In which city is the largest subway system in America?

The country's largest metro system is the New York City Subway which has a system length of 337 kilometers / 209 miles.



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The Shanghai Metro is the world's longest metro network at 803 kilometres (499 mi) and has the highest annual ridership at 2.83 billion trips. The New York City Subway has the greatest number of stations with 472. As of 2023, the country with the most metro systems is China, with 45 in operation.

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1. New York. With subways, buses, and commuter rail systems that connect all five boroughs, New York City boasts one of the most extensive public transportation systems in the world. The subway system alone, with its 472 stations and over 650 miles of track, is a prime example of efficient and reliable US transport.

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Seoul comes out on top, followed by Madrid and Shanghai. Closer to home the London Underground comes 5th and Paris takes the last spot. Accessibility was assessed with a points-based system. Each subway was given points for the number of stations with step-free access, lifts and escalators.

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DC is hands down the cleanest of them all. There might be some systems in smaller cities that are cleaner, but they don't have the ridership numbers that the DC metro does. A big reason for its cleanliness is its age—DC's metro system opened in 1976.

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The Tremont Street subway in Boston's MBTA subway system is the oldest subway tunnel in North America and the third oldest still in use worldwide to exclusively use electric traction (after the City and South London Railway in 1890, and the Budapest Metro's Line 1 in 1896), opening on September 1, 1897.

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Boston might be the birthplace of the American Revolution, but did you know it's also the birthplace of public transit in America? It's true! The first subway tunnels built in America are still in use today under the Boston Common, and people still take ferries into the city the way they did all the way back in 1631.

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Upon the opening of Line M2, Lausanne replaced Rennes, France as the smallest city in the world to have a full metro system.

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Tokyo subway has more than 3.1 billion riders each year. According to the Guinness World Records, Shinjuku is the busiest subway station in the world with about 3.64 million passengers every day.

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Maneuver Manhattan's train system like a local Here, Archer Hotel New York's consummate host offers timely tips on navigating the New York City subway (aka train) system like a boss. LOCAL TIP: New Yorkers typically call the subway “trains” (not underground or metro) or by their alpha name (the C or the Q).

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The original IRT line opened in 1904, and 116 Street - Columbia University (now a 1 train stop) was part of the first wave of stations that ran from City Hall to 145th Street at Broadway.

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THE world's first metro, now the world's oldest system, is the London Underground in England, which is more commonly known as the Tube, which was opened in 1863. At 402 kilometers in length the London Underground is also the world's second longest metro system.

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THE world's fastest metro system train is the Maglev or Transrapid which runs by way of magnetic levitation on the Longyang Road to Pudong International Airport line of the Shanghai Metro in China.

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New York, the subway that never closes (1904) It was built by 30,000 workers and on its first active day, 127,381 people used it. To visit iconic landmarks such as the Empire State or the MoMA, you'll have to use this transport system. It's even open 24 hours a day!

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US States by Number of Subway Stations
  • The difference between the state with the most subway stations, New York, and the state with the least (that has a subway system), Maryland, is 444 stations.
  • New York has 32.71 times the subway stations that Maryland does.


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The Pyongyang Metro, in North Korea was designed to operate every few minutes. During the rush hours, the trains can operate at a minimum interval of 2 minutes. It is also one of the cheapest in the world to ride, at only 5 KP? (about $0.03 USD) per ticket.

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The New York subway is arguably the world's most challenging mass transit system to depict in an uncomplicated map design.

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