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