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Location	Name	Opened	Stations	Length (km)	Length (mi)
Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southern shore of the R?o de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent....	Buenos Aires Metro Buenos Aires Metro The Buenos Aires Metro is a mass-transit system that serves the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The first station of this network was inaugurated in 1913, being the first of its kind in Latin America and in the entire Southern Hemisphere....	1913	74
Yerevan Yerevan Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia. It is situated on the Hrazdan River, and is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country....	Yerevan Metro Yerevan Metro The Yerevan Metro is a rapid transit system that serves the capital of Armenia, Yerevan. The system was launched in 1981 and like most former Soviet Metros, its stations are very deep and intricately decorated with national motifs....	1981	10
Vienna Vienna Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...	Vienna U-Bahn Vienna U-Bahn The Vienna U-Bahn is a rapid transit system consisting of five lines mostly running underground, except for the central section of line U6, which runs above ground on the viaduct of the old Vienna Stadtbahn....	1976	84
Baku Baku Baku , sometimes known as Baqy, Baky, Baki or Bak?, is the capital, the largest city, and the largest port of Azerbaijan....	Baku Metro Baku Metro Baku Metro is a rapid transit system serving Baku the capital of Azerbaijan. First opened in 1967, during the time of the Soviet Union, it has the features found in most other ex-Soviet systems, including very deep central stations, and exquisite decorations that blend traditional Azerbaijani national motifs with Soviet ideology....	1967	21
Minsk Minsk Minsk is the Capital and largest city in Belarus, situated on the Svislach River and Nemiga rivers. Minsk is also a headquarters of the Commonwealth of Independent States ....	Minsk Metro Minsk Metro The Minsk Metro is a rapid-transit system that serves the capital of Belarus, Minsk. Opened in 1984, it presently consists of 2 lines and 25 stations totaling 30.3 kilometres....	1984	25
Antwerp Antwerp ||-||-||-||}Antwerp is a city and municipality in Belgium and the capital of the Antwerp in Flanders, one of Belgium's three regions....	Antwerp Metro	1975	11
Brussels Brussels Brussels , officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium....	Brussels Metro Brussels Metro Brussels Metro is a metro system serving a large part of the Brussels of Belgium. It consists of a network with three metro lines , two lines of "premetro" , and a few short underground tramway sections, which makes more than 50 km of underground network and 68 underground stations....	1969	59
Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte Belo Horizonte The first Human settlement in the region occurred in the early 1700s, but the city as it is known today was planned and constructed in the 1890s, in order to replace Ouro Preto as the capital of Minas Gerais....	Belo Horizonte Metro Belo Horizonte Metro The Belo Horizonte Metro is operated by CBTU / Metrobh, is currently 20 stations and 28.2 km long and currently carries about 145,000 users per day....	1986	19
Brasília Brasília Bras?lia is the Capital of Brazil. The city and its District are located in the Central-West Region, Brazil of the country, along a plateau known as Planalto Central....	Brasília Metro Brasília Metro Brasilia Metro is the rapid transit system in Bras?lia. It is operated by Metro-DF and was opened in 2001. The system has 21 stations on two lines, in operation from 6:00 AM to 11:30 PM, Mondays to Fridays, and from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM on weekends, and covering most of the metropolitan area....	2001	24
Porto Alegre Porto Alegre Porto Alegre is the 10th most populous municipality in Brazil, 4th largest Metropolitan Area in the country, and the capital city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul....	Porto Alegre Metro Porto Alegre Metro The Metro de Porto Alegre is operated jointly by the federal government, the state government of Rio Grande do Sul and the city of Porto Alegre through the company Trensurb and has 17 stations, totaling 42 km of extension....	1985	17
Recife Recife File:P?r-do-Sol_na_Jaqueira.jpgRecife is the fourth largest Metropolitan area in Brazil and the capital of the state of Pernambuco. The population was 1,549,980 in 2007....	Recife Metro Recife Metro The Recife Metro is operated by CBTU / Metrorec, is currently 20 stations- and 29.3 km long and carries about 180 thousand users every day. ...	1985	20
Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro , is the second largest city of Brazil and South America, behind S?o Paulo, and the third largest metropolitan area in South America, behind S?o Paulo and Buenos Aires....	Rio de Janeiro Metro Rio de Janeiro Metro The Rio de Janeiro Metro is a rapid transit underground railway network that serves the city of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Founded in 1979 with five stations operating on one line, it now includes 32 stations and two separate lines and serves on average nearly half a million passengers per day....	1979	38
São Paulo São Paulo S?o Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, and along with Tokyo, Seoul and Mexico City is among the four largest metropolitan regions of the world....	São Paulo Metro São Paulo Metro The S?o Paulo Metro is the city of S?o Paulo 's rapid transit system. The first of such systems in Brazil, it began operations in 1974. Although S?o Paulo is one of the largest cities in the world, with a population of 19 million , its metro system is relatively small when compared to its European or North American counterparts....	1974	55
São Paulo São Paulo S?o Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, and along with Tokyo, Seoul and Mexico City is among the four largest metropolitan regions of the world....	CPTM Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos is a regional rail company owned by the Secretaria de Estado dos Transportes Metropolitanos . It was created in 1992 from several railroads that already existed in Greater S?o Paulo, Brazil....	1992	93
Teresina Teresina Teresina is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian Brazilian state of Piau? and the only inland capital in the Northeast Region, Brazil of the country....	Teresina Metro Teresina Metro The Teresina Metro is operated by CMTP , it's 12.5 km long with a daily ridership of about 5.000....	1991	8
Sofia Sofia Sofia , is the Capital and largest city of the Bulgaria, with 2,5 million people living in the Capital Municipality. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of the mountain massif Vitosha, and is the administrative, cultural, economic, and educational centre of the country....	Sofia Metro Sofia Metro The Sofia Metropolitan is the underground urban railway network servicing the Bulgarian capital Sofia. It is the first and only network of this kind in Bulgaria....	1998	8
Montreal Montreal Montreal, or Montr?al, is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada of Quebec and the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population....	Montreal Metro Montreal Metro The Montreal Metro is a rubber-tired metro system, and the main form of public transportation underground in the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada....	1966	68
Toronto Toronto Toronto is the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population in Canada and the Provinces and territories of Canada Provincial and territorial capitals of Canada of Ontario....	Toronto subway and RT Toronto subway and RT The Toronto subway and RT is the main rapid transit Rail transport system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada operated by the Toronto Transit Commission ....	1954	69
Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver is a coastal city and major seaport located in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest city in British Columbia and the second largest metropolitan area in the Pacific Northwest region....	SkyTrain SkyTrain (Vancouver) The SkyTrain is a two-line urban Public transport system in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It uses Bombardier's Bombardier Advanced Rapid Transit technology, with fully automated trains running principally on elevated tracks ....	1985	33
Beijing Beijing is a metropolis in northern China and the Capital of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the four municipality of China, which are equivalent to province in China's Political divisions of China....	Beijing Subway Beijing Subway The Beijing Subway is a rapid transit rail network that serves the List of administrative divisions of Beijing of Beijing municipality. With 8 lines, over 200 km of tracks and 123 List of Beijing Subway stations currently in operation and ridership averaging 3.4 million per day, the Beijing Subway is the busiest in mainland China, and the se...	1981	106
Dalian Dalian Dalian is the governing sub-provincial city in the eastern Liaoning Province of Northeast China. Dalian is China's northernmost Warm water port....	Dalian Metro Dalian Metro Dalian Metro is a rapid transit system in the city of Dalian, China. The line, locally known as Qinggui #3 , connects Dalian Development Zone and Jinshitan with Dalian city center....	2003	12
Chongqing Chongqing Chongqing is the largest and most populous of the People's Republic of China's four provinces of China-level municipality of China, and the only one in the less densely populated western region of China....	Chongqing Metro Chongqing Metro The Chongqing Metro is a monorail system in Chongqing, the first of its kind in China and the only metro transit system in western China. It currently only has one operating line, line 2, and it runs through three administrative districts ....	2005	18
Guangzhou Guangzhou 'Guangzhou' is the Capital and a sub-provincial city of Guangdong Province of China in the northern and southern China part of the People's Republic of China....	Guangzhou Metro Guangzhou Metro The Guangzhou Metro is the rapid transit system of the city of Guangzhou in Guangdong Province of the China. It is operated by the state-owned Guangzhou Metro Corporation and was the fourth metro system to be built in mainland China, after that of Beijing Subway, Tianjin Metro and Shanghai Metro....	1997	60
Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....	MTR MTR MTR, or Mass Transit Railway, is the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. The MTR first began service in 1979 and officially merged with the Kowloon Canton Railway on 2 December 2007, still bearing the same name in English....	1979	80
Nanjing Nanjing is the capital city of China's Jiangsu province of China, and a city with a prominent place in Chinese history and Chinese culture. Nanjing served as the capital of China during several historical periods and is listed as one of the Historical capitals of China....	Nanjing Metro Nanjing Metro The Nanjing Metro is a rapid transit system serving the city of Nanjing, China.The construction of Line 1 began in 2000 and was inaugurated on September 3rd, 2005., it's 21.72 km long with 16 stations....	2005	17
Shanghai Shanghai Shanghai is the List of cities in the People's Republic of China by population in China and one of the List of metropolitan areas by population in the world, with over 20 million people....	Shanghai Metro Shanghai Metro The Shanghai Metro is the urban rapid transit system of China's largest city, Shanghai. The system incorporates both subway and light railway lines....	1995	146
Shenzhen Shenzhen Shenzhen is a city of sub-provincial city administrative status in southern China's Guangdong province, situated immediately north of Hong Kong....	Shenzhen Metro Shenzhen Metro The Shenzhen Metro is the Rapid transit system for the city of Shenzhen in Guangdong, China. It is owned and operated by the Shenzhen Metro Company, Ltd....	2004	19
Tianjin Tianjin is the third largest city of the People's Republic of China in terms of urban population. Administratively it is one of the four municipality that have Political divisions of China status, reporting directly to the central government....	Tianjin Metro Tianjin Metro Tianjin Metro is a rapid transit system that serves the city of Tianjin, which was the second city in China to operate a subway system. Currently it operates 2 lines: Line 1, with 22 stations, and Line 9, which is a light rail line with 19 stations....	1984	22
Wuhan Wuhan is the capital of Hubei province, and is the most populous city in central People's Republic of China. It lies at the east of Jianghan Plain, and the intersection of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and Han River ....	Wuhan Metro Wuhan Metro The Wuhan Metro is an elevated and underground rapid transit system in the city of Wuhan, China. It is referred to as a light rail system in Chinese terminology....	2004	10
Santiago de Chile	Metro de Santiago	1975	105
Valparaíso Valparaíso Valpara?so is a major city in Chile and one of that country's most important seaports and an increasingly vital cultural center in the hemisphere's Pacific Southwest....	Valparaíso Metro Valparaíso Metro Metro Valpara?so is the rapid transit system serving the urban conglomeration of Gran Valpara?so, Chile , connecting the cities of Valpara?so, Chile, Vi?a del Mar, Quilpu?, Chile, Villa Alemania, Chile and Limache, Chile....	2005	20
Medellín Medellín Medell?n , officially the Municipio de Medell?n or Municipality of Medell?n, is the List of capitals and largest cities by country in Colombia....	Metro de Medellín Metro de Medellín The Metro de Medell?n is an Rapid transit that crosses the Metropolitan Area of Medell?n from North to South and from Centre to West. As one of the first experiences of modern mass transportation in Colombia, the Metro of Medell?n is a product of the urban planning of the Antioquia Department....	1995	31
Prague Prague Prague is the Capital and World's largest cities of the Czech Republic. Its official name is Hlavn? mesto Praha, meaning Prague, the Capital City....	Prague Metro Prague Metro The Prague Metro is a subway, rapid transit public transportation network in Prague, Czech Republic. It is the fastest means of transportation around the city and serves about one and half million passengers a day, which makes it the sixth busiest metro system in Europe....	1974	57
Copenhagen Copenhagen Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban area with a population of 1,153,615 . Copenhagen is situated on the Islands of Zealand and Amager....	Copenhagen Metro Copenhagen Metro The Copenhagen Metro, also known simply as the Metro, is a railway rapid transit system serving Copenhagen, Frederiksberg and T?rnby, Denmark....	2002	22
Santo Domingo Santo Domingo Santo Domingo, or in full, Santo Domingo de Guzm?n, is the Capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic, and the second largest city in the Caribbean....	Santo Domingo Metro Santo Domingo Metro The Santo Domingo Metro is a rapid transit system in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic. The Santo Domingo Metro is part of a major "National Master Plan" to improve transportation in Santo Domingo as well as the rest of the nation....	2009	16
Cairo Cairo Cairo , which means "the triumphant", is the Cairo and largest city of Egypt.It is the most populous metropolitan area in Egypt and is also one of the most populous in the world....	Cairo Metro Cairo Metro The Cairo Metro in Egypt is Africa's only full-fledged rapid transit system. The system consists of two operational lines, with construction having begun on a third line in September 2008....	1987	53
Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the Capital and largest List of cities and towns in Finland of Finland. It is in the southern part of Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, by the Baltic Sea....	Helsinki Metro Helsinki Metro The Helsinki Metro , is the rapid transit system in Helsinki, Finland. It is the World's most northern metro system, and currently the only one in Finland....	1982	17
Lille Lille Lille is a city in northern France. It is the principal city of the Urban Community of Lille M?tropole, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country behind those of Paris, Lyon and Marseille....	Lille Metro Lille Metro The Lille Metro is a driverless rapid transit in and around Lille, France. The system was inaugurated on 25 April 1983 and was the first to use VAL system....	1983	60
Lyon Lyon ||-||}Lyon, also known as Lyons in English, is a city in east-central France. Its name is pronounced in French language and Franco-Proven?al language, and or in English language....	Lyon Metro Lyon Metro The Lyon Metro, in Lyon, France, first opened in 1978 and now consists of four lines. It is part of the Transports en commun lyonnais system of public transport....	1978	39
Marseille Marseille "Marseille" is the second-largest city of France and forms the third-largest aire urbaine, after those of Paris and Lyon, with a population recorded to be 1,516,340 at the 1999 census and estimated to be 1,605,000 in 2007....	Marseille Metro Marseille Metro The Marseilles Metro serves the City of Marseilles. It is a rubber-tyred metro derived from the technology developed by the RATP for Paris Metro and opened at the end of 1977....	1977	24
Paris Paris Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....	Paris Métro Paris Métro The Paris M?tro or M?tropolitain is the rapid transit system in Paris. It is a symbol of the city, notable for its station architecture, influenced by Art Nouveau....	1900	300
Rennes Rennes Rennes is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France. Rennes is the Capital of the Bretagne Regions of France, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine Departments of France....	Rennes Metro Rennes Metro Opened on 15 March 2002, the rapid transit in Rennes is based on the Siemens AG Transportation Systems VAL technology. There is one line, the 9.4-km 'a' Line, which runs north-west to south-east from J.F....	2002	15
Toulouse Toulouse Toulouse is a commune of France in southwest France on the banks of the Garonne, half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea....	Toulouse Metro Toulouse Metro The Toulouse Metro serves the City of Toulouse, France. The city's public transport system was initially managed by Soci?t? d'?conomie mixte des voyageurs de l'agglom?ration toulousaine , which was a company that was 80% owned by local government bodies and 20% privately owned....	1993	37
Tbilisi Tbilisi Tbilisi , is the capital city and the largest city of Georgia , lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form Tpilisi and it was officially known as ?????? in Russian, until 1936....	Tbilisi Metro Tbilisi Metro The Tbilisi Metro is a rapid transit Metro system in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia . Opened in 1966 it became the fourth Metro system in the former Soviet Union....	1966	22
Berlin Berlin Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....	Berlin U-Bahn Berlin U-Bahn The Berlin is a rapid transit railway in Berlin, Germany, and is a major part of the public transport system of the capital. Opened in 1902, the serves List of Berlin U-Bahn stations spread across nine lines, with a total track length of , about 80% of which is underground....	1902	170
Berlin Berlin Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....	Berlin S-Bahn Berlin S-Bahn The Berlin S-Bahn is a rapid transit system operated by S-Bahn Berlin GmbH, a subsidiary of the Deutsche Bahn. The Berlin S-Bahn consists of 15 lines and is integrated with the mostly underground Berlin U-Bahn to form the backbone of Berlin's rapid transport system....	1924	166
Hamburg Hamburg Hamburg is the second-largest city in Germany , and is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits. The city is home to approximately 1.8 million people, while the Hamburg metropolitan area has more than 4.3 million inhabitants....	Hamburg U-Bahn Hamburg U-Bahn The Hamburg U-Bahn is a rapid transit system serving the city of Hamburg, Germany. Although technically a subway, most of the system's track length is above ground as with many other Rapid transit in Germany#U-Bahn networks in Germany....	1912	89
Munich Munich Munich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Munich is located on the River Isar north of the Northern Limestone Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg....	Munich U-Bahn Munich U-Bahn The Munich U-Bahn system is an electricity railway public transport network in Munich. It is operated by the M?nchner Verkehrsgesellschaft . The network is integrated in the Munich Transport and Tariff Association and interconnected with the Munich S-Bahn system....	1971	98
Nuremberg Nuremberg Nuremberg is a city in the Germany State of Bavaria, in the Regierungsbezirk of Middle Franconia. It is situated on the Pegnitz River river and the Rhine?Main?Danube Canal and is Franconia's largest city....	Nuremberg U-Bahn Nuremberg U-Bahn The Nuremberg U-Bahn is a rapid transit run by VAG N?rnberg , which itself is a member of the VGN . The Nuremberg U-Bahn is Germany's newest metro....	1972	44
Athens Athens Athens , the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery; as one of the List of cities by time of continuous habitation, its recorded history spans around 3,400 years....	Athens Metro Athens Metro The Athens Metro is the underground public transport system of Athens, Greece, constructed by the Attiko Metro company and the ISAP company ....	1904	43
Budapest Budapest Budapest is the Capitals of Hungary of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it serves as the country's principal political, cultural, commerce, Industry, and transportation center and is considered an important hub in Central Europe....	Budapest Metro Budapest Metro The Budapest Metro is the rapid transit system in the Hungary capital Budapest. It is the second-oldest underground rapid transit system in the world, and its iconic Line 1 was declared a World Heritage Site in 1979....	1896	40
Budapest Budapest Budapest is the Capitals of Hungary of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it serves as the country's principal political, cultural, commerce, Industry, and transportation center and is considered an important hub in Central Europe....	Csepel HÉV Csepel HÉV Csepel H?V is a rapid transit line in Budapest, Hungary. It connects the downtown Grand Boulevard and Csepel . The line was built in 1951....	1951	6
Chennai Chennai Chennai , formerly Indian renaming controversy , is the fourth largest metropolitan area of India and the capital city of the Indian states and territories of India of Tamil Nadu....	Mass Rapid Transit System Mass Rapid Transit System (Chennai) The Mass Rapid Transit System is an elevated railway of the Chennai suburban railway in Chennai, India. The line currently runs from Chennai Beach to Velachery, covering a distance of 27 km with 17 stations....	1997	17
Delhi Delhi Delhi , sometimes referred to as Dilli , is the List of most populous cities in India metropolis in India and, with over 11 million residents, the List of metropolitan areas by population....	Delhi Metro	2002	62
Kolkata Kolkata , Indian renaming controversy , is the Capital of the Indian States and territories of India of West Bengal. It is located in East India on the east bank of the River Hooghly....	Kolkata Metro Kolkata Metro The Kolkata Metro or Calcutta Metro is the underground rail network in Kolkata , India. It is considered to have the status of a zonal railway but is not a zone....	1984	17
Tehran Tehran Tehran is the capital and largest city of Iran, and the administrative center of Tehran Province. Tehran is a sprawling city at the foot of the Alborz mountain range with an immense network of highways unparalleled in Western Asia....	Tehran Metro Tehran Metro HistoryTehran metro is one of the Middle East's biggest metros.The initial plans of the Tehran Metro, which was to be Iran's first metro system, were laid out before the Iranian revolution in the 1970s....	2000	40
Catania Catania Catania is an Italy city on the east coast of Sicily facing the Ionian Sea, between Messina and Syracuse, Sicily. It is the capital of the Province of Catania, and with 298,957 inhabitants it is the second-largest city on the island....	Catania Metro	1999	6
Genoa Genoa Genoa is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria. The city has a population of about 610,000 and the urban area has a population of about 900,000....	Genoa Metro Metropolitana di Genova The Metropolitana di Genova is a light metro consisting of a single line that connects the center of Genoa with the suburb of Rivarolo, to the north-west of the city centre....	1990	7
Milan Milan Milan is the second largest city of Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. It is the capital in the Province of Milan, as well as the Regions of Italy capital of Lombardy....	Milan Metro Milan Transportation System The Milan transportation system is the transport network of Milan, Italy. It connects the city with the rest of Lombardy and with the national railway system....	1964	86
Naples Naples Naples is a city in southern Italy, the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples. The city is known for its rich history, art, culture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,800 years old....	Naples Metro Metropolitana di Napoli Metropolitana di Napoli is the metro system serving the city of Naples, Italy. It includes six underground rapid transit railway lines, a commuter rail network, and four funicular lines, with planned upgrading and expansion work underway....	1993	28
Rome Rome Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....	Rome Metro Rome Metro The Rome Metro is an Rapid transit system that operates in Rome, Italy. It opened in 1955. There are currently two lines, Line A and B line ....	1955	48
Turin Turín Tur?n is a municipality in the Ahuachap?n Department Departments of El Salvador of El Salvador....	Metrotorino Metrotorino The Metropolitana di Torino is a VAL Rapid transit system connecting Turin downtown, Italy with the neighboring city of Collegno. It is operated by Gruppo Trasporti Torinesi , a public company controlled by the municipality of Turin....	2006	14
Fukuoka Fukuoka, Fukuoka is the capital cities of Japan of Fukuoka Prefecture and is situated on the northern shore of the island of Kyushu in Japan, across the Korea Strait from South Korea Busan....	Fukuoka City Subway Fukuoka City Subway The serves Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan. It consists of three rapid transit lines, the Kuko Line , or Airport Line, the Hakozaki Line and the Nanakuma Line)....	1981	35
Hiroshima Hiroshima The Japanese city of is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chugoku region of western Honshu, the largest of Japan's islands....	Astram Line Astram Line The is a new transit system operated by Hiroshima Rapid Transit in Hiroshima, Japan....	1994	21
Kobe Kobe is the List of Japanese cities by population in Japan and as the capital city of Hyogo Prefecture and a prominent port city in Japan with a population of about 1.5 million....	Kobe Rapid Railway Kobe Rapid Railway Kobe Rapid Transit Railway Company, Limited is a special railway company in central Kobe, Japan....	1968	10
Kobe Kobe is the List of Japanese cities by population in Japan and as the capital city of Hyogo Prefecture and a prominent port city in Japan with a population of about 1.5 million....	Kobe Municipal Subway Kobe Municipal Subway is the rapid transit of Kobe. It has two lines....	1977	25
Kyoto Kyoto Sorry, no overview for this topic	Kyoto Municipal Subway Kyoto Municipal Subway is the rapid transit network in the city of Kyoto, Japan. It is operated by Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau. It has two lines....	1981	29
Nagoya	Nagoya Municipal Subway Nagoya Municipal Subway is the rapid transit system that serves the Nagoya, Aichi, Aichi, Japan area. Like other large Japanese cities, Chukyo Metropolitan Area's subways are heavily complemented by suburban rail, forming an extensive network of 37 lines rivaling cities such as New York and London....	1957	83
Osaka Osaka is a Cities of Japan in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshu.Osaka is a City designated by government ordinance under the Local Autonomy Law and the capital city of Osaka Prefecture....	Osaka Municipal Subway Osaka Municipal Subway is the rapid transit network in the city of Osaka, Japan, an integral part of the extensive mass transit system of Transport in Greater Osaka , having 125 out of the 1,108 rail stations in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto region....	1933	101
Saitama Saitama is an indigenous Japanese place and family name which may often refer to:* Saitama Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan in the Kanto region.* Saitama, Saitama is the capital and the most populous city of Saitama Prefecture incorporating former cities of Urawa, Omiya, Yono and Iwatsuki....	Saitama Rapid Railway Line Saitama Rapid Railway Line The Saitama Railway Line is the continuation of the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line, starting at Akabane-Iwabuchi station in Tokyo and ending at Urawa Misono Station in Saitama, Saitama....	2001	8
Sapporo	Sapporo Municipal Subway Sapporo Municipal Subway is the rapid transit system in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. It is operated by the Sapporo City Transportation Bureau.:ja:%E7%94%BB%E5%83%8F:%E5%AE%AE%E3%81%AE%E6%B2%A2%E9%A7%851%E7%95%AA%E3%83%9B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0.jpg:ja:%E7%94%BB%E5%83%8F:%E5%8D%97%E9%83%B7%EF%BC%97%E4%B8%81%E7%9B%AE%E9%A7%85.jpg...	1971	46
Sendai	Sendai Subway Sendai Subway The consists of one line, the Nanboku Line . Construction of a second line, the Tozai Line , began in 2004 with a planned opening date of 2015. The Sendai City Transportation Bureau operates the existing line and oversees the construction of the new line....	1987	17
Tokyo Tokyo , officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....	Tokyo Metro Tokyo Metro is one of two Rapid transit systems making up the Tokyo subway system, the other being Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation....	1927	179
Tokyo Tokyo , officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....	Toei Subway Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation The is Tokyo's public transportation authority. Its subway lines are commonly described as ?? Toei, meaning "operated by the metropolitan government ."...	1960	106
Tokyo Tokyo , officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....	Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit	1996	8
Yokohama Yokohama is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kanto region of the main island of Honshu. It is a major commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area....	Yokohama Municipal Subway Yokohama Municipal Subway is the rapid transit network in the city of Yokohama, Japan, south of Tokyo In Kanagawa pref. It is operated by Yokohama City Transportation Bureau, and is operated as two lines, though 3 continuous lines exist....	1972	32
Yokohama Yokohama is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kanto region of the main island of Honshu. It is a major commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area....	Minatomirai Line	2004	6
Pyongyang Pyongyang Pyongyang is the Capital and largest city of North Korea, located on the Taedong River, at . According to preliminary results from the 2008 population census, it has a population of 3,255,388....	Pyongyang Metro Pyongyang Metro The Pyongyang Metro is a rapid transit system in Pyongyang, North Korea, consisting of two lines. The Chollima Line runs from Kwangbok Station in the southwest to Rakwon station in the northeast....	1973	17
Busan Busan Busan Metropolitan City, also known as Pusan is the largest seaport city in South Korea. Busan has a population of 3.65 million and is South Korea's second largest metropolis, after Seoul....	Busan Subway Busan Subway The Busan Subway, operated by the Busan Transportation Corporation, is the subway system of Busan, South Korea. The subway network first opened in 1985 with seventeen stations....	1985	95
Daegu Daegu Daegu , also spelled Taegu , officially called Daegu Metropolitan City, is the fourth largest city in South Korea after Seoul, Busan, and Incheon....	Daegu Subway	1997	55
Daejeon Daejeon Daejeon is the capital city of Chungcheongnamdo Province, located in the center of South Korea. It is the fifth largest city in South Korea, with a population of 1,442,856 at the end of 2005....	Daejeon Subway	2006	22
Gwangju Gwangju Gwangju Metropolitan City is the sixth largest city in South Korea. It is a designated Special cities of Korea under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister....	Gwangju Subway	2004	20
Incheon Incheon Incheon is a Special cities of Korea and a major seaport on the west coast of South Korea, near Seoul.Human settlement at the location goes back to the Neolithic....	Incheon Subway Incheon Subway The Incheon Subway is a single subway line serving the South Korean city of Incheon. It connects to the Seoul Metropolitan Subway system at Bupyeong station....	1999	22
Seoul Seoul Seoul is the Capital and largest city of South Korea. With a population of over 10 million, It is one of the world's List of cities proper by population.The Seoul National Capital Area - which includes the major port city of Incheon and satellite towns in Gyeonggi-do, has 24.5 million inhabitants and is the world's second largest List of me...	Seoul Subway	1974	266
Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur , is the largest city of Malaysia. The city proper, making up an area of , has an estimated population of 1.6 million in 2006. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million....	RapidKL Light Rail Transit	1996	48
Mexico City Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city of Mexico. It is the most important economic, industrial, and cultural center in the country; the most populous city with over 8,836,045 inhabitants in 2008....	Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro The 'Mexico City Metro' is a rubber-tyred metro system that serves the metropolitan area of the Mexican Federal District . It is the second-largest metro system in North America after the New York Subway....	1969	175
Monterrey Monterrey Monterrey is the capital city of the northeastern Mexico state of Nuevo Le?n and a Monterrey of the same name. Also known as "Sultana del Norte" , Monterrey is an important industrial and business center....	Monterrey Metro Monterrey Metro The Monterrey Metro is a fully grade separated light rail system in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. It is the newest of Mexico's metro systems, with operation beginning in 1991....	1991	32
Guadalajara Guadalajara, Jalisco Guadalajara is the capital city of the Mexico state of Jalisco, and the seat of the municipality of Guadalajara. The city is located in the central region of the state and in the western-Pacific area of Mexico....	Guadalajara Metro Guadalajara Metro The Guadalajara Metro system, officially known as SITEUR , Spanish for Urban Electrical Train System, gives service to the municipalities of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Zapopan and Tlaquepaque, in the state of Jalisco, Mexico....	1989	28
Amsterdam Amsterdam Amsterdam is the Capital of the Netherlands and List of cities in the Netherlands with over 100,000 people of the Netherlands, located in the Provinces of the Netherlands of North Holland in the west of the country....	Amsterdam Metro Amsterdam Metro The Amsterdam Metro is a mixed rapid transit and light rail system in Amsterdam, and its surrounding municipalities Amstelveen, Diemen, and Ouder-Amstel, in the Netherlands....	1977	33
Rotterdam Rotterdam Rotterdam ; city and municipality in the Netherlands province of South Holland, situated in the west of the Netherlands. The municipality is the List of cities in the Netherlands with over 100,000 people in the country, with a population of 584,046 on 1 January 2007 and comprises the southern part of the Randstad, the List of metropolitan are...	Rotterdam Metro Rotterdam Metro The Rotterdam Metro is a rapid transit system operated in Rotterdam by Rotterdamse Elektrische Tram. The first line, called Noord - Zuidlijn opened in 1968 and ran from Rotterdam#Train to Zuidplein, crossing the river Nieuwe Maas in a tunnel....	1968	38
Oslo Oslo is the Capital and largest List of cities in Norway in Norway.Metropolitan Oslo or the Greater Oslo Region makes up the third largest urban area in Scandinavia after Metropolitan Stockholm and Metropolitan Copenhagen....	Oslo T-bane Oslo T-bane Oslo T-bane is the rapid transit system of Oslo, Norway, operated by Oslo T-banedrift on contract from the transit authority Ruter. The network consists of six lines that all run through the city center, with a total length of ....	1966	104
Lima Lima Lima is the Capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chill?n River, R?mac River and Lur?n River rivers, on a coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean....	Lima Metro Lima Metro The "Urban Train of Lima" is the electric mass transit system of the Lima Metropolitan Area in Peru. It currently consists of one 9.8 km line and seven stations in the southern area of the metropolis....	2003	7
Manila Manila The 'City of Manila' , or simply 'Manila', is the Capital of the Philippines and one of the 17 cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila....	Manila Light Rail Transit System Manila Light Rail Transit System The Manila Light Rail Transit System , popularly known as the LRT, is the main metropolitan rail system serving the Metro Manila area in the Philippines....	1984	29
Manila Manila The 'City of Manila' , or simply 'Manila', is the Capital of the Philippines and one of the 17 cities and municipalities that make up Metro Manila....	Manila Metro Rail Transit System Manila Metro Rail Transit System The Manila Metro Rail Transit System, popularly known as the MRT, Metrostar Express or Metrostar, is part of the Metropolitan area rail system in the Metro Manila area of the Philippines, the Strong Republic Transit System ....	1999	13
Warsaw Warsaw Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....	Warsaw Metro Warsaw Metro The Warsaw Metro is one of Europe's newest rapid transit systems and Poland's first . It was opened in 1995 and consists of a single north-south line that links central Warsaw with its densely populated southern suburbs....	1995	21
Lisbon Lisbon Lisbon is the Capital and largest city of Portugal. It is also the seat of the Lisbon and capital of the Lisbon region. Its municipalities of Portugal, which matches the city proper excluding the larger continuous conurbation, has a municipal population of 564,477 in , while the Lisbon Metropolitan Area in total has around 2.8 million inha...	Lisbon Metro Lisbon Metro The Lisbon Metro is the rapid transit system that provides Lisbon, Portugal with mass-transit services. It was the first subway in Portugal....	1959	46
Porto Porto Porto , also Oporto in English, is Portugal's second city and capital of the Norte, Portugal NUTS II region. The city is located in the estuary of the Douro river in northern Portugal....	Porto Metro Porto Metro The Porto Metro , part of the mass transit public transport system of Porto, Portugal, is a light-rail network of electrified railways that run underground in central Porto and above ground into the city's suburbs....	2002	68
Bucharest Bucharest Bucharest is the capital city, industrial and commercial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the D?mbovita River....	Bucharest Metro Bucharest Metro The Bucharest Metro is an underground urban railway network that serves the capital of Romania, Bucharest. The network is run by Metrorex. It is one of the most accessed systems of the Transport in Bucharest with an average ridership of 750,000 passengers during the workweek....	1979	52
Kazan Kazan Kazan is the capital types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Tatarstan, Russia, and one of Russia's largest cities. It is a major industrial, commercial and cultural center, and remains the most important center of Tatar culture....	Kazan Metro Kazan Metro Kazan Metro is a rapid-transit system that serves the city of Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia. Opened on August 27, 2005, it is the newest system in Russia, and the first one to open after the break up of the Soviet Union....	2005	5
Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....	Moscow Metro Moscow Metro The Moscow Metro , which spans almost the entire Moscow, is the world's Metro systems by annual passenger rides rapid-transit system. Opened in 1935, it is well known for the ornate design of many of its metro station, which contain outstanding examples of socialist realism art....	1935	142
Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened as Nizhny, is the fourth largest types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia, ranking after Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Novosibirsk....	Nizhny Novgorod Metro Nizhny Novgorod Metro The Nizhny Novgorod Metro , formerly known as Gorky Metro is a rapid-transit system that serves the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Opened in 1985, it consists of 13 stations and is 15.3 kilometres long....	1985	13
Novosibirsk Novosibirsk Novosibirsk is Russia's third-largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, after Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and the administrative center of Novosibirsk Oblast....	Novosibirsk Metro Novosibirsk Metro Novosibirsk Metro is a metro system in Novosibirsk, Russia....	1986	12
Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg is a types of inhabited localities in Russia and a federal subjects of Russia of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea....	Saint Petersburg Metro Saint Petersburg Metro Saint Petersburg Metro is the Rapid Transit system in Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It has been open since November 15, 1955....	1955	55
Samara Samara, Russia Samara is list of cities and towns in Russia by population types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia. It is situated in the southeastern part of European Russia, the Volga Federal District....	Samara Metro Samara Metro Samara Metro , formerly known as the Kuybyshev Metro , is a rapid transit system which serves the city of Samara, Russia, Russia. Opened in 1987, it consists of one line with 9 stations and 10.2 km of bi-directional long track....	1987	9
Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg is a major types of inhabited localities in Russia in the central part of Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast....	Yekaterinburg Metro Yekaterinburg Metro Yekaterinburg Metro is a rapid transit system that serves the city of Yekaterinburg, Russia....	1991	7
Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country microstate located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometres north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands....	Mass Rapid Transit Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) The Mass Rapid Transit or MRT is a rapid transit system that forms the backbone of the Rail transport in Singapore in Singapore, spanning the entire city-state....	1987	66
Madrid Madrid Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...	Madrid Metro Madrid Metro The Madrid Metro is the large rapid transit system serving the city of Madrid.It is one of the largest metro systems in the world, which is especially remarkable considering Madrid's population of approximately 3.5 million to 6 million ....	1919	231
Barcelona Barcelona Barcelona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,615,908 in 2008, while the population of the Metropolitan Area was 3,161,081....	Barcelona Metro Barcelona Metro The Barcelona Metro , part of the mass transit public transport system of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain is an extensive network of electrified railways that run underground in central Barcelona and above ground into the city's suburbs....	1924	123
Bilbao Bilbao Bilbao, is the largest city in the Basque Country in northern Spain and the capital of the province of Biscay .The city has 354,145 inhabitants and is the most financially and industrially active part of Greater Bilbao, the zone in which almost half of the Basque Country?s population lives....	Bilbao Metro	1995	36
Palma de Mallorca Palma de Mallorca Palma is the major city and port on the island of Majorca and capital city of the Autonomous communities of Spain of the Balearic Islands in Spain....	Palma de Mallorca Metro Palma de Mallorca Metro The Palma de Mallorca Metro is a subway line in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. It consists of nine stations and was constructed between 2005 and 2007 at cost of 312 million euros....	2007	9
Valencia	Valencia Metro	1988	37
Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and largest city of Sweden. It is the site of the national Swedish Government of Sweden, the Parliament of Sweden, and the official residence of the Swedish Monarchy of Sweden....	Stockholm Metro Stockholm Metro The Stockholm Metro is the rapid transit system in Stockholm, Sweden. The system has 100 stations in use, of which 47 are subterranean and 53 are above ground stations....	1950	100
Lausanne Lausanne Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French language-speaking part of Switzerland, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva , and facing ?vian-les-Bains and with the Jura mountains to its north-west....	Lausanne Metro Lausanne Metro The Lausanne Metro system includes two lines in Lausanne, Switzerland, owned by two distinct companies and operated by a third. The Line m1 is a Light rail, while the Line m2 is a fully automated metro which opened on October 27 2008....	2008	14
Taipei Taipei Taipei has been the de facto capital of the Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan, since the Chinese Civil War in 1949, and the capital of Taiwan since Japanese rule that began in 1895....	Taipei Rapid Transit System Taipei Rapid Transit System The Taipei Rapid Transit System , also known as the MRT , or the Taipei Metro is a rapid transit system serving a large part of the Taipei metropolitan area....	1996	68
Kaohsiung Kaohsiung Kaohsiung is a city located in southwestern Taiwan. It is enclosed by the Kaohsiung County, and faces the Taiwan Strait on the west. As one of two Direct-controlled municipality under the administration of Republic of China , Kaohsiung is officially named as the Kaohsiung City, a Province -level political division....	Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit The Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit System is a rapid transit system in the metropolitan area of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The construction of KMRT started in October 2001, with the Red Line and the Orange Line opened on March 9 and September 14 2008 respectively....	2008	36
Bangkok Bangkok The city of Bangkok is the Capital , largest urban area and primary city of Thailand. Known in Thai language as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or Krung Thep for short, it was a small trading post at the mouth of the Chao Phraya River during the Ayutthaya Kingdom and came to the forefront of Thailand when it was given the status as the...	Bangkok Skytrain Bangkok Skytrain The Bangkok Mass Transit System, commonly known by its abbreviation as the BTS Skytrain , is an elevated rapid transit system in Bangkok, Thailand....	1999	23
Bangkok Bangkok The city of Bangkok is the Capital , largest urban area and primary city of Thailand. Known in Thai language as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or Krung Thep for short, it was a small trading post at the mouth of the Chao Phraya River during the Ayutthaya Kingdom and came to the forefront of Thailand when it was given the status as the...	Bangkok Metro Bangkok Metro The Bangkok Metro, officially called the Mass Rapid Transit , is Bangkok's underground Rapid transit system. It was constructed under a concession concept....	2004	18
Ankara	Ankara Metro	1997	22
Izmir	Izmir Metro Izmir Metro Izmir Metro is a rapid transit network in Izmir, Turkey that is constantly being extended with new stations being put in service. The network, consisting of one line, starts from ??yol station in Hatay, Izmir in the southern portion of the metropolitan area and runs towards northeast to end in Bornova....	2000	10
Istanbul Istanbul Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, and List of cities proper by population in the world with a population of 12.6 million....	Istanbul Metro Istanbul Metro This article is about the M2 line. For M1 and T4 lines, also known as Hafif Metro, please see Istanbul LRTThe Istanbul Metro is a mass-transit underground railway network that serves the city of Istanbul, Turkey....	2000	10
Dnipropetrovsk Dnipropetrovsk Dnipropetrovsk is Ukraine's third largest city with 1.1 million inhabitants. It is located southeast of Ukraine's capital Kiev on the Dnieper River, in the south-central region of the country....	Dnipropetrovsk Metro Dnipropetrovsk Metro The Dnipropetrovsk Metro is a single-line Rapid transit that serves the city of Dnipropetrovsk, the third largest city in Ukraine by population....	1995	6
Kharkiv Kharkiv Kharkiv , or Kharkov is the second largest city in Ukraine.It was the first capital of Soviet Ukraine, now the Capital of the Kharkiv Oblast , as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Kharkiv Oblast within the oblast....	Kharkiv Metro Kharkiv Metro The Kharkiv Metro is the rapid transit that serves the city of Kharkiv, the second largest city in Ukraine. The metro was the second in Ukraine and the fifth in the Soviet Union when it opened in 1975....	1975	28
Kiev Kiev Kiev, also known as Kyiv , is the Capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River....	Kiev Metro Kiev Metro The Kiev Metro is a rapid transit system that is the mainstay of Kiev's public transport. It was the first rapid transit system in Ukraine and the third one built in the Soviet Union ....	1960	46
Glasgow Glasgow Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and List of largest United Kingdom settlements by population in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's Scottish Lowlands....	Glasgow Subway Glasgow Subway The Glasgow Subway is an underground rapid transit line in Glasgow, Scotland. Opened on 14 December 1896, it is the third-oldest underground metro system in the world after the London Underground and the Budapest Metro....	1896	15
London London London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....	London Underground London Underground The London Underground is a metro system serving a large part of Greater London and neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire in the UK....	1863	270
London London London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....	Docklands Light Railway Docklands Light Railway The Docklands Light Railway is a light rail system serving the redeveloped London Docklands area of East London, England....	1987	39
Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne is a City status in the United Kingdom and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Situated on the north bank of the River Tyne, the city developed from a Roman Empire settlement called Pons Aelius, though it owes its name to the Newcastle Castle built in 1080, by Robert Curthose, the eldest son of...	Tyne & Wear Metro	1980	60
Atlanta	MARTA Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority or MARTA is the principal rapid transit system in the Atlanta metropolitan area and the ninth-largest in the United States....	1979	38
Baltimore	Metro Subway	1983	14
Boston	MBTA Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is "a body politic and corporate, and a political subdivision" of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts formed in 1964 to finance and operate most bus, Rapid transit, commuter rail and ferry systems in the greater Boston, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, area....	1901	51
Chicago Chicago Chicago is the largest city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States, as well as the List of United States cities by population city in the United States with more than 2.8 million residents....	Chicago 'L' Chicago 'L' The 'L' is a rapid transit system that serves the city of Chicago in the United States. It is operated by the Chicago Transit Authority and is the third-busiest rail mass transit system in the United States, behind New York City's New York City Subway and Washington, D.C.'s Washington Metro....	1892	144
Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, the most populous county in the state. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border....	RTA Rapid Transit RTA Rapid Transit RTA Rapid Transit is a rapid transit and light rail system in Cleveland, Ohio and Cuyahoga County, Ohio owned by the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority ....  (Red Line Red Line (Cleveland) The Red Line is a rapid transit line of the RTA Rapid Transit in Cleveland, Ohio, running from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport northeast to Tower City Center in downtown Cleveland, then east and northeast to East Cleveland, Ohio.... )	1955	18
Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los ?ngeles is the Capital of the Biob?o Province, in the municipality of the same name, in Regions of Chile VIII , in the center-south of Chile....	Los Angeles County Metro Rail Los Angeles County Metro Rail The Los Angeles County Metro Rail is the mass transit rail system of Los Angeles County. It is run by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority and is the indirect descendant of the Pacific Electric Railway Pacific Electric Railway system and Los Angeles Railway Yellow Car lines, which operated in the area from the early...	1993	16
Miami Miami, Florida Miami is a global city in southeastern Florida, in the United States. Miami is the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, the most populous county in Florida....	Metrorail	1984	22
New York City New York City The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....	New York City Subway New York City Subway The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and also known as MTA New York City Transit....	1870	422
New York City New York City The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....	PATH Port Authority Trans-Hudson The Port Authority Trans-Hudson is a rapid transit railroad linking Manhattan, New York City with New Jersey, and providing service to Jersey City, New Jersey, Hoboken, New Jersey, Harrison, New Jersey, and Newark, New Jersey....	1908	13
Philadelphia	SEPTA	1907	73
Philadelphia	PATCO Speedline	1936	13
San Francisco	BART Bay Area Rapid Transit Bay Area Rapid Transit is a rapid transit system serving the San Francisco Bay Area. The Passenger rail terminology#Heavy rail public transit system connects downtown San Francisco with suburbs in the East Bay and northern San Mateo County, California....	1972	43
San Juan San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan is the Capital and largest Municipalities of Puerto Rico in Puerto Rico. As of the United States Census Bureau, it has a population of 433,733, making it the List of United States cities by population city under the jurisdiction of the United States....	Tren Urbano Tren Urbano The Tren Urbano — or Urban Train in English language — is a 10.7 mile fully automated rapid transit that serves the metropolitan area of San Juan, Puerto Rico, which includes the municipalities of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Bayam?n, Puerto Rico, and Guaynabo, Puerto Rico....	2004	16
Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790....	Washington Metro Washington Metro The Washington Metro is the rapid transit system in Washington, D.C. and its surrounding suburbs. The system is administered by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority ....	1976	86
Tashkent Tashkent Tashkent is the Capital of Uzbekistan and also of the Tashkent Province. The officially registered population of the city in 2008 was 2.18 million....	Tashkent Metro Tashkent Metro The Tashkent Metro is the rapid transit system serving the city of Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. It is the only currently operating subway system in Central Asia....	1977	29
Caracas Caracas Caracas is the Capital and largest city of Venezuela. It is located in the north of the country, following the contours of the narrow Caracas Valley on the Coastal Range, Venezuela....	Caracas Metro Caracas Metro The Caracas Metro is a mass Rapid transit serving Caracas, Venezuela.Construction and operation of the system has been the responsibility of the C.A....	1983	44
Los Teques Los Teques Los Teques is the capital city of the Venezuelan state of Miranda . Its population is 140,617 ....	Los Teques Metro Los Teques Metro The Los Teques Metro is a suburban mass-transit system that is being built in the city of Los Teques, Venezuela with connections to important surrounding cities and communities....	2006	2
Maracaibo Maracaibo Maracaibo is the second-largest city in Venezuela after the national capital Caracas and is the capital of Zulia state. Based on the 2001 census information, the estimated population of Maracaibo in 2007 is 3,200,000 inhabitants....	Maracaibo Metro Maracaibo Metro The Maracaibo Metro, also known as Metro del Sol Amado , opened to the public November 25, 2006. The first two stations La Vanega and El Varillal are in full use, while another 4 stations El Guayabal, Sabaneta, Urdaneta and Libertador will be put into service as construction is completed....	2006	3
Valencia Valencia, Carabobo Valencia is the capital city of Carabobo State, and the third largest city of Venezuela.The city is an economic hub that contains Venezuela's top industries and manufacturing companies....	Valencia Metro Valencia Metro (Venezuela) The Valencia Metro is the public mass transit system of Valencia , Carabobo, Venezuela and its suburbs Naguanagua and San Diego, Carabobo.The metro system was officially opened on 18 November 2006 with 3 stations along a 4.7 km route, operating for limited hours but providing service free of charge....	2006	7

See also

• Total rapid transit systems statistics by country
  Total rapid transit systems statistics by country
  
  This table is based on List of rapid transit systems. Countries can be sorted by total length of rapid transit systems, total number of stations and the year of opening of the earliest system....
  
• Metro systems by annual passenger rides
  Metro systems by annual passenger rides
  
  The most-used Rapid transit in terms of passenger rides per year:# Tokyo Subway 2.916 billion # Moscow Metro 2.529 billion # Mumbai Suburban Railway 2.299 billion ...
  
• List of United States rapid transit systems by ridership
  List of United States rapid transit systems by ridership
  
  The following is a list of all heavy rail rapid transit systems in the United States, ranked by ridership. All figures are average weekday unlinked passenger trips ....
  
• List of suburban and commuter rail systems
  List of suburban and commuter rail systems
  
  This is an alphabetical listing of countries and cities that have Regional rail or suburban railways. Unlike rapid transits, these systems usually operate on main line tracks unsegregated from other rail traffic....
  
• List of light-rail transit systems
  List of light-rail transit systems
  
  The following is a list of cities that have tram / light rail systems as part of their public transport system.See also:* List of United States light rail systems by ridership...
  
• List of airport people mover systems
• List of bus rapid transit systems
  Bus rapid transit
  
  Bus rapid transit is a broad term given to a variety of transportation systems that, through improvements to infrastructure, vehicles and scheduling, attempt to use buses to provide a service that is of a higher quality than an ordinary bus line....
  
• List of town tramway systems
• List of trolleybus systems
• List of articulated bus systems
  List of articulated bus systems
  
  Bus systems that use multiple units.South America...
  
• List of monorail systems
  List of monorail systems
  
  Monorail systems have been built in many countries around the world, many of them on elevated tracks through crowded areas that would otherwise require the construction of expensive underground lines or have the disadvantages of surface lines....
  
• List of funicular railways
• List of United States light rail systems by ridership
  List of United States light rail systems by ridership
  
  The following is a list of all light rail systems in the United States, ranked by ridership. All figures are average weekday unlinked passenger trips and come from the American Public Transit Association's Ridership Reports Statistics, unless otherwise noted....
  
• List of driverless trains
  List of driverless trains
  
  Driverless trains and people movers reduce the operational costs and improve the frequency of service of trains operating on metropolitan railways and light railways....
  

Further reading

External links

• European Rail Research Advisory Council
  European Rail Research Advisory Council
  
  The European Rail Research Advisory Council is a Europe Seventh Framework Programme initiative to improve the competitive situation of the European Union to revitalise the European Rail transport sector....
  
• American Public Transportation Association
  American Public Transportation Association
  
  The American Public Transportation Association serves as an advocate for the advancement of public transportation programs and initiatives in the United States....