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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 20098811.008.08.0
2 AmsterdamNetherlandsMetro16 Oct 1977333340.998.28.391 mio.2,783,0002002right
3 AnkaraTurkeyMetro30 Aug 1996232221.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,0002007metro lineright1997
4 AntwerpBelgiumPremetro25 Mar 1975111120.693.85.5
5 AthensGreeceMetro1954524831.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,0002007rightyesyes
6 AtlantaUSAMARTA30 Jun 1979393822.0839.619.534 mio.429,0001994rightyes
7 BakuAzerbaijanMetro6 Nov 1967222121.5616.411.0176 mio.5,356,0002007right
8 BaltimoreUSAMetro Subway21 Nov 1983141411.7524.514.014 mio.571,0002008rightyes
9 BangkokThailandSkytrain, MRT5 Dec 1999444031.1615.414.7206 mio.4,449,0002007Green lineleft1999Green line, Blue lineyes
10 BarcelonaSpainMetro30 Dec 1924152128100.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,0002008rightunder construction on lines 5, 11, planned for lines 9, 10yesyes
11 BeijingChinaSubway1 Oct 196914712591.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,0002008rightPGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10recentlyall lines
12 Belo HorizonteBrazilMetro1 Aug 1986191911.4828.119.0right
13 BerlinGermanyU-Bahn18 Feb 1902195173100.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,0002008rightyes
14 BielefeldGermanyStadtbahn21 Sep 19717740.741.31.8right
15 BilbaoSpainMetro11 Nov 1995383821.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,0002008leftyesyes
16 BochumGermanyStadtbahn26 May 1979292720.8010.814.5right
17 BonnGermanyStadtbahn22 Mar 1975121210.759.012.0right
18 BostonUSAThe T1 Sep 1897666031.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,0002007rightyes
19 BrasiliaBrazilMetro31 Mar 2001232311.8342.023.016 mio.381,0002002right
20 BrusselsBelgiumMetro20 Sep 1976615930.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,0002008rightline 1B
21 BucharestRomaniaMetro16 Nov 1979504341.5716.912.5111 mio.1,640,0001999right
22 BudapestHungaryMetro2 May 1896424030.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,0002008right
23 Buenos AiresArgentinaSubte1 Dec 1913766860.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,0002008leftyes
24 BuffaloUSAMetro Rail18 May 19858811.048.48.0right
25 BursaTurkey19 Aug 2002232310.9822.523.0
26 BusanSouth KoreaSubway19 Jul 1985928831.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,0002008right
27 CairoEgyptMetro27 Sep 1987555321.2432.827.5700 mio.10,687,0002002left5 stns
28 CaracasVenezuelaMetro27 Mar 1983504651.3212.110.0510 mio.8,430,0002008yes
29 CataniaItalyMetro27 Jun 19996610.633.86.0right
30 ChangchunChinaOct 2002161611.0617.016.0right
31 CharleroiBelgium21 Jun 1976202040.884.45.0
32 ChennaiMadrasIndiaMRTS19 Oct 1997171711.5927.017.0
33 ChibaJapanMonorail28 Mar 1988181820.867.89.0left
34 ChicagoUSA"L"6 Jun 189215114481.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,0002008rightyes
35 ChongqingChinaMonorail18 Jun 2005181811.0819.518.0rightThe three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDsyesyes
36 ClevelandUSARapid Transit15 Mar 1955181811.7231.018.06 mio.194,0002008right
37 CologneGermanyStadtbahn11 Oct 19685151150.883.03.4rightnew light rail trains onlyyes
38 CopenhagenDenmarkMetro19 Oct 2002222220.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,0002002all metro linesright2002all underground stationsall metro and S-Tog trainsyes
39 DaeguTaeguSouth KoreaSubway26 Nov 1997565520.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,0002008
40 DaejeonTaejonSouth KoreaSubway16 Mar 2006222211.0322.622.029 mio.1,283,0002008
41 DalianChinaMetro1 May 2003121214.0849.012.0right
42 DelhiIndiaMetro24 Dec 2002838131.1932.127.7310 mio.3,224,0002008leftyes
43 DetroitUSAPeople MoverJul 1987131310.374.813.0downtown people mover, LIM technologyright1987yes
44 DnepropetrovskDnipropetrovskUkraineMetro29 Dec 19956611.187.16.011 mio.1,549,0002007
45 DortmundGermanyStadtbahn17 May 1976373730.809.812.3rightyes
46 DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesMetro9 Sep 2009111113.6139.711.0metroright2009metro, monorailyesyes
47 DuesseldorfDüsseldorfGermanyStadtbahn4 Oct 1981141420.684.87.0rightyes
48 DuisburgGermanyStadtbahn11 Jul 1992131321.107.26.5rightyes
49 EdmontonCanadaLight Rail22 Apr 1978111111.1913.111.0right
50 EssenGermanyStadtbahn5 Oct 1967272730.756.79.0rightyes
51 FrankfurtGermanyU-Bahn4 Oct 1968312730.766.810.3rightyes
52 FukuokaJapanSubway26 Jul 1981353430.889.911.7124 mio.4,161,0002007leftyes
53 GelsenkirchenGermanyStadtbahn1 Sep 19849910.615.59.0right
54 GenoaItalyMetro13 Jun 19907710.745.27.0rightyes
55 GlasgowUnited KingdomSubway14 Dec 1896151510.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,0002008left
56 GuadalajaraMexicoMetro1 Sep 1989292820.8612.014.5right
57 GuangzhouCantonChinaMetro28 Jun 1999887951.8829.717.6601 mio.4,047,0002008rightyesyes
58 GwangjuSouth KoreaSubway28 Apr 2004202011.0120.120.017 mio.846,0002008
59 HaifaIsraelCarmelit19596610.291.86.0
60 HamburgGermanyU-Bahn1 Mar 1912978931.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,0002007right
61 HanoverGermanyStadtbahn28 Sep 1975211731.096.27.0rightyes
62 HelsinkiFinlandMetro3 Aug 1982171711.2421.017.058 mio.2,762,0002008rightyes
63 HiroshimaJapanMonorail20 Aug 1994212110.8818.421.018 mio.978,0002005left
64 Hong KongChinaMTR1 Oct 1979958292.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,0002008Disneyland Resort LineleftSI, WI lines, planned2005all underground stationsyesyes
65 IncheonInchonSouth KoreaSubway6 Oct 1999292911.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,0002008
66 IstanbulTurkeyMetro16 Sep 2000101011.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,0002008right
67 IzmirTurkeyMetro22 May 2000101011.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,0002005
68 JacksonvilleUSASkyway30 May 19896611.156.96.0downtown monorail people moverright1989
69 KamakuraJapanMonorail3 Mar 19708810.826.68.0left
70 KaohsiungTaiwanMRT9 Mar 2008373621.1921.418.530 mio.703,0002008MRT
71 KazanRussiaMetro27 Aug 20056611.388.36.07 mio.843,0002007right
72 KharkovKharkivUkraineMetro23 Aug 1975282531.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,0002007right
73 KievKyivUkraineMetro22 Oct 1960464331.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,0002007right
74 KitakyushuJapanMonorail9 Jan 1985131310.688.813.0leftyes
75 KobeJapanSubway13 Mar 1977262421.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,0002008Port Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyredleftPort Liner and Rokko Liner1981Port Liner and Rokko Lineryes
76 KolkataCalcuttaIndiaMetro Railway24 Oct 1984212111.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,0002000right
77 Kryvyi RihKrivoy RogUkraineMetrotram26 Dec 1986121211.5018.012.0
78 Kuala LumpurMalaysia16 Dec 1996605631.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,0002008LRTleft1996KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stationsyes
79 KyotoJapanSubway1 Apr 1981323121.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,0002008leftTozai lineyes
80 Las VegasUSAMonorail15 Jul 20047710.896.27.0monorailright2004
81 LausanneSwitzerlandMetro24 May 1991292820.496.814.5line m2line m22008yes
82 LilleFranceMetro25 Apr 1983626020.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,0002004VALrightyes1983VAL, all stationsyes
83 LimaPeruTren Urbano13 Jan 20036611.6710.06.0
84 LisbonPortugalMetro29 Dec 1959524640.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,0002007leftyes
85 LondonUnited KingdomUnderground10 Jan 1863268268111.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,0002007Docklands Light Railleft1987Jubilee Line extensionyes (DLR)
86 Los AngelesUSAMetro Rail30 Jan 1993303031.9819.810.045 mio.759,0002008rightyes
87 LudwigshafenGermanyStadtbahn29 May 1969111100.36right
88 LyonFranceMetro28 Apr 1978433940.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,0002004line D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDsleftyes1991
89 MadridSpainMetro17 Oct 1919281231131.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,0002008leftyesyes
90 ManilaPhilippinesMRT1 Dec 1984423931.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,0002008yesyes
91 MaracaiboVenezuelaMetro8 Jun 20096611.086.56.0yes
92 MarseilleFranceMetro26 Nov 1977262420.809.613.058 mio.3,005,0002004rightyes
93 MedellinMedellínColombiaMetro30 Nov 1995262521.1514.413.0155 mio.5,382,0002008
94 Mexico CityMexicoMetro5 Sep 1969175147111.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,0002008rightyes
95 MiamiUSAMetrorail21 May 1984222211.6436.022.019 mio.528,0002008downtown people mover, rubber-tyredrightDowntown people mover1986yes
96 MilanItalyMetro1 Nov 1964888430.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,0002007rightyesyes
97 MinskBelarusMetro26 Jun 1984252421.2615.112.5262 mio.8,647,0002007right
98 MonterreyMexicoMetro25 Apr 1991323121.0215.816.0rightyes
99 MontrealMontréalCanadaMetro14 Oct 1966736841.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,0002006rightyes
100 MoscowRussiaMetro15 May 1935180144122.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,0002008right
101 MulheimMülheimGermanyStadtbahn3 Nov 1979131220.754.56.5right
102 MumbaiBombayIndiaSuburban Railway737352.3434.214.6
103 MunichGermanyU-Bahn19 Oct 19711009460.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,0002008rightyes
104 NagoyaJapanSubway15 Nov 1957938241.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,0002008Tobu Kyuryo maglev lineleft2005Tobu Kyuryo maglev lineyes
105 NahaJapanMonorail10 Aug 2003151510.8512.815.0left
106 NanjingChinaMetro27 Aug 2005161611.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,0002008right
107 NaplesItalyMetro28 Mar 1993302831.1410.610.029 mio.912,0002006left
108 New YorkNew York CityUSASubway27 Oct 1904468422270.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,0002008rightplanned for new Second Avenue Lineyes
109 NewarkUSASubway26 May 19354410.552.24.0right
110 NewcastleUnited KingdomTyne & Wear Metro7 Aug 1980615021.5338.330.538 mio.497,0002006left
111 Nizhny NovgorodGorkyRussiaMetro20 Nov 1985141321.197.87.033 mio.2,129,0002007right
112 NovosibirskRussiaMetro7 Jan 1986131221.197.26.570 mio.4,895,0002007right
113 NurembergGermanyU-Bahn1 Mar 1972464430.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,0001997lines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trainsright2008yes
114 OportoPortoPortugalMetro7 Dec 2002151421.5510.97.5rightyesyes
115 OsakaJapanSubway20 May 193313310491.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,0002008Nanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyredleftNanko Port Town Line1981all stations on the Nanko Port Town Lineyes
116 OsloNorwayT-Bane22 May 1966727250.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,0002005rightyes
117 Palma de MallorcaSpainMetro25 Apr 20079910.928.39.0
118 ParisFranceMetro19 Jul 1900380300160.7113.323.81473 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 PerugiaItalyMinimetro29 Jan 20087710.433.07.0
120 PhiladelphiaUSASubway4 Mar 1907666231.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,0002008rightyes
121 PittsburghUSAThe T3 Jul 19853310.481.53.0right
122 Porto AlegreBrazilMetro2 Mar 1985171711.9933.817.0right
123 PoznanPoland1 Mar 19976611.026.16.0
124 PragueCzech RepublicMetro9 May 1974575431.0919.719.0597 mio.10,102,0002008rightyes
125 PyongyangNorth KoreaMetro6 Sep 1973161521.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,0002006
126 RecifeBrazilMetro11 Mar 1985302821.4219.915.0right
127 RennesFranceMetro16 Mar 2002151510.609.015.023 mio.2,556,0002004VALrightyes2002VALyes
128 Rio de JaneiroBrazilMetro5 Mar 1979343421.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,0002006rightyes
129 RomeItalyMetro10 Feb 1955494820.8119.524.5331 mio.8,487,0002008leftyesyes
130 RotterdamNetherlandsMetro10 Feb 1968383721.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,0002006right
131 RouenFranceMetro17 Dec 19945510.442.25.0
132 Saint LouisUSAMetrolink31 Jul 1993373721.9836.718.5right
133 Saint PetersburgLeningradRussiaMetro15 Nov 1955635552.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,0002007rightwindowless steel doors in ten stations
134 SamaraRussiaMetro26 Dec 19879911.1310.29.012 mio.1,176,0002007right
135 San FranciscoUSABART11 Sep 1972434353.8833.48.6100 mio.599,0002007rightyes
136 San JuanPuerto RicoTren Urbano6 Jun 2005161611.0817.216.09 mio.523,0002008
137 SantiagoSantiago de ChileChileMetro15 Sep 1975938650.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,0002008rightyes
138 Santo DomingoDominican RepublicMetro30 Jan 2009161610.9114.516.0
139 Sao PauloBrazilMetro14 Sep 1974585541.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,0002008rightlines 4, 5, and regional rail
140 SapporoJapanSubway16 Dec 1971494631.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,0002008leftyes
141 SeattleUSALight Rail18 Jul 2009121211.8522.212.0rightyes
142 SendaiJapanSubway15 Jul 1987171710.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,0002008leftyes
143 SeoulSouth KoreaSubway15 Aug 1974348298100.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,0002008rightlines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010yesyes
144 SevilleSevillaSpainMetro2 Apr 2009212110.8618.021.0Line 1
145 ShanghaiChinaMetro10 Apr 1995230194101.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,0002008rightnewer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stationsyes
146 ShenyangMukdenChinaMetro23 Sep 2009181811.2322.218.0right
147 ShenzhenChinaMetro28 Dec 2004232221.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,0002005rightyesyes
148 SingaporeSingaporeMRT7 Nov 1987766941.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,0002007North-East MTR line and 3 rubber-tyred LRT linesleftLRT lines2003yesyes
149 SofiaBulgariaMetro28 Jan 1998141411.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,0002008right
150 StockholmSwedenTunnelbana1 Oct 195010410031.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,0002007left
151 StuttgartGermanyStadtbahn10 Jun 1966191721.4112.09.5rightyes
152 SydneyAustraliaCityrail1926141431.587.44.7leftyes
153 TaipeiTaiwanMRT28 Mar 1996858081.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,0002008Muzha line, VALrightyes1996Muzha line VAL MRTyesyes
154 TamaJapanMonorail27 Nov 1998191910.8416.019.0leftyes
155 TashkentUzbekistanMetro6 Nov 1977292631.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,0002007right
156 TbilisiGeorgiaMetro11 Jan 1966222121.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,0002007right
157 TehranIranMetro21 Feb 2000474431.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,0002007yes
158 The HagueNetherlandsRandstadRail16 Oct 2004303030.939.310.0right
159 TianjinChinaMetro28 Mar 2004373721.9536.018.515 mio.208,0001993rightplatform gate doorsyes
160 TokyoJapanMetro30 Dec 1927290205131.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,0002008Yurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyredleftYurikamome line1995Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome linesyesyes
161 TorontoCanadaSubway30 Apr 1954746941.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,0002006rightyes
162 ToulouseFranceMetro26 Jun 1993383720.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,0002004VALrightyes1993VALyes
163 TurinItalyMetro4 Feb 2006141410.699.614.0VALrightyes2006VALyesyes
164 ValenciaVenezuelaMetro18 Oct 20067710.896.27.018 mio.2,903,0002008
165 ValenciaSpainMetro3 Oct 1988383730.8610.612.7
166 ValparaisoChileMetro23 Nov 2005202012.1543.020.0right
167 VancouverCanadaSky Train3 Jan 1986494731.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,0002008Skytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated systemright1986yesyes
168 ViennaAustriaU-Bahn25 Feb 1978968450.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,0002008rightyesyes
169 VolgogradStalingradRussiaMetro5 Nov 19842211.653.32.0
170 WarsawPolandMetro7 Apr 1995212111.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,0002007right
171 WashingtonUSAMetrorail27 Mar 1976908651.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,0002008rightyes
172 WuhanChinaMetro28 Sep 2004101011.0210.210.0right
173 WuppertalGermanySchwebebahn1 Mar 1901202010.6713.320.0right
174 YekaterinburgEkaterinburgRussiaMetro26 Apr 19917711.218.57.046 mio.5,412,0002007right
175 YerevanErevanArmeniaMetro7 Mar 1981101011.2112.110.017 mio.1,405,0002007right
176 YokohamaJapanSubway16 Dec 1972484531.2819.216.0198 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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