World Metro Database

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1	Yokohama		Asia	Subway	16 Dec 1972	48	45	19.2	1,280 m	9,420	16.0	542,000	198 million	2008		left	third rail	1435	750	Kanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyred	Kanazawa Seaside LRT	1989	Kanazawa Seaside LRT line		Kanazawa Line not included (10.6 km)	yes
2	Yerevan	Erevan	Asia	Metro	7 Mar 1981	10	10	12.1	1,344 m	3,850	10.0	46,600	17 million	2011		right									According to Mr. Yuri Popov
3	Yekaterinburg	Ekaterinburg	Asia	Metro	26 Apr 1991	9	9	12.7	1,587 m	8,200	9.0	104,000	38 million	2011		right
4	Xian	Xi'an	Asia	Metro	16 Sep 2011	17	17	26.4	1,650 m	6,120	17.0	162,000	59 million	2012				1435								yes
5	Wuppertal		Europe	Schwebebahn	1 Mar 1901	20	20	13.3	700 m		20.0					right	overhead rail		600
6	Wuhan	Hankou	Asia	Metro	28 Sep 2004	48	47	28.4	1,234 m	3,520	24.0	200,000	73 million	2011		right
7	Washington		America	Metrorail	27 Mar 1976	90	86	34.2	2,014 m	3,490	18.0	597,000	218 million	2012		right	third rail	1435	750					yes
8	Warsaw		Europe	Metro	7 Apr 1995	21	21	22.6	1,130 m	17,000	21.0	384,000	140 million	2011	0.47 EUR	right	third rail	1435	825
9	Volgograd	Stalingrad	Europe	Metro	5 Nov 1984	6	6	6.8	1,360 m		6.0														Total system: 22 stations, 17,1 km
10	Vienna		Europe	U-Bahn	25 Feb 1978	102	90	14.9	769 m	19,600	20.4	1.46 million	534 million	2010	1.70 EUR	right	third rail	1435	750					yes	According to official website. Premetro tunnel not included	yes
11	Vancouver		America	SkyTrain	3 Jan 1986	49	47	23.2	1,511 m	4,730	16.3	329,000	120 million	2011		right	third rail	1435	600	Skytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system		1986		yes		yes
12	Valparaiso		America	Metro	23 Nov 2005	20	20	43.0	2,263 m		20.0					right
13	Valencia		Europe	Metro	3 Oct 1988	38	37	10.6	909 m		12.7					right	overhead wire	1000	1500					yes	Full metro section length unknown.	yes
14	Valencia		America	Metro	18 Oct 2006	7	7	6.2	1,033 m	9,280	7.0	57,500	21 million	2010
15	Turin		Europe	Metropolitana	4 Feb 2006	21	21	13.4	670 m	6,750	21.0	90,400	33 million	2011		right				VAL	yes	2006	VAL	yes		yes
16	Toulouse		Europe	Métro	26 Jun 1993	38	37	13.8	764 m	10,300	19.0	282,000	103 million	2011		right	third rail	2060	750	VAL	yes	1993	VAL			yes
17	Toronto		America	Subway	30 Apr 1954	74	69	17.8	1,019 m	10,700	18.5	762,000	278 million	2006	1.67 EUR	right	third rail	1480	600					yes
18	Tokyo		Asia	Metro	30 Dec 1927	290	205	23.4	1,099 m	27,900	22.3	8.5 million	3,102 million	2011	1.57 EUR	left	overhead wire, third rail (Ginza, Marunouchi lines)	1067, 1435 (Ginza, Marunouchi, Asakusa, Oedo lines), 1372 (Shinjuku line)	1500, 600 (Ginza, Marunouchi lines)	Yurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyred	Yurikamome line	1995	Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome lines	yes	According to Mr. Osamu Abe. Saitama, Yurikamone, Monorail, Yamanote, Chuo, Rinkai not incl.	yes
19	Tianjin	Tientsin	Asia	Metro	28 Mar 2004	81	77	31.0	1,610 m	1,410	20.3	175,000	64 million	2010		right	third rail	1435	825				platform gate doors	yes	Binhai Line and metro line included. (10-08-1980: 7.4 km, 7 stations)
20	The Hague		Europe	RandstadRail	16 Oct 2004	30	30	9.3	1,033 m		10.0					right									Full metro section length unknown (47 km?)
21	Tehran		Asia	Metro	21 Feb 2000	70	64	18.3	1,106 m	18,000	17.5	1.32 million	480 million	2011			third rail	1435	750					yes	Line 5 to Karaj not included (42 km, 11 stations) Lenght unknown
22	Tbilisi		Asia	Metro	11 Jan 1966	22	21	13.1	1,315 m	9,170	11.0	241,000	88 million	2008		right	third rail	1520	825						According to Mr. Yuri Popov
23	Tashkent		Asia	Metro	6 Nov 1977	29	26	12.1	1,392 m	4,920	9.7	178,000	65 million	2010		right	third rail	1520	825						According to Mr. Yuri Popov
24	Tama		Asia	Monorail	27 Nov 1998	19	19	16.0	889 m		19.0					left										yes
25	Taipei		Asia	MRT	28 Mar 1996	106	98	14.1	1,149 m	15,900	13.3	1.79 million	652 million	2012	0.60 EUR	right	third rail	2060	750	Wenshan (Muzha) VAL line	yes	1996	PGDs in the busier MRT stations, PSDs in all VAL stations	yes		yes
26	Sydney		Oceania	Cityrail	1926	14	14	7.4	2,005 m		4.7				2.92 EUR	left								yes	Only underground stations in downtown. Monorail: 3.6 km, 8 stations
27	Suzhou	Su-chou	Asia	Subway	29 Apr 2012	24	24	25.7	1,117 m		24.0					right								yes	According to Wikipedia, official website
28	Stuttgart		Europe	Stadtbahn	10 Jun 1966	19	17	12.0	1,412 m		9.5					right	overhead wire	1435	750					yes	24 km underground. (Schnellbahnen in Deutschland)	yes
29	Stockholm		Europe	Tunnelbana	1 Oct 1950	104	100	35.2	1,047 m	8,010	34.7	847,000	309 million	2011	3.73 EUR	left	third rail	1435	650, 750 (Blue Line)						According to official website. 7 operational lines
30	Sofia		Europe	Metro	28 Jan 1998	28	26	15.6	1,200 m	2,550	14.0	79,500	29 million	2009	0.51 EUR	right	third rail	1435	825
31	Singapore		Asia	MRT	7 Nov 1987	100	89	36.6	1,526 m	14,800	25.0	2.18 million	794 million	2011	0.97 EUR	left	third rail	1435	750	North-East Line, Circle Line and the 3 rubber-tyred LRT lines	LRT lines	2003	yes	yes		yes
32	Shenzhen		Asia	Metro	28 Dec 2004	131	118	35.7	1,416 m	2,030	26.2	362,000	132 million	2009		right		1435					yes	yes		yes
33	Shenyang	Mukden	Asia	Metro	27 Sep 2010	41	40	24.7	1,268 m		20.5					right							yes
34	Shanghai		Asia	Metro	10 Apr 1995	296	251	36.4	1,539 m	14,300	24.7	6.24 million	2,276 million	2012	0.34 EUR	right	overhead wire	1435	1500				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
35	Seville	Sevilla	Europe	Metro	2 Apr 2009	21	21	18.0	900 m		21.0												Line 1
36	Seoul		Asia	Subway	15 Aug 1974	302	260	36.3	1,114 m	21,100	33.6	6.9 million	2,518 million	2012	0.54 EUR	right	overhead wire	1435	1500				lines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010	yes	Only metro section.	yes
37	Sendai		Asia	Subway	15 Jul 1987	17	17	14.8	925 m	10,700	17.0	159,000	58 million	2008		left	overhead wire	1067	1500						According to Mr. Osamu Abe	yes
38	Seattle		America	Light Rail	18 Jul 2009	12	12	22.2	2,018 m		12.0					right								yes	Downtown tunnel section considered as a full metro
39	Sapporo		Asia	Subway	16 Dec 1971	49	46	16.0	1,043 m	11,900	16.3	573,000	209 million	2008		left	overhead wire, third rail (Namboku Line)	2150, 2180 (Namboku Line)	1500, 750 (Namboku Line)		yes				According to Mr. Osamu Abe	yes
40	Sao Paulo	São Paulo	America	Metrô	14 Sep 1974	67	61	14.9	1,198 m	32,300	13.4	2.4 million	877 million	2012	0.76 EUR	right	third rail (lines 1-3), overhead wire (lines 4, 5)	1600	750 (lines 1-3), 1500 (lines 4, 5)	line 4		2010	lines 2, 3, 4 (since 2010)	all metro lines and regional rail	According to official website. C Line: 26 km + 16 st. E Line: 22km + 7 st)	lines 4, 5
41	Santo Domingo		America	Metro	30 Jan 2009	16	16	14.5	967 m	5,480	16.0	79,500	29 million	2011				1435						yes
42	Santiago	Santiago de Chile	America	Metro	15 Sep 1975	108	100	20.5	994 m	17,100	21.6	1.75 million	640 million	2011	0.55 EUR	right	third rail	1435	750		yes					yes
43	San Juan		America	Tren Urbano	6 Jun 2005	16	16	17.2	1,147 m	1,750	16.0	30,100	11 million	2011
44	San Francisco		America	BART	11 Sep 1972	44	44	33.4	4,279 m	1,820	8.8	304,000	111 million	2012		right	third rail	1676	1000					yes	MUNI not included (8 underground stations)
45	Samara	Kuybyshev	Europe	Metro	26 Dec 1987	9	9	10.2	1,275 m	4,300	9.0	43,800	16 million	2011		right	third rail	1520	825						According to Mr. Yuri Popov
46	Saint Petersburg	Leningrad	Europe	Metro	15 Nov 1955	67	59	22.7	1,831 m	19,000	13.4	2.15 million	786 million	2011		right	third rail	1520	825				windowless steel doors in ten stations		According to Mr. Yuri Popov
47	Saint Louis		America	Metrolink	31 Jul 1993	37	37	36.7	2,097 m		18.5					right
48	Rouen		Europe	Métro	17 Dec 1994	5	5	2.2	550 m		5.0														5 underground stations
49	Rotterdam		Europe	Metro	10 Feb 1968	38	37	23.5	1,306 m	5,070	19.0	238,000	87 million	2008		right	third rail	1435	750						Only metro section. Sneltram: 8.4 km, 11 stations. 'Metros in Holland'
50	Rome		Europe	Metropolitana	10 Feb 1955	52	51	20.8	832 m	21,800	26.0	907,000	331 million	2008	1.00 EUR	left	overhead wire	1435	1500					yes	metroitaliane.it	yes
51	Rio de Janeiro		America	Metrô	5 Mar 1979	34	34	21.0	1,313 m	13,800	17.0	581,000	212 million	2010	0.77 EUR	right	third rail	1600	750					yes
52	Rennes		Europe	Métro	16 Mar 2002	15	15	9.0	643 m	14,300	15.0	129,000	47 million	2011		right				VAL	yes	2002	VAL			yes
53	Recife		America	Metrô	11 Mar 1985	30	28	19.9	1,418 m		15.0					right									According to official website
54	Pyongyang		Asia	Metro	6 Sep 1973	16	15	11.3	1,607 m	4,380	8.0	98,600	36 million	2009			third rail	1435	825
55	Prague		Europe	Metro	9 May 1974	57	54	19.7	1,094 m	24,600	19.0	1.45 million	530 million	2011	0.65 EUR	right	third rail	1435	750							yes
56	Poznan		Europe	Fast Tram	1 Mar 1997	6	6	6.1	1,220 m		6.0														Rapid Tram
57	Porto Alegre		America	Metro	2 Mar 1985	17	17	33.8	2,112 m		17.0					right									According to official website
58	Pittsburgh		America	T	3 Jul 1985	6	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.
59	Philadelphia		America	Subway	4 Mar 1907	66	62	20.7	984 m	4,730	22.0	293,000	107 million	2011		right	third rail	1435, 1588 (Market-Frankford Line)	600, 685 (PATCO)					yes	PATCO line included. Subway trolley not (10 stations)
60	Perugia		Europe	Minimetro	29 Jan 2008	7	7	3.0	500 m		7.0									'Minimetro'		2008
61	Paris		Europe	Métro	19 Jul 1900	382	302	13.6	596 m	19,200	23.9	4.18 million	1,524 million	2011	1.57 EUR	right (metro), left (RER)	third rail	1435	750	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
62	Palma de Mallorca		Europe	Metro	25 Apr 2007	9	9	8.3	1,038 m		9.0							1000	1500
63	Oslo		Europe	T-Bane	22 May 1966	77	77	12.4	861 m	3,360	15.4	208,000	76 million	2010	2.67 EUR	right	third rail	1435	750						Line 1 not included (it has level crossings). Length not sure	yes
64	Osaka		Asia	Subway	20 May 1933	133	104	15.3	1,111 m	16,600	14.8	2.29 million	836 million	2010		left	third rail	1435	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		Monorail not included (23.8 km, 18 st). OTS + new tram included	yes
65	Oporto	Porto	Europe	Metro	7 Dec 2002	15	14	10.9	1,669 m		7.5					right	overhead wire	1435	750					yes	Full metro section length unknown.14 underground stations & 6,3 km in tunnel in downtown	yes
66	Nuremberg		Europe	U-Bahn	1 Mar 1972	48	44	12.0	800 m	8,980	16.0	323,000	118 million	2011		right	third rail	1435	750	lines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains		2008				yes
67	Novosibirsk		Asia	Metro	7 Jan 1986	13	12	8.2	1,487 m	12,700	6.5	208,000	76 million	2011		right	third rail	1520	825						According to Mr. Yuri Popov
68	Nizhny Novgorod	Gorky	Europe	Metro	20 Nov 1985	15	14	9.4	1,454 m	3,910	7.5	74,000	27 million	2010		right	third rail	1520	825						According to Mr. Yuri Popov
69	Newcastle		Europe	Metro	7 Aug 1980	61	50	38.3	1,297 m	1,360	30.5	104,000	38 million	2011		left	overhead wire	1435	1500
70	Newark		America	Subway	26 May 1935	4	4	2.2	733 m		4.0					right									4 underground stations
71	New York	New York City	America	Subway	27 Oct 1904	468	422	13.6	834 m	12,300	17.3	4.53 million	1,655 million	2012	1.53 EUR	right	third rail	1435	625, 650 (PATH)				planned for new Second Avenue Line	yes	According to official website. PATH not included (22.2 km, 13 stations). SIR not included
72	Naples		Europe	Metropolitana	28 Mar 1993	31	28	10.6	1,136 m	3,020	10.3	95,900	35 million	2011		left	overhead wire	1435	1500						M3 and M4 not included (M3: 12.3 km, 12 sta. M4: 8.3 km, 8 sta.)
73	Nanjing	Nanking	Asia	Metro	27 Aug 2005	57	55	42.3	1,540 m	11,100	28.5	942,000	344 million	2011		right
74	Naha		Asia	Monorail	10 Aug 2003	15	15	12.8	914 m		15.0					left
75	Nagoya		Asia	Subway	15 Nov 1957	97	86	23.3	1,001 m	12,600	24.3	1.17 million	427 million	2008		left	third rail, overhead wire (Tsurumai, Sakura-dori lines)	1435, 1067 (Tsurumai, Sakura-dori lines)	600, 1500 (Tsurumai, Sakura-dori lines)	Tobu Kyuryo maglev line		2005	Tobu Kyuryo maglev line	yes	3 stations +	yes
76	Munich		Europe	U-Bahn	19 Oct 1971	102	96	15.7	981 m	10,500	17.0	986,000	360 million	2010	2.30 EUR	right	third rail	1435	750							yes
77	Mumbai	Bombay	Asia	Suburban Railway		73	73	34.2	2,515 m		14.6				0.17 EUR										In fact, 4 suburban railway lines with metro frequency
78	Mulheim	Mülheim	Europe	Stadtbahn	3 Nov 1979	13	12	4.5	819 m		6.5					right	overhead wire	1435	750						Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 1
79	Moscow		Europe	Metro	15 May 1935	186	147	25.8	1,778 m	21,200	15.5	6.55 million	2,389 million	2011	0.50 EUR	right	third rail	1520	825					lines 3, 5 since 2009	Monorail (6 stations, 4.7 km) not included.
80	Montreal	Montréal	America	Metro	14 Oct 1966	73	68	17.3	1,003 m	8,670	18.3	600,000	219 million	2006	1.67 EUR	right	third rail	1994	750		yes
81	Monterrey		America	Metro	25 Apr 1991	32	31	15.8	1,050 m	12,000	16.0	378,000	138 million	2009		right					yes
82	Minsk		Europe	Metro	26 Jun 1984	28	27	17.7	1,362 m	21,700	14.0	770,000	281 million	2012		right	third rail	1520	825						According to Mr. Yuri Popov
83	Milan		Europe	Metropolitana	1 Nov 1964	94	90	27.8	915 m	10,800	31.3	899,000	328 million	2007	1.00 EUR	right	overhead wire, third rail (line M1)	1435	1500, 750 (line M1)	line M5		2013	line M5	yes	metroitaliane.it	yes
84	Miami		America	Metrorail	21 May 1984	23	23	39.8	1,809 m	1,240	23.0	49,300	18 million	2011	1.66 EUR	right	third rail	1435	750	downtown people mover, rubber-tyred	Downtown people mover	1986		yes	Metromover not included (20 stations, 7 km)
85	Mexico City		America	Metro	5 Sep 1969	195	163	15.0	984 m	24,500	16.3	4.41 million	1,609 million	2012	0.14 EUR	right	third rail	1995	750		yes				ONLY PASSENGER SERVICE KM COUNTED
86	Medellin	Medellín	America	Metro	30 Nov 1995	26	25	14.4	1,200 m	16,200	13.0	466,000	170 million	2011			overhead wire	1435	1500						Metro Cable not included, 4 stations
87	Mecca		Asia	Metro	13 Nov 2010	9	9	18.1	2,263 m		9.0					right	third rail	1435	1500				yes	yes		yes
88	Mashhad		Asia		10 Oct 2011	22	22	19.0	905 m		22.0
89	Marseille		Europe	Métro	26 Nov 1977	30	28	10.9	779 m	9,430	15.0	205,000	75 million	2011		right	third rail	1435	750		yes
90	Maracaibo		America	Metro	8 Jun 2009	6	6	6.5	1,300 m		6.0													yes
91	Manila		Asia	MRT	1 Dec 1984	44	41	17.2	1,256 m	18,400	14.7	948,000	346 million	2008	0.18 EUR	right								yes	Length not sure	yes
92	Madrid		Europe	Metro	17 Oct 1919	282	232	22.0	1,064 m	6,080	21.7	1.74 million	635 million	2011	1.00 EUR	left	overhead wire	1445	600				tests in 2010, plans for 2011	yes	ML1, ML2, ML3 not included (27.8 km, 37 st.; Embajadores=Acacias)	yes
93	Lyon		Europe	Métro	28 Apr 1978	43	39	7.7	787 m	22,900	10.8	704,000	257 million	2009	1.60 EUR	left	third rail	1435	750	line D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDs	yes	1991
94	Ludwigshafen		Europe	Stadtbahn	29 May 1969	11	11		364 m							right									Full metro section length unknown.
95	Los Angeles		America	Metro Rail	30 Jan 1993	30	30	19.8	2,196 m	2,130	10.0	126,000	46 million	2011	1.91 EUR	right	overhead wire, third rail (Red, Purple lines)	1435	750					yes	Red, Purple and Green lines
96	London		Europe	Underground	10 Jan 1863	270	270	36.5	1,552 m	7,980	24.5	3.21 million	1,171 million	2011	2.75 EUR	left	third rail	1435	600, 750 (DLR)	Docklands Light Rail		1987	Jubilee Line extension	Metropolitan Line	DLR not included (31.4 km, 39 stations). East London Line removed (will be assigned to Overground). Overground: 86 km, 55 st.	Metropolitan Line, DLR
97	Lisbon		Europe	Metro	29 Dec 1959	55	49	11.1	869 m	11,300	13.8	501,000	183 million	2010	0.80 EUR	left	third rail	1435	750							yes
98	Lima		America	Tren Urbano	5 Apr 2012	16	16	22.0	1,467 m		16.0				0.29 EUR
99	Lille		Europe	Métro	25 Apr 1983	62	60	22.8	758 m	5,780	31.0	263,000	96 million	2009		right	third rail	2060	750	VAL	yes	1983	VAL, all stations			yes
100	Lausanne		Europe	Metro	24 May 1991	29	28	6.8	507 m		14.5									line m2	line m2	2008			Only m2 is a full metro (27.10.2008: 5.9 km, 14 sta). Line m1: 3 underground stations	yes
101	Las Vegas		America	Monorail	15 Jul 2004	7	7	6.2	1,033 m		7.0					right				monorail		2004	yes		Hotels monorails not included
102	Kyoto		Asia	Subway	1 Apr 1981	32	31	15.6	1,043 m	11,000	16.0	345,000	126 million	2008		left	overhead wire	1435	1500				Tozai line			yes
103	Kunming		Asia	Metro	28 Jun 2012	2	2	18.2	18,200 m		2.0
104	Kuala Lumpur		Asia	LRT, Monorail	16 Dec 1996	60	56	21.3	1,123 m	4,670	20.0	299,000	109 million	2008	0.37 EUR	left				LRT		1996	KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stations	yes
105	Kryvyi Rih	Krivoy Rog	Europe	Metrotram	26 Dec 1986	12	12	18.0	1,636 m		12.0
106	Kolkata	Calcutta	Asia	Metro Railway	24 Oct 1984	23	23	25.0	1,136 m	19,000	23.0	474,000	173 million	2009		right									25 km wikipedia, 27.50 km urbanrail ???
107	Kobe		Asia	Subway	13 Mar 1977	26	24	15.3	1,275 m	10,800	13.0	332,000	121 million	2008		left	overhead wire, third rail (Portliner)	1435	1500, 600 (Portliner)	Port Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyred	Port Liner and Rokko Liner	1981	Port Liner and Rokko Liner		According to Mr. Osamu Abe. Portliner, Rokko lines not included (15 st)	yes
108	Kitakyushu	Kitaky?sh?	Asia	Monorail	9 Jan 1985	13	13	8.8	733 m		13.0					left										yes
109	Kiev	Kyiv	Europe	Metro	22 Oct 1960	51	48	22.1	1,379 m	21,500	17.0	1.42 million	519 million	2011	0.27 EUR	right	third rail	1520	825
110	Kharkov	Kharkiv	Europe	Metro	23 Aug 1975	29	26	12.5	1,438 m	18,300	9.7	685,000	250 million	2011		right									According to Mr. Yuri Popov
111	Kazan		Europe	Metro	27 Aug 2005	7	7	10.9	1,817 m	6,790	7.0	74,000	27 million	2012		right									According to Mr. Yuri Popov
112	Kaohsiung	Gaoxiong	Asia	MRT	9 Mar 2008	38	37	22.5	1,250 m	3,170	19.0	142,000	52 million	2012			third rail	1435	750				MRT
113	Kamakura		Asia	Monorail	3 Mar 1970	8	8	6.6	943 m		8.0					left									Shonan Monorail.
114	Jacksonville		America	Skyway	30 May 1989	6	6	6.9	1,380 m		6.0					right	third rail	2060	750	downtown monorail people mover		1989
115	Izmir		Asia	Metro	22 May 2000	14	14	15.9	1,223 m	10,900	14.0	173,000	63 million	2011			third rail	1435	750
116	Istanbul		Europe	Metro	16 Sep 2000	28	28	21.0	1,615 m	5,090	14.0	214,000	78 million	2011	0.63 EUR	right	overhead wire, third rail (Line M2)	1435	750						Wikipedia. Hafif Metro not included (25.8 km, 24 stations, 2 lines)
117	Incheon	Inchon	Asia	Subway	6 Oct 1999	29	29	29.5	1,054 m	8,270	29.0	244,000	89 million	2012									yes
118	Hong Kong		Asia	MTR	1 Oct 1979	95	82	17.5	2,059 m	22,600	9.5	3.96 million	1,444 million	2012	0.91 EUR	left	overhead wire	1435	1500 (MTR), 25000 (KCR)	Disneyland Resort Line	SI, WI lines, planned	2005	all underground stations	yes	175 Km and 82 stations according to MRT. 184km urbanrail.35.3km airport express not included	yes
119	Hiroshima		Asia	Monorail	20 Aug 1994	21	21	18.4	920 m	2,680	21.0	49,300	18 million	2005		left					yes				According to Mr. Osamu Abe
120	Helsinki		Europe	Metro	3 Aug 1982	17	17	21.0	1,313 m	8,090	17.0	170,000	62 million	2011	2.10 EUR	right	third rail	1524	750						According to Metros in Skandinavien (R.Schwandl)	yes
121	Hanover	Hannover	Europe	Stadtbahn	28 Sep 1975	21	17	6.2	1,033 m		7.0					right	overhead wire	1435	600						18.60 km, 17 stations underground ('Schnellbahnen in Deutschland')	yes
122	Hangzhou	Hangchow	Asia	Metro	24 Nov 2012	31	31	48.0	1,600 m		31.0														Wikipedia
123	Hamburg		Europe	U-Bahn	1 Mar 1912	99	91	26.2	1,102 m	5,210	24.8	545,000	199 million	2011		right	third rail	1435	750						According to official website
124	Haifa		Asia	Carmelit	1959	6	6	1.8	350 m		6.0
125	Gwangju		Asia	Subway	28 Apr 2004	20	20	20.1	1,058 m	2,450	20.0	49,300	18 million	2011									yes
126	Guangzhou	Canton	Asia	Metro	28 Jun 1999	146	132	29.0	1,680 m	21,600	18.3	5 million	1,825 million	2012		right	third rail	1435	825	APM line (underground people mover)	Zhujiang people mover	2010	yes	yes	APM included	yes
127	Guadalajara		America	Metro	1 Sep 1989	29	28	12.0	889 m		14.5					right
128	Glasgow		Europe	Subway	14 Dec 1896	15	15	10.4	743 m	3,420	15.0	35,600	13 million	2011		left	third rail	1219	600
129	Genoa		Europe	Metropolitana	13 Jun 1990	8	8	7.1	1,014 m		8.0					right	overhead wire	1435	750						metroitaliane.it	yes
130	Gelsenkirchen		Europe	Stadtbahn	1 Sep 1984	9	9	5.5	690 m		9.0					right	overhead wire	1000	600						Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 2
131	Fukuoka		Asia	Subway	26 Jul 1981	35	34	9.9	931 m	11,400	11.7	340,000	124 million	2007		left	overhead wire	1067	1500				yes		According to Mr. Osamu Abe	yes
132	Frankfurt		Europe	U-Bahn	4 Oct 1968	31	27	6.8	732 m		10.3				2.30 EUR	right	overhead wire	1435	750						20.40 km, 27 stations underground ('Schnellbahnen in Deutschland')	yes
133	Essen		Europe	Stadtbahn	5 Oct 1967	27	27	6.7	842 m		9.0					right	overhead wire	1435	750						Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 1	yes
134	Edmonton		America	Light Rail	22 Apr 1978	15	15	20.4	1,457 m		15.0					right
135	Duisburg		Europe	Stadtbahn	11 Jul 1992	13	13	7.2	1,304 m		6.5					right									Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 1	yes
136	Duesseldorf	Düsseldorf	Europe	Stadtbahn	4 Oct 1981	14	14	4.8	798 m		7.0					right	overhead wire	1435	600						Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 1	yes
137	Dubai		Asia	Metro	9 Sep 2009	46	44	34.8	1,584 m	4,280	23.0	299,000	109 million	2012		right	third rail	1435	750	metro		2009	metro, monorail	yes		yes
138	Dortmund		Europe	Stadtbahn	17 May 1976	37	37	9.8	866 m		12.3					right	overhead wire	1435	600	H-Bahn		1984			Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 2	yes
139	Dnepropetrovsk	Dnipropetrovsk	Europe	Metro	29 Dec 1995	6	6	7.1	1,420 m	3,470	6.0	24,700	9 million	2010			third rail	1520	825						According to Mr. Yuri Popov
140	Detroit		America	People Mover	Jul 1987	13	13	4.8	400 m		13.0					right	third rail	1435	600	downtown people mover, LIM technology		1987		yes
141	Delhi		Asia	Metro	24 Dec 2002	143	138	32.2	1,410 m	8,600	23.8	1.66 million	606 million	2011	0.12 EUR	left	overhead wire	1676, 1435 (Green, Violet lines)	25000					yes		yes
142	Dalian		Asia	Metro	1 May 2003	12	12	49.0	4,455 m	2,460	12.0	121,000	44 million	2012		right									Suburban service?
143	Daejeon	Taejon	Asia	Subway	16 Mar 2006	22	22	22.6	1,076 m	4,610	22.0	104,000	38 million	2011									yes
144	Daegu	Taegu	Asia	Subway	26 Nov 1997	56	55	27.0	998 m	6,460	28.0	348,000	127 million	2012									lines 1, 2
145	Copenhagen		Europe	Metro	19 Oct 2002	22	22	10.5	1,050 m	7,050	11.0	148,000	54 million	2011	2.81 EUR	right	third rail	1435	750	all metro lines		2002	all underground stations	all metro and S-Tog trains	According to official website	yes
146	Cologne		Europe	Stadtbahn	11 Oct 1968	51	51	3.0	1,250 m		3.4					right	overhead wire	1435	750					new light rail trains only	Approx. 45 km metro-like. 30 km underground.	yes
147	Cleveland		America	Rapid Transit	15 Mar 1955	18	18	31.0	1,824 m	530	18.0	16,400	6 million	2011		right	overhead wire	1435	600						2 Light Rail lines not included
148	Chongqing	Chungking	Asia	Monorail	18 Jun 2005	86	81	31.7	1,548 m		21.5					right							The three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDs	yes		yes
149	Chicago		America	"L"	6 Jun 1892	152	144	20.8	1,153 m	3,660	19.0	608,000	222 million	2011	1.58 EUR	right	third rail	1435	600					yes	151 Stations and 173 km (UrbanRail.net)
150	Chiba		Asia	Monorail	28 Mar 1988	18	18	7.8	969 m		9.0					left
151	Chennai	Madras	Asia	MRTS	19 Oct 1997	17	17	27.0	1,688 m		17.0
152	Chengdu		Asia	Metro	27 Sep 2010	36	35	20.4	1,202 m	6,900	18.0	282,000	103 million	2012		right							yes	yes	http://railway-technology.com/projects/chengdu-metro
153	Charleroi		Europe	Métro Léger	21 Jun 1976	20	20	4.4	1,094 m		5.0														Full metro section length unknown. Total length 25 km. Data from Wikipedia
154	Changchun	Hsinking	Asia	LRT	Oct 2002	16	16	17.0	1,133 m		16.0					right									(17 km, 16 stations on viaduct = metro). 14.6 km, 17 st on streets
155	Catania		Europe	Metropolitana	27 Jun 1999	6	6	3.8	760 m		6.0					right	overhead wire	1435	3000						metroitaliane.it
156	Caracas		America	Metro	27 Mar 1983	50	46	12.1	1,344 m	22,000	10.0	1.33 million	485 million	2009	0.31 EUR		third rail	1435	750					yes	Metro Los Teques included (9.5 km)
157	Cairo		Africa	Metro	27 Sep 1987	55	53	32.8	1,236 m	35,000	27.5	2.29 million	837 million	2010	0.14 EUR	left	overhead wire	1435	1500					5 stations
158	Busan		Asia	Subway	19 Jul 1985	127	119	26.4	1,080 m	6,650	25.4	877,000	320 million	2012		right				Line 4	Line 4	2011	line 3
159	Bursa		Asia	Bursaray	19 Aug 2002	31	31	15.8	1,086 m		15.5
160	Buffalo		America	Metro Rail	18 May 1985	8	8	8.4	1,194 m		8.0					right									Only tunnel section
161	Buenos Aires		America	Subte	1 Dec 1913	78	69	8.2	685 m	17,100	13.0	844,000	308 million	2011	0.24 EUR	left	overhead wire, third rail (Line B)	1435	1500, 1100 (Line B)						Premetro line not included	yes
162	Budapest		Europe	Metro	2 May 1896	42	40	11.0	846 m	25,100	14.0	827,000	302 million	2011	0.95 EUR	right	third rail, overhead wire (Line M1)	1435	825, 600 (Line M1)
163	Bucharest		Europe	Metro	16 Nov 1979	50	45	17.3	1,505 m	6,770	12.5	468,000	171 million	2011	0.40 EUR	right	third rail	1435	825
164	Brussels		Europe	Métro	20 Sep 1976	61	59	10.7	555 m	11,300	20.3	364,000	133 million	2009	1.53 EUR	right (left on lines 1 and 6 between Midi and Roi Baudouin)	third rail	1435	900						Premetro tunnels not included, 11 stations	line 1
165	Brescia		Europe	Metro	22 Dec 2012	17	17	13.1	819 m		17.0									metro		2012			According to official website
166	Brasilia		America	Metrô	31 Mar 2001	24	24	42.0	1,826 m	3,590	24.0	151,000	55 million	2009		right
167	Boston		America	The T	1 Sep 1897	66	60	20.2	960 m	6,660	22.0	403,000	147 million	2010		right	third rail, overhead wire (Green Line)	1435	600					yes	Green and Red Lines' tram section not included
168	Bonn		Europe	Stadtbahn	22 Mar 1975	12	12	9.0	818 m		12.0					right	overhead wire	1435	750						9 km, 12 stations underground. Approx. 17 km metro-like
169	Bochum		Europe	Stadtbahn	26 May 1979	29	27	10.8	797 m		14.5					right	overhead wire	1435	660						Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 2
170	Bilbao		Europe	Metro	11 Nov 1995	40	40	21.7	1,142 m	5,680	20.0	247,000	90 million	2011		left	overhead wire	1000	1500					yes	According to Metro Bilbao	yes
171	Bielefeld		Europe	Stadtbahn	21 Sep 1971	7	7	1.3	1,733 m		1.8					right									Full metro section length unknown. Only metro section included
172	Berlin		Europe	U-Bahn	18 Feb 1902	195	173	14.7	797 m	9,390	19.5	1.38 million	505 million	2011	2.10 EUR	right	third rail	1435	750							yes
173	Belo Horizonte		America	Metrô	1 Aug 1986	19	19	28.1	1,563 m		19.0					right									According to official website
174	Beijing	Peking	Asia	Subway	1 Oct 1969	262	222	27.6	1,797 m	15,200	16.4	6.74 million	2,460 million	2012	0.15 EUR	right	third rail	1435	825				PGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10	yes		all lines
175	Barcelona		Europe	Metro	30 Dec 1924	163	136	10.9	786 m	8,930	14.8	1.07 million	389 million	2011	1.35 EUR	right	third rail (TMB), overhead wire (FGC)	1435	1200	lines L9, L10, L11		2009	lines L9, L10, L11	yes	Tram lines not included (1.8 km subway tram line, T5)	yes
176	Bangkok		Asia	Skytrain, MRT	5 Dec 1999	57	51	20.0	1,512 m	8,370	14.3	671,000	245 million	2011	0.64 EUR	left	linear	1435		Green line		1999	Green line, Blue line	yes
177	Bangalore		Asia	Metro	15 Sep 2011	6	6	7.5	1,500 m		6.0
178	Baltimore		America	Metro Subway	21 Nov 1983	14	14	24.5	1,885 m	2,010	14.0	49,300	18 million	2011		right	third rail	1435	700					yes
179	Baku		Asia	Metro	6 Nov 1967	23	22	17.3	1,646 m	14,500	11.5	501,000	183 million	2011		right	third rail	1520	825
180	Atlanta		America	MARTA	30 Jun 1979	39	38	39.6	2,141 m	1,180	19.5	93,200	34 million	2007		right	third rail	1435	750					yes
181	Athens		Europe	Metro	1954	54	50	17.3	1,020 m	18,000	18.0	937,000	342 million	2008	1.00 EUR	right	third rail	1435	600					yes	M3 airport line not included.	yes
182	Antwerp		Europe	Premetro	25 Mar 1975	11	11	3.8	844 m		5.5						overhead wire	1000	600
183	Ankara		Asia	Metro	30 Aug 1996	23	22	11.6	1,100 m	13,400	11.5	310,000	113 million	2007		right	third rail	1435	750	metro line		1997
184	Amsterdam		Europe	Metro	16 Oct 1977	33	33	8.2	1,128 m	7,120	8.3	233,000	85 million	2009	2.09 EUR	right	third rail	1435	750						Sneltram not included (9.8 km, 19 stations; 'Metros in Holland')
185	Almaty	Alma-Ata	Asia	Metro	1 Jan 2011	7	7	7.3	1,217 m	2,630	7.0	19,200	7 million	2012
186	Algiers		Africa	Metro	1 Nov 2011	10	10	9.0	1,000 m		10.0						third rail	1435	750					yes		yes
187	Adana		Asia	Metro	18 Mar 2009	13	13	13.5	1,125 m		13.0