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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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1AdanaTurkeyAsia18 Mar 20098811.008.08.0
2AlgiersAlgeriaAfricaMetro2009101010.909.010.0yesyes
3AmsterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro16 Oct 1977333340.998.28.32,783,0002002right
4AnkaraTurkeyAsiaMetro30 Aug 1996232221.0511.611.54,892,0002007rightmetro line1997
5AntwerpBelgiumEurope25 Mar 1975111120.693.85.5
6AthensGreeceEuropeMetro1954524831.0817.317.36,250,0002007rightyesyes
7AtlantaUSAAmericaMARTA30 Jun 1979393822.0839.619.5429,0001994rightyes
8BakuAzerbaijanAsiaMetro6 Nov 1967212021.5915.910.55,552,0002007right
9BaltimoreUSAAmericaMetro Subway21 Nov 1983141411.7524.514.0571,0002008rightyes
10BangkokThailandAsiaSkytrain, MRT5 Dec 1999444031.1615.414.74,449,0002007leftGreen line1999Green line, Blue lineyes
11BarcelonaSpainEuropeMetro30 Dec 1924152128100.8611.115.23,421,0002008rightunder construction on lines 5, 11, planned for lines 9, 10yesyes
12BeijingChinaAsiaSubway1 Oct 196914712591.8225.316.35,274,0002008rightPGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10recentlyall lines
13Belo HorizonteBrazilAmericaMetro1 Aug 1986191911.4828.119.0
14BerlinGermanyEuropeU-Bahn18 Feb 1902195173100.8514.719.53,033,0002008rightyes
15BielefeldGermanyEuropeStadtbahn21 Sep 19717740.741.31.8right
16BilbaoSpainEuropeMetro11 Nov 1995383821.0720.319.02,118,0002008leftyesyes
17BochumGermanyEuropeStadtbahn26 May 1979292720.8010.814.5right
18BonnGermanyEuropeStadtbahn22 Mar 1975121210.759.012.0right
19BostonUSAAmericaThe T1 Sep 1897666031.0120.222.02,397,0002007rightyes
20BrasiliaBrazilAmericaMetro31 Mar 2001232311.8342.023.0381,0002002
21BrusselsBelgiumEuropeMetro20 Sep 1976615930.5510.720.34,224,0002008rightline 1B
22BucharestRomaniaEuropeMetro16 Nov 1979504341.5716.912.51,640,0001999right
23BudapestHungaryEuropeMetro2 May 1896424030.8311.014.09,000,0002008right
24Buenos AiresArgentinaAmericaSubte1 Dec 1913766860.707.912.75,895,0002008leftyes
25BuffaloUSAAmericaMetro Rail18 May 19858811.048.48.0
26BursaTurkeyAsia19 Aug 2002232310.9822.523.0
27BusanSouth KoreaAsiaSubway19 Jul 1985928831.0831.730.72,705,0002008right
28CairoEgyptAfricaMetro27 Sep 1987555321.2432.827.510,687,0002002left5 stns
29CaracasVenezuelaAmericaMetro27 Mar 1983474351.4112.19.48,430,0002008yes
30CataniaItalyEuropeMetro27 Jun 19996610.633.86.0right
31ChangchunChinaAsiaOct 2002161611.0617.016.0
32CharleroiBelgiumEurope21 Jun 1976202040.884.45.0
33ChennaiMadrasIndiaAsiaMRTS19 Oct 1997171711.5927.017.0
34ChibaJapanAsiaMonorail28 Mar 1988181820.867.89.0
35ChicagoUSAAmerica"L"6 Jun 189215114481.1520.818.91,193,0002008rightyes
36ChongqingChinaAsiaMonorail18 Jun 2005181811.0819.518.0rightThe three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDsyesyes
37ClevelandUSAAmericaRapid Transit15 Mar 1955181811.7231.018.0194,0002008
38CologneGermanyEuropeStadtbahn11 Oct 19685151150.883.03.4rightnew light rail trains onlyyes
39CopenhagenDenmarkEuropeMetro19 Oct 2002222220.9510.511.01,762,0002002rightall metro lines2002all underground stationsall metro and S-Tog trainsyes
40DaeguTaeguSouth KoreaAsiaSubway26 Nov 1997565520.9827.028.02,041,0002008
41DaejeonTaejonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway16 Mar 2006222211.0322.622.01,283,0002008
42DalianChinaAsiaMetro1 May 2003121214.0849.012.0
43DelhiIndiaAsiaMetro24 Dec 2002787631.1829.926.03,450,0002008leftyes
44DetroitUSAAmericaPeople MoverJul 1987131310.374.813.0downtown people mover, LIM technology1987yes
45DnepropetrovskDnipropetrovskUkraineEuropeMetro29 Dec 19956611.187.16.01,549,0002007
46DortmundGermanyEuropeStadtbahn17 May 1976373730.809.812.3rightyes
47DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesAsiaMetro9 Sep 2009101013.9739.710.0rightmetro2009metro, monorailyesyes
48DuesseldorfDüsseldorfGermanyEuropeStadtbahn4 Oct 1981141420.684.87.0rightyes
49DuisburgGermanyEuropeStadtbahn11 Jul 1992131321.107.26.5rightyes
50EdmontonCanadaAmericaLight Rail22 Apr 1978111111.1913.111.0
51EssenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5 Oct 1967272730.756.79.0rightyes
52FrankfurtGermanyEuropeU-Bahn4 Oct 1968312730.766.810.3rightyes
53FukuokaJapanAsiaSubway26 Jul 1981353430.889.911.74,161,0002007leftyes
54GelsenkirchenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn1 Sep 19849910.615.59.0right
55GenoaItalyEuropeMetro13 Jun 19907710.745.27.0rightyes
56GlasgowUnited KingdomEuropeSubway14 Dec 1896151510.6910.415.01,442,0002008left
57GuadalajaraMexicoAmericaMetro1 Sep 1989292820.8612.014.5
58GuangzhouCantonChinaAsiaMetro28 Jun 1999887952.2335.217.63,414,0002008rightyesyes
59GwangjuSouth KoreaAsiaSubway28 Apr 2004202011.0120.120.0846,0002008
60HaifaIsraelAsiaCarmelit19596610.291.86.0
61HamburgGermanyEuropeU-Bahn1 Mar 1912978931.1333.632.31,827,0002007right
62HanoverGermanyEuropeStadtbahn28 Sep 1975211731.096.27.0rightyes
63HelsinkiFinlandEuropeMetro3 Aug 1982171711.2421.017.02,762,0002008rightyes
64HiroshimaJapanAsiaMonorail20 Aug 1994212110.8818.421.0978,0002005left
65Hong KongChinaAsiaMTR1 Oct 1979958292.2920.910.66,959,0002008leftDisneyland Resort LineSI, WI lines, planned2005all underground stationsyesyes
66IncheonInchonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway6 Oct 1999292911.0229.529.02,475,0002008
67IstanbulTurkeyEuropeMetro16 Sep 2000101011.5015.010.04,533,0002008right
68IzmirTurkeyAsiaMetro22 May 2000101011.1511.510.02,609,0002005
69JacksonvilleUSAAmericaSkyway30 May 19896611.156.96.0downtown monorail people mover1989
70KamakuraJapanAsiaMonorail3 Mar 19708810.826.68.0
71KaohsiungTaiwanAsiaMRT9 Mar 2008373621.1921.418.5703,0002008MRT
72KazanRussiaEuropeMetro27 Aug 20056611.388.36.0843,0002007
73KharkovKharkivUkraineEuropeMetro23 Aug 1975282531.4111.89.37,875,0002007right
74KievKyivUkraineEuropeMetro22 Oct 1960464331.3919.915.310,736,0002007right
75KitakyushuJapanAsiaMonorail9 Jan 1985131310.688.813.0leftyes
76KobeJapanAsiaSubway13 Mar 1977262421.2815.313.03,954,0002008leftPort Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyredPort Liner and Rokko Liner1981Port Liner and Rokko Lineryes
77KolkataCalcuttaIndiaAsiaMetro Railway24 Oct 1984212111.0822.621.04,425,0002000right
78Kryvyi RihKrivoy RogUkraineEuropeMetrotram26 Dec 1986121211.5018.012.0
79Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAsia16 Dec 1996605631.1421.320.01,703,0002008leftLRT1996KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stationsyes
80KyotoJapanAsiaSubway1 Apr 1981323121.0115.616.04,026,0002008leftTozai lineyes
81Las VegasUSAAmericaMonorail15 Jul 20047710.896.27.0monorail2004
82LausanneSwitzerlandEuropeMetro24 May 1991292820.496.814.5line m2line m22008yes
83LilleFranceEuropeMetro25 Apr 1983626020.7622.831.01,626,0002004rightVALyes1983VAL, all stationsyes
84LimaPeruAmericaTren Urbano13 Jan 20036611.6710.06.0
85LisbonPortugalEuropeMetro29 Dec 1959524640.8910.313.04,390,0002007leftyes
86LondonUnited KingdomEuropeUnderground10 Jan 1863268268111.5237.124.42,934,0002007leftDocklands Light Rail1987Jubilee Line extensionyes (DLR)
87Los AngelesUSAAmericaMetro Rail30 Jan 1993303031.9819.810.0759,0002008rightyes
88LudwigshafenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn29 May 1969111100.36right
89LyonFranceEuropeMetro28 Apr 1978433940.797.710.85,928,0002004leftline D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDsyes1991
90MadridSpainEuropeMetro17 Oct 1919281231131.2321.821.62,415,0002008leftyesyes
91ManilaPhilippinesAsiaMRT1 Dec 1984423931.1715.214.07,571,0002008yesyes
92MaracaiboVenezuelaAmericaMetro8 Jun 20096611.086.56.0yes
93MarseilleFranceEuropeMetro26 Nov 1977262420.809.613.03,005,0002004rightyes
94MedellinMedellínColombiaAmericaMetro30 Nov 1995262521.1514.413.05,382,0002008
95Mexico CityMexicoAmericaMetro5 Sep 1969175147111.3718.315.97,238,0002008rightyes
96MiamiUSAAmericaMetrorail21 May 1984222211.6436.022.0528,0002008rightdowntown people mover, rubber-tyredDowntown people mover1986yes
97MilanItalyEuropeMetro1 Nov 1964888430.8924.929.34,397,0002007rightyesyes
98MinskBelarusEuropeMetro26 Jun 1984252421.2615.112.58,647,0002007right
99MonterreyMexicoAmericaMetro25 Apr 1991323121.0215.816.0yes
100MontrealMontréalCanadaAmericaMetro14 Oct 1966736841.0217.318.33,165,0002006rightyes
101MoscowRussiaEuropeMetro15 May 1935180144122.0724.915.08,611,0002008right
102MulheimMülheimGermanyEuropeStadtbahn3 Nov 1979131220.754.56.5right
103MumbaiBombayIndiaAsiaSuburban Railway737352.3434.214.6
104MunichGermanyEuropeU-Bahn19 Oct 19711009460.9815.416.73,773,0002008rightyes
105NagoyaJapanAsiaSubway15 Nov 1957938241.0922.323.34,798,0002008leftTobu Kyuryo maglev line2005Tobu Kyuryo maglev lineyes
106NahaJapanAsiaMonorail10 Aug 2003151510.8512.815.0
107NanjingChinaAsiaMetro27 Aug 2005161611.3621.716.04,700,0002008
108NaplesItalyEuropeMetro28 Mar 1993302831.1410.610.0912,0002006left
109New YorkNew York CityUSAAmericaSubway27 Oct 1904468422270.8713.617.34,413,0002008rightplanned for new Second Avenue Lineyes
110NewarkUSAAmericaSubway26 May 19354410.552.24.0right
111NewcastleUnited KingdomEuropeTyne & Wear Metro7 Aug 1980615021.5338.330.5497,0002006left
112Nizhny NovgorodGorkyRussiaEuropeMetro20 Nov 1985141321.197.87.02,129,0002007right
113NovosibirskRussiaAsiaMetro7 Jan 1986131221.197.26.54,895,0002007right
114NurembergGermanyEuropeU-Bahn1 Mar 1972464430.7911.515.32,659,0001997rightline U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated line U22008yes
115OportoPortoPortugalEuropeMetro7 Dec 2002151421.5510.97.5rightyesyes
116OsakaJapanAsiaSubway20 May 193313310491.3315.314.86,241,0002008leftNanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyredNanko Port Town Line1981all stations on the Nanko Port Town Lineyes
117OsloNorwayEuropeT-Bane22 May 1966727250.8612.414.41,032,0002005rightyes
118Palma de MallorcaSpainEuropeMetro25 Apr 20079910.928.39.0
119ParisFranceEuropeMetro19 Jul 1900380300160.7113.323.86,915,0002008right (metro), left (RER)line 14/Météor, rubber-tyredlines 1, 4, 6, 11, 141998all stations on line 14, under construction on line 13lines 1, 14
120PerugiaItalyEuropeMinimetro29 Jan 20087710.433.07.0
121PhiladelphiaUSAAmericaSubway4 Mar 1907666231.0020.722.01,081,0002008rightyes
122PittsburghUSAAmericaThe T3 Jul 19853310.481.53.0
123Porto AlegreBrazilAmericaMetro2 Mar 1985171711.9933.817.0
124PoznanPolandEurope1 Mar 19976611.026.16.0
125PragueCzech RepublicEuropeMetro9 May 1974575431.0919.719.010,102,0002008rightyes
126PyongyangNorth KoreaAsiaMetro6 Sep 1973161521.5011.38.01,556,0002006
127RecifeBrazilAmericaMetro11 Mar 1985302821.4219.915.0
128RennesFranceEuropeMetro16 Mar 2002151510.609.015.02,556,0002004rightVALyes2002VALyes
129Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmericaMetro5 Mar 1979343421.2421.017.03,214,0002006rightyes
130RomeItalyEuropeMetro10 Feb 1955494820.8119.524.58,487,0002008leftyesyes
131RotterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro10 Feb 1968383721.2723.519.01,809,0002006right
132RouenFranceEuropeMetro17 Dec 19945510.442.25.0
133Saint LouisUSAAmericaMetrolink31 Jul 1993373721.9836.718.5
134Saint PetersburgLeningradRussiaEuropeMetro15 Nov 1955635552.0022.012.67,550,0002007rightwindowless steel doors in ten stations
135SamaraRussiaEuropeMetro26 Dec 19879911.1310.29.01,176,0002007right
136San FranciscoUSAAmericaBART11 Sep 1972434353.8833.48.6599,0002007rightyes
137San JuanPuerto RicoAmericaTren Urbano6 Jun 2005161611.0817.216.0523,0002008
138SantiagoSantiago de ChileChileAmericaMetro15 Sep 1975938650.9716.618.67,735,0002008rightyes
139Santo DomingoDominican RepublicAmericaMetro30 Jan 2009161610.9114.516.0
140Sao PauloBrazilAmericaMetro14 Sep 1974585541.1115.314.511,158,0002008rightlines 4, 5, and regional rail
141SapporoJapanAsiaSubway16 Dec 1971494631.0416.016.34,354,0002008leftyes
142SeattleUSAAmericaLight Rail18 Jul 2009121211.8522.212.0yes
143SendaiJapanAsiaSubway15 Jul 1987171710.8714.817.03,919,0002008leftyes
144SeoulSouth KoreaAsiaSubway15 Aug 1974348298100.9628.734.87,138,0002008rightlines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010yesyes
145SevilleSevillaSpainEuropeMetro2 Apr 2009212110.8618.021.0Line 1
146ShanghaiChinaAsiaMetro10 Apr 1995230194101.7233.423.03,359,0002008rightnewer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stationsyes
147ShenzhenChinaAsiaMetro28 Dec 2004232221.1512.611.52,885,0002005rightyesyes
148SingaporeSingaporeAsiaMRT7 Nov 1987766941.7229.719.04,802,0002007leftNorth-East MTR line and 3 rubber-tyred LRT linesLRT lines2003yesyes
149SofiaBulgariaEuropeMetro28 Jan 1998141411.2918.014.02,833,0002008right
150StockholmSwedenEuropeTunnelbana1 Oct 195010410031.0635.234.72,867,0002007left
151StuttgartGermanyEuropeStadtbahn10 Jun 1966191721.4112.09.5rightyes
152SydneyAustraliaOceaniaCityrail1926141431.587.44.7yes
153TaipeiTaiwanAsiaMRT28 Mar 1996858081.1311.310.64,967,0002008rightMuzha line, VALyes1996Muzha line VAL MRTyesyes
154TamaJapanAsiaMonorail27 Nov 1998191910.8416.019.0leftyes
155TashkentUzbekistanAsiaMetro6 Nov 1977292631.3912.19.71,961,0002007right
156TbilisiGeorgiaAsiaMetro11 Jan 1966222121.2513.111.03,498,0002007right
157TehranIranAsiaMetro21 Feb 2000474431.1516.815.76,990,0002007yes
158The HagueNetherlandsEuropeRandstadRail16 Oct 2004303030.939.310.0
159TianjinChinaAsiaMetro28 Mar 2004373721.9536.018.5208,0001993platform gate doorsyes
160TokyoJapanAsiaMetro30 Dec 1927290205131.4923.422.310,424,0002008leftYurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyredYurikamome line1995Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome linesyesyes
161TorontoCanadaAmericaSubway30 Apr 1954746941.0317.818.53,899,0002006rightyes
162ToulouseFranceEuropeMetro26 Jun 1993383720.7413.819.01,527,0002004rightVALyes1993VALyes
163TurinItalyEuropeMetro4 Feb 2006141410.699.614.0rightVALyes2006VALyesyes
164ValenciaSpainEuropeMetro3 Oct 1988383730.8610.612.7
165ValenciaVenezuelaAmericaMetro18 Oct 20067710.896.27.02,903,0002008
166ValparaisoChileAmericaMetro23 Nov 2005202012.1543.020.0
167VancouverCanadaAmericaSky Train3 Jan 1986494731.4823.216.31,065,0002008rightSkytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system1986yesyes
168ViennaAustriaEuropeU-Bahn25 Feb 1978968450.8314.019.27,135,0002008rightyesyes
169VolgogradStalingradRussiaEuropeMetro5 Nov 19842211.653.32.0
170WarsawPolandEuropeMetro7 Apr 1995212111.0822.621.05,044,0002007right
171WashingtonUSAAmericaMetrorail27 Mar 1976908651.9934.218.01,256,0002008rightyes
172WuhanChinaAsiaMetro28 Sep 2004101011.0210.210.0right
173WuppertalGermanyEuropeSchwebebahn1 Mar 1901202010.6713.320.0right
174YekaterinburgEkaterinburgRussiaAsiaMetro26 Apr 19917711.218.57.05,412,0002007right
175YerevanErevanArmeniaAsiaMetro7 Mar 1981101011.2112.110.01,405,0002007right
176YokohamaJapanAsiaSubway16 Dec 1972484531.2819.216.03,438,0002008leftKanazawa 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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