How many kilometres long is the world’s largest metro network?
Cities hard Data from 2024
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The answer
830 kilometres
Roughly 830.
Shanghai Metro runs about 830 km of track, the longest network in the world. It opened in 1993 — the entire system was built in about thirty years, while London’s took 160.
Where this number comes from
| Source | Shanghai Metro / UITP statistics |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 2024 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | kilometres |
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