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.

• Amsterdam, the Netherlands 1977 (metro, operated by GVB (http://www.gvb.nl/))
• Ankara, Turkey
• Athens, Greece (Αττικό Μετρό (http://www.ametro.gr/))
• Atlanta, Georgia (USA) (Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (http://www.itsmarta.com/))
• Baky, Azerbaijan
• Baltimore, Maryland
• Bangkok, Thailand
• Barcelona, Spain (Metro)
• Beijing, China
• Berlin, Germany (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
• Bonn, Germany
• Boston, Massachusetts ("MBTA subway" or Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority or just "the T")
• Brussels, Belgium (Le Metro)
• Bucharest, Romania (Metrou)
• Budapest, Hungary (Metro)
• Buenos Aires, Argentina (Subte)
• Busan, South Korea (Subway)
• Cairo, Egypt
• Calcutta, India
• Caracas, Venezuela (El Metro, operated by C.A. Metro de Caracas (http://www.metrodecaracas.com.ve))
• Chennai, India
• Chicago, Illinois (The CTA Subway or the El)
• Cologne, Germany (Stadtbahn)
• Copenhagen, Denmark (Metro)
• Dallas, Texas (Dallas Area Rapid Transit (http://www.dart.org/))
• Daegu[?], South Korea (Subway)
• Delhi, India
• Dnipropetrovsk[?], Ukraine
• Edmonton, Canada
• 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, wich 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 (Metro)
• Hong Kong, China ("MTR[?]" or Mass Transit Railway)
• Incheon, South Korea (Subway)
• Istanbul, Turkey
• Izmir, Turkey
• Kharkov, Ukraine
• Kiev, Ukraine
• Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Star LRT, Putra LRT
• Kyoto, Japan
• Lille, France (VAL)
• Lisbon, Portugal
• Liverpool, United Kingdom
• London, United Kingdom 1863 (The London Underground or The Tube, the Post Office Railway and Docklands Light Railway)
• Los Angeles, California (The Metro Red, Green, and Blue Lines (http://www.mta.net/))
• Lyon, France (Metro)
• Madrid, Spain (Metro)
• Marseille, France (Metro)
• Miami, Florida (Miami-Dade Transit (http://www.co.miami-dade.fl.us/transit/))
• Melbourne, Australia (simply known as the 'City Loop' because it is a simple circuit of the central business district with five stations)
• Metro Manila, Philippines (LRT; MRT-3 or Metrostar; MRT-2)
• Mexico City (El Metro)
• Milan, Italy
• Minsk, Belarus
• Montreal, Canada (the metro or métro)
• Moscow, Russia (Moskovskoye Metro)
• Munich, Germany (U-Bahn)
• Naples, Italy
• New York City 1904 (the subway, operated by New York City Transit, part of Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) (http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us))
• Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom (Tyne & Wear Metro)
• Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
• Novosibirsk, Russia
• Nuremberg, Germany (U-Bahn)
• Omsk, Russia
• Osaka, Japan
• Oslo, Norway (T-banen = tunnel track) http://tramandmetro.info/tbane-1
• Paris, France 1900 (Le Métro, RER and Orlyval)
• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority (http://www.septa.org/))
• Portland, Oregon (3 mi segment of MAX Blue line)
• Prague, Czech Republic (Metro, trams, and buses operated by Dopravni podnik hl.m Prahy, a.s. (http://www.dp-praha.cz/en/index.htm))
• Pyongyang, North Korea 1973 (Pyongyang metro, see unofficial website (http://www.pyongyang-metro.com))
• Rennes, France (VAL)
• Rome, Italy
• Rotterdam, the Netherlands 1968 (metro, operated by RET (http://www.ret.rotterdam.nl))
• Samara, Russia
• San Francisco, California (Muni (1912) and BART (1972))
• Santiago, Chile (Metro de Santiago (http://www.metro-chile.cl/))
• Seoul, South Korea (Subway)
• St. Petersburg, Russia
• Shanghai, China
• Singapore (MRT)
• Stuttgart, Germany
• Sydney, Australia (CityRail)
• Stockholm, Sweden ("Tunnelbanan")
• Tashkent, Uzbekistan
• Tbilisi, Georgia (Caucasus)
• Tehran, Iran
• Toronto, Canada - (operated by the TTC - Toronto Transit Commission)
• Tokyo, Japan
• Toulouse, France (VAL)
• Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - (this is an above-ground system, the trains are actually several meters above the ground)
• Valencia, Spain
• Vienna, Austria (U-bahn and trams operated by VOR - Verkehrsverbund Ost-Region (http://www.vor.at/))
• Warsaw, Poland (Warsaw Metro)
• Washington DC (The Metro, operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority[?], and the Congressional Subway)
• Yekaterinburg, Russia
• Yerevan, Armenia

Top 10 in terms of annual passenger rides

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

External Link

• metroPlanet (http://www.metropla.net)