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Nordpil 2010. Ticket prices by UBS (Prices and Earnings , 2009, PDF , p. 20). Gauge, voltage, train width, and non-numerical data by Mike Rohde. Cities found their way into the list according to Metrobits' criteria .
# 1 3,102 million Tokyo Japan 2011 Metro left Yurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyred Yurikamome line Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurakucho, Yurikamome lines yes yes 2 2,518 million Seoul South Korea 2012 Subway right lines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010 yes yes 3 2,460 million Beijing China 2012 Subway right PGDs on lines 5, 13. PSDs on lines 8, 10 yes all lines 4 2,389 million Moscow Russia 2011 Metro right lines 3, 5 since 2009 5 2,276 million Shanghai China 2012 Metro right newer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stations yes 6 1,825 million Guangzhou China 2012 Metro right APM line (underground people mover) Zhujiang people mover yes yes yes 7 1,655 million New York USA 2012 Subway right yes 8 1,609 million Mexico City Mexico 2012 Metro right yes 9 1,524 million Paris France 2011 Métro right (metro), left (RER) lines 1, 14, rubber-tyred lines 1, 4, 6, 11, 14 lines 1, 13 (part), 14 lines 1, 2, 5, 9 lines 1, 2, 5, 7bis, 9, 14 10 1,444 million Hong Kong Hong Kong S.A.R. 2012 MTR left Disneyland Resort Line SI, WI lines, planned all underground stations yes yes 11 1,171 million London United Kingdom 2011 Underground left Docklands Light Rail Jubilee Line extension Circle, District, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines Metropolitan Line, DLR 12 877 million Sao Paulo Brazil 2012 Metrô right line 4 lines 2, 3, 4 (since 2010) all metro lines and regional rail lines 4, 5 13 837 million Cairo Egypt 2010 Metro left 5 stations 14 836 million Osaka Japan 2010 Subway left Nanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyred Nanko Port Town Line all stations on the Nanko Port Town Line yes 15 794 million Singapore Singapore 2011 MRT left North-East Line, Circle Line, Downtown Line, and the 3 rubber-tyred LRT lines LRT lines yes yes yes 16 786 million Saint Petersburg Russia 2011 Metro right windowless steel doors in ten stations 17 652 million Taipei Taiwan 2012 MRT right Wenshan (Muzha) VAL line Line 1 PGDs in the busier MRT stations, PSDs in all VAL stations yes yes 18 640 million Santiago Chile 2011 Metro right yes yes 19 635 million Madrid Spain 2011 Metro left tests in 2010, plans for 2011 yes yes 20 606 million Delhi India 2011 Metro left Line 5, Airport Metro Express yes yes 21 534 million Vienna Austria 2010 U-Bahn right yes yes 22 530 million Prague Czech Republic 2011 Metro right yes 23 519 million Kiev Ukraine 2011 Metro right 24 505 million Berlin Germany 2011 U-Bahn right yes 25 485 million Caracas Venezuela 2009 Metro yes 26 480 million Tehran Iran 2011 Metro yes 27 427 million Nagoya Japan 2008 Subway left Tobu Kyuryo maglev line Tobu Kyuryo maglev line yes yes 28 389 million Barcelona Spain 2011 Metro right lines L9, L10, L11 lines L9, L10, L11 yes yes 29 360 million Munich Germany 2010 U-Bahn right yes 30 346 million Manila Philippines 2008 MRT right yes yes 31 344 million Nanjing China 2011 Metro right Line 2 yes yes 32 342 million Athens Greece 2008 Metro right yes yes 33 331 million Rome Italy 2008 Metropolitana left yes yes 34 328 million Milan Italy 2007 Metropolitana right line M5 line M5 yes yes 35 320 million Busan South Korea 2012 Subway right Line 4 Line 4 line 3 36 309 million Stockholm Sweden 2011 Tunnelbana left 37 308 million Buenos Aires Argentina 2011 Subte left yes 38 302 million Budapest Hungary 2011 Metro right 39 281 million Minsk Belarus 2012 Metro right 40 278 million Toronto Canada 2006 Subway right yes 41 257 million Lyon France 2009 Métro left line D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDs yes 42 250 million Kharkov Ukraine 2011 Metro right 43 245 million Bangkok Thailand 2011 Skytrain, MRT left Green line Green line, Blue line yes 44 222 million Chicago USA 2011 "L" right yes 45 219 million Montreal Canada 2006 Metro right yes 46 218 million Washington USA 2012 Metrorail right yes 47 212 million Rio de Janeiro Brazil 2010 Metrô right yes 48 209 million Sapporo Japan 2008 Subway left yes yes 49 199 million Hamburg Germany 2011 U-Bahn right DT5 type train sets DT5 type train sets 50 198 million Yokohama Japan 2008 Subway left Kanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyred Kanazawa Seaside LRT Kanazawa Seaside LRT line yes 51 183 million Baku Azerbaijan 2011 Metro right 52 183 million Lisbon Portugal 2010 Metro left yes 53 173 million Kolkata India 2009 Metro Railway right 54 171 million Bucharest Romania 2011 Metro right 55 170 million Medellin Colombia 2011 Metro 56 147 million Boston USA 2010 The T right yes 57 140 million Warsaw Poland 2011 Metro right 58 138 million Monterrey Mexico 2009 Metro right yes 59 133 million Brussels Belgium 2009 Métro right (left on lines 1 and 6 between Midi and Roi Baudouin) line 1 60 132 million Shenzhen China 2009 Metro right yes yes yes 61 127 million Daegu South Korea 2012 Subway lines 1, 2 62 126 million Kyoto Japan 2008 Subway left Tozai line yes 63 124 million Fukuoka Japan 2007 Subway left yes yes 64 121 million Kobe Japan 2008 Subway left Port Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyred Port Liner and Rokko Liner Port Liner and Rokko Liner yes 65 120 million Vancouver Canada 2011 SkyTrain right Skytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system yes yes 66 118 million Nuremberg Germany 2011 U-Bahn right lines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains yes 67 113 million Ankara Turkey 2007 Metro right metro line yes yes 68 111 million San Francisco USA 2012 BART right yes Wide sliding doors between cars since the 1970s 69 109 million Dubai United Arab Emirates 2012 Metro right metro metro, monorail yes yes 70 109 million Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 2008 LRT, Monorail left LRT KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stations yes 71 107 million Philadelphia USA 2011 Subway right yes 72 103 million Chengdu China 2012 Metro right yes yes 73 103 million Toulouse France 2011 Métro right VAL yes VAL yes 74 96 million Lille France 2009 Métro right VAL yes VAL, all stations yes 75 90 million Bilbao Spain 2011 Metro left yes yes 76 89 million Incheon South Korea 2012 Subway yes 77 88 million Tbilisi Georgia 2008 Metro right 78 87 million Rotterdam Netherlands 2008 Metro right 79 85 million Amsterdam Netherlands 2009 Metro right M5 type train sets M5 type train sets 80 78 million Istanbul Turkey 2011 Metro right Seyrantepe station on line M2 some lines some lines 81 76 million Novosibirsk Russia 2011 Metro right 82 76 million Oslo Norway 2010 T-Bane right yes 83 75 million Marseille France 2011 Métro right yes 84 73 million Wuhan China 2011 Metro right 85 65 million Tashkent Uzbekistan 2010 Metro right 86 64 million Tianjin China 2010 Metro right platform gate doors yes 87 63 million Izmir Turkey 2011 Metro 88 62 million Helsinki Finland 2011 Metro right yes 89 59 million Xian China 2012 Metro yes 90 58 million Sendai Japan 2008 Subway left yes 91 55 million Brasilia Brazil 2009 Metrô right 92 54 million Copenhagen Denmark 2011 Metro right all metro lines all underground stations all metro and S-Tog trains yes 93 52 million Kaohsiung Taiwan 2012 MRT MRT 94 47 million Rennes France 2011 Métro right VAL yes VAL yes 95 46 million Los Angeles USA 2011 Metro Rail right yes 96 44 million Dalian China 2012 Metro right 97 38 million Daejeon South Korea 2011 Subway yes 98 38 million Newcastle United Kingdom 2011 Tyne & Wear Metro left 99 38 million Yekaterinburg Russia 2011 Metro right 100 36 million Pyongyang North Korea 2009 Metro 101 35 million Naples Italy 2011 Metropolitana left 102 34 million Atlanta USA 2007 MARTA right yes 103 33 million Turin Italy 2011 Metropolitana right VAL yes VAL yes yes 104 29 million Santo Domingo Dominican Republic 2011 Metro yes 105 29 million Sofia Bulgaria 2009 Metro right 106 27 million Kazan Russia 2012 Metro right 107 27 million Nizhny Novgorod Russia 2010 Metro right 108 21 million Valencia Venezuela 2010 Metro 109 18 million Baltimore USA 2011 Metro Subway right yes 110 18 million Gwangju South Korea 2011 Subway yes 111 18 million Hiroshima Japan 2005 Monorail left yes 112 18 million Miami USA 2011 Metrorail right downtown people mover, rubber-tyred Downtown people mover yes 113 17 million Yerevan Armenia 2011 Metro right 114 16 million Samara Russia 2011 Metro right 115 13 million Glasgow United Kingdom 2011 Subway left 116 11 million San Juan Puerto Rico 2011 Tren Urbano 117 9 million Dnepropetrovsk Ukraine 2010 Metro 118 7 million Almaty Kazakhstan 2012 Metro 119 6 million Cleveland USA 2011 Rapid Transit right 120 Adana Turkey Metro 121 Algiers Algeria Metro yes yes 122 Antwerp Belgium Premetro 123 Bangalore India Metro 124 Belo Horizonte Brazil Metrô right 125 Bielefeld Germany Stadtbahn right 126 Bochum Germany Stadtbahn right 127 Bonn Germany Stadtbahn right 128 Brescia Italy Metro metro 129 Buffalo USA Metro Rail right 130 Bursa Turkey Bursaray 131 Catania Italy Metropolitana right 132 Changchun China LRT right 133 Changsha China Metro 134 Charleroi Belgium Métro Léger 135 Chennai India MRTS 136 Chiba Japan Monorail left 137 Chongqing China Monorail right The three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDs yes yes 138 Cologne Germany Stadtbahn right new light rail trains only yes 139 Detroit USA People Mover right downtown people mover, LIM technology yes 140 Dongguan China Metro 141 Dortmund Germany Stadtbahn right H-Bahn yes 142 Duesseldorf Germany Stadtbahn right yes 143 Duisburg Germany Stadtbahn right yes 144 Edmonton Canada Light Rail right 145 Esfahan Iran Urban railway 146 Essen Germany Stadtbahn right yes 147 Frankfurt Germany U-Bahn right yes 148 Fuzhou China Metro 149 Gelsenkirchen Germany Stadtbahn right 150 Genoa Italy Metropolitana right yes 151 Guadalajara Mexico Metro right 152 Haifa Israel Carmelit 153 Hangzhou China Metro 154 Hanover Germany Stadtbahn right yes 155 Harbin China Subway 156 Jacksonville USA Skyway right downtown monorail people mover 157 Jaipur India Metrorail 158 Kamakura Japan Monorail left 159 Kitakyushu Japan Monorail left yes 160 Kryvyi Rih Ukraine Metrotram 161 Kunming China Metro yes 162 Las Vegas USA Monorail right monorail yes 163 Lausanne Switzerland Metro line m2 line m2 Line m2 yes 164 Lima Peru Tren Urbano 165 Ludwigshafen Germany Stadtbahn right 166 Malaga Spain Metro 167 Maracaibo Venezuela Metro yes 168 Mashhad Iran Urban railway 169 Mecca Saudi Arabia Metro right yes yes yes 170 Muelheim Germany Stadtbahn right 171 Mumbai India Suburban Railway 172 Naha Japan Monorail left 173 Nanchang China Rail Transit 174 Nanning China Metro 175 Newark USA Light Rail right 176 Ningbo China Metro Line 1 177 Oporto Portugal Metro right yes yes 178 Palma de Mallorca Spain Metro 179 Panama City Panama Metro 180 Perugia Italy Minimetro Minimetro 181 Pittsburgh USA T right 182 Porto Alegre Brazil Metro right 183 Poznan Poland Fast Tram 184 Qingdao China Metro 185 Recife Brazil Metrô right 186 Rouen France Métro 187 Saint Louis USA Metrolink right 188 Salvador Brazil Metrô yes 189 Seattle USA Light Rail right yes 190 Seville Spain Metro Line 1 191 Shenyang China Metro right yes 192 Shiraz Iran Metro 193 Stuttgart Germany Stadtbahn right yes yes 194 Suzhou China Subway right yes 195 Sydney Australia Cityrail left yes 196 Tabriz Iran Metro 197 Tama Japan Monorail left yes 198 The Hague Netherlands RandstadRail right 199 Valencia Spain Metro right yes yes 200 Valparaiso Chile Metro right 201 Volgograd Russia Metro 202 Wuppertal Germany Schwebebahn right 203 Wuxi China Metro 204 Zhengzhou China Metro
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