Urban rail transit in China

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 31 December 2023, China has the world's longest urban rail transit system with more than 10,000 km (6,200 mi) of urban rail nationwide in 49 systems in 47 cities, accounting for 9 of the 10 longest metro systems, with the exceptions of the Moscow Metro[2] or metro systems in Seoul combined if metro systems in the same cities are merged in the rank.

China has put 233 urban rail transit lines into operation in 44 cities with length more than 7,500 km (4,700 mi) by 2020,[3] and 6,100 km (3,800 mi) by 2019.[4] Half of the top 10 busiest metro systems are in China,[5] and the Beijing Subway, though started operating in 1971, is now the longest metro system worldwide.[6][7][8]

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