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