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List of Metro Systems From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia AA is a rapid transit train system. In some cases, metro systems are referred to as subways ,, U-Bahns or or undergrounds . As of April 2014, 168 metro systems in 55 countries are listed. The earliest metro system, the London Underground, first opened as an "underground railway" inin" 1863;[1][1] its first electrified underground line opened in 1890,[1][1] making the London Underground the world's first metro system.[2][2] 11 Considerations The Shanghai Metro. 22 Legend 33 List 4 Metro systems under construction 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 7.1 Footnotes 7.2 Online resourceess 7.3 Bibliographyy 8 External links The New York City Subway. The International Association of Public Transport (L’Union Internationale des Transports Publics, or UITP) defines metro systems as urban passenger transport systems, "operated on their own right of way and segregated from general road and pedestrian traffic." [3][4] The terms Heavy rail (mainly in North America) and heavy urban rail are essentially synonymous with the term "metro".[5][6][7] Heavy rail systems are also specifically defined as an "electric railway".[5][6] The dividing line between metro and other modes of public transport, such as light rail [5][6] and commuter rail,[5][6] is not always clear, and while UITP only makes distinctions between "metros" and "light rail",[3][3] the U.S.'s APTA and FTA distinguish all three modes.[5][6] A common way to distinguish metro from light rail is by their separation from other traffic. While light rail systems may share roads or have level crossings, a metro system runs, almost always, on a grade-separated exclusive right-of- way, with no access for pedestrians and other traffic. And in contrast to commuter rail or light rail, metro systems are primarily used for transport within a city, and have higher service frequencies and substantially higher passenger volume capacities. Furthermore, most metro systems do not share tracks with freight trains or inter-city rail services. It is however not relevant whether the system runs The London Underground. on steel wheels or rubber tyres, or if the power supply is from a third rail or Overhead line. The name of the system is not a criterion for inclusion or exclusion. Some cities use metro as a brand name for a transit line with no component of rapid transit whatsoever. Similarly, there are systems branded light rail that meet every criterion for being a rapid transit system. Some systems also incorporate light metro or light rail lines as part of the larger system under a common name. These are listed, but the light rail lines are not counted in the provided network data. Certain transit networks match the technical level and service standards of metro systems, but reach far out of the city and are sometimes known as suburban, regional or commuter rail. These are not included. Neither are funicular systems, or people movers, such as amusement park, ski resort and airport transport systems. This list counts metros separately when multiple metros in one city or metropolitan area have separate owners or operating companies. This list expressly does not aim at representing the size and scope of the total rapid transit network of a certain city or metropolitan area. The data of this list should not be used to infer the size of a city’s, region’s, or country’s rapid transit systems, or to establish a ranking. Doing so would in many cases lead to a gross misrepresentation. Primary city served by the metro system. Country (i.e. independent nation or sovereign state) in which the metro system is located. The most common English name of the system (and the connecting Wiki page for that system). The year the system was opened for commercial service at metro standards. In other words, parts of the system may be older, but as parts of a former light rail or commuter rail network, so the year that the system obtained metro standards (e.g. electrified) is the one listed. Countries with metro systems The number of stations in the network, as quoted by the system's operating company. The system length of a metro network is the sum of the lengths of all routes in the rail network in kilometers (or miles). Each route is counted only once, regardless of how many lines pass over it, and regardless of whether it is single-track or multi-track, single carriageway or dual carriageway. The locations of all the world's metro systems Top AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH II JJ KK LL MM NN OO PP QQ RR SS TT UU VV WW XX YY ZZ This list is sortable. Click on the icon in the column header to change sort key and sort order. AAllggiieerrs AAllggeerriiaa AAllggiieerrsMM eettrroo 2011[8][8] 1010[8][8] 9.2 km (5.7 mi)[8][8] 2011[8][9] BBuueennoos AAiirrees AArrggeennttiinnaa BBuueennoos AAiirrees UUnnddeerrggrroouunndd 11991133 8383[10][10] 51.6 km (32.1 mi)[10][10] 2013[note 1] Yerevan Armenia YerevanM etro 1981[11] 10[11] 13.4 km (8.3 mi)[11] 1996[12] Vienna Austria Vienna U-Bahn[13] 1976[14][15] 104[16] 80 km (50 mi)[16] 2013[16][note 2] Baku Azerbaijan BakuM etro 1967[17] 23[17] 34.6 km (21.5 mi)[17] 2011[note 3] Minsk Belarus MinskM etro 1984[18] 29[18] 37.3 km (23.2 mi)[18] 2014[18][note 4] Brussels Belgium BrusselsM etro 1976[19] 59[note 5] 39.9 km (24.8 mi)[20] 2009[note 6] Belo Horizonte Brazil Belo Horizonte Metro 1986[21] 19[22] 28.1 km (17.5 mi)[23] 2002[21] Brasília Brazil BrasíliaM etro 2001[24] 24[25] 42.4 km (26.3 mi)[25] 2010[24] Fortaleza Brazil FortalezaM etro 2012 28[26] 43.0 km (26.7 mi)[26] 2012 PortoA legre Brazil PortoA legreM etro 1985 22 43.4k m( 27.0m i) 2013[note 7] Recife Brazil RecifeM etro 1985[27] 28[28] 39.5 km (24.5 mi)[28] 2009[27] Rio de Janeiro Brazil Rio de Janeiro Metro 1979[29] 35[30] 41 km (25 mi)[30] 2010[29] Salvador Brazil SalvadorM etro 2014 5 7.3k m(4 .5m i) 2014 SãoP aulo Brazil SãoP auloM etro 1974[31] 65[31] 74.8 km (46.5 mi)[31] 2014[31] Sofia Bulgaria SofiaM etro 1998[32] 27[32] 31.0 km (19.3 mi)[32] 2012[32] Montreal Canada MontrealM etro 1966 68[33] 69.2 km (43.0 mi) 2007[note 8] Toronto Canada Toronto subway and RT[34] 1954[35] 69[35] 68.3 km (42.4 mi)[35] 2002[35][note 9] Vancouver Canada SkyTrain 1985[36] 47[37] 68.6 km (42.6 mi)[37] 2009[note 10] Santiago Chile SantiagoM etro 1975[38] 108[39] 103 km (64 mi)[39] 2011 Valparaíso Chile ValparaísoM etro 2005[40] 20[41] 43 km (27 mi)[41] 2005 Beijing China Beijing Subway[42][43] 1971[note 11] 232[44][45][note 12] 465 km (289 mi)[44] 2014[44] Changsha China ChangshaM etro 2014[46] 19[46] 22.3 km (13.9 mi)[46] 2014[46] Chengdu China ChengduM etro 2010 43 49.7k m(3 0.9m i) 2013[47] Chongqing China ChongqingR ailT ransit 2005 92 168 km (104 mi)[48] 2013[49] Dalian China Dalian Metro[50] 2003 26 103.8k m(6 4.5m i) 2013[50] Foshan China FMetro[note 13] 2010 14 20.4k m(1 2.7m i) 2010 Guangzhou China GuangzhouM etro 1997 130[51][note 14] 240 km (150 mi)[52] 2013[53] 17.5 km Harbin China HarbinM etro 2013 18[54][55] 2013[54][55] (10.9 mi)[54][55] Hangzhou China Hangzhou Metro[56] 2012 31 48.0k m(2 9.8m i) 2012[57][note 15] 174.4 km HongK ong China MTR 1979[58][note 16] 84[58] 2009[note 17] (108.4 mi)[58] Kunming China KunmingR ailT ransit 2012 14 40.1k m( 24.9m i) 2013[59][note 18] Nanjing China Nanjing Metro[60] 2005 55 87.0k m(5 4.1m i) 2010[60][note 19] Ningbo China Ningbo Rail Transit[61] 2014 20 20.9k m(1 3.0m i) 2014[61] Shanghai China Shanghai Metro[note 20] 1993 263[62][63][note 21] 538 km (334 mi)[64] 2013[64] Shenyang China ShenyangM etro 2010 43 55.1k m(3 4.2m i) 2013[65] Shenzhen China ShenzhenM etro 2004 131 178.4k m(1 10.9m i) 2011[66] Suzhou China SuzhouR ailT ransit 2012 46 52.3k m(3 2.5m i) 2013[67][note 22] Tianjin China TianjinM etro 1984 86 135k m(8 4m i) 2013[68] Wuhan China WuhanM etro 2004 61 79.1k m(4 9.2m i) 2013[69] Xi'an China Xi'anM etro 2011 36 45.9km (2 8.5m i) 2013[70][note 23] Zhengzhou China ZhengzhouM etro 2013 20 26.3k m(1 6.3m i) 2013[71] Medellín Colombia Medellín Metro 1995[72] 27[73] 28.8 km (17.9 mi)[73] 2012[note 24] Czech [74] [75] [75] [note 25] Prague Republic Prague Metro 1974 57 59.4 km (36.9 mi) 2008 [76] [76] Copenhagen Denmark Copenhagen Metro 2002 22 20.4 km (12.7 mi) 2007 S-train[77][78][79][80] 1934 85 170k m(1 10m i) 2007 27.4 km Dominican [81][82] [81][82] [82] Santo Domingo Republic Santo Domingo Metro 2009 30 (17.0 mi) 2013 Cairo Egypt Cairo Metro[83] 1987 57 70.2k m(4 3.6m i) 2014[note 26] Helsinki Finland HelsinkiM etro 1982[84] 17[85] 21.1 km (13.1 mi)[85] 2007[84] Lille France LilleM etro 1983[86] 60[87] 45 km (28 mi)[87] 2000[86] Lyon France LyonM etro 1978[88] 39[88] 30.3 km (18.8 mi)[88] 2013[88][note 27] Marseille France MarseilleM etro 1977 28[89] 21.5 km (13.4 mi)[89] 2010 Paris France ParisM étro 1900[90] 303[91] 214 km (133 mi)[90] 2013 Rennes France RennesM etro 2002 15 9.4k m(5 .8m i) 2002 Toulouse France ToulouseM etro 1993[92] 37[92] 28.2 km (17.5 mi)[92] 2007[92][note 28] Tbilisi Georgia TbilisiM etro 1966[93] 22[94] 27.1 km (16.8 mi)[94] 2000[95] BerlinU -Bahn 1902 170[96] 151.7 km (94.3 mi)[96] 2009 Berlin Germany Berlin S-Bahn 1924[97] 166[97] 332 km (206 mi)[97] 2007 Frankfurt Germany Frankfurt U-Bahn[note 29] 1968[98] 86[99] 64.9 km (40.3 mi)[99] 2010[98][note 30] Hamburg U-Bahn 1912[100] 91[101] 104 km (65 mi)[101] 2012[note 31] Hamburg Germany Hamburg S-Bahn 1907[102] 68[103] 147 km (91 mi)[103] 2008[note 32] Munich Germany MunichU -Bahn 1971[104] 96[104][note 33] 95 km (59 mi)[104] 2010[note 34] Nuremberg Germany NurembergU -Bahn 1972 46[105] 35 km (22 mi)[105] 2011[note 35] Athens Greece Athens Metro[note 36] 1904[106][note 37] 61 84.7 km (52.6 mi)[107] 2013[note 38] 38.2 km Budapest Hungary BudapestM etro 1896 52 2014[109] List of driverless trains List of trolleybus systems List of airport people mover systems List of bus rapid transit systems List of monorail systems Articulated bus Total monorail systems statistics by country Rapid transit in India List of funicular railways List of Premetro systems List of suburban and commuter rail systems 1.
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