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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 Japan left Yurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyred Yurikamome line Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurakucho, Yurikamome lines yes yes 2 2,518 million 2012 South Korea right lines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010 yes yes 3 2,460 million 2012 China right PGDs on lines 5, 13. PSDs on lines 8, 10 yes all lines 4 2,389 million 2011 Russia right lines 3, 5 since 2009 5 2,276 million 2012 China right newer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stations yes 6 1,825 million 2012 China right APM line (underground people mover) Zhujiang people mover yes yes yes 7 1,655 million 2012 USA right yes 8 1,609 million 2012 Mexico right yes 9 1,524 million 2011 France 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 S.A.R. left Disneyland Resort Line SI, WI lines, planned all underground stations yes yes 11 1,171 million 2011 United Kingdom left Docklands Light Rail Jubilee Line extension Circle, District, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines Metropolitan Line, DLR 12 877 million 2012 Brazil right line 4 lines 2, 3, 4 (since 2010) all metro lines and regional rail lines 4, 5 13 837 million 2010 Egypt left 5 stations 14 836 million 2010 Japan 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 left North-East Line, Circle Line, Downtown Line, and the 3 rubber-tyred LRT lines LRT lines yes yes yes 16 786 million 2011 Russia right windowless steel doors in ten stations 17 652 million 2012 Taiwan right Wenshan (Muzha) VAL line Line 1 PGDs in the busier MRT stations, PSDs in all VAL stations yes yes 18 640 million 2011 Chile right yes yes 19 635 million 2011 Spain left tests in 2010, plans for 2011 yes yes 20 606 million 2011 India left Line 5, Airport Metro Express yes yes 21 534 million 2010 Austria right yes yes 22 530 million 2011 Czech Republic right yes 23 519 million 2011 Ukraine right 24 505 million 2011 Germany right yes 25 485 million 2009 Venezuela yes 26 480 million 2011 Iran yes 27 427 million 2008 Japan left Tobu Kyuryo maglev line Tobu Kyuryo maglev line yes yes 28 389 million 2011 Spain right lines L9, L10, L11 lines L9, L10, L11 yes yes 29 360 million 2010 Germany right yes 30 346 million 2008 Philippines right yes yes 31 344 million 2011 China right Line 2 yes yes 32 342 million 2008 Greece right yes yes 33 331 million 2008 Italy left yes yes 34 328 million 2007 Italy right line M5 line M5 yes yes 35 320 million 2012 South Korea right Line 4 Line 4 line 3 36 309 million 2011 Sweden left 37 308 million 2011 Argentina left yes 38 302 million 2011 Hungary right 39 281 million 2012 Belarus right 40 278 million 2006 Canada right yes 41 257 million 2009 France left line D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDs yes 42 250 million 2011 Ukraine right 43 245 million 2011 Thailand left Green line Green line, Blue line yes 44 222 million 2011 USA right yes 45 219 million 2006 Canada right yes 46 218 million 2012 USA right yes 47 212 million 2010 Brazil right yes 48 209 million 2008 Japan left yes yes 49 199 million 2011 Germany right DT5 type train sets DT5 type train sets 50 198 million 2008 Japan left Kanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyred Kanazawa Seaside LRT Kanazawa Seaside LRT line yes 51 183 million 2011 Azerbaijan right 52 183 million 2010 Portugal left yes 53 173 million 2009 India right 54 171 million 2011 Romania right 55 170 million 2011 Colombia 56 147 million 2010 USA right yes 57 140 million 2011 Poland right 58 138 million 2009 Mexico right yes 59 133 million 2009 Belgium right (left on lines 1 and 6 between Midi and Roi Baudouin) line 1 60 132 million 2009 China right yes yes yes 61 127 million 2012 South Korea lines 1, 2 62 126 million 2008 Japan left Tozai line yes 63 124 million 2007 Japan left yes yes 64 121 million 2008 Japan left Port Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyred Port Liner and Rokko Liner Port Liner and Rokko Liner yes 65 120 million 2011 Canada right Skytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system yes yes 66 118 million 2011 Germany right lines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains yes 67 113 million 2007 Turkey right metro line yes yes 68 111 million 2012 USA right yes Wide sliding doors between cars since the 1970s 69 109 million 2012 United Arab Emirates right metro metro, monorail yes yes 70 109 million 2008 Malaysia left LRT KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stations yes 71 107 million 2011 USA right yes 72 103 million 2012 China right yes yes 73 103 million 2011 France right VAL yes VAL yes 74 96 million 2009 France right VAL yes VAL, all stations yes 75 90 million 2011 Spain left yes yes 76 89 million 2012 South Korea yes 77 88 million 2008 Georgia right 78 87 million 2008 Netherlands right 79 85 million 2009 Netherlands right M5 type train sets M5 type train sets 80 78 million 2011 Turkey right Seyrantepe station on line M2 some lines some lines 81 76 million 2011 Russia right 82 76 million 2010 Norway right yes 83 75 million 2011 France right yes 84 73 million 2011 China right 85 65 million 2010 Uzbekistan right 86 64 million 2010 China right platform gate doors yes 87 63 million 2011 Turkey 88 62 million 2011 Finland right yes 89 59 million 2012 China yes 90 58 million 2008 Japan left yes 91 55 million 2009 Brazil right 92 54 million 2011 Denmark right all metro lines all underground stations all metro and S-Tog trains yes 93 52 million 2012 Taiwan MRT 94 47 million 2011 France right VAL yes VAL yes 95 46 million 2011 USA right yes 96 44 million 2012 China right 97 38 million 2011 South Korea yes 98 38 million 2011 United Kingdom left 99 38 million 2011 Russia right 100 36 million 2009 North Korea 101 35 million 2011 Italy left 102 34 million 2007 USA right yes 103 33 million 2011 Italy right VAL yes VAL yes yes 104 29 million 2011 Dominican Republic yes 105 29 million 2009 Bulgaria right 106 27 million 2012 Russia right 107 27 million 2010 Russia right 108 21 million 2010 Venezuela 109 18 million 2011 USA right yes 110 18 million 2011 South Korea yes 111 18 million 2005 Japan left yes 112 18 million 2011 USA right downtown people mover, rubber-tyred Downtown people mover yes 113 17 million 2011 Armenia right 114 16 million 2011 Russia right 115 13 million 2011 United Kingdom left 116 11 million 2011 Puerto Rico 117 9 million 2010 Ukraine 118 7 million 2012 Kazakhstan 119 6 million 2011 USA right 120 Turkey 121 Algeria yes yes 122 Belgium 123 India 124 Brazil right 125 Germany right 126 Germany right 127 Germany right 128 Italy metro 129 USA right 130 Turkey 131 Italy right 132 China right 133 China 134 Belgium 135 India 136 Japan left 137 China right The three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDs yes yes 138 Germany right new light rail trains only yes 139 USA right downtown people mover, LIM technology yes 140 China 141 Germany right H-Bahn yes 142 Germany right yes 143 Germany right yes 144 Canada right 145 Iran 146 Germany right yes 147 Germany right yes 148 China 149 Germany right 150 Italy right yes 151 Mexico right 152 Israel 153 China 154 Germany right yes 155 China 156 USA right downtown monorail people mover 157 India 158 Japan left 159 Japan left yes 160 Ukraine 161 China yes 162 USA right monorail yes 163 Switzerland line m2 line m2 Line m2 yes 164 Peru 165 Germany right 166 Spain 167 Venezuela yes 168 Iran 169 Saudi Arabia right yes yes yes 170 Germany right 171 India 172 Japan left 173 China 174 China 175 USA right 176 China Line 1 177 Portugal right yes yes 178 Spain 179 Panama 180 Italy Minimetro 181 USA right 182 Brazil right 183 Poland 184 China 185 Brazil right 186 France 187 USA right 188 Brazil yes 189 USA right yes 190 Spain Line 1 191 China right yes 192 Iran 193 Germany right yes yes 194 China right yes 195 Australia left yes 196 Iran 197 Japan left yes 198 Netherlands right 199 Spain right yes yes 200 Chile right 201 Russia 202 Germany right 203 China 204 China
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