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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 Sao PauloBrazilAmericaMetro61.3 km585541.1115.314.5684 mio.11,158,0002008rightlines 4, 5, and regional rail
2 KievUkraineEuropeMetro59.8 km464331.3919.915.3642 mio.10,736,0002007right
3 CairoEgyptAfricaMetro65.5 km555321.2432.827.5700 mio.10,687,0002002left5 stns
4 TokyoJapanAsiaMetro304.5 km290205131.4923.422.33174 mio.10,424,0002008leftYurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyredYurikamome line1995Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome linesyesyes
5 PragueCzech RepublicEuropeMetro59.1 km575431.0919.719.0597 mio.10,102,0002008rightyes
6 BudapestHungaryEuropeMetro33.0 km424030.8311.014.0297 mio.9,000,0002008right
7 MinskBelarusEuropeMetro30.3 km252421.2615.112.5262 mio.8,647,0002007right
8 MoscowRussiaEuropeMetro298.8 km180144122.0724.915.02573 mio.8,611,0002008right
9 RomeItalyEuropeMetro39.0 km494820.8119.524.5331 mio.8,487,0002008leftyesyes
10 CaracasVenezuelaAmericaMetro60.5 km504651.3212.110.0510 mio.8,430,0002008yes
11 KharkovUkraineEuropeMetro35.3 km282531.4111.89.3278 mio.7,875,0002007right
12 SantiagoChileAmericaMetro83.0 km938650.9716.618.6642 mio.7,735,0002008rightyes
13 ManilaPhilippinesAsiaMRT45.7 km423931.1715.214.0346 mio.7,571,0002008yesyes
14 Saint PetersburgRussiaEuropeMetro110.2 km635552.0022.012.6832 mio.7,550,0002007rightwindowless steel doors in ten stations
15 Mexico CityMexicoAmericaMetro201.7 km175147111.3718.315.91460 mio.7,238,0002008rightyes
16 SeoulSouth KoreaAsiaSubway286.9 km348298100.9628.734.82048 mio.7,138,0002008rightlines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010yesyes
17 ViennaAustriaEuropeU-Bahn69.8 km968450.8314.019.2498 mio.7,135,0002008rightyesyes
18 TehranIranAsiaMetro50.5 km474431.1516.815.7353 mio.6,990,0002007yes
19 Hong KongChinaAsiaMTR188.1 km958292.2920.910.61309 mio.6,959,0002008leftDisneyland Resort LineSI, WI lines, planned2005all underground stationsyesyes
20 ParisFranceEuropeMetro213.0 km380300160.7113.323.81473 mio.6,915,0002008right (metro), left (RER)line 14/Météor, rubber-tyredlines 1, 4, 6, 11, 141998all stations on line 14, under construction on line 13lines 1, 14
21 AthensGreeceEuropeMetro52.0 km524831.0817.317.3325 mio.6,250,0002007rightyesyes
22 OsakaJapanAsiaSubway137.8 km13310491.3315.314.8860 mio.6,241,0002008leftNanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyredNanko Port Town Line1981all stations on the Nanko Port Town Lineyes
23 LyonFranceEuropeMetro30.7 km433940.797.710.8182 mio.5,928,0002004leftline D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDsyes1991
24 Buenos AiresArgentinaAmericaSubte47.5 km766860.707.912.7280 mio.5,895,0002008leftyes
25 YekaterinburgRussiaAsiaMetro8.5 km7711.218.57.046 mio.5,412,0002007right
26 MedellinColombiaAmericaMetro28.8 km262521.1514.413.0155 mio.5,382,0002008
27 BakuAzerbaijanAsiaMetro32.9 km222121.5616.411.0176 mio.5,356,0002007right
28 BeijingChinaAsiaSubway227.6 km14712591.8225.316.31200 mio.5,274,0002008rightPGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10recentlyall lines
29 WarsawPolandEuropeMetro22.6 km212111.0822.621.0114 mio.5,044,0002007right
30 TaipeiTaiwanAsiaMRT90.6 km858081.1311.310.6450 mio.4,967,0002008rightMuzha line, VALyes1996Muzha line VAL MRTyesyes
31 NovosibirskRussiaAsiaMetro14.3 km131221.197.26.570 mio.4,895,0002007right
32 AnkaraTurkeyAsiaMetro23.1 km232221.0511.611.5113 mio.4,892,0002007rightmetro line1997
33 SingaporeSingaporeAsiaMRT118.9 km766941.7229.719.0571 mio.4,802,0002007leftNorth-East MTR line and 3 rubber-tyred LRT linesLRT lines2003yesyes
34 NagoyaJapanAsiaSubway89.0 km938241.0922.323.3427 mio.4,798,0002008leftTobu Kyuryo maglev line2005Tobu Kyuryo maglev lineyes
35 NanjingChinaAsiaMetro21.7 km161611.3621.716.0102 mio.4,700,0002008right
36 IstanbulTurkeyEuropeMetro15.0 km101011.5015.010.068 mio.4,533,0002008right
37 BangkokThailandAsiaSkytrain, MRT46.3 km444031.1615.414.7206 mio.4,449,0002007leftGreen line1999Green line, Blue lineyes
38 KolkataIndiaAsiaMetro Railway22.6 km212111.0822.621.0100 mio.4,425,0002000right
39 New YorkUSAAmericaSubway368.0 km468422270.8713.617.31624 mio.4,413,0002008rightplanned for new Second Avenue Lineyes
40 MilanItalyEuropeMetro74.6 km888430.8924.929.3328 mio.4,397,0002007rightyesyes
41 LisbonPortugalEuropeMetro41.0 km524640.8910.313.0180 mio.4,390,0002007leftyes
42 SapporoJapanAsiaSubway48.0 km494631.0416.016.3209 mio.4,354,0002008leftyes
43 BrusselsBelgiumEuropeMetro32.2 km615930.5510.720.3136 mio.4,224,0002008rightline 1B
44 FukuokaJapanAsiaSubway29.8 km353430.889.911.7124 mio.4,161,0002007leftyes
45 GuangzhouChinaAsiaMetro148.5 km887951.8829.717.6601 mio.4,047,0002008rightyesyes
46 KyotoJapanAsiaSubway31.3 km323121.0115.616.0126 mio.4,026,0002008leftTozai lineyes
47 KobeJapanAsiaSubway30.6 km262421.2815.313.0121 mio.3,954,0002008leftPort Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyredPort Liner and Rokko Liner1981Port Liner and Rokko Lineryes
48 SendaiJapanAsiaSubway14.8 km171710.8714.817.058 mio.3,919,0002008leftyes
49 TorontoCanadaAmericaSubway71.3 km746941.0317.818.5278 mio.3,899,0002006rightyes
50 MunichGermanyEuropeU-Bahn92.5 km1009460.9815.416.7349 mio.3,773,0002008rightyes
51 TbilisiGeorgiaAsiaMetro26.3 km222121.2513.111.092 mio.3,498,0002007right
52 YokohamaJapanAsiaSubway57.6 km484531.2819.216.0198 mio.3,438,0002008leftKanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyredKanazawa Seaside LRT1989Kanazawa Seaside LRT lineyes
53 BarcelonaSpainEuropeMetro110.5 km152128100.8611.115.2378 mio.3,421,0002008rightunder construction on lines 5, 11, planned for lines 9, 10yesyes
54 ShanghaiChinaAsiaMetro334.0 km230194101.7233.423.01122 mio.3,359,0002008rightnewer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stationsyes
55 DelhiIndiaAsiaMetro96.2 km838131.1932.127.7310 mio.3,224,0002008leftyes
56 Rio de JaneiroBrazilAmericaMetro42.0 km343421.2421.017.0135 mio.3,214,0002006rightyes
57 MontrealCanadaAmericaMetro69.2 km736841.0217.318.3219 mio.3,165,0002006rightyes
58 BerlinGermanyEuropeU-Bahn147.4 km195173100.8514.719.5447 mio.3,033,0002008rightyes
59 MarseilleFranceEuropeMetro19.3 km262420.809.613.058 mio.3,005,0002004rightyes
60 LondonUnited KingdomEuropeUnderground408.0 km268268111.5237.124.41197 mio.2,934,0002007leftDocklands Light Rail1987Jubilee Line extensionyes (DLR)
61 ValenciaVenezuelaAmericaMetro6.2 km7710.896.27.018 mio.2,903,0002008
62 ShenzhenChinaAsiaMetro25.3 km232221.1512.611.573 mio.2,885,0002005rightyesyes
63 StockholmSwedenEuropeTunnelbana105.7 km10410031.0635.234.7303 mio.2,867,0002007left
64 SofiaBulgariaEuropeMetro18.0 km141411.2918.014.051 mio.2,833,0002008right
65 AmsterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro32.7 km333340.998.28.391 mio.2,783,0002002right
66 HelsinkiFinlandEuropeMetro21.0 km171711.2421.017.058 mio.2,762,0002008rightyes
67 BusanSouth KoreaAsiaSubway95.0 km928831.0831.730.7257 mio.2,705,0002008right
68 NurembergGermanyEuropeU-Bahn34.6 km464430.7911.515.392 mio.2,659,0001997rightlines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains2008yes
69 IzmirTurkeyAsiaMetro11.5 km101011.1511.510.030 mio.2,609,0002005
70 RennesFranceEuropeMetro9.0 km151510.609.015.023 mio.2,556,0002004rightVALyes2002VALyes
71 IncheonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway29.5 km292911.0229.529.073 mio.2,475,0002008
72 MadridSpainEuropeMetro284.0 km281231131.2321.821.6686 mio.2,415,0002008leftyesyes
73 BostonUSAAmericaThe T60.5 km666031.0120.222.0145 mio.2,397,0002007rightyes
74 Nizhny NovgorodRussiaEuropeMetro15.5 km141321.197.87.033 mio.2,129,0002007right
75 BilbaoSpainEuropeMetro40.6 km383821.0720.319.086 mio.2,118,0002008leftyesyes
76 DaeguSouth KoreaAsiaSubway53.9 km565520.9827.028.0110 mio.2,041,0002008
77 TashkentUzbekistanAsiaMetro36.2 km292631.3912.19.771 mio.1,961,0002007right
78 HamburgGermanyEuropeU-Bahn100.7 km978931.1333.632.3184 mio.1,827,0002007right
79 RotterdamNetherlandsEuropeMetro47.0 km383721.2723.519.085 mio.1,809,0002006right
80 CopenhagenDenmarkEuropeMetro21.0 km222220.9510.511.037 mio.1,762,0002002rightall metro lines2002all underground stationsall metro and S-Tog trainsyes
81 Kuala LumpurMalaysiaAsia64.0 km605631.1421.320.0109 mio.1,703,0002008leftLRT1996KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stationsyes
82 BucharestRomaniaEuropeMetro67.7 km504341.5716.912.5111 mio.1,640,0001999right
83 LilleFranceEuropeMetro45.5 km626020.7622.831.074 mio.1,626,0002004rightVALyes1983VAL, all stationsyes
84 PyongyangNorth KoreaAsiaMetro22.5 km161521.5011.38.035 mio.1,556,0002006
85 DnepropetrovskUkraineEuropeMetro7.1 km6611.187.16.011 mio.1,549,0002007
86 ToulouseFranceEuropeMetro27.5 km383720.7413.819.042 mio.1,527,0002004rightVALyes1993VALyes
87 GlasgowUnited KingdomEuropeSubway10.4 km151510.6910.415.015 mio.1,442,0002008left
88 YerevanArmeniaAsiaMetro12.1 km101011.2112.110.017 mio.1,405,0002007right
89 DaejeonSouth KoreaAsiaSubway22.6 km222211.0322.622.029 mio.1,283,0002008
90 WashingtonUSAAmericaMetrorail171.2 km908651.9934.218.0215 mio.1,256,0002008rightyes
91 ChicagoUSAAmerica"L"166.0 km15114481.1520.818.9198 mio.1,193,0002008rightyes
92 SamaraRussiaEuropeMetro10.2 km9911.1310.29.012 mio.1,176,0002007right
93 PhiladelphiaUSAAmericaSubway62.0 km666231.0020.722.067 mio.1,081,0002008rightyes
94 VancouverCanadaAmericaSky Train69.5 km494731.4823.216.374 mio.1,065,0002008rightSkytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system1986yesyes
95 OsloNorwayEuropeT-Bane62.0 km727250.8612.414.464 mio.1,032,0002005rightyes
96 HiroshimaJapanAsiaMonorail18.4 km212110.8818.421.018 mio.978,0002005left
97 NaplesItalyEuropeMetro31.8 km302831.1410.610.029 mio.912,0002006left
98 GwangjuSouth KoreaAsiaSubway20.1 km202011.0120.120.017 mio.846,0002008
99 KazanRussiaEuropeMetro8.3 km6611.388.36.07 mio.843,0002007right
100 Los AngelesUSAAmericaMetro Rail59.3 km303031.9819.810.045 mio.759,0002008rightyes
101 KaohsiungTaiwanAsiaMRT42.7 km373621.1921.418.530 mio.703,0002008MRT
102 San FranciscoUSAAmericaBART166.9 km434353.8833.48.6100 mio.599,0002007rightyes
103 BaltimoreUSAAmericaMetro Subway24.5 km141411.7524.514.014 mio.571,0002008rightyes
104 MiamiUSAAmericaMetrorail36.0 km222211.6436.022.019 mio.528,0002008rightdowntown people mover, rubber-tyredDowntown people mover1986yes
105 San JuanPuerto RicoAmericaTren Urbano17.2 km161611.0817.216.09 mio.523,0002008
106 NewcastleUnited KingdomEuropeTyne & Wear Metro76.5 km615021.5338.330.538 mio.497,0002006left
107 AtlantaUSAAmericaMARTA79.2 km393822.0839.619.534 mio.429,0001994rightyes
108 BrasiliaBrazilAmericaMetro42.0 km232311.8342.023.016 mio.381,0002002right
109 TianjinChinaAsiaMetro72.0 km373721.9536.018.515 mio.208,0001993rightplatform gate doorsyes
110 ClevelandUSAAmericaRapid Transit31.0 km181811.7231.018.06 mio.194,0002008right
111 EssenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn20.2 km272730.756.79.0rightyes
112 Santo DomingoDominican RepublicAmericaMetro14.5 km161610.9114.516.0
113 BursaTurkeyAsia22.5 km232310.9822.523.0
114 MaracaiboVenezuelaAmericaMetro6.5 km6611.086.56.0yes
115 JacksonvilleUSAAmericaSkyway6.9 km6611.156.96.0rightdowntown monorail people mover1989
116 NewarkUSAAmericaSubway2.2 km4410.552.24.0right
117 SydneyAustraliaOceaniaCityrail22.1 km141431.587.44.7leftyes
118 LausanneSwitzerlandEuropeMetro13.7 km292820.496.814.5line m2line m22008yes
119 PoznanPolandEurope6.1 km6611.026.16.0
120 ChibaJapanAsiaMonorail15.5 km181820.867.89.0left
121 GelsenkirchenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.5 km9910.615.59.0right
122 DuisburgGermanyEuropeStadtbahn14.3 km131321.107.26.5rightyes
123 PerugiaItalyEuropeMinimetro3.0 km7710.433.07.0
124 RouenFranceEuropeMetro2.2 km5510.442.25.0
125 WuppertalGermanyEuropeSchwebebahn13.3 km202010.6713.320.0right
126 HanoverGermanyEuropeStadtbahn18.6 km211731.096.27.0rightyes
127 RecifeBrazilAmericaMetro39.7 km302821.4219.915.0right
128 MumbaiIndiaAsiaSuburban Railway171.0 km737352.3434.214.6
129 OportoPortugalEuropeMetro21.7 km151421.5510.97.5rightyesyes
130 GuadalajaraMexicoAmericaMetro24.0 km292820.8612.014.5right
131 CharleroiBelgiumEurope17.5 km202040.884.45.0
132 TurinItalyEuropeMetro9.6 km141410.699.614.0rightVALyes2006VALyesyes
133 KitakyushuJapanAsiaMonorail8.8 km131310.688.813.0leftyes
134 FrankfurtGermanyEuropeU-Bahn20.5 km312730.766.810.3rightyes
135 AdanaTurkeyAsia8.0 km8811.008.08.0
136 The HagueNetherlandsEuropeRandstadRail27.9 km303030.939.310.0right
137 KamakuraJapanAsiaMonorail6.6 km8810.826.68.0left
138 DortmundGermanyEuropeStadtbahn29.5 km373730.809.812.3rightyes
139 LudwigshafenGermanyEuropeStadtbahn4.0 km111100.36right
140 NahaJapanAsiaMonorail12.8 km151510.8512.815.0left
141 BochumGermanyEuropeStadtbahn21.5 km292720.8010.814.5right
142 HaifaIsraelAsiaCarmelit1.8 km6610.291.86.0
143 ValparaisoChileAmericaMetro43.0 km202012.1543.020.0right
144 Kryvyi RihUkraineEuropeMetrotram18.0 km121211.5018.012.0
145 GenoaItalyEuropeMetro5.2 km7710.745.27.0rightyes
146 CataniaItalyEuropeMetro3.8 km6610.633.86.0right
147 EdmontonCanadaAmericaLight Rail13.1 km111111.1913.111.0right
148 BuffaloUSAAmericaMetro Rail8.4 km8811.048.48.0right
149 Saint LouisUSAAmericaMetrolink73.4 km373721.9836.718.5right
150 DetroitUSAAmericaPeople Mover4.8 km131310.374.813.0rightdowntown people mover, LIM technology1987yes
151 StuttgartGermanyEuropeStadtbahn24.0 km191721.4112.09.5rightyes
152 CologneGermanyEuropeStadtbahn45.0 km5151150.883.03.4rightnew light rail trains onlyyes
153 VolgogradRussiaEuropeMetro3.3 km2211.653.32.0
154 BielefeldGermanyEuropeStadtbahn5.2 km7740.741.31.8right
155 ShenyangChinaAsiaMetro22.2 km181811.2322.218.0right
156 Las VegasUSAAmericaMonorail6.2 km7710.896.27.0rightmonorail2004
157 Porto AlegreBrazilAmericaMetro33.8 km171711.9933.817.0right
158 ValenciaSpainEuropeMetro31.8 km383730.8610.612.7
159 MonterreyMexicoAmericaMetro31.5 km323121.0215.816.0rightyes
160 ChennaiIndiaAsiaMRTS27.0 km171711.5927.017.0
161 SeattleUSAAmericaLight Rail22.2 km121211.8522.212.0rightyes
162 Palma de MallorcaSpainEuropeMetro8.3 km9910.928.39.0
163 DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesAsiaMetro39.7 km111113.6139.711.0rightmetro2009metro, monorailyesyes
164 AntwerpBelgiumEuropePremetro7.6 km111120.693.85.5
165 DuesseldorfGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.6 km141420.684.87.0rightyes
166 DalianChinaAsiaMetro49.0 km121214.0849.012.0right
167 TamaJapanAsiaMonorail16.0 km191910.8416.019.0leftyes
168 WuhanChinaAsiaMetro10.2 km101011.0210.210.0right
169 LimaPeruAmericaTren Urbano10.0 km6611.6710.06.0
170 BonnGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.0 km121210.759.012.0right
171 ChongqingChinaAsiaMonorail19.5 km181811.0819.518.0rightThe three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDsyesyes
172 MulheimGermanyEuropeStadtbahn9.0 km131220.754.56.5right
173 Belo HorizonteBrazilAmericaMetro28.1 km191911.4828.119.0right
174 SevilleSpainEuropeMetro18.0 km212110.8618.021.0Line 1
175 PittsburghUSAAmericaThe T1.5 km3310.481.53.0right
176 ChangchunChinaAsia17.0 km161611.0617.016.0right


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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