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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 1977333340.998.28.32,783,000right2002
3 AnkaraTurkeyAsiaMetro30 Aug 1996232221.0511.611.54,892,000right2007metro line1997
4 AntwerpBelgiumEuropePremetro25 Mar 1975111120.693.85.5
5 AthensGreeceEuropeMetro1954524831.0817.317.36,250,000right2007yesyes
6 AtlantaUSAAmericaMARTA30 Jun 1979393822.0839.619.5429,000right1994yes
7 BakuAzerbaijanAsiaMetro6 Nov 1967222121.5616.411.05,356,000right2007
8 BaltimoreUSAAmericaMetro Subway21 Nov 1983141411.7524.514.0571,000right2008yes
9 BangkokThailandAsiaSkytrain, MRT5 Dec 1999444031.1615.414.74,449,000left2007Green line1999Green line, Blue lineyes
10 BarcelonaSpainEuropeMetro30 Dec 1924152128100.8611.115.23,421,000right2008under construction on lines 5, 11, planned for lines 9, 10yesyes
11 BeijingChinaAsiaSubway1 Oct 196914712591.8225.316.35,274,000right2008PGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10recentlyall lines
12 Belo HorizonteBrazilAmericaMetro1 Aug 1986191911.4828.119.0right
13 BerlinGermanyEuropeU-Bahn18 Feb 1902195173100.8514.719.53,033,000right2008yes
14 BielefeldGermanyEuropeStadtbahn21 Sep 19717740.741.31.8right
15 BilbaoSpainEuropeMetro11 Nov 1995383821.0720.319.02,118,000left2008yesyes
16 BochumGermanyEuropeStadtbahn26 May 1979292720.8010.814.5right
17 BonnGermanyEuropeStadtbahn22 Mar 1975121210.759.012.0right
18 BostonUSAAmericaThe T1 Sep 1897666031.0120.222.02,397,000right2007yes
19 BrasiliaBrazilAmericaMetro31 Mar 2001232311.8342.023.0381,000right2002
20 BrusselsBelgiumEuropeMetro20 Sep 1976615930.5510.720.34,224,000right2008line 1B
21 BucharestRomaniaEuropeMetro16 Nov 1979504341.5716.912.51,640,000right1999
22 BudapestHungaryEuropeMetro2 May 1896424030.8311.014.09,000,000right2008
23 Buenos AiresArgentinaAmericaSubte1 Dec 1913766860.707.912.75,895,000left2008yes
24 BuffaloUSAAmericaMetro Rail18 May 19858811.048.48.0right
25 BursaTurkeyAsia19 Aug 2002232310.9822.523.0
26 BusanSouth KoreaAsiaSubway19 Jul 1985928831.0831.730.72,705,000right2008
27 CairoEgyptAfricaMetro27 Sep 1987555321.2432.827.510,687,000left20025 stns
28 CaracasVenezuelaAmericaMetro27 Mar 1983504651.3212.110.08,430,0002008yes
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 189215114481.1520.818.91,193,000right2008yes
35 ChongqingChinaAsiaMonorail18 Jun 2005181811.0819.518.0rightThe three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDsyesyes
36 ClevelandUSAAmericaRapid Transit15 Mar 1955181811.7231.018.0194,000right2008
37 CologneGermanyEuropeStadtbahn11 Oct 19685151150.883.03.4rightnew light rail trains onlyyes
38 CopenhagenDenmarkEuropeMetro19 Oct 2002222220.9510.511.01,762,000right2002all metro lines2002all underground stationsall metro and S-Tog trainsyes
39 DaeguTaeguSouth KoreaAsiaSubway26 Nov 1997565520.9827.028.02,041,0002008
40 DaejeonTaejonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway16 Mar 2006222211.0322.622.01,283,0002008
41 DalianChinaAsiaMetro1 May 2003121214.0849.012.0right
42 DelhiIndiaAsiaMetro24 Dec 2002838131.1932.127.73,224,000left2008yes
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 1968312730.766.810.3rightyes
52 FukuokaJapanAsiaSubway26 Jul 1981353430.889.911.74,161,000left2007yes
53 GelsenkirchenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn1 Sep 19849910.615.59.0right
54 GenoaItalyEuropeMetro13 Jun 19907710.745.27.0rightyes
55 GlasgowUnited KingdomEuropeSubway14 Dec 1896151510.6910.415.01,442,000left2008
56 GuadalajaraMexicoAmericaMetro1 Sep 1989292820.8612.014.5right
57 GuangzhouCantonChinaAsiaMetro28 Jun 1999887951.8829.717.64,047,000right2008yesyes
58 GwangjuSouth KoreaAsiaSubway28 Apr 2004202011.0120.120.0846,0002008
59 HaifaIsraelAsiaCarmelit19596610.291.86.0
60 HamburgGermanyEuropeU-Bahn1 Mar 1912978931.1333.632.31,827,000right2007
61 HanoverGermanyEuropeStadtbahn28 Sep 1975211731.096.27.0rightyes
62 HelsinkiFinlandEuropeMetro3 Aug 1982171711.2421.017.02,762,000right2008yes
63 HiroshimaJapanAsiaMonorail20 Aug 1994212110.8818.421.0978,000left2005
64 Hong KongChinaAsiaMTR1 Oct 1979958292.2920.910.66,959,000left2008Disneyland Resort LineSI, WI lines, planned2005all underground stationsyesyes
65 IncheonInchonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway6 Oct 1999292911.0229.529.02,475,0002008
66 IstanbulTurkeyEuropeMetro16 Sep 2000101011.5015.010.04,533,000right2008
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 2008373621.1921.418.5703,0002008MRT
71 KazanRussiaEuropeMetro27 Aug 20056611.388.36.0843,000right2007
72 KharkovKharkivUkraineEuropeMetro23 Aug 1975282531.4111.89.37,875,000right2007
73 KievKyivUkraineEuropeMetro22 Oct 1960464331.3919.915.310,736,000right2007
74 KitakyushuJapanAsiaMonorail9 Jan 1985131310.688.813.0leftyes
75 KobeJapanAsiaSubway13 Mar 1977262421.2815.313.03,954,000left2008Port Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyredPort Liner and Rokko Liner1981Port Liner and Rokko Lineryes
76 KolkataCalcuttaIndiaAsiaMetro Railway24 Oct 1984212111.0822.621.04,425,000right2000
77 Kryvyi RihKrivoy RogUkraineEuropeMetrotram26 Dec 1986121211.5018.012.0
78 Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAsia16 Dec 1996605631.1421.320.01,703,000left2008LRT1996KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stationsyes
79 KyotoJapanAsiaSubway1 Apr 1981323121.0115.616.04,026,000left2008Tozai lineyes
80 Las VegasUSAAmericaMonorail15 Jul 20047710.896.27.0rightmonorail2004
81 LausanneSwitzerlandEuropeMetro24 May 1991292820.496.814.5line m2line m22008yes
82 LilleFranceEuropeMetro25 Apr 1983626020.7622.831.01,626,000right2004VALyes1983VAL, all stationsyes
83 LimaPeruAmericaTren Urbano13 Jan 20036611.6710.06.0
84 LisbonPortugalEuropeMetro29 Dec 1959524640.8910.313.04,390,000left2007yes
85 LondonUnited KingdomEuropeUnderground10 Jan 1863268268111.5237.124.42,934,000left2007Docklands Light Rail1987Jubilee Line extensionyes (DLR)
86 Los AngelesUSAAmericaMetro Rail30 Jan 1993303031.9819.810.0759,000right2008yes
87 LudwigshafenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn29 May 1969111100.36right
88 LyonFranceEuropeMetro28 Apr 1978433940.797.710.85,928,000left2004line D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDsyes1991
89 MadridSpainEuropeMetro17 Oct 1919281231131.2321.821.62,415,000left2008yesyes
90 ManilaPhilippinesAsiaMRT1 Dec 1984423931.1715.214.07,571,0002008yesyes
91 MaracaiboVenezuelaAmericaMetro8 Jun 20096611.086.56.0yes
92 MarseilleFranceEuropeMetro26 Nov 1977262420.809.613.03,005,000right2004yes
93 MedellinMedellínColombiaAmericaMetro30 Nov 1995262521.1514.413.05,382,0002008
94 Mexico CityMexicoAmericaMetro5 Sep 1969175147111.3718.315.97,238,000right2008yes
95 MiamiUSAAmericaMetrorail21 May 1984222211.6436.022.0528,000right2008downtown people mover, rubber-tyredDowntown people mover1986yes
96 MilanItalyEuropeMetro1 Nov 1964888430.8924.929.34,397,000right2007yesyes
97 MinskBelarusEuropeMetro26 Jun 1984252421.2615.112.58,647,000right2007
98 MonterreyMexicoAmericaMetro25 Apr 1991323121.0215.816.0rightyes
99 MontrealMontréalCanadaAmericaMetro14 Oct 1966736841.0217.318.33,165,000right2006yes
100 MoscowRussiaEuropeMetro15 May 1935180144122.0724.915.08,611,000right2008
101 MulheimMülheimGermanyEuropeStadtbahn3 Nov 1979131220.754.56.5right
102 MumbaiBombayIndiaAsiaSuburban Railway737352.3434.214.6
103 MunichGermanyEuropeU-Bahn19 Oct 19711009460.9815.416.73,773,000right2008yes
104 NagoyaJapanAsiaSubway15 Nov 1957938241.0922.323.34,798,000left2008Tobu Kyuryo maglev line2005Tobu Kyuryo maglev lineyes
105 NahaJapanAsiaMonorail10 Aug 2003151510.8512.815.0left
106 NanjingChinaAsiaMetro27 Aug 2005161611.3621.716.04,700,000right2008
107 NaplesItalyEuropeMetro28 Mar 1993302831.1410.610.0912,000left2006
108 New YorkNew York CityUSAAmericaSubway27 Oct 1904468422270.8713.617.34,413,000right2008planned for new Second Avenue Lineyes
109 NewarkUSAAmericaSubway26 May 19354410.552.24.0right
110 NewcastleUnited KingdomEuropeTyne & Wear Metro7 Aug 1980615021.5338.330.5497,000left2006
111 Nizhny NovgorodGorkyRussiaEuropeMetro20 Nov 1985141321.197.87.02,129,000right2007
112 NovosibirskRussiaAsiaMetro7 Jan 1986131221.197.26.54,895,000right2007
113 NurembergGermanyEuropeU-Bahn1 Mar 1972464430.7911.515.32,659,000right1997lines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains2008yes
114 OportoPortoPortugalEuropeMetro7 Dec 2002151421.5510.97.5rightyesyes
115 OsakaJapanAsiaSubway20 May 193313310491.3315.314.86,241,000left2008Nanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyredNanko Port Town Line1981all stations on the Nanko Port Town Lineyes
116 OsloNorwayEuropeT-Bane22 May 1966727250.8612.414.41,032,000right2005yes
117 Palma de MallorcaSpainEuropeMetro25 Apr 20079910.928.39.0
118 ParisFranceEuropeMetro19 Jul 1900380300160.7113.323.86,915,000right (metro), left (RER)2008line 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 1907666231.0020.722.01,081,000right2008yes
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 1974575431.0919.719.010,102,000right2008yes
125 PyongyangNorth KoreaAsiaMetro6 Sep 1973161521.5011.38.01,556,0002006
126 RecifeBrazilAmericaMetro11 Mar 1985302821.4219.915.0right
127 RennesFranceEuropeMetro16 Mar 2002151510.609.015.02,556,000right2004VALyes2002VALyes
128 Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmericaMetro5 Mar 1979343421.2421.017.03,214,000right2006yes
129 RomeItalyEuropeMetro10 Feb 1955494820.8119.524.58,487,000left2008yesyes
130 RotterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro10 Feb 1968383721.2723.519.01,809,000right2006
131 RouenFranceEuropeMetro17 Dec 19945510.442.25.0
132 Saint LouisUSAAmericaMetrolink31 Jul 1993373721.9836.718.5right
133 Saint PetersburgLeningradRussiaEuropeMetro15 Nov 1955635552.0022.012.67,550,000right2007windowless steel doors in ten stations
134 SamaraRussiaEuropeMetro26 Dec 19879911.1310.29.01,176,000right2007
135 San FranciscoUSAAmericaBART11 Sep 1972434353.8833.48.6599,000right2007yes
136 San JuanPuerto RicoAmericaTren Urbano6 Jun 2005161611.0817.216.0523,0002008
137 SantiagoSantiago de ChileChileAmericaMetro15 Sep 1975938650.9716.618.67,735,000right2008yes
138 Santo DomingoDominican RepublicAmericaMetro30 Jan 2009161610.9114.516.0
139 Sao PauloBrazilAmericaMetro14 Sep 1974585541.1115.314.511,158,000right2008lines 4, 5, and regional rail
140 SapporoJapanAsiaSubway16 Dec 1971494631.0416.016.34,354,000left2008yes
141 SeattleUSAAmericaLight Rail18 Jul 2009121211.8522.212.0rightyes
142 SendaiJapanAsiaSubway15 Jul 1987171710.8714.817.03,919,000left2008yes
143 SeoulSouth KoreaAsiaSubway15 Aug 1974348298100.9628.734.87,138,000right2008lines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010yesyes
144 SevilleSevillaSpainEuropeMetro2 Apr 2009212110.8618.021.0Line 1
145 ShanghaiChinaAsiaMetro10 Apr 1995230194101.7233.423.03,359,000right2008newer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stationsyes
146 ShenyangMukdenChinaAsiaMetro23 Sep 2009181811.2322.218.0right
147 ShenzhenChinaAsiaMetro28 Dec 2004232221.1512.611.52,885,000right2005yesyes
148 SingaporeSingaporeAsiaMRT7 Nov 1987766941.7229.719.04,802,000left2007North-East MTR line and 3 rubber-tyred LRT linesLRT lines2003yesyes
149 SofiaBulgariaEuropeMetro28 Jan 1998141411.2918.014.02,833,000right2008
150 StockholmSwedenEuropeTunnelbana1 Oct 195010410031.0635.234.72,867,000left2007
151 StuttgartGermanyEuropeStadtbahn10 Jun 1966191721.4112.09.5rightyes
152 SydneyAustraliaOceaniaCityrail1926141431.587.44.7leftyes
153 TaipeiTaiwanAsiaMRT28 Mar 1996858081.1311.310.64,967,000right2008Muzha line, VALyes1996Muzha line VAL MRTyesyes
154 TamaJapanAsiaMonorail27 Nov 1998191910.8416.019.0leftyes
155 TashkentUzbekistanAsiaMetro6 Nov 1977292631.3912.19.71,961,000right2007
156 TbilisiGeorgiaAsiaMetro11 Jan 1966222121.2513.111.03,498,000right2007
157 TehranIranAsiaMetro21 Feb 2000474431.1516.815.76,990,0002007yes
158 The HagueNetherlandsEuropeRandstadRail16 Oct 2004303030.939.310.0right
159 TianjinChinaAsiaMetro28 Mar 2004373721.9536.018.5208,000right1993platform gate doorsyes
160 TokyoJapanAsiaMetro30 Dec 1927290205131.4923.422.310,424,000left2008Yurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyredYurikamome line1995Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome linesyesyes
161 TorontoCanadaAmericaSubway30 Apr 1954746941.0317.818.53,899,000right2006yes
162 ToulouseFranceEuropeMetro26 Jun 1993383720.7413.819.01,527,000right2004VALyes1993VALyes
163 TurinItalyEuropeMetro4 Feb 2006141410.699.614.0rightVALyes2006VALyesyes
164 ValenciaVenezuelaAmericaMetro18 Oct 20067710.896.27.02,903,0002008
165 ValenciaSpainEuropeMetro3 Oct 1988383730.8610.612.7
166 ValparaisoChileAmericaMetro23 Nov 2005202012.1543.020.0right
167 VancouverCanadaAmericaSky Train3 Jan 1986494731.4823.216.31,065,000right2008Skytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system1986yesyes
168 ViennaAustriaEuropeU-Bahn25 Feb 1978968450.8314.019.27,135,000right2008yesyes
169 VolgogradStalingradRussiaEuropeMetro5 Nov 19842211.653.32.0
170 WarsawPolandEuropeMetro7 Apr 1995212111.0822.621.05,044,000right2007
171 WashingtonUSAAmericaMetrorail27 Mar 1976908651.9934.218.01,256,000right2008yes
172 WuhanChinaAsiaMetro28 Sep 2004101011.0210.210.0right
173 WuppertalGermanyEuropeSchwebebahn1 Mar 1901202010.6713.320.0right
174 YekaterinburgEkaterinburgRussiaAsiaMetro26 Apr 19917711.218.57.05,412,000right2007
175 YerevanErevanArmeniaAsiaMetro7 Mar 1981101011.2112.110.01,405,000right2007
176 YokohamaJapanAsiaSubway16 Dec 1972484531.2819.216.03,438,000left2008Kanazawa 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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