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This is an alphabetical list of cities worldwide that have a rapid transit system, or a light-rail system with some elements of rapid transit. Such systems are commonly called metros, subways, elevated railways, heavy rail, rapid rail, or underground railways; see passenger rail terminology for more information.

Rapid transit (heavy rail) is generally defined by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) as "high-speed, passenger rail cars operating singly or in trains of two or more cars on fixed rails in separate right-of-way from which all other vehicular and foot traffic are excluded. [1]. This generally does not include "other" rail modes such as aerial tramways, automated guideway transit, cable cars, inclined planes tramway, or monorails.

Most light rail systems and commuter rail sytems are not included here. Some systems which provide metro service using light-rail vehicles or in some other way have elements of both may be in both lists.

See also: List of suburban and commuter rail systems, list of airport circulators, List of light-rail transit systems, List of town tramway (urban tramway, streetcar) systems, List of cities with trolleybuses, List of cities that no longer have trolleybuses.

Contents 1 Africa 2 Asia 2.1 Notes 3 Europe 3.1 Notes 4 North America 4.1 Canada 4.2 Mexico 4.3 United States of America 4.4 Notes 5 South America 5.1 Notes 6 Oceania 7 Earliest Rapid Transit Systems 8 Rankings 9 See also 10 External links 11 Books

Africa

Country City Name of System List of stations Date opened Official link Other link

Egypt	Cairo	Cairo Metro	List	1987	NAT-Egypt	[2]

Asia

Country City Name of System List of stations Date opened Official link Other link

China (PRC)	Beijing	Beijing Subway	List	1969	Beijing Subway	[3]
	Chengdu	Chengdu metro	List	Under construction
	Chongqing	Chongqing Metro	List	2005
	Dalian	Dalian Light Rail Transit	List	2001		[4]
	Guangzhou	Guangzhou Metro	List	1999	Guangzhou Metro	[5]
	Harbin	Harbin subway	List	In Planning Stages
	Hangzhou	Hangzhou metro	List	Under construction
	Hong Kong	Mass Transit Railway (MTR)	List	1979	MTR	[6]
		Kowloon-Canton Railway (KCR)	List	1910	KCR(Note 2)
	Nanjing	Nanjing Metro	List	2005	Nanjing Metro	[7]
	Qingdao	Qingdao subway	List	In Planning Stages
	Shanghai	Shanghai Metro	List	1995	Shanghai Shentong Metro	[8]
	Shenyang	Shenyang subway	List	In Planning Stages
	Shenzhen	Shenzhen Metro	List	2004	Shenzhen Metro	[9]
	Tianjin	Tianjin Metro	List	1980	TJDT	[10]
	Wuhan	Wuhan Metro (Note 2)	List	2004		[11]
	Xi'an	Xi'an subway	List	Under construction
India	Bangalore	Bangalore Metro	List	Pre-Final Stages of Planning	Bangalore Mass Rapid Transit Ltd.	[12]
	Kolkata	Kolkata Metro	List	1984	Metro Railway Calcutta	[13]
	Kolkata	Kolkata Suburban Railway	List	1954
	Lucknow	Lucknow MEMU	1998
	Chennai	Chennai Metro	List	1997	MTC	[14]
	Delhi	Delhi Metro	List	2002	DMRC	[15]
	Hyderbad	Hyderabad Metro	List	MMTS Started in August 2003	Hyderabad Metro	[16]
	Ahmedabad	Ahmedabad Metro		Proposed for 2010		[17]
	Kochi, India	Kochi Metro		Proposal Cleared by Cabinet		[18]
	Mumbai	Mumbai Suburban Railway	List	1867	Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation Ltd.	[19]
	Mumbai	Mumbai Metro	List	Under construction		[20]
	Thane	Thane Metro	List	Under construction	MSRDC	[21]
Indonesia	Jakarta	Jakarta Monorail	List	Under construction	Jakarta Monorail
Israel	Haifa	Carmelit	List	1956		[22]
	Tel Aviv	Tel Aviv Subway	List	Under construction	NTA
	Jerusalem	Jerusalem Light Rail	List	Under construction	Jerusalem Light Rail
Iran	Isfahan	Isfahan Urban Railway Organization (EURO)	List	Under construction	EURO	[23]
	Karaj	Karaj Metro	List			[24]
	Mashhad	Mashhad Metro	List		MURCO	[25]
	Shiraz	Shiraz Metro	List		SURO
	Tabriz	Tabriz Metro	List
	Tehran	Tehran Metro	List	1999	Tehran Metro	[26]
Japan	Chiba	Chiba Urban Monorail	List	1988	Chiba Urban Monorail Co.	[27]
	Fukuoka	Fukuoka City Subway	List	1981	Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau	[28]
	Hiroshima	Astram Line	List	1994	Hiroshima Rapid Transit Co.	[29]
		Sky Rail Service	List	1998
	Kamakura/ Fujisawa	Shonan Monorail	List	1970	Shonan Monorail Co.	[30]
	Kawasaki	Kawasaki Rapid Railway	List	In Planning Stages	Kawasaki City Transportation Bureau	[31]
	Kitakyushu	Kitakyushu Monorail	List	1985	KUM	[32]
	Kobe	Kobe Rapid Railway	By line	1968		[33]
		Kobe Municipal Subway	By line	1977	Kobe Subway
		Kobe New Transit	By line	1981	Kobe New Transit Co.
	Komaki	Peach Liner (defunct)	By line	1991	Tokadai New Transit Co.
	Kyoto	Kyoto Municipal Subway	By line	1981	Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau	[34]
	Nagoya	Nagoya Municipal Subway	List	1957	City of Nagoya Transportation Bureau	[35]
	Suburbs of Nagoya	Linimo	List	2005	Aichi Rapid Transit Co.
	Naha	Okinawa Monorail	List	2003	Yui-Rail	[36]
	Osaka	Osaka Municipal Subway	By line	1933	Osaka Municipal Transportation Bureau	[37]
		New Tram	List	1981
		Osaka Monorail	List	1990	Osaka Monorail Co.
	Cities of Saitama Prefecture	New Shuttle	List	1983	Saitama New Urban Transit Co.
		Saitama Railway	List	2001	Saitama Railway Co.	[38]
	Sakura	Yamaman Yukarigaoka Line	List	1982	Yamaman Co.	[39]
	Sapporo	Sapporo Municipal Subway	List	1971	SCTB	[40]
	Sendai	Sendai Municipal Subway	List	1987	SCTB	[41]
	Tokyo (23 special wards)	Tokyo Metro	By line	1927	Tokyo Metro	[42]
		Toei Subway	By line	1960	Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation
		Tokyo Monorail		1964	Tokyo Monorail
		Tokyo Waterfront Railway	List	1996	Tokyo Waterfront Railway Co.
		Yurikamome	List	1995	Yurikamome
		New Transit Nippori Toneri Line	List	Under construction		[43]
	Western Tokyo cities	Tama Toshi Monorail Line	List	1998	Tama Toshi Monorail Co.
	Yokohama	Yokohama Municipal Subway	List	1972	Transportation Bureau,City of Yokohama	[44]
		Minato Mirai Line	List	2004	Minato Mirai Line
		Kanazawa Seaside Line	List	1989	Yokohama New Transit Co.	[45]
Kazakhstan	Almaty	Almaty Metro	List	Under construction		[46]
N. Korea	Pyongyang	Pyongyang Metro	List	1973	Pyongyang Metro (unofficial)	[47]
S. Korea	Busan	Busan Subway	List	1985	Busan Transportation Company	[48]
	Daegu	Daegu Subway	List	1997	DMSC	[49]
	Daejeon	Daejeon Subway	List	2006	DJeT	[50]
	Gwangju	Gwangju Subway	List	2004	GMRT	[51]
	Incheon	Incheon Subway	List	1999	IRTC	[52]
	Seoul	Seoul Subway	List	1974	Seoul Metro	[53]
				1994	SMRT
				1974	Korail
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Ampang Line	List	1996	Rapid KL	[54]
		Kelana Jaya Line	List	1998	Rapid KL
		Sri Petaling Line	List	1998	Rapid KL
		KL Monorail	List	2003	KL Monorail
	Johor Bahru	JB Maglev Monorail	List	Proposed		[55]
	Penang	Penang Monorail	List	Proposed		[56]
	Putrajaya	Putrajaya Monorail	List	Proposed		[57]
Philippines	Manila	Manila Light Rail Transit System (LRT)	List	1984	Light Rail Transit Authority	[58]
		Manila Metro Rail Transit System (MRT)		1999	Metrostar Express
	Cebu	Cebu Metro Rail Transit System (Cebu MRT)	List of Cebu Metro stations	funds released, awaiting approval	[59]
Singapore	Singapore	Mass Rapid Transit	List	1987	SMRT Corporation & SBS Transit	[60]
		Light Rapid Transit	List	1999	SMRT Corporation & SBS Transit
Taiwan	Kaohsiung	Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit	List	Under construction	Kaohsiung MRT	[61]
	Taipei	Taipei Rapid Transit System	List	1996	TRTC	[62]
		CKS International Airport Access MRT System	List	Under construction	Bureau of High Speed Rail
Thailand	Bangkok	Bangkok Skytrain	List	1999	BTS	[63]
		Bangkok Metro	List	2004	MRTA	[64]
	Chiang Mai	Chiang Mai LRT	List	Proposed	MRTA	[65]
United Arab Emirates	Dubai	Dubai Metro	List	Under Construction (2009)	Dubai Municipality	[66] [67]
Uzbekistan	Tashkent	Tashkent Metro	List	1977	Toshkent Metropoliten	[68] [69]

Notes

1. There are four systems in KCR. East Rail shares track with inter-city and freight trains on most but not all of its tracks. West Rail was designed as a commuter railway like East Rail, but contains only within-Hong Kong service currently, and is operating as a metro. The third one is the Light Rail system. A fourth one, the Ma On Shan Rail, is a branch of East Rail containing only local passenger service. The East Rail was opened in 1910 as part of a raillink to Canton (now Guangzhou), the Kowloon-Canton Railway, with some local service. It was electrified in the early 1980s, and over 95% of services on its track are now metro-like passenger service within Hong Kong's territories.
2. The Wuhan Metro system is an elevated metro; in Chinese terminology, it is called light rail.

Europe

Country City Name of System List of stations Date opened Official link Other link

Armenia	Yerevan	Yerevan Metro	List	1981		[70]
Austria	Serfaus	Dorfbahn Serfaus	Map	1985		[71]
	Vienna	Vienna U-Bahn (Note 2)	List	1925 (Note 9)	Wiener Linien	[72]
Azerbaijan	Baku	Baku Metro	List	1967	Metropoliten	[73]
Belarus	Minsk	Minsk Metro	List	1984		[74]
Belgium	Antwerp	Antwerp Pre-metro	List	197510	De Lijn	[75]
	Brussels	Brussels Metro	List	1976	STIB/MIVB	[76]
	Charleroi	Charleroi Pre-metro	List	198310	TEC Charleroi	[77]
Bulgaria	Sofia	Sofia Metro	List	1998	Metropolitan Sofia	[78]
Czech Republic	Prague	Prague Metro	List	1974	DP Praha	[79]
Denmark	Copenhagen	Copenhagen Metro	List	2002	Københavns Metro	[80]
		S-Train	List	1934	DSB
Finland	Helsinki	Helsinki Metro (Note 5)	Map	1982	HKL	[81]
France	Laon	Poma 2000	List	1989	TUL
	Lille	Lille Metro (Note 6)	List	1983	Transpole	[82]
	Lyon	Lyon Metro	List	1968	TCL	[83]
	Marseille	Marseille Metro	List	1977	RTM	[84]
	Paris	Paris Métro	List	1900	RATP	[85]
		RER (Note 8)		1977	RATP, SNCF
		Orlyval (Note 6)		1991	RATP
	Rennes	Rennes Metro (Note 6)	List	2002	STAR	[86]
	Toulouse	Toulouse Metro (Note 6)	List	1993	TISSEO	[87]
Georgia	Tbilisi	Tbilisi Metro	List	1966		[88]
	New Athos (Novy Afon)	Tourist subway to Novy Afon Cave	List	1975		[89]
Germany	Berlin	Berlin U-Bahn (Note 2)	List	1902	BVG	[90]
		Berlin S-Bahn (Note 3)		1924	S-Bahn
	Bielefeld	Bielefeld Stadtbahn	List	1991	MoBiel	[91]
	Bochum	Bochum Stadtbahn	List	1979	Bogestra	[92]
	Cologne	Cologne Stadtbahn(Note 3)	List	1968	Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe (KVB)	[93]
	Dortmund	Dortmund Stadtbahn	List	1983	Dortmunder Stadtwerke	[94]
	Dresden	Dresden S-Bahn		1973	DB Regio AG
	Düsseldorf	Rheinbahn	List	1981	Rheinbahn	[95]
	Duisburg	Duisburg Stadtbahn	List	1992	[96]	[97]
	Essen / Mülheim	Essen Stadtbahn	List	1977	EVAG	[98]
	Frankfurt	Frankfurt U-Bahn	List	1968	VGF	[99]
		Rhein-Main S-Bahn	List	1978	S-Bahn
	Hamburg	Hamburg U-Bahn (Note 2)	List	1912	Hochbahn	[100]
		Hamburg S-Bahn (Note 3)		1924	S-Bahn
	Hannover	Hanover Stadtbahn	List	1975	üstra	[101]
		Hanover S-Bahn		2000	DB Regio AG	[102]
	Kassel	RegioTram		2006	KVG
	Leipzig/Halle	Leipzig-Halle S-Bahn		1969	DB Regio AG
	Magdeburg	Magdeburg S-Bahn		1974	DB Regio AG
	Mannheim/Ludwigshafen/ Heidelberg	RheinNeckar S-Bahn		2003	DB Regio Verkehrsunternehmen RheinNeckar
	Munich	Munich U-Bahn (Note 2)	List	1971	MVG	[103]
		Munich S-Bahn (Note 3)		1972	S-Bahn
	Nuremberg / Fürth	Nuremberg U-Bahn (Note 2)	List	1972	VAG	[104]
		Nuremberg S-Bahn		1987	DB-Regio
	Rostock	Rostock S-Bahn		1970	DB Regio AG
	Ruhrgebiet and Rheinland	Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn		1967	DB Regio NRW
	Stuttgart	Stuttgart Stadtbahn11	List	1985	Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen	[105]
	Stuttgart	S-Bahn Mittlerer Neckar		1978	DB Regio AG	[106]
	Wuppertal	Schwebebahn Wuppertal	List	1901	WSW	[107]
Greece	Athens	Athens-Piraeus Electric Railway (ISAP)	List	1869 (Note 14)	Η.Σ.Α.Π.	[108]
		Attiko Metro	List	2000	Αττικό Μετρό
	Thessaloniki	Thessaloniki Metro	List	Under construction	Attiko Metro	[109]
Hungary	Budapest	Budapest Metro	List	1896	BKV	[110]
Ireland	Dublin	Dublin Metro (Note 13)	Map	Proposed (13)	Metro, Transport 21, Transport 21	[111]
		Luas	List	2004	http://www.luas.ie/
Italy	Bologna	Bologna Metro	List	Under construction	ATC	[112]
	Brescia	Brescia Metrobus	List	Under construction	Brescia Mobilità	[113]
	Catania	Catania Metro	List	1999	Ferrovia Circumetnea	[114]
	Genoa	Genoa Metro	List	1990	Metropolitana di Genova	[115]
	Milan	Milan Metro (Note 7)	List	1964	ATM	[116]
		Linee S (Note 7)	List	2004		[117]
		F.N.M. (Note 7)	List	1887		[118]
	Naples	Naples Metro	List	1993	MetroNapoli	[119]
	Rome	Rome Metro	List	1955	Metropolitana di Roma	[120]
	Turin	Metrotorino (Note 6)	List	2006	METROTORINO	[121]
Netherlands	Amsterdam	Amsterdam metro	List	1977	GVB	[122]
	Rotterdam	Rotterdam Metro	List	1968	RET	[123]
Norway	Oslo	Oslo T-bane	List	1928/1966	t-bane.no	[124]
Poland	Warsaw	Warsaw Metro	List	1995	Metro Warszawskie	[125]
Portugal	Coimbra	Mondego Metro	List	Proposed	Metro Mondego
	Lisbon	Lisbon Metro	List	1959	Metropolitano de Lisboa	[126]
	Porto	Porto Metro	List	2002	Metro do Porto	[127]
	Margem Sul Region	Sul do Tejo Metro	List	Under construction	Metro Transportes do Sul
Romania	Bucharest	Bucharest Metro	List	1979	MetroRex	[128]
Russia	Chelyabinsk	Chelyabinsk Metro	List	Under construction	Chelyabmetrostroy	[129]
	Kazan	Kazan Metro	List	2005	Qazan Metropoliténı	[130]
	Krasnoyarsk	Krasnoyarsk Metro	List	Under construction		[131]
	Moscow	Moscow Metro	Map	1935	Moskovskiy Metropoliten	[132]
	Moscow	Moscow Metro 2		secret
	Nizhny Novgorod	Nizhny Novgorod Metro	List	1985		[133]
	Novosibirsk	Novosibirsk Metro	List	1985	Novosibirsk Metro	[134]
	Omsk	Omsk Metro	List	Under construction	Mostvik	[135]
	Saint Petersburg	Saint Petersburg Metro	List	1955	Peterburgskiy Metropoliten	[136]
	Samara	Samara Metro	List	1987	Samara Metro	[137]
	Ufa	Ufa Metro	List	Under construction		[138]
	Yekaterinburg	Yekaterinburg Metro	List	1991		[139]
Serbia	Belgrade	Beovoz	Map	1995	Serbian Railways	[140]
Spain	Barcelona	Barcelona Metro	List	1924	TMB, FGC	[141]
	Bilbao	Bilbao Metro	List	1995	metrobilbao	[142]
	Madrid	Madrid Metro	List	1919	Metro de Madrid	[143]
	Palma de Mallorca	Palma de Mallorca Metro	List	Under construction		[144]
	Seville	Seville Metro	List	Under construction	Metro de Sevilla	[145]
	Valencia	Valencia Metro	List	1988	FGV	[146]
Sweden	Stockholm	Stockholm Metro (Tunnelbana)	Map	1950	Storstockholms Lokaltrafik	[147]
Switzerland	Lausanne	Lausanne Metro	List	1991	tl	[148]
Turkey	Adana	Adana Metro	List	Under construction	Adana Metro	[149]
	Ankara	Ankaray	List	1996	Official site	[150]
		Ankara Metro		1997	Official site
	Bursa	Bursaray	List	2002	Bursaray	[151]
	Istanbul	Istanbul Tunel	List	1875	Istanbul Ulasim	[152]
		Istanbul Metro	List	2000
	Izmir	Izmir Metro	List	2000	Izmir Metro	[153]
Ukraine	Dnipropetrovsk	Dnipropetrovsk Metro	Map	1995	Dnipropetrovsk Metro	[154]
	Donetsk	Donetsk Metro	Map	Under construction	Donetsk Metro	[155]
	Kharkiv	Kharkiv Metro	Map	1975	Khar'kovskiy Metropoliten	[156]
	Kiev	Kiev Metro	Map	1960	Kyiv Metro	[157]
	Kryvyi Rih	Kryvyi Rih Metro Tram	Map	1986	Kryvyi Rih Metro Tram	[158]
United Kingdom	Glasgow	Glasgow Subway	List	1896 (Note 4)	SPT	[159]
	London	London Underground	List	1863 (Note 1)	London Underground	[160]
		Docklands Light Railway	List	1987	Docklands Light Railway
	Newcastle upon Tyne & Sunderland(Note 15)	Tyne & Wear Metro	List	1980	NEXUS	[161]

Notes

1. The first line of what became the London Underground was built as a partly-underground steam railway in 1863; its first electric line was built in 1890.
2. see also U-Bahn.
3. see also Transportation in Germany.
4. built as Cable car. Electrified in 1935. Closed 1977, reopened 1980 after complete refurbishment.
5. northernmost metro in the world
6. See also VAL
7. in the Milan page there are also Suburban Lines "S", and FNM Lines. Both runs underground in Milan with dozens of stations.
8. RER is the metropolitan express subway in Paris area.
9. built as urban steam railway in 1863.
10. built as urban steam railway in 1898.
11. Through running from the tunnels to existing tramways.
12. System contains stretches of unsegregated light rail.
13. The Dublin METRO is due to be completed fully by 2015 under the Irish Government's €34 billion "Transport 21" Plan. The exact routes of the Dublin Metro have not yet been finalised. Dublin currently has the Luas tram and DART suburban rail systems.
14. built as urban steam railway in 1869.
15. Route to Sunderland opened in 2002.

North America

Canada

Metropolitan area Province Name of System List of stations Date opened Official link Other link

Calgary	Alberta	CTrain	List	1981	Calgary Transit	[162]
Edmonton	Alberta	Edmonton LRT		1978	ETS	[163]
Montreal	Quebec	Montreal Metro	List	1966	STM	[164]
Ottawa	Ontario	O-Train	List	2001	O-Train
Toronto	Ontario	Toronto subway/RT	List	1954	TTC	[165]
Vancouver	British Columbia	SkyTrain	List	1985	TransLink	[166]
York Region, Ontario	Ontario	Viva York	List	Bus Rapid Transit 2005 LRT/Subway 2025	[167]

Mexico

Metropolitan area State Name of System List of stations Date opened Official link Other link

Guadalajara	Jalisco	Guadalajara Metro (Note 1)	List	1989	SITEUR	[168]
Mexico City	DF	Mexico City Metro	List	1969	STC	[169]
Mexico City	DF	Xochimilco–Tasqueña tren ligero	List	1980 (?)	[170]	[171]
Monterrey	Nuevo León	Monterrey Metro	List	1991	Metrorrey	[172]

United States of America

This is a list of rapid transit systems only. For other systems:

See also: List of light-rail transit systems See also: List of suburban and commuter rail systems

Also see Category:Presently operating light rail or streetcars in the United States

Metropolitan area State Name of System List of stations Date opened Official link Other link

Atlanta	Georgia	MARTA	List	1979	MARTA	[173]
Baltimore	Maryland	Baltimore Metro Subway	List	1983	MTA	[174]
Boston	Massachusetts	Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (or "T")	List	1901 (Note 2)	MBTA	[175]
Buffalo	New York	Buffalo Metro Rail (Note 3)	List	1985	NFTA	[176]
Chicago	Illinois	Chicago Transit Authority	List	1892	CTA	[177]
Cleveland	Ohio	Cleveland Rapid Transit (Note 4)	List	1955	RTA	[178]
Dallas	Texas	Dallas Area Rapid Transit		1983	DART	[179]
Denver	Colorado	Regional Transportation District	List	1994	RTD	[180]
Detroit	Michigan	Detroit People Mover	List	1987	DTC	[181]
Houston	Texas	METRORail	List of MetroRail stops	2003
Jacksonville	Florida	Jacksonville Skyway	List	1989	JTA	[182]
Las Vegas	Nevada	Las Vegas Monorail	List	2004	[183]	[184]
		Metropolitan Area Express		2004	MAX
		Treasure Island, The Mirage Connector
		Mandalay Bay, Luxor, Excalibur Connector
Los Angeles	California	Los Angeles County Metro Rail	List	1990	MTA	[185]
Miami	Florida	Metrorail	List	1984	MDT	[186]
		Metromover	List	1986
Morgantown	West Virginia	Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit		1975	West Virginia University	[187]
Newark	New Jersey	Newark City Subway (NJT)	List	1935	New Jersey Transit
		AirTrain Newark	List	2001	Port Authority
New York	New York	New York City Subway	List	1868 (Note 5)	MTA	[188]
		Staten Island Railway	List	1860 (Note 6)
		AirTrain JFK	List	2003		Port Authority
		PATH	List	1908	Port Authority
Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	SEPTA	List	1907	SEPTA	[189]
		Norristown High Speed Line	List	1907
	Pennsylvania / New Jersey	PATCO Speedline	List	1936	PATCO
Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	Port Authority of Allegheny County	List	1987	PAT	[190]
Portland	Oregon	Metropolitan Area Express	List	1986	TriMet	[191]
Salt Lake City	Utah	UTA TRAX	List	1999	TRAX
San Francisco	California	Muni Metro	List	1912	[192]
San Francisco Bay Area	California	BART	List	1972	BART	[193]
San Juan	Puerto Rico	Tren Urbano	List	2004	ATI	[194]
Seattle (Note 7)	Washington	Seattle Center Monorail		1962	Seattle Monorail	[195]
Sioux City	Iowa	Sioux City Elevated Railway		1891 - 1899		[196]
St. Louis	Missouri	St. Louis Metrolink		1993	Metro	[197]
Washington	DC / Maryland / Virginia	Washington Metro	List	1976	WMATA	[198]
	District of Columbia	Congressional Subway		1909

Notes

1. Guadalajara metro includes one true metro line and one light rail line operated together.
2. In 1897, streetcars began to use the tunnel in Boston. Rapid transit vehicles started using it in 1901.
3. Buffalo Metro Rail is mostly underground; there is a non-grade separated passage, but it is located within a pedestrian mall, with no vehicle traffic.
4. Cleveland Rapid Transit includes one true metro line and two light rail lines operated together.
5. The oldest right-of-way used by the New York City Subway system opened in 1863 as a typical regional rail line in Brooklyn. The first elevated structure opened in 1868 in downtown Manhattan, but has been torn down. The oldest elevated structure still in use opened in 1885 in Brooklyn. The oldest line in Manhattan that is still in use opened in 1904, and was the first subway line.
6. The Staten Island Railway uses R44 subway cars and is fully grade separated, but only has one short tunnel. The first passenger trains ran on the full line, at the time a typical rural regional rail line, in 1860. The line was electrified in 1925.[199] The last grade crossing was eliminated in 1966 [200] (however, the New York City Subway had one until 1983[201]).
7. The Seattle Bus Tunnel began service in 1990, was shut down in 2005 for retrofitting to add light rail. The tunnel will reopen in 2007 for buses and light rail service is expected to begin in 2009.

South America

Country City Name of System List of stations Date opened Official link Other link

Argentina	Buenos Aires	Buenos Aires Metro	List	1913	Metrovías	[202]	[203]
Brazil	Belo Horizonte	Belo Horizonte Metro	List	1986	Metrô BH	[204]
	Brasília	Brasília Metro	List	2001	Metrô DF	[205]
	Porto Alegre	Porto Alegre Metro	List	1985	Trensurb	[206]
	Recife	Recife Metro	List	1985	Metrorec	[207]
	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro Metro	List	1979	Metrô Rio	[208]
	São Paulo	São Paulo Metro	List	1974	Metrô SP	[209]
Chile	Santiago de Chile	Santiago Metro	List	1975	Metro S.A.	[210]
	Valparaíso	Valparaiso Metro	List	2005	Metro Regional de Valparaíso S.A.	[211]
	Concepción	Biotren	Under construction	2005	Fesub S.A.
Colombia	Medellín	Metro de Medellín	List	1995	Metro	[212]
	Bogotá	TransMilenio (buses)	List	December 18, 2000	TransMilenio	[213]
	Pereira	Megabús (buses)	List	August 21, 2006	Megabús	[214]
Peru	Lima	Lima Metro	List	2003	Tren Urbano	[215]
Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	Santo Domingo Metro	Under construction	Projected for 2008
Venezuela	Caracas	Caracas Metro	List	1983	C.A. Metro de Caracas	[216]
	Los Teques	Los Teques Metro	El Tambor (one station)	2006	C.A. Metro Los Teques	[217]
	Maracaibo	Maracaibo Metro	Under construction	Projected for 2006	Metro de Maracaibo	[218]
	Mérida	Trolmérida	Under construction	Projected by end-2006	Trolmérida
	Barquisimeto	Transbarca	Under construction	Projected by end-2006	Transbarca
	Valencia	Valencia Metro	Under construction	Projected for 2006	Valmetro	[219]

Notes

1. Metro Valparaíso in Chile has a hybrid coverage, high frequencies for trips inside the city of Valparaíso and lower frequencies for urban and suburban trips. That means the same urban trip, plus the arrival to the "Limache" suburban station in the suburban city of the same name. The system has lower frequencies than a rapid transit or metro system (4 minutes in rush hour) and uses the city's mainline tracks (freight trains use it in the Metro service's off hours), but is a metro-like system because it has the same type of coverage (urban and suburban), near metro-standard frequencies and is projected to be a Metro-standard system in a few years.
2. Biotren in Concepción, Chile, has lower frequencies than a rapid transit or metro system (12 minutes in rush hour) and uses the city's mainline tracks (freight trains use it in the Metro service's off hours), but is a metro-like system because it has the same type of coverage (totally urban), near metro-standard frequencies and is projected to be a Metro-standard system in a few years.
3. Trolmérida and Transbarca, in Venezuela, are trolleybuses systems.

Oceania

In Australia, metros and mainline suburban railways are not separate concepts to the extent they are in most parts of the world; for examples, see Sydney CityRail and Melbourne Metlink.

Country City Name of system List of stations Date opened Official link

Australia	Sydney	CityRail	List		CityRail
		Sydney Monorail	List	1988	Sydney Monorail
	Melbourne	Melbourne Metlink	List	1990	Melbourne Metlink
	Brisbane, South East Queensland	CityTrain	List		CityTrain
	Perth	Transperth Trains	List	1881	Transperth
	Adelaide	TransAdelaide	List		TransAdelaide
New Zealand	Auckland	MAXX Regional Transport	List		MAXX

Earliest Rapid Transit Systems

• 1863 London Underground
• 1867 Mumbai (pre-Metro)
• 1868 Ninth Avenue Elevated (New York City)
• 1875 Istanbul (pre-Metro)
• 1889 Napoli (pre-Metro)
• 1892 Chicago 'L'
• 1893 Liverpool Overhead Railway
• 1896 Glasgow, Budapest
• 1898 Vienna U-Bahn
• 1900 Paris Métro
• 1901 Boston (converted from an 1897 streetcar tunnel)
• 1901 Genoa (pre-metro)
• 1902 Berlin U-Bahn
• 1904 New York City Subway
• 1906 Milan Elevated Light Rail
• 1912 Hamburg U-Bahn
• 1913 Buenos Aires Metro

Rankings

For rail systems rankings, go to the following links:

• Top 10 metro systems in terms of annual passenger rides
• Top 10 metro systems in terms of number of stations
• List of urban rail systems by length

Tramways incorporating large amounts of off-street or underground track are often referred to as 'pre-metros', particularly if there are plans to upgrade them to full metro service in the future.

See also

• List of light-rail transit systems
• List of United States Light Rail systems by ridership
• list of suburban and commuter rail systems
• Commuter rail in North America
• list of airport circulators

External links

• urbanrail.net Guide to metro systems of the world
• CityRailTransit.com´s line-based list for the worldwide metro systems

Books

• World Metro Systems by Paul Garbutt. Published by Capital Transport ISBN 1-85414-191-0
• Underground railways yesterday-today-tomorrow by W Hinkel, K Treiber, G Valenta, H Liebsch published by Schmid Verlag. ISBN 3-900607-44-3
• Metro Maps Of The World by Mark Ovenden. Published by Capital Transport ISBN 1-85414-288-7 [220]
• Subways Of The World by Stan Fischler. Published by MBI. ISBN 0-7603-0752-0