World Metro Database

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1	India	Suburban Railway		171.0 km	5	34.2	2,515 m	14.6					0.17 EUR									In fact, 4 suburban railway lines with metro frequency
2	United Kingdom	Underground	10 Jan 1863	402.0 km	11	36.5	1,552 m	24.5	7,980	3.21 million	2011	1,171 million	2.75 EUR	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	USA	"L"	6 Jun 1892	166.0 km	8	20.8	1,153 m	19.0	3,660	608,000	2011	222 million	1.58 EUR	right	1435	third rail				yes		151 Stations and 173 km (UrbanRail.net)
4	Hungary	Metro	2 May 1896	33.0 km	3	11.0	846 m	14.0	25,100	827,000	2011	302 million	0.95 EUR	right	1435	third rail, overhead wire (Line M1)
5	United Kingdom	Subway	14 Dec 1896	10.4 km	1	10.4	743 m	15.0	3,420	35,600	2011	13 million		left	1219	third rail
6	USA	The T	1 Sep 1897	60.5 km	3	20.2	960 m	22.0	6,660	403,000	2010	147 million		right	1435	third rail, overhead wire (Green Line)				yes		Green and Red Lines' tram section not included
7	France	Métro	19 Jul 1900	218.0 km	16	13.6	596 m	23.9	19,200	4.18 million	2011	1,524 million	1.57 EUR	right (metro), left (RER)	1435	third rail	lines 1, 14, rubber-tyred	1998	lines 1, 13 (part), 14	lines 1, 2, 5, 9	lines 1, 2, 5, 7bis, 9, 14
8	Germany	Schwebebahn	1 Mar 1901	13.3 km	1	13.3	700 m	20.0						right		overhead rail
9	Germany	U-Bahn	18 Feb 1902	147.4 km	10	14.7	797 m	19.5	9,390	1.38 million	2011	505 million	2.10 EUR	right	1435	third rail					yes
10	USA	Subway	27 Oct 1904	368.0 km	27	13.6	834 m	17.3	12,300	4.53 million	2012	1,655 million	1.53 EUR	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	USA	Subway	4 Mar 1907	62.0 km	3	20.7	984 m	22.0	4,730	293,000	2011	107 million		right	1435, 1588 (Market-Frankford Line)	third rail				yes		PATCO line included. Subway trolley not (10 stations)
12	Germany	U-Bahn	1 Mar 1912	104.7 km	4	26.2	1,102 m	24.8	5,210	545,000	2011	199 million		right	1435	third rail						According to official website
13	Argentina	Subte	1 Dec 1913	49.3 km	6	8.2	685 m	13.0	17,100	844,000	2011	308 million	0.24 EUR	left	1435	overhead wire, third rail (Line B)					yes	Premetro line not included
14	Spain	Metro	17 Oct 1919	286.3 km	13	22.0	1,064 m	21.7	6,080	1.74 million	2011	635 million	1.00 EUR	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	Spain	Metro	30 Dec 1924	119.4 km	11	10.9	786 m	14.8	8,930	1.07 million	2011	389 million	1.35 EUR	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	Australia	Cityrail	1926	22.1 km	3	7.4	2,005 m	4.7					2.92 EUR	left						yes		Only underground stations in downtown. Monorail: 3.6 km, 8 stations
17	Japan	Metro	30 Dec 1927	304.5 km	13	23.4	1,099 m	22.3	27,900	8.5 million	2011	3,102 million	1.57 EUR	left	1067, 1435 (Ginza, Marunouchi, Asakusa, Oedo lines), 1372 (Shinjuku line)	overhead wire, third rail (Ginza, Marunouchi lines)	Yurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyred	1995	Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurikamome lines	yes	yes	According to Mr. Osamu Abe. Saitama, Yurikamone, Monorail, Yamanote, Chuo, Rinkai not incl.
18	Japan	Subway	20 May 1933	137.8 km	9	15.3	1,111 m	14.8	16,600	2.29 million	2010	836 million		left	1435	third rail	Nanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyred	1981	all stations on the Nanko Port Town Line		yes	Monorail not included (23.8 km, 18 st). OTS + new tram included
19	Russia	Metro	15 May 1935	309.4 km	12	25.8	1,778 m	15.5	21,200	6.55 million	2011	2,389 million	0.50 EUR	right	1520	third rail				lines 3, 5 since 2009		Monorail (6 stations, 4.7 km) not included.
20	USA	Subway	26 May 1935	2.2 km	1	2.2	733 m	4.0						right								4 underground stations
21	Sweden	Tunnelbana	1 Oct 1950	105.7 km	3	35.2	1,047 m	34.7	8,010	847,000	2011	309 million	3.73 EUR	left	1435	third rail						According to official website. 7 operational lines
22	Greece	Metro	1954	52.0 km	3	17.3	1,020 m	18.0	18,000	937,000	2008	342 million	1.00 EUR	right	1435	third rail				yes	yes	M3 airport line not included.
23	Canada	Subway	30 Apr 1954	71.3 km	4	17.8	1,019 m	18.5	10,700	762,000	2006	278 million	1.67 EUR	right	1480	third rail				yes
24	Italy	Metropolitana	10 Feb 1955	41.6 km	2	20.8	832 m	26.0	21,800	907,000	2008	331 million	1.00 EUR	left	1435	overhead wire				yes	yes	metroitaliane.it
25	USA	Rapid Transit	15 Mar 1955	31.0 km	1	31.0	1,824 m	18.0	530	16,400	2011	6 million		right	1435	overhead wire						2 Light Rail lines not included
26	Russia	Metro	15 Nov 1955	113.5 km	5	22.7	1,831 m	13.4	19,000	2.15 million	2011	786 million		right	1520	third rail			windowless steel doors in ten stations			According to Mr. Yuri Popov
27	Japan	Subway	15 Nov 1957	93.1 km	4	23.3	1,001 m	24.3	12,600	1.17 million	2008	427 million		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	Israel	Carmelit	1959	1.8 km	1	1.8	350 m	6.0
29	Portugal	Metro	29 Dec 1959	44.3 km	4	11.1	869 m	13.8	11,300	501,000	2010	183 million	0.80 EUR	left	1435	third rail					yes
30	Ukraine	Metro	22 Oct 1960	66.2 km	3	22.1	1,379 m	17.0	21,500	1.42 million	2011	519 million	0.27 EUR	right	1520	third rail
31	Italy	Metropolitana	1 Nov 1964	83.3 km	3	27.8	915 m	31.3	10,800	899,000	2007	328 million	1.00 EUR	right	1435	overhead wire, third rail (line M1)	line M5	2013	line M5	yes	yes	metroitaliane.it
32	Georgia	Metro	11 Jan 1966	26.3 km	2	13.1	1,315 m	11.0	9,170	241,000	2008	88 million		right	1520	third rail						According to Mr. Yuri Popov
33	Norway	T-Bane	22 May 1966	62.0 km	5	12.4	861 m	15.4	3,360	208,000	2010	76 million	2.67 EUR	right	1435	third rail					yes	Line 1 not included (it has level crossings). Length not sure
34	Germany	Stadtbahn	10 Jun 1966	24.0 km	2	12.0	1,412 m	9.5						right	1435	overhead wire				yes	yes	24 km underground. (Schnellbahnen in Deutschland)
35	Canada	Metro	14 Oct 1966	69.2 km	4	17.3	1,003 m	18.3	8,670	600,000	2006	219 million	1.67 EUR	right	1994	third rail
36	Germany	Stadtbahn	5 Oct 1967	20.2 km	3	6.7	842 m	9.0						right	1435	overhead wire					yes	Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 1
37	Azerbaijan	Metro	6 Nov 1967	34.6 km	2	17.3	1,646 m	11.5	14,500	501,000	2011	183 million		right	1520	third rail
38	Netherlands	Metro	10 Feb 1968	47.0 km	2	23.5	1,306 m	19.0	5,070	238,000	2008	87 million		right	1435	third rail						Only metro section. Sneltram: 8.4 km, 11 stations. 'Metros in Holland'
39	Germany	U-Bahn	4 Oct 1968	20.5 km	3	6.8	732 m	10.3					2.30 EUR	right	1435	overhead wire					yes	20.40 km, 27 stations underground ('Schnellbahnen in Deutschland')
40	Germany	Stadtbahn	11 Oct 1968	45.0 km	15	3.0	1,250 m	3.4						right	1435	overhead wire				new light rail trains only	yes	Approx. 45 km metro-like. 30 km underground.
41	Germany	Stadtbahn	29 May 1969	4.0 km	0		364 m							right								Full metro section length unknown.
42	Mexico	Metro	5 Sep 1969	180.0 km	12	15.0	984 m	16.3	24,500	4.41 million	2012	1,609 million	0.14 EUR	right	1995	third rail						ONLY PASSENGER SERVICE KM COUNTED
43	China	Subway	1 Oct 1969	442.0 km	16	27.6	1,797 m	16.4	15,200	6.74 million	2012	2,460 million	0.15 EUR	right	1435	third rail			PGDs on underground stations of line 5, PSDs on lines 8, 10	yes	all lines
44	Japan	Monorail	3 Mar 1970	6.6 km	1	6.6	943 m	8.0						left								Shonan Monorail.
45	Germany	Stadtbahn	21 Sep 1971	5.2 km	4	1.3	1,733 m	1.8						right								Full metro section length unknown. Only metro section included
46	Germany	U-Bahn	19 Oct 1971	94.2 km	6	15.7	981 m	17.0	10,500	986,000	2010	360 million	2.30 EUR	right	1435	third rail					yes
47	Japan	Subway	16 Dec 1971	48.0 km	3	16.0	1,043 m	16.3	11,900	573,000	2008	209 million		left	2150, 2180 (Namboku Line)	overhead wire, third rail (Namboku Line)					yes	According to Mr. Osamu Abe
48	Germany	U-Bahn	1 Mar 1972	36.0 km	3	12.0	800 m	16.0	8,980	323,000	2011	118 million		right	1435	third rail	lines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains	2008			yes
49	USA	BART	11 Sep 1972	166.9 km	5	33.4	4,279 m	8.8	1,820	304,000	2012	111 million		right	1676	third rail				yes		MUNI not included (8 underground stations)
50	Japan	Subway	16 Dec 1972	57.6 km	3	19.2	1,280 m	16.0	9,420	542,000	2008	198 million		left	1435	third rail	Kanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyred	1989	Kanazawa Seaside LRT line		yes	Kanazawa Line not included (10.6 km)
51	North Korea	Metro	6 Sep 1973	22.5 km	2	11.3	1,607 m	8.0	4,380	98,600	2009	36 million			1435	third rail
52	Czech Republic	Metro	9 May 1974	59.1 km	3	19.7	1,094 m	19.0	24,600	1.45 million	2011	530 million	0.65 EUR	right	1435	third rail					yes
53	South Korea	Subway	15 Aug 1974	326.5 km	9	36.3	1,114 m	33.6	21,100	6.9 million	2012	2,518 million	0.54 EUR	right	1435	overhead wire			lines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010	yes	yes	Only metro section.
54	Brazil	Metrô	14 Sep 1974	74.3 km	5	14.9	1,198 m	13.4	32,300	2.4 million	2012	877 million	0.76 EUR	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	Germany	Stadtbahn	22 Mar 1975	9.0 km	1	9.0	818 m	12.0						right	1435	overhead wire						9 km, 12 stations underground. Approx. 17 km metro-like
56	Belgium	Premetro	25 Mar 1975	7.6 km	2	3.8	844 m	5.5							1000	overhead wire
57	Ukraine	Metro	23 Aug 1975	37.4 km	3	12.5	1,438 m	9.7	18,300	685,000	2011	250 million		right								According to Mr. Yuri Popov
58	Chile	Metro	15 Sep 1975	102.4 km	5	20.5	994 m	21.6	17,100	1.75 million	2011	640 million	0.55 EUR	right	1435	third rail					yes
59	Germany	Stadtbahn	28 Sep 1975	18.6 km	3	6.2	1,033 m	7.0						right	1435	overhead wire					yes	18.60 km, 17 stations underground ('Schnellbahnen in Deutschland')
60	USA	Metrorail	27 Mar 1976	171.2 km	5	34.2	2,014 m	18.0	3,490	597,000	2012	218 million		right	1435	third rail				yes
61	Germany	Stadtbahn	17 May 1976	29.5 km	3	9.8	866 m	12.3						right	1435	overhead wire	H-Bahn	1984			yes	Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 2
62	Belgium	Métro Léger	21 Jun 1976	17.5 km	4	4.4	1,094 m	5.0														Full metro section length unknown. Total length 25 km. Data from Wikipedia
63	Belgium	Métro	20 Sep 1976	32.2 km	3	10.7	555 m	20.3	11,300	364,000	2009	133 million	1.53 EUR	right (left on lines 1 and 6 between Midi and Roi Baudouin)	1435	third rail					line 1	Premetro tunnels not included, 11 stations
64	Japan	Subway	13 Mar 1977	30.6 km	2	15.3	1,275 m	13.0	10,800	332,000	2008	121 million		left	1435	overhead wire, third rail (Portliner)	Port Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyred	1981	Port Liner and Rokko Liner		yes	According to Mr. Osamu Abe. Portliner, Rokko lines not included (15 st)
65	Netherlands	Metro	16 Oct 1977	32.7 km	4	8.2	1,128 m	8.3	7,120	233,000	2009	85 million	2.09 EUR	right	1435	third rail						Sneltram not included (9.8 km, 19 stations; 'Metros in Holland')
66	Uzbekistan	Metro	6 Nov 1977	36.2 km	3	12.1	1,392 m	9.7	4,920	178,000	2010	65 million		right	1520	third rail						According to Mr. Yuri Popov
67	France	Métro	26 Nov 1977	21.8 km	2	10.9	779 m	15.0	9,430	205,000	2011	75 million		right	1435	third rail
68	Austria	U-Bahn	25 Feb 1978	74.6 km	5	14.9	769 m	20.4	19,600	1.46 million	2010	534 million	1.70 EUR	right	1435	third rail				yes	yes	According to official website. Premetro tunnel not included
69	Canada	Light Rail	22 Apr 1978	20.4 km	1	20.4	1,457 m	15.0						right
70	France	Métro	28 Apr 1978	30.7 km	4	7.7	787 m	10.8	22,900	704,000	2009	257 million	1.60 EUR	left	1435	third rail	line D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDs	1991
71	Brazil	Metrô	5 Mar 1979	42.0 km	2	21.0	1,313 m	17.0	13,800	581,000	2010	212 million	0.77 EUR	right	1600	third rail				yes
72	Germany	Stadtbahn	26 May 1979	21.5 km	2	10.8	797 m	14.5						right	1435	overhead wire						Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 2
73	USA	MARTA	30 Jun 1979	79.2 km	2	39.6	2,141 m	19.5	1,180	93,200	2007	34 million		right	1435	third rail				yes
74	Hong Kong S.A.R.	MTR	1 Oct 1979	175.0 km	10	17.5	2,059 m	9.5	22,600	3.96 million	2012	1,444 million	0.91 EUR	left	1435	overhead wire	Disneyland Resort Line	2005	all underground stations	yes	yes	175 Km and 82 stations according to MRT. 184km urbanrail.35.3km airport express not included
75	Germany	Stadtbahn	3 Nov 1979	9.0 km	2	4.5	819 m	6.5						right	1435	overhead wire						Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 1
76	Romania	Metro	16 Nov 1979	69.3 km	4	17.3	1,505 m	12.5	6,770	468,000	2011	171 million	0.40 EUR	right	1435	third rail
77	United Kingdom	Metro	7 Aug 1980	76.5 km	2	38.3	1,297 m	30.5	1,360	104,000	2011	38 million		left	1435	overhead wire
78	Armenia	Metro	7 Mar 1981	12.1 km	1	12.1	1,344 m	10.0	3,850	46,600	2011	17 million		right								According to Mr. Yuri Popov
79	Japan	Subway	1 Apr 1981	31.3 km	2	15.6	1,043 m	16.0	11,000	345,000	2008	126 million		left	1435	overhead wire			Tozai line		yes
80	Japan	Subway	26 Jul 1981	29.8 km	3	9.9	931 m	11.7	11,400	340,000	2007	124 million		left	1067	overhead wire			yes		yes	According to Mr. Osamu Abe
81	Germany	Stadtbahn	4 Oct 1981	9.6 km	2	4.8	798 m	7.0						right	1435	overhead wire					yes	Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 1
82	Finland	Metro	3 Aug 1982	21.0 km	1	21.0	1,313 m	17.0	8,090	170,000	2011	62 million	2.10 EUR	right	1524	third rail					yes	According to Metros in Skandinavien (R.Schwandl)
83	Venezuela	Metro	27 Mar 1983	60.5 km	5	12.1	1,344 m	10.0	22,000	1.33 million	2009	485 million	0.31 EUR		1435	third rail				yes		Metro Los Teques included (9.5 km)
84	France	Métro	25 Apr 1983	45.5 km	2	22.8	758 m	31.0	5,780	263,000	2009	96 million		right	2060	third rail	VAL	1983	VAL, all stations		yes
85	USA	Metro Subway	21 Nov 1983	24.5 km	1	24.5	1,885 m	14.0	2,010	49,300	2011	18 million		right	1435	third rail				yes
86	USA	Metrorail	21 May 1984	39.8 km	1	39.8	1,809 m	23.0	1,240	49,300	2011	18 million	1.66 EUR	right	1435	third rail	downtown people mover, rubber-tyred	1986		yes		Metromover not included (20 stations, 7 km)
87	Belarus	Metro	26 Jun 1984	35.4 km	2	17.7	1,362 m	14.0	21,700	770,000	2012	281 million		right	1520	third rail						According to Mr. Yuri Popov
88	Germany	Stadtbahn	1 Sep 1984	5.5 km	1	5.5	690 m	9.0						right	1000	overhead wire						Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 2
89	India	Metro Railway	24 Oct 1984	25.0 km	1	25.0	1,136 m	23.0	19,000	474,000	2009	173 million		right								25 km wikipedia, 27.50 km urbanrail ???
90	Russia	Metro	5 Nov 1984	6.8 km	1	6.8	1,360 m	6.0														Total system: 22 stations, 17,1 km
91	Philippines	MRT	1 Dec 1984	51.5 km	3	17.2	1,256 m	14.7	18,400	948,000	2008	346 million	0.18 EUR	right						yes	yes	Length not sure
92	Japan	Monorail	9 Jan 1985	8.8 km	1	8.8	733 m	13.0						left							yes
93	Brazil	Metro	2 Mar 1985	33.8 km	1	33.8	2,112 m	17.0						right								According to official website
94	Brazil	Metrô	11 Mar 1985	39.7 km	2	19.9	1,418 m	15.0						right								According to official website
95	USA	Metro Rail	18 May 1985	8.4 km	1	8.4	1,194 m	8.0						right								Only tunnel section
96	USA	T	3 Jul 1985	4.8 km	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.
97	South Korea	Subway	19 Jul 1985	131.8 km	5	26.4	1,080 m	25.4	6,650	877,000	2012	320 million		right			Line 4	2011	line 3
98	Russia	Metro	20 Nov 1985	18.9 km	2	9.4	1,454 m	7.5	3,910	74,000	2010	27 million		right	1520	third rail						According to Mr. Yuri Popov
99	Canada	SkyTrain	3 Jan 1986	69.5 km	3	23.2	1,511 m	16.3	4,730	329,000	2011	120 million		right	1435	third rail	Skytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system	1986		yes	yes
100	Russia	Metro	7 Jan 1986	16.4 km	2	8.2	1,487 m	6.5	12,700	208,000	2011	76 million		right	1520	third rail						According to Mr. Yuri Popov
101	Brazil	Metrô	1 Aug 1986	28.1 km	1	28.1	1,563 m	19.0						right								According to official website
102	Ukraine	Metrotram	26 Dec 1986	18.0 km	1	18.0	1,636 m	12.0
103	USA	People Mover	Jul 1987	4.8 km	1	4.8	400 m	13.0						right	1435	third rail	downtown people mover, LIM technology	1987		yes
104	Japan	Subway	15 Jul 1987	14.8 km	1	14.8	925 m	17.0	10,700	159,000	2008	58 million		left	1067	overhead wire					yes	According to Mr. Osamu Abe
105	Egypt	Metro	27 Sep 1987	65.5 km	2	32.8	1,236 m	27.5	35,000	2.29 million	2010	837 million	0.14 EUR	left	1435	overhead wire				5 stations
106	Singapore	MRT	7 Nov 1987	146.5 km	4	36.6	1,526 m	25.0	14,800	2.18 million	2011	794 million	0.97 EUR	left	1435	third rail	North-East Line, Circle Line and the 3 rubber-tyred LRT lines	2003	yes	yes	yes
107	Russia	Metro	26 Dec 1987	10.2 km	1	10.2	1,275 m	9.0	4,300	43,800	2011	16 million		right	1520	third rail						According to Mr. Yuri Popov
108	Japan	Monorail	28 Mar 1988	15.5 km	2	7.8	969 m	9.0						left
109	Spain	Metro	3 Oct 1988	31.8 km	3	10.6	909 m	12.7						right	1000	overhead wire				yes	yes	Full metro section length unknown.
110	USA	Skyway	30 May 1989	6.9 km	1	6.9	1,380 m	6.0						right	2060	third rail	downtown monorail people mover	1989
111	Mexico	Metro	1 Sep 1989	24.0 km	2	12.0	889 m	14.5						right
112	Italy	Metropolitana	13 Jun 1990	7.1 km	1	7.1	1,014 m	8.0						right	1435	overhead wire					yes	metroitaliane.it
113	Mexico	Metro	25 Apr 1991	31.5 km	2	15.8	1,050 m	16.0	12,000	378,000	2009	138 million		right
114	Russia	Metro	26 Apr 1991	12.7 km	1	12.7	1,587 m	9.0	8,200	104,000	2011	38 million		right
115	Switzerland	Metro	24 May 1991	13.7 km	2	6.8	507 m	14.5									line m2	2008			yes	Only m2 is a full metro (27.10.2008: 5.9 km, 14 sta). Line m1: 3 underground stations
116	Germany	Stadtbahn	11 Jul 1992	14.3 km	2	7.2	1,304 m	6.5						right							yes	Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn Album 1
117	USA	Metro Rail	30 Jan 1993	59.3 km	3	19.8	2,196 m	10.0	2,130	126,000	2011	46 million	1.91 EUR	right	1435	overhead wire, third rail (Red, Purple lines)				yes		Red, Purple and Green lines
118	Italy	Metropolitana	28 Mar 1993	31.8 km	3	10.6	1,136 m	10.3	3,020	95,900	2011	35 million		left	1435	overhead wire						M3 and M4 not included (M3: 12.3 km, 12 sta. M4: 8.3 km, 8 sta.)
119	France	Métro	26 Jun 1993	27.5 km	2	13.8	764 m	19.0	10,300	282,000	2011	103 million		right	2060	third rail	VAL	1993	VAL		yes
120	USA	Metrolink	31 Jul 1993	73.4 km	2	36.7	2,097 m	18.5						right
121	Japan	Monorail	20 Aug 1994	18.4 km	1	18.4	920 m	21.0	2,680	49,300	2005	18 million		left								According to Mr. Osamu Abe
122	France	Métro	17 Dec 1994	2.2 km	1	2.2	550 m	5.0														5 underground stations
123	Poland	Metro	7 Apr 1995	22.6 km	1	22.6	1,130 m	21.0	17,000	384,000	2011	140 million	0.47 EUR	right	1435	third rail
124	China	Metro	10 Apr 1995	437.0 km	12	36.4	1,539 m	24.7	14,300	6.24 million	2012	2,276 million	0.34 EUR	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	Spain	Metro	11 Nov 1995	43.4 km	2	21.7	1,142 m	20.0	5,680	247,000	2011	90 million		left	1000	overhead wire				yes	yes	According to Metro Bilbao
126	Colombia	Metro	30 Nov 1995	28.8 km	2	14.4	1,200 m	13.0	16,200	466,000	2011	170 million			1435	overhead wire						Metro Cable not included, 4 stations
127	Ukraine	Metro	29 Dec 1995	7.1 km	1	7.1	1,420 m	6.0	3,470	24,700	2010	9 million			1520	third rail						According to Mr. Yuri Popov
128	Taiwan	MRT	28 Mar 1996	112.6 km	8	14.1	1,149 m	13.3	15,900	1.79 million	2012	652 million	0.60 EUR	right	2060	third rail	Wenshan (Muzha) VAL line	1996	PGDs in the busier MRT stations, PSDs in all VAL stations	yes	yes
129	Turkey	Metro	30 Aug 1996	23.1 km	2	11.6	1,100 m	11.5	13,400	310,000	2007	113 million		right	1435	third rail	metro line	1997
130	Malaysia	LRT, Monorail	16 Dec 1996	64.0 km	3	21.3	1,123 m	20.0	4,670	299,000	2008	109 million	0.37 EUR	left			LRT	1996	KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stations	yes
131	Poland	Fast Tram	1 Mar 1997	6.1 km	1	6.1	1,220 m	6.0														Rapid Tram
132	India	MRTS	19 Oct 1997	27.0 km	1	27.0	1,688 m	17.0
133	South Korea	Subway	26 Nov 1997	53.9 km	2	27.0	998 m	28.0	6,460	348,000	2012	127 million							lines 1, 2
134	Bulgaria	Metro	28 Jan 1998	31.2 km	2	15.6	1,200 m	14.0	2,550	79,500	2009	29 million	0.51 EUR	right	1435	third rail
135	Japan	Monorail	27 Nov 1998	16.0 km	1	16.0	889 m	19.0						left							yes
136	Italy	Metropolitana	27 Jun 1999	3.8 km	1	3.8	760 m	6.0						right	1435	overhead wire						metroitaliane.it
137	China	Metro	28 Jun 1999	231.9 km	8	29.0	1,680 m	18.3	21,600	5 million	2012	1,825 million		right	1435	third rail	APM line (underground people mover)	2010	yes	yes	yes	APM included
138	South Korea	Subway	6 Oct 1999	29.5 km	1	29.5	1,054 m	29.0	8,270	244,000	2012	89 million							yes
139	Thailand	Skytrain, MRT	5 Dec 1999	80.2 km	4	20.0	1,512 m	14.3	8,370	671,000	2011	245 million	0.64 EUR	left	1435	linear	Green line	1999	Green line, Blue line	yes
140	Iran	Metro	21 Feb 2000	73.0 km	4	18.3	1,106 m	17.5	18,000	1.32 million	2011	480 million			1435	third rail				yes		Line 5 to Karaj not included (42 km, 11 stations) Lenght unknown
141	Turkey	Metro	22 May 2000	15.9 km	1	15.9	1,223 m	14.0	10,900	173,000	2011	63 million			1435	third rail
142	Turkey	Metro	16 Sep 2000	42.0 km	2	21.0	1,615 m	14.0	5,090	214,000	2011	78 million	0.63 EUR	right	1435	overhead wire, third rail (Line M2)						Wikipedia. Hafif Metro not included (25.8 km, 24 stations, 2 lines)
143	Brazil	Metrô	31 Mar 2001	42.0 km	1	42.0	1,826 m	24.0	3,590	151,000	2009	55 million		right
144	France	Métro	16 Mar 2002	9.0 km	1	9.0	643 m	15.0	14,300	129,000	2011	47 million		right			VAL	2002	VAL		yes
145	Turkey	Bursaray	19 Aug 2002	31.5 km	2	15.8	1,086 m	15.5
146	China	LRT	Oct 2002	17.0 km	1	17.0	1,133 m	16.0						right								(17 km, 16 stations on viaduct = metro). 14.6 km, 17 st on streets
147	Denmark	Metro	19 Oct 2002	21.0 km	2	10.5	1,050 m	11.0	7,050	148,000	2011	54 million	2.81 EUR	right	1435	third rail	all metro lines	2002	all underground stations	all metro and S-Tog trains	yes	According to official website
148	Portugal	Metro	7 Dec 2002	21.7 km	2	10.9	1,669 m	7.5						right	1435	overhead wire				yes	yes	Full metro section length unknown.14 underground stations & 6,3 km in tunnel in downtown
149	India	Metro	24 Dec 2002	193.2 km	6	32.2	1,410 m	23.8	8,600	1.66 million	2011	606 million	0.12 EUR	left	1676, 1435 (Green, Violet lines)	overhead wire				yes	yes
150	China	Metro	1 May 2003	49.0 km	1	49.0	4,455 m	12.0	2,460	121,000	2012	44 million		right								Suburban service?
151	Japan	Monorail	10 Aug 2003	12.8 km	1	12.8	914 m	15.0						left
152	China	Metro	28 Mar 2004	124.0 km	4	31.0	1,610 m	20.3	1,410	175,000	2010	64 million		right	1435	third rail			platform gate doors	yes		Binhai Line and metro line included. (10-08-1980: 7.4 km, 7 stations)
153	South Korea	Subway	28 Apr 2004	20.1 km	1	20.1	1,058 m	20.0	2,450	49,300	2011	18 million							yes
154	USA	Monorail	15 Jul 2004	6.2 km	1	6.2	1,033 m	7.0						right			monorail	2004	yes			Hotels monorails not included
155	China	Metro	28 Sep 2004	56.8 km	2	28.4	1,234 m	24.0	3,520	200,000	2011	73 million		right
156	Netherlands	RandstadRail	16 Oct 2004	27.9 km	3	9.3	1,033 m	10.0						right								Full metro section length unknown (47 km?)
157	China	Metro	28 Dec 2004	178.4 km	5	35.7	1,416 m	26.2	2,030	362,000	2009	132 million		right	1435				yes	yes	yes
158	Puerto Rico	Tren Urbano	6 Jun 2005	17.2 km	1	17.2	1,147 m	16.0	1,750	30,100	2011	11 million
159	China	Monorail	18 Jun 2005	127.0 km	4	31.7	1,548 m	21.5						right					The three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDs	yes	yes
160	Russia	Metro	27 Aug 2005	10.9 km	1	10.9	1,817 m	7.0	6,790	74,000	2012	27 million		right								According to Mr. Yuri Popov
161	China	Metro	27 Aug 2005	84.7 km	2	42.3	1,540 m	28.5	11,100	942,000	2011	344 million		right
162	Chile	Metro	23 Nov 2005	43.0 km	1	43.0	2,263 m	20.0						right
163	Italy	Metropolitana	4 Feb 2006	13.4 km	1	13.4	670 m	21.0	6,750	90,400	2011	33 million		right			VAL	2006	VAL	yes	yes
164	South Korea	Subway	16 Mar 2006	22.6 km	1	22.6	1,076 m	22.0	4,610	104,000	2011	38 million							yes
165	Venezuela	Metro	18 Oct 2006	6.2 km	1	6.2	1,033 m	7.0	9,280	57,500	2010	21 million
166	Spain	Metro	25 Apr 2007	8.3 km	1	8.3	1,038 m	9.0							1000
167	Italy	Minimetro	29 Jan 2008	3.0 km	1	3.0	500 m	7.0									'Minimetro'	2008
168	Taiwan	MRT	9 Mar 2008	45.0 km	2	22.5	1,250 m	19.0	3,170	142,000	2012	52 million			1435	third rail			MRT
169	Dominican Republic	Metro	30 Jan 2009	14.5 km	1	14.5	967 m	16.0	5,480	79,500	2011	29 million			1435					yes
170	Turkey	Metro	18 Mar 2009	13.5 km	1	13.5	1,125 m	13.0
171	Spain	Metro	2 Apr 2009	18.0 km	1	18.0	900 m	21.0											Line 1
172	Venezuela	Metro	8 Jun 2009	6.5 km	1	6.5	1,300 m	6.0												yes
173	USA	Light Rail	18 Jul 2009	22.2 km	1	22.2	2,018 m	12.0						right						yes		Downtown tunnel section considered as a full metro
174	United Arab Emirates	Metro	9 Sep 2009	69.7 km	2	34.8	1,584 m	23.0	4,280	299,000	2012	109 million		right	1435	third rail	metro	2009	metro, monorail	yes	yes
175	China	Metro	27 Sep 2010	40.9 km	2	20.4	1,202 m	18.0	6,900	282,000	2012	103 million		right					yes	yes		http://railway-technology.com/projects/chengdu-metro
176	China	Metro	27 Sep 2010	49.5 km	2	24.7	1,268 m	20.5						right					yes
177	Saudi Arabia	Metro	13 Nov 2010	18.1 km	1	18.1	2,263 m	9.0						right	1435	third rail			yes	yes	yes
178	Kazakhstan	Metro	1 Jan 2011	7.3 km	1	7.3	1,217 m	7.0	2,630	19,200	2012	7 million
179	India	Metro	15 Sep 2011	7.5 km	1	7.5	1,500 m	6.0
180	China	Metro	16 Sep 2011	26.4 km	1	26.4	1,650 m	17.0	6,120	162,000	2012	59 million			1435						yes
181	Iran		10 Oct 2011	19.0 km	1	19.0	905 m	22.0
182	Algeria	Metro	1 Nov 2011	9.0 km	1	9.0	1,000 m	10.0							1435	third rail				yes	yes
183	China	Subway	29 Apr 2012	25.7 km	1	25.7	1,117 m	24.0						right						yes		According to Wikipedia, official website
184	China	Metro	28 Jun 2012	18.2 km	1	18.2	18,200 m	2.0
185	China	Metro	24 Nov 2012	48.0 km	1	48.0	1,600 m	31.0														Wikipedia
186	Italy	Metro	22 Dec 2012	13.1 km	1	13.1	819 m	17.0									metro	2012				According to official website
187	Peru	Tren Urbano	5 Apr 2012	22.0 km	1	22.0	1,467 m	16.0					0.29 EUR