List of rapid transit systems

This is an alphabetical list of cities worldwide that have a rapid transit system, or a light rail system with some elements of rapid transit. Such systems are commonly called metros, subways, elevated railways, or underground railways; see passenger rail terminology for more information. To be listed here, a system must be built to rapid transit standards.

Most light rail systems are not included here but are in list of light-rail transit systems. Some systems which provide metro service using light-rail vehicles or in some other way have elements of both may be in both lists.

There is also a list of suburban and commuter rail systems and a list of airport circulators (many of which are rapid transit-like).

Contents
1 Africa
2 Asia, including Caucasus

2.1 Notes

3 Europe, excluding the Caucasus

3.1 Notes

4 North America

4.1 Canada
4.2 Mexico
4.3 United States
4.4 Notes

5 Oceania
6 South America
7 Top 10 in terms of annual passenger rides
8 Top 10 in terms of number of stations
9 Top 100 in terms of length (June 2005)
10 Earliest metros
11 External links

Africa

City Country Main article List of stations Date opened Official link Other link
Cairo Egypt Cairo Metro List 1987 NAT-Egypt (http://www.nat.org.eg/) [1] (http://www.urbanrail.net/af/cairo.htm)

Asia, including Caucasus

City Country Main article List of stations Date opened Official link Other link
Adana Turkey Adana Metro List Under construction Adana Metro (http://www.adana-bld.gov.tr/metro.asp/) [2] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/adan/adana.htm)
Almaty Kazakhstan Almaty Metro List Under construction [3] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/alma/almaty.htm)
Ankara Turkey Ankara Metro List 1996 EGO (http://www.ego.gov.tr/) [4] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/ank/ankara.htm)
Baku Azerbaijan Baku Metro List 1967 Metropoliten (http://www.metro.gov.az:8101/eng/) [5] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/baku/baku.htm)
Bangkok Thailand Bangkok Skytrain List 1999 BTS (http://www.bts.co.th/) [6] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/bang/bangkok.htm)
Bangkok Metro List 2004 MRTA (http://www.mrta.co.th/eng/index.html) [7] (http://www.bangkoksubway.com)
Beijing China, PR Beijing Subway List 1969 [8] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/beij/beijing.htm)
Bursa Turkey Bursaray List 2002 Bursaray (http://www.bursa-bld.gov.tr/) [9] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/burs/bursa.htm)
Busan S. Korea Busan Subway List 1985 BUTA (http://www.subway.busan.kr/) [10] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/busa/busan.htm)
Calcutta/
Kolkata 		India Calcutta Metro Railway List 1984 Metro Railway Calcutta (http://business.vsnl.com/metrorly/) [11] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/calc/calcutta.htm)
Chennai/
Madras 		India Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System List 1997 MTC [12] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/chen/chennai.htm)
Chelyabinsk Russia Chelyabinsk Metro List Under construction CHELYAMETROSTROY (http://chelmetro.ru/) [13] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/chel/chelyabinsk.htm)
Chiang Mai Thailand Chiang Mai LRT List Under construction MRTA (http://www.mrta.co.th/eng/index.html) [14] (http://www.2bangkok.com/2bangkok/MassTransit/ChiangMain.shtml)
Daegu S. Korea Daegu Metropolitan Subway List 1997 DMSC (http://www.daegusubway.co.kr/) [15] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/daeg/daegu.htm)
Daejeon S. Korea Daejeon Subway List Under construction Daejeon Subway (http://www.djsubway.com) [16] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/daej/daejeon.htm)
Delhi India Delhi Metro List 2002 DMRC (http://www.delhimetrorail.com/home/index.htm) [17] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/delh/delhi.htm)
Esfahan Iran Esfahan Urban Railway Organization (EURO) List Under construction EURO (http://www.esfahanmetro.org/) [18] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/esfa/esfahan.htm)
Guangzhou China, PR Guangzhou Metro List 1999 Guangzhou Metro (http://www.gzmtr.com/) [19] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/guan/guangzhou.htm)
Gwangju S. Korea Gwangju Subway List Under construction Gwangju Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation (http://subway.gwangju.kr/) [20] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/gwan/gwangju.htm)
Haifa Israel Carmelit List 1959 [21] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/hai/haifa.htm)
Hiroshima Japan Hiroshima Monorail List 1994 [22] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/hiro/hiroshima.htm)
Hong Kong Hong Kong, PRC MTR
KCR 		List
List 		1979
1910 		MTR (http://www.mtr.com.hk/)
KCR (http://www.kcr.com.hk/)(Note 1) 		[23] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/hong/hong-kong.htm)
Incheon S. Korea Incheon Subway List 1999 IRTC (http://www.irtc.co.kr/) [24] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/inch/incheon.htm)
Izmir Turkey Izmir Metro List 2000 Izmir Metro (http://www.izmirmetro.com.tr/) [25] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/izmi/izmir.htm)
Kaohsiung Republic of China (Taiwan) Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit List Under construction Kaohsiung MRT (http://www.kcg.gov.tw/~mtbu/english/) [26] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/kaoh/kaohsiung.htm)
Karaj Iran Karaj Metro List [27] (http://www.karajitc.com/metrotime.htm)
Kitakyushu Japan Kitakyushu Monorail List 1985 KUM (http://www.kitakyushu-monorail.co.jp/) [28] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/kita/kitakyushu.htm)
Krasnoyarsk Russia METROSTROY List Under construction [29] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/kras/krasnoyarsk.htm)
Kobe Japan Kobe Municipal Subway By line 1977 Kobe Subway (http://www.city.kobe.jp/cityoffice/54/030/syaryo.htm) [30] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/kobe/kobe.htm)
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Star LRT List 1996 [31] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/kual/kuala-lumpur.htm)
Putra LRT List 1998 Putra (http://www.putralrt.com.my)
KL Monorail List 2003 KL Monorail (http://www.monorail.com.my/)
Kyoto Japan Kyoto Municipal Subway By line 1981 Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau (http://www.city.kyoto.jp/kotsu/main.htm) [32] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/kyot/kyoto.htm)
Manila Philippines Manila Light Rail Transit System (LRT) List 1984 Light Rail Transit Authority (http://www.lrta.gov.ph) [33] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/mani/manila.htm)
Manila Metro Rail Transit System (MRT) List 1999 DOTC MRT-3 (http://www.dotcmrt3.gov.ph)
Mashhad Iran Mashhad Metro List [34] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/mash/mashhad.htm)
Mumbai/
Bombay 		India Mumbai Metro List [35] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/mumb/mumbai.htm)
Nagoya Japan Nagoya Subway List 1957 CNTB (http://www.kotsu.city.nagoya.jp/) [36] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/nago/nagoya.htm)
Naha Japan Naha Yui Rail List 2003 Yui-Rail (http://www.yui-rail.co.jp/) [37] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/naha/naha.htm)
Nanjing China, PR Nanjing Metro List Under construction Nanjing Metro (http://www.nj-dt.com/) [38] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/nanj/nanjing.htm)
Novosibirsk Russia Novosibirsk Metro List 1986 Novosibirsk Metro (http://www.nsk.su/%7Emetro/English/index.htm) [39] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/novo/novosibirsk.htm)
Omsk Russia Omsk Metro List Under construction [40] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/omsk/omsk.htm)
Osaka Japan Osaka Municipal Subway By line 1933 Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau (http://www.kotsu.city.osaka.jp/index.html) [41] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/osak/osaka.htm)
Pyongyang N. Korea Pyongyang Metro List 1973 Pyongyang Metro (unofficial) (http://www.pyongyang-metro.com/) [42] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/pyon/pyongyang.htm)
Sapporo Japan Sapporo Subway List 1971 SCTB (http://www.city.sapporo.jp/st/index.html) [43] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/sapp/sapporo.htm)
Sendai Japan Sendai Subway List 1987 SCTB (http://www.kotsu.city.sendai.jp/e/) [44] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/send/sendai.htm)
Seoul S.Korea Seoul Metro List 1971 Seoul Metropolitan Subway Corporation (http://www.seoulsubway.co.kr) [45] (http://urbanrail.net/as/seou/seoul.htm)
1990 Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation (http://www.metro5678.seoul.kr/english/index.jsp)
1963 KORAIL
Shanghai China, PR Shanghai Metro List 1995 [46] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/shan/shanghai.htm)
Shenzhen China, PR Shenzhen Metro List 2004 [47] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/shen/shenzhen.htm)
Singapore Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) List 1987 SMRT Corporation [48] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/sing/singapore.htm)
2003 SBS Transit
Taipei Republic of China (Taiwan) Taipei Rapid Transit System List 1996 TRTC (http://english.trtc.com.tw/) [49] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/taip/taipei.htm)
Tashkent Uzbekistan Tashkent Metro List 1977 Toshkent Metropoliten (http://eng.metropoliten.uz/) [50] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/tosh/tashkent.htm)
Tbilisi Georgia Tbilisi Metro List 1966 [51] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/tbil/tbilisi.htm)
Tehran Iran Tehran Metro List 1999 Tehran Metro (http://www.tehranmetro.com/) [52] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/tehr/tehran.htm)
Tel Aviv Israel Tel Aviv Subway List Under construction NTA (http://www.nta.org.il/site/he/neta.asp?pi=53)
Tianjin China, PR Tianjin Subway List 1980
(closed until 2005) 		TJDT (http://www.tjdt.cn/) [53] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/tehr/tehran.htm)
Tokyo Japan Tokyo Metro By line 1927 Tokyo Metro (http://www.tokyometro.jp/) [54] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/toky/tokyo.htm)
Toei Subway By line 1960 Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation (http://www.kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp/)
Yekaterinburg Russia Yekaterinburg Metro List 1991 [55] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/yeka/yekaterinburg.htm)
Yerevan Armenia Yerevan Metro List 1981 [56] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/yere/yerevan.htm)
Yokohama Japan Yokohama Subway List 1972 Transportation Bureau,City of Yokohama (http://www.city.yokohama.jp/me/koutuu/english/index.html) [57] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/yoko/yokohama.htm)
2004 Minato Mirai Line (http://www.mm21railway.co.jp/www/index.html)

Notes

  1. There are four systems in KCR. East Rail shares track with inter-city and freight trains on most but not all of its tracks. West Rail was designed as a commuter railway like East Rail, but contains only within-Hong Kong service currently, and is operating as a metro. The third one is the Light Rail system. A fourth one, the Ma On Shan Rail, is a branch of East Rail containing only local passenger service. The East Rail was opened in 1910 as part of a raillink to Canton (now Guangzhou), the Kowloon-Canton Railway, with some local service. It was electrified in the early 1980s, and over 95% of services on its track are now metro-like passenger service within Hong Kong's territories.

Europe, excluding the Caucasus

Country City Main article List of stations Date opened Official link Other link
Austria Vienna Vienna U-Bahn (Note 2) List 1925 (Note 9) Wiener Linien (http://www.wienerlinien.at/) [58] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/vie/wien.htm)
Belarus Minsk Minsk Metro List 1984 [59] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/min/minsk.htm)
Belgium Antwerp Antwerp Pre-metro List 197510 De Lijn (http://www.delijn.be/) [60] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/ant/antwerpen.htm)
Brussels Brussels Metro Map 1976 STIB (http://www.stib.be/) [61] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/bru/brussels.htm)
Charleroi Charleroi Pre-metro List 198310 TEC Charleroi (http://www.tec-charleroi.be/) [62] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/cha/charleroi.htm)
Bulgaria Sofia Sofia Metro List 1998 Metropolitan Sofia (http://www.metropolitan.bg/) [63] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/sof/sofia.htm)
Czech Republic Prague Prague Metro List 1974 DP Praha (http://www.dp-praha.cz/) [64] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/pra/praha.htm)
Denmark Copenhagen Copenhagen Metro List 2002 Københavns Metro (http://www.m.dk/) [65] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/kob/kobnhavn.htm)
Finland Helsinki Helsinki Metro (Note 5) Map 1982 HKL (http://www.hel.fi/HKL/index_e.html) [66] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/hel/helsinki.htm)
France Lille Lille Metro (Note 6) List 1983 Transpole (http://www.transpole.fr/) [67] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/lil/lille.htm)
Lyon Lyon Metro List 1968 TCL (http://www.tcl.fr/) [68] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/lyo/lyon.htm)
Marseille Marseille Metro List 1977 RTM (http://www.lepilote.com/transports/infos.asp?id_part=1) [69] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/mar/marseill.htm)
Paris Paris Métro (Note 8) List 1900 RATP (http://www.ratp.fr/) [70] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/par/paris.htm)
Rennes Rennes Metro (Note 6) List 2002 STAR (http://www.star.fr/) [71] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/ren/rennes.htm)
Toulouse Toulouse Metro (Note 6) List 1993 TISSEO (http://www.tisseo-connex.com/) [72] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/tou/toulouse.htm)
Germany Berlin Berlin U-Bahn (Note 2) List 1902 BVG (http://www.bvg.de/) [73] (http://de.geocities.com/metroplanet_berlin/berlin.htm)
Berlin S-Bahn (Note 3) 1924 S-Bahn (http://www.s-bahn-berlin.de/)
Bielefeld Bielefeld Stadtbahn List 199110 MoBiel (http://www.mobiel.de/) [74] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/bie/bielefeld.htm)
Bochum Bochum Stadtbahn11 List 1979 Bogestra (http://www.bogestra.de/) [75] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/vrr/bochum.htm)
Cologne / Bonn Stadtbahn Köln/Bonn List 196810 Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe (KVB) (http://www.kvb-koeln.de/) [76] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/col/koeln.htm)
Dortmund Dortmund Stadtbahn List 198310 Dortmunder Stadtwerke (http://www.dsw.de/) [77] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/vrr/dortmund.htm)
Düsseldorf Düsseldorf U-Bahn List 198110 Düsseldorf U-Bahn (http://www.duesseldorf.de/themen/ubahn/index.shtml/) [78] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/vrr/duesseldorf.htm)
Essen / Mülheim Essen Stadtbahn11 List 1977 EVAG (http://www.evag.de/) [79] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/vrr/essen.htm)
Frankfurt Frankfurt U-Bahn List 196810 VGF (http://www.vgf-ffm.de) [80] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/ffm/frankfrt.htm)
Hanover Hanover Stadtbahn List 197510 ÜSTRA (http://www.uestra.de/) [81] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/han/hannover.htm)
Hamburg Hamburg U-Bahn (Note 2) List 1912 Hochbahn (http://www.hochbahn.com/) [82] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/ham/hamburg.htm)
Hamburg S-Bahn (Note 3) 1924 S-Bahn (http://www.s-bahn-hamburg.de/)
Munich Munich U-Bahn (Note 2) List 1971 MVG (http://www.mvg-mobil.de/) [83] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/muc/muenchen.htm)
Munich S-Bahn (Note 3) 1972 S-Bahn (http://www.s-bahn-muenchen.de/)
Nuremberg Nuremberg U-Bahn (Note 2) List 1972 VAG (http://www.vag.de/) [84] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/nue/nuernbrg.htm)
Stuttgart Stuttgart Stadtbahn11 List 1985 Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen (http://www.ssb-ag.de/) [85] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/stu/stuttgrt.htm)
Wuppertal Schwebebahn Wuppertal List 1901 WSW (http://www.wsw-online.de/) [86] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/vrr/wuppertal.htm)
Greece Athens Athens-Piraeus Electric Railway List 1957 (Note 1) ISAP (http://www.isap.gr/) [87] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/ath/athens.htm)
Athens Metro List 2000 Αττικό Μετρό (http://www.ametro.gr/)
Hungary Budapest Budapest Metro List 1896 BKV (http://www.bkv.hu/) [88] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/bud/budapest.htm)
Italy Bologna Bologna Metro List Under construction ATC (http://www.atc.bo.it/) [89] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/bol/bologna.htm)
Brescia Brescia Metrobus List Under construction Brescia Mobilità (http://www.bresciamobilita.it/) [90] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/bre/brescia.htm)
Catania Catania Metro List 1999 Ferrovia Circumetnea (http://www.circumetnea.it/) [91] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/cat/catania.htm)
Genoa Genoa Metro List 1990 GenovaMetro (http://www.genovametro.com/) [92] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/gen/genova.htm)
Milan Milan Metro (Note 7) List 1964 ATM (http://www.atm-mi.it/eng/default.asp) [93] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/mil/milano.htm)
Naples Naples Metro List 1993 MetroNapoli (http://www.metro.na.it/) [94] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/nap/napoli.htm)
Rome Rome Metro List 1955 Metropolitano di Roma (http://www.metroroma.it/) [95] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/rom/roma.htm)
Turin Metropolitana Torino (Note 6) List Under construction METROTORINO (http://www.metrotorino.it/) [96] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/tor/torino.htm)
Netherlands Amsterdam Amsterdam metro List 1977 GVB (http://www.gvb.nl/) [97] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/ams/amsterdm.htm)
Rotterdam Rotterdam Metro List 1968 RET (http://www.ret.rotterdam.nl/) [98] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/rot/rotterdam.htm)
Norway Oslo Oslo T-Bane List 1966 Trafikanten (http://www.trafikanten.no/) [99] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/osl/oslo.htm)
Poland Warsaw Warsaw Metro List 1995 Metro Warszawskie (http://www.metro.waw.pl/) [100] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/war/warszawa.htm)
Portugal Coimbra Mondego Metro List Under construction Metro Mondego (http://www.metromondego.pt/)
Lisbon Lisbon Metro List 1959 Metropolitano de Lisboa (http://www.metrolisboa.pt/) [101] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/lis/lisboa.htm)
Porto Porto Metro11 List 2002 Metro do Porto (http://www.metro-porto.pt/) [102] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/por/porto.htm)
Margem Sul Region Sul do Tejo Metro List Under construction Metro Transportes do Sul (http://www.mts.pt/)
Romania Bucharest Bucharest Metro List 1979 MetroRex (http://www.metrorex.ro/) [103] (http://www.metrorex.ro/)
Russia Kazan Kazan Metro List Under construction Qazan Metropoliténı (http://www.kazantransport.by.ru/metro/) [104] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/kaz/kazan.htm)
Moscow Moscow Metro Map 1935 [105] (http://www.metro.ru/)
Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod Metro List 1985 [106] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/niz/novgorod.htm)
Samara Samara Metro List 1987 [107] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/sam/samara.htm)
Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg Metro List 1955 Peterburgskiy Metropoliten (http://www.metro.spb.ru/cgi-bin/index.ahtml) [108] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/pet/petersbg.htm)
Ufa Ufa Metro List Under construction [109] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/ufa/ufa.htm)
Spain Barcelona Barcelona Metro List 1924 TMB (http://www.tmb.es/), FGC (http://www.fgc.es/) [110] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/bcn/bcnmetro.htm)
Bilbao Bilbao Metro List 1995 metrobilbao (http://www.metrobilbao.net/) [111] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/bil/bilbao.htm)
Madrid Madrid Metro List 1919 Metro de Madrid (http://www.metromadrid.es/default.asp?id=147) [112] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/mad/madrid.htm)
Seville Seville Metro List Under construction Metro de Sevilla (http://www.metrodesevilla.net/)
Valencia Valencia Metro List 1988 FGV (http://www.metrovalencia.com/) [113] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/val/valencia.htm)
Sweden Stockholm Stockholm Metro
(Tunnelbana) 		Map 1950 Storstockholms Lokaltrafik (http://www.sl.se/) [114] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/sto/stockhlm.htm)
Turkey Ankara Ankaray List 1996 Official site (http://www.ankaray.com.tr/) [115] (http://www.urbanrail.net/as/anka/ankara.htm)
Ankara Metro 1997 Official site (http://www.ankarametrosu.com.tr/)
Istanbul Istanbul Tunel List 1875 Istanbul Ulasim (http://www.istanbul-ulasim.com.tr) [116] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/ist/istanbul.htm)
Istanbul Metro List 2000
Ukraine Dnipropetrovsk Dnipropetrovsk Metro List 1995 [117] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/dne/dnepropt.htm)
Donetsk Donetsk Metro List Under construction Donetsk Metro (http://www.donetskmetro.boom.ru/) [118] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/don/donetsk.htm)
Kharkov Kharkov Metro List 1975 Khar'kovskiy Metropoliten (http://www.metro.kharkov.ua/) [119] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/kha/kharkov.htm)
Kiev Kiev Metro Map 1960 Kyiv Metro (http://www.metro.kiev.ua/) [120] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/kie/kiev.htm)
United Kingdom Glasgow Glasgow Subway List 1896 (Note 4) SPT (http://www.spt.co.uk/Travel/underground.asp) [121] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/gla/glasgow.htm)
London London Underground (Tube) List 1890 (Note 7) London Underground (http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tube) [122] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/lon/london.htm)
Docklands Light Railway List 1987 Docklands Light Railway (http://www.tfl.gov.uk/dlr)
Newcastle upon Tyne Tyne & Wear Metro List 1980 NEXUS (http://www.tyneandwearmetro.co.uk/metro.htm) [123] (http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/new/newcstle.htm)


Notes

  1. built as suburban steam railway in 1869
  2. see also U-Bahn
  3. see also Transportation in Germany
  4. built as Cable car. Electrified in 1935
  5. northernmost metro in the world
  6. See also VAL
  7. in the Milan page there are also Suburban Lines "S", and FNM Lines. Both runs underground in Milan with dozens of stations.
  8. RER commuter trains offer metro-like service within the city; see also Orlyval
  9. built as urban steam railway in 1863
  10. built as urban steam railway in 1898
  11. Through running from the tunnels to existing tramways
  12. System contains stretches of unsegregated light rail

North America

Canada

Metropolitan area Province Main article List of stations Date opened Official link Other link
Edmonton Alberta Edmonton light rail 1978 ETS (http://www.edmonton.ca/portal/server.pt?space=CommunityPage&control=SetCommunity&CommunityID=218)
Montréal Quebec Montréal Métro List 1966 STM (http://www.stm.info/) [124] (http://www.urbanrail.net/am/monr/montreal.htm)
Toronto Ontario Toronto Subway and RT List 1954 TTC (http://www.ttc.ca/) [125] (http://www.urbanrail.net/am/toro/toronto.htm)
Vancouver British Columbia Vancouver SkyTrain List 1985 TransLink (http://www.translink.bc.ca/) [126] (http://www.urbanrail.net/am/vanc/vancouver.htm)

Mexico

Metropolitan area State Main article List of stations Date opened Official link Other link
Guadalajara Jalisco Guadalajara Metro (Note 4) List 1989 SITEUR (http://siteur.jalisco.gob.mx/) [127] (http://www.urbanrail.net/am/guad/guadalajara.htm)
Mexico City DF Mexico City Metro List 1969 STC (http://www.metro.df.gob.mx/) [128] (http://www.urbanrail.net/am/mexi/mexico.htm)
Monterrey Nuevo León Monterrey Metro List 1991 Metrorrey (http://metrorrey.nl.gob.mx/) [129] (http://www.urbanrail.net/am/mony/monterrey.htm)

United States

Metropolitan area State Main article List of stations Date opened Official link Other link
Atlanta Georgia MARTA List 1979 MARTA (http://www.itsmarta.com/) [130] (http://www.urbanrail.net/am/atla/atlanta.htm)
Baltimore Maryland Baltimore Metro Subway List 1983 MTA (http://www.mtamaryland.com/) [131] (http://www.urbanrail.net/am/balt/baltimore.htm)
Boston Massachusetts Boston subway (or "T") List 1901 (Note 5) MBTA (http://www.mbta.com/) [132] (http://www.urbanrail.net/am/bost/boston.htm)
Buffalo New York Buffalo Metro Rail (Note 1) List 1985 NFTA (http://www.nfta.com/) [133] (http://www.urbanrail.net/am/buff/buffalo.htm)
Chicago Illinois Chicago El List 1892 (Note 2) CTA (http://www.transitchicago.com/) [134] (http://www.urbanrail.net/am/chig/chicago.htm)
Cincinnati Ohio Cincinnati Subway Never opened (Note 8) [135] (http://www.cincinnati-transit.net/subway.html)
Cleveland Ohio Cleveland Rapid Transit (Note 3) List 1955 RTA (http://www.gcrta.com/) [136] (http://www.urbanrail.net/am/clev/cleveland.htm)
Detroit Michigan Detroit People Mover List 1987 DTC (http://www.thepeoplemover.com/) [137] (http://www.urbanrail.net/am/detr/detroit.htm)
Fort Worth Texas Tandy Center Subway 1963, closed 2002 [138] (http://world.nycsubway.org/us/fortworth/)
Jacksonville Florida Jacksonville Skyway List 1989 JTA (http://www.jtaonthemove.com/) [139] (http://www.urbanrail.net/am/jack/jacksonville.htm)
Las Vegas Nevada Las Vegas Monorail List 2004 [140] (http://www.lvmonorail.com/) [141] (http://www.urbanrail.net/am/lveg/las-vegas.htm)
Los Angeles California Los Angeles Metro List 1993 MTA (http://www.mta.net/) [142] (http://www.urbanrail.net/am/lsan/los-angeles.htm)
Disneyland Monorail System List 1959
Miami Florida Metrorail List 1984 MDT (http://www.miamidade.gov/transit/) [143] (http://www.urbanrail.net/am/miam/miami.htm)
Metromover List 1986
Morgantown West Virginia Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit 1975 West Virginia University (http://www.arc.wvu.edu/transportation/PRT.html) [144] (http://web.presby.edu/~jtbell/transit/Morgantown/)
New York New York New York City Subway List 1904 (Note 6) MTA (http://www.mta.info/) [145] (http://www.nycsubway.org/)
Staten Island Railway List 1860 (Note 7)
AirTrain JFK List 2003 Port Authority (http://www.panynj.gov/airtrain/)
New York / New Jersey PATH List 1908 Port Authority (http://www.panynj.gov/path/index.html)
New Jersey AirTrain Newark 1996 Port Authority (http://www.portnynj.com/airtrainnewark/)
Orlando Florida Walt Disney World Monorail System Map 1971
Philadelphia Pennsylvania SEPTA List 1907 SEPTA (http://www.septa.org) [146] (http://www.urbanrail.net/am/phil/philadelphia.htm)
Norristown High Speed Line List 1907
Pennsylvania / New Jersey PATCO Speedline List 1936 PATCO (http://www.drpa.com/patco/)
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Port Authority of Allegheny County 1985 Port Authority (http://www.portauthority.org/)
Portland Oregon Metropolitan Area Express 1998 TriMet (http://www.trimet.org/)
Saint Louis Missouri / Illinois St. Louis Metrolink Map 1993 MetroLink (http://www.metrostlouis.org/) [147] (http://www.urbanrail.net/am/slou/saint-louis.htm)
Salt Lake City Utah UTA TRAX List 1999 TRAX (http://www.rideuta.com/schedulesAndMaps/routeSchedules/)
San Francisco California BART List 1972 BART (http://www.bart.gov/) [148] (http://www.urbanrail.net/am/snfr/san-francisco.htm)
Muni Metro 1980 San Francisco Muni (http://www.sfmuni.com/cms/mms/home/home50.htm)
San Juan Puerto Rico Tren Urbano List 2004 ATI (http://www.ati.gobierno.pr/) [149] (http://www.urbanrail.net/am/snju/san-juan.htm)
Seattle Washington Seattle Center Monorail (Note 9) 1962
Washington DC / Maryland / Virginia Washington Metro List 1976 WMATA (http://www.wmata.com) [150] (http://www.urbanrail.net/am/wash/washington.htm)

Notes

  1. Buffalo Metro Rail is mostly underground; there is a non-grade separated passage, but it is located within a pedestrian mall, with no vehicle traffic.
  2. An elevated section of the Chicago 'L' opened outside downtown as a steam railway in 1892; part of it downtown opened in 1897.
  3. Cleveland Rapid Transit includes one true metro line and two light rail lines operated together.
  4. Guadalajara metro includes one true metro line and one light rail line operated together.
  5. In 1897, streetcars began to use the tunnel in Boston. Rapid transit vehicles started using it in 1901.
  6. The oldest right-of-way used by the New York City Subway system opened in 1863 as a typical regional rail line in Brooklyn. The first elevated structure opened in 1868 in downtown Manhattan, but has been torn down. The oldest elevated structure still in use opened in 1885 in Brooklyn. The oldest line in Manhattan that is still in use opened in 1904, and was the first subway line.
  7. The Staten Island Railway uses R44 subway cars and is fully grade separated, but only has one short tunnel. The first passenger trains ran on the full line, at the time a typical rural regional rail line, in 1860. The line was electrified in 1925.[151] (http://www.thethirdrail.net/0201/sirt9.html) The last grade crossing was eliminated in 1966[152] (http://www.thethirdrail.net/0201/sirt13.html) (however, the New York City Subway had one until 1983[153] (http://nycsubway.org/bmt/canarsie/bmt-canarsie-105gc.html)).
  8. Funding for the Cincinnati Subway ran out in 1925, and the system has never been used.
  9. The Seattle Monorail Project is planned to replace the current monorail, opening in 2009. The Seattle Bus Tunnel began service in 1990, and is planned to be rebuilt for light rail and reopen in 2007.

Oceania

In Australia and New Zealand, metros and mainline suburban railways are not separate concepts to the extent they are in most parts of the world; a number of commuter railways provide frequent metro-style services, and Sydney's CityRail and railways in Melbourne in particular have extensive city-centre underground sections.

South America

City Country Main article List of stations Date opened Official link Other link
Belo Horizonte Brazil Belo Horizonte Metro List Metrô BH (http://www.metrobh.gov.br/principal.asp) [154] (http://www.urbanrail.net/am/belo/belo-horizonte.htm)
Brasília Brazil Brasília Metro List 2001 Metrô DF (http://www.metro.df.gov.br/) [155] (http://www.urbanrail.net/am/bras/brasilia.htm)
Buenos Aires Argentina Buenos Aires Metro List 1913 [156] (http://www.metrovias.com.ar/eng/home.asp) [157] (http://www.urbanrail.net/am/buen/buenos-aires.htm)
Caracas Venezuela Caracas Metro List 1983 Metro (http://www.metrodecaracas.com.ve/) [158] (http://www.urbanrail.net/am/cara/caracas.htm)
Lima Peru Lima Metro List 2003 Tren Urbano (http://www.trenurbano.gob.pe/) [159] (http://www.urbanrail.net/am/lima/lima.htm)
Maracaibo Venezuela Maracaibo Metro (Almost completed first phase) 2Q 2005 [160] (http://www.metrodemaracaibo.com)
Medellín Colombia Medellín Metro List 1996 Metro (http://www.metrodemedellin.org.co/) [161] (http://www.urbanrail.net/am/mede/medellin.htm)
Porto Alegre Brazil Porto Alegre Metro List 1985 Trensurb (http://www.trensurb.gov.br/) [162] (http://www.urbanrail.net/am/ptal/porto-alegre.htm)
Recife Brazil Recife Metro List 1985 Metrorec (http://www.metrorec.com.br) [163] (http://www.urbanrail.net/am/reci/recife.htm)
Rio de Janeiro Brazil Rio de Janeiro Metro List 1979 Metrô Rio (http://www.metrorio.com.br/index.asp) [164] (http://www.urbanrail.net/am/rioj/rio-de-janeiro.htm)
Santiago Chile Santiago Metro List 1975 Metro (http://www.metrosantiago.cl/) [165] (http://www.urbanrail.net/am/sant/santiago.htm)
São Paulo Brazil São Paulo Metro List 1974 Metrô SP (http://www.metro.sp.gov.br/) [166] (http://www.urbanrail.net/am/spau/sao-paulo.htm)
Viña del Mar Chile Viña del Mar Metro List 1995 MERVAL (http://www.merval.cl/)

Top 10 in terms of annual passenger rides

  1. Moscow Metro 3.2 billion
  2. Tokyo Metro 2.7 billion
  3. Seoul 1.6 billion
  4. Mexico City Metro 1.3 billion
  5. New York City Subway 1.3 billion
  6. Paris Metro 1.2 billion
  7. Osaka Municipal Subway 957 million
  8. London Underground 886 million (4.6 billion miles)
  9. Hong Kong MTR 798 million
  10. St. Petersburg 784 million

Top 10 in terms of number of stations

  1. New York 468
  2. Paris 369
  3. London 275
  4. Tokyo 274 (Tokyo Metro 168, TOEI Subway 106)
  5. Seoul 263
  6. Berlin 254
  7. Munich 229
  8. Madrid 190
  9. Mexico City 175
  10. Moscow 165

Top 100 in terms of length (June 2005)

  1. London 415 km
  2. New York City 368 km
  3. Tokyo 292.3 km (Tokyo Metro 183.2 km, TOEI Subway 109 km)
  4. Seoul 287 km
  5. Moscow 265.2 km
  6. Madrid 226.5 km
  7. Paris 212.5 km
  8. Mexico City 201.7 km
  9. Chicago 173.0 km (the most part is elevated or at grade)
  10. Washington 169.5 km
  11. San Francisco 167 km (the most part is at grade)
  12. Berlin 146.0 km
  13. Osaka 113.5 km
  14. Sankt Peterburg 112.0 km
  15. Singapore 109.4 km
  16. Stockholm 108.0 km
  17. Boston 101.0 km
  18. Hamburg 101.0 km (the most part is elevated or at grade)
  19. Shanghai 95.2 km (an half part is elevated)
  20. Nagoya 87.0 km
  21. Munchen 85.6 km
  22. Barcelona 80.9 km
  23. Atlanta 79.2 km (the most part is at grade)
  24. Taipei 79.9 km
  25. Milano 76.6 km
  26. Busan 72.0 km
  27. Kuala Lumpur 72.0 km (completely elevated or at grade)
  28. Toronto 70.0 km
  29. Cairo 65.5 km (the most part is at grade)
  30. Montreal 64.0 km
  31. Bucarest 62.4 km
  32. Wien 61.0 km
  33. Hong Kong 56.9 km
  34. Kiev 56.0 km
  35. Beijing 54.0 km
  36. Prague 53.8 km
  37. Athens 52.0 km
  38. Vancouver 49.1 km (all elevated or at grade)
  39. Sao Paulo 49.0 km (an half part is elevated or at grade)
  40. Sapporo 48.0 km
  41. Rotterdam 46.5 km
  42. Santiago 46.5 km
  43. Manila 45.6 km (full elevated)
  44. Lille 45.5 km
  45. Caracas 45.0 km
  46. Yokohama 44.5 km
  47. Bangkok 44.0 km (an half part is elevated or at grade)
  48. Buenos Aires 42.7 km
  49. Kobe 41.5 km
  50. Roma 41.2 km
  51. Tehran 41.0 km
  52. Tashkent 39.1 km
  53. Lisbon 38.0 km
  54. Guangzhou 36.8 km
  55. Rio de Janeiro 36.5 km (partly elevated)
  56. Bilbao 36.3 km (an half part is elevated or at grade)
  57. Kharkiv 35.3 km
  58. Porto Alegre 34.5 km (completely at grade)
  59. Budapest 33.0 km
  60. Bruxelles 32.2 km
  61. Delhi 32.0 km (completely elevate and at grade)
  62. Baku 30.5 km
  63. Belo Horizonte 30.0 km (completely elevate and at grade)
  64. Fukuoka 29.8 km
  65. Medellin 29.9 km (completely elevate and at grade)
  66. Nürnberg 29.0 km
  67. Recife 29.0 km (completely at grade)
  68. Los Angeles 28.0 km
  69. Istanbul 27.9 km
  70. Kyoto 26.4 km
  71. Tbilisi 26.3 km
  72. Daegu 25.6 km
  73. Baltimore 24.5 km (an half part is elevated or at grade)
  74. Guadalajara 24.0 km (partly at grade)
  75. Minsk 23.7 km
  76. Ankara 23.1 km (an half part is elevated or at grade)
  77. Monterrey 23.0 km (partly elevated)
  78. Incheon 23.0 km
  79. Pyong Yang 22.5 km
  80. Shenzhen 21.5 km
  81. Helsinki 21.1 km (partly underground)
  82. København 21.0 km (an half part is elevated)
  83. Marseille 19.3 km
  84. Valencia 19.0 km
  85. Kryvy Rih 17.7 km
  86. Nizhniy Novgorod 17.5 km
  87. Bursa 17.5 km
  88. Warsaw 17.3 km
  89. Calcutta 16.5 km
  90. Sendai 15 km
  91. Napoli 13.5 km
  92. Yerevan 13.4 km
  93. Novosibirsk 13.1 km
  94. Toulouse 12.5 km
  95. Gwangju 11.9 km
  96. Izmir 11.5 km
  97. Glasgow 10.5 km
  98. Sofia 9.9 km
  99. Rennes 9.0 km
  100. Yekaterinburg 8.0 km


  • Please note that the previous data included the length of suburban/commuter railways for Munich/Berlin/Milano. However commonly, only the length of urban railways is considered for these data. Thus, www.urbanrail.net, which is probably the most well-known and widely-used international metro information, remarks London Metro as the largest metro network in Europe. Also, most sources regarding metro information mention London Metro as the world's biggest metro network.

Earliest metros


Pre-Metro are underground trolley/tram/funicular.

External links

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