List of cities with subways

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The list of cities with subways includes all regions worldwide with full-fledged subway or similar systems. Companies where only individual lines run underground or independently of individual traffic are not listed here. Light rail vehicles are dealt with in a separate list . If an underground network extends over several neighboring cities, only the largest is usually mentioned.


List of cities with subways (world)
Ahmedabad
Ahvaz
Changsha
Dalian
Donetsk
Dongguan
Fuzhou
Guiyang
Harbin
Hefei
Isfahan
Kanpur
Krasnoyarsk
Lanzhou
Nagpur
Nanchang
Nanning
Navi Mumbai
Noida
Omsk
Pune
Qingdao
Quito
Riad
Thessaloniki
Chelyabinsk
Wuxi
Zhengzhou
Adana
Algiers
Almaty
Amsterdam
Ankara
Athens
Atlanta
Baku
Baltimore
Bangalore
Bangkok
Barcelona
Belo Horizonte
Berlin
Bilbao
Boston
Brasília
Brescia
Brussels
Budapest
Buenos Aires
Bucharest
Bursa
Busan
Caracas
Catania
Kharkiv
Cheng you
Chennai
Chicago
Chongqing
Cleveland
Daegu
Daejeon
Delhi
Dnipro
Dubai
Fortaleza
Foshan
Fukuoka
Genoa
Glasgow
Guangzhou
Gurgaon
Gwangju
Haifa
Hamburg
Hangzhou
Helsinki
Hong Kong
Hyderabad
Incheon
Istanbul
Izmir
Jaipur
Ekaterinburg
Yerevan
Cairo
Kaohsiung
Kazan
Kiev
Kochi
Calcutta
Copenhagen
Kryvyi Rih
Kuala Lumpur
Kunming
Kyoto
Kobe
Lausanne
Lille
Lima
Lisbon
London
los Angeles
Lucknow
Lyon
Madrid
Milan
Málaga
Manila
Maracaibo
Marseille
Medellin
Mecca
Mexico city
Miami
Minsk
Monterrey
Montreal
Moscow
Mumbai
Munich
Nagoya
Nanjing
Naples
New York City
Ningbo
Nizhny Novgorod
Novosibirsk
Nuremberg
Oslo
Palma de Mallorca
Panama
Paris
Beijing
Philadelphia
Pyongyang
Porto Alegre
Prague
Recife
Rennes
Rio de Janeiro
Rome
Rotterdam
Samara
San Francisco
San Juan
St. Petersburg
Santiago de Chile
Santo Domingo
Sapporo
Shiraz
Sendai
Seoul
Serfaus
Seville
Shanghai
Shenyang
Shenzhen
Singapore
Sofia
Stockholm
Suzhou
Sydney
São Paulo
Tabriz
Taipei
Tashkent
Tehran
Teresina
Tianjin
Tbilisi
Tokyo
Toronto
Toulouse
Turin
Urumqi
Valencia
Valparaíso
Vancouver
Warsaw
Washington, DC
Vienna
Wuhan
Xi'an
Yokohama
Osaka
Jakarta
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Cities with subway


list

Africa

Surname city country continent Track
width
(mm)
tension drive opening Network
length
(km)
Remarks
Cairo Metro Cairo EgyptEgypt Egypt Africa 1435 1500V
750V
Overhead contact line conductor
rail
27 Sep 1987 70
Metro Algiers Algiers AlgeriaAlgeria Algeria Africa 1435 750 V Busbar Oct 31, 2011 9

Asia

Surname city country continent Track
width
(mm)
electricity drive opening Network
length
(km)
Remarks
Yerevan Metro Yerevan ArmeniaArmenia Armenia Asia 1520 825 V Busbar 0March 7, 1981 13.4
Baku Metro Baku AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Azerbaijan Asia 1520 825 V Busbar 0Nov 6, 1967 36.7
Beijing subway Beijing China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Asia 1435 Busbar 0Oct. 1, 1969 699.3
Changsha Subway Changsha China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Asia 1435 Overhead line Apr 29, 2014 50.2
Chengdu subway Cheng you China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Asia 1435 750 V Overhead line 27 Sep 2010 226.6
Chongqing Elevated Railway Chongqing China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Asia 1435 1500 V
1500 V
Overhead contact line conductor
rail
0Nov. 6, 2004 Monorail
. Mar. 18, 2011 Underground
311.8 2 subway and 2 monorail
Dalian Subway Dalian China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Asia 1435 1500 V Overhead line May 22, 2015 153.5
Dongguan subway Dongguan China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Asia 1435 Overhead line May 27, 2016 37.8
Foshan subway Foshan China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Asia 1435 Overhead line 0Nov 3, 2010 39.6
Fuzhou Subway Fuzhou China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Asia 1435 Overhead line May 18, 2016 24.9
Guangzhou Subway Guangzhou China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Asia 1435 1500 V
1500 V
Overhead contact line conductor
rail
Jun 28, 1997 436.7
Guiyang Subway Guiyang China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Asia 1435 1500 V Overhead line Dec 28, 2017 32.8
Harbin Subway Harbin China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Asia 1435 Overhead line 26 Sep 2013 22.9
Hangzhou subway Hangzhou China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Asia 1435 1500 V Overhead line Nov 24, 2012 117.3
Hefei Subway Hefei China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Asia 1435 Overhead line December 26, 2016 52.4
Kunming subway Kunming China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Asia 1435 Busbar Jun 28, 2012 87.2
Lanzhou Subway Lanzhou China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Asia 1435 Busbar 23 Jun 2019
Nanchang subway Nanchang China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Asia 1435 Overhead line Dec 26, 2015 48.3
Nanjing subway Nanjing China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Asia 1435 Busbar Jun 15, 2005 377
Ningbo subway Ningbo China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Asia 1435 Overhead line May 30, 2014 74.5 partly elevated railway
Nanning subway Nanning China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Asia 1435 Overhead line Jun 28, 2016 53.3
Qingdao Subway Qingdao China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Asia 1435 Busbar Dec 16, 2015 43.6
Shanghai subway Shanghai China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Asia 1435 1500 V
1500 V
Overhead contact line conductor
rail
May 28, 1993 676
Shenyang Metro Shenyang China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Asia 1435 Overhead line 27 Sep 2010 59.4
Shenzhen Metro Shenzhen China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Asia 1435 Busbar Dec 28, 2004 286.2
Suzhou subway Suzhou China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Asia 1435 Busbar Apr 28, 2012 118.9
Tianjin Subway Tianjin China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Asia 1435 Busbar Dec 28, 1984 219.8
Urumqi Metro Urumqi China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Asia 1435 Overhead line Oct 25, 2018 16.6
Wuhan subway Wuhan China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Asia 1435 Busbar 28 Sep 2004 318.3
Wuxi subway Wuxi China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Asia 1435 Busbar 0Jul 1, 2014 56
Xi'an Subway Xi'an China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Asia 1435 Busbar 16 Sep 2011 126.6
Zhengzhou Subway Zhengzhou China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Asia 1435 Overhead line Dec 28, 2013 93.7
Mass Transit Railway Hong Kong China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China Asia 1432 Overhead line 0Oct. 1, 1979 206.4
Metro Tbilisi Tbilisi GeorgiaGeorgia Georgia Asia 1520 Busbar Jan. 11, 1966 27.1
Ahmedabad Metro Ahmedabad IndiaIndia India Asia 1435 Overhead line 0March 4, 2019 6.5 mostly elevated railway
Bangalore Metro Bangalore IndiaIndia India Asia 1435 750 V Busbar Oct 20, 2011 42.3 partly elevated railway
Delhi Metro Delhi IndiaIndia India Asia 1435
1676
25 kV, 50 Hz AC Overhead line Dec. 24, 2002 342.6 mostly elevated railway
Chennai Metro Chennai IndiaIndia India Asia 1435 25 kV, 50 Hz AC Overhead line 29 Jun 2015 44.7 partly elevated railway
Rapid Metro Gurgaon Gurgaon IndiaIndia India Asia 1435 Busbar Nov 14, 2013 11.7 Elevated railway linked to the Delhi Metro
Hyderabad Metro Hyderabad IndiaIndia India Asia 1435 Overhead line Nov 28, 2017 57.3 Elevated railway
Metro Jaipur Jaipur IndiaIndia India Asia 1435 Overhead line 0Jun 3, 2015 9.6 mostly elevated railway
Kanpur Metro Kanpur IndiaIndia India Asia 1435 Overhead line under construction
Metro Kochi Kochi IndiaIndia India Asia 1435 Busbar 17 Jul 2017 18.4 Elevated railway
Kolkata Metro Kolkata IndiaIndia India Asia 1435
1676
750 V Busbar Oct. 24, 1984 27.2 partly elevated railway
Metro Lucknow Lucknow IndiaIndia India Asia 1435 Busbar 05th Sep 2017 23.7 partly elevated railway
Mumbai Metro Mumbai IndiaIndia India Asia 1435 Overhead line 0Jun 8, 2014 11.4 Elevated railway
Metro Navi Mumbai Navi Mumbai IndiaIndia India Asia 1435 Overhead line under construction
Nagpur Metro Nagpur IndiaIndia India Asia 1435 Overhead line 0March 7, 2019 13.5 Elevated railway
Metro Noida Noida IndiaIndia India Asia 1435 Overhead line Jan. 25, 2019 29.7 Elevated railway linked to the Delhi Metro
Metro Pune Pune IndiaIndia India Asia 1435 Overhead line under construction
MRT Jakarta Jakarta IndonesiaIndonesia Indonesia Asia 1067 1500 V Overhead line March 24, 2019 15.7
Ahvaz subway Ahvaz IranIran Iran Asia 1435 Overhead line under construction
Isfahan Metro Isfahan IranIran Iran Asia 1435 Overhead line Oct 15, 2015 20.2
Mashhad Metro Mashhad IranIran Iran Asia 1435 Overhead line Apr 24, 2011 34.1
Shiraz subway Shiraz IranIran Iran Asia 1435 1500 V Overhead line Oct 11, 2014 22.5
Tabriz Metro Tabriz IranIran Iran Asia 1435 Overhead line 27 Aug 2015 9.3 partly elevated railway
Tehran subway Tehran IranIran Iran Asia 1435 Busbar 0March 7, 1999 89
Carmelite Haifa IsraelIsrael Israel Asia 1435 Pull rope 0Oct 6, 1959 1.8 Funicular

run underground

Fukuoka subway Fukuoka JapanJapan Japan Asia 1067
1435
Overhead line Jul 29, 1981 30.5
Kobe subway Kobe JapanJapan Japan Asia 1435 Busbar March 13, 1977 38.1
Kyoto subway Kyoto JapanJapan Japan Asia 1435 1500 V Busbar 0Apr 1, 1981 31.2
Nagoya Subway Nagoya JapanJapan Japan Asia 1067
1435
Overhead contact line conductor
rail
Nov 15, 1957 93.3
Osaka subway Osaka JapanJapan Japan Asia 1435 Overhead contact line conductor
rail
May 20, 1933 125.4
Sapporo subway Sapporo JapanJapan Japan Asia 1500V
750V
Overhead contact line conductor
rail
Dec 16, 1971 48 two vehicle
profiles with rubber tires
Sendai subway Sendai JapanJapan Japan Asia 1067 Overhead line Jul 15, 1987 28.7
Tokyo subway Tokyo JapanJapan Japan Asia 1067
1372
1435
Linear motor
overhead line
busbar
Dec 30, 1927 304.1 two vehicle profiles
the most frequented operation
Yokohama Subway Yokohama JapanJapan Japan Asia 1435 Busbar Dec 16, 1972 53.4
Almaty Metro Almaty KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan Asia 1520 825 V Busbar Dec 16, 2011 11.3
Pyongyang Metro Pyongyang Korea NorthNorth Korea North Korea Asia 1435 750 V Busbar 06 Sep 1973 22.5
Mass Rapid Transit Manila Manila PhilippinesPhilippines Philippines Asia 1435 Overhead line 0Dec. 1, 1984 33.4 mostly elevated railway
Yekaterinburg Metro Ekaterinburg RussiaRussia Russia Asia 1520 825 V Busbar Apr 27, 1991 12.7
Krasnoyarsk Metro Krasnoyarsk RussiaRussia Russia Asia 1520 Busbar under construction
Novosibirsk Metro Novosibirsk RussiaRussia Russia Asia 1520 Busbar 0Jan. 7, 1986 15.9
Omsk Metro Omsk RussiaRussia Russia Asia 1520 Busbar under construction 7.5
Chelyabinsk Metro Chelyabinsk RussiaRussia Russia Asia 1520 Busbar under construction 5.7
Metro Mecca Mecca Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Asia 1435 1500 V Overhead line Nov 12, 2010 18.1 driverless operation
Hochbahn
Riyadh metro Riad Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Asia 1435 Overhead line under construction 176 driverless operation
partly elevated railway
MRI Singapore SingaporeSingapore Singapore Asia 1435 Busbar 0Nov 7, 1987 170.7
Busan subway Busan Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea Asia 1435 Overhead line Jul 19, 1985 86.2 partly driverless operation
partly elevated railway
Daegu Metro Daegu Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea Asia 1435 1500 V Overhead line Nov 26, 1997 81.3 2 underground trains and 1 driverless monorail
Daejeon Metro Daejeon Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea Asia 1435 Overhead line March 16, 2006 22.74
Gwangju Subway Gwangju Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea Asia 1435 Overhead line Apr 28, 2004 20.1
Incheon subway Incheon Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea Asia 1435 Overhead line 0Oct 6, 1999 28
Seoul Subway Seoul Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea Asia 1435 1500 V Overhead line Aug 15, 1974 341.5 partially driverless operation
Kaohsiung MRI Kaohsiung TaiwanRepublic of China (Taiwan) Taiwan Asia 1435 Busbar 0March 9, 2008 53.3 partly elevated railway
MRT Taipei Taipei TaiwanRepublic of China (Taiwan) Taiwan Asia 1435 750 V Busbar March 28, 1996 152.9 partly driverless operation
partly rubber tires
partly elevated railway
Taoyuan MRI Taoyuan TaiwanRepublic of China (Taiwan) Taiwan Asia 1435 Busbar 0March 2, 2017 51.03 partly elevated railway
Bangkok Metro Bangkok ThailandThailand Thailand Asia 1435 Busbar 0Jul 3, 2004 43
Bangkok Skytrain Bangkok ThailandThailand Thailand Asia 1435 750 V Busbar 0Dec 5, 1999 36.45 Elevated railway
Metro Adana Adana TurkeyTurkey Turkey Asia 1435 750 V Overhead line Dec 12, 2009 13.5 Light metro ("Hafif Metro")
partly elevated railway
Ankara Metro Ankara TurkeyTurkey Turkey Asia 1435 750 V Busbar Dec 28, 1997 64.3
Ankaray Ankara TurkeyTurkey Turkey Asia 1435 Busbar Aug 30, 1996 8.5 Light metro ("Hafif Metro")
Bursa light rail Bursa TurkeyTurkey Turkey Asia 1435 1500 V Overhead line Apr 24, 2002 38.9 partly elevated railway
Metro Izmir İzmir TurkeyTurkey Turkey Asia 1435 750 V Busbar Aug 25, 2000 20th
Tashkent Metro Tashkent UzbekistanUzbekistan Uzbekistan Asia 1520 825 V Busbar 0Nov 6, 1977 36.2
Dubai Metro Dubai United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Asia 1435 750 V Busbar 0Sep 9 2009 74.6 driverless operation

Australia

Surname city country continent Track
width
(mm)
electricity drive opening Network
length
(km)
Remarks
Sydney Metro Sydney AustraliaAustralia Australia Australia 1435 Overhead line May 26, 2019 36 driverless operation

Europe

Surname city country continent Track
width
(mm)
electricity drive opening Network
length
(km)
Remarks
Brussels Metro Brussels BelgiumBelgium Belgium Europe 1435 Busbar Sep 20 1976 55.6 + underground tram service
Sofia Metro Sofia BulgariaBulgaria Bulgaria Europe 1435 825 V Busbar Jan 28, 1998 40
Copenhagen Metro Copenhagen DenmarkDenmark Denmark Europe 1435 750 V Busbar Oct 19, 2002 20.4 driverless operation
Berlin subway Berlin GermanyGermany Germany Europe 1435 750 V Busbar Feb 15, 1902 151.7 two clearance profiles
partially elevated track
Hamburg subway Hamburg GermanyGermany Germany Europe 1435 750 V Busbar Feb 15, 1912 106.373 predominantly above ground (as elevated railway or at ground level)
Munich subway Munich GermanyGermany Germany Europe 1435 750 V Busbar Oct 19, 1971 103.1
Nuremberg subway Nuremberg GermanyGermany Germany Europe 1435 750 V Busbar 0March 1, 1972 37.1 world's first mixed operation (driverless and normal operation)
Helsinki Metro Helsinki FinlandFinland Finland Europe 1524 750 V Busbar 0Jun 1, 1982 21.1
Lille Metro Lille FranceFrance France Europe Busbar Apr 25, 1983 45.5 world's first driverless operation
Lyon Metro Lyon FranceFrance France Europe 1435 Overhead contact line conductor
rail
0May 2, 1978 32.1 Also includes a rack railway,
two vehicle
profiles, partially driverless operation
Marseille Metro Marseille FranceFrance France Europe 1435 750 V Busbar Nov 22, 1977 21.5
Paris metro Paris FranceFrance France Europe 1435 750 V Busbar Jul 19, 1900 214 partly driverless operation
partly rubber tires
Rennes metro Rennes FranceFrance France Europe 1435 Busbar March 16, 2002 9.4 driverless operation
Toulouse metro Toulouse FranceFrance France Europe 1435 750 V Busbar Jun 26, 1993 28.2 driverless operation
Athens Metro Athens GreeceGreece Greece Europe 1435 Steam
busbar
16 Sep 1904 86.7
Thessaloniki Metro Thessaloniki GreeceGreece Greece Europe 1435 Busbar under construction 9.6 driverless operation
Glasgow Subway Glasgow United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom Europe 1219 600 V Pull rope
busbar
Dec 14, 1896 10.5
Liverpool overhead Liverpool United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom Europe 1435 Busbar 0Feb. 4, 1893 10 Elevated railway
shut down on Dec. 30, 1956
London Underground London United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom Europe 1435 630 V Steam
traction cable conductor
rail
Jan. 10, 1863 402 oldest subway in the world
two vehicle profiles
Metropolitana di Brescia Brescia ItalyItaly Italy Europe 1435 Busbar 0March 2, 2013 13.7 driverless operation
partly elevated railway
Metropolitana di Catania Catania ItalyItaly Italy Europe 1435 3000 V Overhead line Jun 27, 1999 5.7
Metropolitana di Genova Genoa ItalyItaly Italy Europe 1435 750 V Overhead line Jun 13, 1990 7.1
Metropolitana di Milano Milan ItalyItaly Italy Europe 1435 Overhead contact line conductor
rail
0Nov 1, 1964 100 partially driverless operation
Metropolitana di Napoli Naples ItalyItaly Italy Europe 1435 Overhead line March 28, 1993 20.3 two clearance profiles
Metropolitana di Roma Rome ItalyItaly Italy Europe 1435 1500 V Overhead contact line conductor
rail
0Feb 9, 1955 60 partially driverless operation
Metropolitana di Torino Turin ItalyItaly Italy Europe Busbar 0Feb. 4, 2006 13.2 driverless operation
Amsterdam Metro Amsterdam NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands Europe 1435 750 V Busbar Oct 16, 1977 52.2 Mixed operation with trams
Metro Rotterdam Rotterdam NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands Europe 1435 750 V Busbar 0Feb 9, 1968 78.3
Oslo T-bane Oslo NorwayNorway Norway Europe 1435 750 V Busbar Oct 16, 1966 86 mostly above ground
Vienna subway Vienna AustriaAustria Austria Europe 1435 750V
750V
Overhead contact line conductor
rail
Feb 25, 1978 83.1 one line with overhead line ( U6 ), trial operation from May 8, 1976 0
Serfaus village railway Serfaus AustriaAustria Austria Europe Pull rope Dec 14, 1985 1.280 Air-cushion lift driven by a pull rope
Warsaw Metro Warsaw PolandPoland Poland Europe 1435 Busbar 0Apr 7, 1995 29.2
Lisbon Metro Lisbon PortugalPortugal Portugal Europe 1435 750 V Busbar December 29, 1959 43.8
Bucharest Metro Bucharest RomaniaRomania Romania Europe 1435 750 V Busbar Nov 16, 1979 69.25
Kazan Metro Kazan RussiaRussia Russia Europe 1520 Busbar Aug 27, 2005 11.8
Moscow Metro Moscow RussiaRussia Russia Europe 1520 825 V Busbar May 15, 1935 408 Longest subway system in Europe
Nizhny Novgorod Metro Nizhny Novgorod RussiaRussia Russia Europe 1520 Busbar Nov 20, 1985 18.9
Samara Metro Samara RussiaRussia Russia Europe 1520 Busbar Dec 26, 1987 12.7
Saint Petersburg Metro St. Petersburg RussiaRussia Russia Europe 1520 850 V Busbar Nov 15, 1955 113.2 The deepest subway in the world.
Tunnel bana Stockholm SwedenSweden Sweden Europe 1435 Busbar 0Oct. 1, 1950 108
Métro Lausanne Lausanne SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland Europe 1435 750 V Busbar Sep 18 2008 5.9 Conversion of a rack railway
driverless operation,
largest difference in altitude in the world (336 m)
Barcelona Metro Barcelona SpainSpain Spain Europe 1000 L8
1435
1674 L1
1200 V Overhead line Dec 30, 1924 143.3
Metro Bilbao Bilbao SpainSpain Spain Europe 1000 1500 V Overhead line Nov 11, 1995 43.28
Metro Madrid Madrid SpainSpain Spain Europe 1445 Overhead line Oct 17, 1919 293.0 two vehicle profiles
Málaga Metro Málaga SpainSpain Spain Europe 1435 Overhead line Jul 30, 2014 11.3
Metro Seville Seville SpainSpain Spain Europe 1435 750 V Overhead line 0Apr 2, 2009 18.2
Metro de Palma Palma SpainSpain Spain Europe 1000 1500 V Overhead line Apr 13, 2007 8.5
Valencia Metro Valencia SpainSpain Spain Europe 1000 Overhead line 0Oct 8, 1988 186.4
Metro Prague Prague Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic Europe 1435 750 V Busbar 0May 9, 1974 65.2
Tunnel Istanbul TurkeyTurkey Turkey Europe 1435 Pull rope Jan. 17, 1875 0.6 Funicular;
run underground
Istanbul Metro Istanbul TurkeyTurkey Turkey Europe / Asia 1435 Busbar 16 Sep 2000 95.7
Fünik pupil Kabataş – Taksim Istanbul TurkeyTurkey Turkey Europe 1435 Pull rope Jun 30, 2006 0.56 Funicular;
run underground
Kharkiv Metro Kharkiv UkraineUkraine Ukraine Europe 1520 Busbar 23 Aug 1975 38.1
Metro Dnipro Dnipro UkraineUkraine Ukraine Europe 1520 Busbar Dec 29, 1995 7.1
Donetsk Metro Donetsk UkraineUkraine Ukraine Europe 1520 Busbar under construction
Kiev Metro Kiev UkraineUkraine Ukraine Europe 1520 825 Busbar 0Nov 6, 1960 67.4
Metró Budapest Budapest HungaryHungary Hungary Europe 1435 550 V
825 V
Conductor rail (ceiling)
Conductor rail (side)
0May 2, 1896 38.3 oldest subway in continental Europe;
two vehicle profiles
Minsk Metro Minsk BelarusBelarus Belarus Europe 1520 Busbar Jun 26, 1984 37.3

North America

Surname city country continent Track
width
(mm)
electricity drive opening Network
length
(km)
Remarks
Santo Domingo Metro Santo Domingo Dominican RepublicDominican Republic Dominican Republic North America 1435 Overhead line Jan. 30, 2009 14.5
Metro Montreal Montréal CanadaCanada Canada North America 1435 750 V Busbar Oct 14, 1966 69.2 partially driverless operation with
rubber tires
Toronto Subway Toronto CanadaCanada Canada North America 1435
1495
Busbar March 30, 1954 76.9
SkyTrain Vancouver Vancouver CanadaCanada Canada North America 1435 Busbar 0Jan. 3, 1986 79.5 driverless operation
predominantly elevated railway
Monterrey Metro Monterrey MexicoMexico Mexico North America 1435 Overhead line Apr 25, 1991 32
Mexico City Metro Mexico city MexicoMexico Mexico North America 1435 750 V Busbar 05th Sep 1969 201.4 predominantly rubber tires
MARTA Atlanta United StatesUnited States United States North America 1435 750 V Busbar Jun 30, 1979 77 partly elevated railway
Baltimore Metro Baltimore United StatesUnited States United States North America 1435 Busbar Nov 21, 1983 24.8 partly elevated railway
MBTA Boston United StatesUnited States United States North America 1435 Overhead contact line conductor
rail
0Sep 1 1897 82.5
Chicago Elevated Chicago United StatesUnited States United States North America 1435 Steam
busbar
0Jun 6, 1892 171 predominantly above ground (as elevated railway or at ground level)
Red Line Cleveland United StatesUnited States United States North America 1435 600 V Overhead line March 15, 1955 30.7 Mixed operation with light rail
Los Angeles Metro los Angeles United StatesUnited States United States North America 1435 Overhead contact line conductor
rail
Jul 14, 1990 120 Subway and light rail
Miami-Dade Metrorail Miami United StatesUnited States United States North America 1435 Busbar May 20, 1984 39.3 Elevated railway
New York City Subway New York City United StatesUnited States United States North America 1435 Steam
busbar
Oct 28, 1904 394 two vehicle profiles
PATH New York City / New Jersey United StatesUnited States United States North America 1435 600 V Busbar Feb. 26, 1908 22.2
Market – Frankford Line Philadelphia United StatesUnited States United States North America 1581 Busbar 0March 4, 1907 20.8
Broad Street Line Philadelphia United StatesUnited States United States North America 1435 600 V Busbar 0Sep 1 1928 19.3
BEARD San Francisco / Oakland United StatesUnited States United States North America 1676 Busbar Sep 11 1972 167
Tren Urbano San Juan United StatesUnited States United States North America 1435 750 V Busbar 0Jun 6, 2005 17.2
Metro Washington Washington DC United StatesUnited States United States North America 1435 750 V Busbar March 25, 1976 176.3

Central America

Surname city country continent Track
width
(mm)
tension drive opening Network
length
(km)
Remarks
Metro de Panamá Panama City PanamaPanama Panama Central America 1435 Overhead line 0Apr 5, 2014 13.7

South America

Surname city country continent Track
width
(mm)
tension drive opening Network
length
(km)
Remarks
Subterraneanos de Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ArgentinaArgentina Argentina South America 1435 750 V E2
550 V
Overhead contact line conductor
rail
0Dec. 1, 1913 52.3 oldest subway in South America
Metro de Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte BrazilBrazil Brazil South America 1600 3000 V Overhead line 0Aug 1, 1986 28.1 100% at ground level
Metro Brasília Brasília BrazilBrazil Brazil South America 1600 750 V Busbar Sep 24 2001 42.4
Metro de Fortaleza Fortaleza BrazilBrazil Brazil South America 1000 Overhead line Oct 24, 2012 43.0 predominantly above ground (as elevated railway or at ground level)
Metro de Porto Alegre Porto Alegre BrazilBrazil Brazil South America 1600 3000 V Overhead line 0May 2, 1985 43.4 100% at ground level
Metro Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro BrazilBrazil Brazil South America 1600 Busbar March 15, 1979 40.9
Metro do Recife Recife BrazilBrazil Brazil South America 1600 Overhead line 0March 9, 1985 39.5 100% at ground level
Metro de Salvador Salvador BrazilBrazil Brazil South America 1435 3000 V Overhead line Jun 11, 2014 8.7 predominantly above ground (as elevated railway or at ground level)
Metro São Paulo São Paulo BrazilBrazil Brazil South America 1435
1600
Overhead contact line conductor
rail
Sep 14 1974 74.3 partly driverless operation
partly elevated railway
Metrô de Teresina Teresina BrazilBrazil Brazil South America 1000 diesel 0Nov 1, 1990 13.5 100% at ground level
Metro de Santiago Santiago de Chile ChileChile Chile South America 1435 Busbar Sep 15 1975 110 partly rubber tires
Metro Valparaíso Valparaíso ChileChile Chile South America 1676 Overhead line Nov 19, 2005 43
Metro de Quito Quito EcuadorEcuador Ecuador South America 1435 Overhead line under construction 23
Metro de Medellin Medellin ColombiaColombia Colombia South America 1435 1500 V Overhead line Nov. 30, 1995 23.2 two vehicle profiles, also operator of three gondola lines
Tren Urbano Lima PeruPeru Peru South America 1435 1500 V Overhead line Jul 11, 2001 34.6 Elevated railway
Metro Caracas Caracas VenezuelaVenezuela Venezuela South America 1435 Busbar 0Jan. 2, 1983 54.1
Maracaibo Metro Maracaibo VenezuelaVenezuela Venezuela South America 1435 Overhead line Nov 25, 2006 6.5 100% above ground (as elevated railway or at ground level)

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Fuzhou to enter metro era. Retrieved December 25, 2019 .
  2. ZX: China's first cross-Yellow River metro line begins trial operation. Xinhua , June 23, 2019, accessed July 2, 2019 .
  3. 高清 图 : 南昌 地铁 1 号 线 开通 人潮 汹涌 堪比 春运 - 江西 频道 - 人民网. Retrieved December 25, 2019 .
  4. ^ Qingdao subway system to launch in December. Retrieved December 25, 2019 .
  5. PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Ahmedabad Metro first phase, takes a ride. March 4, 2019, accessed December 25, 2019 .
  6. https://www.latestly.com/india/news/nagpur-metro-flagged-off-by-pm-narendra-modi-to-be-open-for-public-from-march-8-681132.html
  7. ^ Metro's Aqua line linking Noida and Gr Noida opens for public . In: The Economic Times . January 25, 2019 ( indiatimes.com [accessed December 25, 2019]).
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