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