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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 New YorkNew York CityUSAAmericaSubway27 Oct 1904468422270.8713.617.34,413,0002008rightplanned for new Second Avenue Lineyes
2 ParisFranceEuropeMetro19 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
3 SeoulSouth KoreaAsiaSubway15 Aug 1974348298100.9628.734.87,138,0002008rightlines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010yesyes
4 LondonUnited KingdomEuropeUnderground10 Jan 1863268268111.5237.124.42,934,0002007leftDocklands Light Rail1987Jubilee Line extensionyes (DLR)
5 MadridSpainEuropeMetro17 Oct 1919281231131.2321.821.62,415,0002008leftyesyes
6 TokyoJapanAsiaMetro30 Dec 1927290205131.4923.422.310,424,0002008leftYurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyredYurikamome line1995Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome linesyesyes
7 ShanghaiChinaAsiaMetro10 Apr 1995230194101.7233.423.03,359,0002008rightnewer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stationsyes
8 BerlinGermanyEuropeU-Bahn18 Feb 1902195173100.8514.719.53,033,0002008rightyes
9 Mexico CityMexicoAmericaMetro5 Sep 1969175147111.3718.315.97,238,0002008rightyes
10 MoscowRussiaEuropeMetro15 May 1935180144122.0724.915.08,611,0002008right
11 ChicagoUSAAmerica"L"6 Jun 189215114481.1520.818.91,193,0002008rightyes
12 BarcelonaSpainEuropeMetro30 Dec 1924152128100.8611.115.23,421,0002008rightunder construction on lines 5, 11, planned for lines 9, 10yesyes
13 BeijingChinaAsiaSubway1 Oct 196914712591.8225.316.35,274,0002008rightPGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10recentlyall lines
14 OsakaJapanAsiaSubway20 May 193313310491.3315.314.86,241,0002008leftNanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyredNanko Port Town Line1981all stations on the Nanko Port Town Lineyes
15 StockholmSwedenEuropeTunnelbana1 Oct 195010410031.0635.234.72,867,0002007left
16 MunichGermanyEuropeU-Bahn19 Oct 19711009460.9815.416.73,773,0002008rightyes
17 HamburgGermanyEuropeU-Bahn1 Mar 1912978931.1333.632.31,827,0002007right
18 BusanSouth KoreaAsiaSubway19 Jul 1985928831.0831.730.72,705,0002008right
19 WashingtonUSAAmericaMetrorail27 Mar 1976908651.9934.218.01,256,0002008rightyes
20 SantiagoSantiago de ChileChileAmericaMetro15 Sep 1975938650.9716.618.67,735,0002008rightyes
21 ViennaAustriaEuropeU-Bahn25 Feb 1978968450.8314.019.27,135,0002008rightyesyes
22 MilanItalyEuropeMetro1 Nov 1964888430.8924.929.34,397,0002007rightyesyes
23 NagoyaJapanAsiaSubway15 Nov 1957938241.0922.323.34,798,0002008leftTobu Kyuryo maglev line2005Tobu Kyuryo maglev lineyes
24 Hong KongChinaAsiaMTR1 Oct 1979958292.2920.910.66,959,0002008leftDisneyland Resort LineSI, WI lines, planned2005all underground stationsyesyes
25 DelhiIndiaAsiaMetro24 Dec 2002838131.1932.127.73,224,0002008leftyes
26 TaipeiTaiwanAsiaMRT28 Mar 1996858081.1311.310.64,967,0002008rightMuzha line, VALyes1996Muzha line VAL MRTyesyes
27 GuangzhouCantonChinaAsiaMetro28 Jun 1999887951.8829.717.64,047,0002008rightyesyes
28 MumbaiBombayIndiaAsiaSuburban Railway737352.3434.214.6
29 OsloNorwayEuropeT-Bane22 May 1966727250.8612.414.41,032,0002005rightyes
30 SingaporeSingaporeAsiaMRT7 Nov 1987766941.7229.719.04,802,0002007leftNorth-East MTR line and 3 rubber-tyred LRT linesLRT lines2003yesyes
31 TorontoCanadaAmericaSubway30 Apr 1954746941.0317.818.53,899,0002006rightyes
32 MontrealMontréalCanadaAmericaMetro14 Oct 1966736841.0217.318.33,165,0002006rightyes
33 Buenos AiresArgentinaAmericaSubte1 Dec 1913766860.707.912.75,895,0002008leftyes
34 PhiladelphiaUSAAmericaSubway4 Mar 1907666231.0020.722.01,081,0002008rightyes
35 BostonUSAAmericaThe T1 Sep 1897666031.0120.222.02,397,0002007rightyes
36 LilleFranceEuropeMetro25 Apr 1983626020.7622.831.01,626,0002004rightVALyes1983VAL, all stationsyes
37 BrusselsBelgiumEuropeMetro20 Sep 1976615930.5510.720.34,224,0002008rightline 1B
38 Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAsia16 Dec 1996605631.1421.320.01,703,0002008leftLRT1996KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stationsyes
39 Saint PetersburgLeningradRussiaEuropeMetro15 Nov 1955635552.0022.012.67,550,0002007rightwindowless steel doors in ten stations
40 DaeguTaeguSouth KoreaAsiaSubway26 Nov 1997565520.9827.028.02,041,0002008
41 Sao PauloBrazilAmericaMetro14 Sep 1974585541.1115.314.511,158,0002008rightlines 4, 5, and regional rail
42 PragueCzech RepublicEuropeMetro9 May 1974575431.0919.719.010,102,0002008rightyes
43 CairoEgyptAfricaMetro27 Sep 1987555321.2432.827.510,687,0002002left5 stns
44 CologneGermanyEuropeStadtbahn11 Oct 19685151150.883.03.4rightnew light rail trains onlyyes
45 NewcastleUnited KingdomEuropeTyne & Wear Metro7 Aug 1980615021.5338.330.5497,0002006left
46 AthensGreeceEuropeMetro1954524831.0817.317.36,250,0002007rightyesyes
47 RomeItalyEuropeMetro10 Feb 1955494820.8119.524.58,487,0002008leftyesyes
48 VancouverCanadaAmericaSky Train3 Jan 1986494731.4823.216.31,065,0002008rightSkytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system1986yesyes
49 CaracasVenezuelaAmericaMetro27 Mar 1983504651.3212.110.08,430,0002008yes
50 LisbonPortugalEuropeMetro29 Dec 1959524640.8910.313.04,390,0002007leftyes
51 SapporoJapanAsiaSubway16 Dec 1971494631.0416.016.34,354,0002008leftyes
52 YokohamaJapanAsiaSubway16 Dec 1972484531.2819.216.03,438,0002008leftKanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyredKanazawa Seaside LRT1989Kanazawa Seaside LRT lineyes
53 TehranIranAsiaMetro21 Feb 2000474431.1516.815.76,990,0002007yes
54 NurembergGermanyEuropeU-Bahn1 Mar 1972464430.7911.515.32,659,0001997rightlines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains2008yes
55 BucharestRomaniaEuropeMetro16 Nov 1979504341.5716.912.51,640,0001999right
56 San FranciscoUSAAmericaBART11 Sep 1972434353.8833.48.6599,0002007rightyes
57 KievKyivUkraineEuropeMetro22 Oct 1960464331.3919.915.310,736,0002007right
58 BangkokThailandAsiaSkytrain, MRT5 Dec 1999444031.1615.414.74,449,0002007leftGreen line1999Green line, Blue lineyes
59 BudapestHungaryEuropeMetro2 May 1896424030.8311.014.09,000,0002008right
60 ManilaPhilippinesAsiaMRT1 Dec 1984423931.1715.214.07,571,0002008yesyes
61 LyonFranceEuropeMetro28 Apr 1978433940.797.710.85,928,0002004leftline D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDsyes1991
62 BilbaoSpainEuropeMetro11 Nov 1995383821.0720.319.02,118,0002008leftyesyes
63 AtlantaUSAAmericaMARTA30 Jun 1979393822.0839.619.5429,0001994rightyes
64 DortmundGermanyEuropeStadtbahn17 May 1976373730.809.812.3rightyes
65 Saint LouisUSAAmericaMetrolink31 Jul 1993373721.9836.718.5right
66 ValenciaSpainEuropeMetro3 Oct 1988383730.8610.612.7
67 TianjinChinaAsiaMetro28 Mar 2004373721.9536.018.5208,0001993rightplatform gate doorsyes
68 RotterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro10 Feb 1968383721.2723.519.01,809,0002006right
69 ToulouseFranceEuropeMetro26 Jun 1993383720.7413.819.01,527,0002004rightVALyes1993VALyes
70 KaohsiungTaiwanAsiaMRT9 Mar 2008373621.1921.418.5703,0002008MRT
71 Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmericaMetro5 Mar 1979343421.2421.017.03,214,0002006rightyes
72 FukuokaJapanAsiaSubway26 Jul 1981353430.889.911.74,161,0002007leftyes
73 AmsterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro16 Oct 1977333340.998.28.32,783,0002002right
74 KyotoJapanAsiaSubway1 Apr 1981323121.0115.616.04,026,0002008leftTozai lineyes
75 MonterreyMexicoAmericaMetro25 Apr 1991323121.0215.816.0rightyes
76 Los AngelesUSAAmericaMetro Rail30 Jan 1993303031.9819.810.0759,0002008rightyes
77 The HagueNetherlandsEuropeRandstadRail16 Oct 2004303030.939.310.0right
78 IncheonInchonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway6 Oct 1999292911.0229.529.02,475,0002008
79 LausanneSwitzerlandEuropeMetro24 May 1991292820.496.814.5line m2line m22008yes
80 NaplesItalyEuropeMetro28 Mar 1993302831.1410.610.0912,0002006left
81 RecifeBrazilAmericaMetro11 Mar 1985302821.4219.915.0right
82 GuadalajaraMexicoAmericaMetro1 Sep 1989292820.8612.014.5right
83 EssenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5 Oct 1967272730.756.79.0rightyes
84 FrankfurtGermanyEuropeU-Bahn4 Oct 1968312730.766.810.3rightyes
85 BochumGermanyEuropeStadtbahn26 May 1979292720.8010.814.5right
86 TashkentUzbekistanAsiaMetro6 Nov 1977292631.3912.19.71,961,0002007right
87 KharkovKharkivUkraineEuropeMetro23 Aug 1975282531.4111.89.37,875,0002007right
88 MedellinMedellínColombiaAmericaMetro30 Nov 1995262521.1514.413.05,382,0002008
89 MinskBelarusEuropeMetro26 Jun 1984252421.2615.112.58,647,0002007right
90 MarseilleFranceEuropeMetro26 Nov 1977262420.809.613.03,005,0002004rightyes
91 KobeJapanAsiaSubway13 Mar 1977262421.2815.313.03,954,0002008leftPort Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyredPort Liner and Rokko Liner1981Port Liner and Rokko Lineryes
92 BursaTurkeyAsia19 Aug 2002232310.9822.523.0
93 BrasiliaBrazilAmericaMetro31 Mar 2001232311.8342.023.0381,0002002right
94 CopenhagenDenmarkEuropeMetro19 Oct 2002222220.9510.511.01,762,0002002rightall metro lines2002all underground stationsall metro and S-Tog trainsyes
95 ShenzhenChinaAsiaMetro28 Dec 2004232221.1512.611.52,885,0002005rightyesyes
96 AnkaraTurkeyAsiaMetro30 Aug 1996232221.0511.611.54,892,0002007rightmetro line1997
97 MiamiUSAAmericaMetrorail21 May 1984222211.6436.022.0528,0002008rightdowntown people mover, rubber-tyredDowntown people mover1986yes
98 DaejeonTaejonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway16 Mar 2006222211.0322.622.01,283,0002008
99 HiroshimaJapanAsiaMonorail20 Aug 1994212110.8818.421.0978,0002005left
100 WarsawPolandEuropeMetro7 Apr 1995212111.0822.621.05,044,0002007right
101 KolkataCalcuttaIndiaAsiaMetro Railway24 Oct 1984212111.0822.621.04,425,0002000right
102 TbilisiGeorgiaAsiaMetro11 Jan 1966222121.2513.111.03,498,0002007right
103 SevilleSevillaSpainEuropeMetro2 Apr 2009212110.8618.021.0Line 1
104 BakuAzerbaijanAsiaMetro6 Nov 1967222121.5616.411.05,356,0002007right
105 GwangjuSouth KoreaAsiaSubway28 Apr 2004202011.0120.120.0846,0002008
106 WuppertalGermanyEuropeSchwebebahn1 Mar 1901202010.6713.320.0right
107 CharleroiBelgiumEurope21 Jun 1976202040.884.45.0
108 ValparaisoChileAmericaMetro23 Nov 2005202012.1543.020.0right
109 TamaJapanAsiaMonorail27 Nov 1998191910.8416.019.0leftyes
110 Belo HorizonteBrazilAmericaMetro1 Aug 1986191911.4828.119.0right
111 ChibaJapanAsiaMonorail28 Mar 1988181820.867.89.0left
112 ClevelandUSAAmericaRapid Transit15 Mar 1955181811.7231.018.0194,0002008right
113 ShenyangMukdenChinaAsiaMetro23 Sep 2009181811.2322.218.0right
114 ChongqingChinaAsiaMonorail18 Jun 2005181811.0819.518.0rightThe three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDsyesyes
115 SendaiJapanAsiaSubway15 Jul 1987171710.8714.817.03,919,0002008leftyes
116 HanoverGermanyEuropeStadtbahn28 Sep 1975211731.096.27.0rightyes
117 StuttgartGermanyEuropeStadtbahn10 Jun 1966191721.4112.09.5rightyes
118 HelsinkiFinlandEuropeMetro3 Aug 1982171711.2421.017.02,762,0002008rightyes
119 Porto AlegreBrazilAmericaMetro2 Mar 1985171711.9933.817.0right
120 ChennaiMadrasIndiaAsiaMRTS19 Oct 1997171711.5927.017.0
121 Santo DomingoDominican RepublicAmericaMetro30 Jan 2009161610.9114.516.0
122 San JuanPuerto RicoAmericaTren Urbano6 Jun 2005161611.0817.216.0523,0002008
123 NanjingChinaAsiaMetro27 Aug 2005161611.3621.716.04,700,0002008right
124 ChangchunChinaAsiaOct 2002161611.0617.016.0right
125 NahaJapanAsiaMonorail10 Aug 2003151510.8512.815.0left
126 RennesFranceEuropeMetro16 Mar 2002151510.609.015.02,556,0002004rightVALyes2002VALyes
127 PyongyangNorth KoreaAsiaMetro6 Sep 1973161521.5011.38.01,556,0002006
128 GlasgowUnited KingdomEuropeSubway14 Dec 1896151510.6910.415.01,442,0002008left
129 SydneyAustraliaOceaniaCityrail1926141431.587.44.7leftyes
130 OportoPortoPortugalEuropeMetro7 Dec 2002151421.5510.97.5rightyesyes
131 TurinItalyEuropeMetro4 Feb 2006141410.699.614.0rightVALyes2006VALyesyes
132 BaltimoreUSAAmericaMetro Subway21 Nov 1983141411.7524.514.0571,0002008rightyes
133 DuesseldorfDüsseldorfGermanyEuropeStadtbahn4 Oct 1981141420.684.87.0rightyes
134 SofiaBulgariaEuropeMetro28 Jan 1998141411.2918.014.02,833,0002008right
135 DuisburgGermanyEuropeStadtbahn11 Jul 1992131321.107.26.5rightyes
136 KitakyushuJapanAsiaMonorail9 Jan 1985131310.688.813.0leftyes
137 DetroitUSAAmericaPeople MoverJul 1987131310.374.813.0rightdowntown people mover, LIM technology1987yes
138 Nizhny NovgorodGorkyRussiaEuropeMetro20 Nov 1985141321.197.87.02,129,0002007right
139 NovosibirskRussiaAsiaMetro7 Jan 1986131221.197.26.54,895,0002007right
140 Kryvyi RihKrivoy RogUkraineEuropeMetrotram26 Dec 1986121211.5018.012.0
141 SeattleUSAAmericaLight Rail18 Jul 2009121211.8522.212.0rightyes
142 DalianChinaAsiaMetro1 May 2003121214.0849.012.0right
143 BonnGermanyEuropeStadtbahn22 Mar 1975121210.759.012.0right
144 MulheimMülheimGermanyEuropeStadtbahn3 Nov 1979131220.754.56.5right
145 LudwigshafenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn29 May 1969111100.36right
146 EdmontonCanadaAmericaLight Rail22 Apr 1978111111.1913.111.0right
147 DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesAsiaMetro9 Sep 2009111113.6139.711.0rightmetro2009metro, monorailyesyes
148 AntwerpBelgiumEuropePremetro25 Mar 1975111120.693.85.5
149 YerevanErevanArmeniaAsiaMetro7 Mar 1981101011.2112.110.01,405,0002007right
150 IstanbulTurkeyEuropeMetro16 Sep 2000101011.5015.010.04,533,0002008right
151 IzmirTurkeyAsiaMetro22 May 2000101011.1511.510.02,609,0002005
152 WuhanChinaAsiaMetro28 Sep 2004101011.0210.210.0right
153 GelsenkirchenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn1 Sep 19849910.615.59.0right
154 SamaraRussiaEuropeMetro26 Dec 19879911.1310.29.01,176,0002007right
155 Palma de MallorcaSpainEuropeMetro25 Apr 20079910.928.39.0
156 AdanaTurkeyAsia18 Mar 20098811.008.08.0
157 KamakuraJapanAsiaMonorail3 Mar 19708810.826.68.0left
158 BuffaloUSAAmericaMetro Rail18 May 19858811.048.48.0right
159 ValenciaVenezuelaAmericaMetro18 Oct 20067710.896.27.02,903,0002008
160 PerugiaItalyEuropeMinimetro29 Jan 20087710.433.07.0
161 GenoaItalyEuropeMetro13 Jun 19907710.745.27.0rightyes
162 YekaterinburgEkaterinburgRussiaAsiaMetro26 Apr 19917711.218.57.05,412,0002007right
163 Las VegasUSAAmericaMonorail15 Jul 20047710.896.27.0rightmonorail2004
164 BielefeldGermanyEuropeStadtbahn21 Sep 19717740.741.31.8right
165 MaracaiboVenezuelaAmericaMetro8 Jun 20096611.086.56.0yes
166 JacksonvilleUSAAmericaSkyway30 May 19896611.156.96.0rightdowntown monorail people mover1989
167 DnepropetrovskDnipropetrovskUkraineEuropeMetro29 Dec 19956611.187.16.01,549,0002007
168 PoznanPolandEurope1 Mar 19976611.026.16.0
169 KazanRussiaEuropeMetro27 Aug 20056611.388.36.0843,0002007right
170 HaifaIsraelAsiaCarmelit19596610.291.86.0
171 CataniaItalyEuropeMetro27 Jun 19996610.633.86.0right
172 LimaPeruAmericaTren Urbano13 Jan 20036611.6710.06.0
173 RouenFranceEuropeMetro17 Dec 19945510.442.25.0
174 NewarkUSAAmericaSubway26 May 19354410.552.24.0right
175 PittsburghUSAAmericaThe T3 Jul 19853310.481.53.0right
176 VolgogradStalingradRussiaEuropeMetro5 Nov 19842211.653.32.0


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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