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.

At the end of the page there are the systems that aren't accepted in this list

London, England, United Kingdom : 408 km (181 km underground) - Lines: 12 (additionally, many lines have long branches)
New York, New York, United States : 368 km (60% underground) - Lines: 26 services (23 independent routes 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: 8
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, 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
Berlin, Germany : 146 km - Lines: 9
Shanghai, People's Republic of China : 145 km (a half part is elevated) - Lines: 5
Osaka, Japan : 129.9 km - Lines: 8
Los Angeles, California, United States : 117.6 km - Lines: 5 (35 km are underground)
Guangzhou, People's Republic of China : 116.0 km - Lines: 4
Beijing, People's Republic of China : 114.0 km - Lines: 4
Singapore, Singapore : 109.4 km - Lines: 3
Stockholm, Sweden : 108.0 km - Lines: 7 services (3 independent lines; 62 km underground)
Saint Petersburg, Russia : 104.1 km - Lines: 4
Hamburg, Germany : 101.0 km - Lines: 3 (40 km underground)
Hong Kong, People's Republic of China : 91.0 km - Lines: 7
Munich, Germany : 90.0 km - Lines: 6 (6 services on 3 individual routes with 5 branches and several interconnections)
Busan, South Korea : 89.9 km - Lines: 3
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan : 88.9 km - Lines: 5
Milan, Italy : 84.5 km (62.9 km are underground the rest elevated or at grade) - Lines: 4 (3 have long branches)
Barcelona, Spain : 83.7 km - Lines: 5
Santiago, Chile : 81.9 km - Lines: 4
Taipei, Republic of China : 79.9 km (some elevated sections) - Lines: 5 (2 lines sharing part of trails)
Atlanta, 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, United Kingdom: 77.7 km (most at grade) - Lines: 2
Boston, United States : 70.6 km - Lines: 4 (There are other branches for a not full metro service for totally 101.0 km)
Toronto, Canada : 70.0 km - 4 Subway Lines; 4.4 km - Scarborough RT
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
São 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, United States : 60.5 km (for the most part at grade) - Lines: 1
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, 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 - Lines: 2
Tianjin, People's Republic of China : 53.2 km
Istanbul, Turkey : 52.0 km (8 km underground, 72 km under construction)
Athens, Greece : 52.0 km - Lines: 3
Amsterdam, Netherlands : 51.4 km (only 3.5 km are underground, the rest at grade)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada : 49 km (all elevated, at grade and underground)
Buenos Aires, Argentina: 48.9 km - Lines: 5 (new lines & extensions under construction not included)
Sapporo, Hokkaidō, 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
Bilbao, Spain : 38.2 km (a half part is elevated or at grade) - Lines: 2
Lyon, France : 37.5 km - Lines: 4
Lisbon, Portugal : 37.0 km - Lines: 4
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil : 36.5 km (partly elevated)
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)
Napoli, Italy : 30.5 km (4 km are elevated or at grade) - Lines: 3
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
Valencia, Spain : 29.0 km (19 km underground)
Recife, Brazil : 29.0 km (completely at grade)
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 - Lines: 2
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
Warsaw, Poland : 18.6 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
San Juan, Puerto Rico: 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)
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 - Lines: 1
Gwangju, South Korea : 11.9 km - Lines: 1
İzmir, 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
Porto, Portugal : 7.5 km - Lines: 1 (other 4 lines of light metro most on surface)
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