Here is a listing of cities which sport an underground (also called subway or metro) system. This kind of transport is called by a bewildering number of names all over the world. 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.
Cities with an underground system, listed alphabetically:
- Amsterdam, the Netherlands 1977 (metro, operated by GVB)
- Ankara, Turkey
- Athens, Greece
- Atlanta, Georgia (USA) (Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority)
- 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
- 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)
- Chennai, India
- Chicago, Illinois (The CTA Subway or the L-train)
- Cologne, Germany (Stadtbahn)
- Copenhagen, Denmark (Metro)
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas Area Rapid Transit)
- 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)
- Lyon, France (Metro)
- Madrid, Spain
- Marseille, France (Metro)
- Miami, Florida (Miami-Dade Transit)
- Melbourne, Australia (simply known as the 'City Loop' because it is a simple circuit of the central business district with five stations)
- Mexico City (El Metro)
- Milan, Italy
- Minsk, Belarus
- Montreal, Canada (the metro or métro)
- Moscow, Russia (Moskovskoye Metro)
- Munich, Germany (U-Bahn)
- New York City 1904 (the subway, operated by New York City Transit, part of Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA))
- 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.html
- Paris, France 1900(Le Métro, RER and Orlyval)
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority)
- Portland, Oregon (3 mi segment of MAX Blue line)
- Prague, Czech Republic
- Pyongyang, North Korea 1973 (Pyongyang metro, see unofficial website)
- Rennes, France (VAL)
- Rome, Italy
- Rotterdam, the Netherlands 1968 (metro, operated by RET)
- Samara, Russia
- San Francisco, California ("BART" or Bay Area Rapid Transit and Muni 1912)
- Santiago, Chile (Metro de Santiago)
- Seoul, South Korea (Subway)
- St. Petersburg, Russia
- Shanghai, China
- Singapore (MRT)
- Stuttgart, Germany
- Sydney, Australia
- 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
- Valencia, Spain
- Vienna, Austria
- 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
- Moscow 3.2 billion
- Tokyo 2.7 billion
- Seoul 1.6 billion
- Mexico City 1.3 billion
- New York City 1.3 billion
- Paris 1.2 billion
- Osaka 957 million
- London 886 million (4.6 billion miles)
- Hong Kong 798 million
- St. Petersburg 784 million
External link: metroPlanet