Countries with the largest number of metro cities
Since the first underground railway appeared in London in 1863 (the first underground railway system in the world was the metropolitan railway opened in 1863), there were less than 20 cities built underground railway in the world and the line was relatively short in more than 80 years since 1945. After the Second World War, it developed rapidly. By the beginning of 1980s, there were nearly 70 cities with underground railway in the world. According to the country, the United States has the largest number of underground railways in 10 cities, and the lines are relatively long, totaling nearly 1000 kilometers. The order of mileage is: New York, Chicago, San Francisco (San Francisco), Los Angeles, Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, Cleveland and Pittsburgh. In the Soviet Union, only Moscow had underground railways. After the war, subways were built in seven other cities Leningrad, Kiev, Kharkov, Baku, Tbilisi, Tashkent and Yerevan. The number of cities with underground railways is only second to that of the United States.. Japan has built underground railways in seven cities: Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Sato, Kyoto and Yokohama. There are 6 cities in Federal Germany, including Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Nuremberg, Frankfurt and Stuttgart. There are only four cities in Britain with underground railways, all of which were built in the 19th century.
However, according to the latest statistics in 2014, China has become the country with the largest number of metro cities in the world
List of total length of metro system in different countries or regions
Only the top 10 countries and regions are listed.
ranking
Country or region
Total length of rail transit system
(km)
Number of platforms
Rail transit system in operation year
1. People's Republic of China
two thousand eight hundred and fifty-five point six one
one thousand seven hundred and sixty-eight
one thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine
2. USA
one thousand two hundred and twenty-eight point three
Nine hundred and seventy-two
one thousand eight hundred and seventy
3. Republic of Korea 660.3 822 1933
4. Japan
six hundred and forty-two point four
eight hundred and three point one
one thousand nine hundred and nineteen
5. Spain 533.1
six hundred and forty-two point four
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three
6. Russia 446.8
Two hundred and eighty-one
one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five
7. Germany
four hundred and forty-six point four
Four hundred and eighty-four
one thousand nine hundred and two
8. UK 386
Four hundred and seventy-seven
one thousand nine hundred and seventy-four
9. France
three hundred and forty-five point nine
Four hundred and seventy-seven
one thousand and nine hundred
10. Brazil
two hundred and fifty-seven point five
One hundred and ninety-five
one thousand nine hundred and seventy-four