World Metro Database

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1	Bombay	India	Suburban Railway		171.0 km	73	73	5	34.2		2,515 m	14.6			0.17 EUR									In fact, 4 suburban railway lines with metro frequency
2		United Kingdom	Underground	10 Jan 1863	402.0 km	270	270	11	36.5	7,980	1,552 m	24.5	3.21 million	2011	2.75 EUR	left	third rail	Docklands Light Rail		1987	Jubilee Line extension	Metropolitan Line	Metropolitan Line, DLR	DLR not included (31.4 km, 39 stations). East London Line removed (will be assigned to Overground). Overground: 86 km, 55 st.
3		USA	"L"	6 Jun 1892	166.0 km	152	144	8	20.8	3,660	1,153 m	19.0	608,000	2011	1.58 EUR	right	third rail					yes		151 Stations and 173 km (UrbanRail.net)
4		Hungary	Metro	2 May 1896	33.0 km	42	40	3	11.0	25,100	846 m	14.0	827,000	2011	0.95 EUR	right	third rail, overhead wire (Line M1)
5		United Kingdom	Subway	14 Dec 1896	10.4 km	15	15	1	10.4	3,420	743 m	15.0	35,600	2011		left	third rail
6		USA	The T	1 Sep 1897	60.5 km	66	60	3	20.2	6,660	960 m	22.0	403,000	2010		right	third rail, overhead wire (Green Line)					yes		Green and Red Lines' tram section not included
7		France	Métro	19 Jul 1900	218.0 km	382	302	16	13.6	19,200	596 m	23.9	4.18 million	2011	1.57 EUR	right (metro), left (RER)	third rail	lines 1, 14, rubber-tyred	lines 1, 4, 6, 11, 14	1998	lines 1, 13 (part), 14	lines 1, 2, 5, 9	lines 1, 2, 5, 7bis, 9, 14
8		Germany	Schwebebahn	1 Mar 1901	13.3 km	20	20	1	13.3		700 m	20.0				right	overhead rail
9		Germany	U-Bahn	18 Feb 1902	147.4 km	195	173	10	14.7	9,390	797 m	19.5	1.38 million	2011	2.10 EUR	right	third rail						yes
10	New York City	USA	Subway	27 Oct 1904	368.0 km	468	422	27	13.6	12,300	834 m	17.3	4.53 million	2012	1.53 EUR	right	third rail				planned for new Second Avenue Line	yes		According to official website. PATH not included (22.2 km, 13 stations). SIR not included
11		USA	Subway	4 Mar 1907	62.0 km	66	62	3	20.7	4,730	984 m	22.0	293,000	2011		right	third rail					yes		PATCO line included. Subway trolley not (10 stations)
12		Germany	U-Bahn	1 Mar 1912	104.7 km	99	91	4	26.2	5,210	1,102 m	24.8	545,000	2011		right	third rail							According to official website
13		Argentina	Subte	1 Dec 1913	49.3 km	78	69	6	8.2	17,100	685 m	13.0	844,000	2011	0.24 EUR	left	overhead wire, third rail (Line B)						yes	Premetro line not included
14		Spain	Metro	17 Oct 1919	286.3 km	282	232	13	22.0	6,080	1,064 m	21.7	1.74 million	2011	1.00 EUR	left	overhead wire				tests in 2010, plans for 2011	yes	yes	ML1, ML2, ML3 not included (27.8 km, 37 st.; Embajadores=Acacias)
15		Spain	Metro	30 Dec 1924	119.4 km	163	136	11	10.9	8,930	786 m	14.8	1.07 million	2011	1.35 EUR	right	third rail (TMB), overhead wire (FGC)	lines L9, L10, L11		2009	lines L9, L10, L11	yes	yes	Tram lines not included (1.8 km subway tram line, T5)
16		Australia	Cityrail	1926	22.1 km	14	14	3	7.4		2,005 m	4.7			2.92 EUR	left						yes		Only underground stations in downtown. Monorail: 3.6 km, 8 stations
17		Japan	Metro	30 Dec 1927	304.5 km	290	205	13	23.4	27,900	1,099 m	22.3	8.5 million	2011	1.57 EUR	left	overhead wire, third rail (Ginza, Marunouchi lines)	Yurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyred	Yurikamome line	1995	Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome lines	yes	yes	According to Mr. Osamu Abe. Saitama, Yurikamone, Monorail, Yamanote, Chuo, Rinkai not incl.
18		Japan	Subway	20 May 1933	137.8 km	133	104	9	15.3	16,600	1,111 m	14.8	2.29 million	2010		left	third rail	Nanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyred	Nanko Port Town Line	1981	all stations on the Nanko Port Town Line		yes	Monorail not included (23.8 km, 18 st). OTS + new tram included
19		Russia	Metro	15 May 1935	309.4 km	186	147	12	25.8	21,200	1,778 m	15.5	6.55 million	2011	0.50 EUR	right	third rail					lines 3, 5 since 2009		Monorail (6 stations, 4.7 km) not included.
20		USA	Subway	26 May 1935	2.2 km	4	4	1	2.2		733 m	4.0				right								4 underground stations
21		Sweden	Tunnelbana	1 Oct 1950	105.7 km	104	100	3	35.2	8,010	1,047 m	34.7	847,000	2011	3.73 EUR	left	third rail							According to official website. 7 operational lines
22		Greece	Metro	1954	52.0 km	54	50	3	17.3	18,000	1,020 m	18.0	937,000	2008	1.00 EUR	right	third rail					yes	yes	M3 airport line not included.
23		Canada	Subway	30 Apr 1954	71.3 km	74	69	4	17.8	10,700	1,019 m	18.5	762,000	2006	1.67 EUR	right	third rail					yes
24		Italy	Metropolitana	10 Feb 1955	41.6 km	52	51	2	20.8	21,800	832 m	26.0	907,000	2008	1.00 EUR	left	overhead wire					yes	yes	metroitaliane.it
25		USA	Rapid Transit	15 Mar 1955	31.0 km	18	18	1	31.0	530	1,824 m	18.0	16,400	2011		right	overhead wire							2 Light Rail lines not included
26	Leningrad	Russia	Metro	15 Nov 1955	113.5 km	67	59	5	22.7	19,000	1,831 m	13.4	2.15 million	2011		right	third rail				windowless steel doors in ten stations			According to Mr. Yuri Popov
27		Japan	Subway	15 Nov 1957	93.1 km	97	86	4	23.3	12,600	1,001 m	24.3	1.17 million	2008		left	third rail, overhead wire (Tsurumai, Sakura-dori lines)	Tobu Kyuryo maglev line		2005	Tobu Kyuryo maglev line	yes	yes	3 stations +
28		Israel	Carmelit	1959	1.8 km	6	6	1	1.8		350 m	6.0
29		Portugal	Metro	29 Dec 1959	44.3 km	55	49	4	11.1	11,300	869 m	13.8	501,000	2010	0.80 EUR	left	third rail						yes
30	Kyiv	Ukraine	Metro	22 Oct 1960	66.2 km	51	48	3	22.1	21,500	1,379 m	17.0	1.42 million	2011	0.27 EUR	right	third rail
31		Italy	Metropolitana	1 Nov 1964	83.3 km	94	90	3	27.8	10,800	915 m	31.3	899,000	2007	1.00 EUR	right	overhead wire, third rail (line M1)	line M5		2013	line M5	yes	yes	metroitaliane.it
32		Georgia	Metro	11 Jan 1966	26.3 km	22	21	2	13.1	9,170	1,315 m	11.0	241,000	2008		right	third rail							According to Mr. Yuri Popov
33		Norway	T-Bane	22 May 1966	62.0 km	77	77	5	12.4	3,360	861 m	15.4	208,000	2010	2.67 EUR	right	third rail						yes	Line 1 not included (it has level crossings). Length not sure
34		Germany	Stadtbahn	10 Jun 1966	24.0 km	19	17	2	12.0		1,412 m	9.5				right	overhead wire					yes	yes	24 km underground. (Schnellbahnen in Deutschland)
35	Montréal	Canada	Metro	14 Oct 1966	69.2 km	73	68	4	17.3	8,670	1,003 m	18.3	600,000	2006	1.67 EUR	right	third rail		yes
36		Germany	Stadtbahn	5 Oct 1967	20.2 km	27	27	3	6.7		842 m	9.0				right	overhead wire						yes	Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 1
37		Azerbaijan	Metro	6 Nov 1967	34.6 km	23	22	2	17.3	14,500	1,646 m	11.5	501,000	2011		right	third rail
38		Netherlands	Metro	10 Feb 1968	47.0 km	38	37	2	23.5	5,070	1,306 m	19.0	238,000	2008		right	third rail							Only metro section. Sneltram: 8.4 km, 11 stations. 'Metros in Holland'
39		Germany	U-Bahn	4 Oct 1968	20.5 km	31	27	3	6.8		732 m	10.3			2.30 EUR	right	overhead wire						yes	20.40 km, 27 stations underground ('Schnellbahnen in Deutschland')
40		Germany	Stadtbahn	11 Oct 1968	45.0 km	51	51	15	3.0		1,250 m	3.4				right	overhead wire					new light rail trains only	yes	Approx. 45 km metro-like. 30 km underground.
41		Germany	Stadtbahn	29 May 1969	4.0 km	11	11	0			364 m					right								Full metro section length unknown.
42		Mexico	Metro	5 Sep 1969	180.0 km	195	163	12	15.0	24,500	984 m	16.3	4.41 million	2012	0.14 EUR	right	third rail		yes					ONLY PASSENGER SERVICE KM COUNTED
43	Peking	China	Subway	1 Oct 1969	442.0 km	262	222	16	27.6	15,200	1,797 m	16.4	6.74 million	2012	0.15 EUR	right	third rail				PGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10	yes	all lines
44		Japan	Monorail	3 Mar 1970	6.6 km	8	8	1	6.6		943 m	8.0				left								Shonan Monorail.
45		Germany	Stadtbahn	21 Sep 1971	5.2 km	7	7	4	1.3		1,733 m	1.8				right								Full metro section length unknown. Only metro section included
46		Germany	U-Bahn	19 Oct 1971	94.2 km	102	96	6	15.7	10,500	981 m	17.0	986,000	2010	2.30 EUR	right	third rail						yes
47		Japan	Subway	16 Dec 1971	48.0 km	49	46	3	16.0	11,900	1,043 m	16.3	573,000	2008		left	overhead wire, third rail (Namboku Line)		yes				yes	According to Mr. Osamu Abe
48		Germany	U-Bahn	1 Mar 1972	36.0 km	48	44	3	12.0	8,980	800 m	16.0	323,000	2011		right	third rail	lines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains		2008			yes
49		USA	BART	11 Sep 1972	166.9 km	44	44	5	33.4	1,820	4,279 m	8.8	304,000	2012		right	third rail					yes		MUNI not included (8 underground stations)
50		Japan	Subway	16 Dec 1972	57.6 km	48	45	3	19.2	9,420	1,280 m	16.0	542,000	2008		left	third rail	Kanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyred	Kanazawa Seaside LRT	1989	Kanazawa Seaside LRT line		yes	Kanazawa Line not included (10.6 km)
51		North Korea	Metro	6 Sep 1973	22.5 km	16	15	2	11.3	4,380	1,607 m	8.0	98,600	2009			third rail
52		Czech Republic	Metro	9 May 1974	59.1 km	57	54	3	19.7	24,600	1,094 m	19.0	1.45 million	2011	0.65 EUR	right	third rail						yes
53		South Korea	Subway	15 Aug 1974	326.5 km	302	260	9	36.3	21,100	1,114 m	33.6	6.9 million	2012	0.54 EUR	right	overhead wire				lines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010	yes	yes	Only metro section.
54	São Paulo	Brazil	Metrô	14 Sep 1974	74.3 km	67	61	5	14.9	32,300	1,198 m	13.4	2.4 million	2012	0.76 EUR	right	third rail (lines 1-3), overhead wire (lines 4, 5)	line 4		2010	lines 2, 3, 4 (since 2010)	all metro lines and regional rail	lines 4, 5	According to official website. C Line: 26 km + 16 st. E Line: 22km + 7 st)
55		Germany	Stadtbahn	22 Mar 1975	9.0 km	12	12	1	9.0		818 m	12.0				right	overhead wire							9 km, 12 stations underground. Approx. 17 km metro-like
56		Belgium	Premetro	25 Mar 1975	7.6 km	11	11	2	3.8		844 m	5.5					overhead wire
57	Kharkiv	Ukraine	Metro	23 Aug 1975	37.4 km	29	26	3	12.5	18,300	1,438 m	9.7	685,000	2011		right								According to Mr. Yuri Popov
58	Santiago de Chile	Chile	Metro	15 Sep 1975	102.4 km	108	100	5	20.5	17,100	994 m	21.6	1.75 million	2011	0.55 EUR	right	third rail		yes				yes
59	Hannover	Germany	Stadtbahn	28 Sep 1975	18.6 km	21	17	3	6.2		1,033 m	7.0				right	overhead wire						yes	18.60 km, 17 stations underground ('Schnellbahnen in Deutschland')
60		USA	Metrorail	27 Mar 1976	171.2 km	90	86	5	34.2	3,490	2,014 m	18.0	597,000	2012		right	third rail					yes
61		Germany	Stadtbahn	17 May 1976	29.5 km	37	37	3	9.8		866 m	12.3				right	overhead wire	H-Bahn		1984			yes	Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 2
62		Belgium	Métro Léger	21 Jun 1976	17.5 km	20	20	4	4.4		1,094 m	5.0												Full metro section length unknown. Total length 25 km. Data from Wikipedia
63		Belgium	Métro	20 Sep 1976	32.2 km	61	59	3	10.7	11,300	555 m	20.3	364,000	2009	1.53 EUR	right (left on lines 1 and 6 between Midi and Roi Baudouin)	third rail						line 1	Premetro tunnels not included, 11 stations
64		Japan	Subway	13 Mar 1977	30.6 km	26	24	2	15.3	10,800	1,275 m	13.0	332,000	2008		left	overhead wire, third rail (Portliner)	Port Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyred	Port Liner and Rokko Liner	1981	Port Liner and Rokko Liner		yes	According to Mr. Osamu Abe. Portliner, Rokko lines not included (15 st)
65		Netherlands	Metro	16 Oct 1977	32.7 km	33	33	4	8.2	7,120	1,128 m	8.3	233,000	2009	2.09 EUR	right	third rail							Sneltram not included (9.8 km, 19 stations; 'Metros in Holland')
66		Uzbekistan	Metro	6 Nov 1977	36.2 km	29	26	3	12.1	4,920	1,392 m	9.7	178,000	2010		right	third rail							According to Mr. Yuri Popov
67		France	Métro	26 Nov 1977	21.8 km	30	28	2	10.9	9,430	779 m	15.0	205,000	2011		right	third rail		yes
68		Austria	U-Bahn	25 Feb 1978	74.6 km	102	90	5	14.9	19,600	769 m	20.4	1.46 million	2010	1.70 EUR	right	third rail					yes	yes	According to official website. Premetro tunnel not included
69		Canada	Light Rail	22 Apr 1978	20.4 km	15	15	1	20.4		1,457 m	15.0				right
70		France	Métro	28 Apr 1978	30.7 km	43	39	4	7.7	22,900	787 m	10.8	704,000	2009	1.60 EUR	left	third rail	line D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDs	yes	1991
71		Brazil	Metrô	5 Mar 1979	42.0 km	34	34	2	21.0	13,800	1,313 m	17.0	581,000	2010	0.77 EUR	right	third rail					yes
72		Germany	Stadtbahn	26 May 1979	21.5 km	29	27	2	10.8		797 m	14.5				right	overhead wire							Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 2
73		USA	MARTA	30 Jun 1979	79.2 km	39	38	2	39.6	1,180	2,141 m	19.5	93,200	2007		right	third rail					yes
74		Hong Kong S.A.R.	MTR	1 Oct 1979	175.0 km	95	82	10	17.5	22,600	2,059 m	9.5	3.96 million	2012	0.91 EUR	left	overhead wire	Disneyland Resort Line	SI, WI lines, planned	2005	all underground stations	yes	yes	175 Km and 82 stations according to MRT. 184km urbanrail.35.3km airport express not included
75	Mülheim	Germany	Stadtbahn	3 Nov 1979	9.0 km	13	12	2	4.5		819 m	6.5				right	overhead wire							Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 1
76		Romania	Metro	16 Nov 1979	69.3 km	50	45	4	17.3	6,770	1,505 m	12.5	468,000	2011	0.40 EUR	right	third rail
77		United Kingdom	Metro	7 Aug 1980	76.5 km	61	50	2	38.3	1,360	1,297 m	30.5	104,000	2011		left	overhead wire
78	Erevan	Armenia	Metro	7 Mar 1981	12.1 km	10	10	1	12.1	3,850	1,344 m	10.0	46,600	2011		right								According to Mr. Yuri Popov
79		Japan	Subway	1 Apr 1981	31.3 km	32	31	2	15.6	11,000	1,043 m	16.0	345,000	2008		left	overhead wire				Tozai line		yes
80		Japan	Subway	26 Jul 1981	29.8 km	35	34	3	9.9	11,400	931 m	11.7	340,000	2007		left	overhead wire				yes		yes	According to Mr. Osamu Abe
81	Düsseldorf	Germany	Stadtbahn	4 Oct 1981	9.6 km	14	14	2	4.8		798 m	7.0				right	overhead wire						yes	Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 1
82		Finland	Metro	3 Aug 1982	21.0 km	17	17	1	21.0	8,090	1,313 m	17.0	170,000	2011	2.10 EUR	right	third rail						yes	According to Metros in Skandinavien (R.Schwandl)
83		Venezuela	Metro	27 Mar 1983	60.5 km	50	46	5	12.1	22,000	1,344 m	10.0	1.33 million	2009	0.31 EUR		third rail					yes		Metro Los Teques included (9.5 km)
84		France	Métro	25 Apr 1983	45.5 km	62	60	2	22.8	5,780	758 m	31.0	263,000	2009		right	third rail	VAL	yes	1983	VAL, all stations		yes
85		USA	Metro Subway	21 Nov 1983	24.5 km	14	14	1	24.5	2,010	1,885 m	14.0	49,300	2011		right	third rail					yes
86		USA	Metrorail	21 May 1984	39.8 km	23	23	1	39.8	1,240	1,809 m	23.0	49,300	2011	1.66 EUR	right	third rail	downtown people mover, rubber-tyred	Downtown people mover	1986		yes		Metromover not included (20 stations, 7 km)
87		Belarus	Metro	26 Jun 1984	35.4 km	28	27	2	17.7	21,700	1,362 m	14.0	770,000	2012		right	third rail							According to Mr. Yuri Popov
88		Germany	Stadtbahn	1 Sep 1984	5.5 km	9	9	1	5.5		690 m	9.0				right	overhead wire							Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 2
89	Calcutta	India	Metro Railway	24 Oct 1984	25.0 km	23	23	1	25.0	19,000	1,136 m	23.0	474,000	2009		right								25 km wikipedia, 27.50 km urbanrail ???
90	Stalingrad	Russia	Metro	5 Nov 1984	6.8 km	6	6	1	6.8		1,360 m	6.0												Total system: 22 stations, 17,1 km
91		Philippines	MRT	1 Dec 1984	51.5 km	44	41	3	17.2	18,400	1,256 m	14.7	948,000	2008	0.18 EUR	right						yes	yes	Length not sure
92	Kitaky?sh?	Japan	Monorail	9 Jan 1985	8.8 km	13	13	1	8.8		733 m	13.0				left							yes
93		Brazil	Metro	2 Mar 1985	33.8 km	17	17	1	33.8		2,112 m	17.0				right								According to official website
94		Brazil	Metrô	11 Mar 1985	39.7 km	30	28	2	19.9		1,418 m	15.0				right								According to official website
95		USA	Metro Rail	18 May 1985	8.4 km	8	8	1	8.4		1,194 m	8.0				right								Only tunnel section
96		USA	T	3 Jul 1985	4.8 km	6	6	1	4.8		960 m	6.0				right								Full metro section length unknown (all lines: 40 km).2.90 is the length of the tunnel section.
97		South Korea	Subway	19 Jul 1985	131.8 km	127	119	5	26.4	6,650	1,080 m	25.4	877,000	2012		right		Line 4	Line 4	2011	line 3
98	Gorky	Russia	Metro	20 Nov 1985	18.9 km	15	14	2	9.4	3,910	1,454 m	7.5	74,000	2010		right	third rail							According to Mr. Yuri Popov
99		Canada	SkyTrain	3 Jan 1986	69.5 km	49	47	3	23.2	4,730	1,511 m	16.3	329,000	2011		right	third rail	Skytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system		1986		yes	yes
100		Russia	Metro	7 Jan 1986	16.4 km	13	12	2	8.2	12,700	1,487 m	6.5	208,000	2011		right	third rail							According to Mr. Yuri Popov
101		Brazil	Metrô	1 Aug 1986	28.1 km	19	19	1	28.1		1,563 m	19.0				right								According to official website
102	Krivoy Rog	Ukraine	Metrotram	26 Dec 1986	18.0 km	12	12	1	18.0		1,636 m	12.0
103		USA	People Mover	Jul 1987	4.8 km	13	13	1	4.8		400 m	13.0				right	third rail	downtown people mover, LIM technology		1987		yes
104		Japan	Subway	15 Jul 1987	14.8 km	17	17	1	14.8	10,700	925 m	17.0	159,000	2008		left	overhead wire						yes	According to Mr. Osamu Abe
105		Egypt	Metro	27 Sep 1987	65.5 km	55	53	2	32.8	35,000	1,236 m	27.5	2.29 million	2010	0.14 EUR	left	overhead wire					5 stations
106		Singapore	MRT	7 Nov 1987	146.5 km	100	89	4	36.6	14,800	1,526 m	25.0	2.18 million	2011	0.97 EUR	left	third rail	North-East Line, Circle Line and the 3 rubber-tyred LRT lines	LRT lines	2003	yes	yes	yes
107	Kuybyshev	Russia	Metro	26 Dec 1987	10.2 km	9	9	1	10.2	4,300	1,275 m	9.0	43,800	2011		right	third rail							According to Mr. Yuri Popov
108		Japan	Monorail	28 Mar 1988	15.5 km	18	18	2	7.8		969 m	9.0				left
109		Spain	Metro	3 Oct 1988	31.8 km	38	37	3	10.6		909 m	12.7				right	overhead wire					yes	yes	Full metro section length unknown.
110		USA	Skyway	30 May 1989	6.9 km	6	6	1	6.9		1,380 m	6.0				right	third rail	downtown monorail people mover		1989
111		Mexico	Metro	1 Sep 1989	24.0 km	29	28	2	12.0		889 m	14.5				right
112		Italy	Metropolitana	13 Jun 1990	7.1 km	8	8	1	7.1		1,014 m	8.0				right	overhead wire						yes	metroitaliane.it
113		Mexico	Metro	25 Apr 1991	31.5 km	32	31	2	15.8	12,000	1,050 m	16.0	378,000	2009		right			yes
114	Ekaterinburg	Russia	Metro	26 Apr 1991	12.7 km	9	9	1	12.7	8,200	1,587 m	9.0	104,000	2011		right
115		Switzerland	Metro	24 May 1991	13.7 km	29	28	2	6.8		507 m	14.5						line m2	line m2	2008			yes	Only m2 is a full metro (27.10.2008: 5.9 km, 14 sta). Line m1: 3 underground stations
116		Germany	Stadtbahn	11 Jul 1992	14.3 km	13	13	2	7.2		1,304 m	6.5				right							yes	Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 1
117		USA	Metro Rail	30 Jan 1993	59.3 km	30	30	3	19.8	2,130	2,196 m	10.0	126,000	2011	1.91 EUR	right	overhead wire, third rail (Red, Purple lines)					yes		Red, Purple and Green lines
118		Italy	Metropolitana	28 Mar 1993	31.8 km	31	28	3	10.6	3,020	1,136 m	10.3	95,900	2011		left	overhead wire							M3 and M4 not included (M3: 12.3 km, 12 sta. M4: 8.3 km, 8 sta.)
119		France	Métro	26 Jun 1993	27.5 km	38	37	2	13.8	10,300	764 m	19.0	282,000	2011		right	third rail	VAL	yes	1993	VAL		yes
120		USA	Metrolink	31 Jul 1993	73.4 km	37	37	2	36.7		2,097 m	18.5				right
121		Japan	Monorail	20 Aug 1994	18.4 km	21	21	1	18.4	2,680	920 m	21.0	49,300	2005		left			yes					According to Mr. Osamu Abe
122		France	Métro	17 Dec 1994	2.2 km	5	5	1	2.2		550 m	5.0												5 underground stations
123		Poland	Metro	7 Apr 1995	22.6 km	21	21	1	22.6	17,000	1,130 m	21.0	384,000	2011	0.47 EUR	right	third rail
124		China	Metro	10 Apr 1995	437.0 km	296	251	12	36.4	14,300	1,539 m	24.7	6.24 million	2012	0.34 EUR	right	overhead wire				newer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stations	yes		Maglev and Bund tunnel not included. From Wikipedia. 411,90 km ? Line 13 closes for reconstruction
125		Spain	Metro	11 Nov 1995	43.4 km	40	40	2	21.7	5,680	1,142 m	20.0	247,000	2011		left	overhead wire					yes	yes	According to Metro Bilbao
126	Medellín	Colombia	Metro	30 Nov 1995	28.8 km	26	25	2	14.4	16,200	1,200 m	13.0	466,000	2011			overhead wire							Metro Cable not included, 4 stations
127	Dnipropetrovsk	Ukraine	Metro	29 Dec 1995	7.1 km	6	6	1	7.1	3,470	1,420 m	6.0	24,700	2010			third rail							According to Mr. Yuri Popov
128		Taiwan	MRT	28 Mar 1996	112.6 km	106	98	8	14.1	15,900	1,149 m	13.3	1.79 million	2012	0.60 EUR	right	third rail	Wenshan (Muzha) VAL line	yes	1996	PGDs in the busier MRT stations, PSDs in all VAL stations	yes	yes
129		Turkey	Metro	30 Aug 1996	23.1 km	23	22	2	11.6	13,400	1,100 m	11.5	310,000	2007		right	third rail	metro line		1997
130		Malaysia	LRT, Monorail	16 Dec 1996	64.0 km	60	56	3	21.3	4,670	1,123 m	20.0	299,000	2008	0.37 EUR	left		LRT		1996	KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stations	yes
131		Poland	Fast Tram	1 Mar 1997	6.1 km	6	6	1	6.1		1,220 m	6.0												Rapid Tram
132	Madras	India	MRTS	19 Oct 1997	27.0 km	17	17	1	27.0		1,688 m	17.0
133	Taegu	South Korea	Subway	26 Nov 1997	53.9 km	56	55	2	27.0	6,460	998 m	28.0	348,000	2012							lines 1, 2
134		Bulgaria	Metro	28 Jan 1998	31.2 km	28	26	2	15.6	2,550	1,200 m	14.0	79,500	2009	0.51 EUR	right	third rail
135		Japan	Monorail	27 Nov 1998	16.0 km	19	19	1	16.0		889 m	19.0				left							yes
136		Italy	Metropolitana	27 Jun 1999	3.8 km	6	6	1	3.8		760 m	6.0				right	overhead wire							metroitaliane.it
137	Canton	China	Metro	28 Jun 1999	231.9 km	146	132	8	29.0	21,600	1,680 m	18.3	5 million	2012		right	third rail	APM line (underground people mover)	Zhujiang people mover	2010	yes	yes	yes	APM included
138	Inchon	South Korea	Subway	6 Oct 1999	29.5 km	29	29	1	29.5	8,270	1,054 m	29.0	244,000	2012							yes
139		Thailand	Skytrain, MRT	5 Dec 1999	80.2 km	57	51	4	20.0	8,370	1,512 m	14.3	671,000	2011	0.64 EUR	left	linear	Green line		1999	Green line, Blue line	yes
140		Iran	Metro	21 Feb 2000	73.0 km	70	64	4	18.3	18,000	1,106 m	17.5	1.32 million	2011			third rail					yes		Line 5 to Karaj not included (42 km, 11 stations) Lenght unknown
141		Turkey	Metro	22 May 2000	15.9 km	14	14	1	15.9	10,900	1,223 m	14.0	173,000	2011			third rail
142		Turkey	Metro	16 Sep 2000	42.0 km	28	28	2	21.0	5,090	1,615 m	14.0	214,000	2011	0.63 EUR	right	overhead wire, third rail (Line M2)							Wikipedia. Hafif Metro not included (25.8 km, 24 stations, 2 lines)
143		Brazil	Metrô	31 Mar 2001	42.0 km	24	24	1	42.0	3,590	1,826 m	24.0	151,000	2009		right
144		France	Métro	16 Mar 2002	9.0 km	15	15	1	9.0	14,300	643 m	15.0	129,000	2011		right		VAL	yes	2002	VAL		yes
145		Turkey	Bursaray	19 Aug 2002	31.5 km	31	31	2	15.8		1,086 m	15.5
146	Hsinking	China	LRT	Oct 2002	17.0 km	16	16	1	17.0		1,133 m	16.0				right								(17 km, 16 stations on viaduct = metro). 14.6 km, 17 st on streets
147		Denmark	Metro	19 Oct 2002	21.0 km	22	22	2	10.5	7,050	1,050 m	11.0	148,000	2011	2.81 EUR	right	third rail	all metro lines		2002	all underground stations	all metro and S-Tog trains	yes	According to official website
148	Porto	Portugal	Metro	7 Dec 2002	21.7 km	15	14	2	10.9		1,669 m	7.5				right	overhead wire					yes	yes	Full metro section length unknown.14 underground stations & 6,3 km in tunnel in downtown
149		India	Metro	24 Dec 2002	193.2 km	143	138	6	32.2	8,600	1,410 m	23.8	1.66 million	2011	0.12 EUR	left	overhead wire					yes	yes
150		China	Metro	1 May 2003	49.0 km	12	12	1	49.0	2,460	4,455 m	12.0	121,000	2012		right								Suburban service?
151		Japan	Monorail	10 Aug 2003	12.8 km	15	15	1	12.8		914 m	15.0				left
152	Tientsin	China	Metro	28 Mar 2004	124.0 km	81	77	4	31.0	1,410	1,610 m	20.3	175,000	2010		right	third rail				platform gate doors	yes		Binhai Line and metro line included. (10-08-1980: 7.4 km, 7 stations)
153		South Korea	Subway	28 Apr 2004	20.1 km	20	20	1	20.1	2,450	1,058 m	20.0	49,300	2011							yes
154		USA	Monorail	15 Jul 2004	6.2 km	7	7	1	6.2		1,033 m	7.0				right		monorail		2004	yes			Hotels monorails not included
155	Hankou	China	Metro	28 Sep 2004	56.8 km	48	47	2	28.4	3,520	1,234 m	24.0	200,000	2011		right
156		Netherlands	RandstadRail	16 Oct 2004	27.9 km	30	30	3	9.3		1,033 m	10.0				right								Full metro section length unknown (47 km?)
157		China	Metro	28 Dec 2004	178.4 km	131	118	5	35.7	2,030	1,416 m	26.2	362,000	2009		right					yes	yes	yes
158		Puerto Rico	Tren Urbano	6 Jun 2005	17.2 km	16	16	1	17.2	1,750	1,147 m	16.0	30,100	2011
159	Chungking	China	Monorail	18 Jun 2005	127.0 km	86	81	4	31.7		1,548 m	21.5				right					The three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDs	yes	yes
160		Russia	Metro	27 Aug 2005	10.9 km	7	7	1	10.9	6,790	1,817 m	7.0	74,000	2012		right								According to Mr. Yuri Popov
161	Nanking	China	Metro	27 Aug 2005	84.7 km	57	55	2	42.3	11,100	1,540 m	28.5	942,000	2011		right
162		Chile	Metro	23 Nov 2005	43.0 km	20	20	1	43.0		2,263 m	20.0				right
163		Italy	Metropolitana	4 Feb 2006	13.4 km	21	21	1	13.4	6,750	670 m	21.0	90,400	2011		right		VAL	yes	2006	VAL	yes	yes
164	Taejon	South Korea	Subway	16 Mar 2006	22.6 km	22	22	1	22.6	4,610	1,076 m	22.0	104,000	2011							yes
165		Venezuela	Metro	18 Oct 2006	6.2 km	7	7	1	6.2	9,280	1,033 m	7.0	57,500	2010
166		Spain	Metro	25 Apr 2007	8.3 km	9	9	1	8.3		1,038 m	9.0
167		Italy	Minimetro	29 Jan 2008	3.0 km	7	7	1	3.0		500 m	7.0						'Minimetro'		2008
168	Gaoxiong	Taiwan	MRT	9 Mar 2008	45.0 km	38	37	2	22.5	3,170	1,250 m	19.0	142,000	2012			third rail				MRT
169		Dominican Republic	Metro	30 Jan 2009	14.5 km	16	16	1	14.5	5,480	967 m	16.0	79,500	2011								yes
170		Turkey	Metro	18 Mar 2009	13.5 km	13	13	1	13.5		1,125 m	13.0
171	Sevilla	Spain	Metro	2 Apr 2009	18.0 km	21	21	1	18.0		900 m	21.0									Line 1
172		Venezuela	Metro	8 Jun 2009	6.5 km	6	6	1	6.5		1,300 m	6.0										yes
173		USA	Light Rail	18 Jul 2009	22.2 km	12	12	1	22.2		2,018 m	12.0				right						yes		Downtown tunnel section considered as a full metro
174		United Arab Emirates	Metro	9 Sep 2009	69.7 km	46	44	2	34.8	4,280	1,584 m	23.0	299,000	2012		right	third rail	metro		2009	metro, monorail	yes	yes
175		China	Metro	27 Sep 2010	40.9 km	36	35	2	20.4	6,900	1,202 m	18.0	282,000	2012		right					yes	yes		http://railway-technology.com/projects/chengdu-metro
176	Mukden	China	Metro	27 Sep 2010	49.5 km	41	40	2	24.7		1,268 m	20.5				right					yes
177		Saudi Arabia	Metro	13 Nov 2010	18.1 km	9	9	1	18.1		2,263 m	9.0				right	third rail				yes	yes	yes
178	Alma-Ata	Kazakhstan	Metro	1 Jan 2011	7.3 km	7	7	1	7.3	2,630	1,217 m	7.0	19,200	2012
179		India	Metro	15 Sep 2011	7.5 km	6	6	1	7.5		1,500 m	6.0
180	Xi'an	China	Metro	16 Sep 2011	26.4 km	17	17	1	26.4	6,120	1,650 m	17.0	162,000	2012									yes
181		Iran		10 Oct 2011	19.0 km	22	22	1	19.0		905 m	22.0
182		Algeria	Metro	1 Nov 2011	9.0 km	10	10	1	9.0		1,000 m	10.0					third rail					yes	yes
183	Su-chou	China	Subway	29 Apr 2012	25.7 km	24	24	1	25.7		1,117 m	24.0				right						yes		According to Wikipedia, official website
184		China	Metro	28 Jun 2012	18.2 km	2	2	1	18.2		18,200 m	2.0
185	Hangchow	China	Metro	24 Nov 2012	48.0 km	31	31	1	48.0		1,600 m	31.0												Wikipedia
186		Italy	Metro	22 Dec 2012	13.1 km	17	17	1	13.1		819 m	17.0						metro		2012				According to official website
187		Peru	Tren Urbano	5 Apr 2012	22.0 km	16	16	1	22.0		1,467 m	16.0			0.29 EUR