World Metro Database

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1	Adana		Asia	Metro	18 Mar 2009	13	1	13	13.5	1,125 m	13.0
2	Almaty	Alma-Ata	Asia	Metro	1 Jan 2011	7	1	7	7.3	1,217 m	7.0	19,200	2,630	2012
3	Bangalore		Asia	Metro	15 Sep 2011	6	1	6	7.5	1,500 m	6.0
4	Brescia		Europe	Metro	22 Dec 2012	17	1	17	13.1	819 m	17.0								metro		2012				According to official website
5	Changchun	Hsinking	Asia	LRT	Oct 2002	16	1	16	17.0	1,133 m	16.0				right										(17 km, 16 stations on viaduct = metro). 14.6 km, 17 st on streets
6	Dalian		Asia	Metro	1 May 2003	12	1	12	49.0	4,455 m	12.0	121,000	2,460	2012	right										Suburban service?
7	Hangzhou	Hangchow	Asia	Metro	24 Nov 2012	31	1	31	48.0	1,600 m	31.0														Wikipedia
8	Kaohsiung	Gaoxiong	Asia	MRT	9 Mar 2008	38	2	37	22.5	1,250 m	19.0	142,000	3,170	2012		1435	third rail	750						MRT
9	Kazan		Europe	Metro	27 Aug 2005	7	1	7	10.9	1,817 m	7.0	74,000	6,790	2012	right										According to Mr. Yuri Popov
10	Kunming		Asia	Metro	28 Jun 2012	2	1	2	18.2	18,200 m	2.0
11	Mashhad		Asia		10 Oct 2011	22	1	22	19.0	905 m	22.0
12	Nanjing	Nanking	Asia	Metro	27 Aug 2005	57	2	55	42.3	1,540 m	28.5	942,000	11,100	2011	right
13	Palma de Mallorca		Europe	Metro	25 Apr 2007	9	1	9	8.3	1,038 m	9.0					1000		1500
14	Perugia		Europe	Minimetro	29 Jan 2008	7	1	7	3.0	500 m	7.0								'Minimetro'		2008
15	Poznan		Europe	Fast Tram	1 Mar 1997	6	1	6	6.1	1,220 m	6.0														Rapid Tram
16	San Juan		America	Tren Urbano	6 Jun 2005	16	1	16	17.2	1,147 m	16.0	30,100	1,750	2011
17	Seville	Sevilla	Europe	Metro	2 Apr 2009	21	1	21	18.0	900 m	21.0													Line 1
18	Shenyang	Mukden	Asia	Metro	27 Sep 2010	41	2	40	24.7	1,268 m	20.5				right									yes
19	The Hague		Europe	RandstadRail	16 Oct 2004	30	3	30	9.3	1,033 m	10.0				right										Full metro section length unknown (47 km?)
20	Valencia		America	Metro	18 Oct 2006	7	1	7	6.2	1,033 m	7.0	57,500	9,280	2010
21	Valparaiso		America	Metro	23 Nov 2005	20	1	20	43.0	2,263 m	20.0				right
22	Xian	Xi'an	Asia	Metro	16 Sep 2011	17	1	17	26.4	1,650 m	17.0	162,000	6,120	2012		1435						yes
23	Amsterdam		Europe	Metro	16 Oct 1977	33	4	33	8.2	1,128 m	8.3	233,000	7,120	2009	right	1435	third rail	750							Sneltram not included (9.8 km, 19 stations; 'Metros in Holland')
24	Ankara		Asia	Metro	30 Aug 1996	23	2	22	11.6	1,100 m	11.5	310,000	13,400	2007	right	1435	third rail	750	metro line		1997
25	Antwerp		Europe	Premetro	25 Mar 1975	11	2	11	3.8	844 m	5.5					1000	overhead wire	600
26	Baku		Asia	Metro	6 Nov 1967	23	2	22	17.3	1,646 m	11.5	501,000	14,500	2011	right	1520	third rail	825
27	Belo Horizonte		America	Metrô	1 Aug 1986	19	1	19	28.1	1,563 m	19.0				right										According to official website
28	Berlin		Europe	U-Bahn	18 Feb 1902	195	10	173	14.7	797 m	19.5	1.38 million	9,390	2011	right	1435	third rail	750				yes
29	Bielefeld		Europe	Stadtbahn	21 Sep 1971	7	4	7	1.3	1,733 m	1.8				right										Full metro section length unknown. Only metro section included
30	Bochum		Europe	Stadtbahn	26 May 1979	29	2	27	10.8	797 m	14.5				right	1435	overhead wire	660							Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 2
31	Bonn		Europe	Stadtbahn	22 Mar 1975	12	1	12	9.0	818 m	12.0				right	1435	overhead wire	750							9 km, 12 stations underground. Approx. 17 km metro-like
32	Brasilia		America	Metrô	31 Mar 2001	24	1	24	42.0	1,826 m	24.0	151,000	3,590	2009	right
33	Brussels		Europe	Métro	20 Sep 1976	61	3	59	10.7	555 m	20.3	364,000	11,300	2009	right (left on lines 1 and 6 between Midi and Roi Baudouin)	1435	third rail	900				line 1			Premetro tunnels not included, 11 stations
34	Bucharest		Europe	Metro	16 Nov 1979	50	4	45	17.3	1,505 m	12.5	468,000	6,770	2011	right	1435	third rail	825
35	Budapest		Europe	Metro	2 May 1896	42	3	40	11.0	846 m	14.0	827,000	25,100	2011	right	1435	third rail, overhead wire (Line M1)	825, 600 (Line M1)
36	Buenos Aires		America	Subte	1 Dec 1913	78	6	69	8.2	685 m	13.0	844,000	17,100	2011	left	1435	overhead wire, third rail (Line B)	1500, 1100 (Line B)				yes			Premetro line not included
37	Buffalo		America	Metro Rail	18 May 1985	8	1	8	8.4	1,194 m	8.0				right										Only tunnel section
38	Bursa		Asia	Bursaray	19 Aug 2002	31	2	31	15.8	1,086 m	15.5
39	Busan		Asia	Subway	19 Jul 1985	127	5	119	26.4	1,080 m	25.4	877,000	6,650	2012	right				Line 4	Line 4	2011			line 3
40	Catania		Europe	Metropolitana	27 Jun 1999	6	1	6	3.8	760 m	6.0				right	1435	overhead wire	3000							metroitaliane.it
41	Charleroi		Europe	Métro Léger	21 Jun 1976	20	4	20	4.4	1,094 m	5.0														Full metro section length unknown. Total length 25 km. Data from Wikipedia
42	Chennai	Madras	Asia	MRTS	19 Oct 1997	17	1	17	27.0	1,688 m	17.0
43	Chiba		Asia	Monorail	28 Mar 1988	18	2	18	7.8	969 m	9.0				left
44	Cleveland		America	Rapid Transit	15 Mar 1955	18	1	18	31.0	1,824 m	18.0	16,400	530	2011	right	1435	overhead wire	600							2 Light Rail lines not included
45	Daegu	Taegu	Asia	Subway	26 Nov 1997	56	2	55	27.0	998 m	28.0	348,000	6,460	2012										lines 1, 2
46	Daejeon	Taejon	Asia	Subway	16 Mar 2006	22	1	22	22.6	1,076 m	22.0	104,000	4,610	2011										yes
47	Dnepropetrovsk	Dnipropetrovsk	Europe	Metro	29 Dec 1995	6	1	6	7.1	1,420 m	6.0	24,700	3,470	2010		1520	third rail	825							According to Mr. Yuri Popov
48	Dortmund		Europe	Stadtbahn	17 May 1976	37	3	37	9.8	866 m	12.3				right	1435	overhead wire	600	H-Bahn		1984	yes			Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 2
49	Duesseldorf	Düsseldorf	Europe	Stadtbahn	4 Oct 1981	14	2	14	4.8	798 m	7.0				right	1435	overhead wire	600				yes			Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 1
50	Duisburg		Europe	Stadtbahn	11 Jul 1992	13	2	13	7.2	1,304 m	6.5				right							yes			Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 1
51	Edmonton		America	Light Rail	22 Apr 1978	15	1	15	20.4	1,457 m	15.0				right
52	Essen		Europe	Stadtbahn	5 Oct 1967	27	3	27	6.7	842 m	9.0				right	1435	overhead wire	750				yes			Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 1
53	Frankfurt		Europe	U-Bahn	4 Oct 1968	31	3	27	6.8	732 m	10.3				right	1435	overhead wire	750				yes			20.40 km, 27 stations underground ('Schnellbahnen in Deutschland')
54	Fukuoka		Asia	Subway	26 Jul 1981	35	3	34	9.9	931 m	11.7	340,000	11,400	2007	left	1067	overhead wire	1500				yes		yes	According to Mr. Osamu Abe
55	Gelsenkirchen		Europe	Stadtbahn	1 Sep 1984	9	1	9	5.5	690 m	9.0				right	1000	overhead wire	600							Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 2
56	Genoa		Europe	Metropolitana	13 Jun 1990	8	1	8	7.1	1,014 m	8.0				right	1435	overhead wire	750				yes			metroitaliane.it
57	Glasgow		Europe	Subway	14 Dec 1896	15	1	15	10.4	743 m	15.0	35,600	3,420	2011	left	1219	third rail	600
58	Guadalajara		America	Metro	1 Sep 1989	29	2	28	12.0	889 m	14.5				right
59	Gwangju		Asia	Subway	28 Apr 2004	20	1	20	20.1	1,058 m	20.0	49,300	2,450	2011										yes
60	Haifa		Asia	Carmelit	1959	6	1	6	1.8	350 m	6.0
61	Hamburg		Europe	U-Bahn	1 Mar 1912	99	4	91	26.2	1,102 m	24.8	545,000	5,210	2011	right	1435	third rail	750							According to official website
62	Hanover	Hannover	Europe	Stadtbahn	28 Sep 1975	21	3	17	6.2	1,033 m	7.0				right	1435	overhead wire	600				yes			18.60 km, 17 stations underground ('Schnellbahnen in Deutschland')
63	Helsinki		Europe	Metro	3 Aug 1982	17	1	17	21.0	1,313 m	17.0	170,000	8,090	2011	right	1524	third rail	750				yes			According to Metros in Skandinavien (R.Schwandl)
64	Hiroshima		Asia	Monorail	20 Aug 1994	21	1	21	18.4	920 m	21.0	49,300	2,680	2005	left					yes					According to Mr. Osamu Abe
65	Incheon	Inchon	Asia	Subway	6 Oct 1999	29	1	29	29.5	1,054 m	29.0	244,000	8,270	2012										yes
66	Istanbul		Europe	Metro	16 Sep 2000	28	2	28	21.0	1,615 m	14.0	214,000	5,090	2011	right	1435	overhead wire, third rail (Line M2)	750							Wikipedia. Hafif Metro not included (25.8 km, 24 stations, 2 lines)
67	Izmir		Asia	Metro	22 May 2000	14	1	14	15.9	1,223 m	14.0	173,000	10,900	2011		1435	third rail	750
68	Jacksonville		America	Skyway	30 May 1989	6	1	6	6.9	1,380 m	6.0				right	2060	third rail	750	downtown monorail people mover		1989
69	Kamakura		Asia	Monorail	3 Mar 1970	8	1	8	6.6	943 m	8.0				left										Shonan Monorail.
70	Kharkov	Kharkiv	Europe	Metro	23 Aug 1975	29	3	26	12.5	1,438 m	9.7	685,000	18,300	2011	right										According to Mr. Yuri Popov
71	Kiev	Kyiv	Europe	Metro	22 Oct 1960	51	3	48	22.1	1,379 m	17.0	1.42 million	21,500	2011	right	1520	third rail	825
72	Kitakyushu	Kitaky?sh?	Asia	Monorail	9 Jan 1985	13	1	13	8.8	733 m	13.0				left							yes
73	Kobe		Asia	Subway	13 Mar 1977	26	2	24	15.3	1,275 m	13.0	332,000	10,800	2008	left	1435	overhead wire, third rail (Portliner)	1500, 600 (Portliner)	Port Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyred	Port Liner and Rokko Liner	1981	yes		Port Liner and Rokko Liner	According to Mr. Osamu Abe. Portliner, Rokko lines not included (15 st)
74	Kolkata	Calcutta	Asia	Metro Railway	24 Oct 1984	23	1	23	25.0	1,136 m	23.0	474,000	19,000	2009	right										25 km wikipedia, 27.50 km urbanrail ???
75	Kryvyi Rih	Krivoy Rog	Europe	Metrotram	26 Dec 1986	12	1	12	18.0	1,636 m	12.0
76	Kyoto		Asia	Subway	1 Apr 1981	32	2	31	15.6	1,043 m	16.0	345,000	11,000	2008	left	1435	overhead wire	1500				yes		Tozai line
77	Las Vegas		America	Monorail	15 Jul 2004	7	1	7	6.2	1,033 m	7.0				right				monorail		2004			yes	Hotels monorails not included
78	Lausanne		Europe	Metro	24 May 1991	29	2	28	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
79	Lille		Europe	Métro	25 Apr 1983	62	2	60	22.8	758 m	31.0	263,000	5,780	2009	right	2060	third rail	750	VAL	yes	1983	yes		VAL, all stations
80	Lima		America	Tren Urbano	5 Apr 2012	16	1	16	22.0	1,467 m	16.0
81	Lisbon		Europe	Metro	29 Dec 1959	55	4	49	11.1	869 m	13.8	501,000	11,300	2010	left	1435	third rail	750				yes
82	Ludwigshafen		Europe	Stadtbahn	29 May 1969	11	0	11		364 m					right										Full metro section length unknown.
83	Lyon		Europe	Métro	28 Apr 1978	43	4	39	7.7	787 m	10.8	704,000	22,900	2009	left	1435	third rail	750	line D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDs	yes	1991
84	Marseille		Europe	Métro	26 Nov 1977	30	2	28	10.9	779 m	15.0	205,000	9,430	2011	right	1435	third rail	750		yes
85	Medellin	Medellín	America	Metro	30 Nov 1995	26	2	25	14.4	1,200 m	13.0	466,000	16,200	2011		1435	overhead wire	1500							Metro Cable not included, 4 stations
86	Mexico City		America	Metro	5 Sep 1969	195	12	163	15.0	984 m	16.3	4.41 million	24,500	2012	right	1995	third rail	750		yes					ONLY PASSENGER SERVICE KM COUNTED
87	Minsk		Europe	Metro	26 Jun 1984	28	2	27	17.7	1,362 m	14.0	770,000	21,700	2012	right	1520	third rail	825							According to Mr. Yuri Popov
88	Monterrey		America	Metro	25 Apr 1991	32	2	31	15.8	1,050 m	16.0	378,000	12,000	2009	right					yes
89	Montreal	Montréal	America	Metro	14 Oct 1966	73	4	68	17.3	1,003 m	18.3	600,000	8,670	2006	right	1994	third rail	750		yes
90	Mulheim	Mülheim	Europe	Stadtbahn	3 Nov 1979	13	2	12	4.5	819 m	6.5				right	1435	overhead wire	750							Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 1
91	Mumbai	Bombay	Asia	Suburban Railway		73	5	73	34.2	2,515 m	14.6														In fact, 4 suburban railway lines with metro frequency
92	Munich		Europe	U-Bahn	19 Oct 1971	102	6	96	15.7	981 m	17.0	986,000	10,500	2010	right	1435	third rail	750				yes
93	Naha		Asia	Monorail	10 Aug 2003	15	1	15	12.8	914 m	15.0				left
94	Naples		Europe	Metropolitana	28 Mar 1993	31	3	28	10.6	1,136 m	10.3	95,900	3,020	2011	left	1435	overhead wire	1500							M3 and M4 not included (M3: 12.3 km, 12 sta. M4: 8.3 km, 8 sta.)
95	Newark		America	Subway	26 May 1935	4	1	4	2.2	733 m	4.0				right										4 underground stations
96	Newcastle		Europe	Metro	7 Aug 1980	61	2	50	38.3	1,297 m	30.5	104,000	1,360	2011	left	1435	overhead wire	1500
97	Nizhny Novgorod	Gorky	Europe	Metro	20 Nov 1985	15	2	14	9.4	1,454 m	7.5	74,000	3,910	2010	right	1520	third rail	825							According to Mr. Yuri Popov
98	Novosibirsk		Asia	Metro	7 Jan 1986	13	2	12	8.2	1,487 m	6.5	208,000	12,700	2011	right	1520	third rail	825							According to Mr. Yuri Popov
99	Nuremberg		Europe	U-Bahn	1 Mar 1972	48	3	44	12.0	800 m	16.0	323,000	8,980	2011	right	1435	third rail	750	lines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains		2008	yes
100	Osaka		Asia	Subway	20 May 1933	133	9	104	15.3	1,111 m	14.8	2.29 million	16,600	2010	left	1435	third rail	750, 600 (Nanko Port Town Line)	Nanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyred	Nanko Port Town Line	1981	yes		all stations on the Nanko Port Town Line	Monorail not included (23.8 km, 18 st). OTS + new tram included
101	Oslo		Europe	T-Bane	22 May 1966	77	5	77	12.4	861 m	15.4	208,000	3,360	2010	right	1435	third rail	750				yes			Line 1 not included (it has level crossings). Length not sure
102	Pittsburgh		America	T	3 Jul 1985	6	1	6	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.
103	Porto Alegre		America	Metro	2 Mar 1985	17	1	17	33.8	2,112 m	17.0				right										According to official website
104	Prague		Europe	Metro	9 May 1974	57	3	54	19.7	1,094 m	19.0	1.45 million	24,600	2011	right	1435	third rail	750				yes
105	Pyongyang		Asia	Metro	6 Sep 1973	16	2	15	11.3	1,607 m	8.0	98,600	4,380	2009		1435	third rail	825
106	Recife		America	Metrô	11 Mar 1985	30	2	28	19.9	1,418 m	15.0				right										According to official website
107	Rennes		Europe	Métro	16 Mar 2002	15	1	15	9.0	643 m	15.0	129,000	14,300	2011	right				VAL	yes	2002	yes		VAL
108	Rotterdam		Europe	Metro	10 Feb 1968	38	2	37	23.5	1,306 m	19.0	238,000	5,070	2008	right	1435	third rail	750							Only metro section. Sneltram: 8.4 km, 11 stations. 'Metros in Holland'
109	Rouen		Europe	Métro	17 Dec 1994	5	1	5	2.2	550 m	5.0														5 underground stations
110	Saint Louis		America	Metrolink	31 Jul 1993	37	2	37	36.7	2,097 m	18.5				right
111	Saint Petersburg	Leningrad	Europe	Metro	15 Nov 1955	67	5	59	22.7	1,831 m	13.4	2.15 million	19,000	2011	right	1520	third rail	825						windowless steel doors in ten stations	According to Mr. Yuri Popov
112	Samara	Kuybyshev	Europe	Metro	26 Dec 1987	9	1	9	10.2	1,275 m	9.0	43,800	4,300	2011	right	1520	third rail	825							According to Mr. Yuri Popov
113	Santiago	Santiago de Chile	America	Metro	15 Sep 1975	108	5	100	20.5	994 m	21.6	1.75 million	17,100	2011	right	1435	third rail	750		yes		yes
114	Sapporo		Asia	Subway	16 Dec 1971	49	3	46	16.0	1,043 m	16.3	573,000	11,900	2008	left	2150, 2180 (Namboku Line)	overhead wire, third rail (Namboku Line)	1500, 750 (Namboku Line)		yes		yes			According to Mr. Osamu Abe
115	Sendai		Asia	Subway	15 Jul 1987	17	1	17	14.8	925 m	17.0	159,000	10,700	2008	left	1067	overhead wire	1500				yes			According to Mr. Osamu Abe
116	Sofia		Europe	Metro	28 Jan 1998	28	2	26	15.6	1,200 m	14.0	79,500	2,550	2009	right	1435	third rail	825
117	Stockholm		Europe	Tunnelbana	1 Oct 1950	104	3	100	35.2	1,047 m	34.7	847,000	8,010	2011	left	1435	third rail	650, 750 (Blue Line)							According to official website. 7 operational lines
118	Tama		Asia	Monorail	27 Nov 1998	19	1	19	16.0	889 m	19.0				left							yes
119	Tashkent		Asia	Metro	6 Nov 1977	29	3	26	12.1	1,392 m	9.7	178,000	4,920	2010	right	1520	third rail	825							According to Mr. Yuri Popov
120	Tbilisi		Asia	Metro	11 Jan 1966	22	2	21	13.1	1,315 m	11.0	241,000	9,170	2008	right	1520	third rail	825							According to Mr. Yuri Popov
121	Toulouse		Europe	Métro	26 Jun 1993	38	2	37	13.8	764 m	19.0	282,000	10,300	2011	right	2060	third rail	750	VAL	yes	1993	yes		VAL
122	Volgograd	Stalingrad	Europe	Metro	5 Nov 1984	6	1	6	6.8	1,360 m	6.0														Total system: 22 stations, 17,1 km
123	Warsaw		Europe	Metro	7 Apr 1995	21	1	21	22.6	1,130 m	21.0	384,000	17,000	2011	right	1435	third rail	825
124	Wuhan	Hankou	Asia	Metro	28 Sep 2004	48	2	47	28.4	1,234 m	24.0	200,000	3,520	2011	right
125	Wuppertal		Europe	Schwebebahn	1 Mar 1901	20	1	20	13.3	700 m	20.0				right		overhead rail	600
126	Yekaterinburg	Ekaterinburg	Asia	Metro	26 Apr 1991	9	1	9	12.7	1,587 m	9.0	104,000	8,200	2011	right
127	Yerevan	Erevan	Asia	Metro	7 Mar 1981	10	1	10	12.1	1,344 m	10.0	46,600	3,850	2011	right										According to Mr. Yuri Popov
128	Yokohama		Asia	Subway	16 Dec 1972	48	3	45	19.2	1,280 m	16.0	542,000	9,420	2008	left	1435	third rail	750	Kanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyred	Kanazawa Seaside LRT	1989	yes		Kanazawa Seaside LRT line	Kanazawa Line not included (10.6 km)
129	Cairo		Africa	Metro	27 Sep 1987	55	2	53	32.8	1,236 m	27.5	2.29 million	35,000	2010	left	1435	overhead wire	1500					5 stations
130	Copenhagen		Europe	Metro	19 Oct 2002	22	2	22	10.5	1,050 m	11.0	148,000	7,050	2011	right	1435	third rail	750	all metro lines		2002	yes	all metro and S-Tog trains	all underground stations	According to official website
131	Sao Paulo	São Paulo	America	Metrô	14 Sep 1974	67	5	61	14.9	1,198 m	13.4	2.4 million	32,300	2012	right	1600	third rail (lines 1-3), overhead wire (lines 4, 5)	750 (lines 1-3), 1500 (lines 4, 5)	line 4		2010	lines 4, 5	all metro lines and regional rail	lines 2, 3, 4 (since 2010)	According to official website. C Line: 26 km + 16 st. E Line: 22km + 7 st)
132	Paris		Europe	Métro	19 Jul 1900	382	16	302	13.6	596 m	23.9	4.18 million	19,200	2011	right (metro), left (RER)	1435	third rail	750	lines 1, 14, rubber-tyred	lines 1, 4, 6, 11, 14	1998	lines 1, 2, 5, 7bis, 9, 14	lines 1, 2, 5, 9	lines 1, 13 (part), 14
133	Moscow		Europe	Metro	15 May 1935	186	12	147	25.8	1,778 m	15.5	6.55 million	21,200	2011	right	1520	third rail	825					lines 3, 5 since 2009		Monorail (6 stations, 4.7 km) not included.
134	London		Europe	Underground	10 Jan 1863	270	11	270	36.5	1,552 m	24.5	3.21 million	7,980	2011	left	1435	third rail	600, 750 (DLR)	Docklands Light Rail		1987	Metropolitan Line, DLR	Metropolitan Line	Jubilee Line extension	DLR not included (31.4 km, 39 stations). East London Line removed (will be assigned to Overground). Overground: 86 km, 55 st.
135	Cologne		Europe	Stadtbahn	11 Oct 1968	51	15	51	3.0	1,250 m	3.4				right	1435	overhead wire	750				yes	new light rail trains only		Approx. 45 km metro-like. 30 km underground.
136	Algiers		Africa	Metro	1 Nov 2011	10	1	10	9.0	1,000 m	10.0					1435	third rail	750				yes	yes
137	Athens		Europe	Metro	1954	54	3	50	17.3	1,020 m	18.0	937,000	18,000	2008	right	1435	third rail	600				yes	yes		M3 airport line not included.
138	Atlanta		America	MARTA	30 Jun 1979	39	2	38	39.6	2,141 m	19.5	93,200	1,180	2007	right	1435	third rail	750					yes
139	Baltimore		America	Metro Subway	21 Nov 1983	14	1	14	24.5	1,885 m	14.0	49,300	2,010	2011	right	1435	third rail	700					yes
140	Bangkok		Asia	Skytrain, MRT	5 Dec 1999	57	4	51	20.0	1,512 m	14.3	671,000	8,370	2011	left	1435	linear		Green line		1999		yes	Green line, Blue line
141	Barcelona		Europe	Metro	30 Dec 1924	163	11	136	10.9	786 m	14.8	1.07 million	8,930	2011	right	1435	third rail (TMB), overhead wire (FGC)	1200	lines L9, L10, L11		2009	yes	yes	lines L9, L10, L11	Tram lines not included (1.8 km subway tram line, T5)
142	Beijing	Peking	Asia	Subway	1 Oct 1969	262	16	222	27.6	1,797 m	16.4	6.74 million	15,200	2012	right	1435	third rail	825				all lines	yes	PGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10
143	Bilbao		Europe	Metro	11 Nov 1995	40	2	40	21.7	1,142 m	20.0	247,000	5,680	2011	left	1000	overhead wire	1500				yes	yes		According to Metro Bilbao
144	Boston		America	The T	1 Sep 1897	66	3	60	20.2	960 m	22.0	403,000	6,660	2010	right	1435	third rail, overhead wire (Green Line)	600					yes		Green and Red Lines' tram section not included
145	Caracas		America	Metro	27 Mar 1983	50	5	46	12.1	1,344 m	10.0	1.33 million	22,000	2009		1435	third rail	750					yes		Metro Los Teques included (9.5 km)
146	Chengdu		Asia	Metro	27 Sep 2010	36	2	35	20.4	1,202 m	18.0	282,000	6,900	2012	right								yes	yes	http://railway-technology.com/projects/chengdu-metro
147	Chicago		America	"L"	6 Jun 1892	152	8	144	20.8	1,153 m	19.0	608,000	3,660	2011	right	1435	third rail	600					yes		151 Stations and 173 km (UrbanRail.net)
148	Chongqing	Chungking	Asia	Monorail	18 Jun 2005	86	4	81	31.7	1,548 m	21.5				right							yes	yes	The three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDs
149	Delhi		Asia	Metro	24 Dec 2002	143	6	138	32.2	1,410 m	23.8	1.66 million	8,600	2011	left	1676, 1435 (Green, Violet lines)	overhead wire	25000				yes	yes
150	Detroit		America	People Mover	Jul 1987	13	1	13	4.8	400 m	13.0				right	1435	third rail	600	downtown people mover, LIM technology		1987		yes
151	Dubai		Asia	Metro	9 Sep 2009	46	2	44	34.8	1,584 m	23.0	299,000	4,280	2012	right	1435	third rail	750	metro		2009	yes	yes	metro, monorail
152	Guangzhou	Canton	Asia	Metro	28 Jun 1999	146	8	132	29.0	1,680 m	18.3	5 million	21,600	2012	right	1435	third rail	825	APM line (underground people mover)	Zhujiang people mover	2010	yes	yes	yes	APM included
153	Hong Kong		Asia	MTR	1 Oct 1979	95	10	82	17.5	2,059 m	9.5	3.96 million	22,600	2012	left	1435	overhead wire	1500 (MTR), 25000 (KCR)	Disneyland Resort Line	SI, WI lines, planned	2005	yes	yes	all underground stations	175 Km and 82 stations according to MRT. 184km urbanrail.35.3km airport express not included
154	Kuala Lumpur		Asia	LRT, Monorail	16 Dec 1996	60	3	56	21.3	1,123 m	20.0	299,000	4,670	2008	left				LRT		1996		yes	KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stations
155	Los Angeles		America	Metro Rail	30 Jan 1993	30	3	30	19.8	2,196 m	10.0	126,000	2,130	2011	right	1435	overhead wire, third rail (Red, Purple lines)	750					yes		Red, Purple and Green lines
156	Madrid		Europe	Metro	17 Oct 1919	282	13	232	22.0	1,064 m	21.7	1.74 million	6,080	2011	left	1445	overhead wire	600				yes	yes	tests in 2010, plans for 2011	ML1, ML2, ML3 not included (27.8 km, 37 st.; Embajadores=Acacias)
157	Manila		Asia	MRT	1 Dec 1984	44	3	41	17.2	1,256 m	14.7	948,000	18,400	2008	right							yes	yes		Length not sure
158	Maracaibo		America	Metro	8 Jun 2009	6	1	6	6.5	1,300 m	6.0												yes
159	Mecca		Asia	Metro	13 Nov 2010	9	1	9	18.1	2,263 m	9.0				right	1435	third rail	1500				yes	yes	yes
160	Miami		America	Metrorail	21 May 1984	23	1	23	39.8	1,809 m	23.0	49,300	1,240	2011	right	1435	third rail	750	downtown people mover, rubber-tyred	Downtown people mover	1986		yes		Metromover not included (20 stations, 7 km)
161	Milan		Europe	Metropolitana	1 Nov 1964	94	3	90	27.8	915 m	31.3	899,000	10,800	2007	right	1435	overhead wire, third rail (line M1)	1500, 750 (line M1)	line M5		2013	yes	yes	line M5	metroitaliane.it
162	Nagoya		Asia	Subway	15 Nov 1957	97	4	86	23.3	1,001 m	24.3	1.17 million	12,600	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	yes	yes	Tobu Kyuryo maglev line	3 stations +
163	New York	New York City	America	Subway	27 Oct 1904	468	27	422	13.6	834 m	17.3	4.53 million	12,300	2012	right	1435	third rail	625, 650 (PATH)					yes	planned for new Second Avenue Line	According to official website. PATH not included (22.2 km, 13 stations). SIR not included
164	Oporto	Porto	Europe	Metro	7 Dec 2002	15	2	14	10.9	1,669 m	7.5				right	1435	overhead wire	750				yes	yes		Full metro section length unknown.14 underground stations & 6,3 km in tunnel in downtown
165	Philadelphia		America	Subway	4 Mar 1907	66	3	62	20.7	984 m	22.0	293,000	4,730	2011	right	1435, 1588 (Market-Frankford Line)	third rail	600, 685 (PATCO)					yes		PATCO line included. Subway trolley not (10 stations)
166	Rio de Janeiro		America	Metrô	5 Mar 1979	34	2	34	21.0	1,313 m	17.0	581,000	13,800	2010	right	1600	third rail	750					yes
167	Rome		Europe	Metropolitana	10 Feb 1955	52	2	51	20.8	832 m	26.0	907,000	21,800	2008	left	1435	overhead wire	1500				yes	yes		metroitaliane.it
168	San Francisco		America	BART	11 Sep 1972	44	5	44	33.4	4,279 m	8.8	304,000	1,820	2012	right	1676	third rail	1000					yes		MUNI not included (8 underground stations)
169	Santo Domingo		America	Metro	30 Jan 2009	16	1	16	14.5	967 m	16.0	79,500	5,480	2011		1435							yes
170	Seattle		America	Light Rail	18 Jul 2009	12	1	12	22.2	2,018 m	12.0				right								yes		Downtown tunnel section considered as a full metro
171	Seoul		Asia	Subway	15 Aug 1974	302	9	260	36.3	1,114 m	33.6	6.9 million	21,100	2012	right	1435	overhead wire	1500				yes	yes	lines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010	Only metro section.
172	Shanghai		Asia	Metro	10 Apr 1995	296	12	251	36.4	1,539 m	24.7	6.24 million	14,300	2012	right	1435	overhead wire	1500					yes	newer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stations	Maglev and Bund tunnel not included. From Wikipedia. 411,90 km ? Line 13 closes for reconstruction
173	Shenzhen		Asia	Metro	28 Dec 2004	131	5	118	35.7	1,416 m	26.2	362,000	2,030	2009	right	1435						yes	yes	yes
174	Singapore		Asia	MRT	7 Nov 1987	100	4	89	36.6	1,526 m	25.0	2.18 million	14,800	2011	left	1435	third rail	750	North-East Line, Circle Line and the 3 rubber-tyred LRT lines	LRT lines	2003	yes	yes	yes
175	Stuttgart		Europe	Stadtbahn	10 Jun 1966	19	2	17	12.0	1,412 m	9.5				right	1435	overhead wire	750				yes	yes		24 km underground. (Schnellbahnen in Deutschland)
176	Suzhou	Su-chou	Asia	Subway	29 Apr 2012	24	1	24	25.7	1,117 m	24.0				right								yes		According to Wikipedia, official website
177	Sydney		Oceania	Cityrail	1926	14	3	14	7.4	2,005 m	4.7				left								yes		Only underground stations in downtown. Monorail: 3.6 km, 8 stations
178	Taipei		Asia	MRT	28 Mar 1996	106	8	98	14.1	1,149 m	13.3	1.79 million	15,900	2012	right	2060	third rail	750	Wenshan (Muzha) VAL line	yes	1996	yes	yes	PGDs in the busier MRT stations, PSDs in all VAL stations
179	Tehran		Asia	Metro	21 Feb 2000	70	4	64	18.3	1,106 m	17.5	1.32 million	18,000	2011		1435	third rail	750					yes		Line 5 to Karaj not included (42 km, 11 stations) Lenght unknown
180	Tianjin	Tientsin	Asia	Metro	28 Mar 2004	81	4	77	31.0	1,610 m	20.3	175,000	1,410	2010	right	1435	third rail	825					yes	platform gate doors	Binhai Line and metro line included. (10-08-1980: 7.4 km, 7 stations)
181	Tokyo		Asia	Metro	30 Dec 1927	290	13	205	23.4	1,099 m	22.3	8.5 million	27,900	2011	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	yes	yes	Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome lines	According to Mr. Osamu Abe. Saitama, Yurikamone, Monorail, Yamanote, Chuo, Rinkai not incl.
182	Toronto		America	Subway	30 Apr 1954	74	4	69	17.8	1,019 m	18.5	762,000	10,700	2006	right	1480	third rail	600					yes
183	Turin		Europe	Metropolitana	4 Feb 2006	21	1	21	13.4	670 m	21.0	90,400	6,750	2011	right				VAL	yes	2006	yes	yes	VAL
184	Valencia		Europe	Metro	3 Oct 1988	38	3	37	10.6	909 m	12.7				right	1000	overhead wire	1500				yes	yes		Full metro section length unknown.
185	Vancouver		America	SkyTrain	3 Jan 1986	49	3	47	23.2	1,511 m	16.3	329,000	4,730	2011	right	1435	third rail	600	Skytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system		1986	yes	yes
186	Vienna		Europe	U-Bahn	25 Feb 1978	102	5	90	14.9	769 m	20.4	1.46 million	19,600	2010	right	1435	third rail	750				yes	yes		According to official website. Premetro tunnel not included
187	Washington		America	Metrorail	27 Mar 1976	90	5	86	34.2	2,014 m	18.0	597,000	3,490	2012	right	1435	third rail	750					yes