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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 2011 Tokyo Japan Metro left Yurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyred Yurikamome line Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurakucho, Yurikamome lines yes yes 2 2,518 million 2012 Seoul South Korea Subway right lines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010 yes yes 3 2,460 million 2012 Beijing China Subway right PGDs on lines 5, 13. PSDs on lines 8, 10 yes all lines 4 2,389 million 2011 Moscow Russia Metro right lines 3, 5 since 2009 5 2,276 million 2012 Shanghai China Metro right newer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stations yes 6 1,825 million 2012 Guangzhou China Metro right APM line (underground people mover) Zhujiang people mover yes yes yes 7 1,655 million 2012 New York USA Subway right yes 8 1,609 million 2012 Mexico City Mexico Metro right yes 9 1,524 million 2011 Paris France 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 2012 Hong Kong Hong Kong S.A.R. MTR left Disneyland Resort Line SI, WI lines, planned all underground stations yes yes 11 1,171 million 2011 London United Kingdom Underground left Docklands Light Rail Jubilee Line extension Circle, District, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines Metropolitan Line, DLR 12 877 million 2012 Sao Paulo Brazil Metrô right line 4 lines 2, 3, 4 (since 2010) all metro lines and regional rail lines 4, 5 13 837 million 2010 Cairo Egypt Metro left 5 stations 14 836 million 2010 Osaka Japan Subway left Nanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyred Nanko Port Town Line all stations on the Nanko Port Town Line yes 15 794 million 2011 Singapore Singapore MRT left North-East Line, Circle Line, Downtown Line, and the 3 rubber-tyred LRT lines LRT lines yes yes yes 16 786 million 2011 Saint Petersburg Russia Metro right windowless steel doors in ten stations 17 652 million 2012 Taipei Taiwan MRT right Wenshan (Muzha) VAL line Line 1 PGDs in the busier MRT stations, PSDs in all VAL stations yes yes 18 640 million 2011 Santiago Chile Metro right yes yes 19 635 million 2011 Madrid Spain Metro left tests in 2010, plans for 2011 yes yes 20 606 million 2011 Delhi India Metro left Line 5, Airport Metro Express yes yes 21 534 million 2010 Vienna Austria U-Bahn right yes yes 22 530 million 2011 Prague Czech Republic Metro right yes 23 519 million 2011 Kiev Ukraine Metro right 24 505 million 2011 Berlin Germany U-Bahn right yes 25 485 million 2009 Caracas Venezuela Metro yes 26 480 million 2011 Tehran Iran Metro yes 27 427 million 2008 Nagoya Japan Subway left Tobu Kyuryo maglev line Tobu Kyuryo maglev line yes yes 28 389 million 2011 Barcelona Spain Metro right lines L9, L10, L11 lines L9, L10, L11 yes yes 29 360 million 2010 Munich Germany U-Bahn right yes 30 346 million 2008 Manila Philippines MRT right yes yes 31 344 million 2011 Nanjing China Metro right Line 2 yes yes 32 342 million 2008 Athens Greece Metro right yes yes 33 331 million 2008 Rome Italy Metropolitana left yes yes 34 328 million 2007 Milan Italy Metropolitana right line M5 line M5 yes yes 35 320 million 2012 Busan South Korea Subway right Line 4 Line 4 line 3 36 309 million 2011 Stockholm Sweden Tunnelbana left 37 308 million 2011 Buenos Aires Argentina Subte left yes 38 302 million 2011 Budapest Hungary Metro right 39 281 million 2012 Minsk Belarus Metro right 40 278 million 2006 Toronto Canada Subway right yes 41 257 million 2009 Lyon France Métro left line D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDs yes 42 250 million 2011 Kharkov Ukraine Metro right 43 245 million 2011 Bangkok Thailand Skytrain, MRT left Green line Green line, Blue line yes 44 222 million 2011 Chicago USA "L" right yes 45 219 million 2006 Montreal Canada Metro right yes 46 218 million 2012 Washington USA Metrorail right yes 47 212 million 2010 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Metrô right yes 48 209 million 2008 Sapporo Japan Subway left yes yes 49 199 million 2011 Hamburg Germany U-Bahn right DT5 type train sets DT5 type train sets 50 198 million 2008 Yokohama Japan Subway left Kanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyred Kanazawa Seaside LRT Kanazawa Seaside LRT line yes 51 183 million 2011 Baku Azerbaijan Metro right 52 183 million 2010 Lisbon Portugal Metro left yes 53 173 million 2009 Kolkata India Metro Railway right 54 171 million 2011 Bucharest Romania Metro right 55 170 million 2011 Medellin Colombia Metro 56 147 million 2010 Boston USA The T right yes 57 140 million 2011 Warsaw Poland Metro right 58 138 million 2009 Monterrey Mexico Metro right yes 59 133 million 2009 Brussels Belgium Métro right (left on lines 1 and 6 between Midi and Roi Baudouin) line 1 60 132 million 2009 Shenzhen China Metro right yes yes yes 61 127 million 2012 Daegu South Korea Subway lines 1, 2 62 126 million 2008 Kyoto Japan Subway left Tozai line yes 63 124 million 2007 Fukuoka Japan Subway left yes yes 64 121 million 2008 Kobe Japan Subway left Port Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyred Port Liner and Rokko Liner Port Liner and Rokko Liner yes 65 120 million 2011 Vancouver Canada SkyTrain right Skytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system yes yes 66 118 million 2011 Nuremberg Germany U-Bahn right lines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains yes 67 113 million 2007 Ankara Turkey Metro right metro line yes yes 68 111 million 2012 San Francisco USA BART right yes Wide sliding doors between cars since the 1970s 69 109 million 2012 Dubai United Arab Emirates Metro right metro metro, monorail yes yes 70 109 million 2008 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia LRT, Monorail left LRT KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stations yes 71 107 million 2011 Philadelphia USA Subway right yes 72 103 million 2012 Chengdu China Metro right yes yes 73 103 million 2011 Toulouse France Métro right VAL yes VAL yes 74 96 million 2009 Lille France Métro right VAL yes VAL, all stations yes 75 90 million 2011 Bilbao Spain Metro left yes yes 76 89 million 2012 Incheon South Korea Subway yes 77 88 million 2008 Tbilisi Georgia Metro right 78 87 million 2008 Rotterdam Netherlands Metro right 79 85 million 2009 Amsterdam Netherlands Metro right M5 type train sets M5 type train sets 80 78 million 2011 Istanbul Turkey Metro right Seyrantepe station on line M2 some lines some lines 81 76 million 2011 Novosibirsk Russia Metro right 82 76 million 2010 Oslo Norway T-Bane right yes 83 75 million 2011 Marseille France Métro right yes 84 73 million 2011 Wuhan China Metro right 85 65 million 2010 Tashkent Uzbekistan Metro right 86 64 million 2010 Tianjin China Metro right platform gate doors yes 87 63 million 2011 Izmir Turkey Metro 88 62 million 2011 Helsinki Finland Metro right yes 89 59 million 2012 Xian China Metro yes 90 58 million 2008 Sendai Japan Subway left yes 91 55 million 2009 Brasilia Brazil Metrô right 92 54 million 2011 Copenhagen Denmark Metro right all metro lines all underground stations all metro and S-Tog trains yes 93 52 million 2012 Kaohsiung Taiwan MRT MRT 94 47 million 2011 Rennes France Métro right VAL yes VAL yes 95 46 million 2011 Los Angeles USA Metro Rail right yes 96 44 million 2012 Dalian China Metro right 97 38 million 2011 Daejeon South Korea Subway yes 98 38 million 2011 Newcastle United Kingdom Tyne & Wear Metro left 99 38 million 2011 Yekaterinburg Russia Metro right 100 36 million 2009 Pyongyang North Korea Metro 101 35 million 2011 Naples Italy Metropolitana left 102 34 million 2007 Atlanta USA MARTA right yes 103 33 million 2011 Turin Italy Metropolitana right VAL yes VAL yes yes 104 29 million 2011 Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Metro yes 105 29 million 2009 Sofia Bulgaria Metro right 106 27 million 2012 Kazan Russia Metro right 107 27 million 2010 Nizhny Novgorod Russia Metro right 108 21 million 2010 Valencia Venezuela Metro 109 18 million 2011 Baltimore USA Metro Subway right yes 110 18 million 2011 Gwangju South Korea Subway yes 111 18 million 2005 Hiroshima Japan Monorail left yes 112 18 million 2011 Miami USA Metrorail right downtown people mover, rubber-tyred Downtown people mover yes 113 17 million 2011 Yerevan Armenia Metro right 114 16 million 2011 Samara Russia Metro right 115 13 million 2011 Glasgow United Kingdom Subway left 116 11 million 2011 San Juan Puerto Rico Tren Urbano 117 9 million 2010 Dnepropetrovsk Ukraine Metro 118 7 million 2012 Almaty Kazakhstan Metro 119 6 million 2011 Cleveland USA 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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