List of cities with subways
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.
Cities with subway |
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Africa
| Surname | city | country | continent | Track width (mm) |
tension | drive | opening | Network length (km) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cairo Metro | Cairo |
|
Africa | 1435 | 1500V 750V |
Overhead contact line conductor rail |
27 Sep 1987 | 70 | |
| Metro Algiers | Algiers |
|
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 |
|
Asia | 1520 | 825 V | Busbar | March 7, 1981 | 13.4 | |
| Baku Metro | Baku |
|
Asia | 1520 | 825 V | Busbar | Nov 6, 1967 | 36.7 | |
| Beijing subway | Beijing |
|
Asia | 1435 | Busbar | Oct. 1, 1969 | 699.3 | ||
| Changsha Subway | Changsha |
|
Asia | 1435 | Overhead line | Apr 29, 2014 | 50.2 | ||
| Chengdu subway | Cheng you |
|
Asia | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | 27 Sep 2010 | 226.6 | |
| Chongqing Elevated Railway | Chongqing |
|
Asia | 1435 | 1500 V 1500 V |
Overhead contact line conductor rail |
Nov. 6, 2004 Monorail . Mar. 18, 2011 Underground |
311.8 | 2 subway and 2 monorail |
| Dalian Subway | Dalian |
|
Asia | 1435 | 1500 V | Overhead line | May 22, 2015 | 153.5 | |
| Dongguan subway | Dongguan |
|
Asia | 1435 | Overhead line | May 27, 2016 | 37.8 | ||
| Foshan subway | Foshan |
|
Asia | 1435 | Overhead line | Nov 3, 2010 | 39.6 | ||
| Fuzhou Subway | Fuzhou |
|
Asia | 1435 | Overhead line | May 18, 2016 | 24.9 | ||
| Guangzhou Subway | Guangzhou |
|
Asia | 1435 | 1500 V 1500 V |
Overhead contact line conductor rail |
Jun 28, 1997 | 436.7 | |
| Guiyang Subway | Guiyang |
|
Asia | 1435 | 1500 V | Overhead line | Dec 28, 2017 | 32.8 | |
| Harbin Subway | Harbin |
|
Asia | 1435 | Overhead line | 26 Sep 2013 | 22.9 | ||
| Hangzhou subway | Hangzhou |
|
Asia | 1435 | 1500 V | Overhead line | Nov 24, 2012 | 117.3 | |
| Hefei Subway | Hefei |
|
Asia | 1435 | Overhead line | December 26, 2016 | 52.4 | ||
| Kunming subway | Kunming |
|
Asia | 1435 | Busbar | Jun 28, 2012 | 87.2 | ||
| Lanzhou Subway | Lanzhou |
|
Asia | 1435 | Busbar | 23 Jun 2019 | |||
| Nanchang subway | Nanchang |
|
Asia | 1435 | Overhead line | Dec 26, 2015 | 48.3 | ||
| Nanjing subway | Nanjing |
|
Asia | 1435 | Busbar | Jun 15, 2005 | 377 | ||
| Ningbo subway | Ningbo |
|
Asia | 1435 | Overhead line | May 30, 2014 | 74.5 | partly elevated railway | |
| Nanning subway | Nanning |
|
Asia | 1435 | Overhead line | Jun 28, 2016 | 53.3 | ||
| Qingdao Subway | Qingdao |
|
Asia | 1435 | Busbar | Dec 16, 2015 | 43.6 | ||
| Shanghai subway | Shanghai |
|
Asia | 1435 | 1500 V 1500 V |
Overhead contact line conductor rail |
May 28, 1993 | 676 | |
| Shenyang Metro | Shenyang |
|
Asia | 1435 | Overhead line | 27 Sep 2010 | 59.4 | ||
| Shenzhen Metro | Shenzhen |
|
Asia | 1435 | Busbar | Dec 28, 2004 | 286.2 | ||
| Suzhou subway | Suzhou |
|
Asia | 1435 | Busbar | Apr 28, 2012 | 118.9 | ||
| Tianjin Subway | Tianjin |
|
Asia | 1435 | Busbar | Dec 28, 1984 | 219.8 | ||
| Urumqi Metro | Urumqi |
|
Asia | 1435 | Overhead line | Oct 25, 2018 | 16.6 | ||
| Wuhan subway | Wuhan |
|
Asia | 1435 | Busbar | 28 Sep 2004 | 318.3 | ||
| Wuxi subway | Wuxi |
|
Asia | 1435 | Busbar | Jul 1, 2014 | 56 | ||
| Xi'an Subway | Xi'an |
|
Asia | 1435 | Busbar | 16 Sep 2011 | 126.6 | ||
| Zhengzhou Subway | Zhengzhou |
|
Asia | 1435 | Overhead line | Dec 28, 2013 | 93.7 | ||
| Mass Transit Railway | Hong Kong |
|
Asia | 1432 | Overhead line | Oct. 1, 1979 | 206.4 | ||
| Metro Tbilisi | Tbilisi |
|
Asia | 1520 | Busbar | Jan. 11, 1966 | 27.1 | ||
| Ahmedabad Metro | Ahmedabad |
|
Asia | 1435 | Overhead line | March 4, 2019 | 6.5 | mostly elevated railway | |
| Bangalore Metro | Bangalore |
|
Asia | 1435 | 750 V | Busbar | Oct 20, 2011 | 42.3 | partly elevated railway |
| Delhi Metro | Delhi |
|
Asia | 1435 1676 |
25 kV, 50 Hz AC | Overhead line | Dec. 24, 2002 | 342.6 | mostly elevated railway |
| Chennai Metro | Chennai |
|
Asia | 1435 | 25 kV, 50 Hz AC | Overhead line | 29 Jun 2015 | 44.7 | partly elevated railway |
| Rapid Metro Gurgaon | Gurgaon |
|
Asia | 1435 | Busbar | Nov 14, 2013 | 11.7 | Elevated railway linked to the Delhi Metro | |
| Hyderabad Metro | Hyderabad |
|
Asia | 1435 | Overhead line | Nov 28, 2017 | 57.3 | Elevated railway | |
| Metro Jaipur | Jaipur |
|
Asia | 1435 | Overhead line | Jun 3, 2015 | 9.6 | mostly elevated railway | |
| Kanpur Metro | Kanpur |
|
Asia | 1435 | Overhead line | under construction | |||
| Metro Kochi | Kochi |
|
Asia | 1435 | Busbar | 17 Jul 2017 | 18.4 | Elevated railway | |
| Kolkata Metro | Kolkata |
|
Asia | 1435 1676 |
750 V | Busbar | Oct. 24, 1984 | 27.2 | partly elevated railway |
| Metro Lucknow | Lucknow |
|
Asia | 1435 | Busbar | 5th Sep 2017 | 23.7 | partly elevated railway | |
| Mumbai Metro | Mumbai |
|
Asia | 1435 | Overhead line | Jun 8, 2014 | 11.4 | Elevated railway | |
| Metro Navi Mumbai | Navi Mumbai |
|
Asia | 1435 | Overhead line | under construction | |||
| Nagpur Metro | Nagpur |
|
Asia | 1435 | Overhead line | March 7, 2019 | 13.5 | Elevated railway | |
| Metro Noida | Noida |
|
Asia | 1435 | Overhead line | Jan. 25, 2019 | 29.7 | Elevated railway linked to the Delhi Metro | |
| Metro Pune | Pune |
|
Asia | 1435 | Overhead line | under construction | |||
| MRT Jakarta | Jakarta |
|
Asia | 1067 | 1500 V | Overhead line | March 24, 2019 | 15.7 | |
| Ahvaz subway | Ahvaz |
|
Asia | 1435 | Overhead line | under construction | |||
| Isfahan Metro | Isfahan |
|
Asia | 1435 | Overhead line | Oct 15, 2015 | 20.2 | ||
| Mashhad Metro | Mashhad |
|
Asia | 1435 | Overhead line | Apr 24, 2011 | 34.1 | ||
| Shiraz subway | Shiraz |
|
Asia | 1435 | 1500 V | Overhead line | Oct 11, 2014 | 22.5 | |
| Tabriz Metro | Tabriz |
|
Asia | 1435 | Overhead line | 27 Aug 2015 | 9.3 | partly elevated railway | |
| Tehran subway | Tehran |
|
Asia | 1435 | Busbar | March 7, 1999 | 89 | ||
| Carmelite | Haifa |
|
Asia | 1435 | Pull rope | Oct 6, 1959 | 1.8 | Funicular
run underground |
|
| Fukuoka subway | Fukuoka |
|
Asia | 1067 1435 |
Overhead line | Jul 29, 1981 | 30.5 | ||
| Kobe subway | Kobe |
|
Asia | 1435 | Busbar | March 13, 1977 | 38.1 | ||
| Kyoto subway | Kyoto |
|
Asia | 1435 | 1500 V | Busbar | Apr 1, 1981 | 31.2 | |
| Nagoya Subway | Nagoya |
|
Asia | 1067 1435 |
Overhead contact line conductor rail |
Nov 15, 1957 | 93.3 | ||
| Osaka subway | Osaka |
|
Asia | 1435 | Overhead contact line conductor rail |
May 20, 1933 | 125.4 | ||
| Sapporo subway | Sapporo |
|
Asia | 1500V 750V |
Overhead contact line conductor rail |
Dec 16, 1971 | 48 | two vehicle profiles with rubber tires |
|
| Sendai subway | Sendai |
|
Asia | 1067 | Overhead line | Jul 15, 1987 | 28.7 | ||
| Tokyo subway | Tokyo |
|
Asia | 1067 1372 1435 |
Linear motor overhead line busbar |
Dec 30, 1927 | 304.1 | two vehicle profiles the most frequented operation |
|
| Yokohama Subway | Yokohama |
|
Asia | 1435 | Busbar | Dec 16, 1972 | 53.4 | ||
| Almaty Metro | Almaty |
|
Asia | 1520 | 825 V | Busbar | Dec 16, 2011 | 11.3 | |
| Pyongyang Metro | Pyongyang |
|
Asia | 1435 | 750 V | Busbar | 6 Sep 1973 | 22.5 | |
| Mass Rapid Transit Manila | Manila |
|
Asia | 1435 | Overhead line | Dec. 1, 1984 | 33.4 | mostly elevated railway | |
| Yekaterinburg Metro | Ekaterinburg |
|
Asia | 1520 | 825 V | Busbar | Apr 27, 1991 | 12.7 | |
| Krasnoyarsk Metro | Krasnoyarsk |
|
Asia | 1520 | Busbar | under construction | |||
| Novosibirsk Metro | Novosibirsk |
|
Asia | 1520 | Busbar | Jan. 7, 1986 | 15.9 | ||
| Omsk Metro | Omsk |
|
Asia | 1520 | Busbar | under construction | 7.5 | ||
| Chelyabinsk Metro | Chelyabinsk |
|
Asia | 1520 | Busbar | under construction | 5.7 | ||
| Metro Mecca | Mecca |
|
Asia | 1435 | 1500 V | Overhead line | Nov 12, 2010 | 18.1 | driverless operation Hochbahn |
| Riyadh metro | Riad |
|
Asia | 1435 | Overhead line | under construction | 176 | driverless operation partly elevated railway |
|
| MRI | Singapore |
|
Asia | 1435 | Busbar | Nov 7, 1987 | 170.7 | ||
| Busan subway | Busan |
|
Asia | 1435 | Overhead line | Jul 19, 1985 | 86.2 | partly driverless operation partly elevated railway |
|
| Daegu Metro | Daegu |
|
Asia | 1435 | 1500 V | Overhead line | Nov 26, 1997 | 81.3 | 2 underground trains and 1 driverless monorail |
| Daejeon Metro | Daejeon |
|
Asia | 1435 | Overhead line | March 16, 2006 | 22.74 | ||
| Gwangju Subway | Gwangju |
|
Asia | 1435 | Overhead line | Apr 28, 2004 | 20.1 | ||
| Incheon subway | Incheon |
|
Asia | 1435 | Overhead line | Oct 6, 1999 | 28 | ||
| Seoul Subway | Seoul |
|
Asia | 1435 | 1500 V | Overhead line | Aug 15, 1974 | 341.5 | partially driverless operation |
| Kaohsiung MRI | Kaohsiung |
|
Asia | 1435 | Busbar | March 9, 2008 | 53.3 | partly elevated railway | |
| MRT Taipei | Taipei |
|
Asia | 1435 | 750 V | Busbar | March 28, 1996 | 152.9 | partly driverless operation partly rubber tires partly elevated railway |
| Taoyuan MRI | Taoyuan |
|
Asia | 1435 | Busbar | March 2, 2017 | 51.03 | partly elevated railway | |
| Bangkok Metro | Bangkok |
|
Asia | 1435 | Busbar | Jul 3, 2004 | 43 | ||
| Bangkok Skytrain | Bangkok |
|
Asia | 1435 | 750 V | Busbar | Dec 5, 1999 | 36.45 | Elevated railway |
| Metro Adana | Adana |
|
Asia | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | Dec 12, 2009 | 13.5 | Light metro ("Hafif Metro") partly elevated railway |
| Ankara Metro | Ankara |
|
Asia | 1435 | 750 V | Busbar | Dec 28, 1997 | 64.3 | |
| Ankaray | Ankara |
|
Asia | 1435 | Busbar | Aug 30, 1996 | 8.5 | Light metro ("Hafif Metro") | |
| Bursa light rail | Bursa |
|
Asia | 1435 | 1500 V | Overhead line | Apr 24, 2002 | 38.9 | partly elevated railway |
| Metro Izmir | İzmir |
|
Asia | 1435 | 750 V | Busbar | Aug 25, 2000 | 20th | |
| Tashkent Metro | Tashkent |
|
Asia | 1520 | 825 V | Busbar | Nov 6, 1977 | 36.2 | |
| Dubai Metro | Dubai |
|
Asia | 1435 | 750 V | Busbar | Sep 9 2009 | 74.6 | driverless operation |
Australia
| Surname | city | country | continent | Track width (mm) |
electricity | drive | opening | Network length (km) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sydney Metro | Sydney |
|
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 |
|
Europe | 1435 | Busbar | Sep 20 1976 | 55.6 | + underground tram service | |
| Sofia Metro | Sofia |
|
Europe | 1435 | 825 V | Busbar | Jan 28, 1998 | 40 | |
| Copenhagen Metro | Copenhagen |
|
Europe | 1435 | 750 V | Busbar | Oct 19, 2002 | 20.4 | driverless operation |
| Berlin subway | Berlin |
|
Europe | 1435 | 750 V | Busbar | Feb 15, 1902 | 151.7 | two clearance profiles partially elevated track |
| Hamburg subway | Hamburg |
|
Europe | 1435 | 750 V | Busbar | Feb 15, 1912 | 106.373 | predominantly above ground (as elevated railway or at ground level) |
| Munich subway | Munich |
|
Europe | 1435 | 750 V | Busbar | Oct 19, 1971 | 103.1 | |
| Nuremberg subway | Nuremberg |
|
Europe | 1435 | 750 V | Busbar | March 1, 1972 | 37.1 | world's first mixed operation (driverless and normal operation) |
| Helsinki Metro | Helsinki |
|
Europe | 1524 | 750 V | Busbar | Jun 1, 1982 | 21.1 | |
| Lille Metro | Lille |
|
Europe | Busbar | Apr 25, 1983 | 45.5 | world's first driverless operation | ||
| Lyon Metro | Lyon |
|
Europe | 1435 | Overhead contact line conductor rail |
May 2, 1978 | 32.1 | Also includes a rack railway, two vehicle profiles, partially driverless operation |
|
| Marseille Metro | Marseille |
|
Europe | 1435 | 750 V | Busbar | Nov 22, 1977 | 21.5 | |
| Paris metro | Paris |
|
Europe | 1435 | 750 V | Busbar | Jul 19, 1900 | 214 | partly driverless operation partly rubber tires |
| Rennes metro | Rennes |
|
Europe | 1435 | Busbar | March 16, 2002 | 9.4 | driverless operation | |
| Toulouse metro | Toulouse |
|
Europe | 1435 | 750 V | Busbar | Jun 26, 1993 | 28.2 | driverless operation |
| Athens Metro | Athens |
|
Europe | 1435 |
Steam busbar |
16 Sep 1904 | 86.7 | ||
| Thessaloniki Metro | Thessaloniki |
|
Europe | 1435 | Busbar | under construction | 9.6 | driverless operation | |
| Glasgow Subway | Glasgow |
|
Europe | 1219 | 600 V |
Pull rope busbar |
Dec 14, 1896 | 10.5 | |
| Liverpool overhead | Liverpool |
|
Europe | 1435 | Busbar | Feb. 4, 1893 | 10 | Elevated railway shut down on Dec. 30, 1956 |
|
| London Underground | London |
|
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 |
|
Europe | 1435 | Busbar | March 2, 2013 | 13.7 | driverless operation partly elevated railway |
|
| Metropolitana di Catania | Catania |
|
Europe | 1435 | 3000 V | Overhead line | Jun 27, 1999 | 5.7 | |
| Metropolitana di Genova | Genoa |
|
Europe | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | Jun 13, 1990 | 7.1 | |
| Metropolitana di Milano | Milan |
|
Europe | 1435 | Overhead contact line conductor rail |
Nov 1, 1964 | 100 | partially driverless operation | |
| Metropolitana di Napoli | Naples |
|
Europe | 1435 | Overhead line | March 28, 1993 | 20.3 | two clearance profiles | |
| Metropolitana di Roma | Rome |
|
Europe | 1435 | 1500 V | Overhead contact line conductor rail |
Feb 9, 1955 | 60 | partially driverless operation |
| Metropolitana di Torino | Turin |
|
Europe | Busbar | Feb. 4, 2006 | 13.2 | driverless operation | ||
| Amsterdam Metro | Amsterdam |
|
Europe | 1435 | 750 V | Busbar | Oct 16, 1977 | 52.2 | Mixed operation with trams |
| Metro Rotterdam | Rotterdam |
|
Europe | 1435 | 750 V | Busbar | Feb 9, 1968 | 78.3 | |
| Oslo T-bane | Oslo |
|
Europe | 1435 | 750 V | Busbar | Oct 16, 1966 | 86 | mostly above ground |
| Vienna subway | Vienna |
|
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 |
| Serfaus village railway | Serfaus |
|
Europe | Pull rope | Dec 14, 1985 | 1.280 | Air-cushion lift driven by a pull rope | ||
| Warsaw Metro | Warsaw |
|
Europe | 1435 | Busbar | Apr 7, 1995 | 29.2 | ||
| Lisbon Metro | Lisbon |
|
Europe | 1435 | 750 V | Busbar | December 29, 1959 | 43.8 | |
| Bucharest Metro | Bucharest |
|
Europe | 1435 | 750 V | Busbar | Nov 16, 1979 | 69.25 | |
| Kazan Metro | Kazan |
|
Europe | 1520 | Busbar | Aug 27, 2005 | 11.8 | ||
| Moscow Metro | Moscow |
|
Europe | 1520 | 825 V | Busbar | May 15, 1935 | 408 | Longest subway system in Europe |
| Nizhny Novgorod Metro | Nizhny Novgorod |
|
Europe | 1520 | Busbar | Nov 20, 1985 | 18.9 | ||
| Samara Metro | Samara |
|
Europe | 1520 | Busbar | Dec 26, 1987 | 12.7 | ||
| Saint Petersburg Metro | St. Petersburg |
|
Europe | 1520 | 850 V | Busbar | Nov 15, 1955 | 113.2 | The deepest subway in the world. |
| Tunnel bana | Stockholm |
|
Europe | 1435 | Busbar | Oct. 1, 1950 | 108 | ||
| Métro Lausanne | Lausanne |
|
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 |
|
Europe | 1000 L8 1435 1674 L1 |
1200 V | Overhead line | Dec 30, 1924 | 143.3 | |
| Metro Bilbao | Bilbao |
|
Europe | 1000 | 1500 V | Overhead line | Nov 11, 1995 | 43.28 | |
| Metro Madrid | Madrid |
|
Europe | 1445 | Overhead line | Oct 17, 1919 | 293.0 | two vehicle profiles | |
| Málaga Metro | Málaga |
|
Europe | 1435 | Overhead line | Jul 30, 2014 | 11.3 | ||
| Metro Seville | Seville |
|
Europe | 1435 | 750 V | Overhead line | Apr 2, 2009 | 18.2 | |
| Metro de Palma | Palma |
|
Europe | 1000 | 1500 V | Overhead line | Apr 13, 2007 | 8.5 | |
| Valencia Metro | Valencia |
|
Europe | 1000 | Overhead line | Oct 8, 1988 | 186.4 | ||
| Metro Prague | Prague |
|
Europe | 1435 | 750 V | Busbar | May 9, 1974 | 65.2 | |
| Tunnel | Istanbul |
|
Europe | 1435 | Pull rope | Jan. 17, 1875 | 0.6 | Funicular; run underground |
|
| Istanbul Metro | Istanbul |
|
Europe / Asia | 1435 | Busbar | 16 Sep 2000 | 95.7 | ||
| Fünik pupil Kabataş – Taksim | Istanbul |
|
Europe | 1435 | Pull rope | Jun 30, 2006 | 0.56 | Funicular; run underground |
|
| Kharkiv Metro | Kharkiv |
|
Europe | 1520 | Busbar | 23 Aug 1975 | 38.1 | ||
| Metro Dnipro | Dnipro |
|
Europe | 1520 | Busbar | Dec 29, 1995 | 7.1 | ||
| Donetsk Metro | Donetsk |
|
Europe | 1520 | Busbar | under construction | |||
| Kiev Metro | Kiev |
|
Europe | 1520 | 825 | Busbar | Nov 6, 1960 | 67.4 | |
| Metró Budapest | Budapest |
|
Europe | 1435 | 550 V 825 V |
Conductor rail (ceiling) Conductor rail (side) |
May 2, 1896 | 38.3 | oldest subway in continental Europe; two vehicle profiles |
| Minsk Metro | Minsk |
|
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 |
|
North America | 1435 | Overhead line | Jan. 30, 2009 | 14.5 | ||
| Metro Montreal | Montréal |
|
North America | 1435 | 750 V | Busbar | Oct 14, 1966 | 69.2 | partially driverless operation with rubber tires |
| Toronto Subway | Toronto |
|
North America | 1435 1495 |
Busbar | March 30, 1954 | 76.9 | ||
| SkyTrain Vancouver | Vancouver |
|
North America | 1435 | Busbar | Jan. 3, 1986 | 79.5 | driverless operation predominantly elevated railway |
|
| Monterrey Metro | Monterrey |
|
North America | 1435 | Overhead line | Apr 25, 1991 | 32 | ||
| Mexico City Metro | Mexico city |
|
North America | 1435 | 750 V | Busbar | 5th Sep 1969 | 201.4 | predominantly rubber tires |
| MARTA | Atlanta |
|
North America | 1435 | 750 V | Busbar | Jun 30, 1979 | 77 | partly elevated railway |
| Baltimore Metro | Baltimore |
|
North America | 1435 | Busbar | Nov 21, 1983 | 24.8 | partly elevated railway | |
| MBTA | Boston |
|
North America | 1435 | Overhead contact line conductor rail |
Sep 1 1897 | 82.5 | ||
| Chicago Elevated | Chicago |
|
North America | 1435 |
Steam busbar |
Jun 6, 1892 | 171 | predominantly above ground (as elevated railway or at ground level) | |
| Red Line | Cleveland |
|
North America | 1435 | 600 V | Overhead line | March 15, 1955 | 30.7 | Mixed operation with light rail |
| Los Angeles Metro | los Angeles |
|
North America | 1435 | Overhead contact line conductor rail |
Jul 14, 1990 | 120 | Subway and light rail | |
| Miami-Dade Metrorail | Miami |
|
North America | 1435 | Busbar | May 20, 1984 | 39.3 | Elevated railway | |
| New York City Subway | New York City |
|
North America | 1435 |
Steam busbar |
Oct 28, 1904 | 394 | two vehicle profiles | |
| PATH | New York City / New Jersey |
|
North America | 1435 | 600 V | Busbar | Feb. 26, 1908 | 22.2 | |
| Market – Frankford Line | Philadelphia |
|
North America | 1581 | Busbar | March 4, 1907 | 20.8 | ||
| Broad Street Line | Philadelphia |
|
North America | 1435 | 600 V | Busbar | Sep 1 1928 | 19.3 | |
| BEARD | San Francisco / Oakland |
|
North America | 1676 | Busbar | Sep 11 1972 | 167 | ||
| Tren Urbano | San Juan |
|
North America | 1435 | 750 V | Busbar | Jun 6, 2005 | 17.2 | |
| Metro Washington | Washington DC |
|
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 |
|
Central America | 1435 | Overhead line | Apr 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 |
|
South America | 1435 | 750 V E2 550 V |
Overhead contact line conductor rail |
Dec. 1, 1913 | 52.3 | oldest subway in South America |
| Metro de Belo Horizonte | Belo Horizonte |
|
South America | 1600 | 3000 V | Overhead line | Aug 1, 1986 | 28.1 | 100% at ground level |
| Metro Brasília | Brasília |
|
South America | 1600 | 750 V | Busbar | Sep 24 2001 | 42.4 | |
| Metro de Fortaleza | Fortaleza |
|
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 |
|
South America | 1600 | 3000 V | Overhead line | May 2, 1985 | 43.4 | 100% at ground level |
| Metro Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro |
|
South America | 1600 | Busbar | March 15, 1979 | 40.9 | ||
| Metro do Recife | Recife |
|
South America | 1600 | Overhead line | March 9, 1985 | 39.5 | 100% at ground level | |
| Metro de Salvador | Salvador |
|
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 |
|
South America | 1435 1600 |
Overhead contact line conductor rail |
Sep 14 1974 | 74.3 | partly driverless operation partly elevated railway |
|
| Metrô de Teresina | Teresina |
|
South America | 1000 | diesel | Nov 1, 1990 | 13.5 | 100% at ground level | |
| Metro de Santiago | Santiago de Chile |
|
South America | 1435 | Busbar | Sep 15 1975 | 110 | partly rubber tires | |
| Metro Valparaíso | Valparaíso |
|
South America | 1676 | Overhead line | Nov 19, 2005 | 43 | ||
| Metro de Quito | Quito |
|
South America | 1435 | Overhead line | under construction | 23 | ||
| Metro de Medellin | Medellin |
|
South America | 1435 | 1500 V | Overhead line | Nov. 30, 1995 | 23.2 | two vehicle profiles, also operator of three gondola lines |
| Tren Urbano | Lima |
|
South America | 1435 | 1500 V | Overhead line | Jul 11, 2001 | 34.6 | Elevated railway |
| Metro Caracas | Caracas |
|
South America | 1435 | Busbar | Jan. 2, 1983 | 54.1 | ||
| Maracaibo Metro | Maracaibo |
|
South America | 1435 | Overhead line | Nov 25, 2006 | 6.5 | 100% above ground (as elevated railway or at ground level) |
See also
Web links
- Page overview of the most underground operations (Engl.)
- World metro list (at Metro Bits)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fuzhou to enter metro era. Retrieved December 25, 2019 .
- ↑ ZX: China's first cross-Yellow River metro line begins trial operation. Xinhua , June 23, 2019, accessed July 2, 2019 .
- ↑ 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 .
- ^ Qingdao subway system to launch in December. Retrieved December 25, 2019 .
- ↑ PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Ahmedabad Metro first phase, takes a ride. March 4, 2019, accessed December 25, 2019 .
- ↑ https://www.latestly.com/india/news/nagpur-metro-flagged-off-by-pm-narendra-modi-to-be-open-for-public-from-march-8-681132.html
- ^ 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]).
- ↑ www.railwaygazette.com (English)
- ↑ nasrnews.ir (Persian)
- ↑ 春節 後 試 營運 機 捷 敲定 3 月 2 日 上路. Retrieved December 25, 2019 (Chinese (Traditional)).