World Metro Database

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1	Adana		Asia	18 Mar 2009	13.5 km	13	1	1,125 m	13.5	13.0
2	Algiers		Africa	1 Nov 2011	9.0 km	10	1	1,000 m	9.0	10.0							1435	third rail	750					yes	yes
3	Almaty	Alma-Ata	Asia	1 Jan 2011	7.3 km	7	1	1,217 m	7.3	7.0	19,200	2,630	7 million	2012
4	Amsterdam		Europe	16 Oct 1977	32.7 km	33	4	1,128 m	8.2	8.3	233,000	7,120	85 million	2009	2.09 EUR	right	1435	third rail	750
5	Ankara		Asia	30 Aug 1996	23.1 km	23	2	1,100 m	11.6	11.5	310,000	13,400	113 million	2007		right	1435	third rail	750	metro line		1997
6	Antwerp		Europe	25 Mar 1975	7.6 km	11	2	844 m	3.8	5.5							1000	overhead wire	600
7	Athens		Europe	1954	52.0 km	54	3	1,020 m	17.3	18.0	937,000	18,000	342 million	2008	1.00 EUR	right	1435	third rail	600					yes	yes
8	Atlanta		America	30 Jun 1979	79.2 km	39	2	2,141 m	39.6	19.5	93,200	1,180	34 million	2007		right	1435	third rail	750						yes
9	Baku		Asia	6 Nov 1967	34.6 km	23	2	1,646 m	17.3	11.5	501,000	14,500	183 million	2011		right	1520	third rail	825
10	Baltimore		America	21 Nov 1983	24.5 km	14	1	1,885 m	24.5	14.0	49,300	2,010	18 million	2011		right	1435	third rail	700						yes
11	Bangalore		Asia	15 Sep 2011	7.5 km	6	1	1,500 m	7.5	6.0
12	Bangkok		Asia	5 Dec 1999	80.2 km	57	4	1,512 m	20.0	14.3	671,000	8,370	245 million	2011	0.64 EUR	left	1435	linear		Green line		1999	Green line, Blue line		yes
13	Barcelona		Europe	30 Dec 1924	119.4 km	163	11	786 m	10.9	14.8	1.07 million	8,930	389 million	2011	1.35 EUR	right	1435	third rail (TMB), overhead wire (FGC)	1200	lines L9, L10, L11		2009	lines L9, L10, L11	yes	yes
14	Beijing	Peking	Asia	1 Oct 1969	442.0 km	262	16	1,797 m	27.6	16.4	6.74 million	15,200	2,460 million	2012	0.15 EUR	right	1435	third rail	825				PGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10	all lines	yes
15	Belo Horizonte		America	1 Aug 1986	28.1 km	19	1	1,563 m	28.1	19.0						right
16	Berlin		Europe	18 Feb 1902	147.4 km	195	10	797 m	14.7	19.5	1.38 million	9,390	505 million	2011	2.10 EUR	right	1435	third rail	750					yes
17	Bielefeld		Europe	21 Sep 1971	5.2 km	7	4	1,733 m	1.3	1.8						right
18	Bilbao		Europe	11 Nov 1995	43.4 km	40	2	1,142 m	21.7	20.0	247,000	5,680	90 million	2011		left	1000	overhead wire	1500					yes	yes
19	Bochum		Europe	26 May 1979	21.5 km	29	2	797 m	10.8	14.5						right	1435	overhead wire	660
20	Bonn		Europe	22 Mar 1975	9.0 km	12	1	818 m	9.0	12.0						right	1435	overhead wire	750
21	Boston		America	1 Sep 1897	60.5 km	66	3	960 m	20.2	22.0	403,000	6,660	147 million	2010		right	1435	third rail, overhead wire (Green Line)	600						yes
22	Brasilia		America	31 Mar 2001	42.0 km	24	1	1,826 m	42.0	24.0	151,000	3,590	55 million	2009		right
23	Brescia		Europe	22 Dec 2012	13.1 km	17	1	819 m	13.1	17.0										metro		2012
24	Brussels		Europe	20 Sep 1976	32.2 km	61	3	555 m	10.7	20.3	364,000	11,300	133 million	2009	1.53 EUR	right (left on lines 1 and 6 between Midi and Roi Baudouin)	1435	third rail	900					line 1
25	Bucharest		Europe	16 Nov 1979	69.3 km	50	4	1,505 m	17.3	12.5	468,000	6,770	171 million	2011	0.40 EUR	right	1435	third rail	825
26	Budapest		Europe	2 May 1896	33.0 km	42	3	846 m	11.0	14.0	827,000	25,100	302 million	2011	0.95 EUR	right	1435	third rail, overhead wire (Line M1)	825, 600 (Line M1)
27	Buenos Aires		America	1 Dec 1913	49.3 km	78	6	685 m	8.2	13.0	844,000	17,100	308 million	2011	0.24 EUR	left	1435	overhead wire, third rail (Line B)	1500, 1100 (Line B)					yes
28	Buffalo		America	18 May 1985	8.4 km	8	1	1,194 m	8.4	8.0						right
29	Bursa		Asia	19 Aug 2002	31.5 km	31	2	1,086 m	15.8	15.5
30	Busan		Asia	19 Jul 1985	131.8 km	127	5	1,080 m	26.4	25.4	877,000	6,650	320 million	2012		right				Line 4	Line 4	2011	line 3
31	Cairo		Africa	27 Sep 1987	65.5 km	55	2	1,236 m	32.8	27.5	2.29 million	35,000	837 million	2010	0.14 EUR	left	1435	overhead wire	1500						5 stations
32	Caracas		America	27 Mar 1983	60.5 km	50	5	1,344 m	12.1	10.0	1.33 million	22,000	485 million	2009	0.31 EUR		1435	third rail	750						yes
33	Catania		Europe	27 Jun 1999	3.8 km	6	1	760 m	3.8	6.0						right	1435	overhead wire	3000
34	Changchun	Hsinking	Asia	Oct 2002	17.0 km	16	1	1,133 m	17.0	16.0						right
35	Charleroi		Europe	21 Jun 1976	17.5 km	20	4	1,094 m	4.4	5.0
36	Chengdu		Asia	27 Sep 2010	40.9 km	36	2	1,202 m	20.4	18.0	282,000	6,900	103 million	2012		right							yes		yes
37	Chennai	Madras	Asia	19 Oct 1997	27.0 km	17	1	1,688 m	27.0	17.0
38	Chiba		Asia	28 Mar 1988	15.5 km	18	2	969 m	7.8	9.0						left
39	Chicago		America	6 Jun 1892	166.0 km	152	8	1,153 m	20.8	19.0	608,000	3,660	222 million	2011	1.58 EUR	right	1435	third rail	600						yes
40	Chongqing	Chungking	Asia	18 Jun 2005	127.0 km	86	4	1,548 m	31.7	21.5						right							The three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDs	yes	yes
41	Cleveland		America	15 Mar 1955	31.0 km	18	1	1,824 m	31.0	18.0	16,400	530	6 million	2011		right	1435	overhead wire	600
42	Cologne		Europe	11 Oct 1968	45.0 km	51	15	1,250 m	3.0	3.4						right	1435	overhead wire	750					yes	new light rail trains only
43	Copenhagen		Europe	19 Oct 2002	21.0 km	22	2	1,050 m	10.5	11.0	148,000	7,050	54 million	2011	2.81 EUR	right	1435	third rail	750	all metro lines		2002	all underground stations	yes	all metro and S-Tog trains
44	Daegu	Taegu	Asia	26 Nov 1997	53.9 km	56	2	998 m	27.0	28.0	348,000	6,460	127 million	2012									lines 1, 2
45	Daejeon	Taejon	Asia	16 Mar 2006	22.6 km	22	1	1,076 m	22.6	22.0	104,000	4,610	38 million	2011									yes
46	Dalian		Asia	1 May 2003	49.0 km	12	1	4,455 m	49.0	12.0	121,000	2,460	44 million	2012		right
47	Delhi		Asia	24 Dec 2002	193.2 km	143	6	1,410 m	32.2	23.8	1.66 million	8,600	606 million	2011	0.12 EUR	left	1676, 1435 (Green, Violet lines)	overhead wire	25000					yes	yes
48	Detroit		America	Jul 1987	4.8 km	13	1	400 m	4.8	13.0						right	1435	third rail	600	downtown people mover, LIM technology		1987			yes
49	Dnepropetrovsk	Dnipropetrovsk	Europe	29 Dec 1995	7.1 km	6	1	1,420 m	7.1	6.0	24,700	3,470	9 million	2010			1520	third rail	825
50	Dortmund		Europe	17 May 1976	29.5 km	37	3	866 m	9.8	12.3						right	1435	overhead wire	600	H-Bahn		1984		yes
51	Dubai		Asia	9 Sep 2009	69.7 km	46	2	1,584 m	34.8	23.0	299,000	4,280	109 million	2012		right	1435	third rail	750	metro		2009	metro, monorail	yes	yes
52	Duesseldorf	Düsseldorf	Europe	4 Oct 1981	9.6 km	14	2	798 m	4.8	7.0						right	1435	overhead wire	600					yes
53	Duisburg		Europe	11 Jul 1992	14.3 km	13	2	1,304 m	7.2	6.5						right								yes
54	Edmonton		America	22 Apr 1978	20.4 km	15	1	1,457 m	20.4	15.0						right
55	Essen		Europe	5 Oct 1967	20.2 km	27	3	842 m	6.7	9.0						right	1435	overhead wire	750					yes
56	Frankfurt		Europe	4 Oct 1968	20.5 km	31	3	732 m	6.8	10.3					2.30 EUR	right	1435	overhead wire	750					yes
57	Fukuoka		Asia	26 Jul 1981	29.8 km	35	3	931 m	9.9	11.7	340,000	11,400	124 million	2007		left	1067	overhead wire	1500				yes	yes
58	Gelsenkirchen		Europe	1 Sep 1984	5.5 km	9	1	690 m	5.5	9.0						right	1000	overhead wire	600
59	Genoa		Europe	13 Jun 1990	7.1 km	8	1	1,014 m	7.1	8.0						right	1435	overhead wire	750					yes
60	Glasgow		Europe	14 Dec 1896	10.4 km	15	1	743 m	10.4	15.0	35,600	3,420	13 million	2011		left	1219	third rail	600
61	Guadalajara		America	1 Sep 1989	24.0 km	29	2	889 m	12.0	14.5						right
62	Guangzhou	Canton	Asia	28 Jun 1999	231.9 km	146	8	1,680 m	29.0	18.3	5 million	21,600	1,825 million	2012		right	1435	third rail	825	APM line (underground people mover)	Zhujiang people mover	2010	yes	yes	yes
63	Gwangju		Asia	28 Apr 2004	20.1 km	20	1	1,058 m	20.1	20.0	49,300	2,450	18 million	2011									yes
64	Haifa		Asia	1959	1.8 km	6	1	350 m	1.8	6.0
65	Hamburg		Europe	1 Mar 1912	104.7 km	99	4	1,102 m	26.2	24.8	545,000	5,210	199 million	2011		right	1435	third rail	750
66	Hangzhou	Hangchow	Asia	24 Nov 2012	48.0 km	31	1	1,600 m	48.0	31.0
67	Hanover	Hannover	Europe	28 Sep 1975	18.6 km	21	3	1,033 m	6.2	7.0						right	1435	overhead wire	600					yes
68	Helsinki		Europe	3 Aug 1982	21.0 km	17	1	1,313 m	21.0	17.0	170,000	8,090	62 million	2011	2.10 EUR	right	1524	third rail	750					yes
69	Hiroshima		Asia	20 Aug 1994	18.4 km	21	1	920 m	18.4	21.0	49,300	2,680	18 million	2005		left					yes
70	Hong Kong		Asia	1 Oct 1979	175.0 km	95	10	2,059 m	17.5	9.5	3.96 million	22,600	1,444 million	2012	0.91 EUR	left	1435	overhead wire	1500 (MTR), 25000 (KCR)	Disneyland Resort Line	SI, WI lines, planned	2005	all underground stations	yes	yes
71	Incheon	Inchon	Asia	6 Oct 1999	29.5 km	29	1	1,054 m	29.5	29.0	244,000	8,270	89 million	2012									yes
72	Istanbul		Europe	16 Sep 2000	42.0 km	28	2	1,615 m	21.0	14.0	214,000	5,090	78 million	2011	0.63 EUR	right	1435	overhead wire, third rail (Line M2)	750
73	Izmir		Asia	22 May 2000	15.9 km	14	1	1,223 m	15.9	14.0	173,000	10,900	63 million	2011			1435	third rail	750
74	Jacksonville		America	30 May 1989	6.9 km	6	1	1,380 m	6.9	6.0						right	2060	third rail	750	downtown monorail people mover		1989
75	Kamakura		Asia	3 Mar 1970	6.6 km	8	1	943 m	6.6	8.0						left
76	Kaohsiung	Gaoxiong	Asia	9 Mar 2008	45.0 km	38	2	1,250 m	22.5	19.0	142,000	3,170	52 million	2012			1435	third rail	750				MRT
77	Kazan		Europe	27 Aug 2005	10.9 km	7	1	1,817 m	10.9	7.0	74,000	6,790	27 million	2012		right
78	Kharkov	Kharkiv	Europe	23 Aug 1975	37.4 km	29	3	1,438 m	12.5	9.7	685,000	18,300	250 million	2011		right
79	Kiev	Kyiv	Europe	22 Oct 1960	66.2 km	51	3	1,379 m	22.1	17.0	1.42 million	21,500	519 million	2011	0.27 EUR	right	1520	third rail	825
80	Kitakyushu	Kitaky?sh?	Asia	9 Jan 1985	8.8 km	13	1	733 m	8.8	13.0						left								yes
81	Kobe		Asia	13 Mar 1977	30.6 km	26	2	1,275 m	15.3	13.0	332,000	10,800	121 million	2008		left	1435	overhead wire, third rail (Portliner)	1500, 600 (Portliner)	Port Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyred	Port Liner and Rokko Liner	1981	Port Liner and Rokko Liner	yes
82	Kolkata	Calcutta	Asia	24 Oct 1984	25.0 km	23	1	1,136 m	25.0	23.0	474,000	19,000	173 million	2009		right
83	Kryvyi Rih	Krivoy Rog	Europe	26 Dec 1986	18.0 km	12	1	1,636 m	18.0	12.0
84	Kuala Lumpur		Asia	16 Dec 1996	64.0 km	60	3	1,123 m	21.3	20.0	299,000	4,670	109 million	2008	0.37 EUR	left				LRT		1996	KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stations		yes
85	Kunming		Asia	28 Jun 2012	18.2 km	2	1	18,200 m	18.2	2.0
86	Kyoto		Asia	1 Apr 1981	31.3 km	32	2	1,043 m	15.6	16.0	345,000	11,000	126 million	2008		left	1435	overhead wire	1500				Tozai line	yes
87	Las Vegas		America	15 Jul 2004	6.2 km	7	1	1,033 m	6.2	7.0						right				monorail		2004	yes
88	Lausanne		Europe	24 May 1991	13.7 km	29	2	507 m	6.8	14.5										line m2	line m2	2008		yes
89	Lille		Europe	25 Apr 1983	45.5 km	62	2	758 m	22.8	31.0	263,000	5,780	96 million	2009		right	2060	third rail	750	VAL	yes	1983	VAL, all stations	yes
90	Lima		America	5 Apr 2012	22.0 km	16	1	1,467 m	22.0	16.0					0.29 EUR
91	Lisbon		Europe	29 Dec 1959	44.3 km	55	4	869 m	11.1	13.8	501,000	11,300	183 million	2010	0.80 EUR	left	1435	third rail	750					yes
92	London		Europe	10 Jan 1863	402.0 km	270	11	1,552 m	36.5	24.5	3.21 million	7,980	1,171 million	2011	2.75 EUR	left	1435	third rail	600, 750 (DLR)	Docklands Light Rail		1987	Jubilee Line extension	Metropolitan Line, DLR	Metropolitan Line
93	Los Angeles		America	30 Jan 1993	59.3 km	30	3	2,196 m	19.8	10.0	126,000	2,130	46 million	2011	1.91 EUR	right	1435	overhead wire, third rail (Red, Purple lines)	750						yes
94	Ludwigshafen		Europe	29 May 1969	4.0 km	11	0	364 m								right
95	Lyon		Europe	28 Apr 1978	30.7 km	43	4	787 m	7.7	10.8	704,000	22,900	257 million	2009	1.60 EUR	left	1435	third rail	750	line D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDs	yes	1991
96	Madrid		Europe	17 Oct 1919	286.3 km	282	13	1,064 m	22.0	21.7	1.74 million	6,080	635 million	2011	1.00 EUR	left	1445	overhead wire	600				tests in 2010, plans for 2011	yes	yes
97	Manila		Asia	1 Dec 1984	51.5 km	44	3	1,256 m	17.2	14.7	948,000	18,400	346 million	2008	0.18 EUR	right								yes	yes
98	Maracaibo		America	8 Jun 2009	6.5 km	6	1	1,300 m	6.5	6.0															yes
99	Marseille		Europe	26 Nov 1977	21.8 km	30	2	779 m	10.9	15.0	205,000	9,430	75 million	2011		right	1435	third rail	750		yes
100	Mashhad		Asia	10 Oct 2011	19.0 km	22	1	905 m	19.0	22.0
101	Mecca		Asia	13 Nov 2010	18.1 km	9	1	2,263 m	18.1	9.0						right	1435	third rail	1500				yes	yes	yes
102	Medellin	Medellín	America	30 Nov 1995	28.8 km	26	2	1,200 m	14.4	13.0	466,000	16,200	170 million	2011			1435	overhead wire	1500
103	Mexico City		America	5 Sep 1969	180.0 km	195	12	984 m	15.0	16.3	4.41 million	24,500	1,609 million	2012	0.14 EUR	right	1995	third rail	750		yes
104	Miami		America	21 May 1984	39.8 km	23	1	1,809 m	39.8	23.0	49,300	1,240	18 million	2011	1.66 EUR	right	1435	third rail	750	downtown people mover, rubber-tyred	Downtown people mover	1986			yes
105	Milan		Europe	1 Nov 1964	83.3 km	94	3	915 m	27.8	31.3	899,000	10,800	328 million	2007	1.00 EUR	right	1435	overhead wire, third rail (line M1)	1500, 750 (line M1)	line M5		2013	line M5	yes	yes
106	Minsk		Europe	26 Jun 1984	35.4 km	28	2	1,362 m	17.7	14.0	770,000	21,700	281 million	2012		right	1520	third rail	825
107	Monterrey		America	25 Apr 1991	31.5 km	32	2	1,050 m	15.8	16.0	378,000	12,000	138 million	2009		right					yes
108	Montreal	Montréal	America	14 Oct 1966	69.2 km	73	4	1,003 m	17.3	18.3	600,000	8,670	219 million	2006	1.67 EUR	right	1994	third rail	750		yes
109	Moscow		Europe	15 May 1935	309.4 km	186	12	1,778 m	25.8	15.5	6.55 million	21,200	2,389 million	2011	0.50 EUR	right	1520	third rail	825						lines 3, 5 since 2009
110	Mulheim	Mülheim	Europe	3 Nov 1979	9.0 km	13	2	819 m	4.5	6.5						right	1435	overhead wire	750
111	Mumbai	Bombay	Asia		171.0 km	73	5	2,515 m	34.2	14.6					0.17 EUR
112	Munich		Europe	19 Oct 1971	94.2 km	102	6	981 m	15.7	17.0	986,000	10,500	360 million	2010	2.30 EUR	right	1435	third rail	750					yes
113	Nagoya		Asia	15 Nov 1957	93.1 km	97	4	1,001 m	23.3	24.3	1.17 million	12,600	427 million	2008		left	1435, 1067 (Tsurumai, Sakura-dori lines)	third rail, overhead wire (Tsurumai, Sakura-dori lines)	600, 1500 (Tsurumai, Sakura-dori lines)	Tobu Kyuryo maglev line		2005	Tobu Kyuryo maglev line	yes	yes
114	Naha		Asia	10 Aug 2003	12.8 km	15	1	914 m	12.8	15.0						left
115	Nanjing	Nanking	Asia	27 Aug 2005	84.7 km	57	2	1,540 m	42.3	28.5	942,000	11,100	344 million	2011		right
116	Naples		Europe	28 Mar 1993	31.8 km	31	3	1,136 m	10.6	10.3	95,900	3,020	35 million	2011		left	1435	overhead wire	1500
117	New York	New York City	America	27 Oct 1904	368.0 km	468	27	834 m	13.6	17.3	4.53 million	12,300	1,655 million	2012	1.53 EUR	right	1435	third rail	625, 650 (PATH)				planned for new Second Avenue Line		yes
118	Newark		America	26 May 1935	2.2 km	4	1	733 m	2.2	4.0						right
119	Newcastle		Europe	7 Aug 1980	76.5 km	61	2	1,297 m	38.3	30.5	104,000	1,360	38 million	2011		left	1435	overhead wire	1500
120	Nizhny Novgorod	Gorky	Europe	20 Nov 1985	18.9 km	15	2	1,454 m	9.4	7.5	74,000	3,910	27 million	2010		right	1520	third rail	825
121	Novosibirsk		Asia	7 Jan 1986	16.4 km	13	2	1,487 m	8.2	6.5	208,000	12,700	76 million	2011		right	1520	third rail	825
122	Nuremberg		Europe	1 Mar 1972	36.0 km	48	3	800 m	12.0	16.0	323,000	8,980	118 million	2011		right	1435	third rail	750	lines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains		2008		yes
123	Oporto	Porto	Europe	7 Dec 2002	21.7 km	15	2	1,669 m	10.9	7.5						right	1435	overhead wire	750					yes	yes
124	Osaka		Asia	20 May 1933	137.8 km	133	9	1,111 m	15.3	14.8	2.29 million	16,600	836 million	2010		left	1435	third rail	750, 600 (Nanko Port Town Line)	Nanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyred	Nanko Port Town Line	1981	all stations on the Nanko Port Town Line	yes
125	Oslo		Europe	22 May 1966	62.0 km	77	5	861 m	12.4	15.4	208,000	3,360	76 million	2010	2.67 EUR	right	1435	third rail	750					yes
126	Palma de Mallorca		Europe	25 Apr 2007	8.3 km	9	1	1,038 m	8.3	9.0							1000		1500
127	Paris		Europe	19 Jul 1900	218.0 km	382	16	596 m	13.6	23.9	4.18 million	19,200	1,524 million	2011	1.57 EUR	right (metro), left (RER)	1435	third rail	750	lines 1, 14, rubber-tyred	lines 1, 4, 6, 11, 14	1998	lines 1, 13 (part), 14	lines 1, 2, 5, 7bis, 9, 14	lines 1, 2, 5, 9
128	Perugia		Europe	29 Jan 2008	3.0 km	7	1	500 m	3.0	7.0										'Minimetro'		2008
129	Philadelphia		America	4 Mar 1907	62.0 km	66	3	984 m	20.7	22.0	293,000	4,730	107 million	2011		right	1435, 1588 (Market-Frankford Line)	third rail	600, 685 (PATCO)						yes
130	Pittsburgh		America	3 Jul 1985	4.8 km	6	1	960 m	4.8	6.0						right
131	Porto Alegre		America	2 Mar 1985	33.8 km	17	1	2,112 m	33.8	17.0						right
132	Poznan		Europe	1 Mar 1997	6.1 km	6	1	1,220 m	6.1	6.0
133	Prague		Europe	9 May 1974	59.1 km	57	3	1,094 m	19.7	19.0	1.45 million	24,600	530 million	2011	0.65 EUR	right	1435	third rail	750					yes
134	Pyongyang		Asia	6 Sep 1973	22.5 km	16	2	1,607 m	11.3	8.0	98,600	4,380	36 million	2009			1435	third rail	825
135	Recife		America	11 Mar 1985	39.7 km	30	2	1,418 m	19.9	15.0						right
136	Rennes		Europe	16 Mar 2002	9.0 km	15	1	643 m	9.0	15.0	129,000	14,300	47 million	2011		right				VAL	yes	2002	VAL	yes
137	Rio de Janeiro		America	5 Mar 1979	42.0 km	34	2	1,313 m	21.0	17.0	581,000	13,800	212 million	2010	0.77 EUR	right	1600	third rail	750						yes
138	Rome		Europe	10 Feb 1955	41.6 km	52	2	832 m	20.8	26.0	907,000	21,800	331 million	2008	1.00 EUR	left	1435	overhead wire	1500					yes	yes
139	Rotterdam		Europe	10 Feb 1968	47.0 km	38	2	1,306 m	23.5	19.0	238,000	5,070	87 million	2008		right	1435	third rail	750
140	Rouen		Europe	17 Dec 1994	2.2 km	5	1	550 m	2.2	5.0
141	Saint Louis		America	31 Jul 1993	73.4 km	37	2	2,097 m	36.7	18.5						right
142	Saint Petersburg	Leningrad	Europe	15 Nov 1955	113.5 km	67	5	1,831 m	22.7	13.4	2.15 million	19,000	786 million	2011		right	1520	third rail	825				windowless steel doors in ten stations
143	Samara	Kuybyshev	Europe	26 Dec 1987	10.2 km	9	1	1,275 m	10.2	9.0	43,800	4,300	16 million	2011		right	1520	third rail	825
144	San Francisco		America	11 Sep 1972	166.9 km	44	5	4,279 m	33.4	8.8	304,000	1,820	111 million	2012		right	1676	third rail	1000						yes
145	San Juan		America	6 Jun 2005	17.2 km	16	1	1,147 m	17.2	16.0	30,100	1,750	11 million	2011
146	Santiago	Santiago de Chile	America	15 Sep 1975	102.4 km	108	5	994 m	20.5	21.6	1.75 million	17,100	640 million	2011	0.55 EUR	right	1435	third rail	750		yes			yes
147	Santo Domingo		America	30 Jan 2009	14.5 km	16	1	967 m	14.5	16.0	79,500	5,480	29 million	2011			1435								yes
148	Sao Paulo	São Paulo	America	14 Sep 1974	74.3 km	67	5	1,198 m	14.9	13.4	2.4 million	32,300	877 million	2012	0.76 EUR	right	1600	third rail (lines 1-3), overhead wire (lines 4, 5)	750 (lines 1-3), 1500 (lines 4, 5)	line 4		2010	lines 2, 3, 4 (since 2010)	lines 4, 5	all metro lines and regional rail
149	Sapporo		Asia	16 Dec 1971	48.0 km	49	3	1,043 m	16.0	16.3	573,000	11,900	209 million	2008		left	2150, 2180 (Namboku Line)	overhead wire, third rail (Namboku Line)	1500, 750 (Namboku Line)		yes			yes
150	Seattle		America	18 Jul 2009	22.2 km	12	1	2,018 m	22.2	12.0						right									yes
151	Sendai		Asia	15 Jul 1987	14.8 km	17	1	925 m	14.8	17.0	159,000	10,700	58 million	2008		left	1067	overhead wire	1500					yes
152	Seoul		Asia	15 Aug 1974	326.5 km	302	9	1,114 m	36.3	33.6	6.9 million	21,100	2,518 million	2012	0.54 EUR	right	1435	overhead wire	1500				lines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010	yes	yes
153	Seville	Sevilla	Europe	2 Apr 2009	18.0 km	21	1	900 m	18.0	21.0													Line 1
154	Shanghai		Asia	10 Apr 1995	437.0 km	296	12	1,539 m	36.4	24.7	6.24 million	14,300	2,276 million	2012	0.34 EUR	right	1435	overhead wire	1500				newer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stations		yes
155	Shenyang	Mukden	Asia	27 Sep 2010	49.5 km	41	2	1,268 m	24.7	20.5						right							yes
156	Shenzhen		Asia	28 Dec 2004	178.4 km	131	5	1,416 m	35.7	26.2	362,000	2,030	132 million	2009		right	1435						yes	yes	yes
157	Singapore		Asia	7 Nov 1987	146.5 km	100	4	1,526 m	36.6	25.0	2.18 million	14,800	794 million	2011	0.97 EUR	left	1435	third rail	750	North-East Line, Circle Line and the 3 rubber-tyred LRT lines	LRT lines	2003	yes	yes	yes
158	Sofia		Europe	28 Jan 1998	31.2 km	28	2	1,200 m	15.6	14.0	79,500	2,550	29 million	2009	0.51 EUR	right	1435	third rail	825
159	Stockholm		Europe	1 Oct 1950	105.7 km	104	3	1,047 m	35.2	34.7	847,000	8,010	309 million	2011	3.73 EUR	left	1435	third rail	650, 750 (Blue Line)
160	Stuttgart		Europe	10 Jun 1966	24.0 km	19	2	1,412 m	12.0	9.5						right	1435	overhead wire	750					yes	yes
161	Suzhou	Su-chou	Asia	29 Apr 2012	25.7 km	24	1	1,117 m	25.7	24.0						right									yes
162	Sydney		Oceania	1926	22.1 km	14	3	2,005 m	7.4	4.7					2.92 EUR	left									yes
163	Taipei		Asia	28 Mar 1996	112.6 km	106	8	1,149 m	14.1	13.3	1.79 million	15,900	652 million	2012	0.60 EUR	right	2060	third rail	750	Wenshan (Muzha) VAL line	yes	1996	PGDs in the busier MRT stations, PSDs in all VAL stations	yes	yes
164	Tama		Asia	27 Nov 1998	16.0 km	19	1	889 m	16.0	19.0						left								yes
165	Tashkent		Asia	6 Nov 1977	36.2 km	29	3	1,392 m	12.1	9.7	178,000	4,920	65 million	2010		right	1520	third rail	825
166	Tbilisi		Asia	11 Jan 1966	26.3 km	22	2	1,315 m	13.1	11.0	241,000	9,170	88 million	2008		right	1520	third rail	825
167	Tehran		Asia	21 Feb 2000	73.0 km	70	4	1,106 m	18.3	17.5	1.32 million	18,000	480 million	2011			1435	third rail	750						yes
168	The Hague		Europe	16 Oct 2004	27.9 km	30	3	1,033 m	9.3	10.0						right
169	Tianjin	Tientsin	Asia	28 Mar 2004	124.0 km	81	4	1,610 m	31.0	20.3	175,000	1,410	64 million	2010		right	1435	third rail	825				platform gate doors		yes
170	Tokyo		Asia	30 Dec 1927	304.5 km	290	13	1,099 m	23.4	22.3	8.5 million	27,900	3,102 million	2011	1.57 EUR	left	1067, 1435 (Ginza, Marunouchi, Asakusa, Oedo lines), 1372 (Shinjuku line)	overhead wire, third rail (Ginza, Marunouchi lines)	1500, 600 (Ginza, Marunouchi lines)	Yurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyred	Yurikamome line	1995	Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome lines	yes	yes
171	Toronto		America	30 Apr 1954	71.3 km	74	4	1,019 m	17.8	18.5	762,000	10,700	278 million	2006	1.67 EUR	right	1480	third rail	600						yes
172	Toulouse		Europe	26 Jun 1993	27.5 km	38	2	764 m	13.8	19.0	282,000	10,300	103 million	2011		right	2060	third rail	750	VAL	yes	1993	VAL	yes
173	Turin		Europe	4 Feb 2006	13.4 km	21	1	670 m	13.4	21.0	90,400	6,750	33 million	2011		right				VAL	yes	2006	VAL	yes	yes
174	Valencia		America	18 Oct 2006	6.2 km	7	1	1,033 m	6.2	7.0	57,500	9,280	21 million	2010
175	Valencia		Europe	3 Oct 1988	31.8 km	38	3	909 m	10.6	12.7						right	1000	overhead wire	1500					yes	yes
176	Valparaiso		America	23 Nov 2005	43.0 km	20	1	2,263 m	43.0	20.0						right
177	Vancouver		America	3 Jan 1986	69.5 km	49	3	1,511 m	23.2	16.3	329,000	4,730	120 million	2011		right	1435	third rail	600	Skytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system		1986		yes	yes
178	Vienna		Europe	25 Feb 1978	74.6 km	102	5	769 m	14.9	20.4	1.46 million	19,600	534 million	2010	1.70 EUR	right	1435	third rail	750					yes	yes
179	Volgograd	Stalingrad	Europe	5 Nov 1984	6.8 km	6	1	1,360 m	6.8	6.0
180	Warsaw		Europe	7 Apr 1995	22.6 km	21	1	1,130 m	22.6	21.0	384,000	17,000	140 million	2011	0.47 EUR	right	1435	third rail	825
181	Washington		America	27 Mar 1976	171.2 km	90	5	2,014 m	34.2	18.0	597,000	3,490	218 million	2012		right	1435	third rail	750						yes
182	Wuhan	Hankou	Asia	28 Sep 2004	56.8 km	48	2	1,234 m	28.4	24.0	200,000	3,520	73 million	2011		right
183	Wuppertal		Europe	1 Mar 1901	13.3 km	20	1	700 m	13.3	20.0						right		overhead rail	600
184	Xian	Xi'an	Asia	16 Sep 2011	26.4 km	17	1	1,650 m	26.4	17.0	162,000	6,120	59 million	2012			1435							yes
185	Yekaterinburg	Ekaterinburg	Asia	26 Apr 1991	12.7 km	9	1	1,587 m	12.7	9.0	104,000	8,200	38 million	2011		right
186	Yerevan	Erevan	Asia	7 Mar 1981	12.1 km	10	1	1,344 m	12.1	10.0	46,600	3,850	17 million	2011		right
187	Yokohama		Asia	16 Dec 1972	57.6 km	48	3	1,280 m	19.2	16.0	542,000	9,420	198 million	2008		left	1435	third rail	750	Kanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyred	Kanazawa Seaside LRT	1989	Kanazawa Seaside LRT line	yes