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Metro networks worldwide - leading cities with automated metro lines 2017

Cities with the longest automated metro lines worldwide as of February 2017 (in kilometers)

The data depicts the cities with the longest automated metro infrastructure worldwide as of February 2017. In that time period, Vancouver's metro system, TransLink, used fully automated trains on around 87 kilometers of track.

Metro automation In the past decades, the expansion of metro systems worldwide played an important role in connecting the metropolitan areas. In 2014, there were 157 cities around the world that operated metro networks. In terms of ridership, infrastructure and highest number of cities with metro systems, the Asia-Pacific region was at the forefront.

Vancouver 86.8
Singapore 76.5
Dubai 74.6
Kuala Lumpur 51
Lille 44