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The London Underground first opened as an underground railway in 1863 and its first electrified underground line opened in 1890, [1] making it the world's oldest metro system. [2] The Beijing Subway is the world's longest metro network at 815.2 kilometres (507 mi) and the Shanghai Metro has the highest annual ridership at 2.83 billion trips. [3]
1912 to 1965 (peak length of 399 km [15]); (network under construction in 2008–2011, but works stopped, see Libyan Railways) 434 Malta: Had a railway line from 1883 until 1931 (11 km) and a three line tramway network from 1905 until 1929 (circa 14 km) 470 Micronesia: 583 Nicaragua: Suspended in September 2001 558 Oman
Map of the world with rail density (length of rail network divided by area of country) highlighted. This does not necessarily reflect actual rail use. This is a list of countries by rail usage. Usage of rail transport may be measured in tonne-kilometres (tkm) or passenger-kilometres (pkm) travelled for freight and passenger transport ...
Railway map of Africa. ... List of countries by rail transport network size; ... a world history (1975) online; Nock, O. S. Railways of Western Europe ...
JR West Urban Network [48] JA EN: 25 361 985.7 Hankyu Railway: JA EN+map: 9 91 136 1,950,000 Hanshin Electric Railway: JA EN: 3 46 43.9 Hokushin Kyuko Electric Railway: JA: 1 2 7.5 Keihan Electric Railway: JA EN: 7 88 90.7 Kinki Nippon Electric Railway (Kintetsu) JA EN: 21 304 495.8 Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway (Kitakyu) JA+map EN+map: 1 4 5.9 Kobe ...
This article provides a list of operational and under construction (or approved) high-speed rail networks, listed by country or region. While the International Union of Railways defines high-speed rail as public transport by rail at speeds of at least 200 km/h (124 mph) for upgraded tracks and 250 km/h (155 mph) or faster for new tracks, this article lists all the systems and lines that ...
The Melbourne tram network is the longest tram system by route length. The New Orleans streetcar system was one of the first in the world and it is the oldest system still in operation. The following is a list of cities that have current tram/streetcar (including heritage trams/heritage streetcars ), or light rail systems as part of their ...
These lists of urban rail transit systems are sorted by the type of system: . List of tram and light rail transit systems; List of town tramway systems; Medium-capacity rail system