World Metro Database

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1	Adana		Metro	Asia	18 Mar 2009	13.5 km	13	13	1	13.5	1,125 m
2	Almaty	Alma-Ata	Metro	Asia	1 Jan 2011	7.3 km	7	7	1	7.3	1,217 m	19,200	2,630	7 million	2012
3	Bangalore		Metro	Asia	15 Sep 2011	7.5 km	6	6	1	7.5	1,500 m
4	Brescia		Metro	Europe	22 Dec 2012	13.1 km	17	17	1	13.1	819 m										metro	2012					According to official website
5	Changchun	Hsinking	LRT	Asia	Oct 2002	17.0 km	16	16	1	17.0	1,133 m							right									(17 km, 16 stations on viaduct = metro). 14.6 km, 17 st on streets
6	Dalian		Metro	Asia	1 May 2003	49.0 km	12	12	1	49.0	4,455 m	121,000	2,460	44 million	2012			right									Suburban service?
7	Hangzhou	Hangchow	Metro	Asia	24 Nov 2012	48.0 km	31	31	1	48.0	1,600 m																Wikipedia
8	Kaohsiung	Gaoxiong	MRT	Asia	9 Mar 2008	45.0 km	38	37	2	22.5	1,250 m	142,000	3,170	52 million	2012		1435		third rail	750				MRT
9	Kazan		Metro	Europe	27 Aug 2005	10.9 km	7	7	1	10.9	1,817 m	74,000	6,790	27 million	2012			right									According to Mr. Yuri Popov
10	Kunming		Metro	Asia	28 Jun 2012	18.2 km	2	2	1	18.2	18,200 m
11	Mashhad			Asia	10 Oct 2011	19.0 km	22	22	1	19.0	905 m
12	Nanjing	Nanking	Metro	Asia	27 Aug 2005	84.7 km	57	55	2	42.3	1,540 m	942,000	11,100	344 million	2011			right
13	Palma de Mallorca		Metro	Europe	25 Apr 2007	8.3 km	9	9	1	8.3	1,038 m						1000			1500
14	Perugia		Minimetro	Europe	29 Jan 2008	3.0 km	7	7	1	3.0	500 m										'Minimetro'	2008
15	Poznan		Fast Tram	Europe	1 Mar 1997	6.1 km	6	6	1	6.1	1,220 m																Rapid Tram
16	San Juan		Tren Urbano	America	6 Jun 2005	17.2 km	16	16	1	17.2	1,147 m	30,100	1,750	11 million	2011
17	Seville	Sevilla	Metro	Europe	2 Apr 2009	18.0 km	21	21	1	18.0	900 m													Line 1
18	Shenyang	Mukden	Metro	Asia	27 Sep 2010	49.5 km	41	40	2	24.7	1,268 m							right						yes
19	The Hague		RandstadRail	Europe	16 Oct 2004	27.9 km	30	30	3	9.3	1,033 m							right									Full metro section length unknown (47 km?)
20	Valencia		Metro	America	18 Oct 2006	6.2 km	7	7	1	6.2	1,033 m	57,500	9,280	21 million	2010
21	Valparaiso		Metro	America	23 Nov 2005	43.0 km	20	20	1	43.0	2,263 m							right
22	Xian	Xi'an	Metro	Asia	16 Sep 2011	26.4 km	17	17	1	26.4	1,650 m	162,000	6,120	59 million	2012		1435									yes
23	Amsterdam		Metro	Europe	16 Oct 1977	32.7 km	33	33	4	8.2	1,128 m	233,000	7,120	85 million	2009	2.09 EUR	1435	right	third rail	750							Sneltram not included (9.8 km, 19 stations; 'Metros in Holland')
24	Ankara		Metro	Asia	30 Aug 1996	23.1 km	23	22	2	11.6	1,100 m	310,000	13,400	113 million	2007		1435	right	third rail	750	metro line	1997
25	Antwerp		Premetro	Europe	25 Mar 1975	7.6 km	11	11	2	3.8	844 m						1000		overhead wire	600
26	Baku		Metro	Asia	6 Nov 1967	34.6 km	23	22	2	17.3	1,646 m	501,000	14,500	183 million	2011		1520	right	third rail	825
27	Belo Horizonte		Metrô	America	1 Aug 1986	28.1 km	19	19	1	28.1	1,563 m							right									According to official website
28	Berlin		U-Bahn	Europe	18 Feb 1902	147.4 km	195	173	10	14.7	797 m	1.38 million	9,390	505 million	2011	2.10 EUR	1435	right	third rail	750						yes
29	Bielefeld		Stadtbahn	Europe	21 Sep 1971	5.2 km	7	7	4	1.3	1,733 m							right									Full metro section length unknown. Only metro section included
30	Bochum		Stadtbahn	Europe	26 May 1979	21.5 km	29	27	2	10.8	797 m						1435	right	overhead wire	660							Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 2
31	Bonn		Stadtbahn	Europe	22 Mar 1975	9.0 km	12	12	1	9.0	818 m						1435	right	overhead wire	750							9 km, 12 stations underground. Approx. 17 km metro-like
32	Brasilia		Metrô	America	31 Mar 2001	42.0 km	24	24	1	42.0	1,826 m	151,000	3,590	55 million	2009			right
33	Brussels		Métro	Europe	20 Sep 1976	32.2 km	61	59	3	10.7	555 m	364,000	11,300	133 million	2009	1.53 EUR	1435	right (left on lines 1 and 6 between Midi and Roi Baudouin)	third rail	900						line 1	Premetro tunnels not included, 11 stations
34	Bucharest		Metro	Europe	16 Nov 1979	69.3 km	50	45	4	17.3	1,505 m	468,000	6,770	171 million	2011	0.40 EUR	1435	right	third rail	825
35	Budapest		Metro	Europe	2 May 1896	33.0 km	42	40	3	11.0	846 m	827,000	25,100	302 million	2011	0.95 EUR	1435	right	third rail, overhead wire (Line M1)	825, 600 (Line M1)
36	Buenos Aires		Subte	America	1 Dec 1913	49.3 km	78	69	6	8.2	685 m	844,000	17,100	308 million	2011	0.24 EUR	1435	left	overhead wire, third rail (Line B)	1500, 1100 (Line B)						yes	Premetro line not included
37	Buffalo		Metro Rail	America	18 May 1985	8.4 km	8	8	1	8.4	1,194 m							right									Only tunnel section
38	Bursa		Bursaray	Asia	19 Aug 2002	31.5 km	31	31	2	15.8	1,086 m
39	Busan		Subway	Asia	19 Jul 1985	131.8 km	127	119	5	26.4	1,080 m	877,000	6,650	320 million	2012			right			Line 4	2011	Line 4	line 3
40	Catania		Metropolitana	Europe	27 Jun 1999	3.8 km	6	6	1	3.8	760 m						1435	right	overhead wire	3000							metroitaliane.it
41	Charleroi		Métro Léger	Europe	21 Jun 1976	17.5 km	20	20	4	4.4	1,094 m																Full metro section length unknown. Total length 25 km. Data from Wikipedia
42	Chennai	Madras	MRTS	Asia	19 Oct 1997	27.0 km	17	17	1	27.0	1,688 m
43	Chiba		Monorail	Asia	28 Mar 1988	15.5 km	18	18	2	7.8	969 m							left
44	Cleveland		Rapid Transit	America	15 Mar 1955	31.0 km	18	18	1	31.0	1,824 m	16,400	530	6 million	2011		1435	right	overhead wire	600							2 Light Rail lines not included
45	Daegu	Taegu	Subway	Asia	26 Nov 1997	53.9 km	56	55	2	27.0	998 m	348,000	6,460	127 million	2012									lines 1, 2
46	Daejeon	Taejon	Subway	Asia	16 Mar 2006	22.6 km	22	22	1	22.6	1,076 m	104,000	4,610	38 million	2011									yes
47	Dnepropetrovsk	Dnipropetrovsk	Metro	Europe	29 Dec 1995	7.1 km	6	6	1	7.1	1,420 m	24,700	3,470	9 million	2010		1520		third rail	825							According to Mr. Yuri Popov
48	Dortmund		Stadtbahn	Europe	17 May 1976	29.5 km	37	37	3	9.8	866 m						1435	right	overhead wire	600	H-Bahn	1984				yes	Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 2
49	Duesseldorf	Düsseldorf	Stadtbahn	Europe	4 Oct 1981	9.6 km	14	14	2	4.8	798 m						1435	right	overhead wire	600						yes	Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 1
50	Duisburg		Stadtbahn	Europe	11 Jul 1992	14.3 km	13	13	2	7.2	1,304 m							right								yes	Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 1
51	Edmonton		Light Rail	America	22 Apr 1978	20.4 km	15	15	1	20.4	1,457 m							right
52	Essen		Stadtbahn	Europe	5 Oct 1967	20.2 km	27	27	3	6.7	842 m						1435	right	overhead wire	750						yes	Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 1
53	Frankfurt		U-Bahn	Europe	4 Oct 1968	20.5 km	31	27	3	6.8	732 m					2.30 EUR	1435	right	overhead wire	750						yes	20.40 km, 27 stations underground ('Schnellbahnen in Deutschland')
54	Fukuoka		Subway	Asia	26 Jul 1981	29.8 km	35	34	3	9.9	931 m	340,000	11,400	124 million	2007		1067	left	overhead wire	1500				yes		yes	According to Mr. Osamu Abe
55	Gelsenkirchen		Stadtbahn	Europe	1 Sep 1984	5.5 km	9	9	1	5.5	690 m						1000	right	overhead wire	600							Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 2
56	Genoa		Metropolitana	Europe	13 Jun 1990	7.1 km	8	8	1	7.1	1,014 m						1435	right	overhead wire	750						yes	metroitaliane.it
57	Glasgow		Subway	Europe	14 Dec 1896	10.4 km	15	15	1	10.4	743 m	35,600	3,420	13 million	2011		1219	left	third rail	600
58	Guadalajara		Metro	America	1 Sep 1989	24.0 km	29	28	2	12.0	889 m							right
59	Gwangju		Subway	Asia	28 Apr 2004	20.1 km	20	20	1	20.1	1,058 m	49,300	2,450	18 million	2011									yes
60	Haifa		Carmelit	Asia	1959	1.8 km	6	6	1	1.8	350 m
61	Hamburg		U-Bahn	Europe	1 Mar 1912	104.7 km	99	91	4	26.2	1,102 m	545,000	5,210	199 million	2011		1435	right	third rail	750							According to official website
62	Hanover	Hannover	Stadtbahn	Europe	28 Sep 1975	18.6 km	21	17	3	6.2	1,033 m						1435	right	overhead wire	600						yes	18.60 km, 17 stations underground ('Schnellbahnen in Deutschland')
63	Helsinki		Metro	Europe	3 Aug 1982	21.0 km	17	17	1	21.0	1,313 m	170,000	8,090	62 million	2011	2.10 EUR	1524	right	third rail	750						yes	According to Metros in Skandinavien (R.Schwandl)
64	Hiroshima		Monorail	Asia	20 Aug 1994	18.4 km	21	21	1	18.4	920 m	49,300	2,680	18 million	2005			left					yes				According to Mr. Osamu Abe
65	Incheon	Inchon	Subway	Asia	6 Oct 1999	29.5 km	29	29	1	29.5	1,054 m	244,000	8,270	89 million	2012									yes
66	Istanbul		Metro	Europe	16 Sep 2000	42.0 km	28	28	2	21.0	1,615 m	214,000	5,090	78 million	2011	0.63 EUR	1435	right	overhead wire, third rail (Line M2)	750							Wikipedia. Hafif Metro not included (25.8 km, 24 stations, 2 lines)
67	Izmir		Metro	Asia	22 May 2000	15.9 km	14	14	1	15.9	1,223 m	173,000	10,900	63 million	2011		1435		third rail	750
68	Jacksonville		Skyway	America	30 May 1989	6.9 km	6	6	1	6.9	1,380 m						2060	right	third rail	750	downtown monorail people mover	1989
69	Kamakura		Monorail	Asia	3 Mar 1970	6.6 km	8	8	1	6.6	943 m							left									Shonan Monorail.
70	Kharkov	Kharkiv	Metro	Europe	23 Aug 1975	37.4 km	29	26	3	12.5	1,438 m	685,000	18,300	250 million	2011			right									According to Mr. Yuri Popov
71	Kiev	Kyiv	Metro	Europe	22 Oct 1960	66.2 km	51	48	3	22.1	1,379 m	1.42 million	21,500	519 million	2011	0.27 EUR	1520	right	third rail	825
72	Kitakyushu	Kitaky?sh?	Monorail	Asia	9 Jan 1985	8.8 km	13	13	1	8.8	733 m							left								yes
73	Kobe		Subway	Asia	13 Mar 1977	30.6 km	26	24	2	15.3	1,275 m	332,000	10,800	121 million	2008		1435	left	overhead wire, third rail (Portliner)	1500, 600 (Portliner)	Port Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyred	1981	Port Liner and Rokko Liner	Port Liner and Rokko Liner		yes	According to Mr. Osamu Abe. Portliner, Rokko lines not included (15 st)
74	Kolkata	Calcutta	Metro Railway	Asia	24 Oct 1984	25.0 km	23	23	1	25.0	1,136 m	474,000	19,000	173 million	2009			right									25 km wikipedia, 27.50 km urbanrail ???
75	Kryvyi Rih	Krivoy Rog	Metrotram	Europe	26 Dec 1986	18.0 km	12	12	1	18.0	1,636 m
76	Kyoto		Subway	Asia	1 Apr 1981	31.3 km	32	31	2	15.6	1,043 m	345,000	11,000	126 million	2008		1435	left	overhead wire	1500				Tozai line		yes
77	Las Vegas		Monorail	America	15 Jul 2004	6.2 km	7	7	1	6.2	1,033 m							right			monorail	2004		yes			Hotels monorails not included
78	Lausanne		Metro	Europe	24 May 1991	13.7 km	29	28	2	6.8	507 m										line m2	2008	line m2			yes	Only m2 is a full metro (27.10.2008: 5.9 km, 14 sta). Line m1: 3 underground stations
79	Lille		Métro	Europe	25 Apr 1983	45.5 km	62	60	2	22.8	758 m	263,000	5,780	96 million	2009		2060	right	third rail	750	VAL	1983	yes	VAL, all stations		yes
80	Lima		Tren Urbano	America	5 Apr 2012	22.0 km	16	16	1	22.0	1,467 m					0.29 EUR
81	Lisbon		Metro	Europe	29 Dec 1959	44.3 km	55	49	4	11.1	869 m	501,000	11,300	183 million	2010	0.80 EUR	1435	left	third rail	750						yes
82	Ludwigshafen		Stadtbahn	Europe	29 May 1969	4.0 km	11	11	0		364 m							right									Full metro section length unknown.
83	Lyon		Métro	Europe	28 Apr 1978	30.7 km	43	39	4	7.7	787 m	704,000	22,900	257 million	2009	1.60 EUR	1435	left	third rail	750	line D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDs	1991	yes
84	Marseille		Métro	Europe	26 Nov 1977	21.8 km	30	28	2	10.9	779 m	205,000	9,430	75 million	2011		1435	right	third rail	750			yes
85	Medellin	Medellín	Metro	America	30 Nov 1995	28.8 km	26	25	2	14.4	1,200 m	466,000	16,200	170 million	2011		1435		overhead wire	1500							Metro Cable not included, 4 stations
86	Mexico City		Metro	America	5 Sep 1969	180.0 km	195	163	12	15.0	984 m	4.41 million	24,500	1,609 million	2012	0.14 EUR	1995	right	third rail	750			yes				ONLY PASSENGER SERVICE KM COUNTED
87	Minsk		Metro	Europe	26 Jun 1984	35.4 km	28	27	2	17.7	1,362 m	770,000	21,700	281 million	2012		1520	right	third rail	825							According to Mr. Yuri Popov
88	Monterrey		Metro	America	25 Apr 1991	31.5 km	32	31	2	15.8	1,050 m	378,000	12,000	138 million	2009			right					yes
89	Montreal	Montréal	Metro	America	14 Oct 1966	69.2 km	73	68	4	17.3	1,003 m	600,000	8,670	219 million	2006	1.67 EUR	1994	right	third rail	750			yes
90	Mulheim	Mülheim	Stadtbahn	Europe	3 Nov 1979	9.0 km	13	12	2	4.5	819 m						1435	right	overhead wire	750							Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 1
91	Mumbai	Bombay	Suburban Railway	Asia		171.0 km	73	73	5	34.2	2,515 m					0.17 EUR											In fact, 4 suburban railway lines with metro frequency
92	Munich		U-Bahn	Europe	19 Oct 1971	94.2 km	102	96	6	15.7	981 m	986,000	10,500	360 million	2010	2.30 EUR	1435	right	third rail	750						yes
93	Naha		Monorail	Asia	10 Aug 2003	12.8 km	15	15	1	12.8	914 m							left
94	Naples		Metropolitana	Europe	28 Mar 1993	31.8 km	31	28	3	10.6	1,136 m	95,900	3,020	35 million	2011		1435	left	overhead wire	1500							M3 and M4 not included (M3: 12.3 km, 12 sta. M4: 8.3 km, 8 sta.)
95	Newark		Subway	America	26 May 1935	2.2 km	4	4	1	2.2	733 m							right									4 underground stations
96	Newcastle		Metro	Europe	7 Aug 1980	76.5 km	61	50	2	38.3	1,297 m	104,000	1,360	38 million	2011		1435	left	overhead wire	1500
97	Nizhny Novgorod	Gorky	Metro	Europe	20 Nov 1985	18.9 km	15	14	2	9.4	1,454 m	74,000	3,910	27 million	2010		1520	right	third rail	825							According to Mr. Yuri Popov
98	Novosibirsk		Metro	Asia	7 Jan 1986	16.4 km	13	12	2	8.2	1,487 m	208,000	12,700	76 million	2011		1520	right	third rail	825							According to Mr. Yuri Popov
99	Nuremberg		U-Bahn	Europe	1 Mar 1972	36.0 km	48	44	3	12.0	800 m	323,000	8,980	118 million	2011		1435	right	third rail	750	lines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains	2008				yes
100	Osaka		Subway	Asia	20 May 1933	137.8 km	133	104	9	15.3	1,111 m	2.29 million	16,600	836 million	2010		1435	left	third rail	750, 600 (Nanko Port Town Line)	Nanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyred	1981	Nanko Port Town Line	all stations on the Nanko Port Town Line		yes	Monorail not included (23.8 km, 18 st). OTS + new tram included
101	Oslo		T-Bane	Europe	22 May 1966	62.0 km	77	77	5	12.4	861 m	208,000	3,360	76 million	2010	2.67 EUR	1435	right	third rail	750						yes	Line 1 not included (it has level crossings). Length not sure
102	Pittsburgh		T	America	3 Jul 1985	4.8 km	6	6	1	4.8	960 m							right									Full metro section length unknown (all lines: 40 km).2.90 is the length of the tunnel section.
103	Porto Alegre		Metro	America	2 Mar 1985	33.8 km	17	17	1	33.8	2,112 m							right									According to official website
104	Prague		Metro	Europe	9 May 1974	59.1 km	57	54	3	19.7	1,094 m	1.45 million	24,600	530 million	2011	0.65 EUR	1435	right	third rail	750						yes
105	Pyongyang		Metro	Asia	6 Sep 1973	22.5 km	16	15	2	11.3	1,607 m	98,600	4,380	36 million	2009		1435		third rail	825
106	Recife		Metrô	America	11 Mar 1985	39.7 km	30	28	2	19.9	1,418 m							right									According to official website
107	Rennes		Métro	Europe	16 Mar 2002	9.0 km	15	15	1	9.0	643 m	129,000	14,300	47 million	2011			right			VAL	2002	yes	VAL		yes
108	Rotterdam		Metro	Europe	10 Feb 1968	47.0 km	38	37	2	23.5	1,306 m	238,000	5,070	87 million	2008		1435	right	third rail	750							Only metro section. Sneltram: 8.4 km, 11 stations. 'Metros in Holland'
109	Rouen		Métro	Europe	17 Dec 1994	2.2 km	5	5	1	2.2	550 m																5 underground stations
110	Saint Louis		Metrolink	America	31 Jul 1993	73.4 km	37	37	2	36.7	2,097 m							right
111	Saint Petersburg	Leningrad	Metro	Europe	15 Nov 1955	113.5 km	67	59	5	22.7	1,831 m	2.15 million	19,000	786 million	2011		1520	right	third rail	825				windowless steel doors in ten stations			According to Mr. Yuri Popov
112	Samara	Kuybyshev	Metro	Europe	26 Dec 1987	10.2 km	9	9	1	10.2	1,275 m	43,800	4,300	16 million	2011		1520	right	third rail	825							According to Mr. Yuri Popov
113	Santiago	Santiago de Chile	Metro	America	15 Sep 1975	102.4 km	108	100	5	20.5	994 m	1.75 million	17,100	640 million	2011	0.55 EUR	1435	right	third rail	750			yes			yes
114	Sapporo		Subway	Asia	16 Dec 1971	48.0 km	49	46	3	16.0	1,043 m	573,000	11,900	209 million	2008		2150, 2180 (Namboku Line)	left	overhead wire, third rail (Namboku Line)	1500, 750 (Namboku Line)			yes			yes	According to Mr. Osamu Abe
115	Sendai		Subway	Asia	15 Jul 1987	14.8 km	17	17	1	14.8	925 m	159,000	10,700	58 million	2008		1067	left	overhead wire	1500						yes	According to Mr. Osamu Abe
116	Sofia		Metro	Europe	28 Jan 1998	31.2 km	28	26	2	15.6	1,200 m	79,500	2,550	29 million	2009	0.51 EUR	1435	right	third rail	825
117	Stockholm		Tunnelbana	Europe	1 Oct 1950	105.7 km	104	100	3	35.2	1,047 m	847,000	8,010	309 million	2011	3.73 EUR	1435	left	third rail	650, 750 (Blue Line)							According to official website. 7 operational lines
118	Tama		Monorail	Asia	27 Nov 1998	16.0 km	19	19	1	16.0	889 m							left								yes
119	Tashkent		Metro	Asia	6 Nov 1977	36.2 km	29	26	3	12.1	1,392 m	178,000	4,920	65 million	2010		1520	right	third rail	825							According to Mr. Yuri Popov
120	Tbilisi		Metro	Asia	11 Jan 1966	26.3 km	22	21	2	13.1	1,315 m	241,000	9,170	88 million	2008		1520	right	third rail	825							According to Mr. Yuri Popov
121	Toulouse		Métro	Europe	26 Jun 1993	27.5 km	38	37	2	13.8	764 m	282,000	10,300	103 million	2011		2060	right	third rail	750	VAL	1993	yes	VAL		yes
122	Volgograd	Stalingrad	Metro	Europe	5 Nov 1984	6.8 km	6	6	1	6.8	1,360 m																Total system: 22 stations, 17,1 km
123	Warsaw		Metro	Europe	7 Apr 1995	22.6 km	21	21	1	22.6	1,130 m	384,000	17,000	140 million	2011	0.47 EUR	1435	right	third rail	825
124	Wuhan	Hankou	Metro	Asia	28 Sep 2004	56.8 km	48	47	2	28.4	1,234 m	200,000	3,520	73 million	2011			right
125	Wuppertal		Schwebebahn	Europe	1 Mar 1901	13.3 km	20	20	1	13.3	700 m							right	overhead rail	600
126	Yekaterinburg	Ekaterinburg	Metro	Asia	26 Apr 1991	12.7 km	9	9	1	12.7	1,587 m	104,000	8,200	38 million	2011			right
127	Yerevan	Erevan	Metro	Asia	7 Mar 1981	12.1 km	10	10	1	12.1	1,344 m	46,600	3,850	17 million	2011			right									According to Mr. Yuri Popov
128	Yokohama		Subway	Asia	16 Dec 1972	57.6 km	48	45	3	19.2	1,280 m	542,000	9,420	198 million	2008		1435	left	third rail	750	Kanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyred	1989	Kanazawa Seaside LRT	Kanazawa Seaside LRT line		yes	Kanazawa Line not included (10.6 km)
129	Cairo		Metro	Africa	27 Sep 1987	65.5 km	55	53	2	32.8	1,236 m	2.29 million	35,000	837 million	2010	0.14 EUR	1435	left	overhead wire	1500					5 stations
130	Copenhagen		Metro	Europe	19 Oct 2002	21.0 km	22	22	2	10.5	1,050 m	148,000	7,050	54 million	2011	2.81 EUR	1435	right	third rail	750	all metro lines	2002		all underground stations	all metro and S-Tog trains	yes	According to official website
131	Sao Paulo	São Paulo	Metrô	America	14 Sep 1974	74.3 km	67	61	5	14.9	1,198 m	2.4 million	32,300	877 million	2012	0.76 EUR	1600	right	third rail (lines 1-3), overhead wire (lines 4, 5)	750 (lines 1-3), 1500 (lines 4, 5)	line 4	2010		lines 2, 3, 4 (since 2010)	all metro lines and regional rail	lines 4, 5	According to official website. C Line: 26 km + 16 st. E Line: 22km + 7 st)
132	Paris		Métro	Europe	19 Jul 1900	218.0 km	382	302	16	13.6	596 m	4.18 million	19,200	1,524 million	2011	1.57 EUR	1435	right (metro), left (RER)	third rail	750	lines 1, 14, rubber-tyred	1998	lines 1, 4, 6, 11, 14	lines 1, 13 (part), 14	lines 1, 2, 5, 9	lines 1, 2, 5, 7bis, 9, 14
133	Moscow		Metro	Europe	15 May 1935	309.4 km	186	147	12	25.8	1,778 m	6.55 million	21,200	2,389 million	2011	0.50 EUR	1520	right	third rail	825					lines 3, 5 since 2009		Monorail (6 stations, 4.7 km) not included.
134	London		Underground	Europe	10 Jan 1863	402.0 km	270	270	11	36.5	1,552 m	3.21 million	7,980	1,171 million	2011	2.75 EUR	1435	left	third rail	600, 750 (DLR)	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.
135	Cologne		Stadtbahn	Europe	11 Oct 1968	45.0 km	51	51	15	3.0	1,250 m						1435	right	overhead wire	750					new light rail trains only	yes	Approx. 45 km metro-like. 30 km underground.
136	Algiers		Metro	Africa	1 Nov 2011	9.0 km	10	10	1	9.0	1,000 m						1435		third rail	750					yes	yes
137	Athens		Metro	Europe	1954	52.0 km	54	50	3	17.3	1,020 m	937,000	18,000	342 million	2008	1.00 EUR	1435	right	third rail	600					yes	yes	M3 airport line not included.
138	Atlanta		MARTA	America	30 Jun 1979	79.2 km	39	38	2	39.6	2,141 m	93,200	1,180	34 million	2007		1435	right	third rail	750					yes
139	Baltimore		Metro Subway	America	21 Nov 1983	24.5 km	14	14	1	24.5	1,885 m	49,300	2,010	18 million	2011		1435	right	third rail	700					yes
140	Bangkok		Skytrain, MRT	Asia	5 Dec 1999	80.2 km	57	51	4	20.0	1,512 m	671,000	8,370	245 million	2011	0.64 EUR	1435	left	linear		Green line	1999		Green line, Blue line	yes
141	Barcelona		Metro	Europe	30 Dec 1924	119.4 km	163	136	11	10.9	786 m	1.07 million	8,930	389 million	2011	1.35 EUR	1435	right	third rail (TMB), overhead wire (FGC)	1200	lines L9, L10, L11	2009		lines L9, L10, L11	yes	yes	Tram lines not included (1.8 km subway tram line, T5)
142	Beijing	Peking	Subway	Asia	1 Oct 1969	442.0 km	262	222	16	27.6	1,797 m	6.74 million	15,200	2,460 million	2012	0.15 EUR	1435	right	third rail	825				PGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10	yes	all lines
143	Bilbao		Metro	Europe	11 Nov 1995	43.4 km	40	40	2	21.7	1,142 m	247,000	5,680	90 million	2011		1000	left	overhead wire	1500					yes	yes	According to Metro Bilbao
144	Boston		The T	America	1 Sep 1897	60.5 km	66	60	3	20.2	960 m	403,000	6,660	147 million	2010		1435	right	third rail, overhead wire (Green Line)	600					yes		Green and Red Lines' tram section not included
145	Caracas		Metro	America	27 Mar 1983	60.5 km	50	46	5	12.1	1,344 m	1.33 million	22,000	485 million	2009	0.31 EUR	1435		third rail	750					yes		Metro Los Teques included (9.5 km)
146	Chengdu		Metro	Asia	27 Sep 2010	40.9 km	36	35	2	20.4	1,202 m	282,000	6,900	103 million	2012			right						yes	yes		http://railway-technology.com/projects/chengdu-metro
147	Chicago		"L"	America	6 Jun 1892	166.0 km	152	144	8	20.8	1,153 m	608,000	3,660	222 million	2011	1.58 EUR	1435	right	third rail	600					yes		151 Stations and 173 km (UrbanRail.net)
148	Chongqing	Chungking	Monorail	Asia	18 Jun 2005	127.0 km	86	81	4	31.7	1,548 m							right						The three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDs	yes	yes
149	Delhi		Metro	Asia	24 Dec 2002	193.2 km	143	138	6	32.2	1,410 m	1.66 million	8,600	606 million	2011	0.12 EUR	1676, 1435 (Green, Violet lines)	left	overhead wire	25000					yes	yes
150	Detroit		People Mover	America	Jul 1987	4.8 km	13	13	1	4.8	400 m						1435	right	third rail	600	downtown people mover, LIM technology	1987			yes
151	Dubai		Metro	Asia	9 Sep 2009	69.7 km	46	44	2	34.8	1,584 m	299,000	4,280	109 million	2012		1435	right	third rail	750	metro	2009		metro, monorail	yes	yes
152	Guangzhou	Canton	Metro	Asia	28 Jun 1999	231.9 km	146	132	8	29.0	1,680 m	5 million	21,600	1,825 million	2012		1435	right	third rail	825	APM line (underground people mover)	2010	Zhujiang people mover	yes	yes	yes	APM included
153	Hong Kong		MTR	Asia	1 Oct 1979	175.0 km	95	82	10	17.5	2,059 m	3.96 million	22,600	1,444 million	2012	0.91 EUR	1435	left	overhead wire	1500 (MTR), 25000 (KCR)	Disneyland Resort Line	2005	SI, WI lines, planned	all underground stations	yes	yes	175 Km and 82 stations according to MRT. 184km urbanrail.35.3km airport express not included
154	Kuala Lumpur		LRT, Monorail	Asia	16 Dec 1996	64.0 km	60	56	3	21.3	1,123 m	299,000	4,670	109 million	2008	0.37 EUR		left			LRT	1996		KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stations	yes
155	Los Angeles		Metro Rail	America	30 Jan 1993	59.3 km	30	30	3	19.8	2,196 m	126,000	2,130	46 million	2011	1.91 EUR	1435	right	overhead wire, third rail (Red, Purple lines)	750					yes		Red, Purple and Green lines
156	Madrid		Metro	Europe	17 Oct 1919	286.3 km	282	232	13	22.0	1,064 m	1.74 million	6,080	635 million	2011	1.00 EUR	1445	left	overhead wire	600				tests in 2010, plans for 2011	yes	yes	ML1, ML2, ML3 not included (27.8 km, 37 st.; Embajadores=Acacias)
157	Manila		MRT	Asia	1 Dec 1984	51.5 km	44	41	3	17.2	1,256 m	948,000	18,400	346 million	2008	0.18 EUR		right							yes	yes	Length not sure
158	Maracaibo		Metro	America	8 Jun 2009	6.5 km	6	6	1	6.5	1,300 m														yes
159	Mecca		Metro	Asia	13 Nov 2010	18.1 km	9	9	1	18.1	2,263 m						1435	right	third rail	1500				yes	yes	yes
160	Miami		Metrorail	America	21 May 1984	39.8 km	23	23	1	39.8	1,809 m	49,300	1,240	18 million	2011	1.66 EUR	1435	right	third rail	750	downtown people mover, rubber-tyred	1986	Downtown people mover		yes		Metromover not included (20 stations, 7 km)
161	Milan		Metropolitana	Europe	1 Nov 1964	83.3 km	94	90	3	27.8	915 m	899,000	10,800	328 million	2007	1.00 EUR	1435	right	overhead wire, third rail (line M1)	1500, 750 (line M1)	line M5	2013		line M5	yes	yes	metroitaliane.it
162	Nagoya		Subway	Asia	15 Nov 1957	93.1 km	97	86	4	23.3	1,001 m	1.17 million	12,600	427 million	2008		1435, 1067 (Tsurumai, Sakura-dori lines)	left	third rail, overhead wire (Tsurumai, Sakura-dori lines)	600, 1500 (Tsurumai, Sakura-dori lines)	Tobu Kyuryo maglev line	2005		Tobu Kyuryo maglev line	yes	yes	3 stations +
163	New York	New York City	Subway	America	27 Oct 1904	368.0 km	468	422	27	13.6	834 m	4.53 million	12,300	1,655 million	2012	1.53 EUR	1435	right	third rail	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
164	Oporto	Porto	Metro	Europe	7 Dec 2002	21.7 km	15	14	2	10.9	1,669 m						1435	right	overhead wire	750					yes	yes	Full metro section length unknown.14 underground stations & 6,3 km in tunnel in downtown
165	Philadelphia		Subway	America	4 Mar 1907	62.0 km	66	62	3	20.7	984 m	293,000	4,730	107 million	2011		1435, 1588 (Market-Frankford Line)	right	third rail	600, 685 (PATCO)					yes		PATCO line included. Subway trolley not (10 stations)
166	Rio de Janeiro		Metrô	America	5 Mar 1979	42.0 km	34	34	2	21.0	1,313 m	581,000	13,800	212 million	2010	0.77 EUR	1600	right	third rail	750					yes
167	Rome		Metropolitana	Europe	10 Feb 1955	41.6 km	52	51	2	20.8	832 m	907,000	21,800	331 million	2008	1.00 EUR	1435	left	overhead wire	1500					yes	yes	metroitaliane.it
168	San Francisco		BART	America	11 Sep 1972	166.9 km	44	44	5	33.4	4,279 m	304,000	1,820	111 million	2012		1676	right	third rail	1000					yes		MUNI not included (8 underground stations)
169	Santo Domingo		Metro	America	30 Jan 2009	14.5 km	16	16	1	14.5	967 m	79,500	5,480	29 million	2011		1435								yes
170	Seattle		Light Rail	America	18 Jul 2009	22.2 km	12	12	1	22.2	2,018 m							right							yes		Downtown tunnel section considered as a full metro
171	Seoul		Subway	Asia	15 Aug 1974	326.5 km	302	260	9	36.3	1,114 m	6.9 million	21,100	2,518 million	2012	0.54 EUR	1435	right	overhead wire	1500				lines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010	yes	yes	Only metro section.
172	Shanghai		Metro	Asia	10 Apr 1995	437.0 km	296	251	12	36.4	1,539 m	6.24 million	14,300	2,276 million	2012	0.34 EUR	1435	right	overhead wire	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
173	Shenzhen		Metro	Asia	28 Dec 2004	178.4 km	131	118	5	35.7	1,416 m	362,000	2,030	132 million	2009		1435	right						yes	yes	yes
174	Singapore		MRT	Asia	7 Nov 1987	146.5 km	100	89	4	36.6	1,526 m	2.18 million	14,800	794 million	2011	0.97 EUR	1435	left	third rail	750	North-East Line, Circle Line and the 3 rubber-tyred LRT lines	2003	LRT lines	yes	yes	yes
175	Stuttgart		Stadtbahn	Europe	10 Jun 1966	24.0 km	19	17	2	12.0	1,412 m						1435	right	overhead wire	750					yes	yes	24 km underground. (Schnellbahnen in Deutschland)
176	Suzhou	Su-chou	Subway	Asia	29 Apr 2012	25.7 km	24	24	1	25.7	1,117 m							right							yes		According to Wikipedia, official website
177	Sydney		Cityrail	Oceania	1926	22.1 km	14	14	3	7.4	2,005 m					2.92 EUR		left							yes		Only underground stations in downtown. Monorail: 3.6 km, 8 stations
178	Taipei		MRT	Asia	28 Mar 1996	112.6 km	106	98	8	14.1	1,149 m	1.79 million	15,900	652 million	2012	0.60 EUR	2060	right	third rail	750	Wenshan (Muzha) VAL line	1996	yes	PGDs in the busier MRT stations, PSDs in all VAL stations	yes	yes
179	Tehran		Metro	Asia	21 Feb 2000	73.0 km	70	64	4	18.3	1,106 m	1.32 million	18,000	480 million	2011		1435		third rail	750					yes		Line 5 to Karaj not included (42 km, 11 stations) Lenght unknown
180	Tianjin	Tientsin	Metro	Asia	28 Mar 2004	124.0 km	81	77	4	31.0	1,610 m	175,000	1,410	64 million	2010		1435	right	third rail	825				platform gate doors	yes		Binhai Line and metro line included. (10-08-1980: 7.4 km, 7 stations)
181	Tokyo		Metro	Asia	30 Dec 1927	304.5 km	290	205	13	23.4	1,099 m	8.5 million	27,900	3,102 million	2011	1.57 EUR	1067, 1435 (Ginza, Marunouchi, Asakusa, Oedo lines), 1372 (Shinjuku line)	left	overhead wire, third rail (Ginza, Marunouchi lines)	1500, 600 (Ginza, Marunouchi lines)	Yurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyred	1995	Yurikamome line	Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome lines	yes	yes	According to Mr. Osamu Abe. Saitama, Yurikamone, Monorail, Yamanote, Chuo, Rinkai not incl.
182	Toronto		Subway	America	30 Apr 1954	71.3 km	74	69	4	17.8	1,019 m	762,000	10,700	278 million	2006	1.67 EUR	1480	right	third rail	600					yes
183	Turin		Metropolitana	Europe	4 Feb 2006	13.4 km	21	21	1	13.4	670 m	90,400	6,750	33 million	2011			right			VAL	2006	yes	VAL	yes	yes
184	Valencia		Metro	Europe	3 Oct 1988	31.8 km	38	37	3	10.6	909 m						1000	right	overhead wire	1500					yes	yes	Full metro section length unknown.
185	Vancouver		SkyTrain	America	3 Jan 1986	69.5 km	49	47	3	23.2	1,511 m	329,000	4,730	120 million	2011		1435	right	third rail	600	Skytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system	1986			yes	yes
186	Vienna		U-Bahn	Europe	25 Feb 1978	74.6 km	102	90	5	14.9	769 m	1.46 million	19,600	534 million	2010	1.70 EUR	1435	right	third rail	750					yes	yes	According to official website. Premetro tunnel not included
187	Washington		Metrorail	America	27 Mar 1976	171.2 km	90	86	5	34.2	2,014 m	597,000	3,490	218 million	2012		1435	right	third rail	750					yes