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, heavy rail, rapid rail, or underground railways. There are currently 255 rapid transit systems in 195 countries.
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City | Country | Logo/Name | Year Opened | Year of Last Expansion | Stations | System Length | Annual Ridership (millions) | |
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Algiers | Algeria | Algiers Metro | 2011 | 2018 | 19 | 18.5 km | 45.3 | |
Buenos Aires | Argentina | Buenos Aires Underground | 1913 | 2019 | 90 | 56.7 km | 337.7 | |
Yerevan | Armenia | Yerevan Metro | 1981 | 1996 | 10 | 13.4 km | 20.2 | |
Sydney | Australia | Sydney Metro | 2019 | 2019 | 13 | 36.0 km | 12.9 | |
Vienna | Austria | Vienna U-Bahn | 1976 | 2017 | 98 | 83.3 km | 459.8 | |
Baku | Azerbaijan | Baku Metro | 1967 | 2022 | 25 | 36.6 km | 229.7 | |
Dhaka | Bangladesh | Dhaka Metro Rail | 2022 | 2023 | 16 | 20.1 km | n/a | |
Minsk | Belarus | Minsk Metro |
1984 | 2020 | 33 | 40.8 km | 293.7 | |
Antwerp | Belgium | Antwerp Premetro | 1975 | 2015 | 12 | 7.2 km | n/a | |
Brussels | Belgium | Brussels Metro | 1976 | 2011 | 69 | 46.6 km | 165.3 | |
Charleroi | Belgium | Charleroi Metro | 1980 | 2012 | 21 | 16.8 km | n/a | |
Belo Horizonte | Brazil |
Belo Horizonte Metro | 1986 | 2002 | 19 | 28.1 km | 58.4 | |
Brasilia | Brazil |
Federal District Metro | 2001 | 2020 | 25 | 42.4 km | 42.8 | |
Crato-Juazeiro | Brazil |
Cariri Metro | 2009 | 2009 | 9 | 13.9 km | 1.8 | |
Fortaleza | Brazil |
Fortaleza Metro | 2012 | 2014 | 28 | 43.0 km | 6.5 | |
Porto Alegre | Brazil |
Porto Alegre Metro |
1985 | 2014 | 22 | 43.8 km | 51.7 | |
Recife | Brazil |
Recife Metro | 1985 | 2009 | 28 | 39.5 km | 93.5 | |
Rio de Janeiro | Brazil |
Rio de Janeiro Metro |
1979 | 2016 | 41 | 58.0 km | 252.5 | |
Salvador | Brazil |
Salvador Metro | 2014 | 2023 | 19 | 32.5 km | 113 | |
Santos | Brazil |
Baixada Santista Light Rail | 2016 | 2016 | 15 | 11.5 km | 7 | |
Saõ Paulo | Brazil |
Sao Paulo Metro |
1974 | 2021 | 176 | 374.0 km | 2357.3 | |
Sobral | Brazil |
Sobral Metro | 2014 | 2014 | 12 | 13.9 km | 0.7 | |
Teresina | Brazil |
Teresina Metro | 1991 | 1991 | 9 | 13.5 km | 2.9 | |
Sofia | Bulgaria | Sofia Metro |
1998 | 2020 | 43 | 48.0 km | 93.1 | |
Calgary | Canada | CTrain | 1981 | 2014 | 45 | 59.9 km | 88.0 | |
Edmonton | Canada | Edmonton LRT | 1978 | 2015 | 18 | 24.3 km | 87.1 | |
Montréal | Canada | Montreal Metro Réseau express métropolitain |
1966 | 2023 | 68 | 71.0 km | 400.3 | |
Ottawa | Canada | O-Train | 2001 | 2019 | 17 | 20.5 km | n/a | |
Toronto | Canada | Toronto Subway | 1954 | 2017 | 75 | 76.5 km | 474.5 | |
Vancouver | Canada | SkyTrain | 1985 | 2016 | 53 | 79.6 km | 165.1 | |
Concepcion | Chile |
Biotren | 2005 | 2017 | 25 | 66.6 km | 8.9 | |
Santiago | Chile |
Santiago Metro | 1975 | 2023 | 136 | 140.0 km | 703.7 | |
Valparaiso | Chile |
Valparaiso Metro | 2005 | 2005 | 20 | 43.0 km | 19.7 | |
Beijing | China | Beijing Subway | 1969 | 2023 | 340 | 678.2 km | 2292.7 | |
Changchun | China | Changchun Rail Transit | 2002 | 2023 | 93 | 100.2 km | 154.4 | |
Changsha | China | Changsha Metro | 2014 | 2023 | 100 | 142.5 km | 385.8 | |
Changzhou | China | Changzhou Metro | 2019 | 2021 | 29 | 34.2 km | 22.8 | |
Chengdu | China | Chengdu Metro | 2010 | 2020 | 285 | 519.2 km | 1219.6 | |
Chongqing | China | Chongqing Rail Transit | 2005 | 2023 | 198 | 351.4 km | 839.8 | |
Dalian | China | Dalian Metro | 2002 | 2023 | 69 | 153.5 km | 125.2 | |
Dongguan | China | Dongguan Rail Transit | 2016 | 2016 | 15 | 37.8 km | 35.1 | |
Foshan | China | FMetro | 2010 | 2022 | 22 | 34.4 km | n/a | |
Fuzhou | China | Fuzhou Metro | 2016 | 2023 | 46 | 59.7 km | 94.8 | |
Guangzhou | China | Guangzhou Metro | 1997 | 2022 | 247 | 531.1 km | 245.6 | |
Guiyang | China | Guiyang Metro | 2017 | 2021 | 25 | 34.3 km | 37 | |
Hangzhou | China | Hangzhou Metro | 2012 | 2022 | 165 | 306.0 km | 582.4 | |
Harbin | China | Harbin Metro | 2013 | 2021 | 25 | 31.3 km | 51.3 | |
Hefei | China | Hefei Metro | 2016 | 2022 | 95 | 114.7 km | 195.1 | |
Hohhot | China | Hohhot Metro | 2019 | 2020 | 44 | 49.0 km | 21.3 | |
Jinan | China | Jinan Metro | 2019 | 2021 | 40 | 84.3 km | 8.7 | |
Jinhua | China | Jinhua Metro | 2021 | 2023 | 30 | 106.5 km | n/a | |
Kunming | China | Kunming Metro | 2012 | 2022 | 84 | 139.4 km | 159.3 | |
Lanzhou | China | Lanzhou Metro | 2019 | 2019 | 20 | 25.9 km | 52.5 | |
Luoyang | China | Luoyang Subway | 2021 | 2021 | 33 | 43.5 km | n/a | |
Nanchang | China | Nanchang Metro | 2015 | 2021 | 74 | 88.7 km | 135.9 | |
Nanjing | China | Nanjing Metro | 2005 | 2022 | 105 | 176.2 km | 801.3 | |
Nanning | China | Nanning Metro | 2016 | 2021 | 84 | 108.0 km | 208.4 | |
Nantong | China | Nantong Metro | 2022 | 2022 | 44 | 60.1 km | n/a | |
Ningbo | China | Ningbo Rail Transit | 2014 | 2022 | 102 | 154.9 km | 159.9 | |
Qingdao | China | Qingdao Metro | 2015 | 2022 | 106 | 246.2 km | 139.1 | |
Qingyuan | China | Qingyuan Maglev | 2020 | 2020 | 4 | 8.1 km | n/a | |
Shanghai | China | Shanghai Metro | 1993 | 2021 | 358 | 700.0 km | 2834.7 | |
Shaoxing | China | Shaoxing Metro | 2021 | 2022 | 10 | 20.3 km | n/a | |
Shenyang | China | Shenyang Metro | 2010 | 2020 | 91 | 116.0 km | 316.3 | |
Shenzhen | China | Shenzhen Metro | 2004 | 2022 | 270 | 411.0 km | 1626.7 | |
Shijiazhuang | China | Shijiazhuang Metro | 2017 | 2021 | 48 | 61.6 km | 71.7 | |
Suzhou | China | Suzhou Rail Transit | 2012 | 2021 | 131 | 166.2 km | 308.6 | |
Taiyuan | China | Taiyuan Metro | 2020 | 2020 | 23 | 23.4 km | 0.9 | |
Taizhou | China | Taizhou Metro | 2022 | 2022 | 33 | 67.6 km | n/a | |
Tianjin | China | Tianjin Metro | 1984 | 2022 | 145 | 236.0 km | 338.8 | |
Urumqi | China | Urumqi Metro | 2018 | 2019 | 21 | 27.6 km | 19.1 | |
Wenzhou | China | Wenzhou Metro | 2019 | 2019 | 18 | 53.5 km | 7.0 | |
Wuhan | China | Wuhan Metro | 2004 | 2022 | 241 | 360.3 km | 628.0 | |
Wuhu | China | Wuhu Rail Transit | 2021 | 2021 | 25 | 30.5 km | n/a | |
Wuxi | China | Wuxi Metro | 2014 | 2021 | 66 | 89.4 km | 87.2 | |
Xiamen | China | Xiamen Metro | 2017 | 2021 | 52 | 71.9 km | 114 | |
Xi'an | China | Xi'an Metro | 2011 | 2022 | 159 | 244.1 km | 731 | |
Xuzhou | China | Xuzhou Metro | 2019 | 2021 | 38 | 46.2 km | 20.9 | |
Zhengzhou | China | Zhengzhou Metro | 2013 | 2022 | 126 | 206.3 km | 341 | |
Medellin | Colombia | Medellin Metro | 1995 | 2012 | 27 | 31.3 km | 228.3 | |
Prague | Czech Republic | Prague Metro | 1974 | 2015 | 61 | 65.2 km | 430.9 | |
Copenhagen | Denmark | Copenhagen Metro | 2002 | 2020 | 39 | 38.2 km | 78.8 | |
Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo Metro | 2009 | 2018 | 34 | 31.0 km | 101.4 | |
Quito | Ecuador | Quito Metro | 2023 | 2023 | 15 | 22.0 km | n/a | |
Cairo | Egypt | Cairo Metro | 1987 | 2022 | 71 | 89.4 km | 1314 | |
Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | Addis Ababa Light Rail | 2015 | 2015 | 39 | 31.6 km | 73 | |
Helsinki | Finland | Helsinki Metro | 1982 | 2022 | 30 | 43.0 km | 67.5 | |
Lille | France | Lille Metro | 1983 | 2000 | 60 | 45.0 km | 119.9 | |
Lyon | France | Lyon Metro | 1978 | 2013 | 40 | 32.0 km | 212.4 | |
Marseille | France | Marseille Metro | 1977 | 2019 | 29 | 22.3 km | 76.2 | |
Paris | France | Paris Metro | 1900 | 2022 | 304 | 219.9 km | 1559.5 | |
Rennes | France | Rennes Metro | 2002 | 2022 | 15 | 9.4 km | 35.2 | |
Rouen | France | Rouen Metro | 1994 | 1994 | 5 | 2.1 km | 18.7 | |
Toulouse | France | Toulouse Metro | 1993 | 2007 | 37 | 28.2 km | 110.3 | |
Tbilisi | Georgia | Tbilisi Metro | 1966 | 2017 | 23 | 27.1 km | 125.7 | |
Berlin | Germany | Berlin U-Bahn | 1902 | 2009 | 174 | 147.8 km | 583 | |
Bochum | Germany | Bochum Stadtbahn | 1989 | 1993 | 21 | 15.0 km | n/a | |
Bonn | Germany | Bonn Stadtbahn | 1981 | 1981 | 27 | 19.7 km | n/a | |
Cologne | Germany | Cologne Stadtbahn | 1968 | 2015 | 40 | 30.0 km | 214.3 | |
Dortmund | Germany | Dortmund Stadtbahn | 1976 | 2008 | 26 | 15.6 km | n/a | |
Duisburg | Germany | Duisburg Stadtbahn | 1992 | 2000 | 6 | 6.1 km | n/a | |
Düsseldorf | Germany | Dusseldorf Stadtbahn | 1988 | 2016 | 19 | 9.9 km | n/a | |
Essen | Germany | Essen Stadtbahn | 1977 | 2011 | 28 | 19.0 km | n/a | |
Frankfurt | Germany | Frankfurt U-Bahn | 1968 | 2010 | 86 | 64.9 km | 132.2 | |
Hamburg | Germany | Hamburg U-Bahn | 1912 | 2018 | 92 | 106.1 km | 251 | |
Hanover | Germany | Hanover Stadtbahn | 1975 | 2017 | 17 | 10.5 km | n/a | |
Münich | Germany | Munich U-Bahn | 1971 | 2010 | 96 | 95.0 km | 413 | |
Nuremberg | Germany | Nuremberg U-Bahn | 1972 | 2020 | 49 | 38.2 km | 122.2 | |
Stuttgart | Germany | Stuttgart Stadtbahn | 1985 | 2017 | 203 | 130.0 km | 174.9 | |
Athens | Greece | Athens Metro | 1904 | 2022 | 64 | 88.7 km | 261.8 | |
Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Mass Transit Railway | 1979 | 2022 | 98 | 174.7 km | 1805.1 | |
Budapest | Hungary | Budapest Metro | 1896 | 2014 | 48 | 38.2 km | 354 | |
Ahmedabad | India | Ahmedabad Metro | 2019 | 2022 | 6 | 6.5 km | n/a | |
Bangalore | India | Namma Metro | 2011 | 2023 | 40 | 42.3 km | 133.7 | |
Calcutta | India | Calcutta Metro | 1984 | 2022 | 30 | 32.2 km | 213.3 | |
Chennai | India | Chennai Metro | 2015 | 2021 | 32 | 45.0 km | 14.3 | |
Delhi | India | Delhi Metro | 2002 | 2022 | 229 | 347.6 km | 926.1 | |
Gurgaon | India | Rapid Metro | 2013 | 2017 | 11 | 11.7 km | 2.3 | |
Hyderabad | India | Hyderabad Metro | 2017 | 2020 | 56 | 69.0 km | 30 | |
Jaipur | India | Jaipur Metro | 2015 | 2015 | 9 | 9.6 km | 6.2 | |
Kanpur | India | Kanpur Metro | 2021 | n/a | 9 | 8.98 km | n/a | |
Kochi | India | Kochi Metro | 2017 | 2022 | 22 | 24.9 km | 16.6 | |
Lucknow | India | Lucknow Metro | 2017 | 2022 | 21 | 22.9 km | n/a | |
Mumbai | India | Mumbai Metro | 2014 | 2023 | 29 | 30.9 km | 100 | |
Nagpur | India | Nagpur Metro | 2019 | 2022 | 11 | 24.5 km | n/a | |
Navi Mumbai | India | Navi Mumbai Metro | 2011 | 2023 | 20 | 23.4 km | n/a | |
Noida | India | Noida Metro | 2019 | 2019 | 21 | 29.7 km | n/a | |
Pune | India | Pune Metro | 2022 | 2022 | 29 | 33.2 km | n/a | |
Jakarta | Indonesia | Jakarta MRT | 2019 | 2019 | 19 | 25.9 km | 24.6 | |
Palembang | Indonesia | Palembang Light Rail Transit | 2018 | 2018 | 13 | 23.4 km | 1.8 | |
Isfahan | Iran | Isfahan Metro | 2015 | 2018 | 20 | 20.2 km | n/a | |
Karaj | Iran | Karaj Metro | 2023 | 2023 | 14 | 6.5 km | n/a | |
Mashhad | Iran | Mashhad Urban Railway | 2011 | 2019 | 35 | 37.5 km | 44.4 | |
Shiraz | Iran | Shiraz Metro | 2014 | 2023 | 19 | 24.5 km | 18 | |
Tabriz | Iran | Tabriz Metro | 2015 | 2017 | 10 | 11.0 km | n/a | |
Tehran | Iran | Tehran Metro | 1999 | 2023 | 130 | 246.8 km | 820 | |
Bari | Italy | Bari Metropolitan Railway | 2008 | 2017 | 14 | 22.8 km | n/a | |
Brescia | Italy | Brescia Metro | 2013 | 2013 | 17 | 13.7 km | 18.7 | |
Cagliari | Italy | MetroCagliari | 2008 | 2015 | 13 | 12.0 km | n/a | |
Catania | Italy | Catania Metro | 1999 | 2017 | 10 | 8.8 km | 5.8 | |
Genoa | Italy | Genoa Metro | 1990 | 2012 | 8 | 7.1 km | 15.3 | |
Milan | Italy | Milan Metro | 1964 | 2023 | 106 | 96.8 km | 369 | |
Naples | Italy | Naples Metro | 1993 | 2015 | 22 | 20.5 km | 41 | |
Rome | Italy | Rome Metro | 1955 | 2018 | 73 | 60.0 km | 320 | |
Turin | Italy | Turin Metro | 2006 | 2011 | 21 | 13.2 km | 42.5 | |
Chiba | Japan | Chiba Monorail | 1988 | 1999 | 18 | 15.2 km | 16.6 | |
Fujisawa | Japan | Shonan Monorail | 1970 | 1971 | 8 | 6.6 km | n/a | |
Fukuoka | Japan | Fukuoka Subway | 1981 | 2023 | 35 | 29.8 km | 171.6 | |
Funabashi/Yachiyo | Japan | Toyo Rapid Railway | 1996 | 1996 | 9 | 16.2 km | n/a | |
Hiroshima | Japan | Hiroshima Rapid Transit | 1994 | 2015 | 21 | 18.4 km | 23.9 | |
Kanazawa | Japan | Seaside Line | 1989 | 1989 | 14 | 10.6 km | n/a | |
Kitakyushu | Japan | Kitakyushu Monorail | 1985 | 1985 | 13 | 8.8 km | 11.6 | |
Kobe | Japan | Kobe Subway | 1977 | 2006 | 36 | 41.4 km | 114.5 | |
Kyoto | Japan | Kyoto Subway | 1981 | 2008 | 31 | 31.2 km | 144.7 | |
Nagoya | Japan | Nagoya Subway | 1957 | 2011 | 118 | 135.7 km | 487.6 | |
Naha | Japan | Okinawa Monorail | 2003 | 2019 | 19 | 17.0 km | 18.1 | |
Osaka | Japan | Osaka Metro | 1933 | 2007 | 140 | 179.8 km | 870.4 | |
Rokko Island | Japan | Rokko Liner | 1990 | 1990 | 6 | 4.5 km | n/a | |
Saitama | Japan | Saitama Rapid Railway | 2001 | 2001 | 8 | 14.6 km | n/a | |
Sapporo | Japan | Sapporo Subway | 1971 | 1999 | 46 | 48.0 km | 229.7 | |
Sendai | Japan | Sendai Subway | 1987 | 2015 | 29 | 28.7 km | 90.9 | |
Tama | Japan | Tama Monorail | 1998 | 2000 | 19 | 16.0 km | 44 | |
Tokyo | Japan | Tokyo Subway | 1927 | 2020 | 16 | 358.5 km | 3175.5 | |
Yokohama | Japan | Yokohama Subway | 1972 | 2008 | 45 | 57.1 km | 244.5 | |
Almaty | Kazakhstan | Almaty Metro | 2011 | 2022 | 9 | 11.3 km | 16.3 | |
Pyongyang | North Korea | Pyongyang Metro | 1973 | 1987 | 17 | 22.0 km | 36 | |
Busan | South Korea | Busan Metro | 1985 | 2017 | 154 | 163.8 | km | 354 |
Daegu | South Korea | Daegu Metro | 1997 | 2015 | 90 | 83.7 km | 163 | |
Daejeon | South Korea | Daejeon Metro | 2006 | 2007 | 22 | 22.7 km | 40 | |
Gimpo | South Korea | Gimpo Urban Railway | 2019 | 2019 | 10 | 23.7 km | n/a | |
Gwangju | South Korea | Gwangju Metro | 2004 | 2008 | 20 | 20.1 km | 19 | |
Incheon | South Korea | Incheon Subway | 1999 | 2016 | 55 | 58.5 km | 112 | |
Seoul | South Korea | Seoul Subway | 1974 | 2022 | 326 | 419.0 km | 2836.5 | |
Uijeongbu | South Korea | Uijeongbu Light Rail Transit | 2012 | 2012 | 15 | 11.2 km | n/a | |
Yongin | South Korea | Yongin Rapid Transit | 2013 | 2013 | 15 | 18.1 km | n/a | |
Macau | Macau | Macau Light Rail Transit | 2019 | 2019 | 11 | 9.3 km | n/a | |
Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | Klang Valley Integrated Transit System | 1996 | 2023 | 107 | 151.1 km | 245.2 | |
Port Louis | Mauritius | Metro Express | 2019 | 2019 | 7 | 11.4 km | n/a | |
Guadalajara | Mexico | Tren Eléctrico Urbano | 1989 | 2020 | 45 | 45.5 km | 87.6 | |
Mexico City | Mexico | Mexico City Metro | 1969 | 2012 | 163 | 200.9 km | 1655.4 | |
Monterrey | Mexico | Metrorrey | 1991 | 2008 | 31 | 32.0 km | 180.8 | |
Amsterdam | Netherlands | Amsterdam Metro | 1977 | 2018 | 39 | 41.2 km | 90.3 | |
Rotterdam | Netherlands | Rotterdam Metro | 1968 | 2023 | 70 | 100.6 km | 99 | |
Abuja | Nigeria | Abuja Rail Mass Transit | 2018 | 2018 | 12 | 44.7 km | n/a | |
Lagos | Nigeria | Lagos Rail Mass Transit | 2023 | 2023 | 13 | 27.5 km | n/a | |
Oslo | Norway | Oslo Metro | 1966 | 2016 | 101 | 85.0 km | 122 | |
Lahore | Pakistan | Lahore Metro | 2020 | 2020 | 26 | 27.1 km | n/a | |
Panama City | Panama | Panama Metro | 2014 | 2023 | 29 | 36.8 km | 85.7 | |
Lima | Peru | Lima Metro | 2011 | 2014 | 26 | 34.6 km | 110.4 | |
Manila | Philippines | Manila Metro Rail Transit | 1984 | 2010 | 41 | 50.3 km | 334.3 | |
Warsaw | Poland | Warsaw Metro | 1995 | 2022 | 33 | 35.5 km | 189.6 | |
Almada | Portugal | Sul do Tejo Metro | 2007 | 2008 | 19 | 13.5 km | ||
Lisbon | Portugal | Lisbon Metro | 1959 | 2016 | 56 | 44.1 km | 173 | |
Porto | Portugal | Porto Metro | 2002 | 2011 | 82 | 67.0 km | 57.7 | |
San Juan | Puerto Rico | Tren Urbano | 2004 | 2005 | 16 | 17.2 km | 5.2 | |
Doha | Qatar | Doha Metro | 2019 | 2019 | 36 | 76.0 km | n/a | |
Bucharest | Romania | Bucharest Metro | 1979 | 2022 | 63 | 78.5 km | 179.7 | |
Kazan | Russia | Kazan Metro | 2005 | 2018 | 11 | 16.8 km | 29 | |
Moscow | Russia | Moscow Metro | 1935 | 2023 | 270 | 466.8 km | 2560.7 | |
Nizhny Novgorod | Russia | Nizhny Novgorod Metro | 1985 | 2018 | 15 | 21.6 km | 29.6 | |
Novosibirsk | Russia | Novosibirsk Metro | 1986 | 2010 | 13 | 15.9 km | 83.1 | |
Saint Petersburg | Russia | Saint Petersburg Metro | 1955 | 2019 | 72 | 124.8 km | 743 | |
Samara | Russia | Samara Metro | 1987 | 2015 | 10 | 11.6 km | 13.8 | |
Volgograd | Russia | Volgograd Metrotram | 1984 | 2011 | 22 | 17.3 km | 49.6 | |
Yekaterinburg | Russia | Yekaterinburg Metro | 1991 | 2012 | 9 | 12.7 km | 48.4 | |
Singapore | Singapore | Mass Rapid Transit | 1987 | 2022 | 122 | 202.4 km | 1235.2 | |
Barcelona | Spain | Barcelona Metro | 1924 | 2021 | 133 | 122.3 km | 411.9 | |
Bilbao | Spain | Metro Bilbao | 1995 | 2014 | 41 | 45.1 km | 91.6 | |
Granada | Spain | Granada Metro | 2017 | 2017 | 26 | 15.9 km | 10.2 | |
Madrid | Spain | Madrid Metro | 1919 | 2019 | 302 | 288.5 km | 677.5 | |
Malagà | Spain | Malaga Metro | 2014 | 2014 | 17 | 11.3 km | 6.3 | |
Palma | Spain | Palma Metro | 2007 | 2014 | 16 | 15.6 km | 1.2 | |
San Sebastian | Spain | Metro Donostialdea | 2012 | 2012 | 21 | 29.8 km | 12 | |
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 | 1994 | 100 | 108.0 km | 355 | |
Lausanne | Switzerland | Lausanne Metro | 1991 | 2008 | 28 | 13.7 km | 40.8 | |
Kaohsiung | Taiwan | Kaohsiung Rapid Transit | 2008 | 2016 | 45 | 47.3 km | 65.4 | |
Taichung | Taiwan | Taichung Metro | 2020 | 2020 | 18 | 16.7 km | n/a | |
Taipei | Taiwan | Taipei Metro | 1996 | 2020 | 119 | 146.2 km | 789.6 | |
Taoyuan | Taiwan | Taoyuan Metro | 2017 | 2017 | 21 | 51.0 km | 28 | |
Bangkok | Thailand | BTS Skytrain, Mass Rapid Transit | 1999 | 2023 | 162 | 242.34 km | 359.8 | |
Adana | Turkey | Adana Metro | 2009 | 2010 | 13 | 13.9 km | 14 | |
Ankara | Turkey | Ankara Metro | 1997 | 2023 | 56 | 64.4 km | 131 | |
Bursa | Turkey | Bursaray | 2002 | 2014 | 38 | 38.9 km | 91.3 | |
Istanbul | Turkey | Istanbul Metro | 1989 | 2023 | 104 | 133.0 km | 495.4 | |
Izmir | Turkey | Izmir Metro | 2000 | 2014 | 17 | 20.0 km | 120 | |
Dnipro | Ukraine | Dnipro Metro | 1995 | 1995 | 6 | 7.1 km | 7.5 | |
Kharkiv | Ukraine | Kharkiv Metro | 1975 | 2016 | 30 | 38.1 km | 223 | |
Kiev | Ukraine | Kiev Metro | 1960 | 2013 | 52 | 67.6 km | 496.1 | |
Kryvyi Rih | Ukraine | Kryvyi Rih Metrotram | 1986 | 2012 | 15 | 18.7 km | 23 | |
Dubai | United Arab Emirates | Dubai Metro | 2009 | 2014 | 47 | 74.6 km | 203 | |
Glasgow | United Kingdom | Glasgow Subway | 1896 | 1896 | 15 | 10.4 km | 13.1 | |
Liverpool | United Kingdom | File:Merseyrail Icon.svgMerseyrail | 1977 | 57 | 120 Km | |||
London | United Kingdom | London Underground File:DLR roundel.svgDocklands Light Railway |
1863 | 2021 | 311 | 436.0 km | 1453.8 | |
Manchester | United Kingdom | Metrolink | 1992 | 2020 | 99 | 101.0 km | 43.7 | |
Newcastle | United Kingdom | Tyne & Wear Metro | 1980 | 2008 | 60 | 77.5 km | 36.4 | |
Atlanta | United States | MARTA | 1979 | 2000 | 38 | 76.6 km | 64 | |
Austin | United States | Capital MetroRail | 2010 | 9 | 97 Km | |||
Baltimore | United States | BaltimoreLink | 1983 | 1997 | 45 | 73.2 km | 15.4 | |
Boston | United States | MBTA Subway | 1897 | 2014 | 128 | 88.7 km | 207.9 | |
Buffalo | United States | Metro Rail | 1984 | 1986 | 13 | 10.3 km | 6.8 | |
Camden | United States | File:PATCO Line.svgPATCO Speedline | 1936 | 1969 | 13 | 22.9 km | ||
Charlotte | United States | File:LYNX logo.svgLynx | 2007 | 2018 | 26 | 31.1 km | 10.9 | |
Chicago | United States | Chicago L | 1892 | 2017 | 145 | 165.4 km | 218.5 | |
Cleveland | United States | RTA Rapid Transit | 1955 | 1996 | 49 | 60.0 km | 11 | |
Dallas | United States | DART Light Rail | 1996 | 2016 | 64 | 150.0 km | 36 | |
Denver | United States | RTD Rail | 1994 | 2020 | 77 | 161.8 km | 31.7 | |
Houston | United States | MetroRail | 2004 | 2017 | 39 | 36.5 km | n/a | |
Honolulu | United States | Skyline (Honolulu) | 2023 | 2023 | 21 | 32.0 km | n/a | |
Jersey City | United States | PATH | 1908 | 1937 | 13 | 22.2 km | 91.2 | |
Los Angeles | United States | Los Angeles Metro Rail | 1990 | 2023 | 93 | 169.0 km | 108 | |
Miami | United States | Miami Metrorail | 1984 | 2012 | 23 | 40.1 km | 19.3 | |
Minneapolis | United States | Metro | 2004 | 2014 | 37 | 35.1 km | 27 | |
New York City | United States | New York City Subway Staten Island Railway |
1868 1925 |
2017 | 424 | 380.2 km | 1680.1 | |
Philadelphia | United States | SEPTA | 1907 | 1973 | 75 | 59.1 km | 93.5 | |
Pittsburgh | United States | Pittsburgh Light Rail | 1984 | 2012 | 53 | 42.2 km | 9.7 | |
Portland (Oregon) | United States | MAX Light Rail | 1986 | 2015 | 97 | 96.1 km | 38.8 | |
Salt Lake City | United States | TRAX | 1999 | 2013 | 50 | 72.1 km | 19.7 | |
San Diego | United States | San Diego Trolley | 1981 | 2005 | 55 | 86.1 km | 39.7 | |
San Francisco | United States | Bay Area Rapid Transit | 1972 | 2020 | 50 | 211.0 km | 125.6 | |
San José | United States | VTA Light Rail | 1987 | 2005 | 60 | 67.9 km | 8.3 | |
Seattle | United States | Link Light Rail | 2009 | 2016 | 16 | 32.8 km | 27.8 | |
St. Louis | United States | MetroLink | 1993 | 2006 | 38 | 74.0 km | 19.4 | |
Washington | United States | Washington Metro | 1976 | 2023 | 91 | 188.0 km | 226.3 | |
Tashkent | Uzbekistan | Tashkent Metro | 1977 | 2023 | 34 | 50.1 km | 69.1 | |
Caracas | Venezuela | Caracas Metro | 1983 | 2006 | 46 | 54.1 km | 358 | |
Los Teques | Venezuela | File:Metro Los Teques Logo Boceto.svg 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 | |
Hanoi | Vietnam | Hanoi Metro | 2021 | n/a | 12 | 13.1 km | n/a |
Metro systems under construction[]
The following is a list of worldwide metro systems currently under construction. There are 46 new systems currently under construction in 21 countries. (Including Bangladesh, Ecuador, Ireland, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Serbia, Vietnam)
City | Country | Logo/Name | Construction Started | Planned Opening | Stations | System Length | |||||||
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Melbourne | Australia | Metro Tunnel Suburban Rail Loop |
2018 2025 |
2025 2029 |
6 | ||||||||
Baotou | China | Baotou Metro | 2017 | 2028 | 32 | 42.1 km | |||||||
Bengbu | China | Bengbu Metro | 2019 | 2025 | 24 | 32.7 km | |||||||
Fenghuang | China | Fenghuang Maglev | 2019 | 2026 | 4 | 9.1 km | |||||||
Guang'an | China | Guang'an Metro | 2017 | 2025 | 7 | 10.0 km | |||||||
Guilin | China | Guilin Metro | 2017 | 2025 | 13 | 29.3 km | |||||||
Liuzhou | China | Liuzhou Metro | 2017 | 2026 | 44 | 55.4 | |||||||
Shantou | China | Shantou Metro | 2016 | 2025 | 16 | 19.1 km | |||||||
Bogota | Colombia | Bogota Metro | 2020 | 2028 | 16 | 27.0 km | |||||||
Alexandria | Egypt | Alexandria Metro | 2019 | 2024 | n/a | n/a | |||||||
Thessaloniki | Greece | Thessaloniki Metro | 2006 | 2024 | 18 | 14.3 km | |||||||
Agra | India | File:Lucknow Metro Logo.svgAgra Metro | 2020 | 2025 | 27 | 30.0 km | |||||||
Bhopal | India | Bhoj Metro | 2018 | 2025 | 28 | 27.9 km | |||||||
Indore | India | Indore Metro | 2018 | 2025 | 29 | Meerut | India | Meerut Metro | 2018 | 2025 | 29 | ||
Patna | India | Patna Metro | 2020 | 2027 | 24 | ||||||||
Surat | India | Surat Metro | 2021 | 2027 | 37 | 40.3 km | |||||||
Ahvaz | Iran | Ahvaz Metro | 2004 | 2028 | 23 | 23.0 km | |||||||
Kermanshah | Iran | Kermanshah Metro | 2011 | 2023 | 13 | ||||||||
Qom | Iran | Qom Metro | 2009 | 2024 | 20 | 21.0 km | |||||||
Dublin | Ireland | MetroLink | 2022 | 2031 | 16 | 42.1 km | |||||||
Abidjan | Ivory Coast | Abidjan Metro | 2017 | 2025 | 20 | 37.5 km | |||||||
Nur-Sultan (Astana) | Kazakhstan | File:Nursultan Light Metro.svgNursultan Light Metro | 1997 | 2026 | 18 | 22.6 km | |||||||
Vilnius | Lithuania | Vilnius Metro | 2023 | 2037 | n/a | n/a | |||||||
Penang | Malaysia | Penang Light Rail Transit | 2020 | 2024 | 27 | 23.5 km | |||||||
Johor Bahru | Malaysia | RTS Link | 2020 | 2027 | 2 | n/a | |||||||
Port Harcourt | Nigeria | Rivers Monorail | 2012 | 2027 | 6 | 5.4 km | |||||||
Cluj-Napoca | Romania | Cluj-Napoca Metro | 2023 | 2026 | 9 | n/a | |||||||
Chelyabinsk | Russia | Chelyabinsk Metro | 1992 | 2026 | 4 | 5.7 km | |||||||
Krasnoyarsk | Russia | Krasnoyarsk Metro | 1995 | 2026 | 5 | 7.5 km | |||||||
Omsk | Russia | Omsk Metro | 1992 | 2025 | 4 | 6.1 km | |||||||
Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | Jeddah Metro | 2021 | 2025 | n/a | n/a | |||||||
Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh Metro | 2014 | 2023 | 84 | 166.7 km | |||||||
Belgrade | Serbia | Belgrade Metro | 2021 | 2028 | 43 | 40.5 km | |||||||
New Taipei | Taiwan | New Taipei Metro | 2016 | 2025 | 12 | 14.3 km | |||||||
Gebze | Turkey | Gebze Metro | 2018 | 2023 | 12 | 15.6 km | |||||||
Konya | Turkey | Konya Metro | 2020 | 2023 | 22 | 21.1 km | |||||||
Mersin | Turkey | Mersin Metro | 2022 | 2026 | 11 | 13.4 km | |||||||
Donetsk | Ukraine | Donetsk Metro | 1992 | 2026 | 6 | 6.0 km | |||||||
Honolulu | United States | Skyline (Honolulu) | 2012 | 2023 | 21 | 32.0 km | |||||||
Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi Metro | 2022 | 2033 | n/a | n/a | |||||||
Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh City Metro | 2008 | 2024 | 14 | 19.7 km |
Planned Metro Systems[]
City | Country | Name |
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Oran | Algeria | Oran Metro |
Cordoba | Argentina | Cordoba Metro |
Manama | Bahrain | Bahrain Light Rail |
Phnom Penh | Cambodia | Phnom Penh Metro |
Anqing | China | Anqing Metro |
Baoji | China | Baoji Metro |
Chengde | China | Chengde Metro |
Chenzhou | China | Chenzhou Metro |
Chifeng | China | Chifeng Metro |
Chuzhou | China | Chuzhou Metro |
Datong | China | Datong Metro |
Dazhou | China | Dazhou Metro |
Ezhou | China | Ezhou Metro |
Fuxin | China | Fuxin Metro |
Fuyang | China | Fuyang Metro |
Ganzhou | China | Ganzhou Metro |
Guangyuan | China | Guangyuan Metro |
Haikou | China | Haikou Metro |
Handan | China | Handan Metro |
Hengyang | China | Hengyang Metro |
Heze | China | Heze Metro |
Huaian | China | Huaian Metro |
Huainan | China | Huainan Metro |
Huizhou | China | Huizhou Metro |
Huzhou | China | Huzhou Metro |
Jiaxing | China | Jiaxing Metro |
Jilin | China | Jilin Metro |
Jining | China | Jining Metro |
Jinzhong | China | Jinzhong Metro |
Jiujiang | China | Jiujiang Metro |
Kaifeng | China | Kaifeng Metro |
Kunshan | China | Kunshan Metro |
Liaocheng | China | Liaocheng Metro |
Lijiang | China | Lijiang Metro |
Linyi | China | Linyi Metro |
Longyan | China | Longyan Metro |
Luzhou | China | Luzhou Metro |
Maanshan | China | Maanshan Metro |
Mudanjiang | China | Mudanjiang Metro |
Nanchong | China | Nanchong Metro |
Nanyang | China | Nanyang Metro |
Neijiang | China | Neijiang Metro |
Putian | China | Putian Metro |
Quanzhou | China | Quanzhou Metro |
Quzhou | China | Quzhou Metro |
Rizhao | China | Rizhao Metro |
Sanya | China | Sanya Metro |
Shangrao | China | Shangrao Metro |
Shiyan | China | Shiyan Metro |
Suqian | China | Suqian Metro |
Tangshan | China | Tangshan Metro |
Tongling | China | Tongling Metro |
Weifang | China | Weifang Metro |
Weihai | China | Weihai Metro |
Weinan | China | Weinan Metro |
Wuzhou | China | Wuzhou Metro |
Xiangyang | China | Xiangyang Metro |
Xingtai | China | Xingtai Metro |
Xining | China | Xining Metro |
Xinyang | China | Xinyang Metro |
Xuancheng | China | Xuancheng Metro |
Yanan | China | Yanan Metro |
Yancheng | China | Yancheng Metro |
Yangzhou | China | Yangzhou Metro |
Yantai | China | Yantai Metro |
Yichang | China | Yichang Metro |
Yinchuan | China | Yinchuan Metro |
Yingtan | China | Yingtan Metro |
Yulin | China | Yulin Metro |
Zhangjiagang | China | Zhangjiagang Metro |
Zhangjiakou | China | Zhangjiakou Metro |
Zhangzhou | China | Zhangzhou Metro |
Zhanjiang | China | Zhanjiang Metro |
Zhenjiang | China | Zhenjiang Metro |
Zhongshan | China | Zhongshan Metro |
Zhuhai | China | Zhuhai Metro |
Zhuzhou | China | Zhuzhou Metro |
Zibo | China | Zibo Metro |
Zunyi | China | Zunyi Metro |
San Jose | Costa Rica | San Jose Metro |
Zagreb | Croatia | Zagreb Metro |
Tallinn | Estonia | Tallinn Metro |
Bordeaux | France | Metro Au Bordeaux |
Nantes | France | Nantes Le Métro |
Accra | Ghana | Accra Skytrain |
Aizawl | India | Aizawl Monorail |
Aurangabad | India | Aurangabad Metro |
Ayodhya | India | Ayodhya Metro |
Bareilly | India | Bareilly Metro |
Bhavnagar | India | Bhavnagar Metro |
Bhubaneswar | India | Bhubaneswar Metro |
Chandigarh | India | Chandigarh Metro |
Coimbatore | India | Kovai Metro |
Dehradun | India | Uttarakhand Metro |
Gorakhpur | India | Gorakhpur Metro |
Guwahati | India | Guwahati Metro |
Gwalior | India | Gwalior Metro |
Jabalpur | India | Jabalpur Metro |
Jammu | India | Jammu Metro |
Jamnagar | India | Jamnagar Metro |
Jamshedpur | India | Jamshedpur Metro |
Jhansi | India | Jhansi Metro |
Kozhikode | India | Kozhikode Light Metro |
Ludhiana | India | Ludhiana Metro |
Madurai | India | Madurai Metro |
Mathura | India | Mathura Metro |
Nashik | India | Nashik Metro |
Prayagraj | India | Prayagraj Metro |
Raipur | India | Raipur Metro |
Rajkot | India | Rajkot Metro |
Ranchi | India | Ranchi Metro |
Srinagar | India | Srinagar Metro |
Thane | India | Thane Metro |
Thiruvananthapuram | India | Thiruvananthapuram Light Metro |
Tiruchirappali | India | Tiruchirappali Monorail |
Vadodara | India | Vadodara Metro |
Varanasi | India | Varanasi Metro |
Vijayawada | India | Vijayawada Metro |
Visakhapatnam | India | Vizag Metro |
Warangal | India | Warangal Monorail |
Kerman | Iran | Kerman Metro |
Baghdad | Iraq | Baghdad Metro |
Tel Aviv | Israel | Tel Aviv Metro |
Venice | Italy | Venice Metro |
Nairobi | Kenya | Nairobi Light Rail |
Kuwait City | Kuwait | Kuwait Metro |
Riga | Latvia | Riga Metro |
Ipoh | Malaysia | Ipoh Light Rail Transit |
Kota Kinabalu | Malaysia | Kota Kinabalu Light Rail Transit |
Kuala Terengganu | Malaysia | Kuala Terengganu Light Rail Transit |
Kuching | Malaysia | Kuching Light Rail Transit |
Malacca | Malaysia | Malacca Light Rail Transit |
Ulaanbaatar | Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar Metro |
Casablanca | Morocco | Casablanca Metro |
Yangon | Myanmar | Yangon Mass Rapid Transit |
Kathmandu | Nepal | Kathmandu Metro |
Aba | Nigeria | Aba Monorail |
Onitsha | Nigeria | Onitsha Monorail |
Karachi | Pakistan | Karachi Metro |
Arequipa | Peru | Arequipa Metro |
Cebu City | Philippines | Cebu Light Rail Transit |
Dammam | Saudi Arabia | Dammam Metro |
Mecca | Saudi Arabia | Mecca Metro |
Medina | Saudi Arabia | Medina Metro |
Bratislava | Slovakia | Bratislava Metro |
Suwon | South Korea | Suwon Urban Railway |
Ulsan | South Korea | Ulsan Urban Railway |
Colombo | Sri Lanka | Colombo Light Rail |
Changhua | Taiwan | Changhua Mass Rapid Transit |
Hsinchu | Taiwan | Hsinchu Mass Rapid Transit |
Keelung | Taiwan | Keelung Mass Rapid Transit |
Pingtung | Taiwan | Pingtung Mass Rapid Transit |
Tainan | Taiwan | Tainan Mass Rapid Transit |
Chiang Mai | Thailand | Chiang Mai Light Rail Transit |
Hat Yai | Thailand | Hat Yai Monorail |
Khon Kaen | Thailand | Khon Kaen Light Rail Transit |
Nakhon Ratchasima | Thailand | Nakhon Ratchasima Light Rail Transit |
Pattaya | Thailand | Pattaya Monorail |
Phuket | Thailand | Phuket Island Light Rail Transit |
Gaziantep | Turkey | Gaziantep Metro |
Ashgabat | Turkmenistan | Ashgabat Metro |
Kampala | Uganda | Greater Kampala Light Rail |
Sharjah | United Arab Emirates | Sharjah Metro |
Detroit | United States | Detroit Metro Rail |
Montevideo | Uruguay | Montevideo Metro |
Binh Duong | Vietnam | Binh Duong Metro |
Can Tho | Vietnam | Can Tho Metro |
Da Lat | Vietnam | Da Lat Monorail |
Da Nang | Vietnam | Da Nang Metro |
Ha Long | Vietnam | Ha Long Metro |
Haiphong | Vietnam | Haiphong Metro |
Tramways incorporating large amounts of off-street or underground track are often referred to as 'pre-metros', particularly if there are plans to upgrade them to full metro service in the future.
See also[]
- List of tramway systems
External links[]
- urbanrail.net Guide to metro systems of the world
- CityRailTransit.com´s line-based list for the worldwide metro systems
Books[]
- World Metro Systems by Paul Garbutt. Published by Capital Transport
- Underground railways yesterday-today-tomorrow by W Hinkel, K Treiber, G Valenta, H Liebsch published by Schmid Verlag.
- Metro Maps Of The World by Mark Ovenden. Published by Capital Transport
- Transit Maps of the World by Mark Ovenden. Published by Capital Transport
- Subways Of The World by Stan Fischler. Published by MBI.