Urban rail transit in China

This article is about urban rail transportation in China. For urban rail transport in Hong Kong, see Rapid transit in Hong Kong. For urban rail transportation in Taiwan (the Republic of China), see Rail transportation in Taiwan.

Map of cities in Greater China (mainland China, the SARs, and Taiwan) with rapid transit, commuter rail and light rail systems. The two higher-resolution maps to the left show the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) and Pearl River Delta (PRD) regions.
  Operational systems
  Systems under construction

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.[1] Some classifications also include non-rail bus rapid transport.

As of April 2024, China has the world's longest urban rail transit system with 10,273.7 km (6,383.8 mi) of urban rail nationwide in 310 metro lines in 54 cities, accounting for 9 of the 10 longest metro systems, with the exceptions of the Moscow Metro.[2]

Half of the top 10 busiest metro systems are in China,[3] and the Beijing Subway, though started operating in 1971, is now the longest metro system worldwide.[4][5][6]

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  3. ^ "中国27城开通轨交:运营线路上海最长 为579.2公里". sh.eastday.com. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
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  6. ^ "Shanghai now the world's longest metro". Railway Gazette. 4 May 2010. Archived from the original on 10 April 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.