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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 2011 Japan Metro Yurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyred Yurikamome line Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurakucho, Yurikamome lines yes 2 Seoul 2,518 million 2012 South Korea Subway lines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010 yes 3 Beijing 2,460 million 2012 China Subway PGDs on lines 5, 13. PSDs on lines 8, 10 yes 4 Moscow 2,389 million 2011 Russia Metro lines 3, 5 since 2009 5 Shanghai 2,276 million 2012 China Metro newer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stations yes 6 Guangzhou 1,825 million 2012 China Metro APM line (underground people mover) Zhujiang people mover yes yes 7 New York 1,655 million 2012 USA Subway yes 8 Mexico City 1,609 million 2012 Mexico Metro yes 9 Paris 1,524 million 2011 France Métro lines 1, 14, rubber-tyred lines 1, 4, 6, 11, 14 lines 1, 13 (part), 14 lines 1, 2, 5, 9 10 Hong Kong 1,444 million 2012 Hong Kong S.A.R. MTR Disneyland Resort Line SI, WI lines, planned all underground stations yes 11 London 1,171 million 2011 United Kingdom Underground Docklands Light Rail Jubilee Line extension Circle, District, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines 12 Sao Paulo 877 million 2012 Brazil Metrô line 4 lines 2, 3, 4 (since 2010) all metro lines and regional rail 13 Cairo 837 million 2010 Egypt Metro 5 stations 14 Osaka 836 million 2010 Japan Subway Nanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyred Nanko Port Town Line all stations on the Nanko Port Town Line 15 Singapore 794 million 2011 Singapore MRT North-East Line, Circle Line, Downtown Line, and the 3 rubber-tyred LRT lines LRT lines yes yes 16 Saint Petersburg 786 million 2011 Russia Metro windowless steel doors in ten stations 17 Taipei 652 million 2012 Taiwan MRT Wenshan (Muzha) VAL line Line 1 PGDs in the busier MRT stations, PSDs in all VAL stations yes 18 Santiago 640 million 2011 Chile Metro yes 19 Madrid 635 million 2011 Spain Metro tests in 2010, plans for 2011 yes 20 Delhi 606 million 2011 India Metro Line 5, Airport Metro Express yes 21 Vienna 534 million 2010 Austria U-Bahn yes 22 Prague 530 million 2011 Czech Republic Metro 23 Kiev 519 million 2011 Ukraine Metro 24 Berlin 505 million 2011 Germany U-Bahn 25 Caracas 485 million 2009 Venezuela Metro yes 26 Tehran 480 million 2011 Iran Metro yes 27 Nagoya 427 million 2008 Japan Subway Tobu Kyuryo maglev line Tobu Kyuryo maglev line yes 28 Barcelona 389 million 2011 Spain Metro lines L9, L10, L11 lines L9, L10, L11 yes 29 Munich 360 million 2010 Germany U-Bahn 30 Manila 346 million 2008 Philippines MRT yes 31 Nanjing 344 million 2011 China Metro Line 2 yes 32 Athens 342 million 2008 Greece Metro yes 33 Rome 331 million 2008 Italy Metropolitana yes 34 Milan 328 million 2007 Italy Metropolitana line M5 line M5 yes 35 Busan 320 million 2012 South Korea Subway Line 4 Line 4 line 3 36 Stockholm 309 million 2011 Sweden Tunnelbana 37 Buenos Aires 308 million 2011 Argentina Subte 38 Budapest 302 million 2011 Hungary Metro 39 Minsk 281 million 2012 Belarus Metro 40 Toronto 278 million 2006 Canada Subway yes 41 Lyon 257 million 2009 France Métro line D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDs yes 42 Kharkov 250 million 2011 Ukraine Metro 43 Bangkok 245 million 2011 Thailand Skytrain, MRT Green line Green line, Blue line yes 44 Chicago 222 million 2011 USA "L" yes 45 Montreal 219 million 2006 Canada Metro yes 46 Washington 218 million 2012 USA Metrorail yes 47 Rio de Janeiro 212 million 2010 Brazil Metrô yes 48 Sapporo 209 million 2008 Japan Subway yes 49 Hamburg 199 million 2011 Germany U-Bahn DT5 type train sets 50 Yokohama 198 million 2008 Japan Subway Kanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyred Kanazawa Seaside LRT Kanazawa Seaside LRT line 51 Baku 183 million 2011 Azerbaijan Metro 52 Lisbon 183 million 2010 Portugal Metro 53 Kolkata 173 million 2009 India Metro Railway 54 Bucharest 171 million 2011 Romania Metro 55 Medellin 170 million 2011 Colombia Metro 56 Boston 147 million 2010 USA The T yes 57 Warsaw 140 million 2011 Poland Metro 58 Monterrey 138 million 2009 Mexico Metro yes 59 Brussels 133 million 2009 Belgium Métro 60 Shenzhen 132 million 2009 China Metro yes yes 61 Daegu 127 million 2012 South Korea Subway lines 1, 2 62 Kyoto 126 million 2008 Japan Subway Tozai line 63 Fukuoka 124 million 2007 Japan Subway yes 64 Kobe 121 million 2008 Japan Subway Port Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyred Port Liner and Rokko Liner Port Liner and Rokko Liner 65 Vancouver 120 million 2011 Canada SkyTrain Skytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system yes 66 Nuremberg 118 million 2011 Germany U-Bahn lines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains 67 Ankara 113 million 2007 Turkey Metro metro line yes 68 San Francisco 111 million 2012 USA BART yes 69 Dubai 109 million 2012 United Arab Emirates Metro metro metro, monorail yes 70 Kuala Lumpur 109 million 2008 Malaysia LRT, Monorail LRT KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stations yes 71 Philadelphia 107 million 2011 USA Subway yes 72 Chengdu 103 million 2012 China Metro yes yes 73 Toulouse 103 million 2011 France Métro VAL yes VAL 74 Lille 96 million 2009 France Métro VAL yes VAL, all stations 75 Bilbao 90 million 2011 Spain Metro yes 76 Incheon 89 million 2012 South Korea Subway yes 77 Tbilisi 88 million 2008 Georgia Metro 78 Rotterdam 87 million 2008 Netherlands Metro 79 Amsterdam 85 million 2009 Netherlands Metro M5 type train sets 80 Istanbul 78 million 2011 Turkey Metro Seyrantepe station on line M2 some lines 81 Novosibirsk 76 million 2011 Russia Metro 82 Oslo 76 million 2010 Norway T-Bane 83 Marseille 75 million 2011 France Métro yes 84 Wuhan 73 million 2011 China Metro 85 Tashkent 65 million 2010 Uzbekistan Metro 86 Tianjin 64 million 2010 China Metro platform gate doors yes 87 Izmir 63 million 2011 Turkey Metro 88 Helsinki 62 million 2011 Finland Metro 89 Xian 59 million 2012 China Metro 90 Sendai 58 million 2008 Japan Subway 91 Brasilia 55 million 2009 Brazil Metrô 92 Copenhagen 54 million 2011 Denmark Metro all metro lines all underground stations all metro and S-Tog trains 93 Kaohsiung 52 million 2012 Taiwan MRT MRT 94 Rennes 47 million 2011 France Métro VAL yes VAL 95 Los Angeles 46 million 2011 USA Metro Rail yes 96 Dalian 44 million 2012 China Metro 97 Daejeon 38 million 2011 South Korea Subway yes 98 Newcastle 38 million 2011 United Kingdom Tyne & Wear Metro 99 Yekaterinburg 38 million 2011 Russia Metro 100 Pyongyang 36 million 2009 North Korea Metro 101 Naples 35 million 2011 Italy Metropolitana 102 Atlanta 34 million 2007 USA MARTA yes 103 Turin 33 million 2011 Italy Metropolitana VAL yes VAL yes 104 Santo Domingo 29 million 2011 Dominican Republic Metro yes 105 Sofia 29 million 2009 Bulgaria Metro 106 Kazan 27 million 2012 Russia Metro 107 Nizhny Novgorod 27 million 2010 Russia Metro 108 Valencia 21 million 2010 Venezuela Metro 109 Baltimore 18 million 2011 USA Metro Subway yes 110 Gwangju 18 million 2011 South Korea Subway yes 111 Hiroshima 18 million 2005 Japan Monorail yes 112 Miami 18 million 2011 USA Metrorail downtown people mover, rubber-tyred Downtown people mover yes 113 Yerevan 17 million 2011 Armenia Metro 114 Samara 16 million 2011 Russia Metro 115 Glasgow 13 million 2011 United Kingdom Subway 116 San Juan 11 million 2011 Puerto Rico Tren Urbano 117 Dnepropetrovsk 9 million 2010 Ukraine Metro 118 Almaty 7 million 2012 Kazakhstan Metro 119 Cleveland 6 million 2011 USA Rapid Transit 120 Adana Turkey Metro 121 Algiers Algeria Metro yes 122 Antwerp Belgium Premetro 123 Bangalore India Metro 124 Belo Horizonte Brazil Metrô 125 Bielefeld Germany Stadtbahn 126 Bochum Germany Stadtbahn 127 Bonn Germany Stadtbahn 128 Brescia Italy Metro metro 129 Buffalo USA Metro Rail 130 Bursa Turkey Bursaray 131 Catania Italy Metropolitana 132 Changchun China LRT 133 Changsha China Metro 134 Charleroi Belgium Métro Léger 135 Chennai India MRTS 136 Chiba Japan Monorail 137 Chongqing China Monorail The three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDs yes 138 Cologne Germany Stadtbahn new light rail trains only 139 Detroit USA People Mover downtown people mover, LIM technology yes 140 Dongguan China Metro 141 Dortmund Germany Stadtbahn H-Bahn 142 Duesseldorf Germany Stadtbahn 143 Duisburg Germany Stadtbahn 144 Edmonton Canada Light Rail 145 Esfahan Iran Urban railway 146 Essen Germany Stadtbahn 147 Frankfurt Germany U-Bahn 148 Fuzhou China Metro 149 Gelsenkirchen Germany Stadtbahn 150 Genoa Italy Metropolitana 151 Guadalajara Mexico Metro 152 Haifa Israel Carmelit 153 Hangzhou China Metro 154 Hanover Germany Stadtbahn 155 Harbin China Subway 156 Jacksonville USA Skyway downtown monorail people mover 157 Jaipur India Metrorail 158 Kamakura Japan Monorail 159 Kitakyushu Japan Monorail 160 Kryvyi Rih Ukraine Metrotram 161 Kunming China Metro 162 Las Vegas USA Monorail monorail yes 163 Lausanne Switzerland Metro line m2 line m2 Line m2 164 Lima Peru Tren Urbano 165 Ludwigshafen Germany Stadtbahn 166 Malaga Spain Metro 167 Maracaibo Venezuela Metro yes 168 Mashhad Iran Urban railway 169 Mecca Saudi Arabia Metro yes yes 170 Muelheim Germany Stadtbahn 171 Mumbai India Suburban Railway 172 Naha Japan Monorail 173 Nanchang China Rail Transit 174 Nanning China Metro 175 Newark USA Light Rail 176 Ningbo China Metro Line 1 177 Oporto Portugal Metro yes 178 Palma de Mallorca Spain Metro 179 Panama City Panama Metro 180 Perugia Italy Minimetro Minimetro 181 Pittsburgh USA T 182 Porto Alegre Brazil Metro 183 Poznan Poland Fast Tram 184 Qingdao China Metro 185 Recife Brazil Metrô 186 Rouen France Métro 187 Saint Louis USA Metrolink 188 Salvador Brazil Metrô yes 189 Seattle USA Light Rail yes 190 Seville Spain Metro Line 1 191 Shenyang China Metro yes 192 Shiraz Iran Metro 193 Stuttgart Germany Stadtbahn yes 194 Suzhou China Subway yes 195 Sydney Australia Cityrail yes 196 Tabriz Iran Metro 197 Tama Japan Monorail 198 The Hague Netherlands RandstadRail 199 Valencia Spain Metro yes 200 Valparaiso Chile Metro 201 Volgograd Russia Metro 202 Wuppertal Germany Schwebebahn 203 Wuxi China Metro 204 Zhengzhou China Metro
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