London and New York outside top 10 longest metros as Chinese cities dominate

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Data from Railway Gazette shows Moskva is now the only non-Chinese metro among the 10 longest networks in the world. Beijing and Shanghai are leading the way, but it is unclear yet which city will be first to achieve a 1 000 km metro.

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