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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 Tokyo 3,102 million Japan 2011 Metro left Yurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyred Yurikamome line yes Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurakucho, Yurikamome lines yes 2 Seoul 2,518 million South Korea 2012 Subway right yes lines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010 yes 3 Beijing 2,460 million China 2012 Subway right yes PGDs on lines 5, 13. PSDs on lines 8, 10 all lines 4 Moscow 2,389 million Russia 2011 Metro right lines 3, 5 since 2009 5 Shanghai 2,276 million China 2012 Metro right yes newer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stations 6 Guangzhou 1,825 million China 2012 Metro right APM line (underground people mover) Zhujiang people mover yes yes yes 7 New York 1,655 million USA 2012 Subway right yes 8 Mexico City 1,609 million Mexico 2012 Metro right yes 9 Paris 1,524 million France 2011 Métro right (metro), left (RER) lines 1, 14, rubber-tyred lines 1, 4, 6, 11, 14 lines 1, 2, 5, 9 lines 1, 13 (part), 14 lines 1, 2, 5, 7bis, 9, 14 10 Hong Kong 1,444 million Hong Kong S.A.R. 2012 MTR left Disneyland Resort Line SI, WI lines, planned yes all underground stations yes 11 London 1,171 million United Kingdom 2011 Underground left Docklands Light Rail Circle, District, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines Jubilee Line extension Metropolitan Line, DLR 12 Sao Paulo 877 million Brazil 2012 Metrô right line 4 all metro lines and regional rail lines 2, 3, 4 (since 2010) lines 4, 5 13 Cairo 837 million Egypt 2010 Metro left 5 stations 14 Osaka 836 million Japan 2010 Subway left Nanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyred Nanko Port Town Line all stations on the Nanko Port Town Line yes 15 Singapore 794 million Singapore 2011 MRT left North-East Line, Circle Line, Downtown Line, and the 3 rubber-tyred LRT lines LRT lines yes yes yes 16 Saint Petersburg 786 million Russia 2011 Metro right windowless steel doors in ten stations 17 Taipei 652 million Taiwan 2012 MRT right Wenshan (Muzha) VAL line Line 1 yes PGDs in the busier MRT stations, PSDs in all VAL stations yes 18 Santiago 640 million Chile 2011 Metro right yes yes 19 Madrid 635 million Spain 2011 Metro left yes tests in 2010, plans for 2011 yes 20 Delhi 606 million India 2011 Metro left yes Line 5, Airport Metro Express yes 21 Vienna 534 million Austria 2010 U-Bahn right yes yes 22 Prague 530 million Czech Republic 2011 Metro right yes 23 Kiev 519 million Ukraine 2011 Metro right 24 Berlin 505 million Germany 2011 U-Bahn right yes 25 Caracas 485 million Venezuela 2009 Metro yes 26 Tehran 480 million Iran 2011 Metro yes 27 Nagoya 427 million Japan 2008 Subway left Tobu Kyuryo maglev line yes Tobu Kyuryo maglev line yes 28 Barcelona 389 million Spain 2011 Metro right lines L9, L10, L11 yes lines L9, L10, L11 yes 29 Munich 360 million Germany 2010 U-Bahn right yes 30 Manila 346 million Philippines 2008 MRT right yes yes 31 Nanjing 344 million China 2011 Metro right yes Line 2 yes 32 Athens 342 million Greece 2008 Metro right yes yes 33 Rome 331 million Italy 2008 Metropolitana left yes yes 34 Milan 328 million Italy 2007 Metropolitana right line M5 yes line M5 yes 35 Busan 320 million South Korea 2012 Subway right Line 4 Line 4 line 3 36 Stockholm 309 million Sweden 2011 Tunnelbana left 37 Buenos Aires 308 million Argentina 2011 Subte left yes 38 Budapest 302 million Hungary 2011 Metro right 39 Minsk 281 million Belarus 2012 Metro right 40 Toronto 278 million Canada 2006 Subway right yes 41 Lyon 257 million France 2009 Métro left line D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDs yes 42 Kharkov 250 million Ukraine 2011 Metro right 43 Bangkok 245 million Thailand 2011 Skytrain, MRT left Green line yes Green line, Blue line 44 Chicago 222 million USA 2011 "L" right yes 45 Montreal 219 million Canada 2006 Metro right yes 46 Washington 218 million USA 2012 Metrorail right yes 47 Rio de Janeiro 212 million Brazil 2010 Metrô right yes 48 Sapporo 209 million Japan 2008 Subway left yes yes 49 Hamburg 199 million Germany 2011 U-Bahn right DT5 type train sets DT5 type train sets 50 Yokohama 198 million Japan 2008 Subway left Kanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyred Kanazawa Seaside LRT Kanazawa Seaside LRT line yes 51 Baku 183 million Azerbaijan 2011 Metro right 52 Lisbon 183 million Portugal 2010 Metro left yes 53 Kolkata 173 million India 2009 Metro Railway right 54 Bucharest 171 million Romania 2011 Metro right 55 Medellin 170 million Colombia 2011 Metro 56 Boston 147 million USA 2010 The T right yes 57 Warsaw 140 million Poland 2011 Metro right 58 Monterrey 138 million Mexico 2009 Metro right yes 59 Brussels 133 million Belgium 2009 Métro right (left on lines 1 and 6 between Midi and Roi Baudouin) line 1 60 Shenzhen 132 million China 2009 Metro right yes yes yes 61 Daegu 127 million South Korea 2012 Subway lines 1, 2 62 Kyoto 126 million Japan 2008 Subway left Tozai line yes 63 Fukuoka 124 million Japan 2007 Subway left yes yes 64 Kobe 121 million Japan 2008 Subway left Port Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyred Port Liner and Rokko Liner Port Liner and Rokko Liner yes 65 Vancouver 120 million Canada 2011 SkyTrain right Skytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system yes yes 66 Nuremberg 118 million Germany 2011 U-Bahn right lines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains yes 67 Ankara 113 million Turkey 2007 Metro right metro line yes yes 68 San Francisco 111 million USA 2012 BART right yes Wide sliding doors between cars since the 1970s 69 Dubai 109 million United Arab Emirates 2012 Metro right metro yes metro, monorail yes 70 Kuala Lumpur 109 million Malaysia 2008 LRT, Monorail left LRT yes KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stations 71 Philadelphia 107 million USA 2011 Subway right yes 72 Chengdu 103 million China 2012 Metro right yes yes 73 Toulouse 103 million France 2011 Métro right VAL yes VAL yes 74 Lille 96 million France 2009 Métro right VAL yes VAL, all stations yes 75 Bilbao 90 million Spain 2011 Metro left yes yes 76 Incheon 89 million South Korea 2012 Subway yes 77 Tbilisi 88 million Georgia 2008 Metro right 78 Rotterdam 87 million Netherlands 2008 Metro right 79 Amsterdam 85 million Netherlands 2009 Metro right M5 type train sets M5 type train sets 80 Istanbul 78 million Turkey 2011 Metro right some lines Seyrantepe station on line M2 some lines 81 Novosibirsk 76 million Russia 2011 Metro right 82 Oslo 76 million Norway 2010 T-Bane right yes 83 Marseille 75 million France 2011 Métro right yes 84 Wuhan 73 million China 2011 Metro right 85 Tashkent 65 million Uzbekistan 2010 Metro right 86 Tianjin 64 million China 2010 Metro right yes platform gate doors 87 Izmir 63 million Turkey 2011 Metro 88 Helsinki 62 million Finland 2011 Metro right yes 89 Xian 59 million China 2012 Metro yes 90 Sendai 58 million Japan 2008 Subway left yes 91 Brasilia 55 million Brazil 2009 Metrô right 92 Copenhagen 54 million Denmark 2011 Metro right all metro lines all metro and S-Tog trains all underground stations yes 93 Kaohsiung 52 million Taiwan 2012 MRT MRT 94 Rennes 47 million France 2011 Métro right VAL yes VAL yes 95 Los Angeles 46 million USA 2011 Metro Rail right yes 96 Dalian 44 million China 2012 Metro right 97 Daejeon 38 million South Korea 2011 Subway yes 98 Newcastle 38 million United Kingdom 2011 Tyne & Wear Metro left 99 Yekaterinburg 38 million Russia 2011 Metro right 100 Pyongyang 36 million North Korea 2009 Metro 101 Naples 35 million Italy 2011 Metropolitana left 102 Atlanta 34 million USA 2007 MARTA right yes 103 Turin 33 million Italy 2011 Metropolitana right VAL yes yes VAL yes 104 Santo Domingo 29 million Dominican Republic 2011 Metro yes 105 Sofia 29 million Bulgaria 2009 Metro right 106 Kazan 27 million Russia 2012 Metro right 107 Nizhny Novgorod 27 million Russia 2010 Metro right 108 Valencia 21 million Venezuela 2010 Metro 109 Baltimore 18 million USA 2011 Metro Subway right yes 110 Gwangju 18 million South Korea 2011 Subway yes 111 Hiroshima 18 million Japan 2005 Monorail left yes 112 Miami 18 million USA 2011 Metrorail right downtown people mover, rubber-tyred Downtown people mover yes 113 Yerevan 17 million Armenia 2011 Metro right 114 Samara 16 million Russia 2011 Metro right 115 Glasgow 13 million United Kingdom 2011 Subway left 116 San Juan 11 million Puerto Rico 2011 Tren Urbano 117 Dnepropetrovsk 9 million Ukraine 2010 Metro 118 Almaty 7 million Kazakhstan 2012 Metro 119 Cleveland 6 million 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 yes The three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDs 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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