List of metro systems

Here is an alphabetical listing of cities which have a metro (also called underground or subway) system. In this listing, the local names (if any apply) of the transport system are mentioned as well. Some systems that are called light rail, but are essentially a metro system, are also included. On the other hand, systems that are called "metro" but are really light rail, are not included here but in List of light-rail transit systems.

See also Monorail.

Table of contents

1 Europe excl. Caucasus 2 Asia incl. Caucasus 3 North America 4 South America 5 Africa 6 Oceania 7 Top 10 in terms of annual passenger rides 8 Top 5 in terms of number of stations 9 Earliest lines 10 External Link

Europe excl. Caucasus

• Amsterdam, the Netherlands 1977 (metro, operated by GVB); under construction North/South Line
• Antwerp, Belgium (metro, operated by http://www.delijn.be/)
• Athens, Greece (Αττικό Μετρό) - List of Attiko Metro stations)
• Barcelona, Spain (Metro) – List of Barcelona metro stations
• Berlin, Germany
  • there are two systems that fit the underground definition, one called "S-Bahn", the other "U-Bahn". They are still separately administered for historical reasons. The U-Bahn is operated by the "BVG" (Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe; Berlin Traffic Works), which is owned by the city of Berlin (and which operates Berlin's tramways and buses as well), while the S-Bahn is operated by the "S-Bahn Berlin GmbH", a subsidiary of the "Deutsche Bahn" (German Railways).
• Bilbao, Spain – List of Bilbao metro stations
• Bochum, Germany
• Bonn, Germany
• Brussels, Belgium (Le Metro)
• Bucharest, Romania (Bucharest Metro), List of Bucharest metro stations
• Budapest, Hungary (Metro)
• Cologne, Germany (Stadtbahn)
• Copenhagen, Denmark (Metro)
• Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
• Dortmund, Germany
• Essen, Germany, Germany
• Frankfurt am Main, Germany (Die U-Bahn)
• Glasgow, United Kingdom (The Clockwork Orange)
• Hamburg, Germany
  • Like in Berlin, there are two independent Metro-Systems in Hamburg: The U-Bahn, which is operated by the city-owned HHA (Hamburger Hochbahn AG [Hamburg Elevated Railways Inc.]), and the S-Bahn, operated by a subsidiary of the "Deutsche Bahn" (German Railways). This is for historical reasons.
• Helsinki, Finland (Helsinki Metro) The most northerly metro in the world
• Istanbul, Turkey
• Kazan, Russia: under construction
• Kharkov, Ukraine
• Kiev, Ukraine
• Krivoy Rog, Ukraine
• Lille, France (VAL)
• Lisbon, Portugal (Metropolitano de Lisboa)
• Liverpool, United Kingdom (Merseyrail)
• London, United Kingdom 1863
  • London has two public metro systems; The London Underground also known as The Tube, and the Docklands Light Railway.
  • There was also a third narrow-gauge system for parcels: the Post Office Railway.
• Lyon, France (Metro)
• Madrid, Spain (Metro) – List of Madrid metro stations
• Marseille, France (Metro)
• Milan, Italy
• Minsk, Belarus
• Moscow, Russia (Moskovskoye Metro)
• Munich, Germany (U-Bahn)
• Naples, Italy
• Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom (Tyne & Wear Metro)
• Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
• Nuremberg, Germany (U-Bahn)
• Oporto, Portugal
• Oslo, Norway (T-banen = tunnel track) http://tramandmetro.info/tbane-1.html
• Paris, France 1900 (Le Métro, RER and Orlyval) – List of Paris metro stations
• Prague, Czech Republic (Metro, trams, and buses operated by Dopravni podnik hl.m Prahy, a.s.)
• Rennes, France (VAL)
• Rome, Italy
• Rotterdam, the Netherlands 1968 (metro, operated by RET)
• Samara, Russia
• St. Petersburg, Russia
• Stuttgart, Germany
• Stockholm, Sweden - Stockholm Metro ("Stockholms Tunnelbana")
• Toulouse, France (VAL)
• Valencia, Spain
• Vienna, Austria (U-bahn and trams operated by VOR - Verkehrsverbund Ost-Region)
• Warsaw, Poland (Warsaw Metro)

• Ankara, Turkey
• Baky, Azerbaijan
• Bangkok, Thailand - Skytrain; under construction Bangkok Subway
• Beijing, China
• Busan, South Korea (Subway)
• Calcutta, India
• Chelyabinsk, Russia: under construction
• Chennai, India
• Daegu, South Korea (Subway)
• Delhi, India
• Fukuoka, Japan
• Guangzhou, China
• Hong Kong, China ("MTR" or Mass Transit Railway)
• Incheon, South Korea (Subway)
• Izmir, Turkey
• Krasnoyarsk, Russia: under construction
• Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Star LRT, Putra LRT
• Kyoto, Japan
• Metro Manila, Philippines (LRT; MRT-3 or Metrostar; MRT-2)
• Nagoya, Japan
• Novosibirsk, Russia
• Omsk, Russia
• Osaka, Japan (Osaka Municipal Subway)
• Pyongyang, North Korea 1973 (Pyongyang metro, see unofficial website)
• Sapporo, Japan
• Sendai, Japan
• Shanghai, China - in addition, has a maglev line to airport
• Shenzhen, China - opening 2004
• Singapore (MRT)
• Tashkent, Uzbekistan
• Tbilisi, Georgia (Caucasus)
• Tehran, Iran
• Tianjin, China
• Tokyo, Japan (Teito Rapid Transit Authority and Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation)
• Yekaterinburg, Russia
• Yerevan, Armenia
• Yokohama, Japan

• Baltimore, Maryland
• Boston, Massachusetts ("MBTA subway" or Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority or just "the T")
• Chicago, Illinois (Chicago El)
• Cleveland, Ohio (Rapid Transit (RTA))
• Dallas, Texas (Dallas Area Rapid Transit)
• Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
• Guadalajara, Mexico (tren eléctrico urbano)
• Houston, Texas (METRORail, Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas) - Planned commuter rail, pending feasibility of commuter rail system in conjunction with existing light rail
• Los Angeles, California (The Metro Red, Gold, Green, and Blue Lines)
• Miami, Florida (Miami-Dade Transit)
• Mexico City (El Metro)
• Monterrey, Mexico (el metro, Metrorrey)
• Montreal, Canada (the metro or métro) – List of Montreal metro stations
• Newark, New Jersey, USA (Newark city subway; in addition, a branch of the PATH system links Newark to New York City)
• New York City 1904
  • the New York City Subway, which is operated by MTA New York City Transit, a subsidiary of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority;
  • in addition, New York City is served by the PATH underground trains, which connect the city to nearby suburbs in New Jersey and are operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey)
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority)
• Portland, Oregon (3 mi segment of MAX Blue line)
• San Francisco, California BART (1972)
• Toronto, Canada - (operated by the TTC - Toronto Transit Commission) – List of Toronto subway stations
• Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Skytrain - (for most of its length this is an above-ground monorail system).
• Washington DC (The Metro, operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, and the Congressional Subway) – List of Washington metro stations

• Belo Horizonte, Brazil (metro, operated by CBTU)
• Brasilia, Brazil (metro)
• Buenos Aires, Argentina (Subte)
• Caracas, Venezuela (El Metro, operated by C.A. Metro de Caracas)
• Medellin, Colombia (Metro de Medellin Ltda.)
• Porto Alegre, Brazil (metro, operated by Trensurb)
• Recife, Brazil (operated by CBTU Recife)
• Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Metro Rio)
• Santiago, Chile (Metro Santiago)
• Sao Paulo, Brazil (Metro São Paulo)
• Viña del Mar, Chile (in construction, should be ready in 2006)

• Cairo, Egypt
• Tunis, Tunisia (métro léger)

• Melbourne, Australia (simply known as the 'City Loop' because it is a simple circuit of the central business district with five stations)
• Sydney, Australia (CityRail)

1. Moscow 3.2 billion
2. Tokyo 2.7 billion
3. Seoul 1.6 billion
4. Mexico City 1.3 billion
5. New York City 1.3 billion
6. Paris 1.2 billion
7. Osaka 957 million
8. London 886 million (4.6 billion miles)
9. Hong Kong 798 million
10. St. Petersburg 784 million

1. New York 468.
2. Paris 368.
3. London 270.
4. Tokyo 217.
5. Moscow 140.

• 1863 London Underground
• 1896 Budapest, Glasgow
• 1897 Boston
• 1900 Paris Metro

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