For light metro systems, see Medium-capacity rail system § List of systems. |
See also: List of suburban and commuter rail systems, List of tram and light rail transit systems, and List of bus operating companies |
This list of metro systems includes electrified rapid transit train systems worldwide. In some parts of the world, metro systems are referred to as subways, U-Bahn or undergrounds. As of December 2017[update], 182 cities[1] in 56 countries around the world host the approximately 180 metro systems that are listed here.
The London Underground first opened as an "underground railway" in 1863 and its first electrified underground line opened in 1890,[2] making it the world's oldest metro system.[3] The New York City Subway has the greatest number of stations.[4][5] The country with the most metro systems is China, with 40 in operation.[6] The Shanghai Metro has the world's largest metro network.[7]
The International Association of Public Transport (L'Union Internationale des Transports Publics, or UITP) defines metro systems as urban passenger transport systems, "operated on their own right of way and segregated from general road and pedestrian traffic".[8][9] The terms heavy rail (mainly in North America) and heavy urban rail are essentially synonymous with the term "metro".[10][11][12] Heavy rail systems are also specifically defined as an "electric railway".[10][11]
The dividing line between metro and other modes of public transport, such as light rail[10][11] and commuter rail,[10][11] is not always clear, and while UITP only makes distinctions between "metros" and "light rail",[8] the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) distinguish all three modes.[10][11] A common way to distinguish metro from light rail is by their separation from other traffic. While light rail systems may share roads or have level crossings, a metro system runs, almost always, on a grade-separated exclusive right-of-way, with no access for pedestrians and other traffic. And in contrast to commuter rail or light rail, metro systems are primarily used for transport within a city, and have higher service frequencies and substantially higher passenger volume capacities. Furthermore, most metro systems do not share tracks with freight trains or inter-city rail services. It is however not relevant whether the system runs on steel wheels or rubber tyres, or if the power supply is from a third rail or overhead line.
The name of the system is not a criterion for inclusion or exclusion. Some cities use metro as a brand name for a transit line with no component of rapid transit whatsoever. Similarly, there are systems branded light rail that meet every criterion for being a rapid transit system. Some systems also incorporate light metro or light rail lines as part of the larger system under a common name. These are listed, but the light rail lines are not counted in the provided network data. Certain transit networks may match the service standards of metro systems, but reach far out of the city and are sometimes known as S-Bahn, suburban, regional or commuter rail. These are not included in this list. Neither are funicular systems, or people movers, such as amusement park, ski resort and airport transport systems.
This list counts metros separately when multiple metros in one city or metropolitan area have separate owners or operating companies. This list expressly does not aim at representing the size and scope of the total rapid transit network of a certain city or metropolitan area. The data of this list should not be used to infer the size of a city's, region's, or country's urban rail transit systems, or to establish a ranking.
City | Country | Name | Year opened | Year of last expansion | Stations | System length | Annual ridership (millions) |
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Algiers | Algeria | Algiers Metro | 2011[13] | 2018[14] | 19[14] | 18.5 km (11.5 mi)[15] | 45.3 (2019)[R 1] |
Buenos Aires | Argentina | Buenos Aires Underground | 1913[Nb 1] | 2019[18] | 90[19] | 56.7 km (35.2 mi)[19] | 321.3 (2019)[R 2] |
Yerevan | Armenia | Yerevan Metro | 1981[20] | 1996[21] | 10[20] | 13.4 km (8.3 mi)[20] | 20.2 (2019)[R 3] |
Sydney | Australia | Sydney Metro | 2019[22] | – | 13[22] | 36 km (22 mi)[22][23] | 12.9 (2020)[R 4][R Nb 1] |
Vienna | Austria | Vienna U-Bahn | 1976[24][Nb 2] | 2017[25] | 98[26] | 83.3 km (51.8 mi)[24] | 459.8 (2019)[R 6] |
Baku | Azerbaijan | Baku Metro | 1967[27] | 2021[28] | 26[27] | 37.6 km (23.4 mi)[27] | 229.7 (2019)[R 3] |
Minsk | Belarus | Minsk Metro | 1984[29] | 2020[29] | 33[30] | 40.8 km (25.4 mi)[30] | 293.7 (2019)[R 3] |
Brussels | Belgium | Brussels Metro | 1976[31] | 2009[Nb 3] | 59[31][Nb 4] | 39.9 km (24.8 mi)[32] | 165.3 (2019)[R 7] |
Belo Horizonte | Brazil | Belo Horizonte Metro | 1986[33] | 2002[33] | 19[34] | 28.1 km (17.5 mi)[35] | 58.4 (2018)[R 8] |
Brasília | Brazil | Brasília Metro | 2001[36] | 2020[37] | 25[38] | 42.4 km (26.3 mi)[38][39] | 42.8 (2019)[R 9] |
Fortaleza | Brazil | Fortaleza Metro | 2012 | 2014 | 28 | 43.0 km | 6.5 |
Porto Alegre | Brazil | Porto Alegre Metro | 1985[40] | 2014[40] | 22[41] | 43.8 km (27.2 mi)[41] | 51.7 (2018)[R 10] |
Recife | Brazil | Recife Metro[Nb 5] | 1985[42] | 2009[42] | 28[43] | 39.5 km (24.5 mi)[43] | 93.5 (2019)[R 11] |
Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro Metro | 1979[44] | 2016[45] | 41[44] | 58 km (36 mi)[45] | 118.7 (2020)[R 12] |
Salvador | Brazil | Salvador Metro | 2014[46] | 2018[47] | 19[48] | 32.5 km (20.2 mi)[47][49] | 62 (2020)[R 13] |
São Paulo | Brazil | São Paulo Metro | 1974[50] | 2019[51] | 89[51] | 101.1 km (62.8 mi)[51] | 763.6 (2020)[R 14] |
Teresina | Brazil | Teresina Metro | 1991 | 1991 | 9 | 13.5 km | 2.9 |
Sofia | Bulgaria | Sofia Metro | 1998[52] | 2021[53] | 47[53] | 52 km (32 mi)[53] | 93.1 (2018)[R 15] |
Montreal | Canada | Montreal Metro | 1966[54] | 2007[54] | 68[55] | 71 km (44 mi)[55] | 164.0 (2020)[R 16][R Nb 2] |
Ottawa | Canada | O-Train | 2001 | 2019 | 17 | 20.5 km | n/a |
Toronto | Canada | Toronto Subway[56] | 1954[57] | 2017[57] | 75[58] | 76.5 km (47.5 mi)[59] | 166.0 (2020)[R 16][R Nb 2][R Nb 3] |
Vancouver | Canada | SkyTrain | 1985[60] | 2016[61] | 53[61] | 79.6 km (49.5 mi)[61] | 74.5 (2020)[R 16][R Nb 2] |
Santiago | Chile | Santiago Metro | 1975[62] | 2019[63] | 136[64] | 140 km (87 mi)[65] | 703.7 (2019)[R 17] |
Beijing | China | Beijing Subway[66] | 1971[Nb 6] | 2020[67] | 342[Nb 7] | 727 km (452 mi)[67][Nb 8] | 2292.65 (2020)[R 18] |
Changchun | China | Changchun Subway | 2011 | 2018[68] | 59[Nb 9] | 68.8 km (42.8 mi)[Nb 9] | 154.37 (2020)[R 18] |
Changsha | China | Changsha Metro | 2014[69] | 2020[70] | 100 | 142.5 km (88.5 mi) | 385.76 (2020)[R 18] |
Changzhou | China | Changzhou Metro | 2019[71] | 2021[72] | 43 | 54.21 km (33.68 mi) | 22.82 (2020)[R 18] |
Chengdu | China | Chengdu Metro | 2010 | 2020[73] | 285[Nb 10] | 519.2 km (322.6 mi)[74] | 1219.62 (2020)[R 18] |
Chongqing | China | Chongqing Rail Transit | 2005 | 2021[75] | 198 | 370 km (230 mi)[76] | 839.75 (2020)[R 18] |
Dalian | China | Dalian Metro[77] | 2003 | 2018[78] | 69 | 153.5 km (95.4 mi) | 125.22 (2020)[R 18] |
Dongguan | China | Dongguan Rail Transit | 2016[79] | – | 15 | 37.8 km (23.5 mi) | 35.06 (2020)[R 18] |
Foshan | China | Foshan Metro[Nb 11] | 2010 | 2018 | 22 | 34.4 km (21.4 mi) | n/a[R Nb 4] |
Fuzhou | China | Fuzhou Metro | 2016[80] | 2020[81] | 46[81] | 59.72 km (37.11 mi)[81] | 94.75 (2020)[R 18] |
Guangzhou | China | Guangzhou Metro | 1997 | 2020[82] | 247 | 531.1 km (330.0 mi)[83] | 2415.60 (2020)[R 18] |
Guiyang | China | Guiyang Metro | 2017[84] | 2021[85] | 55 | 75.7 km (47.0 mi)[85] | 36.98 (2020)[R 18] |
Hangzhou | China | Hangzhou Metro[86] | 2012 | 2021[87] | 175 | 323.2 km (200.8 mi) | 582.41 (2020)[R 18] |
Harbin | China | Harbin Metro | 2013[88] | 2019[89] | 25[citation needed] | 31.3 km (19.4 mi)[89] | 51.33 (2020)[R 18] |
Hefei | China | Hefei Metro | 2016[90] | 2020[91] | 95 | 114.74 km (71.30 mi) | 195.07 (2020)[R 18] |
Hohhot | China | Hohhot Metro | 2019[92] | 2020[93] | 44[92] | 49.039 km (30.471 mi)[92] | 21.30 (2020)[R 18] |
Hong Kong | China Hong Kong |
Mass Transit Railway | 1979[Nb 12] | 2021[Nb 13] | 97[94] | 235.2 km (146.1 mi)[95] | 1688.1 (2019)[R 19][R 20][R Nb 5] |
Jinan | China | Jinan Metro | 2019[96] | 2021[97][6] | 40[96][98] | 84.3 km (52.4 mi)[96][98] | 8.68 (2020)[R 18] |
Kunming | China | Kunming Metro | 2012 | 2020[99] | 84 | 139.4 km (86.6 mi)[100] | 159.26 (2020)[R 18] |
Lanzhou | China | Lanzhou Metro | 2019[101] | – | 20[101] | 25.9 km (16.1 mi)[101] | 52.48 (2020)[R 18] |
Luoyang | China | Luoyang Subway | 2021[6][102] | – | 19[6][102] | 25.3 km (15.7 mi)[6] | n/a |
Macau | China Macau |
Macau Light Rail Transit | 2019 | 2019 | 11 | 9.3 km | n/a |
Nanchang | China | Nanchang Metro | 2015 | 2020[103] | 74 | 88.747 km (55.145 mi) | 135.93 (2020)[R 18] |
Nanjing | China | Nanjing Metro[104] | 2005 | 2018[104][Nb 14] | 159[105] | 378 km (235 mi)[105] | 801.34 (2020)[R 18] |
Nanning | China | Nanning Metro[106] | 2016 | 2020[106] | 84 | 108 km (67 mi) | 208.41 (2020)[R 18] |
Ningbo | China | Ningbo Rail Transit[107] | 2014 | 2020[108] | 102 | 154.9 km (96.3 mi) | 159.86 (2020)[R 18] |
Qingdao | China | Qingdao Metro | 2015[109] | 2020[110] | 106 | 246.2 km (153.0 mi) | 139.09 (2020)[R 18] |
Shanghai | China | Shanghai Metro | 1993[111] | 2021[112] | 369[Nb 15] | 743 km (462 mi)[114][Nb 16] | 2834.69 (2020)[R 18] |
Shaoxing | China | Shaoxing Metro | 2021[115] | – | 10[115] | 20.3 km (12.6 mi)[115] | n/a |
Shenyang | China | Shenyang Metro | 2010 | 2020[116] | 91 | 116 km (72 mi) | 316.28 (2020)[R 18] |
Shenzhen | China | Shenzhen Metro | 2004 | 2020[117] | 270 | 411 km (255 mi)[117] | 1626.73 (2020)[R 18] |
Shijiazhuang | China | Shijiazhuang Metro | 2017 | 2021[118] | 60[118] | 76.5 km (47.5 mi)[118] | 71.71 (2020)[R 18] |
Suzhou | China | Suzhou Rail Transit | 2012 | 2021[119] | 154 | 210.8 km (131.0 mi)[119] | 308.57 (2020)[R 18] |
Taiyuan | China | Taiyuan Metro | 2020 | – | 23 | 23.65 km (14.70 mi)[120] | 0.876 (6 days in 2020) |
Tianjin | China | Tianjin Metro | 1984 | 2019[121] | 145 | 236 km (147 mi) | 338.75 (2020)[R 18] |
Ürümqi | China | Ürümqi Metro | 2018 | 2019[122] | 21 | 27.6 km (17.1 mi) | 19.11 (2020)[R 18] |
Wenzhou | China | Wenzhou Rail Transit | 2019[123] | 2019[124] | 18 | 53.5 km (33.2 mi)[124] | 7.01 (2020)[R 18] |
Wuhan | China | Wuhan Metro | 2004 | 2021[125] | 241 | 360.3 km (223.9 mi)[126] | 628.03 (2020)[R 18] |
Wuxi | China | Wuxi Metro | 2014[127] | 2020[128] | 66 | 89.4 km (55.6 mi) | 87.22 (2020)[R 18] |
Xiamen | China | Xiamen Metro | 2017[129] | 2021[130] | 65 | 98.7 km (61.3 mi) | 113.97 (2020)[R 18] |
Xi'an | China | Xi'an Metro | 2011 | 2021[131] | 164 | 266.38 km (165.52 mi) | 731.04 (2020)[R 18] |
Xuzhou | China | Xuzhou Metro | 2019[132] | 2021[133] | 51 | 64.35 km (39.99 mi) | 20.94 (2020)[R 18] |
Zhengzhou | China | Zhengzhou Metro | 2013[134] | 2021[135] | 126 | 206.3 km (128.2 mi) | 341.01 (2020)[R 18] |
Medellín | Colombia | Medellín Metro | 1995[136] | 2012[Nb 17] | 27[136] | 31.3 km (19.4 mi)[136] | 115.4 (2020)[R 21] |
Prague | Czech Republic | Prague Metro | 1974[137] | 2015[Nb 18] | 58[138] | 65.2 km (40.5 mi)[139] | 440.5 (2019)[R 22] |
Copenhagen | Denmark | Copenhagen Metro | 2002[140] | 2020[140] | 39[141] | 38.2 km (23.7 mi)[141] | 63.7 (2020)[R 23] |
Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo Metro | 2009 | 2018[142] | 34[142][143][144] | 31.0 km (19.3 mi)[143][144] | 49.6 (2020)[R 24] |
Cairo | Egypt | Cairo Metro[145] | 1987 | 2020[Nb 19] | 71[145] | 89.4 km (55.6 mi)[145] | 1314 (2015)[R 25][R Nb 6] |
Helsinki | Finland | Helsinki Metro | 1982[146] | 2017[Nb 20][147] | 25[148] | 35 km (22 mi)[149] | 92.6 (2019)[R 26] |
Lille | France | Lille Metro | 1983[150] | 2000[150] | 60[151] | 45 km (28 mi)[151] | 127.6 (2019)[R 27] |
Lyon | France | Lyon Metro | 1978[152] | 2013[153] | 40[154] | 32.0 km (19.9 mi)[154] | 219.5 (2019)[R 27] |
Marseille | France | Marseille Metro | 1977 | 2019 | 29[155] | 22.3 km (13.9 mi)[155] | 76.6 (2019)[R 27] |
Paris | France | Paris Métro | 1900[156] | 2020[157] | 304[158] | 219.9 km (136.6 mi)[159] | 1497.7 (2019)[R 27][R Nb 7] |
Rennes | France | Rennes Metro | 2002 | – | 15 | 9.4 km (5.8 mi) | 37.2 (2019)[R 27] |
Toulouse | France | Toulouse Metro | 1993[160] | 2007[160][Nb 21] | 37[161] | 28.2 km (17.5 mi)[160] | 118.2 (2019)[R 27] |
Tbilisi | Georgia | Tbilisi Metro | 1966[162] | 2017[163] | 23[164] | 27.1 km (16.8 mi)[164] | 137.7 (2019)[R 3] |
Berlin | Germany | Berlin U-Bahn | 1902[165] | 2020[166] | 174[167] | 147.8 km (91.8 mi)[168] | 596 (2019)[R 28] |
Frankfurt | Germany | Frankfurt U-Bahn | 1968 | 2010 | 86 | 64.9 km | 132.2 |
Hamburg | Germany | Hamburg U-Bahn | 1912[169] | 2019[170] | 93[171] | 105.8 km (65.7 mi)[171] | 249.5 (2019)[R 29] |
Munich | Germany | Munich U-Bahn | 1971[172] | 2010[Nb 22] | 96[172] | 95 km (59 mi)[172] | 429 (2019)[R 30] |
Nuremberg | Germany | Nuremberg U-Bahn | 1972 | 2020[173][174] | 49[174] | 38.2 km (23.7 mi)[174] | 114.6 (2019)[R 31] |
Athens | Greece | Athens Metro[Nb 23] | 1904[177][Nb 24] | 2020[178] | 64[179] | 88.7 km (55.1 mi)[175] | 259.2 (2018)[R 32][R Nb 8] |
Budapest | Hungary | Budapest Metro | 1896 | 2014[180] | 48 | 38.2 km (23.7 mi)[180][181] | 354.0 (2019)[R 33] |
Ahmedabad | India | Ahmedabad Metro | 2019[182] | – | 6[182] | 6.5 km (4.0 mi)[183] | n/a |
Bengaluru | India | Namma Metro | 2011[184] | 2021[185] | 45[186] | 48.5 km (30.1 mi)[186] | 174.2 (2020*)[R 34] |
Chennai | India | Chennai Metro | 2015[187] | 2021[188] | 42[189] | 54 km (34 mi)[190] | 32.8 (2019)[R 35] |
Delhi | India | Delhi Metro | 2002[191] | 2021[192] | 229[Nb 25] | 348.51 km (216.55 mi)[195] | 926.1 (2018*)[R 36] |
Gurgaon | India | Rapid Metro | 2013[196] | 2017[197] | 11[197] | 11.7 km (7.3 mi)[197] | 18.3 (2018*)[R 37][R Nb 9] |
Hyderabad | India | Hyderabad Metro | 2017[198] | 2020[199] | 56[199] | 69 km (43 mi)[199] | 30 (2018*)[R 38] |
Jaipur | India | Jaipur Metro | 2015[200][201] | 2020[201] | 11[201] | 12.0 km (7.5 mi)[201] | 6.2 (2018*)[R 39] |
Kochi | India | Kochi Metro | 2017[202] | 2020[203] | 22[203] | 24.9 km (15.5 mi)[203] | 16.6 (2019)[R 40] |
Kolkata | India | Kolkata Metro | 1984[204] | 2021[205] | 33[206] | 38.5 km (23.9 mi)[206] | 204.2 (2020*)[R 41] |
Lucknow | India | Lucknow Metro | 2017[207] | 2019[208] | 21[207] | 22.87 km (14.21 mi)[207] | n/a |
Mumbai | India | Mumbai Metro | 2014[209] | – | 12[210] | 11.4 km (7.1 mi)[210] | 118 (2018*)[R 42] |
Nagpur | India | Nagpur Metro | 2019[211] | 2020[212] | 18[213][212][214] | 24.5 km (15.2 mi)[212] | n/a |
Noida | India | Noida Metro | 2019[215] | – | 21 | 29.7 km (18.5 mi) | n/a |
Jakarta | Indonesia | Jakarta MRT | 2019[216] | – | 13 | 15.7 km (9.8 mi) | 9.9 (2020)[R 43] |
Isfahan | Iran | Isfahan Urban Railway | 2015[217] | 2018[218][219] | 20[218] | 20.2 km (12.6 mi)[218] | n/a |
Mashhad | Iran | Mashhad Urban Railway | 2011[220] | 2019[221] | 35[222] | 37.5 km (23.3 mi)[223] | 44.4 (2018)[R 44] |
Shiraz | Iran | Shiraz Metro | 2014[224] | 2020[Nb 26] | 20 | 24.5 km (15.2 mi) | 18 (2018)[R 45] |
Tabriz | Iran | Tabriz Metro | 2015[225] | 2020 | 15 | 17.2 km (10.7 mi) | n/a |
Tehran | Iran | Tehran Metro | 2000[226][Nb 27] | 2021[227] | 122[Nb 28][228] | 155.6 km (96.7 mi)[Nb 28][228] | 820 (2018*)[R 46] |
Brescia | Italy | Brescia Metro | 2013[229] | – | 17[230] | 13.7 km (8.5 mi)[230] | 18.7 (2019)[R 47] |
Catania | Italy | Catania Metro | 1999[231] | 2017[232] | 10[233] | 8.8 km (5.5 mi) | 5.8 (2018)[R 48] |
Genoa | Italy | Genoa Metro | 1990[234] | 2012[234] | 8[234] | 7.1 km (4.4 mi)[234] | 15.3 (2018)[R 49][R Nb 10] |
Milan | Italy | Milan Metro | 1964[235] | 2015[235] | 106[Nb 29] | 96.8 km (60.1 mi)[237] | 386.8 (2019)[R 50] |
Naples | Italy | Naples Metro[Nb 30] | 1993 | 2021[Nb 31] | 23[238] | 20.5 km (12.7 mi)[238] | 41.1 (2019)[R 51][R Nb 11] |
Rome | Italy | Rome Metro | 1955 | 2018[239] | 73[240] | 60 km (37 mi)[241][242] | 320 (2018)[R 52] |
Turin | Italy | Turin Metro | 2006[243] | 2021[244] | 23[243][244] | 15.1 km (9.4 mi)[244] | 42.5 (2018)[R 53] |
Fukuoka | Japan[Nb 32] | Fukuoka City Subway | 1981[245] | 2005[245] | 35[245] | 29.8 km (18.5 mi)[245] | 173.3 (2019*)[R 54][R Nb 12] |
Hiroshima | Japan[Nb 32] | Astram Line | 1994[246] | 2015[247] | 21 | 18.4 km (11.4 mi)[246] | 24.0 (2019*)[R 54][R Nb 12] |
Kobe | Japan[Nb 32] | Kobe Municipal Subway | 1977[246] | 2001 | 28 | 38.1 km (23.7 mi)[246] | 114.2 (2019*)[R 54][R Nb 12] |
Kyoto | Japan[Nb 32] | Kyoto Municipal Subway | 1981[246] | 2008 | 31[248] | 31.2 km (19.4 mi)[246] | 146.4 (2019*)[R 54][R Nb 12] |
Nagoya | Japan[Nb 32] | Nagoya Municipal Subway | 1957[246] | 2011[249] | 87[249] | 93.3 km (58.0 mi)[249] | 487.4 (2019*)[R 54][R Nb 12] |
Osaka | Japan[Nb 32] | Osaka Metro | 1933[250] | 2006[250] | 100[251] | 129.9 km (80.7 mi)[250][252] | 870.4 (2016*)[R 55][R Nb 12] |
Sapporo | Japan[Nb 32] | Sapporo Municipal Subway | 1971[246] | 1999 | 46[253] | 48.0 km (29.8 mi)[246] | 226.9 (2019*)[R 54][R Nb 12] |
Sendai | Japan[Nb 32] | Sendai Subway | 1987[254] | 2015[255] | 29[254] | 28.7 km (17.8 mi)[254] | 91.7 (2019*)[R 54][R Nb 12] |
Tokyo | Japan[Nb 32] | Toei Subway | 1960[256] | 2002[256] | 99[Nb 33] | 109.0 km (67.7 mi)[256] | 1174.9 (2019*)[R 56][R 54][R Nb 12] |
Tokyo Metro | 1927[259] | 2020[260] | 142[261] | 195.1 km (121.2 mi)[262] | 2757.4 (2019*)[R 56][R 54][R Nb 12] | ||
Rinkai Line | 1996[246] | 2002 | 8 | 12.2 km (7.6 mi)[246] | 95.0 (2019*)[R 57][R Nb 12] | ||
Yokohama | Japan[Nb 32] | Yokohama Municipal Subway | 1972[263] | 2008[263] | 40[263] | 53.4 km (33.2 mi)[263] | 243.2 (2019*)[R 54][R Nb 12] |
Minatomirai Line | 2004[246] | 2008 | 6 | 4.1 km (2.5 mi)[246] | 80.6 (2019*)[R 54][R Nb 12] | ||
Almaty | Kazakhstan | Almaty Metro | 2011[264] | 2015[264] | 9 | 11.3 km (7.0 mi)[264] | 16.3 (2019)[R 58] |
Pyongyang | North Korea | Pyongyang Metro | 1973 | 1987[Nb 34] | 17 | 22 km (14 mi) | 36 (2009)[R 59] |
Busan | South Korea | Busan Metro | 1985 | 2017[Nb 35] | 135 | 139.9 km (86.9 mi) | 361 (2019)[R 60][R Nb 13] |
Daegu | South Korea | Daegu Metro | 1997 | 2015[Nb 36] | 58[265] | 81.2 km (50.5 mi)[265] | 168 (2019)[R 60] |
Daejeon | South Korea | Daejeon Metro | 2006 | 2007[Nb 37] | 22 | 22.7 km (14.1 mi) | 40 (2019)[R 60] |
Gwangju | South Korea | Gwangju Metro | 2004 | 2008[Nb 38] | 20 | 20.1 km (12.5 mi) | 19 (2019)[R 60] |
Incheon | South Korea | Incheon Subway | 1999 | 2020[266] | 56[267] | 59.4 km (36.9 mi)[267] | 116 (2019)[R 60] |
Seoul | South Korea | Seoul Subway[Nb 39][Nb 40] | 1974[268] | 2021[269] | 338[270] | 364.9 km (226.7 mi)[270] | 2127.2 (2020)[R 61][R Nb 14][R Nb 15] |
Korail metro lines[Nb 41][Nb 40] | 1994[Nb 42] | 2020[271] | 86 | 151.7 km (94.3 mi)[272] | 426.4 (2019)[R 62][R Nb 16] | ||
Shinbundang Line[Nb 40] (Neo Trans) | 2011 | 2016[273] | 12 | 31.3 km (19.4 mi)[273] | 122.5 (2019)[R 62][R Nb 17] | ||
Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | Rapid Rail[Nb 43] | 1996 | 2017[274] | 104 | 142.5 km (88.5 mi) | 113.2 (2020)[R 63] |
Guadalajara | Mexico | Tren Eléctrico Urbano[Nb 44] | 2020 | – | 18 | 21.5 km (13.4 mi) | n/a |
Mexico City | Mexico | Mexico City Metro | 1969[275] | 2012[Nb 45] | 163[Nb 46] | 200.9 km (124.8 mi)[276][Nb 47] | 1655.4 (2019)[R 64] |
Monterrey | Mexico | Metrorrey | 1991[277] | 2021[278] | 38[279] | 40.5 km (25.2 mi)[279] | 109.9 (2020)[R 65] |
Amsterdam | Netherlands | Amsterdam Metro | 1977 | 2018[280] | 39[281] | 41.2 km (25.6 mi) | 111.3 (2019)[R 66][R Nb 18] |
Rotterdam | Netherlands | Rotterdam Metro[Nb 48] | 1968 | 2019 | 70 | 100.6 km (62.5 mi) | 99 (2019)[R 67] |
Abuja | Nigeria | Abuja Rail Mass Transit | 2018 | 2018 | 12 | 44.7 km | n/a |
Oslo | Norway | Oslo Metro[Nb 49] | 1966[Nb 50] | 2016[Nb 51] | 101 | 85 km (53 mi)[282] | 74 (2020)[R 68] |
Lahore | Pakistan | Lahore Metro | 2020[283] | – | 26 | 27.1 km (16.8 mi)[283] | n/a |
Panama City | Panama | Panama Metro | 2014 | 2019[284] | 29 | 36.8 km (22.9 mi) | 49.9 (2020)[R 69] |
Lima | Peru | Lima Metro | 2011 | 2014[285] | 26 | 34.6 km (21.5 mi)[285] | 110.4 (2018)[R 70] |
Manila | Philippines | Manila Light Rail Transit System | 1984[286] | 2021[286] | 33[287] | 37.2 km (23.1 mi)[286][288] | 218.2 (2019)[R 71][R Nb 19] |
Manila Metro Rail Transit System | 1999 | 2000 | 13 | 16.9 km (10.5 mi)[289] | 96.9 (2019)[R 72] | ||
Warsaw | Poland | Warsaw Metro | 1995 | 2020[290] | 33 | 35.5 km (22.1 mi) | 195.4 (2019)[R 73] |
Lisbon | Portugal | Lisbon Metro | 1959[291] | 2016[291] | 56[291] | 44.2 km (27.5 mi)[291] | 85.6 (2020)[R 74] |
Porto | Portugal | Porto Metro | 2002 | 2011 | 82 | 67.0 km | 57.7 |
Doha | Qatar | Doha Metro | 2019[292] | 2019[293] | 36[293] | 76 km (47 mi)[Nb 52] | n/a |
Bucharest | Romania | Bucharest Metro | 1979[294] | 2020[295] | 63[296] | 78.5 km (48.8 mi)[295] | 179.2 (2019)[R 75] |
Kazan | Russia | Kazan Metro[297] | 2005 | 2018[298] | 11[299] | 16.8 km (10.4 mi)[299] | 30.5 (2019)[R 3] |
Moscow | Russia | Moscow Metro[300] | 1935 | 2021 | 241[301] | 412.1 km (256.1 mi)[301] | 2560.7 (2019)[R 76] |
Nizhny Novgorod | Russia | Nizhny Novgorod Metro | 1985 | 2018[302] | 15[302] | 21.6 km (13.4 mi)[citation needed] | 30.4 (2019)[R 3] |
Novosibirsk | Russia | Novosibirsk Metro | 1986 | 2010[303] | 13[299] | 15.9 km (9.9 mi)[299] | 84.5 (2019)[R 3] |
Saint Petersburg | Russia | Saint Petersburg Metro | 1955 | 2019[304] | 72[305] | 124.8 km (77.5 mi)[305] | 762.5 (2019)[R 3] |
Samara | Russia | Samara Metro | 1987[306] | 2015[307] | 10[299] | 11.6 km (7.2 mi)[299] | 13.1 (2019)[R 3] |
Yekaterinburg | Russia | Yekaterinburg Metro | 1991 | 2012[308] | 9[299] | 12.7 km (7.9 mi)[299] | 46.3 (2019)[R 3] |
Mecca | Saudi Arabia | Mecca Metro | 2010 | ||||
Singapore | Singapore | Mass Rapid Transit | 1987 | 2021[309] | 127[310][309] | 216 km (134 mi)[311] | 1235.2 (2019)[R 77] |
Barcelona | Spain | Barcelona Metro[Nb 53] | 1924 | 2020[312] | 159[313] | 122.3 km (76.0 mi)[313] | 217.93 (2019)[R 78] |
Bilbao | Spain | Metro Bilbao[Nb 54] | 1995[314] | 2020[315][316] | 42[317][316] | 45.1 km (28.0 mi)[317] | 91.6 (2019)[R 79] |
Madrid | Spain | Madrid Metro[Nb 55] | 1919[318] | 2019[319] | 242[320] | 288.5 km (179.3 mi)[320] | 677.47 (2019)[R 80] |
Malaga | Spain | Malaga Metro | 2014 | 2014 | 17 | 11.3 km | 6.3 |
Palma | Spain | Palma Metro | 2007 | 2014 | 16 | 15.6 km | 1.2 |
Seville | Spain | Seville Metro | 2009 | 2009 | 22 | 18.0 km | 16.9 |
Valencia | Spain | Metrovalencia | 1988 | 2015 | 138 | 156.4 km | 69.4 |
Stockholm | Sweden | Stockholm Metro | 1950[321][Nb 56] | 1994[321] | 100[322] | 108 km (67 mi)[322] | 355 (2018)[R 81] |
Lausanne | Switzerland | Lausanne Métro[Nb 57] | 2008[323] | – | 14 | 5.9 km (3.7 mi) | 32.8 (2019)[R 82][R Nb 20] |
Kaohsiung | Taiwan | Kaohsiung Rapid Transit | 2008 | 2012 | 37[324] | 42.7 km (26.5 mi)[324] | 65.4 (2019)[R 83] |
Taipei | Taiwan | Taipei Metro | 1996[325] | 2020[326] | 119[Nb 58] | 146.2 km (90.8 mi)[327] | 789.6 (2019)[R 84] |
Taichung | Taiwan | Taichung Metro[329] | 2021[330] | – | 18[330] | 16.7 km (10.4 mi)[330] | n/a |
Taoyuan | Taiwan | Taoyuan Metro | 2017 | – | 22[331] | 53.1 km (33.0 mi) | 28.0 (2019)[R 85] |
Bangkok | Thailand | BTS Skytrain | 1999[332] | 2021[333] | 60[333] | 68.2 km (42.4 mi)[334] | 236.9 (2020*)[R 86] |
Metropolitan Rapid Transit | 2004[335] | 2019[335] | 53[336] | 71 km (44 mi)[336] | 95.3 (2020)[R 87][R Nb 21] | ||
Adana | Turkey | Adana Metro | 2009 | 2010 | 13[337] | 13.9 km (8.6 mi)[337] | 14 (2011)[R 88] |
Ankara | Turkey | Ankara Metro | 1997 | 2017[338][Nb 59] | 56[339] | 64.36 km (39.99 mi)[338][339] | 66.4 (2020)[R 89] |
Bursa | Turkey | Bursaray | 2002 | 2014[Nb 60] | 38[340] | 38.9 km (24.2 mi)[340] | 91.3 (2010)[R 90] |
Istanbul | Turkey | Istanbul Metro[Nb 61] | 1989[341] | 2021[342] | 107[Nb 62] | 135.7 km (84.3 mi)[343] | 262.3 (2020)[R 91][R Nb 22] |
İzmir | Turkey | İzmir Metro | 2000[345] | 2014[345] | 17[345] | 20 km (12 mi)[345] | 100 (2019)[R 92] |
Dnipro | Ukraine | Dnipro Metro | 1995 | – | 6[346] | 7.1 km (4.4 mi)[346] | 6.9 (2019)[R 93] |
Kharkiv | Ukraine | Kharkiv Metro | 1975 | 2016 | 30[346] | 38.1 km (23.7 mi)[346] | 212.8 (2019)[R 94] |
Kyiv | Ukraine | Kyiv Metro | 1960 | 2013 | 52[346] | 67.6 km (42.0 mi)[346] | 495.3 (2019)[R 95] |
Dubai | United Arab Emirates | Dubai Metro | 2009[347] | 2021[348] | 56 | 89.5 km (55.6 mi) | 113.6 (2020)[R 96] |
Glasgow | United Kingdom | Glasgow Subway | 1896[349] | – | 15[349] | 10.4 km (6.5 mi)[349] | 12.7 (2019*)[R 97] |
London | United Kingdom | London Underground[350] | 1863[2][Nb 63] | 2008[2] | 270[351] | 402 km (250 mi)[351] | 1337 (2019*)[R 98][R Nb 23] |
Docklands Light Railway | 1987[352] | 2011[352] | 45[352] | 34 km (21 mi) | 116.8 (2019*)[R 98] | ||
Newcastle | United Kingdom | Tyne & Wear Metro | 1980 | 2008 | 60 | 77.5 km | 36.4 |
Atlanta | United States | MARTA | 1979[353] | 2000[353] | 38[354] | 76.6 km (47.6 mi)[354] | 24.1 (2020)[R 16][R Nb 2] |
Baltimore | United States | Baltimore Metro SubwayLink | 1983[355] | 1995[356] | 14[356] | 24.9 km (15.5 mi)[356] | 2.9 (2020)[R 16][R Nb 2] |
Boston | United States | MBTA subway[Nb 64] | 1901[355][Nb 65] | 2014[357] | 51[358] | 61 km (38 mi)[358] | 57.5 (2020)[R 16][R Nb 2] |
Camden | United States | PATCO Speedline | 1936[355][Nb 66] | 1980[359] | 13[359] | 22.9 km (14.2 mi)[359] | 3.9 (2020)[R 16][R Nb 2] |
Chicago | United States | Chicago "L"[Nb 67] | 1895[360][Nb 68] | 2015[361] | 145[362] | 165.4 km (102.8 mi)[362][Nb 69] | 76.0 (2020)[R 16][R Nb 2] |
Cleveland | United States | RTA Rapid Transit: Red Line | 1955[363] | 1968[363] | 18[364] | 31 km (19 mi)[364] | 2.6 (2020)[R 16][R Nb 2] |
Jersey City | United States | PATH | 1908[365] | 1937[Nb 70] | 13[366] | 22.2 km (13.8 mi)[367] | 29.7 (2020)[R 16][R Nb 2] |
Los Angeles | United States | Metro Rail[Nb 71] | 1993[368] | 2000[368][Nb 72] | 16[368][Nb 71] | 28.0 km (17.4 mi)[368] | 22.8 (2020)[R 16][R Nb 2][R Nb 24] |
Miami | United States | Metrorail | 1984[369] | 2012 | 23[370] | 40.1 km (24.9 mi)[370] | 9.6 (2020)[R 16][R Nb 2] |
New York City | United States | New York City Subway | 1904[371][Nb 73] | 2017[372] | 424[Nb 74] | 399 km (248 mi)[373] | 1697.8 (2019)[R 99] |
Staten Island Railway | 1925[355][Nb 75] | 2017[374] | 21[371][375] | 22.5 km (14.0 mi)[373] | 2.7 (2020)[R 16][R Nb 2] | ||
Philadelphia | United States | SEPTA[376][Nb 76] | 1907[355] | 1973 | 75[376] | 59.1 km (36.7 mi)[377][378] | 37.7 (2020)[R 16][R Nb 2] |
San Francisco | United States | BART[Nb 77] | 1972[379] | 2020[380] | 47[379][Nb 78] | 186.8 km (116.1 mi)[379][Nb 79] | 34.1 (2020)[R 16][R Nb 2] |
San Juan | United States | Tren Urbano | 2004[355] | 2005 | 16 | 17.2 km (10.7 mi) | 1.1 (2020)[R 16][R Nb 2] |
St. Louis | United States | MetroLink | 1993 | 2006 | 38 | 74.0 km | 19.4 |
Washington, D.C. | United States | Washington Metro | 1976[381] | 2014[382] | 91[381] | 188 km (117 mi)[381] | 68.1 (2020)[R 16][R Nb 2] |
Tashkent | Uzbekistan | Tashkent Metro | 1977 | 2020[Nb 80] | 39[383] | 57.1 km (35.5 mi)[383] | 71.2 (2019)[R 3] |
Caracas | Venezuela | Caracas Metro[Nb 81] | 1983[384] | 2015[385] | 52[Nb 82] | 67.2 km (41.8 mi)[Nb 82] | 358 (2017)[R 100][R 101] |
Los Teques | Venezuela | Los Teques Metro | 2006 | 2015 | 5 | 11.2 km | 7.3 |
Maracaibo | Venezuela | Maracaibo Metro | 2006 | 2009 | 6 | 6.5 km | 15.3 |
Valencia | Venezuela | Valencia Metro | 2007 | 2015 | 9 | 7.0 km | 22.6 |
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42 | 6,641.3 km (4,126.7 mi) | 1971 |
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16 | 1,344.7 km (835.6 mi) | 1895 |
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8 | 871.2 km (541.3 mi) | 1974 |
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13 | 791.2 km (491.6 mi) | 1927 |
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13 | 724 km (450 mi) | 1984 |
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7 | 615.5 km (382.5 mi) | 1935 |
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7 | 455.9 km (283.3 mi) | 1919 |
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4 | 446.4 km (277.4 mi) | 1863 |
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5 | 386.8 km (240.3 mi) | 1902 |
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6 | 356.8 km (221.7 mi) | 1900 |
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8 | 345.4 km (214.6 mi) | 1974 |
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5 | 272.86 km (169.55 mi) | 1989 |
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3 | 262.9 km (163.4 mi) | 1969 |
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4 | 258.7 km (160.7 mi) | 1996 |
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5 | 255.0 km (158.4 mi) | 2000 |
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4 | 227.1 km (141.1 mi) | 1954 |
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7 | 222.0 km (137.9 mi) | 1955 |
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1 | 202.4 km (125.8 mi) | 1987 |
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1 | 142.4 km (88.5 mi) | 1996 |
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2 | 141.8 km (88.1 mi) | 1968 |
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1 | 140 km (87 mi) | 1975 |
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2 | 139.2 km (86.5 mi) | 1999 |
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3 | 112.8 km (70.1 mi) | 1960 |
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1 | 108 km (67 mi) | 1950 |
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1 | 89.5 km (55.6 mi) | 2009 |
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1 | 89.4 km (55.6 mi) | 1987 |
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1 | 88.7 km (55.1 mi) | 1904 |
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1 | 85.0 km (52.8 mi) | 1966 |
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1 | 83.3 km (51.8 mi) | 1976 |
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1 | 78.5 km (48.8 mi) | 1979 |
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1 | 76.0 km (47.2 mi) | 2019 |
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4 | 67.2 km (41.8 mi) | 1983 |
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1 | 65.2 km (40.5 mi) | 1974 |
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1 | 57.1 km (35.5 mi) | 1978 |
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1 | 56.7 km (35.2 mi) | 1913 |
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1 | 52 km (32 mi) | 1998 |
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2 | 44.2 km (27.5 mi) | 1959 |
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2 | 44.1 km (27.4 mi) | 1984 |
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1 | 40.8 km (25.4 mi) | 1984 |
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1 | 39.9 km (24.8 mi) | 1976 |
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1 | 38.2 km (23.7 mi) | 1896 |
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1 | 38.2 km (23.7 mi) | 2002 |
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1 | 36.8 km (22.9 mi) | 2014 |
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1 | 37.6 km (23.4 mi) | 1967 |
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1 | 36 km (22 mi) | 2019 |
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1 | 35.5 km (22.1 mi) | 1995 |
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1 | 35.0 km (21.7 mi) | 1982 |
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1 | 34.6 km (21.5 mi) | 2011 |
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1 | 32 km (20 mi) | 1973 |
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1 | 31.3 km (19.4 mi) | 1995 |
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1 | 31 km (19 mi) | 2009 |
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1 | 27.1 km (16.8 mi) | 1966 |
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1 | 27.1 km (16.8 mi) | 2020 |
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1 | 18.5 km (11.5 mi) | 2011 |
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1 | 15.7 km (9.8 mi) | 2019 |
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1 | 13.4 km (8.3 mi) | 1981 |
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1 | 11.3 km (7.0 mi) | 2011 |
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1 | 5.9 km (3.7 mi) | 2008 |
The following is a list of new worldwide metro systems that are currently actively under construction. Note that in some cases it is not clear if the system will be considered a full metro system once it begins operational service. Only metro systems under construction are listed where there is no metro systems currently in operation in the same city.
The countries of Bangladesh, Ecuador, Estonia, Ireland, Israel, Ivory Coast, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, New Zealand, Nigeria, South Africa and Vietnam are currently constructing their first ever metro systems.
City | Country | Name | Start of construction | Planned opening |
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Adelaide | Australia | Adelaide Metro | 2023 | 2033 |
Brisbane | Australia | Brisbane Mass Rail Transit | 2025 | 2043 |
Melbourne | Australia | Suburban Rail Loop[388] | 2022 | 2050 [389] |
Perth | australia | Perth Metro Rail Transit | 2026 | 2047 |
Dhaka | Bangladesh | Dhaka Metro | 2016[UC 1] | 2022[UC 2] |
Guilin | China | Guilin Metro | 2017[UC 3] | 2022 |
Jinhua | China | Jinhua Rail Transit[UC 4] | 2017[UC 5] | 2021[UC 4] |
Liuzhou | China | Liuzhou Metro | 2016 | 2022 |
Nantong | China | Nantong Metro | 2017 | 2022 |
Qingyuan | China | Qingyuan Maglev | 2019 | 2021 |
Shantou | China | Shantou Metro | 2016 | 2025 |
Taizhou | China | Taizhou Rail Transit | 2016 | 2021 |
Wuhu | China | Wuhu Rail Transit[UC 6] | 2016 | 2021[UC 6] |
Bogotá | Colombia | Bogotá Metro | 2020[UC 7] | 2028 |
Quito | Ecuador | Quito Metro[UC 8] | 2012[UC 8][UC 9] | 2022[UC 10] |
Tallin | Estonia | Tallin Metro | 2023 | 2030 |
Thessaloniki | Greece | Thessaloniki Metro | 2006[UC 11] | 2023[UC 12] |
Agra | India | Agra Metro | 2020 | 2025 |
Bhopal | India | Bhopal Metro | 2018 | 2023[UC 13] |
Indore | India | Indore Metro | 2018 | 2023[UC 13] |
Kanpur | India | Kanpur Metro | 2019 | 2022 |
Navi Mumbai | India | Navi Mumbai Metro[UC 14] | 2011 | 2021[UC 14] |
Patna | India | Patna Metro | 2020 | 2024 |
Pune | India | Pune Metro | 2017 | 2021[UC 15] |
Surat | India | Surat Metro | 2021 | 2024 |
Ahvaz | Iran | Ahvaz Metro | 2004 | unknown (after 2020)[UC 16] |
Karaj | Iran | Karaj Metro | 2006[UC 17] | 2021[UC 18] |
Kermanshah | Iran | Kermanshah Metro | 2011 | 2022[UC 19] |
Qom | Iran | Qom Metro[UC 20] | 2009 | 2021[UC 21] |
Dublin | Ireland | MetroLink (Dublin)[UC 22] | 2021 | 2027[UC 23] |
tel Aviv | Israel | tel aviv metro | 2025 | 2032 |
Abidjan | Ivory Coast | Abidjan Metro | 2017 | 2023[UC 24] |
Kuwait City | Kuwait | Kuwait City Metro | 2024 | 2030 |
Riga | Latvia | Riga Metro | 2023 | 2029 |
Vilnius | Lithuania | Vilnius Metro | 2022 | 2029 |
Johor Bauru Woodlands | Malaysia Singapore |
Johor Bauru Metro | 2020 | 2024 |
Auckland | New Zealand | Auckland Metro Rail Transit | 2021 | 2025 |
Lagos | Nigeria | Lagos Rail Mass Transit | 2009 | 2022[UC 25] |
Chelyabinsk | Russia | Chelyabinsk Metro[UC 26] | 1992 | 2025[UC 27] |
Krasnoyarsk | Russia | Krasnoyarsk Metro | 1995 | 2023 |
Omsk | Russia | Omsk Metro | 1992 | 2025 |
Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh Metro[UC 28] | 2014[UC 28] | 2021[UC 29] |
Johannesburg | South Africa | Johannesburg Rail Transit | 2022 | 2031 |
Gebze | Turkey | Gebze Metro | 2018 | 2023 |
Konya | Turkey | Konya Metro | 2021 | 2028 |
Mersin | Turkey | Mersin Metro | 2021 | 2029 |
New Taipei | Taiwan | New Taipei Metro | 2016 | 2023 |
Donetsk | Ukraine | Donetsk Metro | 1992 | Unknown (After 2024) |
Honolulu | United States | Honolulu Rail Transit | 2012 | 2021 |
Hanoi | Vietnam | Hanoi Metro[UC 30][UC 31] | 2010[UC 30] | 2021 |
Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh City Metro[UC 32][UC 31] | 2008[UC 32] | 2022[UC 33] |
As for the station opened after the end of 2019, see "Estação Estrada Parque começa a funcionar na segunda-feira" [Estrada Parque station starts operating on Monday]. Correio Braziliense (in Brazilian Portuguese). Diários Associados. 3 January 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
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As for the section opened after the end of 2017, see "Ce que va permettre le prolongement de la ligne 14 du métro à Paris" [What the extension of metro line 14 in Paris will allow]. L'Express (in French). Altice Europe N.V. 14 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
As for the section opened after the end of 2009, see Fender, Keith (4 December 2020). "Berlin U5 extension opens". International Railway Journal. Simmons-Boardman Publishing Inc. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
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As for the section opened after the end of 2020, see Nag, Devanjana (14 January 2021). "Bengaluru Metro: Kanakapura Namma Metro section to be inaugurated today; will benefit 75,000 commuters". Financial Express. Indian Express Ltd. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
As for the latest extension, see "'CMRL likely to handle up to 3.5L daily commuters soon'". The Times of India. Chennai: The Times Group - Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. 14 February 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
As for the section opened after the end of 2019, see Roy, Subhajoy (14 February 2020). "First phase of East-West Metro unveiled". The Telegraph. Ananda Bazar Patrika (ABP) Group. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
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As for the Line 1, which was extended after the end of 2018, see Lee, In-kyung (14 December 2020). 인천도시철도 1호선 송도달빛축제공원역 개통 기념 첫 손님맞이행사 실시 [First-guest-welcoming event to commemorate the opening of Songdo Moonlight Festival Park Station on Incheon Metro Line 1]. www.itrailnews.co.kr (in Korean). Rail News Corp. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
As for the part of the system which SML9 is in charge of (line 9, 1st stage), see
As for the Suin Line, which was extended after the end of 2013, see Burroughs, David (15 September 2020). "Final phase of Korea's Suin Line complete". International Railway Journal. Simmons-Boardman Publishing Inc. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
As for the latest extension, see "L'estació de Zona Franca de la línia 10 Sud de metro obrirà les portes dissabte a les 3 de la tarda". Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB). 30 January 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
As for the latest extension, see "La Comunidad abre la estación de metro Arroyofresno al público tras 20 años" [The Community of Madrid opens Arroyofresno metro station to the public after 20 years]. La Vanguardia (in Spanish). Grupo Godó. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
As for the latest extension, see "Istanbul driverless metro line M7 opens". Metro Report International. DVV Media International Ltd. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
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For light metro systems, see Medium-capacity rail system § List of systems. |
See also: List of suburban and commuter rail systems, List of tram and light rail transit systems, and List of bus operating companies |
This list of metro systems includes electrified rapid transit train systems worldwide. In some parts of the world, metro systems are referred to as subways, U-Bahn or undergrounds. As of December 2017[update], 182 cities[1] in 56 countries around the world host the approximately 180 metro systems that are listed here.
The London Underground first opened as an "underground railway" in 1863 and its first electrified underground line opened in 1890,[2] making it the world's oldest metro system.[3] The New York City Subway has the greatest number of stations.[4][5] The country with the most metro systems is China, with 40 in operation.[6] The Shanghai Metro has the world's largest metro network.[7]
The International Association of Public Transport (L'Union Internationale des Transports Publics, or UITP) defines metro systems as urban passenger transport systems, "operated on their own right of way and segregated from general road and pedestrian traffic".[8][9] The terms heavy rail (mainly in North America) and heavy urban rail are essentially synonymous with the term "metro".[10][11][12] Heavy rail systems are also specifically defined as an "electric railway".[10][11]
The dividing line between metro and other modes of public transport, such as light rail[10][11] and commuter rail,[10][11] is not always clear, and while UITP only makes distinctions between "metros" and "light rail",[8] the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) distinguish all three modes.[10][11] A common way to distinguish metro from light rail is by their separation from other traffic. While light rail systems may share roads or have level crossings, a metro system runs, almost always, on a grade-separated exclusive right-of-way, with no access for pedestrians and other traffic. And in contrast to commuter rail or light rail, metro systems are primarily used for transport within a city, and have higher service frequencies and substantially higher passenger volume capacities. Furthermore, most metro systems do not share tracks with freight trains or inter-city rail services. It is however not relevant whether the system runs on steel wheels or rubber tyres, or if the power supply is from a third rail or overhead line.
The name of the system is not a criterion for inclusion or exclusion. Some cities use metro as a brand name for a transit line with no component of rapid transit whatsoever. Similarly, there are systems branded light rail that meet every criterion for being a rapid transit system. Some systems also incorporate light metro or light rail lines as part of the larger system under a common name. These are listed, but the light rail lines are not counted in the provided network data. Certain transit networks may match the service standards of metro systems, but reach far out of the city and are sometimes known as S-Bahn, suburban, regional or commuter rail. These are not included in this list. Neither are funicular systems, or people movers, such as amusement park, ski resort and airport transport systems.
This list counts metros separately when multiple metros in one city or metropolitan area have separate owners or operating companies. This list expressly does not aim at representing the size and scope of the total rapid transit network of a certain city or metropolitan area. The data of this list should not be used to infer the size of a city's, region's, or country's urban rail transit systems, or to establish a ranking.
^* Indicates ridership figures based on the fiscal year rather than the calendar year.
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42 | 6,641.3 km (4,126.7 mi) | 1971 |
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15 | 1,344.7 km (835.6 mi) | 1895 |
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8 | 871.2 km (541.3 mi) | 1974 |
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13 | 791.2 km (491.6 mi) | 1927 |
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13 | 724 km (450 mi) | 1984 |
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7 | 615.5 km (382.5 mi) | 1935 |
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3 | 455.9 km (283.3 mi) | 1919 |
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3 | 446.4 km (277.4 mi) | 1863 |
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4 | 386.8 km (240.3 mi) | 1902 |
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6 | 356.8 km (221.7 mi) | 1900 |
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7 | 345.4 km (214.6 mi) | 1974 |
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5 | 272.86 km (169.55 mi) | 1989 |
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3 | 262.9 km (163.4 mi) | 1969 |
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4 | 258.7 km (160.7 mi) | 1996 |
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5 | 255.0 km (158.4 mi) | 2000 |
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3 | 227.1 km (141.1 mi) | 1954 |
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7 | 222.0 km (137.9 mi) | 1955 |
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1 | 202.4 km (125.8 mi) | 1987 |
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1 | 142.4 km (88.5 mi) | 1996 |
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2 | 141.8 km (88.1 mi) | 1968 |
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1 | 140 km (87 mi) | 1975 |
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2 | 139.2 km (86.5 mi) | 1999 |
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3 | 112.8 km (70.1 mi) | 1960 |
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1 | 108 km (67 mi) | 1950 |
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1 | 89.5 km (55.6 mi) | 2009 |
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1 | 89.4 km (55.6 mi) | 1987 |
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1 | 88.7 km (55.1 mi) | 1904 |
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1 | 85.0 km (52.8 mi) | 1966 |
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1 | 83.3 km (51.8 mi) | 1976 |
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1 | 78.5 km (48.8 mi) | 1979 |
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1 | 76.0 km (47.2 mi) | 2019 |
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1 | 67.2 km (41.8 mi) | 1983 |
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1 | 65.2 km (40.5 mi) | 1974 |
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1 | 57.1 km (35.5 mi) | 1978 |
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1 | 56.7 km (35.2 mi) | 1913 |
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1 | 52 km (32 mi) | 1998 |
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1 | 44.2 km (27.5 mi) | 1959 |
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2 | 44.1 km (27.4 mi) | 1984 |
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1 | 40.8 km (25.4 mi) | 1984 |
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1 | 39.9 km (24.8 mi) | 1976 |
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1 | 38.2 km (23.7 mi) | 1896 |
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1 | 38.2 km (23.7 mi) | 2002 |
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1 | 36.8 km (22.9 mi) | 2014 |
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1 | 37.6 km (23.4 mi) | 1967 |
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1 | 36 km (22 mi) | 2019 |
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1 | 35.5 km (22.1 mi) | 1995 |
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1 | 35.0 km (21.7 mi) | 1982 |
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1 | 34.6 km (21.5 mi) | 2011 |
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1 | 32 km (20 mi) | 1973 |
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1 | 31.3 km (19.4 mi) | 1995 |
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1 | 31 km (19 mi) | 2009 |
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1 | 27.1 km (16.8 mi) | 1966 |
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1 | 27.1 km (16.8 mi) | 2020 |
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1 | 18.5 km (11.5 mi) | 2011 |
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1 | 15.7 km (9.8 mi) | 2019 |
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1 | 13.4 km (8.3 mi) | 1981 |
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1 | 11.3 km (7.0 mi) | 2011 |
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1 | 5.9 km (3.7 mi) | 2008 |
The following is a list of new worldwide metro systems that are currently actively under construction. Note that in some cases it is not clear if the system will be considered a full metro system once it begins operational service. Only metro systems under construction are listed where there is no metro systems currently in operation in the same city.
The countries of Bangladesh, Ecuador, Ireland, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, and Vietnam are currently constructing their first ever metro systems.
Along With Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Croatia, South Africa, Israel, Kuwait, New Zealand, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, Serbia & Paraguay Will Be Planned Someday
City | Country | Name | Planning To Construction |
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Cordoba | ![]() |
Cordoba Metro | 2035 |
Adelaide | ![]() |
Adelaide Metro | 2028 |
Perth | ![]() |
Perth Metro | 2029 |
Datong | ![]() |
Datong Metro | 2033 |
Yantai | ![]() |
Yantai Metro | 2035 |
Zhuzhou | ![]() |
Zhuzhou Metro | 2039 |
Zagreb | ![]() |
Zagreb Metro | 2031 |
Tallin | ![]() |
Tallin Metro | 2035 |
Coimbatore | ![]() |
Kovai Metro | 2035 |
Jammu | ![]() |
Jammu Metro | 2037 |
Tel Aviv | ![]() |
Tel Aviv Metro | 2025 |
Kuwait City | ![]() |
Kuwait Metro | 2027 |
Riga | ![]() |
Riga Metro | Unknown |
Vilnius | ![]() |
Vilnius Metro | Unknown |
Ulaanbaatar | ![]() |
Ulaanbaatar Metro | 2043 |
Auckland | ![]() |
Auckland Metro | 2045 |
Asuncion | ![]() |
Asuncion Metro | 2040 |
Jeddah | ![]() |
Jeddah Metro | Unknown |
Belgrade | ![]() |
Belgrade Metro | 2032 |
Johannesburg | ![]() |
Johannesburg Metro | 2040 |
Colombo | ![]() |
Colombo Metro | 2042 |
Zurich | ![]() |
Zurich U-Bahn | 2033 |
Konya | ![]() |
Konya Metro | 2041 |
Mersin | ![]() |
Mersin Metro | 2043 |
Odessa | ![]() |
Odessa Metro | 2045 |
Abu Dhabi | ![]() |
Abu Dhabi Metro | 2030 |
Indianapolis | ![]() |
Indianapolis Metro Transit | 2026 |
Countries That Are Not Metros Similar to Metros
City | Country | Name | Opened In |
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Fortaleza | ![]() |
Fortaleza Metro | 2012 |
Ottawa | ![]() |
O-Train | 2001 |
Frankfurt | ![]() |
Frankfurt U-Bahn | 1968 |
Bari | ![]() |
Bari metropolitan railway service | 2008 |
Porto | ![]() |
Porto Metro | 2002 |
Mecca | ![]() |
Mecca Metro | 2010 |
Granada | ![]() |
Granada Metro | 2017 |
Malaga | ![]() |
Malaga Metro | 2014 |
Palma | ![]() |
Palma Metro | 2007 |
Seville | ![]() |
Seville Metro | 2009 |
Newcastle | ![]() |
Tyne and Wear Metro | 1980 |
Buffalo | ![]() |
Metro Rail | 1984 |
Camden | ![]() |
PATCO Speedline | 1936 |
Jersey City & Newark | ![]() |
PATH | 1908 |
St.Louis | ![]() |
MetroLink | 1993 |