List of urban rail systems by length
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This is a list of the longest underground/surface/elevated subways, metros and rapid transit modules of the world.
Not included are:
- Light rails such as the tramways of England, the Belgian Pre-Metro, the funiculars of Genoa, Naples and Porto, tramways of Porto and Lisbon.
- Suburban rails such as the MSR of Mumbai, the S Lines of Milan, the FM of Rome, the RER of Paris, the urban railways of Australia, Berlin's S-Bahn, the Cercanias of Spain, the KCR of Hong Kong and the other railway systems of Seoul and all other suburban and commuter lines (including those underground).
- London, England, United Kingdom : 408 km (181 km underground) - Lines: 12 (the most part with long branches)
- New York, New York, United States : 368 km (80% underground) - Lines: 26 services (9 independent lines divided in several branches and 3 shuttle services)
- Tokyo, Japan : 292.3 km (Tokyo Metro 183.2 km, TOEI Subway 109 km) - Lines: 13
- Seoul, South Korea : 287.4 km - Lines: 9
- Moscow, Russia : 278.3 km - Lines: 12
- Madrid, Spain : 226.9 km - Lines: 13 (211 km underground)
- Paris, France : 212.5 km - Lines: 16 (excluding CDGVAL and Orlyval)
- Mexico City, Mexico : 201.7 km - Lines: 11
- Chicago, Illinois United States : 173.0 km (18 km underground, the most part is elevated or at grade) - Lines: 7
- Washington, DC, United States : 169.5 km - Lines: 5
- San Francisco, California, United States : 167 km (the most part is at grade) - Lines: 6
- Berlin, Germany : 146 km - Lines: 9
- Los Angeles, California, United States : 118 km - Lines: 4 (35 km are underground, the rest at grade. 3 lines are lightrails)
- Osaka, Osaka, Japan : 113.5 km - Lines: 7
- Saint Petersburg, Russia : 112.0 km - Lines: 4
- Singapore, Singapore : 109.4 km - Lines: 3
- Stockholm, Sweden : 108.0 km - Lines: 7 services (3 independent lines)
- Shanghai, People's Republic of China : 107.8 km (a half part is elevated) - Lines: 5
- Hamburg, Germany : 101.0 km - Lines: 3 (40 km underground)
- Hong Kong (People's Republic of China) : 91.0 km - Lines: 7
- Munich, Bavaria, Germany : 90.0 km - Lines: 3 (the main lines are 3: 5 branches. on the map it was presented as 6 different lines)
- Busan, South Korea : 89.9 km - Lines: 3
- Nagoya, Aichi, Japan : 87.0 km - Lines: 5
- Milan, Milan Transportation System, Lombardy, Italy : 84.5 km (62.9 km are underground the rest elevated or at grade) - Lines: 4 (3 have long branches)
- Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain : 83.7 km - Lines: 5
- Santiago, Chile : 81.9 km - Lines: 4
- Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China) : 79.9 km (the most part is at grade) - Lines: 5 (2 lines shared the most part of trails)
- Atlanta, Georgia, United States : 79.2 km (14 km underground; the most part is at grade) - Lines: 2
- Delhi, India : 78.4 km (less than a half part is underground) - Lines: 3
- Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom: Tyne and Wear Metro: 77.7 km (most at grade) - Lines: 2
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States : 70.6 km - Lines: 4 (There are other branches for a not full metro service for totally 101.0 km)
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada : 70.0 km - 4 Subway Lines; 4.4 km - Scarborough RT (in addition to 309 km of light rail at grade and underground, totalling 383.4 km) This places Toronto second in total world development of urban rapid transit.
- Cairo, Egypt : 65.5 km (the most part is at grade) - Lines: 2
- Montréal, Québec, Canada : 64.0 km - Lines: 4
- Bucharest, Romania : 62.4 km - Lines: 4
- Sao Paulo, Brazil : 62.0 km (a half part is elevated or at grade)
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States : 62.0 km (28.6 km are underground) - Lines: 4
- Vienna, Austria : 61.0 km - Lines: 5
- Saint Louis, Missouri, United States : 60.5 km (for the most part at grade) - Lines: 1
- Guangzhou, People's Republic of China : 60.0 km - Lines: 4
- Porto, Portugal : 60.0 km - Lines: 5 (8 km are underground, the rest at grade, 7 services including 1 shuttle)
- Kiev, Ukraine : 59.2 km - Lines: 3
- Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany : 58.7 km - Lines: 7
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia : 56.0 km (completely elevated or at grade)
- Prague, Czech Republic 54.7 km - Lines: 3
- Daegu, South Korea : 54.6 km
- Beijing, People's Republic of China : 54.0 km - Lines: 2
- Tianjin, People's Republic of China : 53.2 km
- Athens, Greece : 52.0 km - Lines: 3
- Amsterdam, Netherlands : 51.4 km (only 3.5 km are underground, the rest at grade)
- Valencia, Spain : 49.4 km (the most part is underground)
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada : 49.5 km (all elevated, at grade and underground)
- Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan : 48.0 km
- Rotterdam, Netherlands : 48.0 km
- Manila, Philippines : 45.6 km - Lines: 3 (one line fully elevated, two lines mostly elevated but partially underground and/or at grade)
- Lille, France : 45.5 km - Lines: 2
- Caracas, Venezuela : 45.0 km - Lines: 4
- Köln, Germany : 44.5 km
- Yokohama, Japan : 44.5 km
- Bangkok, Thailand : 44.0 km (a half part is elevated or at grade)
- Valparaìso, Chile : 43.0 km (only 5 km are underground. the rest at grade)
- Buenos Aires, Argentina : 42.7 km - Lines: 5
- Calgary, Alberta, Canada : 42.1 km (5% at grade and 8% underground) - Lines: 2
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States: 41.6 km-Lines: 4 (3 underground stations)
- Kobe, Hyogo, Japan : 41.5 km
- Tehran, Iran : 41.0 km
- Tashkent, Uzbekistan : 39.1 km
- Lyon, France : 37.5 km - Lines: 4
- Lisbon, Portugal : 37.0 km - Lines: 4
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil : 36.5 km (partly elevated)
- Bilbao, Spain : 36.3 km (a half part is elevated or at grade)
- Miami, Florida, United States : 36.0 km (completely elevated)
- Rome, Italy : 35.9 km (27.5 km are underground; the rest at grade)
- Kharkiv, Ukraine : 35.3 km - Lines: 3
- Porto Alegre, Brazil : 34.5 km (completely at grade)
- Budapest, Hungary : 33.0 km
- Brussels, Belgium : 32.2 km
- Brasilia, Brazil : 31.0 km (the most part is at grade)
- Cleveland, United States : 31.0 km (only 1 km is underground; the rest is at grade)
- Baku, Azerbaijan : 30.5 km
- Belo Horizonte, Brazil : 30.0 km (completely elevate and at grade)
- Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan : 29.8 km
- Medellín, Colombia : 29.9 km (completely elevate and at grade)
- Nürnberg, Germany : 29.0 km
- Recife, Brazil : 29.0 km (completely at grade)
- Istanbul, Turkey : 27.9 km
- Minsk, Belarus : 27.6 km
- Kyoto, Japan : 26.4 km
- Tbilisi, Georgia : 26.3 km
- Baltimore, United States : 24.5 km (a half part is elevated or at grade)
- Guadalajara, Mexico : 24.0 km (partly at grade)
- Ankara, Turkey : 23.1 km (a half part is elevated or at grade)
- Monterrey, Mexico : 23.0 km (partly elevated)
- Incheon, South Korea : 23.0 km
- Pyongyang, North Korea : 22.5 km
- Essen, Germany : 22.4 km
- Shenzhen, People's Republic of China : 21.8 km
- Helsinki, Finland : 21.1 km (7.1 km are underground)
- Copenhagen, Denmark: 21.0 km (a half part is elevated)
- Hannover, Germany : 19.5 km (plus 97 km light rail)
- Marseille, France : 19.3 km
- Valencia, Spain : 19.0 km
- Kryvy Rih, Ukraine : 17.7 km (underground tramway)
- Dortmund, Germany : 17.5 km (plus 37.5 km light rail)
- Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia : 17.5 km
- Bursa, Turkey : 17.5 km
- Warsaw, Poland : 17.3 km
- San Juan, Puerto Rico (United States) : 17.2 km (the most part is elevated or at grade)
- Nanjing, China : 17.0 km (10.6 km are underground the rest at grade)
- Calcutta, India : 16.5 km
- Chennai/Madras, India : 16.0 km (completely elevated)
- Sendai, Japan : 15.0 km
- Novosibirsk, Russia : 14.3 km
- Bochum, Germany : 14.2 km
- Volgograd, Russia : 13.5 km (only 3.3 km are underground)
- Napoli, Italy : 13.5 km (4 km are elevated or at grade)
- Yerevan, Armenia : 13.4 km
- Wuppertal, Germany: 13.3 km (suspension urban rail line)
- Edmonton, Canada : 13.1 km (7.6 km on the surface)
- Toulouse, France : 12.5 km
- Daejeon, South Korea : 12.4 km
- Gwangju, South Korea : 11.9 km
- Izmir, Turkey : 11.5 km
- Buffalo, New York, United States : 10.6 km
- Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom : 10.5 km
- Lima, Peru : 10.0 km (mostly elevated, partly at grade)
- Sofia, Bulgaria : 9.9 km
- Rennes, France : 9.0 km
- Turin, Italy : 8.4 km (all underground)
- Yekaterinburg, Russia : 8.0 km
- Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine : 7.8 km
- Kazan, Russia : 7.7 km
- Newark, New Jersey, United States : 6.9 km (PATH not included)
- Genoa, Italy : 5.6 km
- Samara, Russia : 4.5 km
- Catania, Italy : 3.8 km
- Laon, France : 1.5 km
- Dorfbahn Serfaus, Austria : 1.3 km
[edit] Monorail, pre-metro & people mover
(Not included: monorails in public parks such as Disney World and similar)
- Charleroi, Belgium 25.0 km
- Osaka, Japan 23.8 km
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 19.2 km
- Tokyo, Japan 16.9 km
- Tama, Japan 16.0 km
- Chiba, Japan 15.5 km
- Antwerpen, Belgium 15.0 km
- Chongqing, China 13.5 km
- Naha, Japan 12.8 km
- Miami, USA 10.3 km
- Kitakyushu, Japan 8.8 km
- Lausanne, Switzerland 7.8 km
- Buenos Aires, Argentina 7.4 km
- Jacksonville, USA 7.0 km
- Shonan, Japan 6.6 km
- Las Vegas, USA 6.2 km
- Detroit, USA 4.8 km
- Newark, New Jersey, USA 4.8 km
- Moscow, Russia 4.7 km
- Shenzhen, China 4.4 km
- Sydney, Australia 3.6 km
- Düsseldorf, Germany 2.5 km
- Dortmund, Germany 3.0 km
- Montreal, Québec, Canada 2.1 km
- Frankfurt am Main, Germany 2 km
- Seattle, USA 1.5 km
- Broadbeach, Australia 1.3 km
- Oeiras, Portugal 1.2 km
- Inuyama, Japan 1.1 km
- Tampa Bay, USA 1.1 km
- Milan, Italy 0.7 km
- Honolulu, Hawaii, USA 0.5 km
