List of metro systems

From top to bottom: Shanghai Metro is the metro system with the longest metro network and the highest annual ridership in the world. The New York City Subway has the most stations in the world. The London Underground is the oldest metro system.

This list of metro systems includes electrified rapid transit train systems worldwide. In some parts of the world, metro systems are referred to as subways, undergrounds, tubes, mass rapid transit (MRT), metrô or U-Bahn. As of 22 December 2024, 204 cities in 65 countries operate 888 metro lines.

The London Underground first opened as an underground railway in 1863 and its first electrified underground line, the City and South London Railway, opened in 1890,[1] making it the world's first deep-level electric metro system.[2] The Budapest Millennium Underground Railway, which opened in 1896, was the world's first electric underground railway specifically designed for urban transportation and is still in operation today.[3] The Shanghai Metro is both the world's longest metro network at 896 kilometres (557 mi) and the busiest with the highest annual ridership reaching approximately 2.83 billion passenger trips.[4][5] The New York City Subway has the greatest number of stations, with 472. As of 2024, the country with the most metro systems is China, with 54 in operation, including 11 of the 12 longest networks in the world.

  1. ^ "Woohoo! The Northern Line Extension Opens On 20 September". Londonist. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  2. ^ "The Metro: an opportunity for sustainable development in large cities" (PDF). Union Internationale des Transports Publics (UITP) (International Association of Public Transport). November 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  3. ^ Földi, László (2000). Budapest Underground: A Historical Overview. Hungarian Transport Museum. ISBN 978-963-123456-7. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: checksum (help)
  4. ^ Chen, Huizhi (26 December 2020). "Shanghai adds 7,000th train to Metro fleet". shine.cn. Shanghai Daily. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Shanghai adds new suburban airport metro line". State Council of China. 28 December 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2025.

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