World Metro Database

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1	Adana		Turkey	18 Mar 2009	13	13	1	13.5	1,125 m		13.0
2	Algiers		Algeria	1 Nov 2011	10	10	1	9.0	1,000 m		10.0					third rail				yes	yes
3	Almaty	Alma-Ata	Kazakhstan	1 Jan 2011	7	7	1	7.3	1,217 m	19,200	7.0	2,630	7 million	2012
4	Amsterdam		Netherlands	16 Oct 1977	33	33	4	8.2	1,128 m	233,000	8.3	7,120	85 million	2009	right	third rail						Sneltram not included (9.8 km, 19 stations; 'Metros in Holland')
5	Ankara		Turkey	30 Aug 1996	23	22	2	11.6	1,100 m	310,000	11.5	13,400	113 million	2007	right	third rail	metro line		1997
6	Antwerp		Belgium	25 Mar 1975	11	11	2	3.8	844 m		5.5					overhead wire
7	Athens		Greece	1954	54	50	3	17.3	1,020 m	937,000	18.0	18,000	342 million	2008	right	third rail				yes	yes	M3 airport line not included.
8	Atlanta		USA	30 Jun 1979	39	38	2	39.6	2,141 m	93,200	19.5	1,180	34 million	2007	right	third rail				yes
9	Baku		Azerbaijan	6 Nov 1967	23	22	2	17.3	1,646 m	501,000	11.5	14,500	183 million	2011	right	third rail
10	Baltimore		USA	21 Nov 1983	14	14	1	24.5	1,885 m	49,300	14.0	2,010	18 million	2011	right	third rail				yes
11	Bangalore		India	15 Sep 2011	6	6	1	7.5	1,500 m		6.0
12	Bangkok		Thailand	5 Dec 1999	57	51	4	20.0	1,512 m	671,000	14.3	8,370	245 million	2011	left	linear	Green line		1999	yes
13	Barcelona		Spain	30 Dec 1924	163	136	11	10.9	786 m	1.07 million	14.8	8,930	389 million	2011	right	third rail (TMB), overhead wire (FGC)	lines L9, L10, L11		2009	yes	yes	Tram lines not included (1.8 km subway tram line, T5)
14	Beijing	Peking	China	1 Oct 1969	262	222	16	27.6	1,797 m	6.74 million	16.4	15,200	2,460 million	2012	right	third rail				yes	all lines
15	Belo Horizonte		Brazil	1 Aug 1986	19	19	1	28.1	1,563 m		19.0				right							According to official website
16	Berlin		Germany	18 Feb 1902	195	173	10	14.7	797 m	1.38 million	19.5	9,390	505 million	2011	right	third rail					yes
17	Bielefeld		Germany	21 Sep 1971	7	7	4	1.3	1,733 m		1.8				right							Full metro section length unknown. Only metro section included
18	Bilbao		Spain	11 Nov 1995	40	40	2	21.7	1,142 m	247,000	20.0	5,680	90 million	2011	left	overhead wire				yes	yes	According to Metro Bilbao
19	Bochum		Germany	26 May 1979	29	27	2	10.8	797 m		14.5				right	overhead wire						Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 2
20	Bonn		Germany	22 Mar 1975	12	12	1	9.0	818 m		12.0				right	overhead wire						9 km, 12 stations underground. Approx. 17 km metro-like
21	Boston		USA	1 Sep 1897	66	60	3	20.2	960 m	403,000	22.0	6,660	147 million	2010	right	third rail, overhead wire (Green Line)				yes		Green and Red Lines' tram section not included
22	Brasilia		Brazil	31 Mar 2001	24	24	1	42.0	1,826 m	151,000	24.0	3,590	55 million	2009	right
23	Brescia		Italy	22 Dec 2012	17	17	1	13.1	819 m		17.0						metro		2012			According to official website
24	Brussels		Belgium	20 Sep 1976	61	59	3	10.7	555 m	364,000	20.3	11,300	133 million	2009	right (left on lines 1 and 6 between Midi and Roi Baudouin)	third rail					line 1	Premetro tunnels not included, 11 stations
25	Bucharest		Romania	16 Nov 1979	50	45	4	17.3	1,505 m	468,000	12.5	6,770	171 million	2011	right	third rail
26	Budapest		Hungary	2 May 1896	42	40	3	11.0	846 m	827,000	14.0	25,100	302 million	2011	right	third rail, overhead wire (Line M1)
27	Buenos Aires		Argentina	1 Dec 1913	78	69	6	8.2	685 m	844,000	13.0	17,100	308 million	2011	left	overhead wire, third rail (Line B)					yes	Premetro line not included
28	Buffalo		USA	18 May 1985	8	8	1	8.4	1,194 m		8.0				right							Only tunnel section
29	Bursa		Turkey	19 Aug 2002	31	31	2	15.8	1,086 m		15.5
30	Busan		South Korea	19 Jul 1985	127	119	5	26.4	1,080 m	877,000	25.4	6,650	320 million	2012	right		Line 4	Line 4	2011
31	Cairo		Egypt	27 Sep 1987	55	53	2	32.8	1,236 m	2.29 million	27.5	35,000	837 million	2010	left	overhead wire				5 stations
32	Caracas		Venezuela	27 Mar 1983	50	46	5	12.1	1,344 m	1.33 million	10.0	22,000	485 million	2009		third rail				yes		Metro Los Teques included (9.5 km)
33	Catania		Italy	27 Jun 1999	6	6	1	3.8	760 m		6.0				right	overhead wire						metroitaliane.it
34	Changchun	Hsinking	China	Oct 2002	16	16	1	17.0	1,133 m		16.0				right							(17 km, 16 stations on viaduct = metro). 14.6 km, 17 st on streets
35	Charleroi		Belgium	21 Jun 1976	20	20	4	4.4	1,094 m		5.0											Full metro section length unknown. Total length 25 km. Data from Wikipedia
36	Chengdu		China	27 Sep 2010	36	35	2	20.4	1,202 m	282,000	18.0	6,900	103 million	2012	right					yes		http://railway-technology.com/projects/chengdu-metro
37	Chennai	Madras	India	19 Oct 1997	17	17	1	27.0	1,688 m		17.0
38	Chiba		Japan	28 Mar 1988	18	18	2	7.8	969 m		9.0				left
39	Chicago		USA	6 Jun 1892	152	144	8	20.8	1,153 m	608,000	19.0	3,660	222 million	2011	right	third rail				yes		151 Stations and 173 km (UrbanRail.net)
40	Chongqing	Chungking	China	18 Jun 2005	86	81	4	31.7	1,548 m		21.5				right					yes	yes
41	Cleveland		USA	15 Mar 1955	18	18	1	31.0	1,824 m	16,400	18.0	530	6 million	2011	right	overhead wire						2 Light Rail lines not included
42	Cologne		Germany	11 Oct 1968	51	51	15	3.0	1,250 m		3.4				right	overhead wire				new light rail trains only	yes	Approx. 45 km metro-like. 30 km underground.
43	Copenhagen		Denmark	19 Oct 2002	22	22	2	10.5	1,050 m	148,000	11.0	7,050	54 million	2011	right	third rail	all metro lines		2002	all metro and S-Tog trains	yes	According to official website
44	Daegu	Taegu	South Korea	26 Nov 1997	56	55	2	27.0	998 m	348,000	28.0	6,460	127 million	2012
45	Daejeon	Taejon	South Korea	16 Mar 2006	22	22	1	22.6	1,076 m	104,000	22.0	4,610	38 million	2011
46	Dalian		China	1 May 2003	12	12	1	49.0	4,455 m	121,000	12.0	2,460	44 million	2012	right							Suburban service?
47	Delhi		India	24 Dec 2002	143	138	6	32.2	1,410 m	1.66 million	23.8	8,600	606 million	2011	left	overhead wire				yes	yes
48	Detroit		USA	Jul 1987	13	13	1	4.8	400 m		13.0				right	third rail	downtown people mover, LIM technology		1987	yes
49	Dnepropetrovsk	Dnipropetrovsk	Ukraine	29 Dec 1995	6	6	1	7.1	1,420 m	24,700	6.0	3,470	9 million	2010		third rail						According to Mr. Yuri Popov
50	Dortmund		Germany	17 May 1976	37	37	3	9.8	866 m		12.3				right	overhead wire	H-Bahn		1984		yes	Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 2
51	Dubai		United Arab Emirates	9 Sep 2009	46	44	2	34.8	1,584 m	299,000	23.0	4,280	109 million	2012	right	third rail	metro		2009	yes	yes
52	Duesseldorf	Düsseldorf	Germany	4 Oct 1981	14	14	2	4.8	798 m		7.0				right	overhead wire					yes	Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 1
53	Duisburg		Germany	11 Jul 1992	13	13	2	7.2	1,304 m		6.5				right						yes	Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 1
54	Edmonton		Canada	22 Apr 1978	15	15	1	20.4	1,457 m		15.0				right
55	Essen		Germany	5 Oct 1967	27	27	3	6.7	842 m		9.0				right	overhead wire					yes	Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 1
56	Frankfurt		Germany	4 Oct 1968	31	27	3	6.8	732 m		10.3				right	overhead wire					yes	20.40 km, 27 stations underground ('Schnellbahnen in Deutschland')
57	Fukuoka		Japan	26 Jul 1981	35	34	3	9.9	931 m	340,000	11.7	11,400	124 million	2007	left	overhead wire					yes	According to Mr. Osamu Abe
58	Gelsenkirchen		Germany	1 Sep 1984	9	9	1	5.5	690 m		9.0				right	overhead wire						Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 2
59	Genoa		Italy	13 Jun 1990	8	8	1	7.1	1,014 m		8.0				right	overhead wire					yes	metroitaliane.it
60	Glasgow		United Kingdom	14 Dec 1896	15	15	1	10.4	743 m	35,600	15.0	3,420	13 million	2011	left	third rail
61	Guadalajara		Mexico	1 Sep 1989	29	28	2	12.0	889 m		14.5				right
62	Guangzhou	Canton	China	28 Jun 1999	146	132	8	29.0	1,680 m	5 million	18.3	21,600	1,825 million	2012	right	third rail	APM line (underground people mover)	Zhujiang people mover	2010	yes	yes	APM included
63	Gwangju		South Korea	28 Apr 2004	20	20	1	20.1	1,058 m	49,300	20.0	2,450	18 million	2011
64	Haifa		Israel	1959	6	6	1	1.8	350 m		6.0
65	Hamburg		Germany	1 Mar 1912	99	91	4	26.2	1,102 m	545,000	24.8	5,210	199 million	2011	right	third rail						According to official website
66	Hangzhou	Hangchow	China	24 Nov 2012	31	31	1	48.0	1,600 m		31.0											Wikipedia
67	Hanover	Hannover	Germany	28 Sep 1975	21	17	3	6.2	1,033 m		7.0				right	overhead wire					yes	18.60 km, 17 stations underground ('Schnellbahnen in Deutschland')
68	Helsinki		Finland	3 Aug 1982	17	17	1	21.0	1,313 m	170,000	17.0	8,090	62 million	2011	right	third rail					yes	According to Metros in Skandinavien (R.Schwandl)
69	Hiroshima		Japan	20 Aug 1994	21	21	1	18.4	920 m	49,300	21.0	2,680	18 million	2005	left			yes				According to Mr. Osamu Abe
70	Hong Kong		Hong Kong S.A.R.	1 Oct 1979	95	82	10	17.5	2,059 m	3.96 million	9.5	22,600	1,444 million	2012	left	overhead wire	Disneyland Resort Line	SI, WI lines, planned	2005	yes	yes	175 Km and 82 stations according to MRT. 184km urbanrail.35.3km airport express not included
71	Incheon	Inchon	South Korea	6 Oct 1999	29	29	1	29.5	1,054 m	244,000	29.0	8,270	89 million	2012
72	Istanbul		Turkey	16 Sep 2000	28	28	2	21.0	1,615 m	214,000	14.0	5,090	78 million	2011	right	overhead wire, third rail (Line M2)						Wikipedia. Hafif Metro not included (25.8 km, 24 stations, 2 lines)
73	Izmir		Turkey	22 May 2000	14	14	1	15.9	1,223 m	173,000	14.0	10,900	63 million	2011		third rail
74	Jacksonville		USA	30 May 1989	6	6	1	6.9	1,380 m		6.0				right	third rail	downtown monorail people mover		1989
75	Kamakura		Japan	3 Mar 1970	8	8	1	6.6	943 m		8.0				left							Shonan Monorail.
76	Kaohsiung	Gaoxiong	Taiwan	9 Mar 2008	38	37	2	22.5	1,250 m	142,000	19.0	3,170	52 million	2012		third rail
77	Kazan		Russia	27 Aug 2005	7	7	1	10.9	1,817 m	74,000	7.0	6,790	27 million	2012	right							According to Mr. Yuri Popov
78	Kharkov	Kharkiv	Ukraine	23 Aug 1975	29	26	3	12.5	1,438 m	685,000	9.7	18,300	250 million	2011	right							According to Mr. Yuri Popov
79	Kiev	Kyiv	Ukraine	22 Oct 1960	51	48	3	22.1	1,379 m	1.42 million	17.0	21,500	519 million	2011	right	third rail
80	Kitakyushu	Kitaky?sh?	Japan	9 Jan 1985	13	13	1	8.8	733 m		13.0				left						yes
81	Kobe		Japan	13 Mar 1977	26	24	2	15.3	1,275 m	332,000	13.0	10,800	121 million	2008	left	overhead wire, third rail (Portliner)	Port Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyred	Port Liner and Rokko Liner	1981		yes	According to Mr. Osamu Abe. Portliner, Rokko lines not included (15 st)
82	Kolkata	Calcutta	India	24 Oct 1984	23	23	1	25.0	1,136 m	474,000	23.0	19,000	173 million	2009	right							25 km wikipedia, 27.50 km urbanrail ???
83	Kryvyi Rih	Krivoy Rog	Ukraine	26 Dec 1986	12	12	1	18.0	1,636 m		12.0
84	Kuala Lumpur		Malaysia	16 Dec 1996	60	56	3	21.3	1,123 m	299,000	20.0	4,670	109 million	2008	left		LRT		1996	yes
85	Kunming		China	28 Jun 2012	2	2	1	18.2	18,200 m		2.0
86	Kyoto		Japan	1 Apr 1981	32	31	2	15.6	1,043 m	345,000	16.0	11,000	126 million	2008	left	overhead wire					yes
87	Las Vegas		USA	15 Jul 2004	7	7	1	6.2	1,033 m		7.0				right		monorail		2004			Hotels monorails not included
88	Lausanne		Switzerland	24 May 1991	29	28	2	6.8	507 m		14.5						line m2	line m2	2008		yes	Only m2 is a full metro (27.10.2008: 5.9 km, 14 sta). Line m1: 3 underground stations
89	Lille		France	25 Apr 1983	62	60	2	22.8	758 m	263,000	31.0	5,780	96 million	2009	right	third rail	VAL	yes	1983		yes
90	Lima		Peru	5 Apr 2012	16	16	1	22.0	1,467 m		16.0
91	Lisbon		Portugal	29 Dec 1959	55	49	4	11.1	869 m	501,000	13.8	11,300	183 million	2010	left	third rail					yes
92	London		United Kingdom	10 Jan 1863	270	270	11	36.5	1,552 m	3.21 million	24.5	7,980	1,171 million	2011	left	third rail	Docklands Light Rail		1987	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.
93	Los Angeles		USA	30 Jan 1993	30	30	3	19.8	2,196 m	126,000	10.0	2,130	46 million	2011	right	overhead wire, third rail (Red, Purple lines)				yes		Red, Purple and Green lines
94	Ludwigshafen		Germany	29 May 1969	11	11	0		364 m						right							Full metro section length unknown.
95	Lyon		France	28 Apr 1978	43	39	4	7.7	787 m	704,000	10.8	22,900	257 million	2009	left	third rail	line D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDs	yes	1991
96	Madrid		Spain	17 Oct 1919	282	232	13	22.0	1,064 m	1.74 million	21.7	6,080	635 million	2011	left	overhead wire				yes	yes	ML1, ML2, ML3 not included (27.8 km, 37 st.; Embajadores=Acacias)
97	Manila		Philippines	1 Dec 1984	44	41	3	17.2	1,256 m	948,000	14.7	18,400	346 million	2008	right					yes	yes	Length not sure
98	Maracaibo		Venezuela	8 Jun 2009	6	6	1	6.5	1,300 m		6.0									yes
99	Marseille		France	26 Nov 1977	30	28	2	10.9	779 m	205,000	15.0	9,430	75 million	2011	right	third rail		yes
100	Mashhad		Iran	10 Oct 2011	22	22	1	19.0	905 m		22.0
101	Mecca		Saudi Arabia	13 Nov 2010	9	9	1	18.1	2,263 m		9.0				right	third rail				yes	yes
102	Medellin	Medellín	Colombia	30 Nov 1995	26	25	2	14.4	1,200 m	466,000	13.0	16,200	170 million	2011		overhead wire						Metro Cable not included, 4 stations
103	Mexico City		Mexico	5 Sep 1969	195	163	12	15.0	984 m	4.41 million	16.3	24,500	1,609 million	2012	right	third rail		yes				ONLY PASSENGER SERVICE KM COUNTED
104	Miami		USA	21 May 1984	23	23	1	39.8	1,809 m	49,300	23.0	1,240	18 million	2011	right	third rail	downtown people mover, rubber-tyred	Downtown people mover	1986	yes		Metromover not included (20 stations, 7 km)
105	Milan		Italy	1 Nov 1964	94	90	3	27.8	915 m	899,000	31.3	10,800	328 million	2007	right	overhead wire, third rail (line M1)	line M5		2013	yes	yes	metroitaliane.it
106	Minsk		Belarus	26 Jun 1984	28	27	2	17.7	1,362 m	770,000	14.0	21,700	281 million	2012	right	third rail						According to Mr. Yuri Popov
107	Monterrey		Mexico	25 Apr 1991	32	31	2	15.8	1,050 m	378,000	16.0	12,000	138 million	2009	right			yes
108	Montreal	Montréal	Canada	14 Oct 1966	73	68	4	17.3	1,003 m	600,000	18.3	8,670	219 million	2006	right	third rail		yes
109	Moscow		Russia	15 May 1935	186	147	12	25.8	1,778 m	6.55 million	15.5	21,200	2,389 million	2011	right	third rail				lines 3, 5 since 2009		Monorail (6 stations, 4.7 km) not included.
110	Mulheim	Mülheim	Germany	3 Nov 1979	13	12	2	4.5	819 m		6.5				right	overhead wire						Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 1
111	Mumbai	Bombay	India		73	73	5	34.2	2,515 m		14.6											In fact, 4 suburban railway lines with metro frequency
112	Munich		Germany	19 Oct 1971	102	96	6	15.7	981 m	986,000	17.0	10,500	360 million	2010	right	third rail					yes
113	Nagoya		Japan	15 Nov 1957	97	86	4	23.3	1,001 m	1.17 million	24.3	12,600	427 million	2008	left	third rail, overhead wire (Tsurumai, Sakura-dori lines)	Tobu Kyuryo maglev line		2005	yes	yes	3 stations +
114	Naha		Japan	10 Aug 2003	15	15	1	12.8	914 m		15.0				left
115	Nanjing	Nanking	China	27 Aug 2005	57	55	2	42.3	1,540 m	942,000	28.5	11,100	344 million	2011	right
116	Naples		Italy	28 Mar 1993	31	28	3	10.6	1,136 m	95,900	10.3	3,020	35 million	2011	left	overhead wire						M3 and M4 not included (M3: 12.3 km, 12 sta. M4: 8.3 km, 8 sta.)
117	New York	New York City	USA	27 Oct 1904	468	422	27	13.6	834 m	4.53 million	17.3	12,300	1,655 million	2012	right	third rail				yes		According to official website. PATH not included (22.2 km, 13 stations). SIR not included
118	Newark		USA	26 May 1935	4	4	1	2.2	733 m		4.0				right							4 underground stations
119	Newcastle		United Kingdom	7 Aug 1980	61	50	2	38.3	1,297 m	104,000	30.5	1,360	38 million	2011	left	overhead wire
120	Nizhny Novgorod	Gorky	Russia	20 Nov 1985	15	14	2	9.4	1,454 m	74,000	7.5	3,910	27 million	2010	right	third rail						According to Mr. Yuri Popov
121	Novosibirsk		Russia	7 Jan 1986	13	12	2	8.2	1,487 m	208,000	6.5	12,700	76 million	2011	right	third rail						According to Mr. Yuri Popov
122	Nuremberg		Germany	1 Mar 1972	48	44	3	12.0	800 m	323,000	16.0	8,980	118 million	2011	right	third rail	lines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains		2008		yes
123	Oporto	Porto	Portugal	7 Dec 2002	15	14	2	10.9	1,669 m		7.5				right	overhead wire				yes	yes	Full metro section length unknown.14 underground stations & 6,3 km in tunnel in downtown
124	Osaka		Japan	20 May 1933	133	104	9	15.3	1,111 m	2.29 million	14.8	16,600	836 million	2010	left	third rail	Nanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyred	Nanko Port Town Line	1981		yes	Monorail not included (23.8 km, 18 st). OTS + new tram included
125	Oslo		Norway	22 May 1966	77	77	5	12.4	861 m	208,000	15.4	3,360	76 million	2010	right	third rail					yes	Line 1 not included (it has level crossings). Length not sure
126	Palma de Mallorca		Spain	25 Apr 2007	9	9	1	8.3	1,038 m		9.0
127	Paris		France	19 Jul 1900	382	302	16	13.6	596 m	4.18 million	23.9	19,200	1,524 million	2011	right (metro), left (RER)	third rail	lines 1, 14, rubber-tyred	lines 1, 4, 6, 11, 14	1998	lines 1, 2, 5, 9	lines 1, 2, 5, 7bis, 9, 14
128	Perugia		Italy	29 Jan 2008	7	7	1	3.0	500 m		7.0						'Minimetro'		2008
129	Philadelphia		USA	4 Mar 1907	66	62	3	20.7	984 m	293,000	22.0	4,730	107 million	2011	right	third rail				yes		PATCO line included. Subway trolley not (10 stations)
130	Pittsburgh		USA	3 Jul 1985	6	6	1	4.8	960 m		6.0				right							Full metro section length unknown (all lines: 40 km).2.90 is the length of the tunnel section.
131	Porto Alegre		Brazil	2 Mar 1985	17	17	1	33.8	2,112 m		17.0				right							According to official website
132	Poznan		Poland	1 Mar 1997	6	6	1	6.1	1,220 m		6.0											Rapid Tram
133	Prague		Czech Republic	9 May 1974	57	54	3	19.7	1,094 m	1.45 million	19.0	24,600	530 million	2011	right	third rail					yes
134	Pyongyang		North Korea	6 Sep 1973	16	15	2	11.3	1,607 m	98,600	8.0	4,380	36 million	2009		third rail
135	Recife		Brazil	11 Mar 1985	30	28	2	19.9	1,418 m		15.0				right							According to official website
136	Rennes		France	16 Mar 2002	15	15	1	9.0	643 m	129,000	15.0	14,300	47 million	2011	right		VAL	yes	2002		yes
137	Rio de Janeiro		Brazil	5 Mar 1979	34	34	2	21.0	1,313 m	581,000	17.0	13,800	212 million	2010	right	third rail				yes
138	Rome		Italy	10 Feb 1955	52	51	2	20.8	832 m	907,000	26.0	21,800	331 million	2008	left	overhead wire				yes	yes	metroitaliane.it
139	Rotterdam		Netherlands	10 Feb 1968	38	37	2	23.5	1,306 m	238,000	19.0	5,070	87 million	2008	right	third rail						Only metro section. Sneltram: 8.4 km, 11 stations. 'Metros in Holland'
140	Rouen		France	17 Dec 1994	5	5	1	2.2	550 m		5.0											5 underground stations
141	Saint Louis		USA	31 Jul 1993	37	37	2	36.7	2,097 m		18.5				right
142	Saint Petersburg	Leningrad	Russia	15 Nov 1955	67	59	5	22.7	1,831 m	2.15 million	13.4	19,000	786 million	2011	right	third rail						According to Mr. Yuri Popov
143	Samara	Kuybyshev	Russia	26 Dec 1987	9	9	1	10.2	1,275 m	43,800	9.0	4,300	16 million	2011	right	third rail						According to Mr. Yuri Popov
144	San Francisco		USA	11 Sep 1972	44	44	5	33.4	4,279 m	304,000	8.8	1,820	111 million	2012	right	third rail				yes		MUNI not included (8 underground stations)
145	San Juan		Puerto Rico	6 Jun 2005	16	16	1	17.2	1,147 m	30,100	16.0	1,750	11 million	2011
146	Santiago	Santiago de Chile	Chile	15 Sep 1975	108	100	5	20.5	994 m	1.75 million	21.6	17,100	640 million	2011	right	third rail		yes			yes
147	Santo Domingo		Dominican Republic	30 Jan 2009	16	16	1	14.5	967 m	79,500	16.0	5,480	29 million	2011						yes
148	Sao Paulo	São Paulo	Brazil	14 Sep 1974	67	61	5	14.9	1,198 m	2.4 million	13.4	32,300	877 million	2012	right	third rail (lines 1-3), overhead wire (lines 4, 5)	line 4		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)
149	Sapporo		Japan	16 Dec 1971	49	46	3	16.0	1,043 m	573,000	16.3	11,900	209 million	2008	left	overhead wire, third rail (Namboku Line)		yes			yes	According to Mr. Osamu Abe
150	Seattle		USA	18 Jul 2009	12	12	1	22.2	2,018 m		12.0				right					yes		Downtown tunnel section considered as a full metro
151	Sendai		Japan	15 Jul 1987	17	17	1	14.8	925 m	159,000	17.0	10,700	58 million	2008	left	overhead wire					yes	According to Mr. Osamu Abe
152	Seoul		South Korea	15 Aug 1974	302	260	9	36.3	1,114 m	6.9 million	33.6	21,100	2,518 million	2012	right	overhead wire				yes	yes	Only metro section.
153	Seville	Sevilla	Spain	2 Apr 2009	21	21	1	18.0	900 m		21.0
154	Shanghai		China	10 Apr 1995	296	251	12	36.4	1,539 m	6.24 million	24.7	14,300	2,276 million	2012	right	overhead wire				yes		Maglev and Bund tunnel not included. From Wikipedia. 411,90 km ? Line 13 closes for reconstruction
155	Shenyang	Mukden	China	27 Sep 2010	41	40	2	24.7	1,268 m		20.5				right
156	Shenzhen		China	28 Dec 2004	131	118	5	35.7	1,416 m	362,000	26.2	2,030	132 million	2009	right					yes	yes
157	Singapore		Singapore	7 Nov 1987	100	89	4	36.6	1,526 m	2.18 million	25.0	14,800	794 million	2011	left	third rail	North-East Line, Circle Line and the 3 rubber-tyred LRT lines	LRT lines	2003	yes	yes
158	Sofia		Bulgaria	28 Jan 1998	28	26	2	15.6	1,200 m	79,500	14.0	2,550	29 million	2009	right	third rail
159	Stockholm		Sweden	1 Oct 1950	104	100	3	35.2	1,047 m	847,000	34.7	8,010	309 million	2011	left	third rail						According to official website. 7 operational lines
160	Stuttgart		Germany	10 Jun 1966	19	17	2	12.0	1,412 m		9.5				right	overhead wire				yes	yes	24 km underground. (Schnellbahnen in Deutschland)
161	Suzhou	Su-chou	China	29 Apr 2012	24	24	1	25.7	1,117 m		24.0				right					yes		According to Wikipedia, official website
162	Sydney		Australia	1926	14	14	3	7.4	2,005 m		4.7				left					yes		Only underground stations in downtown. Monorail: 3.6 km, 8 stations
163	Taipei		Taiwan	28 Mar 1996	106	98	8	14.1	1,149 m	1.79 million	13.3	15,900	652 million	2012	right	third rail	Wenshan (Muzha) VAL line	yes	1996	yes	yes
164	Tama		Japan	27 Nov 1998	19	19	1	16.0	889 m		19.0				left						yes
165	Tashkent		Uzbekistan	6 Nov 1977	29	26	3	12.1	1,392 m	178,000	9.7	4,920	65 million	2010	right	third rail						According to Mr. Yuri Popov
166	Tbilisi		Georgia	11 Jan 1966	22	21	2	13.1	1,315 m	241,000	11.0	9,170	88 million	2008	right	third rail						According to Mr. Yuri Popov
167	Tehran		Iran	21 Feb 2000	70	64	4	18.3	1,106 m	1.32 million	17.5	18,000	480 million	2011		third rail				yes		Line 5 to Karaj not included (42 km, 11 stations) Lenght unknown
168	The Hague		Netherlands	16 Oct 2004	30	30	3	9.3	1,033 m		10.0				right							Full metro section length unknown (47 km?)
169	Tianjin	Tientsin	China	28 Mar 2004	81	77	4	31.0	1,610 m	175,000	20.3	1,410	64 million	2010	right	third rail				yes		Binhai Line and metro line included. (10-08-1980: 7.4 km, 7 stations)
170	Tokyo		Japan	30 Dec 1927	290	205	13	23.4	1,099 m	8.5 million	22.3	27,900	3,102 million	2011	left	overhead wire, third rail (Ginza, Marunouchi lines)	Yurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyred	Yurikamome line	1995	yes	yes	According to Mr. Osamu Abe. Saitama, Yurikamone, Monorail, Yamanote, Chuo, Rinkai not incl.
171	Toronto		Canada	30 Apr 1954	74	69	4	17.8	1,019 m	762,000	18.5	10,700	278 million	2006	right	third rail				yes
172	Toulouse		France	26 Jun 1993	38	37	2	13.8	764 m	282,000	19.0	10,300	103 million	2011	right	third rail	VAL	yes	1993		yes
173	Turin		Italy	4 Feb 2006	21	21	1	13.4	670 m	90,400	21.0	6,750	33 million	2011	right		VAL	yes	2006	yes	yes
174	Valencia		Venezuela	18 Oct 2006	7	7	1	6.2	1,033 m	57,500	7.0	9,280	21 million	2010
175	Valencia		Spain	3 Oct 1988	38	37	3	10.6	909 m		12.7				right	overhead wire				yes	yes	Full metro section length unknown.
176	Valparaiso		Chile	23 Nov 2005	20	20	1	43.0	2,263 m		20.0				right
177	Vancouver		Canada	3 Jan 1986	49	47	3	23.2	1,511 m	329,000	16.3	4,730	120 million	2011	right	third rail	Skytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system		1986	yes	yes
178	Vienna		Austria	25 Feb 1978	102	90	5	14.9	769 m	1.46 million	20.4	19,600	534 million	2010	right	third rail				yes	yes	According to official website. Premetro tunnel not included
179	Volgograd	Stalingrad	Russia	5 Nov 1984	6	6	1	6.8	1,360 m		6.0											Total system: 22 stations, 17,1 km
180	Warsaw		Poland	7 Apr 1995	21	21	1	22.6	1,130 m	384,000	21.0	17,000	140 million	2011	right	third rail
181	Washington		USA	27 Mar 1976	90	86	5	34.2	2,014 m	597,000	18.0	3,490	218 million	2012	right	third rail				yes
182	Wuhan	Hankou	China	28 Sep 2004	48	47	2	28.4	1,234 m	200,000	24.0	3,520	73 million	2011	right
183	Wuppertal		Germany	1 Mar 1901	20	20	1	13.3	700 m		20.0				right	overhead rail
184	Xian	Xi'an	China	16 Sep 2011	17	17	1	26.4	1,650 m	162,000	17.0	6,120	59 million	2012							yes
185	Yekaterinburg	Ekaterinburg	Russia	26 Apr 1991	9	9	1	12.7	1,587 m	104,000	9.0	8,200	38 million	2011	right
186	Yerevan	Erevan	Armenia	7 Mar 1981	10	10	1	12.1	1,344 m	46,600	10.0	3,850	17 million	2011	right							According to Mr. Yuri Popov
187	Yokohama		Japan	16 Dec 1972	48	45	3	19.2	1,280 m	542,000	16.0	9,420	198 million	2008	left	third rail	Kanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyred	Kanazawa Seaside LRT	1989		yes	Kanazawa Line not included (10.6 km)