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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 Santo DomingoDominican RepublicMetro30 Jan 200914.5 km161610.9114.516.0
2 PoznanPoland1 Mar 19976.1 km6611.026.16.0
3 ValenciaVenezuelaMetro18 Oct 20066.2 km7710.896.27.02,903,0002008
4 San JuanPuerto RicoTren Urbano6 Jun 200517.2 km161611.0817.216.0523,0002008
5 KazanRussiaMetro27 Aug 20058.3 km6611.388.36.0843,0002007right
6 PerugiaItalyMinimetro29 Jan 20083.0 km7710.433.07.0
7 AdanaTurkey18 Mar 20098.0 km8811.008.08.0
8 The HagueNetherlandsRandstadRail16 Oct 200427.9 km303030.939.310.0right
9 ValparaisoChileMetro23 Nov 200543.0 km202012.1543.020.0right
10 ShenyangMukdenChinaMetro23 Sep 200922.2 km181811.2322.218.0right
11 Palma de MallorcaSpainMetro25 Apr 20078.3 km9910.928.39.0
12 KaohsiungTaiwanMRT9 Mar 200842.7 km373621.1921.418.5703,0002008MRT
13 DalianChinaMetro1 May 200349.0 km121214.0849.012.0right
14 NanjingChinaMetro27 Aug 200521.7 km161611.3621.716.04,700,0002008right
15 SevilleSevillaSpainMetro2 Apr 200918.0 km212110.8618.021.0Line 1
16 ChangchunChinaOct 200217.0 km161611.0617.016.0right
17 OsakaJapanSubway20 May 1933137.8 km13310491.3315.314.86,241,0002008leftNanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyredNanko Port Town Line1981all stations on the Nanko Port Town Lineyes
18 EssenGermanyStadtbahn5 Oct 196720.2 km272730.756.79.0rightyes
19 BursaTurkey19 Aug 200222.5 km232310.9822.523.0
20 JacksonvilleUSASkyway30 May 19896.9 km6611.156.96.0rightdowntown monorail people mover1989
21 AmsterdamNetherlandsMetro16 Oct 197732.7 km333340.998.28.32,783,0002002right
22 Saint PetersburgLeningradRussiaMetro15 Nov 1955110.2 km635552.0022.012.67,550,0002007rightwindowless steel doors in ten stations
23 DnepropetrovskDnipropetrovskUkraineMetro29 Dec 19957.1 km6611.187.16.01,549,0002007
24 YerevanErevanArmeniaMetro7 Mar 198112.1 km101011.2112.110.01,405,0002007right
25 NewarkUSASubway26 May 19352.2 km4410.552.24.0right
26 HiroshimaJapanMonorail20 Aug 199418.4 km212110.8818.421.0978,0002005left
27 WarsawPolandMetro7 Apr 199522.6 km212111.0822.621.05,044,0002007right
28 NagoyaJapanSubway15 Nov 195789.0 km938241.0922.323.34,798,0002008leftTobu Kyuryo maglev line2005Tobu Kyuryo maglev lineyes
29 LausanneSwitzerlandMetro24 May 199113.7 km292820.496.814.5line m2line m22008yes
30 GwangjuSouth KoreaSubway28 Apr 200420.1 km202011.0120.120.0846,0002008
31 MontrealMontréalCanadaMetro14 Oct 196669.2 km736841.0217.318.33,165,0002006rightyes
32 ChibaJapanMonorail28 Mar 198815.5 km181820.867.89.0left
33 KolkataCalcuttaIndiaMetro Railway24 Oct 198422.6 km212111.0822.621.04,425,0002000right
34 SendaiJapanSubway15 Jul 198714.8 km171710.8714.817.03,919,0002008leftyes
35 GelsenkirchenGermanyStadtbahn1 Sep 19845.5 km9910.615.59.0right
36 ParisFranceMetro19 Jul 1900213.0 km380300160.7113.323.86,915,0002008right (metro), left (RER)line 14/Météor, rubber-tyredlines 1, 4, 6, 11, 141998all stations on line 14, under construction on line 13lines 1, 14
37 Mexico CityMexicoMetro5 Sep 1969201.7 km175147111.3718.315.97,238,0002008rightyes
38 NovosibirskRussiaMetro7 Jan 198614.3 km131221.197.26.54,895,0002007right
39 DuisburgGermanyStadtbahn11 Jul 199214.3 km131321.107.26.5rightyes
40 Buenos AiresArgentinaSubte1 Dec 191347.5 km766860.707.912.75,895,0002008leftyes
41 TashkentUzbekistanMetro6 Nov 197736.2 km292631.3912.19.71,961,0002007right
42 IstanbulTurkeyMetro16 Sep 200015.0 km101011.5015.010.04,533,0002008right
43 RouenFranceMetro17 Dec 19942.2 km5510.442.25.0
44 WuppertalGermanySchwebebahn1 Mar 190113.3 km202010.6713.320.0right
45 NaplesItalyMetro28 Mar 199331.8 km302831.1410.610.0912,0002006left
46 StockholmSwedenTunnelbana1 Oct 1950105.7 km10410031.0635.234.72,867,0002007left
47 LisbonPortugalMetro29 Dec 195941.0 km524640.8910.313.04,390,0002007leftyes
48 RecifeBrazilMetro11 Mar 198539.7 km302821.4219.915.0right
49 HanoverGermanyStadtbahn28 Sep 197518.6 km211731.096.27.0rightyes
50 MumbaiBombayIndiaSuburban Railway171.0 km737352.3434.214.6
51 ClevelandUSARapid Transit15 Mar 195531.0 km181811.7231.018.0194,0002008right
52 KyotoJapanSubway1 Apr 198131.3 km323121.0115.616.04,026,0002008leftTozai lineyes
53 BerlinGermanyU-Bahn18 Feb 1902147.4 km195173100.8514.719.53,033,0002008rightyes
54 GuadalajaraMexicoMetro1 Sep 198924.0 km292820.8612.014.5right
55 CharleroiBelgium21 Jun 197617.5 km202040.884.45.0
56 MinskBelarusMetro26 Jun 198430.3 km252421.2615.112.58,647,0002007right
57 SapporoJapanSubway16 Dec 197148.0 km494631.0416.016.34,354,0002008leftyes
58 KitakyushuJapanMonorail9 Jan 19858.8 km131310.688.813.0leftyes
59 OsloNorwayT-Bane22 May 196662.0 km727250.8612.414.41,032,0002005rightyes
60 FrankfurtGermanyU-Bahn4 Oct 196820.5 km312730.766.810.3rightyes
61 MarseilleFranceMetro26 Nov 197719.3 km262420.809.613.03,005,0002004rightyes
62 BusanSouth KoreaSubway19 Jul 198595.0 km928831.0831.730.72,705,0002008right
63 SamaraRussiaMetro26 Dec 198710.2 km9911.1310.29.01,176,0002007right
64 KamakuraJapanMonorail3 Mar 19706.6 km8810.826.68.0left
65 AnkaraTurkeyMetro30 Aug 199623.1 km232221.0511.611.54,892,0002007rightmetro line1997
66 NewcastleUnited KingdomTyne & Wear Metro7 Aug 198076.5 km615021.5338.330.5497,0002006left
67 DortmundGermanyStadtbahn17 May 197629.5 km373730.809.812.3rightyes
68 YokohamaJapanSubway16 Dec 197257.6 km484531.2819.216.03,438,0002008leftKanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyredKanazawa Seaside LRT1989Kanazawa Seaside LRT lineyes
69 LudwigshafenGermanyStadtbahn29 May 19694.0 km111100.36right
70 BucharestRomaniaMetro16 Nov 197967.7 km504341.5716.912.51,640,0001999right
71 NahaJapanMonorail10 Aug 200312.8 km151510.8512.815.0left
72 DaeguTaeguSouth KoreaSubway26 Nov 199753.9 km565520.9827.028.02,041,0002008
73 LilleFranceMetro25 Apr 198345.5 km626020.7622.831.01,626,0002004rightVALyes1983VAL, all stationsyes
74 BochumGermanyStadtbahn26 May 197921.5 km292720.8010.814.5right
75 PragueCzech RepublicMetro9 May 197459.1 km575431.0919.719.010,102,0002008rightyes
76 HaifaIsraelCarmelit19591.8 km6610.291.86.0
77 MoscowRussiaMetro15 May 1935298.8 km180144122.0724.915.08,611,0002008right
78 Kryvyi RihKrivoy RogUkraineMetrotram26 Dec 198618.0 km121211.5018.012.0
79 GenoaItalyMetro13 Jun 19905.2 km7710.745.27.0rightyes
80 CataniaItalyMetro27 Jun 19993.8 km6610.633.86.0right
81 SantiagoSantiago de ChileChileMetro15 Sep 197583.0 km938650.9716.618.67,735,0002008rightyes
82 KharkovKharkivUkraineMetro23 Aug 197535.3 km282531.4111.89.37,875,0002007right
83 NurembergGermanyU-Bahn1 Mar 197234.6 km464430.7911.515.32,659,0001997rightlines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains2008yes
84 EdmontonCanadaLight Rail22 Apr 197813.1 km111111.1913.111.0right
85 BuffaloUSAMetro Rail18 May 19858.4 km8811.048.48.0right
86 TbilisiGeorgiaMetro11 Jan 196626.3 km222121.2513.111.03,498,0002007right
87 IzmirTurkeyMetro22 May 200011.5 km101011.1511.510.02,609,0002005
88 Saint LouisUSAMetrolink31 Jul 199373.4 km373721.9836.718.5right
89 YekaterinburgEkaterinburgRussiaMetro26 Apr 19918.5 km7711.218.57.05,412,0002007right
90 BrasiliaBrazilMetro31 Mar 200142.0 km232311.8342.023.0381,0002002right
91 StuttgartGermanyStadtbahn10 Jun 196624.0 km191721.4112.09.5rightyes
92 LondonUnited KingdomUnderground10 Jan 1863408.0 km268268111.5237.124.42,934,0002007leftDocklands Light Rail1987Jubilee Line extensionyes (DLR)
93 RennesFranceMetro16 Mar 20029.0 km151510.609.015.02,556,0002004rightVALyes2002VALyes
94 HelsinkiFinlandMetro3 Aug 198221.0 km171711.2421.017.02,762,0002008rightyes
95 VolgogradStalingradRussiaMetro5 Nov 19843.3 km2211.653.32.0
96 MunichGermanyU-Bahn19 Oct 197192.5 km1009460.9815.416.73,773,0002008rightyes
97 Las VegasUSAMonorail15 Jul 20046.2 km7710.896.27.0rightmonorail2004
98 BielefeldGermanyStadtbahn21 Sep 19715.2 km7740.741.31.8right
99 Porto AlegreBrazilMetro2 Mar 198533.8 km171711.9933.817.0right
100 ChennaiMadrasIndiaMRTS19 Oct 199727.0 km171711.5927.017.0
101 ValenciaSpainMetro3 Oct 198831.8 km383730.8610.612.7
102 MonterreyMexicoMetro25 Apr 199131.5 km323121.0215.816.0rightyes
103 KobeJapanSubway13 Mar 197730.6 km262421.2815.313.03,954,0002008leftPort Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyredPort Liner and Rokko Liner1981Port Liner and Rokko Lineryes
104 FukuokaJapanSubway26 Jul 198129.8 km353430.889.911.74,161,0002007leftyes
105 MedellinMedellínColombiaMetro30 Nov 199528.8 km262521.1514.413.05,382,0002008
106 AntwerpBelgiumPremetro25 Mar 19757.6 km111120.693.85.5
107 Nizhny NovgorodGorkyRussiaMetro20 Nov 198515.5 km141321.197.87.02,129,0002007right
108 DuesseldorfDüsseldorfGermanyStadtbahn4 Oct 19819.6 km141420.684.87.0rightyes
109 LyonFranceMetro28 Apr 197830.7 km433940.797.710.85,928,0002004leftline D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDsyes1991
110 BudapestHungaryMetro2 May 189633.0 km424030.8311.014.09,000,0002008right
111 TamaJapanMonorail27 Nov 199816.0 km191910.8416.019.0leftyes
112 IncheonInchonSouth KoreaSubway6 Oct 199929.5 km292911.0229.529.02,475,0002008
113 RotterdamNetherlandsMetro10 Feb 196847.0 km383721.2723.519.01,809,0002006right
114 DaejeonTaejonSouth KoreaSubway16 Mar 200622.6 km222211.0322.622.01,283,0002008
115 WuhanChinaMetro28 Sep 200410.2 km101011.0210.210.0right
116 BonnGermanyStadtbahn22 Mar 19759.0 km121210.759.012.0right
117 SofiaBulgariaMetro28 Jan 199818.0 km141411.2918.014.02,833,0002008right
118 LimaPeruTren Urbano13 Jan 200310.0 km6611.6710.06.0
119 PyongyangNorth KoreaMetro6 Sep 197322.5 km161521.5011.38.01,556,0002006
120 HamburgGermanyU-Bahn1 Mar 1912100.7 km978931.1333.632.31,827,0002007right
121 MulheimMülheimGermanyStadtbahn3 Nov 19799.0 km131220.754.56.5right
122 Belo HorizonteBrazilMetro1 Aug 198628.1 km191911.4828.119.0right
123 GlasgowUnited KingdomSubway14 Dec 189610.4 km151510.6910.415.01,442,0002008left
124 PittsburghUSAThe T3 Jul 19851.5 km3310.481.53.0right
125 ToulouseFranceMetro26 Jun 199327.5 km383720.7413.819.01,527,0002004rightVALyes1993VALyes
126 BakuAzerbaijanMetro6 Nov 196732.9 km222121.5616.411.05,356,0002007right
127 KievKyivUkraineMetro22 Oct 196059.8 km464331.3919.915.310,736,0002007right
128 CairoEgyptMetro27 Sep 198765.5 km555321.2432.827.510,687,0002002left5 stns
129 CopenhagenDenmarkMetro19 Oct 200221.0 km222220.9510.511.01,762,0002002rightall metro lines2002all underground stationsall metro and S-Tog trainsyes
130 BrusselsBelgiumMetro20 Sep 197632.2 km615930.5510.720.34,224,0002008rightline 1B
131 Sao PauloBrazilMetro14 Sep 197461.3 km585541.1115.314.511,158,0002008rightlines 4, 5, and regional rail
132 CologneGermanyStadtbahn11 Oct 196845.0 km5151150.883.03.4rightnew light rail trains onlyyes
133 BeijingChinaSubway1 Oct 1969227.6 km14712591.8225.316.35,274,0002008rightPGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10recentlyall lines
134 MaracaiboVenezuelaMetro8 Jun 20096.5 km6611.086.56.0yes
135 TehranIranMetro21 Feb 200050.5 km474431.1516.815.76,990,0002007yes
136 SydneyAustraliaCityrail192622.1 km141431.587.44.7leftyes
137 Los AngelesUSAMetro Rail30 Jan 199359.3 km303031.9819.810.0759,0002008rightyes
138 Rio de JaneiroBrazilMetro5 Mar 197942.0 km343421.2421.017.03,214,0002006rightyes
139 ShenzhenChinaMetro28 Dec 200425.3 km232221.1512.611.52,885,0002005rightyesyes
140 BilbaoSpainMetro11 Nov 199540.6 km383821.0720.319.02,118,0002008leftyesyes
141 BarcelonaSpainMetro30 Dec 1924110.5 km152128100.8611.115.23,421,0002008rightunder construction on lines 5, 11, planned for lines 9, 10yesyes
142 CaracasVenezuelaMetro27 Mar 198360.5 km504651.3212.110.08,430,0002008yes
143 TokyoJapanMetro30 Dec 1927304.5 km290205131.4923.422.310,424,0002008leftYurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyredYurikamome line1995Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome linesyesyes
144 AthensGreeceMetro195452.0 km524831.0817.317.36,250,0002007rightyesyes
145 MadridSpainMetro17 Oct 1919284.0 km281231131.2321.821.62,415,0002008leftyesyes
146 DelhiIndiaMetro24 Dec 200296.2 km838131.1932.127.73,224,0002008leftyes
147 BostonUSAThe T1 Sep 189760.5 km666031.0120.222.02,397,0002007rightyes
148 ViennaAustriaU-Bahn25 Feb 197869.8 km968450.8314.019.27,135,0002008rightyesyes
149 ShanghaiChinaMetro10 Apr 1995334.0 km230194101.7233.423.03,359,0002008rightnewer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stationsyes
150 OportoPortoPortugalMetro7 Dec 200221.7 km151421.5510.97.5rightyesyes
151 TurinItalyMetro4 Feb 20069.6 km141410.699.614.0rightVALyes2006VALyesyes
152 BaltimoreUSAMetro Subway21 Nov 198324.5 km141411.7524.514.0571,0002008rightyes
153 TaipeiTaiwanMRT28 Mar 199690.6 km858081.1311.310.64,967,0002008rightMuzha line, VALyes1996Muzha line VAL MRTyesyes
154 RomeItalyMetro10 Feb 195539.0 km494820.8119.524.58,487,0002008leftyesyes
155 Hong KongChinaMTR1 Oct 1979188.1 km958292.2920.910.66,959,0002008leftDisneyland Resort LineSI, WI lines, planned2005all underground stationsyesyes
156 WashingtonUSAMetrorail27 Mar 1976171.2 km908651.9934.218.01,256,0002008rightyes
157 SingaporeSingaporeMRT7 Nov 1987118.9 km766941.7229.719.04,802,0002007leftNorth-East MTR line and 3 rubber-tyred LRT linesLRT lines2003yesyes
158 ChicagoUSA"L"6 Jun 1892166.0 km15114481.1520.818.91,193,0002008rightyes
159 SeoulSouth KoreaSubway15 Aug 1974286.9 km348298100.9628.734.87,138,0002008rightlines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010yesyes
160 PhiladelphiaUSASubway4 Mar 190762.0 km666231.0020.722.01,081,0002008rightyes
161 TorontoCanadaSubway30 Apr 195471.3 km746941.0317.818.53,899,0002006rightyes
162 MiamiUSAMetrorail21 May 198436.0 km222211.6436.022.0528,0002008rightdowntown people mover, rubber-tyredDowntown people mover1986yes
163 AtlantaUSAMARTA30 Jun 197979.2 km393822.0839.619.5429,0001994rightyes
164 ManilaPhilippinesMRT1 Dec 198445.7 km423931.1715.214.07,571,0002008yesyes
165 DetroitUSAPeople MoverJul 19874.8 km131310.374.813.0rightdowntown people mover, LIM technology1987yes
166 New YorkNew York CityUSASubway27 Oct 1904368.0 km468422270.8713.617.34,413,0002008rightplanned for new Second Avenue Lineyes
167 GuangzhouCantonChinaMetro28 Jun 1999148.5 km887951.8829.717.64,047,0002008rightyesyes
168 BangkokThailandSkytrain, MRT5 Dec 199946.3 km444031.1615.414.74,449,0002007leftGreen line1999Green line, Blue lineyes
169 SeattleUSALight Rail18 Jul 200922.2 km121211.8522.212.0rightyes
170 DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesMetro9 Sep 200939.7 km111113.6139.711.0rightmetro2009metro, monorailyesyes
171 TianjinChinaMetro28 Mar 200472.0 km373721.9536.018.5208,0001993rightplatform gate doorsyes
172 San FranciscoUSABART11 Sep 1972166.9 km434353.8833.48.6599,0002007rightyes
173 ChongqingChinaMonorail18 Jun 200519.5 km181811.0819.518.0rightThe three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDsyesyes
174 VancouverCanadaSky Train3 Jan 198669.5 km494731.4823.216.31,065,0002008rightSkytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system1986yesyes
175 Kuala LumpurMalaysia16 Dec 199664.0 km605631.1421.320.01,703,0002008leftLRT1996KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stationsyes
176 MilanItalyMetro1 Nov 196474.6 km888430.8924.929.34,397,0002007rightyesyes


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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