World Metro Database

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1	Mumbai	Bombay	Asia	Suburban Railway		73	73	106.3 mi	5	21.3	1.56 mi	14.6					0.22 USD										In fact, 4 suburban railway lines with metro frequency
2	London		Europe	Underground	10 Jan 1863	270	270	249.8 mi	11	22.7	0.96 mi	24.5	3.21 million	12,800	1,171 million	2011	3.60 USD	left	1435	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	Chicago		America	"L"	6 Jun 1892	152	144	103.2 mi	8	12.9	0.72 mi	19.0	608,000	5,900	222 million	2011	2.07 USD	right	1435	third rail					yes		151 Stations and 173 km (UrbanRail.net)
4	Budapest		Europe	Metro	2 May 1896	42	40	20.5 mi	3	6.8	0.53 mi	14.0	827,000	40,300	302 million	2011	1.25 USD	right	1435	third rail, overhead wire (Line M1)
5	Glasgow		Europe	Subway	14 Dec 1896	15	15	6.5 mi	1	6.5	0.46 mi	15.0	35,600	5,510	13 million	2011		left	1219	third rail
6	Boston		America	The T	1 Sep 1897	66	60	37.6 mi	3	12.5	0.60 mi	22.0	403,000	10,700	147 million	2010		right	1435	third rail, overhead wire (Green Line)					yes		Green and Red Lines' tram section not included
7	Paris		Europe	Métro	19 Jul 1900	382	302	135.5 mi	16	8.5	0.37 mi	23.9	4.18 million	30,800	1,524 million	2011	2.05 USD	right (metro), left (RER)	1435	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	Wuppertal		Europe	Schwebebahn	1 Mar 1901	20	20	8.3 mi	1	8.3	0.44 mi	20.0						right		overhead rail
9	Berlin		Europe	U-Bahn	18 Feb 1902	195	173	91.6 mi	10	9.2	0.50 mi	19.5	1.38 million	15,100	505 million	2011	2.75 USD	right	1435	third rail						yes
10	New York	New York City	America	Subway	27 Oct 1904	468	422	228.7 mi	27	8.5	0.52 mi	17.3	4.53 million	19,800	1,655 million	2012	2.00 USD	right	1435	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	Philadelphia		America	Subway	4 Mar 1907	66	62	38.5 mi	3	12.8	0.61 mi	22.0	293,000	7,610	107 million	2011		right	1435, 1588 (Market-Frankford Line)	third rail					yes		PATCO line included. Subway trolley not (10 stations)
12	Hamburg		Europe	U-Bahn	1 Mar 1912	99	91	65.1 mi	4	16.3	0.68 mi	24.8	545,000	8,380	199 million	2011		right	1435	third rail							According to official website
13	Buenos Aires		America	Subte	1 Dec 1913	78	69	30.6 mi	6	5.1	0.43 mi	13.0	844,000	27,500	308 million	2011	0.31 USD	left	1435	overhead wire, third rail (Line B)						yes	Premetro line not included
14	Madrid		Europe	Metro	17 Oct 1919	282	232	177.9 mi	13	13.7	0.66 mi	21.7	1.74 million	9,780	635 million	2011	1.31 USD	left	1445	overhead wire				tests in 2010, plans for 2011	yes	yes	ML1, ML2, ML3 not included (27.8 km, 37 st.; Embajadores=Acacias)
15	Barcelona		Europe	Metro	30 Dec 1924	163	136	74.2 mi	11	6.7	0.49 mi	14.8	1.07 million	14,400	389 million	2011	1.77 USD	right	1435	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	Sydney		Oceania	Cityrail	1926	14	14	13.7 mi	3	4.6	1.25 mi	4.7					3.82 USD	left							yes		Only underground stations in downtown. Monorail: 3.6 km, 8 stations
17	Tokyo		Asia	Metro	30 Dec 1927	290	205	189.2 mi	13	14.6	0.68 mi	22.3	8.5 million	44,900	3,102 million	2011	2.05 USD	left	1067, 1435 (Ginza, Marunouchi, Asakusa, Oedo lines), 1372 (Shinjuku line)	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	Osaka		Asia	Subway	20 May 1933	133	104	85.6 mi	9	9.5	0.69 mi	14.8	2.29 million	26,700	836 million	2010		left	1435	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	Moscow		Europe	Metro	15 May 1935	186	147	192.3 mi	12	16.0	1.11 mi	15.5	6.55 million	34,000	2,389 million	2011	0.65 USD	right	1520	third rail					lines 3, 5 since 2009		Monorail (6 stations, 4.7 km) not included.
20	Newark		America	Subway	26 May 1935	4	4	1.4 mi	1	1.4	0.46 mi	4.0						right									4 underground stations
21	Stockholm		Europe	Tunnelbana	1 Oct 1950	104	100	65.7 mi	3	21.9	0.65 mi	34.7	847,000	12,900	309 million	2011	4.88 USD	left	1435	third rail							According to official website. 7 operational lines
22	Athens		Europe	Metro	1954	54	50	32.3 mi	3	10.8	0.63 mi	18.0	937,000	29,000	342 million	2008	1.31 USD	right	1435	third rail					yes	yes	M3 airport line not included.
23	Toronto		America	Subway	30 Apr 1954	74	69	44.3 mi	4	11.1	0.63 mi	18.5	762,000	17,200	278 million	2006	2.18 USD	right	1480	third rail					yes
24	Rome		Europe	Metropolitana	10 Feb 1955	52	51	25.9 mi	2	12.9	0.52 mi	26.0	907,000	35,100	331 million	2008	1.31 USD	left	1435	overhead wire					yes	yes	metroitaliane.it
25	Cleveland		America	Rapid Transit	15 Mar 1955	18	18	19.3 mi	1	19.3	1.13 mi	18.0	16,400	853	6 million	2011		right	1435	overhead wire							2 Light Rail lines not included
26	Saint Petersburg	Leningrad	Europe	Metro	15 Nov 1955	67	59	70.5 mi	5	14.1	1.14 mi	13.4	2.15 million	30,500	786 million	2011		right	1520	third rail				windowless steel doors in ten stations			According to Mr. Yuri Popov
27	Nagoya		Asia	Subway	15 Nov 1957	97	86	57.9 mi	4	14.5	0.62 mi	24.3	1.17 million	20,200	427 million	2008		left	1435, 1067 (Tsurumai, Sakura-dori lines)	third rail, overhead wire (Tsurumai, Sakura-dori lines)	Tobu Kyuryo maglev line		2005	Tobu Kyuryo maglev line	yes	yes	3 stations +
28	Haifa		Asia	Carmelit	1959	6	6	1.1 mi	1	1.1	0.22 mi	6.0
29	Lisbon		Europe	Metro	29 Dec 1959	55	49	27.5 mi	4	6.9	0.54 mi	13.8	501,000	18,200	183 million	2010	1.05 USD	left	1435	third rail						yes
30	Kiev	Kyiv	Europe	Metro	22 Oct 1960	51	48	41.1 mi	3	13.7	0.86 mi	17.0	1.42 million	34,600	519 million	2011	0.35 USD	right	1520	third rail
31	Milan		Europe	Metropolitana	1 Nov 1964	94	90	51.8 mi	3	17.3	0.57 mi	31.3	899,000	17,400	328 million	2007	1.31 USD	right	1435	overhead wire, third rail (line M1)	line M5		2013	line M5	yes	yes	metroitaliane.it
32	Tbilisi		Asia	Metro	11 Jan 1966	22	21	16.3 mi	2	8.2	0.82 mi	11.0	241,000	14,700	88 million	2008		right	1520	third rail							According to Mr. Yuri Popov
33	Oslo		Europe	T-Bane	22 May 1966	77	77	38.5 mi	5	7.7	0.54 mi	15.4	208,000	5,400	76 million	2010	3.50 USD	right	1435	third rail						yes	Line 1 not included (it has level crossings). Length not sure
34	Stuttgart		Europe	Stadtbahn	10 Jun 1966	19	17	14.9 mi	2	7.5	0.88 mi	9.5						right	1435	overhead wire					yes	yes	24 km underground. (Schnellbahnen in Deutschland)
35	Montreal	Montréal	America	Metro	14 Oct 1966	73	68	43.0 mi	4	10.8	0.62 mi	18.3	600,000	14,000	219 million	2006	2.18 USD	right	1994	third rail		yes
36	Essen		Europe	Stadtbahn	5 Oct 1967	27	27	12.6 mi	3	4.2	0.52 mi	9.0						right	1435	overhead wire						yes	Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 1
37	Baku		Asia	Metro	6 Nov 1967	23	22	21.5 mi	2	10.7	1.02 mi	11.5	501,000	23,300	183 million	2011		right	1520	third rail
38	Rotterdam		Europe	Metro	10 Feb 1968	38	37	29.2 mi	2	14.6	0.81 mi	19.0	238,000	8,160	87 million	2008		right	1435	third rail							Only metro section. Sneltram: 8.4 km, 11 stations. 'Metros in Holland'
39	Frankfurt		Europe	U-Bahn	4 Oct 1968	31	27	12.7 mi	3	4.2	0.46 mi	10.3					3.01 USD	right	1435	overhead wire						yes	20.40 km, 27 stations underground ('Schnellbahnen in Deutschland')
40	Cologne		Europe	Stadtbahn	11 Oct 1968	51	51	28.0 mi	15	1.9	0.78 mi	3.4						right	1435	overhead wire					new light rail trains only	yes	Approx. 45 km metro-like. 30 km underground.
41	Ludwigshafen		Europe	Stadtbahn	29 May 1969	11	11	2.5 mi	0		0.23 mi							right									Full metro section length unknown.
42	Mexico City		America	Metro	5 Sep 1969	195	163	111.9 mi	12	9.3	0.61 mi	16.3	4.41 million	39,400	1,609 million	2012	0.18 USD	right	1995	third rail		yes					ONLY PASSENGER SERVICE KM COUNTED
43	Beijing	Peking	Asia	Subway	1 Oct 1969	262	222	274.7 mi	16	17.2	1.12 mi	16.4	6.74 million	24,500	2,460 million	2012	0.20 USD	right	1435	third rail				PGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10	yes	all lines
44	Kamakura		Asia	Monorail	3 Mar 1970	8	8	4.1 mi	1	4.1	0.59 mi	8.0						left									Shonan Monorail.
45	Bielefeld		Europe	Stadtbahn	21 Sep 1971	7	7	3.2 mi	4	0.8	1.08 mi	1.8						right									Full metro section length unknown. Only metro section included
46	Munich		Europe	U-Bahn	19 Oct 1971	102	96	58.5 mi	6	9.8	0.61 mi	17.0	986,000	16,800	360 million	2010	3.01 USD	right	1435	third rail						yes
47	Sapporo		Asia	Subway	16 Dec 1971	49	46	29.8 mi	3	9.9	0.65 mi	16.3	573,000	19,200	209 million	2008		left	2150, 2180 (Namboku Line)	overhead wire, third rail (Namboku Line)		yes				yes	According to Mr. Osamu Abe
48	Nuremberg		Europe	U-Bahn	1 Mar 1972	48	44	22.4 mi	3	7.5	0.50 mi	16.0	323,000	14,400	118 million	2011		right	1435	third rail	lines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains		2008			yes
49	San Francisco		America	BART	11 Sep 1972	44	44	103.7 mi	5	20.7	2.66 mi	8.8	304,000	2,930	111 million	2012		right	1676	third rail					yes		MUNI not included (8 underground stations)
50	Yokohama		Asia	Subway	16 Dec 1972	48	45	35.8 mi	3	11.9	0.80 mi	16.0	542,000	15,200	198 million	2008		left	1435	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	Pyongyang		Asia	Metro	6 Sep 1973	16	15	14.0 mi	2	7.0	1.00 mi	8.0	98,600	7,050	36 million	2009			1435	third rail
52	Prague		Europe	Metro	9 May 1974	57	54	36.7 mi	3	12.2	0.68 mi	19.0	1.45 million	39,500	530 million	2011	0.85 USD	right	1435	third rail						yes
53	Seoul		Asia	Subway	15 Aug 1974	302	260	202.9 mi	9	22.5	0.69 mi	33.6	6.9 million	34,000	2,518 million	2012	0.71 USD	right	1435	overhead wire				lines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010	yes	yes	Only metro section.
54	Sao Paulo	São Paulo	America	Metrô	14 Sep 1974	67	61	46.2 mi	5	9.2	0.74 mi	13.4	2.4 million	52,000	877 million	2012	0.99 USD	right	1600	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	Bonn		Europe	Stadtbahn	22 Mar 1975	12	12	5.6 mi	1	5.6	0.51 mi	12.0						right	1435	overhead wire							9 km, 12 stations underground. Approx. 17 km metro-like
56	Antwerp		Europe	Premetro	25 Mar 1975	11	11	4.7 mi	2	2.4	0.52 mi	5.5							1000	overhead wire
57	Kharkov	Kharkiv	Europe	Metro	23 Aug 1975	29	26	23.2 mi	3	7.7	0.89 mi	9.7	685,000	29,500	250 million	2011		right									According to Mr. Yuri Popov
58	Santiago	Santiago de Chile	America	Metro	15 Sep 1975	108	100	63.6 mi	5	12.7	0.62 mi	21.6	1.75 million	27,600	640 million	2011	0.72 USD	right	1435	third rail		yes				yes
59	Hanover	Hannover	Europe	Stadtbahn	28 Sep 1975	21	17	11.6 mi	3	3.9	0.64 mi	7.0						right	1435	overhead wire						yes	18.60 km, 17 stations underground ('Schnellbahnen in Deutschland')
60	Washington		America	Metrorail	27 Mar 1976	90	86	106.4 mi	5	21.3	1.25 mi	18.0	597,000	5,610	218 million	2012		right	1435	third rail					yes
61	Dortmund		Europe	Stadtbahn	17 May 1976	37	37	18.3 mi	3	6.1	0.54 mi	12.3						right	1435	overhead wire	H-Bahn		1984			yes	Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 2
62	Charleroi		Europe	Métro Léger	21 Jun 1976	20	20	10.9 mi	4	2.7	0.68 mi	5.0															Full metro section length unknown. Total length 25 km. Data from Wikipedia
63	Brussels		Europe	Métro	20 Sep 1976	61	59	20.0 mi	3	6.7	0.35 mi	20.3	364,000	18,200	133 million	2009	2.00 USD	right (left on lines 1 and 6 between Midi and Roi Baudouin)	1435	third rail						line 1	Premetro tunnels not included, 11 stations
64	Kobe		Asia	Subway	13 Mar 1977	26	24	19.0 mi	2	9.5	0.79 mi	13.0	332,000	17,400	121 million	2008		left	1435	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	Amsterdam		Europe	Metro	16 Oct 1977	33	33	20.3 mi	4	5.1	0.70 mi	8.3	233,000	11,500	85 million	2009	2.73 USD	right	1435	third rail							Sneltram not included (9.8 km, 19 stations; 'Metros in Holland')
66	Tashkent		Asia	Metro	6 Nov 1977	29	26	22.5 mi	3	7.5	0.87 mi	9.7	178,000	7,920	65 million	2010		right	1520	third rail							According to Mr. Yuri Popov
67	Marseille		Europe	Métro	26 Nov 1977	30	28	13.5 mi	2	6.8	0.48 mi	15.0	205,000	15,200	75 million	2011		right	1435	third rail		yes
68	Vienna		Europe	U-Bahn	25 Feb 1978	102	90	46.4 mi	5	9.3	0.48 mi	20.4	1.46 million	31,600	534 million	2010	2.22 USD	right	1435	third rail					yes	yes	According to official website. Premetro tunnel not included
69	Edmonton		America	Light Rail	22 Apr 1978	15	15	12.7 mi	1	12.7	0.91 mi	15.0						right
70	Lyon		Europe	Métro	28 Apr 1978	43	39	19.1 mi	4	4.8	0.49 mi	10.8	704,000	36,900	257 million	2009	2.09 USD	left	1435	third rail	line D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDs	yes	1991
71	Rio de Janeiro		America	Metrô	5 Mar 1979	34	34	26.1 mi	2	13.1	0.82 mi	17.0	581,000	22,300	212 million	2010	1.01 USD	right	1600	third rail					yes
72	Bochum		Europe	Stadtbahn	26 May 1979	29	27	13.4 mi	2	6.7	0.50 mi	14.5						right	1435	overhead wire							Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 2
73	Atlanta		America	MARTA	30 Jun 1979	39	38	49.2 mi	2	24.6	1.33 mi	19.5	93,200	1,890	34 million	2007		right	1435	third rail					yes
74	Hong Kong		Asia	MTR	1 Oct 1979	95	82	108.8 mi	10	10.9	1.28 mi	9.5	3.96 million	36,400	1,444 million	2012	1.19 USD	left	1435	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	Mulheim	Mülheim	Europe	Stadtbahn	3 Nov 1979	13	12	5.6 mi	2	2.8	0.51 mi	6.5						right	1435	overhead wire							Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 1
76	Bucharest		Europe	Metro	16 Nov 1979	50	45	43.0 mi	4	10.8	0.94 mi	12.5	468,000	10,900	171 million	2011	0.53 USD	right	1435	third rail
77	Newcastle		Europe	Metro	7 Aug 1980	61	50	47.5 mi	2	23.8	0.81 mi	30.5	104,000	2,190	38 million	2011		left	1435	overhead wire
78	Yerevan	Erevan	Asia	Metro	7 Mar 1981	10	10	7.5 mi	1	7.5	0.84 mi	10.0	46,600	6,190	17 million	2011		right									According to Mr. Yuri Popov
79	Kyoto		Asia	Subway	1 Apr 1981	32	31	19.5 mi	2	9.7	0.65 mi	16.0	345,000	17,700	126 million	2008		left	1435	overhead wire				Tozai line		yes
80	Fukuoka		Asia	Subway	26 Jul 1981	35	34	18.5 mi	3	6.2	0.58 mi	11.7	340,000	18,300	124 million	2007		left	1067	overhead wire				yes		yes	According to Mr. Osamu Abe
81	Duesseldorf	Düsseldorf	Europe	Stadtbahn	4 Oct 1981	14	14	6.0 mi	2	3.0	0.50 mi	7.0						right	1435	overhead wire						yes	Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 1
82	Helsinki		Europe	Metro	3 Aug 1982	17	17	13.1 mi	1	13.1	0.82 mi	17.0	170,000	13,000	62 million	2011	2.75 USD	right	1524	third rail						yes	According to Metros in Skandinavien (R.Schwandl)
83	Caracas		America	Metro	27 Mar 1983	50	46	37.6 mi	5	7.5	0.84 mi	10.0	1.33 million	35,300	485 million	2009	0.40 USD		1435	third rail					yes		Metro Los Teques included (9.5 km)
84	Lille		Europe	Métro	25 Apr 1983	62	60	28.3 mi	2	14.1	0.47 mi	31.0	263,000	9,300	96 million	2009		right	2060	third rail	VAL	yes	1983	VAL, all stations		yes
85	Baltimore		America	Metro Subway	21 Nov 1983	14	14	15.2 mi	1	15.2	1.17 mi	14.0	49,300	3,240	18 million	2011		right	1435	third rail					yes
86	Miami		America	Metrorail	21 May 1984	23	23	24.7 mi	1	24.7	1.12 mi	23.0	49,300	1,990	18 million	2011	2.17 USD	right	1435	third rail	downtown people mover, rubber-tyred	Downtown people mover	1986		yes		Metromover not included (20 stations, 7 km)
87	Minsk		Europe	Metro	26 Jun 1984	28	27	22.0 mi	2	11.0	0.85 mi	14.0	770,000	35,000	281 million	2012		right	1520	third rail							According to Mr. Yuri Popov
88	Gelsenkirchen		Europe	Stadtbahn	1 Sep 1984	9	9	3.4 mi	1	3.4	0.43 mi	9.0						right	1000	overhead wire							Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 2
89	Kolkata	Calcutta	Asia	Metro Railway	24 Oct 1984	23	23	15.5 mi	1	15.5	0.71 mi	23.0	474,000	30,500	173 million	2009		right									25 km wikipedia, 27.50 km urbanrail ???
90	Volgograd	Stalingrad	Europe	Metro	5 Nov 1984	6	6	4.2 mi	1	4.2	0.85 mi	6.0															Total system: 22 stations, 17,1 km
91	Manila		Asia	MRT	1 Dec 1984	44	41	32.0 mi	3	10.7	0.78 mi	14.7	948,000	29,600	346 million	2008	0.24 USD	right							yes	yes	Length not sure
92	Kitakyushu	Kitaky?sh?	Asia	Monorail	9 Jan 1985	13	13	5.5 mi	1	5.5	0.46 mi	13.0						left								yes
93	Porto Alegre		America	Metro	2 Mar 1985	17	17	21.0 mi	1	21.0	1.31 mi	17.0						right									According to official website
94	Recife		America	Metrô	11 Mar 1985	30	28	24.7 mi	2	12.3	0.88 mi	15.0						right									According to official website
95	Buffalo		America	Metro Rail	18 May 1985	8	8	5.2 mi	1	5.2	0.74 mi	8.0						right									Only tunnel section
96	Pittsburgh		America	T	3 Jul 1985	6	6	3.0 mi	1	3.0	0.60 mi	6.0						right									Full metro section length unknown (all lines: 40 km).2.90 is the length of the tunnel section.
97	Busan		Asia	Subway	19 Jul 1985	127	119	81.9 mi	5	16.4	0.67 mi	25.4	877,000	10,700	320 million	2012		right			Line 4	Line 4	2011	line 3
98	Nizhny Novgorod	Gorky	Europe	Metro	20 Nov 1985	15	14	11.7 mi	2	5.9	0.90 mi	7.5	74,000	6,300	27 million	2010		right	1520	third rail							According to Mr. Yuri Popov
99	Vancouver		America	SkyTrain	3 Jan 1986	49	47	43.2 mi	3	14.4	0.94 mi	16.3	329,000	7,610	120 million	2011		right	1435	third rail	Skytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system		1986		yes	yes
100	Novosibirsk		Asia	Metro	7 Jan 1986	13	12	10.2 mi	2	5.1	0.92 mi	6.5	208,000	20,500	76 million	2011		right	1520	third rail							According to Mr. Yuri Popov
101	Belo Horizonte		America	Metrô	1 Aug 1986	19	19	17.5 mi	1	17.5	0.97 mi	19.0						right									According to official website
102	Kryvyi Rih	Krivoy Rog	Europe	Metrotram	26 Dec 1986	12	12	11.2 mi	1	11.2	1.02 mi	12.0
103	Detroit		America	People Mover	Jul 1987	13	13	3.0 mi	1	3.0	0.25 mi	13.0						right	1435	third rail	downtown people mover, LIM technology		1987		yes
104	Sendai		Asia	Subway	15 Jul 1987	17	17	9.2 mi	1	9.2	0.57 mi	17.0	159,000	17,300	58 million	2008		left	1067	overhead wire						yes	According to Mr. Osamu Abe
105	Cairo		Africa	Metro	27 Sep 1987	55	53	40.7 mi	2	20.4	0.77 mi	27.5	2.29 million	56,300	837 million	2010	0.18 USD	left	1435	overhead wire					5 stations
106	Singapore		Asia	MRT	7 Nov 1987	100	89	91.1 mi	4	22.8	0.95 mi	25.0	2.18 million	23,900	794 million	2011	1.27 USD	left	1435	third rail	North-East Line, Circle Line and the 3 rubber-tyred LRT lines	LRT lines	2003	yes	yes	yes
107	Samara	Kuybyshev	Europe	Metro	26 Dec 1987	9	9	6.3 mi	1	6.3	0.79 mi	9.0	43,800	6,910	16 million	2011		right	1520	third rail							According to Mr. Yuri Popov
108	Chiba		Asia	Monorail	28 Mar 1988	18	18	9.6 mi	2	4.8	0.60 mi	9.0						left
109	Valencia		Europe	Metro	3 Oct 1988	38	37	19.8 mi	3	6.6	0.56 mi	12.7						right	1000	overhead wire					yes	yes	Full metro section length unknown.
110	Jacksonville		America	Skyway	30 May 1989	6	6	4.3 mi	1	4.3	0.86 mi	6.0						right	2060	third rail	downtown monorail people mover		1989
111	Guadalajara		America	Metro	1 Sep 1989	29	28	14.9 mi	2	7.5	0.55 mi	14.5						right
112	Genoa		Europe	Metropolitana	13 Jun 1990	8	8	4.4 mi	1	4.4	0.63 mi	8.0						right	1435	overhead wire						yes	metroitaliane.it
113	Monterrey		America	Metro	25 Apr 1991	32	31	19.6 mi	2	9.8	0.65 mi	16.0	378,000	19,300	138 million	2009		right				yes
114	Yekaterinburg	Ekaterinburg	Asia	Metro	26 Apr 1991	9	9	7.9 mi	1	7.9	0.99 mi	9.0	104,000	13,200	38 million	2011		right
115	Lausanne		Europe	Metro	24 May 1991	29	28	8.5 mi	2	4.3	0.32 mi	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	Duisburg		Europe	Stadtbahn	11 Jul 1992	13	13	8.9 mi	2	4.5	0.81 mi	6.5						right								yes	Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 1
117	Los Angeles		America	Metro Rail	30 Jan 1993	30	30	36.9 mi	3	12.3	1.37 mi	10.0	126,000	3,420	46 million	2011	2.50 USD	right	1435	overhead wire, third rail (Red, Purple lines)					yes		Red, Purple and Green lines
118	Naples		Europe	Metropolitana	28 Mar 1993	31	28	19.8 mi	3	6.6	0.71 mi	10.3	95,900	4,850	35 million	2011		left	1435	overhead wire							M3 and M4 not included (M3: 12.3 km, 12 sta. M4: 8.3 km, 8 sta.)
119	Toulouse		Europe	Métro	26 Jun 1993	38	37	17.1 mi	2	8.5	0.47 mi	19.0	282,000	16,500	103 million	2011		right	2060	third rail	VAL	yes	1993	VAL		yes
120	Saint Louis		America	Metrolink	31 Jul 1993	37	37	45.6 mi	2	22.8	1.30 mi	18.5						right
121	Hiroshima		Asia	Monorail	20 Aug 1994	21	21	11.4 mi	1	11.4	0.57 mi	21.0	49,300	4,310	18 million	2005		left				yes					According to Mr. Osamu Abe
122	Rouen		Europe	Métro	17 Dec 1994	5	5	1.4 mi	1	1.4	0.34 mi	5.0															5 underground stations
123	Warsaw		Europe	Metro	7 Apr 1995	21	21	14.0 mi	1	14.0	0.70 mi	21.0	384,000	27,300	140 million	2011	0.61 USD	right	1435	third rail
124	Shanghai		Asia	Metro	10 Apr 1995	296	251	271.6 mi	12	22.6	0.96 mi	24.7	6.24 million	23,000	2,276 million	2012	0.44 USD	right	1435	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	Bilbao		Europe	Metro	11 Nov 1995	40	40	27.0 mi	2	13.5	0.71 mi	20.0	247,000	9,140	90 million	2011		left	1000	overhead wire					yes	yes	According to Metro Bilbao
126	Medellin	Medellín	America	Metro	30 Nov 1995	26	25	17.9 mi	2	8.9	0.75 mi	13.0	466,000	26,000	170 million	2011			1435	overhead wire							Metro Cable not included, 4 stations
127	Dnepropetrovsk	Dnipropetrovsk	Europe	Metro	29 Dec 1995	6	6	4.4 mi	1	4.4	0.88 mi	6.0	24,700	5,590	9 million	2010			1520	third rail							According to Mr. Yuri Popov
128	Taipei		Asia	MRT	28 Mar 1996	106	98	70.0 mi	8	8.7	0.71 mi	13.3	1.79 million	25,500	652 million	2012	0.78 USD	right	2060	third rail	Wenshan (Muzha) VAL line	yes	1996	PGDs in the busier MRT stations, PSDs in all VAL stations	yes	yes
129	Ankara		Asia	Metro	30 Aug 1996	23	22	14.4 mi	2	7.2	0.68 mi	11.5	310,000	21,600	113 million	2007		right	1435	third rail	metro line		1997
130	Kuala Lumpur		Asia	LRT, Monorail	16 Dec 1996	60	56	39.8 mi	3	13.3	0.70 mi	20.0	299,000	7,510	109 million	2008	0.48 USD	left			LRT		1996	KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stations	yes
131	Poznan		Europe	Fast Tram	1 Mar 1997	6	6	3.8 mi	1	3.8	0.76 mi	6.0															Rapid Tram
132	Chennai	Madras	Asia	MRTS	19 Oct 1997	17	17	16.8 mi	1	16.8	1.05 mi	17.0
133	Daegu	Taegu	Asia	Subway	26 Nov 1997	56	55	33.5 mi	2	16.7	0.62 mi	28.0	348,000	10,400	127 million	2012								lines 1, 2
134	Sofia		Europe	Metro	28 Jan 1998	28	26	19.4 mi	2	9.7	0.75 mi	14.0	79,500	4,100	29 million	2009	0.67 USD	right	1435	third rail
135	Tama		Asia	Monorail	27 Nov 1998	19	19	9.9 mi	1	9.9	0.55 mi	19.0						left								yes
136	Catania		Europe	Metropolitana	27 Jun 1999	6	6	2.4 mi	1	2.4	0.47 mi	6.0						right	1435	overhead wire							metroitaliane.it
137	Guangzhou	Canton	Asia	Metro	28 Jun 1999	146	132	144.1 mi	8	18.0	1.04 mi	18.3	5 million	34,700	1,825 million	2012		right	1435	third rail	APM line (underground people mover)	Zhujiang people mover	2010	yes	yes	yes	APM included
138	Incheon	Inchon	Asia	Subway	6 Oct 1999	29	29	18.3 mi	1	18.3	0.65 mi	29.0	244,000	13,300	89 million	2012								yes
139	Bangkok		Asia	Skytrain, MRT	5 Dec 1999	57	51	49.8 mi	4	12.5	0.94 mi	14.3	671,000	13,500	245 million	2011	0.84 USD	left	1435	linear	Green line		1999	Green line, Blue line	yes
140	Tehran		Asia	Metro	21 Feb 2000	70	64	45.4 mi	4	11.3	0.69 mi	17.5	1.32 million	29,000	480 million	2011			1435	third rail					yes		Line 5 to Karaj not included (42 km, 11 stations) Lenght unknown
141	Izmir		Asia	Metro	22 May 2000	14	14	9.9 mi	1	9.9	0.76 mi	14.0	173,000	17,500	63 million	2011			1435	third rail
142	Istanbul		Europe	Metro	16 Sep 2000	28	28	26.1 mi	2	13.1	1.00 mi	14.0	214,000	8,190	78 million	2011	0.82 USD	right	1435	overhead wire, third rail (Line M2)							Wikipedia. Hafif Metro not included (25.8 km, 24 stations, 2 lines)
143	Brasilia		America	Metrô	31 Mar 2001	24	24	26.1 mi	1	26.1	1.13 mi	24.0	151,000	5,770	55 million	2009		right
144	Rennes		Europe	Métro	16 Mar 2002	15	15	5.6 mi	1	5.6	0.40 mi	15.0	129,000	23,000	47 million	2011		right			VAL	yes	2002	VAL		yes
145	Bursa		Asia	Bursaray	19 Aug 2002	31	31	19.6 mi	2	9.8	0.68 mi	15.5
146	Changchun	Hsinking	Asia	LRT	Oct 2002	16	16	10.6 mi	1	10.6	0.70 mi	16.0						right									(17 km, 16 stations on viaduct = metro). 14.6 km, 17 st on streets
147	Copenhagen		Europe	Metro	19 Oct 2002	22	22	13.1 mi	2	6.5	0.65 mi	11.0	148,000	11,300	54 million	2011	3.68 USD	right	1435	third rail	all metro lines		2002	all underground stations	all metro and S-Tog trains	yes	According to official website
148	Oporto	Porto	Europe	Metro	7 Dec 2002	15	14	13.5 mi	2	6.7	1.04 mi	7.5						right	1435	overhead wire					yes	yes	Full metro section length unknown.14 underground stations & 6,3 km in tunnel in downtown
149	Delhi		Asia	Metro	24 Dec 2002	143	138	120.0 mi	6	20.0	0.88 mi	23.8	1.66 million	13,800	606 million	2011	0.16 USD	left	1676, 1435 (Green, Violet lines)	overhead wire					yes	yes
150	Dalian		Asia	Metro	1 May 2003	12	12	30.5 mi	1	30.5	2.77 mi	12.0	121,000	3,960	44 million	2012		right									Suburban service?
151	Naha		Asia	Monorail	10 Aug 2003	15	15	8.0 mi	1	8.0	0.57 mi	15.0						left
152	Tianjin	Tientsin	Asia	Metro	28 Mar 2004	81	77	77.0 mi	4	19.3	1.00 mi	20.3	175,000	2,280	64 million	2010		right	1435	third rail				platform gate doors	yes		Binhai Line and metro line included. (10-08-1980: 7.4 km, 7 stations)
153	Gwangju		Asia	Subway	28 Apr 2004	20	20	12.5 mi	1	12.5	0.66 mi	20.0	49,300	3,950	18 million	2011								yes
154	Las Vegas		America	Monorail	15 Jul 2004	7	7	3.9 mi	1	3.9	0.64 mi	7.0						right			monorail		2004	yes			Hotels monorails not included
155	Wuhan	Hankou	Asia	Metro	28 Sep 2004	48	47	35.3 mi	2	17.6	0.77 mi	24.0	200,000	5,670	73 million	2011		right
156	The Hague		Europe	RandstadRail	16 Oct 2004	30	30	17.3 mi	3	5.8	0.64 mi	10.0						right									Full metro section length unknown (47 km?)
157	Shenzhen		Asia	Metro	28 Dec 2004	131	118	110.9 mi	5	22.2	0.88 mi	26.2	362,000	3,260	132 million	2009		right	1435					yes	yes	yes
158	San Juan		America	Tren Urbano	6 Jun 2005	16	16	10.7 mi	1	10.7	0.71 mi	16.0	30,100	2,820	11 million	2011
159	Chongqing	Chungking	Asia	Monorail	18 Jun 2005	86	81	78.9 mi	4	19.7	0.96 mi	21.5						right						The three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDs	yes	yes
160	Kazan		Europe	Metro	27 Aug 2005	7	7	6.8 mi	1	6.8	1.13 mi	7.0	74,000	10,900	27 million	2012		right									According to Mr. Yuri Popov
161	Nanjing	Nanking	Asia	Metro	27 Aug 2005	57	55	52.6 mi	2	26.3	0.96 mi	28.5	942,000	17,900	344 million	2011		right
162	Valparaiso		America	Metro	23 Nov 2005	20	20	26.7 mi	1	26.7	1.41 mi	20.0						right
163	Turin		Europe	Metropolitana	4 Feb 2006	21	21	8.3 mi	1	8.3	0.42 mi	21.0	90,400	10,900	33 million	2011		right			VAL	yes	2006	VAL	yes	yes
164	Daejeon	Taejon	Asia	Subway	16 Mar 2006	22	22	14.0 mi	1	14.0	0.67 mi	22.0	104,000	7,410	38 million	2011								yes
165	Valencia		America	Metro	18 Oct 2006	7	7	3.9 mi	1	3.9	0.64 mi	7.0	57,500	14,900	21 million	2010
166	Palma de Mallorca		Europe	Metro	25 Apr 2007	9	9	5.2 mi	1	5.2	0.64 mi	9.0							1000
167	Perugia		Europe	Minimetro	29 Jan 2008	7	7	1.9 mi	1	1.9	0.31 mi	7.0									'Minimetro'		2008
168	Kaohsiung	Gaoxiong	Asia	MRT	9 Mar 2008	38	37	28.0 mi	2	14.0	0.78 mi	19.0	142,000	5,090	52 million	2012			1435	third rail				MRT
169	Santo Domingo		America	Metro	30 Jan 2009	16	16	9.0 mi	1	9.0	0.60 mi	16.0	79,500	8,820	29 million	2011			1435						yes
170	Adana		Asia	Metro	18 Mar 2009	13	13	8.4 mi	1	8.4	0.70 mi	13.0
171	Seville	Sevilla	Europe	Metro	2 Apr 2009	21	21	11.2 mi	1	11.2	0.56 mi	21.0												Line 1
172	Maracaibo		America	Metro	8 Jun 2009	6	6	4.0 mi	1	4.0	0.81 mi	6.0													yes
173	Seattle		America	Light Rail	18 Jul 2009	12	12	13.8 mi	1	13.8	1.25 mi	12.0						right							yes		Downtown tunnel section considered as a full metro
174	Dubai		Asia	Metro	9 Sep 2009	46	44	43.3 mi	2	21.7	0.98 mi	23.0	299,000	6,890	109 million	2012		right	1435	third rail	metro		2009	metro, monorail	yes	yes
175	Chengdu		Asia	Metro	27 Sep 2010	36	35	25.4 mi	2	12.7	0.75 mi	18.0	282,000	11,100	103 million	2012		right						yes	yes		http://railway-technology.com/projects/chengdu-metro
176	Shenyang	Mukden	Asia	Metro	27 Sep 2010	41	40	30.7 mi	2	15.4	0.79 mi	20.5						right						yes
177	Mecca		Asia	Metro	13 Nov 2010	9	9	11.2 mi	1	11.2	1.41 mi	9.0						right	1435	third rail				yes	yes	yes
178	Almaty	Alma-Ata	Asia	Metro	1 Jan 2011	7	7	4.5 mi	1	4.5	0.76 mi	7.0	19,200	4,230	7 million	2012
179	Bangalore		Asia	Metro	15 Sep 2011	6	6	4.7 mi	1	4.7	0.93 mi	6.0
180	Xian	Xi'an	Asia	Metro	16 Sep 2011	17	17	16.4 mi	1	16.4	1.03 mi	17.0	162,000	9,850	59 million	2012			1435							yes
181	Mashhad		Asia		10 Oct 2011	22	22	11.8 mi	1	11.8	0.56 mi	22.0
182	Algiers		Africa	Metro	1 Nov 2011	10	10	5.6 mi	1	5.6	0.62 mi	10.0							1435	third rail					yes	yes
183	Suzhou	Su-chou	Asia	Subway	29 Apr 2012	24	24	16.0 mi	1	16.0	0.69 mi	24.0						right							yes		According to Wikipedia, official website
184	Kunming		Asia	Metro	28 Jun 2012	2	2	11.3 mi	1	11.3	11.31 mi	2.0
185	Hangzhou	Hangchow	Asia	Metro	24 Nov 2012	31	31	29.8 mi	1	29.8	0.99 mi	31.0															Wikipedia
186	Brescia		Europe	Metro	22 Dec 2012	17	17	8.1 mi	1	8.1	0.51 mi	17.0									metro		2012				According to official website
187	Lima		America	Tren Urbano	5 Apr 2012	16	16	13.7 mi	1	13.7	0.91 mi	16.0					0.38 USD