What is the name of the longest subway system?

Answer 1

NYC i believe

AnswerNew York City is the correct answer only if by "longest" the questioner means the longest by miles of track. The Metropolitan Transit Authority reports that the system currently has "approximately 660 miles" of track in "revenue service" - in other words, serving passengers. (Another 180 miles of track is in "non-revenue service," such as in subway yards.) By that measure the system dwarfs all others in the world. However, it's also deceptive. New York's subway is the world's only system that offers extensive express service, meaning that almost every line consists of four tracks rather than two.

A more intuitive measure of "longest" subway is miles of route, which gives a much better idea of how much territory a system covers. By that measure, Shanghai is the current winner, at 260 miles. London comes in second at 258 miles, followed by New York (228) Tokyo (181), Seoul (178), and Madrid (176).

For more, please see urbanrail.net, the most authoritative on-line source for subways (I'm not affiliated with the site - just a user).

Since April 10 2010, Shanghai has become the holder of this record with 420 km of route, carrying more than 5 million passengers per day.

Answer 2

Well, the largest subway system is by far in Moscow, Russia. It was completed in 1935 and has over 3.2 billion riders a year! It runs roughly 340km long.

Other large subway systems are in Tokyo (2.6 billion riders), Seoul (1.4 billion), Mexico City (1.4 billion) and New York City (1.3 billion).

The longest subway system is London Underground, which runs a total of 402km.

Answer 3

In terms of route miles, the Shanghai Metro would be the longest subway. However, since you mentioned 'system' there might be reason to believe London Underground might serve as the better answer.

Answer 4

The Shanghai Maglev Train or Shanghai Transrapid is a magnetic levitation train (maglev) line near Shanghai, China. During a test run on November 12, 2003, a Maglev vehicle achieved a Chinese record speed of 501 km/h (311 mph).

Answer 5

On April 10th 2010 with opening of Line 10 Shanghai Subway has become longest subway system surpassing London.

Answer 6

It seems that China's Beijing has the longest underground subway system, totaling 442kms in length. However, New York City's subway, in US, has the most stations in the world - 421.

Answer 7

London's 421 miles is the longest, Seoul's is the fastest growing and Moscow's carries the most people

Answer 8

The London Underground is the world's longest subway system, consisting of 244 miles (391 kilometers) of track.

Answer 9

New York