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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 AdanaTurkey18 Mar 20098.0 km8811.008.08.0
2 AmsterdamNetherlands16 Oct 197732.7 km333340.998.28.391 mio.2,783,0002002right
3 AnkaraTurkey30 Aug 199623.1 km232221.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,0002007metro lineright1997
4 AntwerpBelgium25 Mar 19757.6 km111120.693.85.5
5 AthensGreece195452.0 km524831.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,0002007rightyesyes
6 AtlantaUSA30 Jun 197979.2 km393822.0839.619.534 mio.429,0001994rightyes
7 BakuAzerbaijan6 Nov 196732.9 km222121.5616.411.0176 mio.5,356,0002007right
8 BaltimoreUSA21 Nov 198324.5 km141411.7524.514.014 mio.571,0002008rightyes
9 BangkokThailand5 Dec 199946.3 km444031.1615.414.7206 mio.4,449,0002007Green lineleft1999Green line, Blue lineyes
10 BarcelonaSpain30 Dec 1924110.5 km152128100.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,0002008rightunder construction on lines 5, 11, planned for lines 9, 10yesyes
11 BeijingChina1 Oct 1969227.6 km14712591.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,0002008rightPGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10recentlyall lines
12 Belo HorizonteBrazil1 Aug 198628.1 km191911.4828.119.0right
13 BerlinGermany18 Feb 1902147.4 km195173100.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,0002008rightyes
14 BielefeldGermany21 Sep 19715.2 km7740.741.31.8right
15 BilbaoSpain11 Nov 199540.6 km383821.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,0002008leftyesyes
16 BochumGermany26 May 197921.5 km292720.8010.814.5right
17 BonnGermany22 Mar 19759.0 km121210.759.012.0right
18 BostonUSA1 Sep 189760.5 km666031.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,0002007rightyes
19 BrasiliaBrazil31 Mar 200142.0 km232311.8342.023.016 mio.381,0002002right
20 BrusselsBelgium20 Sep 197632.2 km615930.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,0002008rightline 1B
21 BucharestRomania16 Nov 197967.7 km504341.5716.912.5111 mio.1,640,0001999right
22 BudapestHungary2 May 189633.0 km424030.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,0002008right
23 Buenos AiresArgentina1 Dec 191347.5 km766860.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,0002008leftyes
24 BuffaloUSA18 May 19858.4 km8811.048.48.0right
25 BursaTurkey19 Aug 200222.5 km232310.9822.523.0
26 BusanSouth Korea19 Jul 198595.0 km928831.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,0002008right
27 CairoEgypt27 Sep 198765.5 km555321.2432.827.5700 mio.10,687,0002002left5 stns
28 CaracasVenezuela27 Mar 198360.5 km504651.3212.110.0510 mio.8,430,0002008yes
29 CataniaItaly27 Jun 19993.8 km6610.633.86.0right
30 ChangchunChinaOct 200217.0 km161611.0617.016.0right
31 CharleroiBelgium21 Jun 197617.5 km202040.884.45.0
32 ChennaiMadrasIndia19 Oct 199727.0 km171711.5927.017.0
33 ChibaJapan28 Mar 198815.5 km181820.867.89.0left
34 ChicagoUSA6 Jun 1892166.0 km15114481.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,0002008rightyes
35 ChongqingChina18 Jun 200519.5 km181811.0819.518.0rightThe three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDsyesyes
36 ClevelandUSA15 Mar 195531.0 km181811.7231.018.06 mio.194,0002008right
37 CologneGermany11 Oct 196845.0 km5151150.883.03.4rightnew light rail trains onlyyes
38 CopenhagenDenmark19 Oct 200221.0 km222220.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,0002002all metro linesright2002all underground stationsall metro and S-Tog trainsyes
39 DaeguTaeguSouth Korea26 Nov 199753.9 km565520.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,0002008
40 DaejeonTaejonSouth Korea16 Mar 200622.6 km222211.0322.622.029 mio.1,283,0002008
41 DalianChina1 May 200349.0 km121214.0849.012.0right
42 DelhiIndia24 Dec 200296.2 km838131.1932.127.7310 mio.3,224,0002008leftyes
43 DetroitUSAJul 19874.8 km131310.374.813.0downtown people mover, LIM technologyright1987yes
44 DnepropetrovskDnipropetrovskUkraine29 Dec 19957.1 km6611.187.16.011 mio.1,549,0002007
45 DortmundGermany17 May 197629.5 km373730.809.812.3rightyes
46 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates9 Sep 200939.7 km111113.6139.711.0metroright2009metro, monorailyesyes
47 DuesseldorfDüsseldorfGermany4 Oct 19819.6 km141420.684.87.0rightyes
48 DuisburgGermany11 Jul 199214.3 km131321.107.26.5rightyes
49 EdmontonCanada22 Apr 197813.1 km111111.1913.111.0right
50 EssenGermany5 Oct 196720.2 km272730.756.79.0rightyes
51 FrankfurtGermany4 Oct 196820.5 km312730.766.810.3rightyes
52 FukuokaJapan26 Jul 198129.8 km353430.889.911.7124 mio.4,161,0002007leftyes
53 GelsenkirchenGermany1 Sep 19845.5 km9910.615.59.0right
54 GenoaItaly13 Jun 19905.2 km7710.745.27.0rightyes
55 GlasgowUnited Kingdom14 Dec 189610.4 km151510.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,0002008left
56 GuadalajaraMexico1 Sep 198924.0 km292820.8612.014.5right
57 GuangzhouCantonChina28 Jun 1999148.5 km887951.8829.717.6601 mio.4,047,0002008rightyesyes
58 GwangjuSouth Korea28 Apr 200420.1 km202011.0120.120.017 mio.846,0002008
59 HaifaIsrael19591.8 km6610.291.86.0
60 HamburgGermany1 Mar 1912100.7 km978931.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,0002007right
61 HanoverGermany28 Sep 197518.6 km211731.096.27.0rightyes
62 HelsinkiFinland3 Aug 198221.0 km171711.2421.017.058 mio.2,762,0002008rightyes
63 HiroshimaJapan20 Aug 199418.4 km212110.8818.421.018 mio.978,0002005left
64 Hong KongChina1 Oct 1979188.1 km958292.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,0002008Disneyland Resort LineleftSI, WI lines, planned2005all underground stationsyesyes
65 IncheonInchonSouth Korea6 Oct 199929.5 km292911.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,0002008
66 IstanbulTurkey16 Sep 200015.0 km101011.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,0002008right
67 IzmirTurkey22 May 200011.5 km101011.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,0002005
68 JacksonvilleUSA30 May 19896.9 km6611.156.96.0downtown monorail people moverright1989
69 KamakuraJapan3 Mar 19706.6 km8810.826.68.0left
70 KaohsiungTaiwan9 Mar 200842.7 km373621.1921.418.530 mio.703,0002008MRT
71 KazanRussia27 Aug 20058.3 km6611.388.36.07 mio.843,0002007right
72 KharkovKharkivUkraine23 Aug 197535.3 km282531.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,0002007right
73 KievKyivUkraine22 Oct 196059.8 km464331.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,0002007right
74 KitakyushuJapan9 Jan 19858.8 km131310.688.813.0leftyes
75 KobeJapan13 Mar 197730.6 km262421.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,0002008Port Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyredleftPort Liner and Rokko Liner1981Port Liner and Rokko Lineryes
76 KolkataCalcuttaIndia24 Oct 198422.6 km212111.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,0002000right
77 Kryvyi RihKrivoy RogUkraine26 Dec 198618.0 km121211.5018.012.0
78 Kuala LumpurMalaysia16 Dec 199664.0 km605631.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,0002008LRTleft1996KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stationsyes
79 KyotoJapan1 Apr 198131.3 km323121.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,0002008leftTozai lineyes
80 Las VegasUSA15 Jul 20046.2 km7710.896.27.0monorailright2004
81 LausanneSwitzerland24 May 199113.7 km292820.496.814.5line m2line m22008yes
82 LilleFrance25 Apr 198345.5 km626020.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,0002004VALrightyes1983VAL, all stationsyes
83 LimaPeru13 Jan 200310.0 km6611.6710.06.0
84 LisbonPortugal29 Dec 195941.0 km524640.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,0002007leftyes
85 LondonUnited Kingdom10 Jan 1863408.0 km268268111.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,0002007Docklands Light Railleft1987Jubilee Line extensionyes (DLR)
86 Los AngelesUSA30 Jan 199359.3 km303031.9819.810.045 mio.759,0002008rightyes
87 LudwigshafenGermany29 May 19694.0 km111100.36right
88 LyonFrance28 Apr 197830.7 km433940.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,0002004line D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDsleftyes1991
89 MadridSpain17 Oct 1919284.0 km281231131.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,0002008leftyesyes
90 ManilaPhilippines1 Dec 198445.7 km423931.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,0002008yesyes
91 MaracaiboVenezuela8 Jun 20096.5 km6611.086.56.0yes
92 MarseilleFrance26 Nov 197719.3 km262420.809.613.058 mio.3,005,0002004rightyes
93 MedellinMedellínColombia30 Nov 199528.8 km262521.1514.413.0155 mio.5,382,0002008
94 Mexico CityMexico5 Sep 1969201.7 km175147111.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,0002008rightyes
95 MiamiUSA21 May 198436.0 km222211.6436.022.019 mio.528,0002008downtown people mover, rubber-tyredrightDowntown people mover1986yes
96 MilanItaly1 Nov 196474.6 km888430.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,0002007rightyesyes
97 MinskBelarus26 Jun 198430.3 km252421.2615.112.5262 mio.8,647,0002007right
98 MonterreyMexico25 Apr 199131.5 km323121.0215.816.0rightyes
99 MontrealMontréalCanada14 Oct 196669.2 km736841.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,0002006rightyes
100 MoscowRussia15 May 1935298.8 km180144122.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,0002008right
101 MulheimMülheimGermany3 Nov 19799.0 km131220.754.56.5right
102 MumbaiBombayIndia171.0 km737352.3434.214.6
103 MunichGermany19 Oct 197192.5 km1009460.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,0002008rightyes
104 NagoyaJapan15 Nov 195789.0 km938241.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,0002008Tobu Kyuryo maglev lineleft2005Tobu Kyuryo maglev lineyes
105 NahaJapan10 Aug 200312.8 km151510.8512.815.0left
106 NanjingChina27 Aug 200521.7 km161611.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,0002008right
107 NaplesItaly28 Mar 199331.8 km302831.1410.610.029 mio.912,0002006left
108 New YorkNew York CityUSA27 Oct 1904368.0 km468422270.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,0002008rightplanned for new Second Avenue Lineyes
109 NewarkUSA26 May 19352.2 km4410.552.24.0right
110 NewcastleUnited Kingdom7 Aug 198076.5 km615021.5338.330.538 mio.497,0002006left
111 Nizhny NovgorodGorkyRussia20 Nov 198515.5 km141321.197.87.033 mio.2,129,0002007right
112 NovosibirskRussia7 Jan 198614.3 km131221.197.26.570 mio.4,895,0002007right
113 NurembergGermany1 Mar 197234.6 km464430.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,0001997lines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trainsright2008yes
114 OportoPortoPortugal7 Dec 200221.7 km151421.5510.97.5rightyesyes
115 OsakaJapan20 May 1933137.8 km13310491.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,0002008Nanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyredleftNanko Port Town Line1981all stations on the Nanko Port Town Lineyes
116 OsloNorway22 May 196662.0 km727250.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,0002005rightyes
117 Palma de MallorcaSpain25 Apr 20078.3 km9910.928.39.0
118 ParisFrance19 Jul 1900213.0 km380300160.7113.323.81473 mio.6,915,0002008line 14/Météor, rubber-tyredright (metro), left (RER)lines 1, 4, 6, 11, 141998all stations on line 14, under construction on line 13lines 1, 14
119 PerugiaItaly29 Jan 20083.0 km7710.433.07.0
120 PhiladelphiaUSA4 Mar 190762.0 km666231.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,0002008rightyes
121 PittsburghUSA3 Jul 19851.5 km3310.481.53.0right
122 Porto AlegreBrazil2 Mar 198533.8 km171711.9933.817.0right
123 PoznanPoland1 Mar 19976.1 km6611.026.16.0
124 PragueCzech Republic9 May 197459.1 km575431.0919.719.0597 mio.10,102,0002008rightyes
125 PyongyangNorth Korea6 Sep 197322.5 km161521.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,0002006
126 RecifeBrazil11 Mar 198539.7 km302821.4219.915.0right
127 RennesFrance16 Mar 20029.0 km151510.609.015.023 mio.2,556,0002004VALrightyes2002VALyes
128 Rio de JaneiroBrazil5 Mar 197942.0 km343421.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,0002006rightyes
129 RomeItaly10 Feb 195539.0 km494820.8119.524.5331 mio.8,487,0002008leftyesyes
130 RotterdamNetherlands10 Feb 196847.0 km383721.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,0002006right
131 RouenFrance17 Dec 19942.2 km5510.442.25.0
132 Saint LouisUSA31 Jul 199373.4 km373721.9836.718.5right
133 Saint PetersburgLeningradRussia15 Nov 1955110.2 km635552.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,0002007rightwindowless steel doors in ten stations
134 SamaraRussia26 Dec 198710.2 km9911.1310.29.012 mio.1,176,0002007right
135 San FranciscoUSA11 Sep 1972166.9 km434353.8833.48.6100 mio.599,0002007rightyes
136 San JuanPuerto Rico6 Jun 200517.2 km161611.0817.216.09 mio.523,0002008
137 SantiagoSantiago de ChileChile15 Sep 197583.0 km938650.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,0002008rightyes
138 Santo DomingoDominican Republic30 Jan 200914.5 km161610.9114.516.0
139 Sao PauloBrazil14 Sep 197461.3 km585541.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,0002008rightlines 4, 5, and regional rail
140 SapporoJapan16 Dec 197148.0 km494631.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,0002008leftyes
141 SeattleUSA18 Jul 200922.2 km121211.8522.212.0rightyes
142 SendaiJapan15 Jul 198714.8 km171710.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,0002008leftyes
143 SeoulSouth Korea15 Aug 1974286.9 km348298100.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,0002008rightlines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010yesyes
144 SevilleSevillaSpain2 Apr 200918.0 km212110.8618.021.0Line 1
145 ShanghaiChina10 Apr 1995334.0 km230194101.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,0002008rightnewer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stationsyes
146 ShenyangMukdenChina23 Sep 200922.2 km181811.2322.218.0right
147 ShenzhenChina28 Dec 200425.3 km232221.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,0002005rightyesyes
148 SingaporeSingapore7 Nov 1987118.9 km766941.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,0002007North-East MTR line and 3 rubber-tyred LRT linesleftLRT lines2003yesyes
149 SofiaBulgaria28 Jan 199818.0 km141411.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,0002008right
150 StockholmSweden1 Oct 1950105.7 km10410031.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,0002007left
151 StuttgartGermany10 Jun 196624.0 km191721.4112.09.5rightyes
152 SydneyAustralia192622.1 km141431.587.44.7leftyes
153 TaipeiTaiwan28 Mar 199690.6 km858081.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,0002008Muzha line, VALrightyes1996Muzha line VAL MRTyesyes
154 TamaJapan27 Nov 199816.0 km191910.8416.019.0leftyes
155 TashkentUzbekistan6 Nov 197736.2 km292631.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,0002007right
156 TbilisiGeorgia11 Jan 196626.3 km222121.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,0002007right
157 TehranIran21 Feb 200050.5 km474431.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,0002007yes
158 The HagueNetherlands16 Oct 200427.9 km303030.939.310.0right
159 TianjinChina28 Mar 200472.0 km373721.9536.018.515 mio.208,0001993rightplatform gate doorsyes
160 TokyoJapan30 Dec 1927304.5 km290205131.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,0002008Yurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyredleftYurikamome line1995Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome linesyesyes
161 TorontoCanada30 Apr 195471.3 km746941.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,0002006rightyes
162 ToulouseFrance26 Jun 199327.5 km383720.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,0002004VALrightyes1993VALyes
163 TurinItaly4 Feb 20069.6 km141410.699.614.0VALrightyes2006VALyesyes
164 ValenciaVenezuela18 Oct 20066.2 km7710.896.27.018 mio.2,903,0002008
165 ValenciaSpain3 Oct 198831.8 km383730.8610.612.7
166 ValparaisoChile23 Nov 200543.0 km202012.1543.020.0right
167 VancouverCanada3 Jan 198669.5 km494731.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,0002008Skytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated systemright1986yesyes
168 ViennaAustria25 Feb 197869.8 km968450.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,0002008rightyesyes
169 VolgogradStalingradRussia5 Nov 19843.3 km2211.653.32.0
170 WarsawPoland7 Apr 199522.6 km212111.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,0002007right
171 WashingtonUSA27 Mar 1976171.2 km908651.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,0002008rightyes
172 WuhanChina28 Sep 200410.2 km101011.0210.210.0right
173 WuppertalGermany1 Mar 190113.3 km202010.6713.320.0right
174 YekaterinburgEkaterinburgRussia26 Apr 19918.5 km7711.218.57.046 mio.5,412,0002007right
175 YerevanErevanArmenia7 Mar 198112.1 km101011.2112.110.017 mio.1,405,0002007right
176 YokohamaJapan16 Dec 197257.6 km484531.2819.216.0198 mio.3,438,0002008Kanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyredleftKanazawa 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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