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