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