List of longest subway tunnel sections explained

This page presents a list of the longest continuous underground rapid transit tunnel sections of the world, excluding branches from the longest tunnel (branch lines that used to transport passengers should be included).

Note: This article only lists tunnels that are 15 km (6.2 miles) or longer.

World's longest subway tunnel sections in use

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Lines 3-11Suzhou Metro ChinaLine 3 and Line 11 are connected at Weiting Station with through trains passing by.86.54km (53.77miles)2019–2023
Line 6Chengdu Metro ChinaWangcong TempleLanjiagou68.2 (42.4)[1] 2020
Line 19Chengdu Metro ChinaHuangshi to Tianfu67km (42miles)2020–2023
Line 1Qingdao Metro ChinaDongguozhuang to Wangjiagang59.82km (37.17miles)2020–2021
Line 18Guangzhou Metro China to 58.3 (36.2)[2] 2021
Line 3Guangzhou Metro ChinaAirport NorthPanyu Square57.93 (36)2005–2018
Bolshaya Koltsevaya lineMoscow MetroCircle route57.54km (35.75miles)[3] [4]
(excluding Moscow-City branch)
2018–2023[5]
Line 10Beijing Subway ChinaCircle route57.1 (35.5)2008–2013
Line 6Beijing Subway China53.4 (33.2)2012–2018
Seoul Subway Line 5
(longest branch)
Seoul SubwayBanghwaHanam Geomdansan51.7km (32.1miles)1995–2021
M11Istanbul Metro TurkeyGayrettepeArnavutköy Hastane51.5 (32)2023–2024
Line 2Wuhan Metro ChinaJulong Boulevard - Fozuling50.347 (27.556)2012–2019
Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya lineMoscow MetroPyatnitskoye ShosseShchyolkovskaya45.1 (28.0)1938–2012
Sokolnicheskaya lineMoscow MetroKommunarkaBulvar Rokossovskogo44.5 (27.7)1935–2019
Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya lineMoscow MetroZyablikovoFiztekh44.3 (27.5)1995–2023
Zamoskvoretskaya lineMoscow MetroKhovrinoAlma-Atinskaya42.8 (26.6)1938–2018
Line 8Beijing Subway China42.6 (26.4)2012–2021
Line 15Shanghai Metro ChinaGucun ParkZizhu Hi-tech Park42.3 (26.3)2021
Line 5Chengdu Metro ChinaJiudaoyanHuilong42.3 (26.3)2019
Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya lineMoscow MetroPlanernayaKotelniki42.2 (26.2)1966–2015
Line 14Beijing Subway China42 (26)2015–2021
Line 6Tianjin Metro China42 (26)2016–2021
Downtown MRT lineMass Rapid Transit (Singapore) SingaporeBukit PanjangExpo41.9 (26)[6] 2013–2017
Line 3Nanjing Metro ChinaXinghuoluMozhoudonglu41.5 (25.8)2015
Line 4Suzhou Metro ChinaLongdaobang — Tongli41.5 (25.8)2017
Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya lineMoscow MetroAltufyevoBulvar Dmitriya Donskogo41.2 (25.6)1983–2002
L-12 (Metro Sur)Madrid Metro SpainCircle route40.96 (25.5)2003
Toei Subway JapanHikarigaokaShiodomeTocho-mae40.7 (25.3)2000
Seoul Subway Line 9Seoul SubwayGimpo AirportVHS Medical Center40.6 (25.2)2018
Line 12Shanghai Metro ChinaQixin RoadJinhai Road40.4 (25.1)2015
Line 7Beijing Subway China - 40.3 (25.0)2021
Line 4Chengdu Metro ChinaWansheng – Chengdu University39.3 (24.4)2015–2017
Line 7Chengdu Metro ChinaCircle route38.6 (24.0)2017
Line 3Chengdu Metro ChinaChengdu Junqu General Hospital – Shuangliu West Station38.1 (23.7)2018 -->
Kaluzhsko-Rizhskaya lineMoscow MetroMedvedkovoNovoyasenevskaya37.8 (23.5)1958–1990
Line 1Chengdu Metro ChinaWeijianian – Science City37.47 (23.3)2010–2018
Line 2Shenzhen Metro ChinaChiwanXinxiu35.78 (22.23)2011
Busan Subway Line 2Busan Transportation CorporationJangsanDongwon35.5 (22.06)1999
Seoul Subway Line 6Seoul SubwayEungam LoopBonghwasan35.1 (21.8)2001
Seoul Subway Line 7
(longest branch)
Seoul SubwayCheongdamBupyeong-gu Office35.1 (21.7)2012
Line 5Tianjin Metro China34.8 (21.6)2018–2021
Line 7Shanghai Metro ChinaPanguang Road – Huamu Road34.4 (21.38)2010
Line 8Guangzhou Metro ChinaWanshengweiJiaoxin33.9 (21.1)2010–2020
M4Istanbul Metro TurkeyKadıköySabiha Gökçen Havalimanı33.5 (20.8)2012–2022
Circle MRT lineMass Rapid Transit (Singapore) SingaporeDhoby GhautHarbourFront33.3 (20.69)[7] 2009–2012
L-7Madrid Metro SpainHospital del HenaresPitis32.9 (20.5)2007
U7Berlin U-Bahn GermanyRathaus Spandau-Rudow31.8 (19.7)[8] 1924–1984
Line 1Beijing Subway China31.0 (19.3)1971–2000
Line 16Beijing Subway China31.0 (19.2)2016–2021
Solntsevskaya lineMoscow MetroAeroport VnukovoDelovoy Tsentr30.9 (19.2)2014–2023
IND Eighth Avenue Line and IND Fulton Street Line[9] New York City Subway United StatesInwood – 207th StreetGrant Avenue30.8 (19.14)1956
Line 2 OrangeMontreal Metro CanadaCôte-VertuMontmorency30.8 (19.14)2007
Thomson–East Coast lineMass Rapid Transit (Singapore) SingaporeWoodlands NorthGardens by the Bay30.4km (18.9miles)2020–2022
Line 2Shanghai Metro ChinaEast XujingLongyang Road30.2 (18.77)2010
Moskovsko-Petrogradskaya LineSaint Petersburg MetroParnasKupchino30.1 (18.7)1961–2006
Line 8Shanghai Metro ChinaShiguang RoadLuheng Road29.7 (18.45)2009
Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya LineSaint Petersburg MetroDevyatkinoProspekt Veteranov29.57 (18.4)1955–1978
Line 8Chengdu Metro China(Phase 2 is 7.94 km)29.1 (18.1)2020
Line 2Chengdu Metro ChinaTianhe Road – Chengdu Institute of Public Administration29.0 (18.0)2012–2013
Bannan Line (Taipei Metro Blue Line)Taipei MetroDingpuTaipei Nangang Exhibition Center28.2 (17.6)
1999–2015
Line 4Beijing Subway China28.2 (17.5)2009–2010
Incheon Subway Line 1Incheon SubwayBakchonInternational Business District27.9 (17.42)1999–2009
Northern lineLondon Underground United KingdomMordenEast Finchley27.8 (17.2)1890–1940
Nevsko-Vasileostrovskaya LineSaint Petersburg MetroBegovayaRybatskoye27.7 (17.2)1967–2018
Tanimachi LineOsaka Metro JapanDainichiNagahara27.1 (16.7)1967–1983
M5Istanbul Metro TurkeyÜsküdarSamandıra Merkez26.5 (12.5)2017–2024
Nagoya Municipal Subway JapanKanayamaNagoya Dome-mae Yada-Kanayama26.4 (16.4)1965–2004
B LineLos Angeles Metro Rail United States - 26.4 (16.4)1993–2000
Frunzensko-Primorskaya LineSaint Petersburg MetroKomendantsky ProspektShushary26.2 (16.3)1997–2019
Line 1Suzhou Metro ChinaMuduZhongnan Jie25.7 (16.0)2012
Line 3Athens Metro GreeceDoukissis Plakentias25.3 (15.72)2023
Helsinki MetroHelsinki Metro FinlandKalasatamaKivenlahti25.2 (15.7)1982–2022
Orange LineTaipei MetroHuilongNanshijiao25.1 (15.6)
(longest branch)
1998–2013
Line 3Santiago Metro ChilePlaza de Quilicura - Fernando Castillo Velasco25 (13.5)2019–2023
Yurakucho LineTokyo Metro JapanChikatetsu NarimasuTatsumi24.6 (15.3)1974–1988
U2Munich U-Bahn GermanyFeldmochingMessestadt Ost24.4 (15.2)1980–2001
Yellow LineDelhi Metro IndiaGTB NagarSaket24 (14.9)[10] [11] 2009–2010
L-1Madrid Metro SpainValdecarrosPinar de Chamartín23.88 (14.84)1919–2007
L-6Madrid Metro SpainCircle route23.47 (14.58)1979–2007
Line 9Shanghai Metro ChinaJiutingMiddle Yanggao Road23.3 (14.48)2007–2010
Line 1 GreenMontreal Metro CanadaAngrignonHonoré-Beaugrand23.26 (14.45)1966–1978
Warsaw Metro M1Warsaw Metro PolandKabatyMłociny23.1 (14.35)1995–2008
Line 2Beijing Subway ChinaCircle route23.1 (14.35)1984–1987
M3Istanbul Metro TurkeyBakırköy SahilŞehir Hastanesi Viaduct22.6 (16.6)2013–2024
Line 9Chengdu Metro ChinaPhase 1 of the second loop line in Chengdu, all underground22.18km (13.78miles)2020
Line 19Beijing Subway China22.4 (13.9)2021
Songshan-Xindian Line (Taipei Metro Green Line)Taipei MetroSongshan-Xindian21.3 (13.2)1998–2014
Line 4Shanghai Metro ChinaHailun RoadYishan Road21.1 (13.11)2005–2007
Toei Mita LineToei Subway JapanMeguroShimura-Sakaue21.1 (13.11)1968–2000
Victoria lineLondon Underground United KingdomWalthamstow CentralBrixton21.0 (13.05)1968–1971
Obolonsko–Teremkivska lineKyiv Metro UkraineHeroiv DnipraTeremky20.95 (13.02)1976–2013
Line 6Shanghai Metro ChinaBoxing Road – Oriental Sports Center20.34 (12.64)2007–2011
Line 1Barcelona Metro SpainFondo – Hospital de Bellvitge20.2 (12.56)1926–1989
JapanMiyanosawa – Shin-Sapporo 20.1 (12.4)1976–1999
M1Ankara Metro TurkeyKoruAtatürk Kültür Merkezi20.1 (12.4)1997–2014
L-5Madrid Metro SpainAlameda de OsunaEmpalme20.005 (12.5)1968–2006
Line 9Barcelona Metro SpainZona UniversitariaAeroport T120.0 (12.5)2004–2016
North East MRT lineMass Rapid Transit (Singapore) SingaporeHarbourFrontPunggol20.0 (12.43)[12] 2003–2011
Bucharest Metro Line M3Bucharest Metro RomaniaPrecizieiAnghel Saligny20.0 (12.43)1983–2008
Line 2Tianjin Metro China19.7 (12.2)2012–2014
Nekrasovskaya lineMoscow MetroNizhegorodskayaNekrasovka19.6 (12.2)2019–2020
Paris Métro Line 9Paris Métro FrancePont de SèvresMairie de Montreuil19.6 (12.18)1922–1937
M2Istanbul Metro TurkeyŞişhaneHacıosman
Line is 23,49 km long, but the longest continuous underground section is 19.54 km long.
19.54 (12.14)2000–2014
Red, Yellow, Blue, and Green LinesBay Area Rapid Transit, San Francisco United States19.5 (12.12)1973
Metro NorthwestSydney Metro AustraliaCherrybrookChatswood2009–2019
Kol'tsevaya LineMoscow MetroCircle route19.4 (12.2)1950–1954
U3Munich U-Bahn GermanyMoosachFürstenried West19.4 (12.05)1972–2009
Line 4Tianjin Metro China19.4 (12)2021
Line 3Tianjin Metro China19.2 (11.9)2012–2013
Maskoŭskaja lineMinsk Metro BelarusMalinawkaUruchcha19.1 (11.9)1984–2014
Midosuji LineOsaka Metro JapanNakatsuNakamozu19.1 (11.87)1933–1987
Line 5Barcelona Metro SpainVall d'Hebron – Cornella centre19.0 (11.8)1955–2010
Warsaw Metro M2Warsaw Metro PolandBemowoBródno18.9km (11.7miles)2015–2022
Mexico City Metro Line 3Mexico City Metro MexicoLa RazaUniversidad18.7 (11.62)1970–1983
Paris Métro Line 7Paris Métro FranceLa Courneuve – 8 Mai 1945Villejuif – Louis Aragon18.3 (11.6)1910–1987
Red LineBaku Metro Azerbaijan18.6 (11.6)1967–2002
Line 3Barcelona Metro SpainZona UniversitàriaTrinitat Nova18.4 (11.44)1925–2008
Line 1Shanghai Metro ChinaShanghai South RailwayShanghai Circus World18.1 (11.25)1993–2004
Avtozavodskaya LineMinsk Metro BelarusKamennaya GorkaMogilevskaya18.1 (11.25)1990–2005
U8Berlin U-Bahn GermanyWittenauHermannstraße18.1 (11.25)1927–1996
Line BPrague MetroRajská zahradaHůrka18.0 (11.2)1998
Line 2[13] Athens Metro GreeceAnthoupoliElliniko17.9 (11.12)2013
Line 5Beijing Subway China17.8 (11.1)2007
Washington, DC Metro Red LineWashington Metro United StatesUnion StationMedical Center17.8 (11.05)1984
Line 15Beijing Subway China17.6 (10.9)2014-Metro de Caracas Line 2 Zoológico-El SilencioCaracas, Venezuela17.5 (10.92)1985–1988 -->
Tozai LineKyoto Municipal Subway JapanUzumasa Tenjingawa-Yamashina-Rokujizo17.5 (10.92)2008
Line 4Barcelona Metro SpainTrinitat NovaLa Pau17.3 (10.76)1908–1999
Kholodnohirsko–Zavodska lineKharkiv Metro UkraineKholodna HoraIndustrialna17.3 (10.7)1975–1978
Milan Metro M3Milan Metro ItalyComasinaSan Donato17.105 (10.62)1990–2011
Bucharest Metro Line M2Bucharest Metro RomaniaPiperaBerceni17.1 (10.62)1986–1987
Tōzai LineTokyo Metro JapanNakanoMinami-Sunamachi17.0 (10.56)1969
M1İzmir Metro TurkeyKaymakamlıkBasmane
Line is 27 km long, but only 19.8 km of it is underground in two noncontinuous sections. The shorter underground section is 2.9 km long.
16.9 (10.5)2000–2024
Hanzomon LineTokyo Metro JapanShibuya-Oshiage16.8 (10.4)1978–2003
Mexico City Metro Line 1Mexico City Metro MexicoObservatorioPantitlán16.7 (10.38)1984
Blue LineChennai Metro India - 16.6 (10.32)2018–2021
Line 9Beijing Subway China16.5 (10.3)2012
Line 17Beijing Subway China16.5 (10.3)2021
L-3Madrid Metro SpainVillaverde AltoMoncloa16.42 (10.2)2007
Line 1Chongqing Rail Transit ChinaChaotianmen – Shapingba16.4 (10.2)2011
Line APrague MetroNemocnice MotolDepo Hostivař
Line is 17.1 km long, but only 16.4 km of it is underground.
16.4 (10.2)2015
Kalininskaya lineMoscow MetroTretyakovskayaNovokosino16.3 (10.1)1979–2012
L-4Madrid Metro SpainArgüellesPinar de Chamartín16.0 (9.9)2007
Sviatoshynsko–Brovarska lineKyiv Metro UkraineAkademmistechkoDnipro16.0 (9.9)1960–2003
Seoul Subway Line 7
(shorter section)
Seoul SubwaySuraksanKonkuk University16.0 (9.9)1996
U6Berlin U-Bahn GermanyAlt-MariendorfKurt-Schumacher-Platz15.9 (9.86)1923–1966
M9Istanbul Metro TurkeyAtaköyOlimpiyat Viaduct15.8 (10.7)2013–2024
M3 LineCopenhagen Metro DenmarkCircle route15.5km (09.6miles)2019
Line 3[14] Budapest Metro HungaryHatár útÚjpest-központ
Line is 17.39 km long, but only 15.5 km of it is underground.
15.51NaN11990-this line is not totally undergroundLine 3Athens Greece15.4 (9.6)2000-2004 -->
Line 1Tianjin Metro China15.37 (9.55)2006
Line 6Santiago Metro ChileCerrillosLos Leones15.3 (9.5)2017
Paris Métro Line 12Paris Métro FranceFront PopulaireMairie d'Issy15.3 (9.5)1910–2012
Syretsko–Pecherska lineKyiv Metro UkraineSyretsPivdennyi Bridge15.2 (9.4)1989–2004
Line 1 (Kolkata Metro)Kolkata Metro IndiaMahanayak Uttam Kumar -Dum Dum15.17 (9.38)1984–1995
Line 10Chengdu Metro China15.0 (9.32)2019
Island lineMTRKennedy Town[15]Heng Fa Chuen15.0 (9.32)

World's longest subway tunnel sections under construction

NameSystemCountryStationsLengthExpected completion
Ligne 15Paris Métro FranceCircle route, all underground75km (47miles)2025–2030
M11Istanbul Metro Turkey(Phase 2, Kargo Terminali - Halkalı section is 31.5 km in length and is currently under construction, all underground)69km (43miles)Phase 2:2024
Cross Island lineMass Rapid Transit (Singapore) SingaporeLinear route with branch section, all underground
(Excludes potential extension from Punggol to Seletar Airport under planning)
65.5km (40.7miles)
2030–2032
Line 13Guangzhou Metro ChinaWhole lines is underground
(includes Phase II: Chaoyang – Zhucun is 33.6 km and under construction)
59.2km (36.8miles)Phase 1:2017
Phase 2:2024 and later
L9 / L10Barcelona Metro Spain47.8km (29.7miles)
(incl. branches)
2009 and 2016 partially;
central section: 2028-2029
Line 13Shenzhen Metro ChinaWhole line is underground45.72km (28.41miles)Phase 1:2024
Phase 2 (North extension):2025
South extension:2026
Thomson–East Coast lineMass Rapid Transit (Singapore) SingaporeWoodlands North to Sungei Bedok
(Phases 4 and 5, Gardens by the BaySungei Bedok are 13 km in length and are currently under construction, all underground)
43.4km (27miles)Phase 4:2024
Phase 5:2025
Line 11Guangzhou Metro ChinaCircle route, all underground43.2km (26.8miles)2024
Troitskaya lineMoscow MetroWhole line is underground 40.2km (25miles)Phase 1:2024 (25km (16miles))
Phase 2:2028–2029 (15.2km (09.4miles))
Athens Metro Line 4Athens Metro 38.2km (23.7miles)[16] 2029 for Phase 1[17]
Metro Manila SubwayManila Metro Rail Transit System PhilippinesMindanao AvenueNinoy Aquino International Airport (All underground)36km (22miles)2029
Line 3Mumbai Metro IndiaCuffe Parade-SEEPZ33.02km (20.52miles)2024 for Phase 1- Only planned, construction works didn't start yet! Unknown, which parts will be underground. M3İzmir Metro TurkeyHalkapınar – Menderes32.6km (20.3miles)2028 -->
Line 13Chengdu Metro ChinaQiligou – Longhua Temple underground section29.07km (18.06miles)2024
Line 3Chennai Metro IndiaMadhavaram Milk Colony – Tharamani27.086km (16.83miles)2026–2027
D Line ExtensionLos Angeles Metro United States24.3 km (15.1 mi)2025–2026
Line 30Chengdu Metro China(Phase 1 is 26.28 km)26.28km (16.33miles)2024
Suburban Rail LoopMelbourne rail network AustraliaSRL East and North is underground (Cheltenham to Airport)26km (16miles)2035[18] (Eastern stretch)
Metro WestSydney Metro Australia24km (15miles)2032[19]
Metro Western Sydney AirportSydney Metro Australia23km (14miles)2026
Blue LineStockholm Metro SwedenThe extension to Nacka will be around 8 km, all underground, total 22 km including older sections.22km (14miles)2030
Line 27Chengdu Metro ChinaWhole line is 24.86 km, but only 17.34 km underground17.34km (10.77miles)2024
Metro City & SouthwestSydney Metro AustraliaChatswoodSydenham2024[20]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 独家探访关于西部最长地铁6号线,你想知道的一切都在这里. 2020-09-09. 成都地铁6号线全长68.76千米,共设有56座车站.
  2. Web site: 广州地铁18号线陇枕停车场首次迎接"活力橙". 2021-02-20. 金羊网. 广州市2021年十件民生实事显示,2021年广州将力争开通试运营地铁18号线先通段(万顷沙-冼村,58.3公里)、22号线先通段(番禺广场-陈头岗,18.2公里). 2021-04-10. 2021-04-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20210410103612/http://news.ycwb.com/2021-02/20/content_1487877.htm.
  3. Web site: Не 70 км, а 57,5! Как московские власти "удлинили" Большую кольцевую линию метро . 22 March 2023 .
  4. Web site: IMG 20230327 063939 969 — Postimages .
  5. First stretch opens in 1969 as part of line 2
  6. Web site: Downtown Line 3 officially opens; Khaw Boon Wan announces review of fares incurred when switching between stations. 2017-10-20. The Straits Times. en. 2019-06-13.
  7. Web site: Factsheet on Circle Line Extension. 2011-11-28. www.lta.gov.sg. 2019-06-13.
  8. "World's longest railway tunnel" 1984–1988
  9. Note that both lines are served continuously by the train within a single tunnel.
  10. News: Metro to bridge Delhi-Gurgaon divide today. 2010-09-03. 2010-10-19. Chennai, India. The Hindu.
  11. News: Gurgaon Metro set for operationalisation next week. Rajesh Ahuja. 2010-08-29. 2010-10-19.
  12. Web site: North East Line. www.lta.gov.sg. 2019-06-13.
  13. Web site: Urban Rail Transport SA :METRO Line 1. 30 September 2014.
  14. Web site: 3-as metróvonal jellemzői . Metros.hu. 27 March 2016. Hungarian.
  15. Including 0.4 miles/0.65 km of overrun tunnel to the west of Kennedy Town station. - Web site: MTR West Island Line - Sai Ying Pun; Hong Kong University and Kennedy Town Stations - Project details. Gammon. - Web site: West Island Line, Contact 705, KET Station & Overrun Tunnel. CIHT Hong Kong Branch .
  16. Web site: Ελληνικο Μετρο Α.ε. . https://web.archive.org/web/20220921225632/https://www.ametro.gr/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/%CE%91%CE%A5%CE%A4%CE%9F%CE%A8%CE%99%CE%91.pdf . 21 September 2022 .
  17. Web site: 2021-06-22 . Μετρό-Γραμμή 4: Ξεκινούν τα έργα - Οι 15 σταθμοί από Γαλάτσι έως Γουδί - Έτοιμο σε 8 χρόνια . 2022-05-20 . www.naftemporiki.gr . el.
  18. Web site: Works Start Today on Victoria's Suburban Rail Loop | Premier of Victoria .
  19. Web site: Metro West to supercharge housing supply across Sydney | NSW Government . 7 December 2023 .
  20. Web site: Minns Labor Government will deliver Sydenham to Bankstown section of City and Southwest Metro | NSW Government . August 2023 .