Urban rail transit in China

Urban rail transit in China encompasses a broad range of urban and suburban electric passenger rail mass transit systems including subway, light rail, tram and maglev. Some classifications also include non-rail bus rapid transport.

As of December 2024, China has the world's longest urban rail transit system[failed verification] with 11,000.88 km (6,835.63 mi) of urban rail nationwide[failed verification] in 310 metro lines in 47 cities[failed verification], accounting for 9 of the 10 longest metro systems, with the exceptions of the Moscow Metro.

Half of the top 10 busiest metro systems are in China, and the Shanghai Metro, though started operating in 1993, is now the longest metro system worldwide.

History

Several Chinese cities had urban electric tramways in the early 20th century, most of which were dismantled in the 1950s–1970s. The only surviving tramways are in Dalian (Dairen) and Changchun (see trams in Dalian and trams in Changchun). Nanjing (Nanking) had an urban railway (zh) from 1907 to 1958.

The first subway in China was built in Beijing in 1969 (but it was only handed to civilian control in 1981 and trial operations ended later in the same year; before which credentials were required). The Tianjin Metro followed in 1984. The MTR Corporation Limited from across the border in Hong Kong has investment, consulting and management stakes in the rapid transit systems of several mainland Chinese cities (having completed their first section of subway and entered into revenue operation in 1979 in New Kowloon, at the time when the territory was under British rule).

The rapid growth of the Chinese economy since the 1980s has created a huge surge in demand for urban transport. This prompted cities across China to pursue and draft proposals for subway networks, with Shanghai and Guangzhou opening their first sections of subway in the 1990s, inspiring more cities to propose subway networks. In 1995, the Central Government, alarmed by the high cost and financial debt from these ambitious subway plans, put out a "notice on the suspension of approval of urban underground rapid rail transit projects" barring new subway systems outside of Beijing, Tianjin, Guangzhou and Shanghai from being built. At the time Nanjing, Wuhan, Chongqing, Dalian and Shenzhen had advanced proposals waiting to be approved. Wuhan, Chongqing, Dalian managed to circumvent the moratorium on subway construction by constructing and opening lower cost elevated lines, light metros, and monorails in the early 2000s. Changchun was the first city constructing real light rail system in China, which began operation in 2002. Its first transit line, Line 3, is a light rail line not fully grade separated, still having four level crossings as of 2023. It's also the only rapid transit system combined light rail and rapid transit lines in China, which can directly transfer to each other.[citation needed]

Rapid urbanization of China led to severe congestion and pollution in urban areas leading to the suspension being lifted. Initially, light metro lines using small profile and shorter rolling stock were constructed to reduce costs. It was assumed that as ridership grows the line will operate trains at a low headway to increase capacity. This design paradigm was known in China as "small rolling stock, high density" operation. However, after a few years operating, many of these lines such as Guangzhou Metro Line 3, Line 6, Shanghai Metro Line 6, and Line 8 were severely overcapacity. Guangzhou Metro Line 3 was able to reconfigure from 3-car trains into 6-car trains to slightly relieve overcapacity. This led many cities such as Beijing, Guangzhou, Wuhan and Chengdu to use higher capacity designs on newer lines.[citation needed]

Since the mid-2000s, the growth of rapid transit systems in Chinese cities has rapidly accelerated, with most of the world's new subway mileage in the past decade opening in China. From 2009 to 2015, China built 87 mass transit rail lines, totaling 3,100 km (1,900 mi), in 25 cities at the cost of ¥988.6 billion. In 2016, the Chinese government lowered the minimum population criteria for a city to start planning a metro system from 3 million to 1.5 million residents. As part of its 13th Five Year Plan, the Chinese government published a transport whitepaper titled "Development of China's Transport". The plan envisions a more sustainable transport system with priority focused on high-capacity public transit particularly urban rail transit and bus rapid transit. All cities with over 3 million residents will start or continue to develop urban rail networks. Regional rail networks will be constructed internally to connect and integrate urban agglomerations such as the Jingjinji, Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta areas. In 2017, some 43 smaller third-tier cities in China have received approval to develop subway lines.


Commencement dates of lines and extensions

Legend

  – Lines / extensions in operation.
  – Lines / extensions under testing.

lines and extensions by commencement date
Livery Line Section Commencement Length
     Line 1 (Beijing Subway) Pingguoyuan Gucheng 1973-04-23 02.6 km (1.62 mi)
Gucheng Yuquan Lu 1971-11-07 05.4 km (3.36 mi)
Yuquan Lu Gongzhufen 1971-08-05 04.9 km (3.04 mi)
Gongzhufen Nanlishi Lu 1969-10-01 03.7 km (2.30 mi)
Nanlishi Lu Fuxingmen 1987-12-28 00.4 km (0.25 mi)
Fuxingmen Xidan 1992-09-12 01.6 km (0.99 mi)
Xidan Tian'anmenxi 2000-06-28 01.3 km (0.81 mi)
Tian'anmenxi Sihuidong 1999-09-28 10.1 km (6.28 mi)
     Line 2 (Beijing Subway) Changchun Jie Beijing railway station 1987-12-28 06.1 km (3.79 mi)
Beijing railway station Jianguomen 1987-12-28 01.0 km (0.62 mi)
Jianguomen Fuxingmen 1984-09-20 15.2 km (9.44 mi)
Fuxingmen Changchun Jie 1987-12-28 01.2 km (0.75 mi)
     Line 3 (Beijing Subway) Dongsi Shitiao Dongbabei 2024-12-15 14.7 km (9.1 mi)
     Line 4 (Beijing Subway) Anheqiaobei Gongyi Xiqiao 2009-09-28 28.2 km (17.52 mi)
     Line 5 (Beijing Subway) Tiantongyuanbei Songjiazhuang 2007-10-07 27.6 km (17.15 mi)
     Line 6 (Beijing Subway) Jin'anqiao Haidian Wuluju 2018-12-30 10.556 km (6.56 mi)
Haidian Wuluju Caofang 2012-12-30 29.882 km (18.57 mi)
Caofang Lucheng 2014-12-28 12.751 km (7.92 mi)
Lucheng Luyang 2025-12-?? 2.1 km (1.3 mi)
     Line 7 (Beijing Subway) Beijing West railway station Jiaohuachang 2014-12-28 23.7 km (14.73 mi)
Jiaohuachang Huazhuang 2019-12-28 16.6 km (10.31 mi)
Huazhuang Universal Resort 2021-08-26 1.769 km (1.10 mi)
     Line 8 (Beijing Subway) Zhuxinzhuang Huilongguan Dongdajie 2013-12-28 06.359 km (3.95 mi)
Huilongguan Dongdajie Forest Park South Gate 2011-12-31 10.700 km (6.65 mi)
Forest Park South Gate Beitucheng 2008-07-19 03.583 km (2.23 mi)
Beitucheng Gulou Dajie 2012-12-30 03.375 km (2.10 mi)
Gulou Dajie Nanluogu Xiang 2013-12-28 02.090 km (1.30 mi)
Nanluogu Xiang National Art Museum 2018-12-30 01.88 km (1.17 mi)
National Art Museum Zhushikou 2021-12-31 4.3 km (2.67 mi)
Zhushikou Yinghai 2018-12-30 16.4 km (10.19 mi)
     Line 9 (Beijing Subway) National Library Beijing West railway station 2012-12-30 10.282 km (6.39 mi)
Beijing West railway station Guogongzhuang 2011-12-31 05.349 km (3.32 mi)
     Line 10 (Beijing Subway) Xiju Bagou 2012-12-30 13.843 km (8.60 mi)
Bagou Jingsong 2008-07-19 24.680 km (15.34 mi)
Jingsong Shoujingmao 2012-12-30 15.932 km (9.90 mi)
Shoujingmao Xiju 2013-05-05 03.420 km (2.13 mi)
     Line 11 (Beijing Subway) Jin'anqiao Xinshougang (Shougang Park) 2021-12-31 1.5 km (0.93 mi)
Jin'anqiao Moshikou 2023-12-30 1.4 km (0.87 mi)
     Line 12 (Beijing Subway) Dongbabei Sijiqing Qiao 2024-12-15 27.5 km (17.1 mi)
     Line 13 (Beijing Subway) Xizhimen Huoying 2002-09-28 20.5 km (12.74 mi)
Huoying Dongzhimen 2003-01-28 20.0 km (12.43 mi)
     Line 14 (Beijing Subway) Zhangguozhuang Xiju 2013-05-05 12.4 km (7.71 mi)
Xiju Beijing South railway station 2021-12-31 4 km (2.5 mi)
Beijing South railway station Jintai Lu 2015-12-26 16.6 km (10.31 mi)
Jintai Lu Shangezhuang 2014-12-28 14.8 km (9.20 mi)
     Line 15 (Beijing Subway) Qinghua Donglu Xikou Wangjingxi 2014-12-28 09.944 km (6.18 mi)
Wangjingxi Houshayu 2010-12-30 17.725 km (11.01 mi)
Houshayu Fengbo 2011-12-31 11.060 km (6.87 mi)
     Line 16 (Beijing Subway) Bei'anhe Xiyuan 2016-12-31 19.6 km (12.2 mi)
Xiyuan Ganjia Kou 2020-12-31 10.93 km (6.79 mi)
Ganjia Kou Yuyuantan Dongmen (Yuyuantan Park East Gate) 2021-12-31 0.98 km (0.61 mi)
Yuyuantan Dongmen (Yuyuantan Park East Gate) Yushuzhuang 2022-12-31 14.2 km (8.8 mi)
Yushuzhuang Wanpingcheng 2023-12-30 2.7 km (1.7 mi)
     Line 17 (Beijing Subway) Shilihe Jiahuihu 2021-12-31 15.8 km (9.8 mi)
Weilaikexuechengbei (Future Science City North) Workers' Stadium 2023-12-30 24.9 km (15.5 mi)
Workers' Stadium Shilihe 2025-12-?? 8.2 km (5.1 mi)
     Line 18 (Beijing Subway) Malianwa Tiantongyuandong 2025-12-?? 19.8 km (12.3 mi)
     Line 19 (Beijing Subway) Mudanyuan Xingong 2021-12-31 20.9 km (13.0 mi)
     Line S1 (Beijing Subway) Shichang Jin'anqiao 2017-12-30 9.1 km (5.65 mi)
Jin'anqiao Pingguoyuan 2021-12-31 1.2 km (0.75 mi)
     Batong line Sihui Tuqiao 2003-12-27 18.9 km (11.74 mi)
Tuqiao Huazhuang 2019-12-28 2.238 km (1.39 mi)
Huazhuang Universal Resort 2021-08-26 1.863 km (1.16 mi)
     Capital Airport Express Dongzhimen Terminal 3/Terminal 2 2008-07-19 28.1 km (17.46 mi)
Dongzhimen Beixinqiao 2021-12-31 1.8 km (1.12 mi)
     Changping line Changping Xishankou Nanshao 2015-12-26 21.3 km (13.24 mi)
Nanshao Xi'erqi 2010-12-30 10.6 km (6.59 mi)
Xi'erqi Qinghe railway station 2021-12-31 1.6 km (0.99 mi)
Qinghe railway station Xitucheng 2023-02-04 9.7 km (6.03 mi)
Xitucheng Jimen Qiao 2024-12-15 0.7 km (0.43 mi)
     Daxing Airport Express Caoqiao Daxing Airport 2019-09-26 41.36 km (25.70 mi)
     Daxing line Gongyi Xiqiao Tiangong Yuan 2010-12-30 21.7 km (13.48 mi)
     Fangshan line Dongguantounan Guogongzhuang 2020-12-31 5 km (3.11 mi)
Guogongzhuang Dabaotai 2011-12-31 24.79 km (15.4 mi)
Dabaotai Suzhuang 2010-12-30
Suzhuang Yancundong 2017-12-30 02.2 km (1.4 mi)
     Yanfang line Yancundong Yanshan 2017-12-30 13.37 km (8.31 mi)
     Yizhuang line Songjiazhuang Ciqu 2010-12-30 21.4 km (13.30 mi)
Ciqu Yizhuang Railway Station 2018-12-30 1.334 km (0.83 mi)
     Line 1 (Changchun Rail Transit) North Ring Road Hongzuizi 2017-06-30 18.14 km (11.27 mi)
     Line 2 (Changchun Rail Transit) Shuangfeng Dongfang Square 2018-08-30 20.5 km (12.74 mi)
Shuangfeng Qiche Gongyuan 2021-10-08 4.4 km (2.73 mi)
     Line 6 (Changchun Rail Transit) Shuangfeng Changchun Movie Wonderland 2024-03-28 29.57 km (18.37 mi)
     Line 1 (Changsha Metro) Kaifu District Government Shangshuangtang 2016-06-28 23.55 km (14.63 mi)
     Line 2 (Changsha Metro) West Meixi Lake Wangchengpo 2015-12-28 04.279 km (2.66 mi)
Wangchengpo Guangda 2014-04-29 22.3 km (13.86 mi)
     Line 3 (Changsha Metro) Shantang Guangsheng 2020-06-28 36.5 km (22.68 mi)
Xiangtan North Railway Station Shantang 2023-06-28 17.29 km (10.74 mi)
     Line 4 (Changsha Metro) Guanziling Dujiaping 2019-05-26 33.5 km (20.82 mi)
     Line 5 (Changsha Metro) Maozhutang Shuiduhe 2020-06-28 22.5 km (13.98 mi)
     Line 6 (Changsha Metro) Xiejiaqiao Huanghua Airport T1 & T2 2022-06-28 48.11 km (29.89 mi)
     Changsha Maglev Express Changshanan Huanghua Airport 2016-05-06 18.55 km (11.53 mi)
     Line 1 (Changzhou Metro) Forest Park Nanxiashu 2019-09-21 34.24 km (21.28 mi)
     Line 2 (Changzhou Metro) Qingfeng Park Wuyi Lu 2021-06-28 19.79 km (12.30 mi)
     Line 1 (Chengdu Metro) Weijianian Shengxian Lake 2018-03-18 1.46 km (0.91 mi)
Shengxian Lake Century City 2010-09-27 18.5 km (11.50 mi)
Century City Guangdu 2015-07-25 05.4 km (3.36 mi)
Guangdu Wugensong 2018-03-18 1.21 km (0.75 mi)
Sihe Science City 2018-03-18 14.33 km (8.90 mi)
     Line 2 (Chengdu Metro) Xipu Railway Station Chadianzi Bus Terminal Station 2013-06-08 08.8 km (5.47 mi)
Chadianzi Bus Terminal Station Chengdu Institute of Public Administration 2012-09-16 22.4 km (13.92 mi)
Chengdu Institute of Public Administration Longquanyi 2014-10-26 11.1 km (6.90 mi)
     Line 3 (Chengdu Metro) Chengdu Medical College Chengdu Junqu General Hospital 2018-12-26 17.2 km (10.69 mi)
Chengdu Junqu General Hospital Taipingyuan 2016-07-31 20.33 km (12.63 mi)
Taipingyuan Shuangliu West Station 2018-12-26 12.3 km (7.64 mi)
     Line 4 (Chengdu Metro) Wansheng Intangible Cultural Heritage Park 2017-06-02 10.8 km (6.71 mi)
Intangible Cultural Heritage Park Wannianchang 2015-12-26 22.4 km (13.92 mi)
Wannianchang Xihe 2017-06-02 10.3 km (6.40 mi)
     Line 5 (Chengdu Metro) Huagui Road Huilong 2019-12-27 49.018 km (30.46 mi)
     Line 6 (Chengdu Metro) Wangcong Temple Lanjiagou 2020-12-18 69 km (43 mi)
     Line 7 (Chengdu Metro) North Railway Station North Railway Station 2017-12-06 38.61 km (23.99 mi)
     Line 8 (Chengdu Metro) Lianhua Shilidian 2020-12-18 29 km (18 mi)
     Line 9 (Chengdu Metro) Financial City East Huangtianba 2020-12-18 22 km (14 mi)
     Line 10 (Chengdu Metro) Taipingyuan Terminal 2 of Shuangliu International Airport 2017-09-06 10.937 km (6.8 mi)
Terminal 2 of Shuangliu International Airport Xinping (Baodun) 2019-12-27 27.035 km (16.8 mi)
     Line 17 (Chengdu Metro) Jinxing Jitouqiao 2020-12-18 5.6 km (3.5 mi)
     Line 18 (Chengdu Metro) South Railway Station Sancha 2020-09-27 48 km (30 mi)
Sancha Tianfu International Airport North 2020-12-18 20 km (12 mi)
     Line 19 (Chengdu Metro) Jitouqiao Jiujiang North 2023-09-22 19.8 km (12.3 mi)
Jiujiang North Tianfu International Airport North 2023-11-28 43.2 km (26.8 mi)
     Line 1 (Chongqing Rail Transit) Chaotianmen Xiaoshizi 2020-12-31 0.8 km (0.50 mi)
Xiaoshizi Jiaochangkou 2011-09-27 01.4 km (0.87 mi)
Jiaochangkou Shapingba 2011-07-28 14.2 km (8.82 mi)
Shapingba Daxuecheng 2012-12-21 19.7 km (12.24 mi)
Daxuecheng Jiandingpo 2014-12-30 01.9 km (1.18 mi)
Jiandingpo Bishan 2019-12-30 5.6 km (3.48 mi)
     Line 2 (Chongqing Rail Transit) Jiaochangkou Daping 2004-12-11 07.66 km (4.76 mi)
Daping Zoo 2004-11-06 04.95 km (3.08 mi)
Zoo Xinshancun 2006-07-01 05.54 km (3.44 mi)
Xinshancun Yudong 2014-12-31 13.15 km (8.17 mi)
     Line 3 (Chongqing Rail Transit) Yudong Chongqing Jiaotong University 2012-12-28 16.197 km (10.06 mi)
Chongqing Jiaotong University Lianglukou 2011-12-30 08.66 km (5.38 mi)
Lianglukou Yuanyang 2011-09-29 17.323 km (10.76 mi)
Yuanyang Changfulu 2011-10-08 04.9 km (3.04 mi)
Changfulu Terminal 2 of Jiangbei Airport 2011-12-30 06.9 km (4.29 mi)
Bijin Jurenba 2016-12-28 11.0 km (6.84 mi)
     Line 4 (Chongqing Rail Transit) North Square of Chongqing North Railway Station Tangjiatuo 2018-12-28 13.1 km (8.14 mi)
Min'an Ave. North Square of Chongqing North Railway Station 2019-01-11 2.3 km (1.43 mi)
Tangjiatuo Huangling 2022-06-18 32.8 km (20.4 mi)
     Line 5 (Chongqing Rail Transit) Yuegangbeilu The EXPO Garden Center 2023-02-27 8.95 km (5.56 mi)
The EXPO Garden Center Dalongshan 2017-12-28 13.59 km (8.44 mi)
Dalongshan Dashiba 2018-12-24 2.51 km (1.56 mi)
Dashiba Shiqiaopu 2023-11-30 4.7 km (2.92 mi)
Shiqiaopu Tiaodeng 2021-01-20 18.34 km (11.40 mi)
     Jiangtiao line Tiaodeng Shengquansi 2022-08-06 28.22 km (17.54 mi)
     Line 6 (Chongqing Rail Transit) Chayuan Wulidian 2014-12-31 19.2 km (11.93 mi)
Wulidian Kangzhuang 2012-09-28 13.91 km (8.64 mi)
Kangzhuang Lijia 2012-12-26 03.9 km (2.42 mi)
Lijia Yuelai 2013-05-15 12.1 km (7.52 mi)
Lijia Beibei 2013-12-31 23.4 km (14.54 mi)
Yuelai Shaheba 2020-12-31 13.987 km (8.69 mi)
     Line 9 (Chongqing Rail Transit) Gaotanyan Xingke Ave. 2022-01-25 32.29 km (20.06 mi)
Xingke Ave. Huashigou 2023-01-18 7.8 km (4.8 mi)
     Line 10 (Chongqing Rail Transit) Wangjiazhuang Liyuchi 2017-12-28 33.7 km (20.9 mi)
Liyuchi Houbao 2023-01-18 6 km (3.7 mi)
Houbao Lanhualu 2023-11-30 3.8 km (2.4 mi)
     Line 18 (Chongqing Rail Transit) Fuhualu Tiaodengnan 2023-12-28 28.96 km (17.99 mi)
Bishan SkyShuttle Bishan station (Chongqing Rail Transit) Bishan railway station (High-speed rail) 2021-04-16 15.4 km (9.57 mi)
     Loop line (Chongqing Rail Transit) Chongqing Library Haixialu 2018-12-28 33.7 km (20.94 mi)
Haixialu Erlang 2019-12-30 9.5 km (5.90 mi)
Erlang Chongqing Library 2021-01-20 7.6 km (4.72 mi)
     Line 1 (Dalian Metro) Yaojia Fuguo Street 2015-10-30 16.50 km (10.25 mi)
Fuguo Street Convention and Exhibition Center 2016-01-29 01.21 km (0.75 mi)
Convention and Exhibition Center Hekou 2017-06-07 05.63 km (3.50 mi)
     Line 2 (Dalian Metro) Xinzhaizi Dalian North Railway Station 2022-09-30 11.56 km (7.18 mi)
Xinzhaizi Airport 2018-06-28 03.12 km (1.94 mi)
Airport Conference Center 2015-05-22 20.7 km (12.86 mi)
Conference Center Haizhiyun 2017-06-07 03.78 km (2.35 mi)
     Line 3 (Dalian Metro) Dalian Railway Station Golden Pebble Beach 2003-05-01 49.15 km (30.54 mi)
Dalian Development Area Jiuli 2008-12-28 14.3 km (8.89 mi)
     Line 5 (Dalian Metro) Hutan Xinqu Houguan 2023-03-17 24.48 km (15.21 mi)
     Line 12 (Dalian Metro) Hekou Caidaling 2017-06-07 01.27 km (0.79 mi)
Caidaling Lüshun New Port 2013-12-30 37.52 km (23.31 mi)
Line 13 (Dalian Metro) Pulandian Zhenxing Street Jiuli 2021-12-28 43 km (27 mi)
     Line 2 (Dongguan Rail Transit) Humen Railway Station Dongguan Railway Station 2016-05-27 37.7 km (23.43 mi)
     Line 2 (Foshan Metro) Nanzhuang Guangzhou South Railway Station 2021-12-28 32.4 km (20.1 mi)
     Line 3 (Foshan Metro) Zhen'an Shunde College Railway Station 2022-12-28 40.7 km (25.3 mi)
     Line 1 (Fuzhou Metro) Xiangfeng Sanchajie 2017-01-06 15.13 km (9.40 mi)
Sanchajie Fuzhou South 2016-05-18 09.76 km (6.06 mi)
Fuzhou South Sanjiangkou 2020-12-27 04.92 km (3.06 mi)
     Line 2 (Fuzhou Metro) Suyang Yangli 2019-04-26 30.62 km (19.03 mi)
     Line 5 (Fuzhou Metro) Jingxi Houyu Ancient Luozhou Town 2022-04-29 22.4 km (13.9 mi)
     Line 6 (Fuzhou Metro) Pandun Wanshou 2022-08-28 31.346 km (19.5 mi)
     Line 1 (Guangzhou Metro) Xilang Huangsha 1997-06-28 05.4 km (3.36 mi)
Huangsha Guangzhou East Railway Station 1999-06-28 13.1 km (8.14 mi)
     Line 2 (Guangzhou Metro) Guangzhou South Railway Station Jiangnanxi 2010-09-25 12.7 km (7.89 mi)
Jiangnanxi Sanyuanli 2002-12-29 07.4 km (4.60 mi)
Sanyuanli Jiahewanggang 2010-09-25 10.3 km (6.40 mi)
     Line 3 (Guangzhou Metro) Panyu Square Kecun 2006-12-30 19.6 km (12.18 mi)
Kecun Guangzhou East Railway Station 2005-12-26 07.8 km (4.85 mi)
Guangzhou East Railway Station Airport South (Terminal 1) 2010-10-30 29.3 km (18.21 mi)
Airport South (Terminal 1) Airport North (Terminal 2) 2018-04-26 1.23 km (0.76 mi)
Tiyu Xilu Tianhe Coach Terminal 2006-12-30 07.5 km (4.66 mi)
     Line 4 (Guangzhou Metro) Nansha Passenger Port Jinzhou 2017-12-28 13.6 km (8.45 mi)
Jinzhou Huangge 2007-06-28 05.1 km (3.17 mi)
Huangge Xinzao 2006-12-30 22.3 km (13.86 mi)
Xinzao Wanshengwei 2005-12-26 16.2 km (10.07 mi)
Wanshengwei Chebeinan 2009-12-28 03.8 km (2.36 mi)
Chebeinan Huangcun 2010-09-25 02.0 km (1.24 mi)
     Line 5 (Guangzhou Metro) Jiaokou Wenchong 2009-12-28 31.9 km (19.82 mi)
Wenchong Huangpu New Port 2023-12-28 9.8 km (6.09 mi)
     Line 6 (Guangzhou Metro) Xunfenggang Changban 2013-12-28 24.5 km (15.22 mi)
Changban Xiangxue 2016-12-28 17.2 km (10.69 mi)
     Line 7 (Guangzhou Metro) Guangzhou South Railway Station Higher Education Mega Center South 2016-12-28 18.6 km (11.56 mi)
Guangzhou South Railway Station Meidi Dadao 2022-05-01 13.447 km (8.36 mi)
Higher Education Mega Center South Yanshan 2023-12-28 22.2 km (13.79 mi)
     Line 8 (Guangzhou Metro) Jiaoxin Cultural Park 2020-11-26 16.3 km (10.13 mi)
Cultural Park Fenghuang Xincun 2019-12-28 01.8 km (1.12 mi)
Fenghuang Xincun Changgang 2010-11-03 04.4 km (2.73 mi)
Changgang Xiaogang 2010-09-25 00.6 km (0.37 mi)
Xiaogang Pazhou 2010-09-25 09.0 km (5.59 mi)
Pazhou Wanshengwei 2010-09-25 01.8 km (1.12 mi)
     Line 9 (Guangzhou Metro) Fei'eling Gaozeng 2017-12-28 20.1 km (12.49 mi)
     Line 13 (Guangzhou Metro) Yuzhu Xinsha 2017-12-28 28.3 km (17.58 mi)
     Line 14 (Guangzhou Metro) Jiahewanggang Dongfeng 2018-12-28 54.3 km (33.74 mi)
Xinhe Zhenlong 2017-12-28 21.4 km (13.30 mi)
     Line 18 (Guangzhou Metro) Xiancun Wanqingsha 2021-09-28 58.3 km (36.2 mi)
     Line 21 (Guangzhou Metro) Zhenlongxi Zengcheng Square 2018-12-28 26.2 km (16.28 mi)
Yuancun Zhenlongxi 2019-12-20 35.3 km (21.93 mi)
     Line 22 (Guangzhou Metro) Panyu Square Chentougang 2022-03-31 18.2 km (11.3 mi)
     Zhujiang New Town APM line Linhexi Canton Tower 2010-11-08 04.0 km (2.49 mi)
     Guangfo line Xincheng Dong Kuiqi Lu 2016-12-28 06.7 km (4.16 mi)
Kuiqi Lu Xilang 2010-09-25 20.4 km (12.68 mi)
Xilang Yangang 2015-12-28 07.3 km (4.54 mi)
Yangang Lijiao 2018-12-28 05.5 km (3.42 mi)
     Line 1 (Guiyang Metro) Douguan Xiamaixi 2019-12-28 2.05 km (1.27 mi)
Xiamaixi Guiyangbei Railway Station 2017-12-28 12.9 km (8.02 mi)
Guiyangbei Railway Station Xiaomeng Industrial Park 2018-12-01 20.23 km (12.57 mi)
Line 2 (Guiyang Metro) North Baiyun Road Zhongxing Road 2021-04-28 40.6 km (25.23 mi)
Line 3 (Guiyang Metro) Luowan Tongmuling 2023-12-16 43.0 km (26.72 mi)
     Line 1 (Hangzhou Metro) Xianghu Wenze Road 2012-11-24 34.77 km (21.61 mi)
Wenze Road Xiasha Jiangbin 2015-11-24 05.7 km (3.54 mi)
Xiasha Jiangbin Xiaoshan International Airport 2020-12-30 11.2 km (6.96 mi)
     Line 2 (Hangzhou Metro) Chaoyang Qianjiang Road 2014-11-24 18.3 km (11.37 mi)
Qianjiang Road Gucui Road 2017-07-03 11.3 km (7.02 mi)
Gucui Road Liangzhu 2017-12-27 13.3 km (8.26 mi)
     Line 3 (Hangzhou Metro) Xingqiao Chaowang Road 2022-02-21 21 km (13 mi)
Chaowang Road West Wenyi Road 2022-06-10 22.4 km (13.9 mi)
South Xixi Wetland Shima 2022-06-10 7.8 km (4.8 mi)
West Wenyi Road Wushanqiancun 2022-09-22 7.2 km (4.5 mi)
     Line 4 (Hangzhou Metro) Pengbu Jinjiang 2015-02-02 09.6 km (5.97 mi)
Jinjiang Puyan 2018-01-09 11.2 km (6.96 mi)
Pengbu Chihua Street 2022-02-21 26 km (16.16 mi)
     Line 5 (Hangzhou Metro) Jinxing Liangmu Road 2020-04-23 6.52 km (4.05 mi)
Liangmu Road Shanxian 2019-06-24 17.76 km (11.04 mi)
Shanxian Guniangqiao 2020-04-23 30.86 km (19.18 mi)
     Line 6 (Hangzhou Metro) Qianjiang Century City Shuangpu 2020-12-30 27 km (17 mi)
Xiangshan Campus, China Academy of Art West Guihua Road 2020-12-30 23.5 km (14.6 mi)
Qianjiang Century City Goujulong 2021-11-06 8.4 km (5.2 mi)
     Line 7 (Hangzhou Metro) Olympic Sports Center Jiangdong'er Road 2020-12-30 39.3 km (24.42 mi)
Olympic Sports Center Citizen Center 2021-09-17 3 km (1.86 mi)
Citizen Center Wushan Square 2022-04-01 6 km (3.73 mi)
     Line 8 (Hangzhou Metro) South Wenhai Road Xinwan Road 2021-06-28 17.17 km (10.67 mi)
     Line 9 (Hangzhou Metro) Coach Center Linping 2021-07-10 12.5 km (7.8 mi)
Linping Long'an 2021-09-17 6.2 km (3.9 mi)
Coach Center Guanyintang 2022-04-01 12.0 km (7.5 mi)
     Line 10 (Hangzhou Metro) Yisheng Road Cuibai Road 2022-02-21 12 km (7.5 mi)
Cuibai Road Xueyuan Road 2022-06-24 1 km (0.62 mi)
Xueyuan Road Huanglong Sports Center 2022-09-22 2 km (1.2 mi)
     Line 16 (Hangzhou Metro) Jiuzhou Street Lvting Road 2020-04-23 35.12 km (21.82 mi)
     Line 19 (Hangzhou Metro) West Railway Station Yongsheng Road 2022-09-22 59.14 km (36.7 mi)
     Hanghai line Linpingnan Railway Station International Campus, ZJU 2021-06-28 48.18 km (29.94 mi)
     Line 1 (Harbin Metro) Harbin East Railway Station Harbin South Railway Station 2013-09-26 17.47 km (10.86 mi)
Harbin South Railway Station Xinjiang Street 2019-04-10 8.58 km (5.33 mi)
     Line 2 (Harbin Metro) Jiangbei University Town Meteorological Observatory 2021-09-19 28.7 km (17.83 mi)
     Line 3 (Harbin Metro) Harbin West Railway Station The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University 2017-01-26 5.45 km (3.39 mi)
The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University Taipingqiao 2021-11-26 19.19 km (11.92 mi)
Harbin West Railway Station Sports Park 2021-11-26
Taipingqiao Chinese-baroque Block 2023-09-29 3.4 km (2.11 mi)
Chinese-baroque Block Beima Road 2023-12-26 1.0 km (0.62 mi)
     Line 1 (Hefei Metro) Hefei Railway Station Jiulianwei 2016-12-26 24.6 km (15.29 mi)
Zhangwa Hefei Railway Station 2023-07-21 4.54 km (2.82 mi)
     Line 2 (Hefei Metro) Nangang Sanshibu 2017-12-26 27.8 km (17.27 mi)
Sanshibu Cuozhen 2017-12-26 14.5 km (9.01 mi)
     Line 3 (Hefei Metro) Xiangchenglu Xingfuba 2019-12-26 37.2 km (23.12 mi)
Xingfuba Sheng Ertong Yiyuan Xinqu 2023-12-26 11.3 km (7.02 mi)
     Line 4 (Hefei Metro) Hefei Comprehensive Bonded Zone Qinglonggang 2021-12-26 41.37 km (25.71 mi)
Beiyanhu Shaomaigang 2024-05-01 13.97 km (8.68 mi)
     Line 5 (Hefei Metro) Wanghuchengxi Guiyang Lu 2020-12-26 25.2 km (15.66 mi)
Wanghuchengxi Jiqiao Lu 2022-12-26 15.5 km (9.63 mi)
     Line 1 (Hohhot Metro) Yili Health Valley Bayan (Airport) 2019-12-29 21.719 km (13.5 mi)
     Line 2 (Hohhot Metro) Talidonglu A'ershanlu 2020-10-01 27.32 km (17.0 mi)
     Airport Express (MTR) Hong Kong Airport 1998-07-06 34.27 km (21.29 mi)
Airport AsiaWorld–Expo 2005-12-20 01.03 km (0.64 mi)
     Disneyland Resort line Sunny Bay Disneyland Resort 2005-08-01 03.8 km (2.36 mi)
     East Rail line Admiralty Hung Hom 2022-05-15 05.6 km (3.48 mi)
Hung Hom Mong Kok East 1984-02-27 02.36 km (1.47 mi)
Mong Kok East Fanling 1984-02-27 25.73 km (15.99 mi)
Fanling Sheung Shui 1984-02-27 01.49 km (0.93 mi)
Sheung Shui Lo Wu 1984-02-27 03.48 km (2.16 mi)
Sheung Shui Lok Ma Chau 2007-08-15 07.35 km (4.57 mi)
     Island line Kennedy Town Sheung Wan 2014-12-28 02.78 km (1.73 mi)
Sheung Wan Admiralty 1986-05-23 01.54 km (0.96 mi)
Admiralty Chai Wan 1985-05-31 10.75 km (6.68 mi)
     Kwun Tong line Whampoa Yau Ma Tei 2016-10-23 02.70 km (1.68 mi)
Yau Ma Tei Mong Kok 1979-12-31 00.73 km (0.45 mi)
Mong Kok Shek Kip Mei 1982-05-10 01.40 km (0.87 mi)
Shek Kip Mei Kwun Tong 1979-10-01 08.41 km (5.23 mi)
Kwun Tong Lam Tin 1989-10-01 00.89 km (0.55 mi)
Lam Tin Yau Tong 2002-08-04 01.13 km (0.70 mi)
Yau Tong Tiu Keng Leng 2002-08-18 02.15 km (1.34 mi)
     South Island line Admiralty South Horizons 2016-12-28 07.4 km (4.60 mi)
     Tseung Kwan O line North Point Yau Tong 2002-08-04 04.35 km (2.70 mi)
Yau Tong Po Lam 2002-08-18 05.26 km (3.27 mi)
Tseung Kwan O LOHAS Park 2009-07-26 03.06 km (1.90 mi)
     Tsuen Wan line Central Tsim Sha Tsui 1980-02-12 03.27 km (2.03 mi)
Tsim Sha Tsui Jordan 1979-12-31 00.86 km (0.53 mi)
Jordan Tsuen Wan 1982-05-10 11.71 km (7.28 mi)
     Tuen Ma line Wu Kai Sha Tai Wai 2004-10-24 11.4 km (7.08 mi)
Tai Wai Kai Tak 2020-02-14 5.6 km (3.5 mi)
     Tung Chung line Tung Chung Hong Kong 1998-06-21 31.1 km (19.32 mi)
     West Rail line (Part of Tuen Ma line) Hung Hom East Tsim Sha Tsui 2004-10-24 01.24 km (0.77 mi)
East Tsim Sha Tsui Nam Cheong 2009-08-16 04.42 km (2.75 mi)
Nam Cheong Tuen Mun 2003-12-20 29.48 km (18.32 mi)
     Line 1 (Jinan Metro) Fangte Gongyanyuan 2019-04-01 26.1 km (16.22 mi)
     Line 2 (Jinan Metro) Wangfuzhuang Pengjiazhuang 2021-03-26 36.39 km (22.61 mi)
     Line 3 (Jinan Metro) Longdong Tantou 2019-12-28 21.592 km (13.42 mi)
     Jinyi Line (Jinhua Rail Transit) Jinhua Railway Station Qintang 2022-08-30 58.071 km (36.084 mi)
     Yidong Line (Jinhua Rail Transit) Lingyun Sports Center 2022-12-28 26.8 km (16.7 mi)
     Line 1 (Kunming Metro) South Ring Road Xiaodongcun 2014-04-30 06.9 km (4.29 mi)
Xiaodongcun University Town (South) 2013-05-20 22.1 km (13.73 mi)
Chunrong Street Kunming South Railway Station 2016-12-26 04.7 km (2.92 mi)
     Line 2 (Kunming Metro) North Coach Station South Ring Road 2014-04-30 11.4 km (7.08 mi)
     Line 3 (Kunming Metro) Western Hills Park East Coach Station 2017-08-29 23.36 km (14.52 mi)
     Line 4 (Kunming Metro) Jinchuan Road Kunming South Railway Station 2020-09-23 43.4 km (27.0 mi)
     Line 5 (Kunming Metro) World Horti-Expo Garden Baofeng 2022-06-29 26.45 km (16.44 mi)
     Line 6 (Kunming Metro) East Coach Station Kunming Airport 2012-06-28 18.018 km (11.196 mi)
Tangzixiang East Coach Station 2020-09-23 7.3 km (4.5 mi)
Line 1 (Lanzhou Metro) Chenguanying Donggang 2019-06-23 25.9 km (16.09 mi)
Line 2 (Lanzhou Metro) Dongfanghong Square Yanbai Bridge 2023-06-29 9.1 km (5.65 mi)
Line 1 (Luoyang Subway) Hongshan Yangwan 2021-03-28 25.3 km (15.72 mi)
Line 2 (Luoyang Subway) Erqiao Road Balitang 2021-12-26 18.2 km (11.31 mi)
Taipa line Oceano Terminal Marítimo da Taipa 2019-12-10 9.3 km (5.78 mi)
Barra Oceano 2023-12-08 3.2 km (1.99 mi)
     Line 1 (Nanchang Metro) Shuanggang Yaohu Lake West 2015-12-26 28.737 km (17.86 mi)
     Line 2 (Nanchang Metro) Xinjia'an Metro Central 2019-06-30 11.88 km (7.38 mi)
Metro Central Nanlu 2017-08-18 19.63 km (12.20 mi)
Line 3 (Nanchang Metro) Yinsanjiao North Jingdong Avenue 2020-12-26 28.5 km (17.71 mi)
Line 4 (Nanchang Metro) Yuweizhou Baimashan 2021-12-26 39.6 km (24.6 mi)
     Line 1 (Nanjing Metro) Baguazhoudaqiaonan Maigaoqiao 2022-12-28 6.53 km (4.06 mi)
Maigaoqiao Andemen 2005-09-03 21.72 km (13.50 mi)
Andemen CPU 2010-05-28 25.08 km (15.58 mi)
     Line 2 (Nanjing Metro) Youfangqiao Jingtianlu 2010-05-28 37.95 km (23.58 mi)
Youfangqiao Yuzui 2021-12-28 5.4 km (3.4 mi)
     Line 3 (Nanjing Metro) Linchang Mozhou­donglu 2015-04-01 44.9 km (27.90 mi)
     Line 4 (Nanjing Metro) Longjiang Xianlinhu 2017-01-18 33.5 km (20.82 mi)
     Line 5 (Nanjing Metro) Wenjinglu Jiyindadao 2024-03-31 12.9 km (8.02 mi)
     Line 7 (Nanjing Metro) Xianxinlu Mufuxilu 2022-12-28 13.8 km (8.57 mi)
Yingtiandajie Xishanqiao 2023-12-28 10.7 km (6.65 mi)
     Line 10 (Nanjing Metro) Andemen Xiaohang 2005-08-27 02.1 km (1.30 mi)
Xiaohang Olympic Stadium 2014-07-01 04.6 km (2.86 mi)
Olympic Stadium Yushanlu 2014-07-01 14.9 km (9.26 mi)
     Line S1 (Nanjing Metro) Nanjing South Railway Station Lukou International Airport 2014-07-01 35.8 km (22.25 mi)
Lukou International Airport Konggangxinchengjiangning 2018-05-26 1.5 km (0.93 mi)
     Line S3 (Nanjing Metro) Nanjing South Railway Station Gaojiachong 2017-12-06 37.6 km (23.36 mi)
     Line S4 (Nanjing Metro) Chahe Chuzhou Railway Station 2023-06-28 44.0 km (27.34 mi)
     Line S6 (Nanjing Metro) Maqun Jurong 2021-12-28 43.64 km (27.12 mi)
     Line S7 (Nanjing Metro) Konggangxinchengjiangning Wuxiangshan 2018-05-26 30.4 km (18.89 mi)
     Line S8 (Nanjing Metro) Taishan­xincun Jinniuhu 2014-08-01 45.2 km (28.09 mi)
Taishan­xincun Changjiangdaqiaobei 2022-09-30 02.1 km (1.30 mi)
     Line S9 (Nanjing Metro) Xiangyulunan Gaochun 2017-12-30 52.4 km (32.56 mi)
     Line 1 (Nanning Metro) Shibu Nanhu 2016-12-28 20.9 km (12.99 mi)
Nanhu Nanning East Railway Station 2016-06-28 11.2 km (6.96 mi)
     Line 2 (Nanning Metro) Xijin Yudong 2017-12-28 21.2 km (13.17 mi)
Yudong Tanze 2020-11-23 6.3 km (3.91 mi)
     Line 3 (Nanning Metro) Keyuan Dadao Pingliang Overpass 2019-06-06 27.9 km (17.34 mi)
     Line 4 (Nanning Metro) Hongyun Lu Lengtangcun 2020-11-23 20.7 km (12.86 mi)
     Line 5 (Nanning Metro) Guokai Dadao Jinqiao Coach Station 2021-12-16 20.2 km (12.55 mi)
     Line 1 (Nantong Rail Transit) Pingchao Zhenxing Lu 2022-11-10 39.182 km (24.35 mi)
     Line 2 (Nantong Rail Transit) Xingfu Xianfeng 2023-12-27 20.85 km (12.96 mi)
     Line 1 (Ningbo Rail Transit) Gaoqiao West Donghuan South Road 2014-05-30 20.8 km (12.92 mi)
Donghuan South Road Xiapu 2016-03-19 25.3 km (15.72 mi)
     Line 2 (Ningbo Rail Transit) Lishe International Airport Qingshuipu 2015-09-26 28.4 km (17.65 mi)
Qingshuipu Congyuan Road 2020-05-30 5.6 km (3.48 mi)
Congyuan Road Honglian 2022-12-01 2.9 km (1.80 mi)
     Line 3 (Ningbo Rail Transit) Datong Bridge Gaotang Bridge 2019-06-30 16.73 km (10.40 mi)
Gaotang Bridge Minghui Road 2019-09-28 5.61 km (3.49 mi)
Minghui Road Jinhai Road 2020-09-27 15.92 km (9.89 mi)
     Line 4 (Ningbo Rail Transit) Cicheng Dongqian Lake 2020-12-23 36.5 km (22.68 mi)
     Line 5 (Ningbo Rail Transit) Buzheng Xingzhuang Road 2021-12-28 27.9 km (17.34 mi)
Line 1 (Qingdao Metro) Dongguozhuang Qingdao North Railway Station 2020-12-24 21.9 km (13.6 mi)
Qingdao North Railway Station Wangjiagang 2021-12-30 38 km (24 mi)
     Line 2 (Qingdao Metro) Taishan Road Zhiquan Road 2019-12-16 4.2 km (2.61 mi)
Zhiquan Road Licun Park 2017-12-10 20.422 km (12.69 mi)
     Line 3 (Qingdao Metro) Qingdao North Railway Station Shuangshan 2015-12-16 12.0 km (7.46 mi)
Shuangshan Qingdao Railway Station 2016-12-18 12.8 km (7.95 mi)
Line 4 (Qingdao Metro) Hall of the People Dahedong 2022-12-26 30.7 km (19.1 mi)
Line 6 (Qingdao Metro) Hengyunshan Road Lingshan Bay 2024-04-26 30.762 km (19.115 mi)
Line 8 (Qingdao Metro) Jiaozhou North Railway Station Qingdao North Railway Station 2020-12-24 48.3 km (30.0 mi)
     Oceantec Valley Line Miaoling Road Qiangu Mountain 2018-04-23 54.4 km (33.80 mi)
     West Coast Line (Qingdao Metro) Jinggangshan Road Dongjiakou Railway Station 2018-12-26 66.813 km (41.52 mi)
Jinggangshan Road Jialingjiang West Road 2023-10-26 2.8 km (1.74 mi)
     Line 1 (Shanghai Metro) Xinzhuang Shanghai South Railway Station 1996-12-28 05.3 km (3.29 mi)
Shanghai South Railway Station Xujiahui 1993-05-28 04.4 km (2.73 mi)
Xujiahui Shanghai Railway Station 1995-04-10 16.1 km (10.00 mi)
Shanghai Railway Station Gongfu Xincun 2004-12-28 12.4 km (7.71 mi)
Gongfu Xincun Fujin Road 2007-12-29 04.3 km (2.67 mi)
     Line 2 (Shanghai Metro) East Xujing Songhong Road 2010-03-16 08.6 km (5.34 mi)
Songhong Road Zhongshan Park 2006-12-30 06.8 km (4.23 mi)
Zhongshan Park Longyang Road 2000-06-11 16.4 km (10.19 mi)
Longyang Road Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park 2000-12-26 02.8 km (1.74 mi)
Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park Guanglan Road 2010-02-24 03.4 km (2.11 mi)
Guanglan Road Pudong International Airport 2010-04-08 26.8 km (16.65 mi)
Panxiang Road · Shanghai National Accounting Institute National Exhibition and Convention Center 2025-11-01 1.67 km (1.04 mi)
     Line 3 (Shanghai Metro) Shanghai South Railway Station Jiangwan Town 2000-12-26 24.6 km (15.29 mi)
Jiangwan Town North Jiangyang Road 2006-12-18 15.7 km (9.76 mi)
     Line 4 (Shanghai Metro) Damuqiao Road Lancun Road 2005-12-31 25.0 km (15.53 mi)
Lancun Road Damuqiao Road 2007-12-29 08.7 km (5.41 mi)
     Line 5 (Shanghai Metro) Xinzhuang Minhang Development Zone 2003-11-25 17.2 km (10.69 mi)
Dongchuan Road Fengxian Xincheng 2018-12-30 19.5 km (12.12 mi)
     Line 6 (Shanghai Metro) Gangcheng Road South Lingyan Road 2007-12-29 31.1 km (19.32 mi)
South Lingyan Road Oriental Sports Center 2011-04-12 01.2 km (0.75 mi)
     Line 7 (Shanghai Metro) Meilan Lake Shanghai University 2010-12-28 09.8 km (6.09 mi)
Shanghai University Huamu Road 2009-12-05 34.4 km (21.38 mi)
     Line 8 (Shanghai Metro) Shiguang Road Yaohua Road 2007-12-29 23.3 km (14.48 mi)
Yaohua Road Shendu Highway 2009-07-05 14.1 km (8.76 mi)
     Line 9 (Shanghai Metro) Shanghai Songjiang Railway Station Songjiang Xincheng 2012-12-30 06.474 km (4.02 mi)
Songjiang Xincheng Guilin Road 2007-12-29 29.013 km (18.03 mi)
Guilin Road Yishan Road 2008-12-28 01.687 km (1.05 mi)
Yishan Road Century Avenue 2009-12-31 11.491 km (7.14 mi)
Century Avenue Middle Yanggao Road 2010-04-07 02.435 km (1.51 mi)
Middle Yanggao Road Caolu 2017-12-30 14.099 km (8.76 mi)
     Line 10 (Shanghai Metro) Hangzhong Road Xinjiangwancheng 2010-04-10 29.6 km (18.39 mi)
Hongqiao Railway Station Longxi Road 2010-11-30 05.8 km (3.60 mi)
Xinjiangwancheng Jilong Road 2020-12-26 09.8 km (6.09 mi)
     Line 11 (Shanghai Metro) Disney Resort Kangxin Highway 2016-04-26 01.8 km (1.12 mi)
Kangxin Highway Luoshan Road 2015-12-19 10.4 km (6.46 mi)
Luoshan Road Jiangsu Road 2013-08-31 19.2 km (11.93 mi)
Jiangsu Road North Jiading 2009-12-31 33.0 km (20.51 mi)
Jiading Xincheng Anting 2010-03-29 12.8 km (7.95 mi)
Anting Huaqiao 2013-10-16 07.0 km (4.35 mi)
     Line 12 (Shanghai Metro) Qixin Road Qufu Road 2015-12-19 21.8 km (13.55 mi)
Qufu Road Tiantong Road 2014-05-10 01.1 km (0.68 mi)
Tiantong Road Jinhai Road 2013-12-29 17.5 km (10.87 mi)
     Line 13 (Shanghai Metro) Jinyun Road Jinshajiang Road 2012-12-30 09.9 km (6.15 mi)
Jinshajiang Road Changshou Road 2014-12-28 02.9 km (1.80 mi)
Changshou Road Madang Road 2015-12-19 05.4 km (3.36 mi)
Madang Road Shibo Avenue 2010-04-20 04.0 km (2.49 mi)
Shibo Avenue Zhangjiang Road 2018-12-30 16.1 km (10.00 mi)
Line 14 (Shanghai Metro) Fengbang Guiqiao Road 2021-12-30 38.18 km (23.72 mi)
Line 15 (Shanghai Metro) Gucun Park Zizhu Hi-tech Zone 2021-01-23 42.3 km (26.28 mi)
     Line 16 (Shanghai Metro) Longyang Road Luoshan Road 2014-12-28 06.112 km (3.80 mi)
Luoshan Road Dishui Lake 2013-12-29 52.850 km (32.84 mi)
     Line 17 (Shanghai Metro) Hongqiao Railway Station Oriental Land 2017-12-30 35.3 km (21.93 mi)
     Line 18 (Shanghai Metro) Yuqiao South Changjiang Road 2021-12-30 21.45 km (13.33 mi)
Hangtou Yuqiao 2020-12-26 14.5 km (9.01 mi)
Pujiang line Shendu Highway Huizhen Road 2018-03-31 06.6 km (4.10 mi)
     Maglev line Longyang Road Pudong International Airport 2004-01-01 30.5 km (18.95 mi)
Line 1 (Shaoxing Metro) Guniangqiao China Textile City 2021-06-28 20.3 km (12.6 mi)
China Textile City Fangquan 2022-04-29 26.8 km (16.7 mi)
Huangjiu Town Daqingsi 2024-04-01 4.1 km (2.5 mi)
Line 2 (Shaoxing Metro) Jinghu Hospital Tandu 2023-07-26 10.73 km (6.67 mi)
     Line 1 (Shenyang Metro) Shisanhaojie Limingguangchang 2010-09-27 27.8 km (17.27 mi)
     Line 2 (Shenyang Metro) Putianlu Hangkonghangtiandaxue 2018-04-08 05.7 km (3.54 mi)
Hangkonghangtiandaxue Santaizi 2013-12-30 05.6 km (3.48 mi)
Santaizi Quanyunlu 2012-01-09 21.76 km (13.52 mi)
Quanyunlu Taoxianjichang 2023-09-29 13.7 km (8.51 mi)
     Line 4 (Shenyang Metro) Zhengxinlu Chuangxinlu 2023-09-29 34.112 km (21.20 mi)
     Line 9 (Shenyang Metro) Nujianggongyuan Jianzhudaxue 2019-05-25 28.996 km (18.02 mi)
     Line 10 (Shenyang Metro) Dingxianghu Zhangshabu 2020-04-29 27.21 km (16.91 mi)
     Line 1 (Shenzhen Metro) Luohu Window of the World 2004-12-28 17.387 km (10.80 mi)
Window of the World Shenzhen University 2009-09-28 03.400 km (2.11 mi)
Shenzhen University Airport East 2011-06-15 20.222 km (12.57 mi)
     Line 2 (Shenzhen Metro) Chiwan Window of the World 2010-12-28 15.514 km (9.64 mi)
Window of the World Xinxiu 2011-06-28 20.266 km (12.59 mi)
Xinxiu Liantang 2020-10-28 3.82 km (2.37 mi)
     Line 3 (Shenzhen Metro) Yitian Caopu 2011-06-28 16.522 km (10.27 mi)
Caopu Shuanglong 2010-12-28 25.138 km (15.62 mi)
Yitian Futian Bonded Area 2020-10-28 1.5 km (0.93 mi)
     Line 4 (Shenzhen Metro) Futian Checkpoint Fumin 2007-06-28 01.100 km (0.68 mi)
Fumin Children's Palace 2004-12-28 03.379 km (2.10 mi)
Children's Palace Qinghu 2011-06-16 15.481 km (9.62 mi)
Qinghu Niuhu 2020-10-28 10.791 km (6.71 mi)
     Line 5 (Shenzhen Metro) Chiwan Qianhaiwan 2019-09-28 7.65 km (4.75 mi)
Qianhaiwan Huangbeiling 2011-06-22 40.00 km (24.85 mi)
     Line 6 (Shenzhen Metro) Science Museum Songgang 2020-08-18 49.4 km (30.7 mi)
     Line 6 Branch (Shenzhen Metro) SIAT Guangming 2022-11-28 6.13 km (3.81 mi)
     Line 7 (Shenzhen Metro) Xili Lake Tai'an 2016-10-28 30.173 km (18.75 mi)
     Line 8 (Shenzhen Metro) Liantang Yantian Road 2020-10-28 12.367 km (7.7 mi)
Yantian Road Xiaomeisha 2023-12-27 8.01 km (5.0 mi)
     Line 9 (Shenzhen Metro) Qianwan Hongshuwan South 2019-12-08 10.79 km (6.70 mi)
Hongshuwan South Wenjin 2016-10-28 25.39 km (15.78 mi)
     Line 10 (Shenzhen Metro) Shuangyong Street Futian Checkpoint 2020-08-18 29.3 km (18.2 mi)
     Line 11 (Shenzhen Metro) Bitou Futian 2016-06-28 51.94 km (32.27 mi)
Futian Gangxia North 2022-10-28 1.6 km (0.99 mi)
     Line 12 (Shenzhen Metro) Zuopaotai East Waterlands Resort East 2022-11-28 40.56 km (25.20 mi)
Line 14 (Shenzhen Metro) Gangxia North Shatian 2022-10-28 50.34 km (31.28 mi)
Line 16 (Shenzhen Metro) Universiade Tianxin 2022-12-28 29.20 km (18.14 mi)
Line 20 (Shenzhen Metro) Convention & Exhibition City Airport North 2021-12-28 08.43 km (5.24 mi)
     Line 1 (Shijiazhuang Metro) Xiwang Xiaohedadao 2017-06-26 23.9 km (14.9 mi)
Xiaohedadao Fuze 2019-06-26 10.4 km (6.5 mi)
Line 2 (Shijiazhuang Metro) Liuxinzhuang Jiahualu 2020-08-26 15.5 km (9.6 mi)
     Line 3 (Shijiazhuang Metro) Xisanzhuang Shierzhong 2020-01-20 05.4 km (3.4 mi)
Shierzhong Shijiazhuangzhan 2017-06-26 06.4 km (4.0 mi)
Shijiazhuangzhan Lexiang 2021-04-06 14.9 km (9.3 mi)
     Line 1 (Suzhou Metro) Mudu Zhongnan Jie 2012-04-28 25.739 km (15.99 mi)
     Line 2 (Suzhou Metro) Qihe Suzhoubei Railway Station 2016-09-24 02.2 km (1.37 mi)
Suzhoubei Railway Station Baodaiqiao South 2013-12-28 26.557 km (16.50 mi)
Baodaiqiao South Sangtian Dao 2016-09-24 11.643 km (7.23 mi)
     Line 3 (Suzhou Metro) Suzhou Xinqu Railway Station Weiting 2019-12-25 45.272 km (28.1 mi)
     Line 4 (Suzhou Metro) Longdaobang Tongli 2017-04-15 41.5 km (25.79 mi)
Hongzhuang Muli 2017-04-15 11.3 km (7.02 mi)
     Line 5 (Suzhou Metro) Taihu Xiangshan Yangchenghu South 2021-06-29 44.1 km (27.4 mi)
     Line 11 (Suzhou Metro) Weiting Huaqiao 2023-06-24 41.27 km (25.6 mi)
Line 2 (Taiyuan Metro) Jiancaoping Xiqiao 2020-12-26 23.65 km (14.70 mi)
Line S1 (Taizhou Rail Transit) Taizhou Huochezhan Chengnan 2022-12-28 52.568 km (32.66 mi)
     Line 1 (Tianjin Metro) Donggulu Lilou 2019-12-28 16.039 km (9.97 mi)
Lilou Shuanglin 2018-12-03
Shuanglin Xiaobailou 2006-06-12 10.6 km (6.59 mi)
Xiaobailou Xi'nanjiao 1980-08-10 05.2 km (3.23 mi)
Xi'nanjiao Xizhan 1984-12-28 02.2 km (1.37 mi)
Xizhan Liuyuan 2006-06-12 08.2 km (5.10 mi)
     Line 2 (Tianjin Metro) Caozhuang Dongnanjiao 2012-07-01 09.1 km (5.65 mi)
Dongnanjiao Tianjinzhan 2013-08-28 01.95 km (1.21 mi)
Tianjinzhan Konggang­jingjiqu 2012-07-01 11.6 km (7.21 mi)
Konggang­jingjiqu Binhaiguojijichang 2014-08-28 04.5 km (2.80 mi)
     Line 3 (Tianjin Metro) Nanzhan Gaoxinqu 2013-12-28 01.1 km (0.68 mi)
Gaoxinqu Xiaodian 2012-10-01 29.655 km (18.43 mi)
     Line 4 (Tianjin Metro) Dongnanjiao Xinxingcun 2021-12-28 19.4 km (12.1 mi)
Xiaojie Xizhan 2025-07-08 19.85 km (12.33 mi)
     Line 5 (Tianjin Metro) Beichenkejiyuanbei Danhebeidao 2019-01-31 34.8 km (21.6 mi)
Danhebeidao Zhongyiyifuyuan 2018-10-22
Zhongyiyifuyuan Liqizhuangnan 2021-12-07
     Line 6 (Tianjin Metro) Nansunzhuang Changhong­gongyuan 2016-12-31 14.5 km (9.01 mi)
Changhong­gongyuan Nancuiping 2016-08-06 09.5 km (5.90 mi)
Nancuiping Meilinlu 2018-04-26 13.0 km (8.08 mi)
Meilinlu Lushuidao 2021-12-28 0.97 km (0.60 mi)
     Line 8 (Tianjin Metro) Lushuidao Xianshuiguxi 2021-12-28 13.42 km (8.34 mi)
     Line 9 (Tianjin Metro) Tianjinzhan Shiyijinglu 2012-10-15 1.2 km (0.75 mi)
Shiyijinglu Zhongshanmen 2011-05-01 06.151 km (3.82 mi)
Zhongshanmen Donghailu 2004-03-28 45.409 km (28.22 mi)
     Line 10 (Tianjin Metro) Yutai Yudongcheng 2022-11-18 21.18 km (13.16 mi)
     Line 11 (Tianjin Metro) Dongjiangdao Dongliliujinglu 2023-12-28 12.27 km (7.62 mi)
Line 1 (Ürümqi Metro) International Airport Balou 2018-10-25 16.5 km (10.25 mi)
Balou Santunbei 2019-06-28 11.1 km (6.90 mi)
Line S1 (Wenzhou Metro) Tongling Olympic Center 2019-01-23 34.38 km (21.36 mi)
Olympic Center Shuang'ou Avenue 2019-09-28 19.127 km (11.9 mi)
     Line 1 (Wuhan Metro) Hankou North Dijiao 2014-05-28 05.555 km (3.45 mi)
Dijiao Huangpu Road 2010-07-29 07.040 km (4.37 mi)
Huangpu Road Zongguan 2004-07-28 09.769 km (6.07 mi)
Zongguan Dongwu Boulevard 2010-07-29 11.454 km (7.12 mi)
Dongwu Boulevard Jinghe 2017-12-26 03.970 km (2.47 mi)
     Line 2 (Wuhan Metro) Tianhe International Airport Jinyintan 2016-12-28 19.957 km (12.40 mi)
Jinyintan Optics Valley Square 2012-12-28 27.152 km (16.87 mi)
Optics Valley Square Fozuling 2019-02-19 13.350 km (8.30 mi)
     Line 3 (Wuhan Metro) Hongtu Boulevard Zhuanyang Boulevard 2015-12-28 29.660 km (18.43 mi)
     Line 4 (Wuhan Metro) Wuhan Railway Station Wuchang Railway Station 2013-12-28 17.974 km (11.17 mi)
Wuchang Railway Station Huangjinkou 2014-12-28 15.429 km (9.59 mi)
Huangjinkou Bailin 2019-09-25 16.068 km (9.98 mi)
     Line 5 (Wuhan Metro) East Square of Wuhan Railway Station Hubei University of Chinese Medicine 2021-12-26 34.561 km (21.48 mi)
Hubei University of Chinese Medicine Hongxia 2023-12-01 2.655 km (1.65 mi)
     Line 6 (Wuhan Metro) Jinyinhu Park Dongfeng Motor Corporation 2016-12-28 35.512 km (22.07 mi)
Jinyinhu Park Xincheng 11th Road 2021-12-26 7.025 km (4.37 mi)
     Line 7 (Wuhan Metro) Garden Expo North Yezhihu 2018-10-01 30.413 km (18.90 mi)
Yezhihu Qinglongshan Ditiexiaozhen 2018-12-28 16.97 km (10.54 mi)
Garden Expo North Hengdian 2022-12-30 21.12 km (13.12 mi)
     Line 8 (Wuhan Metro) Jintan Road Liyuan 2017-12-26 16.7 km (10.38 mi)
Liyuan Yezhihu 2021-01-02 17.6 km (10.94 mi)
Yezhihu Military Athletes' Village 2019-11-06 4.84 km (3.01 mi)
     Line 11 (Wuhan Metro) Wuhandong Railway Station Zuoling 2018-10-01 18.744 km (11.65 mi)
Zuoling Gediannan Railway Station 2021-01-02 3.7 km (2.30 mi)
     Line 16 (Wuhan Metro) South International Expo Center Zhoujiahe 2021-12-26 31.692 km (19.69 mi)
Zhoujiahe Hannan General Airport 2022-12-30 4.22 km (2.62 mi)
     Line 19 (Wuhan Metro) West Square of Wuhan Railway Station Xinyuexi Park 2023-12-30 23.3 km (14.48 mi)
     Yangluo line Houhu Boulevard Jintai 2017-12-27 34.5 km (21.44 mi)
     Line 1 (Wuhu Rail Transit) Baoshunlu Baimashan 2021-11-03 30.4 km (18.9 mi)
     Line 2 (Wuhu Rail Transit) Wanchunhulu Jiuziguangchang 2021-12-28 15.8 km (9.8 mi)
     Line 1 (Wuxi Metro) Yanqiao Changguangxi 2014-07-01 29.42 km (18.28 mi)
Changguangxi Nanfangquan 2019-09-28 5.187 km (3.22 mi)
Yanqiao Jiangyin Bund 2024-01-31 30.4 km (18.89 mi)
     Line 2 (Wuxi Metro) Meiyuan Kaiyuan Temple Wuxi East Railway Station 2014-12-28 26.3 km (16.34 mi)
     Line 3 (Wuxi Metro) Sumiao Sunan Shuofang International Airport 2020-10-28 28.493 km (17.70 mi)
     Line 4 (Wuxi Metro) Liutan Wuxi Taihu International Expo Center 2021-12-17 25.4 km (15.8 mi)
     Line 1 (Xi'an Metro) Houweizhai Fangzhicheng 2013-09-15 25.36 km (15.76 mi)
Fenghe­senlin­gongyuan Houweizhai 2019-09-26 6.093 km (3.79 mi)
Fenghe­senlin­gongyuan Xianyangxizhan 2023-09-21 10.6 km (6.59 mi)
     Line 2 (Xi'an Metro) Caotan Xi'an Beizhan 2023-06-27 3.505 km (2.178 mi)
Xi'an Beizhan Dianshita 2011-09-16 26.715 km (16.60 mi)
Dianshita Weiqunan 2014-06-16
Weiqunan Changninggong 2023-06-27 3.417 km (2.123 mi)
     Line 3 (Xi'an Metro) Yuhuazhai Baoshuiqu 2016-11-08 39.1 km (24.30 mi)
     Line 4 (Xi'an Metro) Xi'an Beizhan Hangtian Xincheng 2018-12-26 35.2 km (21.87 mi)
Line 5 (Xi'an Metro) Chuangxingang Matengkong 2020-12-28 41.6 km (25.85 mi)
Line 6 (Xi'an Metro) Xi'anguojiyixuezhongxin Xibeigongyedaxue 2020-12-28 15.6 km (9.69 mi)
Xibeigongyedaxue Fangzhicheng 2022-12-29 19.5 km (12.12 mi)
Line 9 (Xi'an Metro) Fangzhicheng Qinlingxi 2020-12-28 25.3 km (15.72 mi)
     Line 14 (Xi'an Metro) Airport West (T1, T2, T3) Xi'an Beizhan 2019-09-29 29.31 km (18.21 mi)
Xi'an Beizhan Heshao 2021-06-29 13.65 km (8.48 mi)
Line 16 (Xi'an Metro) Qinchuangyuanzhongxin Shijingli 2023-06-27 15.03 km (9.34 mi)
     Line 1 (Xiamen Metro) Yannei Zhenhai Road 2017-12-31 30.3 km (18.83 mi)
     Line 2 (Xiamen Metro) Wuyuanwan Tianzhushan 2019-12-25 41.64 km (25.87 mi)
     Line 3 (Xiamen Metro) Xiamen Railway Station Caicuo 2021-06-25 26.5 km (16.5 mi)
     Line 1 (Xuzhou Metro) Luwo Xuzhoudong Railway Station 2019-09-28 21.967 km (13.65 mi)
     Line 2 (Xuzhou Metro) Keyunbei Xinchengqudong 2020-11-28 24.25 km (15.07 mi)
     Line 3 (Xuzhou Metro) Xiadian Gaoxinqu'nan 2021-06-28 18.13 km (11.27 mi)
     Line 1 (Zhengzhou Metro) Henan University of Technology Xiliuhu 2017-01-12 09.65 km (6.00 mi)
Xiliuhu Zhengzhou Sports Center 2013-12-28 26.2 km (16.28 mi)
Zhengzhou Sports Center Wenyuanbeilu 2017-01-12 05.36 km (3.33 mi)
Wenyuanbeilu New Campus of Henan University 2019-11-21
     Line 2 (Zhengzhou Metro) Jiahe Liuzhuang 2019-12-28 10.25 km (6.37 mi)
Liuzhuang Nansihuan 2016-08-19 20.649 km (12.83 mi)
     Line 3 (Zhengzhou Metro) Henan Sports Center Henan Orthopaedics Hospital 2020-12-26 25.49 km (15.84 mi)
Henan Orthopaedics Hospital Yinggang 2021-06-26
Yinggang Binhe Xincheng Nan 2023-09-08 6.316 km (3.92 mi)
     Line 4 (Zhengzhou Metro) Laoyachen Langzhuang 2020-12-26 29.29 km (18.20 mi)
     Line 5 (Zhengzhou Metro) Yuejigongyuan (loop) Yuejigongyuan (loop) 2019-05-20 40.4 km (25.10 mi)
     Line 6 (Zhengzhou Metro) Jiayu Changzhuang 2022-09-30 16.7 km (10.38 mi)
     Line 10 (Zhengzhou Metro) Zhengzhou railway station Zhengzhou West railway station 2023-09-28 21.8 km (13.55 mi)
     Line 12 (Zhengzhou Metro) Lianghu Longzihu Dong 2023-12-20 16.538 km (10.28 mi)
     Line 14 (Zhengzhou Metro) Tielu Olympic Sports Center 2019-09-19 7.455 km (4.63 mi)
     Zhengxu line Chang'an Lu Bei Xuchangdong 2023-12-28 67.13 km (41.71 mi)
     Chengjiao line Nansihuan Xinzheng International Airport 2017-01-12 31.7 km (19.70 mi)
Xinzheng International Airport Zhengzhou Hangkonggang Railway Station 2022-06-20 8.98 km (5.58 mi)
  1. Line realignment, previously part of Line 1 since 1 October 1969 (1969-10-01).
  2. Line realignment, previously part of Line 2 since 28 June 2003 (2003-06-28).
  3. Line realignment, previously part of Line 2 since 26 December 2005 (2005-12-26).
  4. Line realignment, previously part of Line 1 since 24 November 2012 (2012-11-24).
  5. Metro standardization completion, previously, a non-electrified single-track since 27 February 1974 (1974-11-30).
  6. Metro standardization completion, previously, a non-electrified single-track since 27 October 1910 (1910-10-01).
  7. Metro standardization completion, previously, a non-electrified single-track since 16 May 1930 (1930-05-16).
  8. Metro standardization completion, previously, a non-electrified single-track since 14 October 1949 (1949-10-14).

Rapid transit

Overview

System Locale Administrative
division
Lines Stations Length
(km(mi))
Operation
start
Most recent
expansion
Annual
ridership
Busiest
station
Ave. daily ridership (thousands)
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Beijing Subway ( ) Beijing & Langfang Beijing & Hebei 27 523 879 km (546 mi) 1969-10-01 2024-12-15 3450 million (2023) Xizhimen (2018) 6,252.2 8,370.8 6,182.4 9,434.3 9,866.4
Changchun Rail Transit Changchun Jilin 6 109 140.77 km (87.47 mi) 2017-09-30 2024-03-28 127.3 million (2018) Changchun Railway Station (2018) 420.3 534.2 365.3 599.3 607.5
Changsha Metro Changsha & Xiangtan Hunan 7 135 217.8 km (135.3 mi) 2014-04-29 2024-06-28 250.3 million (2018) Wuyi Square (2018) 1,033.3 1,582.4 1,570.9 2,566.2 2,780.4
Changsha Maglev Express Changsha Hunan 1 3 18.55 km (11.53 mi) 2016-05-06 N/A South Railway Station
Changzhou Metro Changzhou Jiangsu 2 43 54.03 km (33.57 mi) 2019-09-21 2021-06-28 10.3 million (2019) 65.3 131.1 129.9 200.3 197.0
Chengdu Metro Chengdu Sichuan 13 291 561.67 km (349.01 mi) 2010-09-27 2023-11-28 1157.6 million (2018) Chunxi Road (2018) 3,310.5 4,885.3 4,275.3 5,774.4 6,002.5
Chongqing Rail Transit Chongqing Chongqing 11 256 523.68 km (325.40 mi) 2004-11-06 2023-12-28 857.9 million (2018) Lianglukou (2018) 2,290.0 2,992.0 2,499.1 3,657.1 3,980.7
Dalian Metro () Dalian Liaoning 6 100 237.74 km (147.72 mi) 2002-11-08 2023-03-17 192.3 million (2018) Xi'an Road (2018) 342.9 426.2 394.6 662.9 734.1
Dongguan Rail Transit Dongguan Guangdong 1 15 37.7 km (23.4 mi) 2016-05-27 N/A 46.1 million (2018) Hongfu Road (2018) 97.5 111.4 89.8 124.2 135.1
Foshan Metro Foshan & Guangzhou Guangdong 3 61 112.7 km (70.0 mi) 2010-11-03 2022-12-28 110 million (2017) Zumiao (2017) 89.0 63.3 187.6 238.7
Fuzhou Metro Fuzhou Fujian 5 90 143.5 km (89.2 mi) 2016-05-16 2023-08-27 227.766 million (2023) Dongjiekou (2018) 259.5 340.4 310.3 624.0 835.2
Guangzhou Metro Guangzhou & Foshan Guangdong 19 306 750.09 km (466.08 mi) 1997-06-28 2025-06-29 3029.5 million (2018) Tiyu Xilu (2018) 6,591.6 7,755.4 6,460.1 8,572.4 8,938.7
Guiyang Metro Guiyang Guizhou 3 82 118.73 km (73.78 mi) 2017-12-28 2023-12-16 7.4 million (2018) West Zhongshan Road (2018) 122.1 294.7 254.9 366.7 694.6
Hangzhou Metro () Hangzhou Zhejiang 12 254 516.2 km (320.8 mi) 2012-11-24 2022-09-22 529.9 million (2018) East Railway Station (2018) 970.9 2,432.7 3,474.5 2,979.3 3,300.5
Harbin Metro Harbin Heilongjiang 3 66 83.8 km (52.1 mi) 2013-09-26 2023-12-26 97.4 million (2018) The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University (2018) 140.9 195.5 388.5 770.7 987.4
Hefei Metro Hefei Anhui 5 154 201.95 km (125.49 mi) 2016-12-26 2023-12-26 153.2 million (2018) Dadongmen (2018) 532.9 741.7 726.1 1,125.7 1,432.7
Hohhot Metro Hohhot Inner Mongolia 2 43 49.039 km (30.471 mi) 2019-12-29 2020-10-01 143.4 147.2 196.1 260.0 406.0
Mass Transit Railway () Hong Kong Hong Kong SAR 10 99 209.0 km (129.9 mi) 1979-10-01 2022-05-15 1767 million (2017) Admiralty
Jinan Metro Jinan Shandong 3 41 84.25 km (52.35 mi) 2019-04-01 2021-03-26 172.8 204.4 444.9 424.7
Jinhua Rail Transit Jinhua Zhejiang 2 31 106.451 km (66.146 mi) 2022-08-30 2023-04-07 Not opened Not opened
Kunming Metro Kunming Yunnan 6 103 164.3 km (102.1 mi) 2012-06-28 2022-06-29 199.6 million (2018) Dongfeng Square (2018) 435.1 606.8 508.8 800.2 838.8
Lanzhou Metro Lanzhou Gansu 2 27 34.96 km (21.72 mi) 2019-06-23 2023-06-29 197.5 184.4 120.9 243.3 440.1
Luoyang Subway Luoyang Henan 2 33 43.554 km (27.063 mi) 2021-03-28 2021-12-26 Not opened 92.8 161.5 253.8 324.2
Macau Light Rapid Transit Macau Macau SAR 1 12 12.5 km (7.8 mi) 2019-12-10 2023-12-08
Nanchang Metro Nanchang Jiangxi 4 94 128.3 km (79.7 mi) 2015-12-26 2021-12-26 141.8 million (2018) Bayi Square (2015-2020) 373.9 707.5 654.8 1,044.0 1,199.3
Nanjing Metro Nanjing & Jurong Jiangsu 13 206 505.86 km (314.33 mi) 2005-09-03 2023-12-28 1118.8 million (2018) Xinjiekou (2018) 2,179.9 2,404.9 2,101.3 2,766.1 2,994.0
Nanning Metro Nanning Guangxi 5 93 128.2 km (79.7 mi) 2016-06-28 2021-12-16 213.6 million (2018) Chaoyang Square (2018) 569.6 786.8 749.4 959.0 990.5
Nantong Metro Nantong Jiangsu 2 43 60.03 km (37.30 mi) 2022-11-10 2023-12-27 Not opened Not opened 68.0 143.1 280.3
Ningbo Rail Transit Ningbo Zhejiang 5 116 185.36 km (115.18 mi) 2014-05-30 2022-12-01 124.4 million (2018) Gulou (2018) 297.6 697.6 834.9 1,082.4 1,103.6
Qingdao Metro Qingdao Shandong 8 186 342.3 km (212.7 mi) 2015-12-16 2024-04-26 153.9 million (2018) May 4th Square (2018) 316.0 686.8 968.3 1,356.2 1,398.0
Shanghai Metro ( ) Shanghai & Kunshan Shanghai & Jiangsu 19 408 802.2 km (498.5 mi) 1993-05-28 2021-12-30 3710.2 million (2018) People's Square (2018) 7,744.8 9,765.4 6,436.2 10,023.4 10,281.1
Shanghai Maglev Train Shanghai Shanghai 1 2 29.863 km (18.556 mi) 2002-12-31 N/A Longyang Road
Shaoxing Metro Shaoxing Zhejiang 2 35 57.83 km (35.93 mi) 2021-06-28 2023-07-26 Not opened 125.4 147.8 183.0
Shenyang Metro Shenyang Liaoning 5 111 163.7 km (101.7 mi) 2010-09-27 2023-09-29 329.9 million (2018) Qingniandajie (2018) 846.9 1,049.7 842.2 1,362.2 1,783.2
Shenzhen Metro () Shenzhen Guangdong 17 324 595 km (370 mi) 2004-12-28 2024-12-24 1646.1 million (2018) Laojie (2018) 4,413.0 5,953.6 4,838.3 7,399.6 8,452.5
Shijiazhuang Metro Shijiazhuang Hebei 3 60 76.5 km (47.5 mi) 2017-06-26 2021-04-06 87.6 million (2018) Xinbaiguangchang (2018) 195.7 283.1 241.8 474.1 541.6
Suzhou Metro Suzhou Jiangsu 9 285 249.47 km (155.01 mi) 2012-04-28 2024-12-01 363 million (2019) Dongfangzhimen (2018) 828.7 1,107.4 900.9 1,506.1 1,780.3
Taiyuan Metro Taiyuan Shanxi 2 46 52.39 km (32.55 mi) 2020-12-26 2025-02-22 146.9 106.8 90.6 126.1 131.5
Taizhou Rail Transit Taizhou Zhejiang 1 15 52.568 km (32.664 mi) 2022-12-28 N/A Not opened Not opened
Tianjin Metro () Tianjin Tianjin 10 192 301.0 km (187.0 mi) 1980-08-10 2023-12-28 408.5 million (2018) Tianjinzhan (2018) 933.6 1,263.8 868.1 1,558.6 1,753.9
Ürümqi Metro Ürümqi Xinjiang 1 21 27.615 km (17.159 mi) 2018-10-25 2019-06-28 2.4 million (2018)
Wenzhou Rail Transit Wenzhou Zhejiang 2 36 116.452 km (72.360 mi) 2019-01-23 2023-08-26 236.2 27.8 53.6 281.9 145.8
Wuhan Metro Wuhan Hubei 12 262 486.3 km (302.2 mi) 2004-07-24 2023-12-30 1054.0 million (2018) Jianghan Road (2018) 2,055.0 2,737.9 2,420.0 3,676.3 3,977.1
Wuhu Rail Transit Wuhu Anhui 2 35 46.25 km (28.74 mi) 2021-11-03 2021-12-28 Not opened 55.4 119.0 141.7 163.7
Wuxi Metro Wuxi Jiangsu 5 89 145.2 km (90.2 mi) 2014-07-01 2024-01-31 103.1 million (2018) Sanyang Plaza (2018) 356.9 401.6 583.0 711.3 1,172.5
Xi'an Metro Xi'an & Xianyang Shaanxi 9 191 311.0 km (193.2 mi) 2011-09-16 2023-09-21 746.2 million (2018) Xiaozhai (2018) 1,996.3 2,811.4 2,243.2 3,536.5 3,822.3
Xiamen Metro Xiamen Fujian 3 70 98.4 km (61.1 mi) 2017-12-31 2023-06-25 246.4158 million (2023) Lücuo (2020) 312.2 464.4 540.3 675.1 729.4
Xuzhou Metro Xuzhou Jiangsu 3 51 64.35 km (39.99 mi) 2019-09-28 2021-06-28 7.5 million (2019) 366.0 170.8 303.7 444.0
Zhengzhou Metro Zhengzhou Henan 11 187 344.2 km (213.9 mi) 2013-12-28 2023-12-28 293.4 million (2018) Zhengzhou Railway Station (2018) 930.2 1,378.6 896.6 1,601.1 1,976.7
Total 50 locales 29 administrative
divisions
291 5,592 10,186.24 km (6,329.44 mi) 23.063 billion 48.094 million 64.752 million
  1. Line realignment, previously part of Line 17 since 18 December 2020 (2020-12-18).
  2. All interchange stations (i.e. different sets of platforms) are counted once.
  3. Ridership for the past 5 years.
  4. Both Xijiao Line and Yizhuang T1 line are light rail lines and are not fully grade separated.
  5. Open for public operation on 15 January 1971 (1971-01-15).
  6. 3 metro lines, 3 light rail lines
  7. 54 stations on metro lines, 62 stations on light rail lines, 7 stations are metro-light rail transfer station
  8. 72.57 km (45.09 mi) of metro lines, 68.2 km (42.4 mi) of light rail lines
  9. First line opened on 2002-10-30, as a light rail system
  10. Changsha Maglev Express is excluded.
  11. Not including Chengdu Tram Line 2, which is a light rail line and not fully grade separated.
  12. Not including Haizhu Tram (THZ1), which is a light rail line and not fully grade separated.
  13. Guangfo line is excluded. Also see Foshan Metro.
  14. The Kowloon–Canton Railway (Current East Rail line/ERL) begin operation single track on 1 October 1910 (1910-10-01). Begin operation on 1 October 1979 (1979-10-01) as MTR Corporation and 24 December 1982 (1982-12-24) as KCRC. ERL electrification completed by 16 July 1983 (1983-07-16).[citation needed] ERL double-track completed by 27 February 1984 (1984-02-27). KCRC operations taken over by MTR on 2 December 2007 (2007-12-02).
  15. Open for public operation on 28 December 1984 (1984-12-28). The system was closed on 1 September 2001 (2001-09-01) for renovation and reopened on 12 June 2006 (2006-06-12).
  16. There are 12 stations between systems that are not counted multiple times, 6 between Foshan Metro and Guangzhou Metro, 2 between Shanghai Metro and Shanghai maglev train, 2 between Changsha Metro and Changsha Maglev Express, 1 between Shanghai Metro and Suzhou Metro, and 1 between Hangzhou Metro and Shaoxing Metro.
  1. Note that:
    1. Annual ridership is derived from the sum of each month's "Monthly Total" for each year
    2. The ridership includes "MTR Lines", "Airport Express" and "Cross-boundary".
    3. "Intercity, Light Rail & Bus" are excluded from the counts.

Urban rapid transit lines

Legend

  – Lines in operation
  – Lines under testing

Urban rail transit lines
Livery Line System Length Stations Car configuration Stock size Commencement
Line 1 Beijing 31.0 km (19.3 mi) 23 6 B1 1969-10-01
Line 2 23.1 km (14.4 mi) 18 6 B1 1984-09-20
Line 3 14.7 km (9.1 mi) 10 8 A 2024-12-15
Line 4 28.2 km (17.5 mi) 24 6 B1 2009-09-28
Line 5 27.6 km (17.1 mi) 23 6 B1 2007-10-07
Line 6 53.4 km (33.2 mi) 34 8 B2 2012-12-30
Line 7 40.3 km (25.0 mi) 30 8 B1 2014-12-28
Line 8 49.5 km (30.8 mi) 34 6 B1 2008-07-19
Line 9 16.5 km (10.3 mi) 13 6 B1 2011-12-31
Line 10 57.1 km (35.5 mi) 45 6 B1 2008-07-19
Line 11 4.2 km (2.6 mi) 4 4 A 2021-12-31
Line 12 27.5 km (17.1 mi) 20 8 A 2024-12-15
Line 13 40.85 km (25.38 mi) 17 6 B1 2002-09-22
Line 14 47.3 km (29.4 mi) 33 6 A 2013-05-05
Line 15 41.4 km (25.7 mi) 20 6 B1 2010-12-30
Line 16 48.9 km (30.4 mi) 29 8 A 2016-12-31
Line 17 40.7 km (25.3 mi) 16 8 A 2021-12-31
Line 19 20.9 km (13.0 mi) 10 8 A 2021-12-31
Line S1 10.2 km (6.3 mi) 8 6 ML 2017-12-30
Batong line 23.4 km (14.5 mi) 13 6 B1 2003-12-27
Capital Airport Express 29.9 km (18.6 mi) 5 4 LB 2008-07-19
Changping line 43.2 km (26.8 mi) 18 6 B1 2010-12-30
Daxing Airport Express 41.36 km (25.70 mi) 3 4/8 D (two doors per car) 2019-09-26
Daxing line 21.76 km (13.52 mi) 11 6 B1 2010-12-30
Fangshan line 31.8 km (19.8 mi) 16 6 B1 2010-12-30
Yanfang line 14.4 km (8.9 mi) 9 4 B1 2017-12-30
Yizhuang line 23.2 km (14.4 mi) 14 6 B1 2010-12-30
Line 1 Changchun 18.142 km (11.273 mi) 15 6 B2 2017-06-30
Line 2 24.86 km (15.45 mi) 21 6 B2 2018-08-30
Line 3 34.1 km (21.2 mi) 34 6 C (Low-floor light rail) 2002-10-30
Line 4 20.8 km (12.9 mi) 20 6 C (Low-floor light rail) 2011-06-30
Line 6 29.57 km (18.37 mi) 22 6 B 2024-03-28
Line 8 13.1 km (8.1 mi) 12 6 C (Low-floor light rail) 2018-10-30
Line 1 Changsha 23.57 km (14.65 mi) 20 6 B2 2016-06-28
Line 2 26.58 km (16.52 mi) 23 6 B2 2014-04-29
Line 3 53.69 km (33.36 mi) 33 6 B 2020-06-28
Line 4 33.5 km (20.8 mi) 25 6 B2 2019-05-26
Line 5 22.5 km (14.0 mi) 18 6 B 2020-06-28
Line 6 48.11 km (29.89 mi) 34 6 A 2022-06-28
Maglev Express Changsha ML 18.55 km (11.53 mi) 3 3 ML 2016-05-06
Line 1 Changzhou 34.24 km (21.28 mi) 29 6 B 2019-09-21
Line 2 19.79 km (12.30 mi) 15 6 B 2021-06-28
Line 1 Chengdu 40.99 km (25.47 mi) 35 6 B2 2010-09-27
Line 2 42.32 km (26.30 mi) 32 6 B2 2012-09-16
Line 3 49.85 km (30.98 mi) 37 6 B2 2016-07-31
Line 4 43.28 km (26.89 mi) 30 6 B2 2015-12-26
Line 5 49.018 km (30.5 mi) 41 8 A 2019-12-27
Line 6 68.76 km (42.7 mi) 54 8 A 2020-12-18
Line 7 38.61 km (23.99 mi) 31 6 A 2017-12-06
Line 8 29.17 km (18.1 mi) 25 6 A 2020-12-18
Line 9 22.18 km (13.8 mi) 13 8 A 2020-12-18
Line 10 37.972 km (23.6 mi) 16 6 A 2017-09-06
Line 17 5.486 km (3.4 mi) 3 8 A 2020-12-18
Line 18 69.39 km (43.12 mi) 12 8 A 2020-09-27
Line 19 62.69 km (38.95 mi) 18 4 A 2023-11-28
Line 1 Chongqing 43.71 km (27.16 mi) 25 6 B2 2011-07-28
Line 2 31.36 km (19.49 mi) 25 4/6/8 HL 2004-11-06
Line 3 67.09 km (41.69 mi) 45 6/8 HL 2011-09-29
Line 4 48.5 km (30.1 mi) 24 6 AS 2018-12-28
Line 5 48.66 km (30.24 mi) 31 6 AS 2017-12-28
Jiangtiao line 26.33 km (16.36 mi) 7 6 AS 2022-08-06
Line 6 85.54 km (53.15 mi) 40 6 B2 2012-09-28
Line 9 40.1 km (24.9 mi) 29 6 AS 2022-01-25
Line 10 43.26 km (26.88 mi) 26 6 AS 2017-12-28
Line 18 28.96 km (17.99 mi) 19 6 AS 2023-12-28
Loop line 50.93 km (31.65 mi) 33 6 AS 2018-12-28
Line 1 Dalian 28.34 km (17.61 mi) 22 6 B2 2015-10-30
Line 2 37.97 km (23.59 mi) 29 6 B2 2015-05-22
Line 3 63.45 km (39.43 mi) 18 2/4 B2 2002-11-08
Line 5 24.48 km (15.21 mi) 18 6 B2 2023-03-17
Line 12 40.38 km (25.09 mi) 8 4 B2 2013-12-30
Line 13 43.152 km (26.813 mi) 12 4 B2 2021-12-28
Line 2 Dongguan 37.8 km (23.5 mi) 15 6 B2 2016-05-27
Line 2 Foshan 32.41 km (20.14 mi) 17 6 B 2021-12-28
Line 3 40.72 km (25.30 mi) 22 6 B 2022-12-28
Line 1 Fuzhou 29.84 km (18.54 mi) 25 6 B2 2016-05-18
Line 2 30.629 km (19.032 mi) 22 6 B2 2019-04-26
Line 4 24.0 km (14.9 mi) 19 6 B2 2023-08-27
Line 5 27.71 km (17.22 mi) 20 6 B2 2022-04-29
Line 6 31.346 km (19.5 mi) 14 4 B2 2022-08-28
Line 1 Guangzhou 18.5 km (11.5 mi) 16 6 A 1997-06-28
Line 2 31.8 km (19.8 mi) 24 6 A 2002-12-29
Line 3 74.89 km (46.53 mi) 30 6 B2 2005-12-26
Line 4 60.04 km (37.31 mi) 23 4 LB 2005-12-26
Line 5 41.7 km (25.9 mi) 30 6 LB 2009-12-28
Line 6 41.7 km (25.9 mi) 31 4 LB 2013-12-28
Line 7 54.24 km (33.70 mi) 27 6 B2 2016-12-28
Line 8 33.9 km (21.1 mi) 28 6 A 2010-09-25
Line 9 20.1 km (12.5 mi) 11 6 B2 2017-12-28
Line 13 28.3 km (17.6 mi) 11 8 A 2017-12-28
Line 14 75.4 km (46.9 mi) 22 6 B1 2017-12-28
Line 18 58.3 km (36.2 mi) 8 8 D 2021-09-28
Line 21 61.5 km (38.2 mi) 21 6 B1 2018-12-28
Line 22 18.2 km (11.3 mi) 4 8 D 2022-03-31
Zhujiang New Town APM line 3.9 km (2.4 mi) 9 2 P 2010-11-08
Guangfo line Guangzhou & Foshan 39.6 km (24.6 mi) 25 4 B2 2010-09-25
Line 1 Guiyang 35.11 km (21.8 mi) 25 6 B2 2017-12-28
Line 2 40.6 km (25.2 mi) 32 6 B2 2021-04-28
Line 3 43.03 km (26.7 mi) 29 6 B2 2023-12-16
Line 1 Hangzhou 52.21 km (32.44 mi) 33 6 B2 2012-11-24
Line 2 42.82 km (26.61 mi) 33 6 B2 2014-11-24
Line 3 57.5 km (35.7 mi) 37 6 AH 2022-02-21
Line 4 46.85 km (29.11 mi) 32 6 B2 2015-02-02
Line 5 53.92 km (33.50 mi) 39 6 AH 2019-06-24
Line 6 58.5 km (36.4 mi) 36 6 AH 2020-12-30
Line 7 47.48 km (29.50 mi) 24 6 A 2020-12-30
Line 8 17.17 km (10.67 mi) 9 6 A 2021-06-28
Line 9 29.5 km (18.3 mi) 21 6 B2 2021-07-10
Line 10 14.67 km (9.12 mi) 12 6 A 2022-02-21
Line 16 35.12 km (21.82 mi) 12 4 B2 2020-04-23
Line 19 59.14 km (36.75 mi) 14 6 A 2022-09-22
Line 1 Harbin 26.27 km (16.32 mi) 23 6 B2 2013-09-26
Line 2 28.19 km (17.52 mi) 19 6 B2 2021-09-19
Line 3 28.71 km (17.84 mi) 28 6 B2 2017-01-26
Line 1 Hefei 29.16 km (18.12 mi) 26 6 B2 2016-12-26
Line 2 42.76 km (26.57 mi) 35 6 B2 2017-12-26
Line 3 48.5 km (30.1 mi) 40 6 B 2019-12-26
Line 4 55.4 km (34.4 mi) 38 6 B 2021-12-26
Line 5 40.7 km (25.3 mi) 33 6 B 2020-12-26
Line 1 Hohhot 21.719 km (13.5 mi) 20 6 B 2019-12-29
Line 2 27.32 km (17.0 mi) 24 6 B 2020-10-01
Airport Express Hong Kong 35.2 km (21.9 mi) 5 8 A (airport version, two doors per car, max 140km/h) 1998-07-06
Disneyland Resort line 3.3 km (2.1 mi) 2 4 A (three doors per car) 2005-08-01
East Rail line 47.5 km (29.5 mi) 16 9 Special size (24.1 meters long, 3.22m wide, max 140km/h) 1984-02-27
Island line 16.3 km (10.1 mi) 17 8 A 1985-05-31
Kwun Tong line 17.4 km (10.8 mi) 17 8 A 1979-10-01
South Island line 7.4 km (4.6 mi) 5 3 A 2016-12-28
Tseung Kwan O line 12.3 km (7.6 mi) 8 8 A 2002-08-04
Tsuen Wan line 16.0 km (9.9 mi) 16 8 A 1979-12-31
Tuen Ma line 56.2 km (34.9 mi) 27 8 KCR Size (24.1 meters long, 3.1 meters wide, max 160km/h) 2003-12-20
Tung Chung line 31.1 km (19.3 mi) 8 8 A (maximum140km/h) 1998-06-21
Line 1 Jinan 26.27 km (16.32 mi) 11 4 B1 2019-04-01
Line 2 36.39 km (22.61 mi) 19 6 B1 2021-03-26
Line 3 21.592 km (13.417 mi) 12 6 B 2019-12-28
Jinyi Line Jinhua 58.071 km (36.084 mi) 17 6 B 2022-08-30
Yidong Line 48.38 km (30.06 mi) 15 6 B 2022-12-28
Line 1 Kunming 34.0 km (21.1 mi) 22 6 B1 2013-05-20
Line 2 12.4 km (7.7 mi) 14 6 B1 2014-04-30
Line 3 23.36 km (14.52 mi) 20 6 B1 2017-08-29
Line 4 43.4 km (27.0 mi) 29 6 B1 2020-09-23
Line 5 26.45 km (16.44 mi) 22 6 B1 2022-06-29
Line 6 25.3 km (15.7 mi) 8 6 B1 2012-06-28
Line 1 Lanzhou 25.9 km (16.1 mi) 20 6 A 2019-06-23
Line 2 9.06 km (5.63 mi) 9 6 A 2023-06-29
Line 1 Luoyang 25.342 km (15.747 mi) 19 6 B 2021-03-28
Line 2 18.216 km (11.319 mi) 15 6 B 2021-12-26
Taipa line Macau 12.5 km (7.8 mi) 12 2 (max 4 in future) P 2019-12-10
Line 1 Nanchang 28.74 km (17.86 mi) 24 6 B2 2015-12-26
Line 2 31.51 km (19.58 mi) 28 6 B2 2017-08-18
Line 3 28.5 km (17.7 mi) 22 6 B2 2020-12-26
Line 4 39.6 km (24.6 mi) 29 6 B2 2021-12-26
Line 1 Nanjing 45.44 km (28.24 mi) 32 6 A 2005-09-03
Line 2 43.35 km (26.94 mi) 30 6 A 2010-05-28
Line 3 44.87 km (27.88 mi) 29 6 A 2015-04-01
Line 4 33.75 km (20.97 mi) 18 6 B2 2017-01-18
Line 7 24.50 km (15.22 mi) 19 6 B2 2022-12-28
Line 10 21.6 km (13.4 mi) 14 6 A 2014-07-01
Line S1 36.32 km (22.57 mi) 9 6 B2 2014-07-01
Line S3 36.26 km (22.53 mi) 19 6 B2 2017-12-06
Line S4 46.2 km (28.7 mi) 10 4 D 2023-06-28
Line S6 43.59 km (27.09 mi) 13 4 B2 2021-12-28
Line S7 28.87 km (17.94 mi) 9 4 B2 2018-05-26
Line S8 47.29 km (29.38 mi) 19 4 B2 2014-08-01
Line S9 52.39 km (32.55 mi) 6 3 B2 2017-12-30
Line 1 Nanning 32.1 km (19.9 mi) 25 6 B2 2016-06-28
Line 2 27.5 km (17.1 mi) 23 6 B2 2017-12-28
Line 3 27.9 km (17.3 mi) 23 6 B2 2019-06-06
Line 4 20.7 km (12.9 mi) 16 6 B2 2020-11-23
Line 5 20.2 km (12.6 mi) 17 6 B2 2021-12-16
Line 1 Nantong 39.182 km (24.347 mi) 28 6 B 2022-11-10
Line 2 20.85 km (12.96 mi) 17 6 B 2023-12-27
Line 1 Ningbo 46.17 km (28.69 mi) 29 6 B2 2014-05-30
Line 2 36.85 km (22.90 mi) 27 6 B2 2015-09-26
Line 3 38.63 km (24.00 mi) 24 6 B2 2019-06-30
Line 4 35.95 km (22.34 mi) 25 6 B2 2020-12-23
Line 5 27.6 km (17.1 mi) 22 6 B2 2021-12-28
Line 1 Qingdao 60.11 km (37.35 mi) 41 6 B1 2020-12-24
Line 2 25.09 km (15.59 mi) 22 6 B1 2017-12-10
Line 3 24.95 km (15.50 mi) 22 6 B1 2015-12-16
Line 4 30.71 km (19.08 mi) 25 6 B1 2022-12-26
Line 6 30.762 km (19.115 mi) 21 6 B1 2024-04-26
Line 8 49.61 km (30.83 mi) 11 6 B1 2020-12-24
Oceantec Valley Line 58.35 km (36.26 mi) 22 4 B1 2018-04-23
West Coast Line 69.63 km (43.27 mi) 23 4 B1 2018-12-26
Line 1 Shanghai 36.76 km (22.84 mi) 28 8 A 1993-05-28
Line 2 59.71 km (37.10 mi) 30 8 A 2000-06-11
Line 3 40.12 km (24.93 mi) 29 6 A 2000-12-26
Line 4 33.81 km (21.01 mi) 26 6 A 2005-12-31
Line 5 32.73 km (20.34 mi) 19 4/6 C (High-floor heavy rail) 2003-11-25
Line 6 32.54 km (20.22 mi) 28 4 C (High-floor heavy rail) 2007-12-29
Line 7 43.13 km (26.80 mi) 33 6 A 2009-12-05
Line 8 36.73 km (22.82 mi) 30 6/7 C (High-floor heavy rail) 2007-12-29
Line 9 63.80 km (39.64 mi) 35 6 A 2007-12-29
Line 10 44.94 km (27.92 mi) 37 6 A 2010-04-10
Line 11 79.27 km (49.26 mi) 39 6 A 2009-12-31
Line 12 39.49 km (24.54 mi) 32 6 A 2013-12-29
Line 13 38.27 km (23.78 mi) 31 6 A 2012-12-30
Line 14 38.18 km (23.72 mi) 30 8 A 2021-12-30
Line 15 41.22 km (25.61 mi) 30 6 A 2021-01-23
Line 16 57.80 km (35.92 mi) 13 3/6 A 2013-12-29
Line 17 34.72 km (21.57 mi) 13 6 A 2017-12-30
Line 18 36.50 km (22.68 mi) 26 6 A 2020-12-26
Pujiang line 6.60 km (4.10 mi) 6 4 P 2018-03-31
Maglev line Shanghai ML 29.863 km (18.556 mi) 2 5 MH 2004-01-01
Line 1 Shaoxing 51.2 km (31.8 mi) 30 6 B 2021-06-28
Line 2 10.73 km (6.67 mi) 9 4 B 2023-07-26
Line 1 Shenyang 27.80 km (17.27 mi) 22 6 B2 2009-09-23
Line 2 45.58 km (28.32 mi) 33 6 B2 2012-01-08
Line 4 34.112 km (21.196 mi) 23 6 B2 2023-09-29
Line 9 28.996 km (18.017 mi) 23 6 B2 2019-05-25
Line 10 27.21 km (16.91 mi) 21 6 B2 2020-04-29
Line 1 Shenzhen 41.04 km (25.50 mi) 30 6 A 2004-12-28
Line 2 39.78 km (24.72 mi) 32 6 A 2010-12-08
Line 3 43.45 km (27.00 mi) 31 6 B1 2010-12-28
Line 4 31.3 km (19.4 mi) 23 6 A 2004-12-28
Line 5 47.393 km (29.449 mi) 34 6 A 2011-06-22
Line 6 49.4 km (30.7 mi) 27 6 A 2020-08-18
Line 6B 6.13 km (3.81 mi) 4 6 B 2022-11-28
Line 7 30.173 km (18.749 mi) 27 6 A 2016-10-28
Line 8 20.38 km (12.66 mi) 11 6 A 2020-10-28
Line 9 36.18 km (22.48 mi) 32 6 A 2016-10-28
Line 10 29.34 km (18.23 mi) 24 8 A 2020-08-18
Line 11 53.14 km (33.02 mi) 19 8 A 2016-06-28
Line 12 40.56 km (25.20 mi) 33 6 A 2022-11-28
Line 14 50.34 km (31.28 mi) 18 8 A 2022-10-28
Line 16 29.20 km (18.14 mi) 24 6 A 2022-12-28
Line 20 8.43 km (5.24 mi) 5 8 A 2021-12-28
Line 1 Shijiazhuang 34.3 km (21.3 mi) 26 6 A 2017-06-26
Line 2 15.5 km (9.6 mi) 15 6 A 2020-08-26
Line 3 26.7 km (16.6 mi) 22 6 A 2017-06-26
Line 1 Suzhou 25.739 km (15.993 mi) 24 4 B1 2012-04-28
Line 2 40.4 km (25.1 mi) 35 5 B1 2013-12-28
Line 3 45.272 km (28.1 mi) 37 6 B1 2019-12-25
Line 4 41.5 km (25.8 mi) 31 6 B1 2017-04-15
Line 5 44.1 km (27.4 mi) 34 6 B 2021-06-29
Line 6 36.12 km (22.44 mi) 31 6 B 2024-06-29
Line 7 35.2 km (21.9 mi) 29 6 B 2024-12-01
Line 8 35.6 km (22.1 mi) 28 6 B 2024-09-10
Line 11 41.27 km (25.64 mi) 28 6 B 2023-06-24
Line 1 Taiyuan 28.73 km (17.85 mi) 24 6 A 2025-02-22
Line 2 23.65 km (14.70 mi) 23 6 A 2020-12-26
Line S1 Taizhou 52.396 km (32.557 mi) 15 4 D 2022-12-28
Line 1 Tianjin 42.227 km (26.2 mi) 28 6 B1 1980-08-10
Line 2 27.157 km (16.875 mi) 20 6 B1 2012-07-01
Line 3 33.6 km (20.9 mi) 26 6 B1 2012-10-01
Line 4 19.4 km (12.1 mi) 14 6 B2 2021-12-28
Line 5 34.8 km (21.6 mi) 28 6 B2 2018-10-22
Line 6 43.6 km (27.1 mi) 39 6 B2 2016-08-06
Line 8 13.42 km (8.34 mi) 9 6 A 2021-12-28
Line 9 52.759 km (32.783 mi) 21 4 B2 2004-03-28
Line 10 21.18 km (13.16 mi) 21 6 B 2022-11-18
Line 11 12.27 km (7.62 mi) 11 6 B 2023-12-28
Line 1 Ürümqi 27.615 km (17.159 mi) 21 6 A 2018-10-25
Line S1 Wenzhou 53.507 km (33.248 mi) 18 4 D 2019-01-23
Line S2 62.945 km (39.112 mi) 20 4 D 2023-08-26
Line 1 Wuhan 37.936 km (23.572 mi) 32 4 B1 2004-07-28
Line 2 60.304 km (37.471 mi) 38 6 B1 2012-12-28
Line 3 29.660 km (18.430 mi) 24 6 B1 2015-12-28
Line 4 49.693 km (30.878 mi) 37 6 B1 2013-12-28
Line 5 37.216 km (23.125 mi) 27 6 A 2021-12-26
Line 6 42.537 km (26.431 mi) 32 6 A 2016-12-28
Line 7 83.012 km (51.581 mi) 33 6 A 2018-10-01
Line 8 38.197 km (23.735 mi) 26 6 A 2017-12-26
Line 11 22.530 km (13.999 mi) 14 6 A 2018-10-01
Line 16 36.458 km (22.654 mi) 14 4 A 2021-12-26
Line 19 23.3 km (14.5 mi) 7 6 A 2023-12-30
Yangluo line 34.575 km (21.484 mi) 16 4 A 2017-12-26
Line 1 Wuhu 30.46 km (18.93 mi) 25 6 HL 2021-11-03
Line 2 15.787 km (9.810 mi) 11 4 HL 2021-12-28
Line 1 Wuxi 65.007 km (40.393 mi) 36 6 B1 2014-07-01
Line 2 26.3 km (16.3 mi) 21 6 B1 2014-12-28
Line 3 28.493 km (17.70 mi) 21 6 B 2020-10-28
Line 4 25.4 km (15.8 mi) 18 6 B 2021-12-17
Line 1 Xi'an 42.20 km (26.22 mi) 30 6 B2 2013-09-15
Line 2 33.637 km (20.901 mi) 25 6 B2 2011-09-16
Line 3 39.15 km (24.33 mi) 26 6 B2 2016-11-08
Line 4 35.2 km (21.9 mi) 29 6 B2 2018-12-26
Line 5 41.6 km (25.8 mi) 31 6 B2 2020-12-28
Line 6 35.1 km (21.8 mi) 30 6 B2 2020-12-28
Line 9 25.296 km (15.718 mi) 15 6 B2 2020-12-28
Line 14 42.96 km (26.69 mi) 17 6 B2 2019-09-29
Line 16 15.03 km (9.34 mi) 9 6 B2 2023-06-27
Line 1 Xiamen 30.30 km (18.83 mi) 24 6 B2 2017-12-31
Line 2 41.64 km (25.87 mi) 30 6 B2 2019-12-25
Line 3 26.52 km (16.48 mi) 21 4 B 2021-06-25
Line 1 Xuzhou 21.967 km (13.650 mi) 18 6 B 2019-09-28
Line 2 24.25 km (15.07 mi) 20 6 B 2020-11-28
Line 3 18.13 km (11.27 mi) 16 6 B 2021-06-28
Line 1 Zhengzhou 41.21 km (25.61 mi) 30 6 B2 2013-12-28
Line 2 30.85 km (19.17 mi) 22 6 B2 2016-08-19
Line 3 31.813 km (19.768 mi) 25 6 A 2020-12-26
Line 4 29.287 km (18.2 mi) 27 6 B 2020-12-26
Line 5 40.4 km (25.1 mi) 32 6 A 2019-05-20
Line 6 16.727 km (10.394 mi) 10 6 A 2022-09-30
Line 10 21.864 km (13.586 mi) 12 6 A 2023-09-28
Line 12 16.538 km (10.276 mi) 11 6 B 2023-12-20
Line 14 7.455 km (4.632 mi) 4 6 B 2019-09-19
Zhengxu Line 67.13 km (41.71 mi) 26 4 B 2023-12-28
Chengjiao line 40.84 km (25.38 mi) 18 6 B2 2017-01-12

Under construction

  • Xiong'an Rail Transit (zh)

Construction suspended

  • Baotou Metro
  • Hengyang Metro

Proposed

  • Anqing Metro
  • Baoji Metro (zh)
  • Chengde Metro
  • Chenzhou Metro
  • Chifeng Metro
  • Chuzhou Metro (zh)
  • Datong Metro
  • Dazhou Metro (zh)
  • Ezhou Metro (zh)
  • Fuxin Metro
  • Fuyang Metro
  • Ganzhou Metro (zh)
  • Guangyuan Metro
  • Haikou Metro (zh)
  • Handan Metro (zh)
  • Heze Metro (zh)
  • Huainan Metro (zh)
  • Huizhou Metro (zh)
  • Huzhou Metro
  • Jiaxing Metro (zh)
  • Jinzhong Metro (zh)
  • Liaocheng Metro
  • Lijiang Metro (zh)
  • Linyi Metro (zh)
  • Longyan Metro
  • Luzhou Metro
  • Ma'anshan Metro
  • Mudanjiang Metro (zh)
  • Nanchong Metro
  • Nanyang Metro
  • Neijiang Metro
  • Putian Metro (zh)
  • Quanzhou Metro (zh)
  • Quzhou Metro
  • Rizhao Metro
  • Sanya Metro
  • Shangrao Metro
  • Shiyan Metro
  • Suqian Metro
  • Tangshan Metro
  • Tongling Metro (zh)
  • Weifang Metro (zh)
  • Weihai Metro (zh)
  • Weinan Metro
  • Wuzhou Metro
  • Xiangyang Metro
  • Xingtai Metro
  • Xining Metro
  • Xuancheng Metro
  • Yancheng Metro
  • Yangzhou Metro (zh)
  • Yantai Metro (zh)
  • Yichang Metro
  • Yinchuan Metro
  • Yulin Metro
  • Zhangzhou Metro
  • Zhanjiang Metro
  • Zhenjiang Metro (zh)
  • Zhongshan Metro
  • Zhuhai Metro
  • Zhuzhou Metro
  • Zibo Metro
  • Zunyi Metro (zh)

Suburban and regional rail

Regional, suburban, & commuter rail
Corridor Type System & Operator Location
(Provincial-level)
Service terminals Length Stations Opened
Sub-Central S-train BCR ( CR Beijing) Beijing Liangxiang — Qiaozhuang East 63.7 km (39.6 mi) 6 2017-12-31
S2 S-train BCR ( CR Beijing) Beijing & Hebei Huangtudian — Yanqing / Shacheng 108.3 km (67.3 mi) 6 2008-08-06
Huairou–Miyun S-train BCR ( CR Beijing) Beijing Beijing North — Gubeikou 144.6 km (89.9 mi) 7 2017-12-31
Tongmi S-train BCR ( CR Beijing) Beijing Tongzhou West — Miyun North / Huairou North 84.2 km (52.3 mi) 7 2020-06-30
Tianjin–Jizhou S-train CR Beijing Tianjin Tianjin — Jizhou North 112.60 km (69.97 mi) 9 2015-07-05
Yangda S-train CR Beijing Shanxi Yangquan North — Yangquan East 45.95 km (28.55 mi) 3 2020-09-24
Yongyu—Shaoxing Urban S-train NBIR / SXSR ( CR Shanghai) Zhejiang Ningbo — Hangzhou South 144 km (89 mi) 6 2017-06-10
Lianyungang Suburban S-train Lianyungang Suburban Railway ( CR Shanghai) Jiangsu Lianyungang — Lianyun 35.1 km (21.8 mi) 5 2019-12-30
Haikou Suburban S-train Haikou Suburban Railway ( CR Guangzhou) Hainan Haikou — Meilan 38.054 km (23.646 mi) 6 2019-07-01
Changji—Jihun C-train CR Shenyang Jilin Changchun West — Hunchun 482 km (300 mi) 13 2015-09-20
Changbai—Bai'a C-train CR Shenyang Jilin & Inner Mongolia Changchun — Ulanhot 435 km (270 mi) 18 2017-08-08
Jingjin C-train CR Beijing Beijing & Tianjin Beijing South — Binhai 165 km (103 mi) 6 2008-08-01
Jingxiong C-train CR Beijing Beijing & Hebei Beijing West — Daxing Airport 48.224 km (29.965 mi) 3 2019-09-26
Zhengkai C-train CR Zhengzhou Henan Zhengzhou East — Kaifeng 57 km (35 mi) 4 2014-12-28
Zhengjiao C-train CR Zhengzhou Henan Zhengzhou — Jiaozuo 77 km (48 mi) 6 2015-06-26
Zhengji C-train CR Zhengzhou Henan Zhengzhou East — Xinzheng Airport 28 km (17 mi) 2 2015-12-31
Jinshan C-train CR Shanghai Shanghai Shanghai South — Jinshanwei 56.4 km (35.0 mi) 8 2012-09-28
Wuxiao C-train CR Wuhan Hubei Hankou — Xiaogan East 61.8 km (38.4 mi) 11 2016-12-01
Wuxian C-train CR Wuhan Hubei Wuchang — Xianning South 91 km (57 mi) 13 2013-12-28
Wuhuang C-train CR Wuhan Hubei Wuhan — Daye North / Huanggang East 131 km (81 mi) 14 2014-06-18
Chengguan C-train CR Chengdu Sichuan Chengdu — Qingchengshan / Pengzhou / Lidui Park 94.2 km (58.5 mi) 13 2010-05-12
Chengpu C-train CR Chengdu Sichuan Chengdu West — Chaoyanghu 99 km (62 mi) 12 2018-12-28
Guikai C-train CR Chengdu Guizhou Guiyang North — Kaiyang 62 km (39 mi) 6 2015-05-01
Yuwan C-train CR Chengdu Chongqing Chongqing North — Wanzhou 247 km (153 mi) 7 2016-11-29
Qingrong C-train CR Jinan Shandong Qingdao North — Rongcheng 298 km (185 mi) 14 2014-12-29
Guangzhu C-train Pearl River Delta intercity railway
( CR Guangzhou)
Guangdong Guangzhou South — Zhuhai / Xinhui 143 km (89 mi) 22 2011-01-07
Guangfozhao C-train Pearl River Delta intercity railway
( CR Guangzhou)
Guangdong Guangzhou — Zhaoqing 79 km (49 mi) 11 2016-03-30
Guanhui C-train Pearl River Delta intercity railway
( CR Guangzhou)
Guangdong Dongguan West — Xiaojinkou 103.1 km (64.1 mi) 18 2016-03-30
Guangshen C-train CR Guangzhou Guangdong Guangzhou — Shenzhen 147 km (91 mi) 8 2007-04-18
Suishen C-train Pearl River Delta intercity railway
( CR Guangzhou)
Guangdong Guangzhou East — Shenzhen Airport 97 km (60 mi) 16 2019-12-15
Zhuji C-train Pearl River Delta intercity railway
( CR Guangzhou)
Guangdong Zhuhai — Zhuhai Changlong 16.86 km (10.48 mi) 7 2020-08-18
Xiashen C-train CR Guangzhou Guangdong Shenzhen North — Shanwei 156 km (97 mi) 6 2013-12-28
Changzhutan C-train CR Guangzhou Hunan Changsha West — Zhuzhou South / Xiangtan 97 km (60 mi) 21 2016-12-26
Lanzhong C-train CR Lanzhou Gansu Lanzhou West — Zhongchuan Airport 61 km (38 mi) 6 2015-09-30

Tram and light rail

Legend

  - In operation.
  - Under test run.

Tram and light rail systems
System Locale Length Stations Opened
Trams in Beijing (Xijiao line and Yizhuang T1 line) Beijing 20.762 km (12.901 mi) 20 2017-12-30
Changchun Tram Changchun 12.759 km (7.928 mi) 24 1941-11-01
Changchun Rail Transit Changchun 68.2 km (42.4 mi) 62 2002-10-30
Line 2 (Chengdu Tram) Chengdu 39.3 km (24.4 mi) 35 2018-12-26
Bishan SkyShuttle Chongqing 15.4 km (9.6 mi) 15 2021-04-16
Dalian Tram Dalian 23.4 km (14.5 mi) 37 1909-09-25
Nanhai tram Foshan 14.345 km (8.914 mi) 15 2021-08-18
Guangzhou Trams (Haizhu Tram and Huangpu Tram Line 1) Guangzhou 22.0 km (13.7 mi) 30 2014-12-31
MTR Light Rail Hong Kong 36.2 km (22.5 mi) 68 1988-09-18
Hong Kong Tramways Hong Kong 30.0 km (18.6 mi) 120 1904-07-30
Huai'an Tram Huai'an 20.07 km (12.47 mi) 23 2015-12-28
Huangshi Rail Transit Huangshi 26.88 km (16.70 mi) 28 2022-12-28
Honghe tram Mengzi 13.3 km (8.3 mi) 15 2020-10-01
Jiaxing Tram Jiaxing 13.8 km (8.6 mi) 16 2021-06-25
Nanjing Tram Nanjing 16.86 km (10.48 mi) 26 2014-08-01
Qingdao Tram Qingdao 8.77 km (5.45 mi) 12 2016-03-05
Sanya Tram Sanya 8.37 km (5.20 mi) 15 2019-01-01
Shanghai Songjiang Tram Shanghai 31.394 km (19.507 mi) 45 2018-12-26
Shenyang Tram Shenyang 65 km (40 mi) 85 2013-08-31
Shenzhen Tram Shenzhen 11.683 km (7.259 mi) 20 2017-10-28
Suzhou Tram Suzhou 44.36 km (27.56 mi) 27 2014-10-26
Tianshui Tram Tianshui 12.926 km (8.0 mi) 11 2020-05-01
Wenshan Tram Qiubei 13.960 km (8.7 mi) 10 2021-05-15
Trams in Wuhan Wuhan 53.9 km (33.5 mi) 61 2017-07-28
Wuyi Tram Wuyi New Area (Nanping) 26.185 km (16.271 mi) 6 2022-01-01
Chongli Tram Zhangjiakou 1.6 km (0.99 mi) 6 2022-02-04

Defunct systems

  • Gaoming tram
  • TEDA Modern Tram
  • Zhuhai Tram
  • Shanghai Zhangjiang Tram

Under construction

  • Baoshan Tram
  • Dujiangyan Tram
  • Delingha Modern Tram
  • Guiyang Tram
  • Lijiang Tram
  • Turpan Tram
  • Xi'an High-tech Zone Tram
  • Zhangye Danxia Tram

Monorail and maglev

Monorail/maglev systems
System Locale Length Stations Opened
Line S1 (Beijing Subway) Beijing 10.2 km (6.3 mi) 8 2017-12-30
Changsha Maglev Express Changsha 18.55 km (11.5 mi) 3 2016-05-06
Chongqing Rail Transit (Line 2 and Line 3) Chongqing 96.5 km (60.0 mi) 68 2004-11-06
Fenghuang Maglev Fenghuang County 9.121 km (5.7 mi) 4 2022-07-30
Liupanshui Tourism Monorail Liupanshui 11.0 km (6.8 mi) 6 2019-??-??
Shanghai maglev train Shanghai 29.86 km (18.6 mi) 2 2002-12-31
Wuhu Rail Transit Wuhu 46.2 km (28.7 mi) 35 2021-11-03
Xishui County Tourist Train Xishui County 11.5 km (7.1 mi) 6 2020-??-??
Yinchuan Flower Expo Park Cloud Rail Yinchuan 5.7 km (3.5 mi) 8 2017-??-??
Optics Valley Suspended Monorail Line Wuhan 10 km (6.2 mi) 6 2023-09-23

Under Construction

  • Enshi Prefecture Tourism Rail Transit
  • Guang'an Metro
  • Guilin Rail Transit
  • Jining Rail Transit
  • Anyang Rail Transit
  • Qingyuan Maglev
  • Shantou Metro
  • Liuzhou Rail Transit
  • Bengbu Rail Transit

Summary

Provincial statistics

RT systems among Provincial-level
administrative divisions
Province System(s) # Length (km)
BJ Beijing 1 836.0
TJ Tianjin 1 309.9
HE Shijiazhuang 1 76.5
SX Taiyuan 1 23.7
NM Hohhot 1 49.0
LN Dalian, Shenyang 2 400.8
JL Changchun 1 111.2
HL Harbin 1 83.7
SH Shanghai, Maglev line 2 831.0
JS Nanjing, Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, Xuzhou, Nantong 6 1034.5
ZJ Hangzhou, Ningbo, Wenzhou, Shaoxing, Hanghai line, Jinhua, Taizhou 7 1077.2
AH Hefei, Ningchu line, Wuhu 3 294.3
FJ Fuzhou, Xiamen 2 237.4
JX Nanchang 1 128.4
SD Qingdao, Jinan 2 402.2
HA Zhengzhou, Luoyang 2 388.3
HB Wuhan 1 486.0
HN Changsha, Maglev line 2 226.4
GD Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan, Dongguan 4 1358.6
GX Nanning 1 127.9
HI
CQ Chongqing 1 520.3
SC Chengdu 1 561.6
GZ Guiyang 1 118.7
YN Kunming 1 184.1
XZ
SN Xi'an 1 311.0
GS Lanzhou 1 35.0
QH
NX
XJ Ürümqi 1 27.6
HK Hong Kong 1 204.4
MO Macau 1 12.5

List of rapid transit systems by province

Anhui

System Information Currently operational Currently under construction Map Ref.

Hefei Metro
合肥地铁
Locale Hefei

 1   2   3   4   5   8 

 6 
 7 
 S1 

Began operation 26 December 2016
Lines in operation 6
No. of stations 184
Network length 232 km (144 mi)
Ridership 1,230,200 (31 December 2020 record). 179.8 million (2019)
Wuhu Rail Transit
芜湖轨道交通
Locale Wuhu

 1   2 

Began operation 3 November 2021
Lines in operation 2
No. of stations 35
Network length 46.25 km (29 mi)
Ridership N/A

Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei

System Information Currently operational Currently under construction Map Ref.

Beijing Subway (BGD)
北京地铁
Locale Beijing & Langfang

 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   19   S1   Batong   Capital Airport   Changping   Daxing Airport   Daxing   Fangshan   Yanfang   Yizhuang 

 1  Military section renovation and branch
 3  Eastern extension
 6  Southern extension
 13  Realignment
 17  Middle section
 18 
 Pinggu 
 Yanfang  branch line
 28 
 Daxing Airport  Northern extension




Began operation 1 October 1969
Lines in operation 25
No. of stations 369 (List)
Network length 785.7 km (488.2 mi)
Ridership 10,824,301 (2019 daily avg.)
13,738,800 (12 July 2019 record). 3,950.9 million (2019).

Shijiazhuang Metro
石家庄地铁
Locale Shijiazhuang

 1   2   3 

 1  Phase 2 (Northern Section & Phase 3
 4 
 5 
 6 

Began operation 26 June 2017
Lines in operation 3
No. of stations 60 (List)
Network length 76.5 km (47.5 mi)
Ridership 479,900 (31 December 2020 record). 95.7 million (2019).

Tianjin Metro
天津地铁
Locale Tianjin
 1   2   3   4   5   6   8   9   10   11 
  •  4  Northern Section
  •  7 
  •  8  Phase 1 (Urban section) & Phase 2
  •  11  Western Section
  •  B1 
  •  Z2 
  •  Z4 
Began operation 30 September 2003
(10 August 1980 old system)
Lines in operation 11
No. of stations 233 (List)
Network length 326.5 km (202.9 mi)
Ridership 1,869,000 (31 December 2019 record). 523.5 million (2019).

Chongqing-Sichuan

System Information Currently operational Currently under construction Map Ref.

Chengdu Metro
成都地铁
Locale Chengdu

 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   17   18   19   27 

 10  Phase 3
 13 
 17  Phase 2
 18  Phase 3
 30 
 S5 
 S11 

Began operation 27 September 2010
Lines in operation 12
No. of stations 387 (List)
Network length 633.6 km (393.7 mi)
Ridership 5,649,500 (daily record)
1398 million (2019 annual)

Chongqing Rail Transit (CRT)
Chongqing Metro
重庆轨道交通
Locale Chongqing

 Loop   1   2   3   4   5   6   9   10   18   Bitong 

  •  4  Western extension
  •  7 
  •  15 
  •  17 
  •  18  Northern extension
  •  24 
  •  27 
  •  Yongchuan 


Began operation 6 November 2004
Lines in operation 12
No. of stations 312 (List)
Network length 561.18 km (349 mi)
Ridership 3,872,000 (peak day)
2,846,356 (daily avg.)
1038.9 million (2019)

Fujian

System Information Currently operational Currently under construction Map Ref.

Fuzhou Metro
福州地铁
Locale Fuzhou  1   2   4   5   6 

 2  Eastern extension
 4  Phase 1 Rest Part
 6  Southern extension
 S1   Binhai Express 

Began operation 18 May 2016
Lines in operation 5
No. of stations 90
Network length 139 km (86 mi)
Ridership 553,600 (31 December 2020 Record)
227.766 million (2023 annual)

Xiamen Metro (AMTR)
厦门地铁
Locale Xiamen

 1   2   3 

 3  Phase 2
 4 
 6 
 9 

Began operation 31 December 2017
Lines in operation 3
No. of stations 70
Network length 98.4 km (61.1 mi)
Ridership 1074,800 (6 August 2025 Record)
266.949 million (2024 annual)

Gansu

System Information Currently operational Currently under construction Map Ref.

Lanzhou Metro
兰州轨道交通
Locale Lanzhou

 1   2 

 3 
 4 
 5 

Began operation 23 June 2019
Lines in operation 2
No. of stations 27
Network length 34.96 km (21.7 mi)
Ridership 301,300 (1 Oktober 2020 Record)
32.4 million (2019 annual)

Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau

System Information Currently operational Currently under construction Map Ref.

Dongguan Rail Transit
Dongguan Metro
东莞轨道交通
Locale Dongguan

 2 

 1 
 2  Phase 3

Began operation 27 May 2016
Lines in operation 1
No. of stations 15
Network length 37.743 km (23 mi)
Ridership 300,300 (1 Oktober 2019 record). 53.6 million (2019).

Foshan Metro (FMetro)
佛山地铁
Locale Foshan & Guangzhou

 1   2   3 

 3  Southern extension
 4 
 11 


Began operation 3 November 2010
Lines in operation 3
No. of stations 61 (List)
Network length 112.7 km (70 mi)
Ridership 677,900 (31 December 2020 record).

Guangzhou Metro
广州地铁
Locale Guangzhou

 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   18   21   22   APM 

 8  Northern extension
 10  Eastern section
 12  Middle section
 13  Phase 2
 14  Mainline Phase 2
 18  Northern and Southern Extension
 22  Northern Extension
 24 




Began operation 28 June 1997
Lines in operation 19
No. of stations 381 (List)
Network length 750.09 km (466.1 mi)
Ridership 11,569,400 (31 December 2019 record). 3305.9 million (2019 annual)

Macau Light Rapid Transit
(Metro Ligeiro de Macau, MLM)
澳門輕軌
Locale Macau  Taipa   Seac Pai Van   Hengqin 
Began operation 10 December 2019
Lines in operation 3
No. of stations 15
Network length 9.3 km (6 mi)
Ridership 48,700 (25 December 2019 record). 0.6 million (2019)

Mass Transit Railway (MTR)
港鐵
Including Kowloon–Canton Railway
Locale Hong Kong

Kwun Tong line Tuen Ma line South Island line Tung Chung line East Rail line Island line Tseung Kwan O line Tsuen Wan line Disneyland Resort line Airport Express

Tuen Ma line Extension Tung Chung line Extension


Began operation 2 December 2007
(1 October 1979 old MTR)
(1 October 1910 KCR)
Lines in operation 10
No. of stations 99 (List)
Network length 209.0 km (129.9 mi)
Ridership 8,864,700 (22 January 2020 record). 3128.1 million (2019 annual)

Shenzhen Metro
深圳地铁
Locale Shenzhen

1 2 3 4 5
6 6B 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 16 20

3 East Ext
5 West Ext
6B phase 2
7 phase 2
8 phase 3
11 phase 2
12 phase 2
13 South and North Ext
15
16 phase 2
17
19
20 South Ext
22
25
27
29
32



Began operation 28 December 2004
Lines in operation 16
No. of stations 398 (List)
Network length 595.1 km (370 mi)
Ridership 7,708,300 (31 December 2010). 2017.6 million (2019 annual)

Guangxi

System Information Currently operational Currently under construction Map Ref.

Nanning Metro
南宁地铁
Locale Nanning

1 2 3 4 5

4 Eastern extension

6

Began operation 28 June 2016
Lines in operation 5
No. of stations 93
Network length 128.2 km (80 mi)
Ridership 1,432,600 (1 January 2021 record). 273.3 million (2019).

Guizhou

System Information Currently operational Currently under construction Map Ref.

Guiyang Metro (GYURT)
贵阳地铁(贵阳轨道交通)
Locale Guiyang

 1   2   3   S1 

Began operation 28 December 2017
Lines in operation 4
No. of stations 93
Network length 149 km (92.6 mi)
Ridership 183,000 (2 December 2018 record). 50.6 million (2019).

Heilongjiang

System Information Currently operational Currently under construction Map Ref.

Harbin Metro
哈尔滨地铁
Locale Harbin

 1   2   3 

Began operation 26 September 2013
Lines in operation 3
No. of stations 62
Network length 79.4 km (49 mi)
Ridership 392,400 (31 December 2019). 103.2 million (2019).

Henan

System Information Currently operational Currently under construction Map Ref.
Luoyang Subway
洛阳地铁
Locale Luoyang  1   2  N/A
Began operation 28 March 2021
Lines in operation 2
No. of stations 33
Network length 43.558 km (27 mi)
Ridership

Zhengzhou Metro
郑州地铁
Locale Zhengzhou

 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   10   12   14   Chengjiao   Zhengxu 

 10  Phase 2

Began operation 28 December 2013
Lines in operation 8
No. of stations 143
Network length 232.5 km (144 mi)
Ridership 2,221,760 (31 December 2020 record). 411.2 million (2019).

Hubei

System Information Currently operational Currently under construction Map Ref.
Wuhan Metro
武汉地铁
Locale Wuhan

 1   2   3   4   5 
 6   7   8   11   16   19   Yangluo 

 3  Southern extension

 6  Southwest extension
 10 
 11  Western extension
 12 
 Yangluo  Western extension


Began operation 28 July 2004
Lines in operation 11
No. of stations 255 (List)
Network length 460.944 km (286 mi)
Ridership 1229 million (2019 annual)
4,456,200 (4 April 2019 Peak)

Hunan

System Information Currently operational Currently under construction Map Ref.

Changsha Maglev Express
长沙磁浮快线
Locale Changsha

 Maglev 

 Maglev  Eastern extension
Began operation 6 May 2016
Lines in operation 1
No. of stations 3
Network length 18.55 km (12 mi)
Ridership

Changsha Metro
长沙地铁
Locale Changsha

 1   2   3   4   5   6 

 1  Northern extension
 2  Western extension
 4  Northern extension
 5  Southern extension
 6  Eastern extension
 7 

Began operation 29 April 2014
Lines in operation 6
No. of stations 135
Network length 207.9 km (129.2 mi)
Ridership 2,656,900 (31 December 2020 record). 378.2 million (2020).

Inner Mongolia

System Information Currently operational Currently under construction Map Ref.

Hohhot Metro
呼和浩特地铁
Locale Hohhot  1   2  N/A
Began operation 29 December 2019
Lines in operation 2
No. of stations 43
Network length 49.039 km (30.5 mi)
Ridership 239,400 (31 December 2020 record). 0.2 million (2019).

Jiangxi

System Information Currently operational Currently under construction Map Ref.

Nanchang Metro
南昌地铁
Locale Nanchang 1 2 3 4
Began operation 26 December 2015
Lines in operation 4
No. of stations 103
Network length 128.3 km (80 mi)
Ridership 1,447,000 (31 December 2020 record). 174.9 million (2019).

Jilin

System Information Currently operational Currently under construction Map Ref.

Changchun Rail Transit
长春轨道交通
Locale Changchun

 1   2   3   4   6   8 

 1  South extension
 2  Eastern extension
 3  South extension
 5 
 7 
 9 

Began operation 30 October 2002
Lines in operation 5
No. of stations 93
Network length 111.2 km (69 mi)
Ridership 938,000 (20 December 2019). 213.9 million (2019 annual)

Liaoning

System Information Currently operational Currently under construction Map Ref.

Dalian Metro
大连地铁
Locale Dalian

 1   2   3   5   12   13 

 4 
 7 
 13  Southern extension

Began operation 8 November 2002
Lines in operation 6
No. of stations 99 (List)
Network length 237.74 km (148 mi)
Ridership 724,900 (7 August 2019 record). 203.9 million (2019).

Shenyang Metro
沈阳地铁
Locale Shenyang

 1   2   3   4   9   10 

 3  Eastern extension
 6 
 9  Eastern extension
 10  Southwestern extension

Began operation 27 September 2010
Lines in operation 4
No. of stations 85 (List)
Network length 115.9 km (72 mi)
Ridership 1,375,300 (15 November 2019 record). 358.6 million (2019).

Shaanxi

System Information Currently operational Currently under construction Map Ref.

Xi'an Metro
西安地铁
Locale Xi'an & Xianyang

 1   2   3   4   5   6   8   9   10   14   16 

 15 

Began operation 16 September 2011
Lines in operation 9
No. of stations 184
Network length 300.4 km (187 mi)
Ridership 4,073,041 (31 December 2020). 945.4 (2019 annual).

Shandong

System Information Currently operational Currently under construction Map Ref.

Jinan Metro
济南地铁
Locale Jinan

 1   2   3 

 4 
 6 
 7 
 8 
 9 

Began operation 1 April 2019
Lines in operation 3
No. of stations 40
Network length 84.25 km (52 mi)
Ridership 66,800 (31 December 2020 record). 5.75 million (2019).

Qingdao Metro
青岛地铁
Locale Qingdao

 1   2   3   4   6   8   Oceantec Valley   West Coast 

 2  Phases 1 & 2 adjustments
 5 
 6  Phase 2
 7 
 8  South Section & branch
 9 
 15 

Began operation 16 December 2015
Lines in operation 7
No. of stations 146
Network length 315.86 km (196.3 mi)
Ridership (2 May 2021 record). 187.5 million (2019).

Shanghai-Jiangsu-Zhejiang

System Information Currently operational Currently under construction Map Ref.

Changzhou Metro
常州地铁
Locale Changzhou  1   2   5 

 6 

Began operation 21 September 2019
Lines in operation 2
No. of stations 43
Network length 54.03 km (34 mi)
Ridership 243,000 (31 October 2019 record). 10.3 million (2019).

Hangzhou Metro
杭州地铁
Locale Hangzhou

 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   16   19   Hanghai 

 3  Eastern extension
 4  Western & Southern extensions
 9  Northern extension
 10  Northern extension
 12 
 15 
 18 
 Hangde  Phase 1

Began operation 24 November 2012
Lines in operation 12
No. of stations 270 (List)
Network length 516.2 km (321 mi)
Ridership 3,141,400 (31 December 2020 record). 634 million (2019).

Jinhua Rail Transit
金华轨道交通
Locale Jinhua

 Jinyi   Yidong 

N/A

Began operation 30 August 2022
Lines in operation 2
No. of stations 30
Network length 106.45 km (66 mi)
Ridership N/A

Nanjing Metro
南京地铁
Locale Nanjing

 1   2   3   4   5   7   10   S1   S3   S4   S6   S7   S8   S9 

 3  Phase 3
 4  Phase 2
 6 
 8 
 9 
 10  Phases 2 & 3
 11 
 12 
 13 
 S2 
 S4  Nanjing section
 S5 



Began operation 3 September 2005
Lines in operation 13
No. of stations 201 (List)
Network length 498.66 km (310 mi)
Ridership 4,219,000 (31 December 2020 record). 1151.9 million (2019).

Nantong Rail Transit
南通轨道交通
Locale Nantong

 1   2 

 1  South extension

Began operation 10 November 2022
Lines in operation 1
No. of stations 28
Network length 39.182 km (24 mi)
Ridership N/A

Ningbo Rail Transit
Ningbo Metro
宁波轨道交通
Locale Ningbo

 1   2   3   4   5   8 

 3  Phase 2
 5  Phase 2
 6 
 7 
 10 
 12 

Began operation 30 May 2014
Lines in operation 6
No. of stations 116
Network length 185.36 km (115.18 mi)
Ridership 1,014,600 (31 December 2020 record). 167.2 million (2019).

Shanghai Maglev Train (SMT)
上海磁浮示范运营线
Locale Shanghai

 Maglev 

N/A
Began operation 31 December 2002
Lines in operation 1
No. of stations 2
Network length 29.863 km (19 mi)
Ridership

Shanghai Metro
上海地铁
Locale Shanghai (and Kunshan)

 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   Pujiang 

 2  Western extension
 12  Western extension
 13  Western & eastern extensions
 15  Southern extension
 18  Northern extension
 19 
 20 
 21 
 22 
 23 




Began operation 28 May 1993
Lines in operation 19
No. of stations 508 (List)
Network length 808 km (502.1 mi)
Ridership 13,294,400 (8 March 2019 record). 3880.1 million (2019).
Shaoxing Metro
绍兴轨道交通
Locale Shaoxing 1 2 2 Phase 2

 4 

Began operation 28 June 2021
Lines in operation 2
No. of stations 36
Network length 57.83 km (36 mi)
Ridership

Suzhou Metro
苏州轨道交通
Locale Suzhou

 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   11 

 2  North Extension
 4  North Extension
 7  North Extension
 10 

Began operation 28 April 2012
Lines in operation 6
No. of stations 181 (List)
Network length 249.47 km (155 mi)
Ridership 1,548,000 (2 May 2019 record). 363 million (2019).

Taizhou Rail Transit
台州轨道交通
Locale Taizhou

 S1 

 S2 

Began operation 28 December 2022
Lines in operation 1
No. of stations 15
Network length 52.566 km (33 mi)
Ridership N/A

Wenzhou Metro
温州轨道交通
Locale Wenzhou

 S1   S2 

 S3 

Began operation 23 January 2019
Lines in operation 1
No. of stations 18
Network length 53.507 km (33 mi)
Ridership 71,800 (1 December 2020 not free record). 7.75 million (2019).

Wuxi Metro
无锡地铁
Locale Wuxi

 1   2   3   4   S1 

 2  Extension
 3  Extension
 4  Extension
 5 
 6 
 S2 

Began operation 1 July 2014
Lines in operation 4
No. of stations 80
Network length 114.8 km (71 mi)
Ridership 526,900 (19 December 2020 record). 109.5 million (2019).

Xuzhou Metro
徐州地铁
Locale Xuzhou

 1   2   3 
 6 

 4 
 5 

Began operation 28 September 2019
Lines in operation 4
No. of stations 70
Network length 95.44 km (59 mi)
Ridership 829,100 (20 Sep 2025 record). 109 million (2024).

Shanxi

System Information Currently operational Currently under construction Map Ref.

Taiyuan Metro
太原轨道交通
Locale Taiyuan  1   2   1  South extension
Began operation 26 December 2020
Lines in operation 1
No. of stations 23
Network length 23.647 km (15 mi)
Ridership 216,100 (1 January 2021 record).

Xinjiang

System Information Currently operational Currently under construction Map Ref.

Ürümqi Metro
乌鲁木齐地铁
Locale Ürümqi

 1   Airport MRT 

 2 
 3 
 4 

Began operation 25 October 2018
Lines in operation 1
No. of stations 21
Network length 27.615 km (17 mi)
Ridership 124,667 (13 October 2019 record). 25.57 million (2019).

Yunnan

System Information Currently operational Currently under construction Map Ref.

Kunming Metro
昆明地铁
Locale Kunming

 1   2   3   4   5   6 

 1  Northwestern extension
 2  Phase 2


Began operation 28 June 2012
Lines in operation 6
No. of stations 103
Network length 164.3 km (102 mi)
Ridership 811,800 (30 September 2020 record). 214.1 million (2019).

See also

  • Rapid transit in Taiwan
  • Trams in China
  • Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit in China
  • List of tram and light rail transit systems
  • List of town tramway systems in Asia
  • List of rapid transit systems
  • List of trolleybus systems

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