List of longest subway tunnel sections
This page presents a list of the longest continuous subway tunnel sections of the world, excluding branches from the longest tunnel.
Contents
1 World's longest subway tunnel sections in use
2 World's longest subway tunnel sections under construction
3 See also
4 References
World's longest subway tunnel sections in use
| Name | System | Stations | Length in km (mi) | Year Completed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Line 3 | Guangzhou Metro | Airport North – Panyu Square | 60.4 (37.5) (longest branch) | 2005–2010 |
Line 10 | Beijing Subway | Circle Line | 57.1 (35.5) | 2008–2013 |
Line 6 | Beijing Subway | Jin'anqiao – Lucheng | 53.4 km (33.2 mi) | 2012–2018 |
Seoul Subway Line 5 | Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation | Banghwa–Macheon | 47.6 (29.6) (longest branch) | 1995–1996 |
Downtown MRT Line | Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) | Bukit Panjang to Expo | 44.2 km (27.5 mi) | 2013–2017 |
Line 3 | Nanjing Metro | Xinghuolu – Mozhoudonglu | 41.5 (25.8) | 2015 |
Line 4 | Suzhou Rail Transit | Longdaobang — Tongli | 41.5 (25.8) | 2017 |
Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya Line | Moscow Metro | Altufyevo – Bulvar Dmitriya Donskogo | 41.5 (25.7) | 1983–2002 |
Metro Madrid L-12: (Metro Sur) | Madrid Metro, Spain | Circle Line | 40.96 (25.5) | 2003 |
Toei Oedo Line[citation needed] | TMBT Subway, Japan | Hikarigaoka – Shiodome – Tocho-mae | 40.7 (25.3) | 1991–2000 |
Line 12 | Shanghai Metro | Qixin Road – Jinhai Road | 40.4 (25.10) | 2013–2015 |
Line 4 | Chengdu Metro | Wansheng – Chengdu University | 39.3 (24.4) | 2015–2017 |
Line 7 | Chengdu Metro | Circle Line | 38.6 (24.0) | 2017 |
Line 3 | Chengdu Metro | Chengdu Junqu General Hospital – Shuangliu West Station | 38.1 (23.7) | 2016–2018 |
Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya Line | Moscow Metro | Medvedkovo – Novoyasenevskaya | 37.8 (23.5) | 1958–1990 |
Line 1 | Chengdu Metro | Weijianian – Science City | 37.47 (23.3) | 2010–2018 |
Line 2 | Shenzhen Metro | Chiwan – Xinxiu | 35.78 (22.23) | 2010–2011 |
Circle MRT Line | Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) | Dhoby Ghaut – HarbourFront | 35.7 km (22.2 mi) | 2009–2011 |
Busan Subway Line 2 | Busan Transportation Corporation | Jangsan–Dongwon | 35.5 km (22.1 mi) | 1991–1999 |
Seoul Subway Line 6 | Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation | Eungam Loop – Bonghwasan | 35.1 km (21.8 mi) | 1995–2001 |
Seoul Subway Line 7 | Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation | Cheongdam – Bupyeong-gu Office | 35.1 (21.7) (longest branch) | 2000–2012 |
Line 7 | Shanghai Metro | Meilan Lake – Huamu Road | 34.4 km (21.4 mi) | 2010 |
Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya Line | Moscow Metro | Zyablikovo – Maryina Roshcha | 33.4 (20.8) | 1995–2018 |
Metro Madrid L-7 | Madrid Metro, Spain | Hospital del Henares – Pitis | 32.9 (20.5) | 1974–2007 |
U7 | Berlin U-Bahn | Rathaus Spandau-Rudow | 31.8 (19.7)[1] | 1924–1984 |
Seoul Subway Line 9 | Seoul Metro Line 9 Corporation | Gimpo Airport – Sports Complex | 31.7 km (19.7 mi) | 2009–2015 |
IND Eighth Avenue Line and IND Fulton Street Line[2] | New York City Subway | Inwood – 207th Street to Grant Avenue | 30.8 km (19.1 mi) | 1932–1956 |
Line 2 Orange | Montreal Metro | Côte-Vertu – Montmorency | 30.8 km (19.1 mi) | 1966–2007 |
Line 2 | Shanghai Metro | East Xujing – Longyang Road | 30.2 km (18.8 mi) | 2000 |
Moskovsko-Petrogradskaya Line | Saint Petersburg Metro | Parnas–Kupchino | 29.7 (18.54) | 1961–2006 |
Line 8, Shanghai Metro | Shanghai Metro | Shiguang Road – Luheng Road | 29.7 km (18.5 mi) | 2007–2009 |
Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line | Saint Petersburg Metro | Devyatkino – Prospekt Veteranov | 29.4 (18.35) | 1955–1978 |
Line 2 | Chengdu Metro | Tianhe Road – Chengdu Institute of Public Administration | 29.0 (18.0) | 2012–2013 |
Bannan Line (Taipei Metro Blue Line) | Taipei Metro | Dingpu – Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center | 28.2 (17.6) | 1999–2015 |
Line 2, Wuhan Metro | Wuhan Metro | Jinyintan – Optics Valley Square | 27.985 (17.49) | 2012 |
Incheon Subway Line 1 | Incheon Subway | Bakchon – International Business District | 27.9 (17.42) | 1999–2009 |
Northern line | London Underground | Morden – East Finchley | 27.8 (17.2) | 1890–1940 |
Tanimachi Line | Osaka Metro | Dainichi–Nagahara | 27.1 (16.7) | 1967–1983 |
M4 (Istanbul Metro) | Istanbul Metro | Kadıköy–Tavşantepe | 26.5 (16.4) | 2012–2016 |
Meijo Line[citation needed] | Nagoya Municipal Subway | Kanayama–Nagoya Dome-mae Yada-Kanayama | 26.4 (16.4) | 1965–2004 |
MRT Blue Line | Bangkok Metro | Bang Sue MRT Station – Itsaraphap Station | 25.8 km (16.0 mi) | 1998–2004 |
Line 9 | Shanghai Metro | Jiuting – Middle Yanggao Road | 23.3 km (14.5 mi) | 2007–2010 |
Line 1 | Suzhou Metro | Mudu – Zhongnan Jie | 25.7 (16.0) | 2012 |
Zhonghe-Xinlu Line (Taipei Metro Orange Line) | Taipei Metro | Huilong–Nanshijiao | 25.1 (15.6) (longest branch) | 1998–2013 |
Yurakucho Line | Tokyo Metro | Chikatetsu Narimasu – Tatsumi | 24.6 (15.3) | 1974–1988 |
Munich U-Bahn U2 | Munich U-Bahn | Feldmoching – Messestadt Ost | 24.4 (15.2) | 1980–2001 |
Yellow Line | Delhi Metro, India | GTB Nagar – Qutub Minar | 24 (14.9)[3][4] | 2010 |
L-1 | Madrid Metro, Spain | Valdecarros – Pinar de Chamartín | 23.88 km (14.8 mi) | 1919–2007 |
L-6 | Madrid Metro, Spain | circle route | 23.47 km (14.6 mi) | 1979–2007 |
Line 1 Green | Montreal Metro | Angrignon – Honoré-Beaugrand | 23.26 km (14.5 mi) | 1966–1978 |
Warsaw Metro L-1 | Warsaw Metro | Kabaty–Młociny | 23.1 km (14.4 mi) | 1995–2008 |
Line 2 | Beijing Subway | circle route | 23.1 km (14.4 mi) | 1971 |
Line 3 | Saint Petersburg Metro | Primorskaya–Rybatskoye | 22.3 km (13.9 mi) | 1967–1984 |
Songshan-Xindian Line (Taipei Metro Green Line) | Taipei Metro | Songshan-Xindian | 21.3 km (13.2 mi) | 1998-2014 |
Line 4 | Shanghai Metro | Hailun Road – Yishan Road | 21.1 km (13.1 mi) | 2005–2007 |
Toei Mita Line | Toei Subway | Meguro – Shimura-Sakaue | 21.1 km (13.1 mi) | 1968–2000 |
Victoria line | London Underground | Walthamstow Central – Brixton | 21 km (13.0 mi) | 1968–1971 |
Line 6, Shanghai Metro | Shanghai Metro | Boxing Road – Oriental Sports Center | 20.34 km (12.6 mi) | 2007–2011 |
| Tozai Line[citation needed] | Sapporo Municipal Subway[citation needed] | Miyanosawa – Shin-Sapporo[citation needed] | 20.1 (12.4) | 1976–1999 |
Metro Madrid L-5 | Madrid Metro, Spain | Alameda de Osuna – Empalme | 20.005 (12.5) | 1968–2006 |
North East MRT Line | Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) | HarbourFront–Punggol | 20 km (12.4 mi) | 2003 |
Bucharest Metro Line M3 | Bucharest Metro | Preciziei – Anghel Saligny | 20 km (12.4 mi) | 2008 |
Paris Métro Line 9 | Paris Métro | Pont de Sèvres – Mairie de Montreuil | 19.6 km (12.2 mi) | 1922–1937 |
| several lines | Bay Area Rapid Transit, San Francisco | Balboa Park – West Oakland | 19.5 km (12.1 mi) | 1973 |
Kol'tsevaya Line | Moscow Metro | Circle route | 19.4 (12.2) | 1950–1954 |
Munich U-Bahn U3 | Munich U-Bahn | 19.4 (12.1) | 1972–2009 | |
Midosuji Line | Osaka Metro | Nakatsu – Nakamozu | 19.1 (12.0) | 1933–1987 |
Mexico City Metro Line 3 | Mexico City Metro | La Raza – Universidad | 18.7 km (11.6 mi) | 1970–1983 |
Paris Métro Line 7 | Paris Métro | La Courneuve – 8 Mai 1945 – Villejuif – Louis Aragon | 18.6 (11.6) | 1910–1987 |
Line 1 | Shanghai Metro | Shanghai South Railway – Shanghai Circus World | 18.1 km (11.2 mi) | 1993–2004 |
Avtozavodskaya Line | Minsk Metro | Kamennaya Gorka – Mogilevskaya | 18.1 km (11.2 mi) | 1990–2005 |
Line B | Prague Metro | Rajská zahrada – Hůrka | 18.0 (11.2) | 1985–1998 |
Line 2 (Athens Metro)[5] | Athens Metro | Anthoupoli–Elliniko | 17,900 m (11.1 mi) | 1991–2013 |
Line 3 (Athens Metro)[5] | Athens Metro | Agia Marina – Doukissis Plakentias | 17,800 m (11.1 mi) | 1991–2013 |
Washington, DC Metro Red Line | Washington Metro | Union Station – Medical Center | 17.8 (11.05) | 1976–1984 |
Moskovskaya Line | Minsk Metro | Piatrovshchyna–Uruchcha | 17.4 km (10.8 mi) | 1984–2012 |
Tōzai Line | Tokyo Metro | Nakano–Minami-Sunamachi | 17.0 km (10.6 mi) | 1964–1969 |
Line 4 | Barcelona Metro | Trinitat Nova – La Pau | 16.7 (10.4) | 1926–1999 |
Mexico City Metro Line 1 | Mexico City Metro | Observatorio – Metro Pantitlán | 16.7 km (10.4 mi) | 1969–1984 |
Line 3 | Barcelona Metro | Zona Universitària – Canyelles | 16.6 (10.3) | 1924–2001 |
Metro Madrid L-3 | Madrid Metro, Spain | Villaverde Alto – Moncloa | 16.424 (10.2 mi) | 1936–2007 |
Line 1 | Chongqing Rail Transit | Chaotianmen – Shapingba | 16.4 (10.2) | 2011 |
Metro Madrid L-4 | Madrid Metro, Spain | Argüelles – Pinar de Chamartín | 16.0 (9.9 mi) | 1944–2007 |
Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line | Kiev Metro | Akademmistechko–Dnipro | 16.0 (9.9) | 1960–2003 |
Seoul Subway Line 7 | Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation | Suraksan – Konkuk University | 16.0 (9.9) (shorter section) | 1996 |
Syretsko-Pecherska Line | Kiev Metro | Syrets – Pivdennyi Bridge | 15.2 (9.4) | 1989–2004 |
Line 5 (Saint Petersburg Metro) | Saint Petersburg Metro | Komendantsky Prospekt – Mezhdunarodnaya | 15.1 km (9.4 mi) | 1997–2012 |
Line 1, red | Tehran Metro | Tajrish–Shush | 14.9 (9.3) | 2001–2012 |
Blue Line, line 10 | Stockholm Metro | Kungsträdgården–Hjulsta | 14.3 (8.8) | 1975–1977 |
Tokyo Metro Ginza Line | Tokyo Subway | Asakusa–Shibuya | 14.1 (8.8) | 1929–1997 |
Metro Madrid L-2 | Madrid Metro, Spain | Las Rosas – Cuatro Caminos | 14.031 (8.9 mi) | 1924–2011 |
MTR - Island Line | MTR, Hong Kong | Kennedy Town – Heng Fa Chuen | 14 (8.9 mi) | 1985/1986/2014 |
Paris Métro Line 12 | Paris Métro | Porte de la Chapelle – Mairie d'Issy | 13.9 (8.6) | 1910–1934 |
Line 2 | Barcelona Metro | Paral•lel – Pep Ventura | 13.1 (8.1) | 1985–1997 |
World's longest subway tunnel sections under construction
| Name | System | Stations | Length in km (mi) | Expected completion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ligne 15 | Paris Métro | (circle route, all underground) | 75 km (47 mi) | 2022–2030 |
Bolshaya Koltsevaya line | Moscow Metro | (circle route, all underground) | 69 km (43 mi)[6] | 2018 partially; other sections up to 2022 |
Line 18 | Guangzhou Metro | Guangzhou East Railway Station to Wanqingsha | 65.3 km (40.6 mi) | 2020 |
L9 / L10 | Barcelona Metro | 43.7 km (27.2 mi) (incl branches) | 2016 partially; central section unknown | |
Thomson–East Coast Line | Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) | Woodlands North to Sungei Bedok | 43 km (27 mi) (extension into Malaysia may add to length of tunnel; tunnel may, in the future, be contiguous with Downtown Line tunnel) | 2024 |
Circular Line (Taipei Metro Yellow Line) | Taipei Metro | Dapinglin to New Taipei City Exhibition Hall (north,south and east section underground) | 33.4 km (20.8 mi) | 2019 partially; other sections unknown |
Sydney Metro Northwest | Sydney Metro | Kellyville to Chatswood section | 28.5 km (17.7 mi) | 2019 |
City Circle Line | Copenhagen Metro | (circle route, all underground) | 15.5 km (9.6 mi) | 2019 |
See also
- List of longest tunnels
- List of long tunnels by type
- List of longest railway tunnels in the world
- List of long railway tunnels in China
References
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