List of rapid transit systems

This is a list of rapid transit systems around the world. Such systems are commonly called metros, subways, elevated railways, rapid rail, or underground railways. The list is ordered by continent, country and city, and the systems are listed along with their opening year, system length and number of stations. 
==Considerations==
There is no single and unambiguous definition of a rapid transit system, but the term often refers to systems that are called metro, subway or underground.The term rapid transit sometimes refers to high capacity bus transit systems (BRT) or any kind of transit system that features some dedicated lanes or routes. Whereas the words subway and underground indicate that the system is sub-surface, the terms metro and rapid transit typically also include systems that are elevated or at surface level. A popular definition of metro is urban, electric passenger transportation system with high capacity and high frequency of service, which is totally independent from other traffic, road or pedestrians. The terms heavy rail (mainly in North America) and heavy urban rail have similar definitions.
The dividing line between rapid transit and other modes of public transport, such as light rail and commuter rail, is not always clear. A common way to distinguish rapid transit systems from light rail is by their separation from other traffic. While light rail systems may share roads or have level crossings, a rapid transit system runs on a grade-separated exclusive right-of-way, with no access for pedestrians and other traffic. And in contrast to commuter rail, rapid transit systems are primarily used for transport within a city, and have higher service frequency, typically not more than 10 minutes between trains during normal daytime service. Furthermore, rapid transit 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 lines. 
The name of the system is not a criterion for inclusion. Some cities use rapid transit or 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 criteria 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 for in the provided network data. Certain transit networks match the technical level and service standards of rapid transit, but reach far out of the city and are commonly known or better described as regional or commuter rail. These are not included. Neither are monorail and funicular systems, nor people movers, such as amusement park, ski resort and airport transportation systems.
==Africa==
Location	Name 	Opened	Stations	Length
 	 	 	 	
Cairo 	Cairo Metro	1987 	53 	
==Asia==
Location 	Name 	Opened	Stations	Length
 	 	 	 	
Beijing 	Beijing Subway 	1969 	83 	
Chongqing 	Chongqing Metro 	2005 	18 	
Dalian 	Dalian Metro 	2003 	12 	
Guangzhou 	Guangzhou Metro 	1997 	60 	
Hong Kong 	MTR 	1979 	82 	
Nanjing 	Nanjing Metro 	2005 	17 	
Shanghai 	Shanghai Metro 	1995 	162 	
Shenzhen 	Shenzhen Metro 	2004 	19 	
Tianjin 	Tianjin Metro 	1984 	22 	
Wuhan 	Wuhan Metro 	2004 	10 	
 	 	 	 	
Chennai 	Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System 	1997 	17 	
Kolkata 	Kolkata Metro 	1984 	17 	
Delhi 	Delhi Metro 	2002 	59 	
 	 	 	 	
Tehran 	Tehran Metro 	2000 	40 	
 	 	 	 	
Haifa 	Carmelit 	1956 	6 	
 	 	 	 	
Fukuoka 	Fukuoka City Subway 	1981 	35 	
Hiroshima 	Astram Line 	1994 	21 	
Kobe 	Kobe Rapid Railway 	1968 	10 	
Kobe 	Kobe Municipal Subway 	1977 	25 	
Kyoto 	Kyoto Municipal Subway 	1981 	29 	
Nagoya 	Nagoya Municipal Subway 	1957 	83 	
Osaka 	Osaka Municipal Subway 	1933 	101 	
Saitama 	Saitama Rapid Railway Line 	2001 	8 	
Sapporo 	Sapporo Municipal Subway 	1971 	46 	
Sendai 	Sendai Subway 	1987 	17 	
Tokyo(23 special wards)	Tokyo Metro 	1927 	165 	
Tokyo(23 special wards)	Toei Subway 	1960 	106 	
Tokyo(23 special wards)	Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit	1996 	8 	
Yokohama 	Yokohama Municipal Subway 	1972 	32 	
Yokohama 	Minatomirai Line 	2004 	6 	
 	 	 	 	
Pyongyang 	Pyongyang Metro 	1973 	17 	
 	 	 	 	
Busan 	Busan Subway 	1985 	95 	
Daegu 	Daegu Subway 	1997 	55 	
Daejeon 	Daejeon Subway 	2006 	22 	
Gwangju 	Gwangju Subway 	2004 	14 	
Incheon 	Incheon Subway 	1999 	22 	
Seoul 	Seoul Subway 	1974 	266 	
 	 	 	 	
Kuala Lumpur 	Ampang Line 	1996 	25 	
Kuala Lumpur 	Kelana Jaya Line 	1998 	24 	
 	 	 	 	
Manila 	Manila Light Rail Transit System 	1984 	29 	
Manila 	Manila Metro Rail Transit System 	1999 	13 	
 	 	 	 	
Singapore 	Mass Rapid Transit 	1987 	64 	
 	 	 	 	
Taipei 	Taipei Rapid Transit System 	1996 	67 	
Kaohsiung 	Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit 	2008 	23 	
 	 	 	 	
Bangkok 	Bangkok Skytrain 	1999 	23 	
Bangkok 	Bangkok Metro 	2004 	18 	
 	 	 	 	
Tashkent 	Tashkent Metro 	1977 	29 	39.1 km (24.4 mi)
==Europe==
Location 	Name 	Opened	Stations	Length
 	 	 	 	
Yerevan 	Yerevan Metro 	1981 	10 	
 	 	 	 	
Vienna 	Vienna U-Bahn 	1976 	90 	
 	 	 	 	
Baku 	Baku Metro 	1967 	20 	
 	 	 	 	
Minsk 	Minsk Metro 	1984 	25 	
 	 	 	 	
Brussels 	Brussels Metro 	1969 	68 	
 	 	 	 	
Sofia 	Sofia Metro 	1998 	8 	
 	 	 	 	
Prague 	Prague Metro 	1974 	57 	
 	 	 	 	
Copenhagen 	Copenhagen Metro 	2002 	22 	
 	 	 	 	
Helsinki 	Helsinki Metro 	1982 	17 	
 	 	 	 	
Lille 	Lille Metro 	1983 	60 	
Lyon 	Lyon Metro 	1968 	39 	
Marseille 	Marseille Metro 	1977 	24 	
Paris 	Paris MétroParis Metro network had 297 stations and was 211.3 km long in 2004. In 2007, the network was extended with 1 station and 1.6 kilometers. 	1900 	298 	
Rennes 	Rennes Metro 	2002 	15 	
Toulouse 	Toulouse Metro 	1993 	37 	
 	 	 	 	
Tbilisi 	Tbilisi Metro 	1966 	22 	
 	 	 	 	
Berlin 	Berlin U-BahnIn addition to the U-Bahn, Berlin has an extensive network of urban railway lines, S-Bahn, which may be considered a metro in its own right. 	1902 	170 	
Hamburg 	Hamburg U-Bahn 	1912 	89 	
Munich 	Munich U-Bahn 	1971 	98 	
Nuremberg 	Nuremberg U-Bahn 	1972 	41 	
 	 	 	 	
Athens 	Athens Metro 	2000 	52 	
 	 	 	 	
Budapest 	Budapest Metro 	1896 	40 	
 	 	 	 	
Catania 	Catania Metro 	1999 	6 	
Genoa 	Genoa Metro 	1990 	7 	
Milan 	Milan Metro 	1964 	86 	
Naples 	Naples MetroCurrently, line 1, 2 and 6 are rapid transit. Additional suburban lines will be upgraded to rapid transit standard. 	1993 	28 	
Rome 	Rome Metro 	1955 	48 	
Turin 	Metrotorino 	2006 	15 	
 	 	 	 	
Amsterdam 	Amsterdam MetroLine 50, 53, and 54 are rapid transit. Numbers exclude light rail line 51. 	1977 	33 	
Rotterdam 	Rotterdam Metro 	1968 	38 	
 	 	 	 	
Oslo 	Oslo T-bane 	1966 	104 	
 	 	 	 	
Warsaw 	Warsaw Metro 	1995 	19 	
 	 	 	 	
Lisbon 	Lisbon Metro 	1959 	46 	
 	 	 	 	
Bucharest 	Bucharest Metro 	1979 	45 	
 	 	 	 	
Kazan 	Kazan Metro 	2005 	5 	
Moscow 	Moscow MetroThe official Moscow Metro site provides pages with network data in Russian and English. The Russian page seems to be the more accurate and updated page. 	1935 	176 	
Nizhny Novgorod 	Nizhny Novgorod Metro 	1985 	13 	
Novosibirsk 	Novosibirsk Metro 	1986 	12 	
Saint Petersburg 	Saint Petersburg Metro 	1955 	60 	
Samara 	Samara Metro 	1987 	9 	
Yekaterinburg 	Yekaterinburg Metro 	1991 	7 	
 	 	 	 	
Barcelona 	Barcelona MetroTMB lines L1-L5+L11, and FCG lines L6-L8. 	1924 	123 	
Bilbao 	Bilbao Metro 	1995 	36 	
Madrid 	Madrid MetroAccording to the Community of Madrid, the Madrid Metro network, including Metro Ligero (light rail), has a total of 318 stations and 322 kilometers. Light rail lines spans along 28 kilometers; thus the metro network is 294 kilometers. There are 231 metro stations, counting interchange stations only once.	1919 	231 	
Palma de Mallorca 	Palma de Mallorca Metro 	2007 	9 	
Valencia 	Valencia MetroCentral parts of line 1, 3 and 5 can be considered full metro. Outer parts are served less frequently and have level crossings. Line 2 and 4 are light rail. 	1988 	37 	
 	 	 	 	
Stockholm 	Stockholm Metro 	1950 	100 	
 	 	 	 	
Ankara 	Ankaray 	1996 	11 	
Ankara 	Ankara Metro 	1997 	12 	
Istanbul 	Istanbul LRT 	1989 	36 	
Istanbul 	Istanbul Metro 	2000 	6 	
İzmir 	İzmir Metro 	2000 	10 	
Bursa 	Bursaray 	2002 	23 	
 	 	 	 	
Dnipropetrovsk 	Dnipropetrovsk Metro 	1995 	6 	
Kharkiv 	Kharkiv Metro 	1975 	28 	
Kiev 	Kiev Metro 	1960 	45 	
 	 	 	 	
Glasgow 	Glasgow Subway 	1896 	15 	
London 	London Underground 	1863 	269 	
London 	Docklands Light Railway 	1987 	39 	
Newcastle upon Tyne & Sunderland	Tyne & Wear Metro 	1980 	60 	
==North America==
Location 	Name 	Opened	Stations	Length
 	 	 	 	
Montreal 	Montreal Metro 	1966 	68 	
Toronto 	Toronto subway and RT 	1954 	69 	
Vancouver 	SkyTrain 	1985 	33 	
 	 	 	 	
Santo Domingo 	Metro de Santo Domingo 	2008 	16 	
 	 	 	 	
Mexico City 	Mexico City Metro 	1969 	198 	
Monterrey 	Monterrey Metro 	1991 	28 	
Guadalajara 	Guadalajara Metro 	1989 	28 	
 	 	 	 	
San Juan 	Tren Urbano 	2004 	16 	
 	 	 	 	
Atlanta 	MARTA 	1979 	38 	
Baltimore 	Metro Subway 	1983 	14 	
Boston 	MBTAThe red, orange, and blue lines of the subway is rapid transit. The elevated orange line opened in 1901, sharing Tremont street subway that opened in 1897 as an underground tram tunnel for the green line.	1901 	51 	
Chicago 	Chicago 'L' 	1892 	144 	
Cleveland 	RTA Rapid Transit (Red Line) 	1955 	18 	
Los Angeles 	Los Angeles County Metro RailRed and purple lines. 	1993 	16 	
Miami 	Miami Metrorail 	1984 	22 	
New York 	New York City SubwayFirst regular elevated railway service began in 1870. The first section of subway opened in 1904. 	1870 	422 	
New York 	Port Authority Trans-Hudson 	1908 	13 	
Philadelphia 	SEPTA 	1907 	73 	
Philadelphia 	PATCO Speedline 	1936 	13 	
San Francisco Bay Area	Bay Area Rapid Transit 	1972 	43 	
Washington, D.C. 	Metrorail 	1976 	86 	
==South America==
Location 	Name 	Opened	Stations	Length
 	 	 	 	
Buenos Aires 	Buenos Aires Metro 	1913 	74 	
 	 	 	 	
Belo Horizonte 	Belo Horizonte Metro	1986 	19 	
Brasília 	Brasília Metro 	2001 	24 	
Porto Alegre 	Porto Alegre Metro 	1985 	17 	
Recife 	Recife Metro 	1985 	20 	
Rio de Janeiro 	Rio de Janeiro Metro	1979 	32 	
Rio de Janeiro 	SuperVia 	1998 	89 	
São Paulo 	São Paulo Metro 	1974 	55 	
São Paulo 	CPTM 	1992 	87 	
 	 	 	 	
Santiago de Chile	Santiago Metro 	1975 	105 	
Valparaíso 	Valparaiso Metro 	2005 	20 	
 	 	 	 	
Medellín 	Metro de Medellín 	1995 	31 	
 	 	 	 	
Lima 	Lima Metro 	2003 	7 	
 	 	 	 	
Caracas 	Caracas Metro 	1983 	44 	
Los Teques 	Los Teques Metro 	2006 	2 	
Maracaibo 	Maracaibo Metro 	2006 	3 	
Valencia 	Valencia Metro 	2006 	7 	
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== See also == 
* Metro systems by annual passenger rides 
* Metro systems by number of stations
* List of urban rail systems by length
* List of United States rapid transit systems by ridership
* List of suburban and commuter rail systems 
* List of light-rail transit systems
* List of airport people mover systems
* List of bus rapid transit systems
* List of town tramway systems
* List of trolleybus systems
* List of articulated bus systems
* List of monorail systems
* List of funicular railways
* List of United States light rail systems by ridership
* List of driverless trains
== External links ==
*Metro Arts and Architecture of Transit Systems Around the World
*BBC: Around the World by Subway
*Top 11 Transit Systems of the World
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