViennaAustriaEuropeU-Bahn25 Feb 1978849650.8314.019.27,135,0002008rightyesyes
169 VolgogradStalingradRussiaEuropeMetro5 Nov 19842211.653.32.0
170 WarsawPolandEuropeMetro7 Apr 1995212111.0822.621.05,044,0002007right
171 WashingtonUSAAmericaMetrorail27 Mar 1976869051.9934.218.01,256,0002008rightyes
172 WuhanChinaAsiaMetro28 Sep 2004101011.0210.210.0right
173 WuppertalGermanyEuropeSchwebebahn1 Mar 1901202010.6713.320.0right
174 YekaterinburgEkaterinburgRussiaAsiaMetro26 Apr 19917711.218.57.05,412,0002007right
175 YerevanErevanArmeniaAsiaMetro7 Mar 1981101011.2112.110.01,405,0002007right
176 YokohamaJapanAsiaSubway16 Dec 1972454831.2819.216.03,438,0002008leftKanazawa 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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