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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 205 304.5 km 13 8.5 million Japan Metro Yurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyred Yurikamome line Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurakucho, Yurikamome lines yes yes 2 Seoul 2,518 million 260 326.5 km 9 6.9 million South Korea Subway lines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010 yes yes 3 Beijing 2,460 million 278 554.0 km 18 6.74 million China Subway PGDs on lines 5, 13. PSDs on lines 8, 10 yes all lines 4 Moscow 2,389 million 158 333.6 km 12 6.55 million Russia Metro lines 3, 5 since 2009 5 Shanghai 2,276 million 284 588.0 km 14 6.24 million China Metro newer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stations yes 6 Guangzhou 1,825 million 149 263.5 km 9 5 million China Metro APM line (underground people mover) Zhujiang people mover yes yes yes 7 New York 1,655 million 423 370.4 km 27 4.53 million USA Subway yes 8 Mexico City 1,609 million 163 180.0 km 12 4.41 million Mexico Metro yes 9 Paris 1,524 million 303 219.9 km 16 4.18 million France Métro 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 84 178.0 km 10 3.96 million Hong Kong S.A.R. MTR Disneyland Resort Line SI, WI lines, planned all underground stations yes yes 11 London 1,171 million 270 402.0 km 11 3.21 million United Kingdom Underground Docklands Light Rail Jubilee Line extension Circle, District, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines Metropolitan Line, DLR 12 Sao Paulo 877 million 64 78.4 km 6 2.4 million Brazil Metrô line 4 lines 2, 3, 4 (since 2010) all metro lines and regional rail lines 4, 5 13 Cairo 837 million 61 77.9 km 3 2.29 million Egypt Metro 5 stations 14 Osaka 836 million 104 137.8 km 9 2.29 million Japan Subway Nanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyred Nanko Port Town Line all stations on the Nanko Port Town Line yes 15 Singapore 794 million 100 167.4 km 5 2.18 million Singapore MRT North-East Line, Circle Line, Downtown Line, and the 3 rubber-tyred LRT lines LRT lines yes yes yes 16 Saint Petersburg 786 million 59 113.5 km 5 2.15 million Russia Metro windowless steel doors in ten stations 17 Taipei 652 million 108 131.3 km 5 1.79 million Taiwan MRT Wenshan (Muzha) VAL line Line 1 PGDs in the busier MRT stations, PSDs in all VAL stations yes yes 18 Santiago 640 million 100 102.4 km 5 1.75 million Chile Metro yes yes 19 Madrid 635 million 232 293.0 km 13 1.74 million Spain Metro tests in 2010, plans for 2011 yes yes 20 Delhi 606 million 152 214.9 km 7 1.66 million India Metro Line 5, Airport Metro Express yes yes 21 Vienna 534 million 94 79.0 km 5 1.46 million Austria U-Bahn yes yes 22 Prague 530 million 58 65.1 km 3 1.45 million Czech Republic Metro yes 23 Kiev 519 million 49 67.6 km 3 1.42 million Ukraine Metro 24 Berlin 505 million 173 147.4 km 10 1.38 million Germany U-Bahn yes 25 Caracas 485 million 54 66.5 km 6 1.33 million Venezuela Metro yes 26 Tehran 480 million 88 150.6 km 5 1.32 million Iran Metro yes 27 Nagoya 427 million 86 93.1 km 4 1.17 million Japan Subway Tobu Kyuryo maglev line Tobu Kyuryo maglev line yes yes 28 Barcelona 389 million 147 139.4 km 11 1.07 million Spain Metro lines L9, L10, L11 lines L9, L10, L11 yes yes 29 Munich 360 million 96 94.2 km 6 986,000 Germany U-Bahn yes 30 Manila 346 million 41 51.5 km 3 948,000 Philippines MRT yes yes 31 Nanjing 344 million 91 142.3 km 4 942,000 China Metro Line 2 yes yes 32 Athens 342 million 61 60.3 km 3 937,000 Greece Metro yes yes 33 Rome 331 million 73 61.0 km 3 907,000 Italy Metropolitana yes yes 34 Milan 328 million 105 96.9 km 4 899,000 Italy Metropolitana line M5 line M5 yes yes 35 Busan 320 million 120 133.4 km 5 877,000 South Korea Subway Line 4 Line 4 line 3 36 Stockholm 309 million 100 105.7 km 3 847,000 Sweden Tunnelbana 37 Buenos Aires 308 million 73 53.9 km 6 844,000 Argentina Subte yes 38 Budapest 302 million 40 33.0 km 3 827,000 Hungary Metro 39 Minsk 281 million 28 37.2 km 2 770,000 Belarus Metro 40 Toronto 278 million 69 71.3 km 4 762,000 Canada Subway yes 41 Lyon 257 million 40 31.8 km 4 704,000 France Métro line D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDs yes 42 Kharkov 250 million 26 37.4 km 3 685,000 Ukraine Metro 43 Bangkok 245 million 55 86.4 km 4 671,000 Thailand Skytrain, MRT Green line Green line, Blue line yes 44 Chicago 222 million 145 166.0 km 8 608,000 USA "L" yes 45 Montreal 219 million 68 69.2 km 4 600,000 Canada Metro yes 46 Washington 218 million 91 189.9 km 6 597,000 USA Metrorail yes 47 Rio de Janeiro 212 million 36 42.0 km 2 581,000 Brazil Metrô yes 48 Sapporo 209 million 46 48.0 km 3 573,000 Japan Subway yes yes 49 Hamburg 199 million 91 104.7 km 4 545,000 Germany U-Bahn DT5 type train sets DT5 type train sets 50 Yokohama 198 million 45 57.6 km 3 542,000 Japan Subway Kanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyred Kanazawa Seaside LRT Kanazawa Seaside LRT line yes 51 Baku 183 million 23 36.6 km 3 501,000 Azerbaijan Metro 52 Lisbon 183 million 50 44.3 km 4 501,000 Portugal Metro yes 53 Kolkata 173 million 24 29.7 km 1 474,000 India Metro Railway 54 Bucharest 171 million 45 69.3 km 4 468,000 Romania Metro 55 Medellin 170 million 25 28.8 km 2 466,000 Colombia Metro 56 Boston 147 million 60 60.5 km 3 403,000 USA The T yes 57 Warsaw 140 million 27 28.7 km 2 384,000 Poland Metro 58 Monterrey 138 million 31 31.5 km 2 378,000 Mexico Metro yes 59 Brussels 133 million 59 32.2 km 3 364,000 Belgium Métro line 1 60 Shenzhen 132 million 133 230.3 km 6 362,000 China Metro yes yes yes 61 Daegu 127 million 86 81.2 km 3 348,000 South Korea Subway lines 1, 2 62 Kyoto 126 million 31 31.3 km 2 345,000 Japan Subway Tozai line yes 63 Fukuoka 124 million 34 29.8 km 3 340,000 Japan Subway yes yes 64 Kobe 121 million 24 30.6 km 2 332,000 Japan Subway Port Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyred Port Liner and Rokko Liner Port Liner and Rokko Liner yes 65 Vancouver 120 million 47 69.5 km 3 329,000 Canada SkyTrain Skytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system yes yes 66 Nuremberg 118 million 44 36.0 km 3 323,000 Germany U-Bahn lines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains yes 67 Ankara 113 million 44 55.1 km 4 310,000 Turkey Metro metro line yes yes 68 San Francisco 111 million 44 166.9 km 5 304,000 USA BART yes Wide sliding doors between cars since the 1970s 69 Dubai 109 million 45 69.7 km 2 299,000 United Arab Emirates Metro metro metro, monorail yes yes 70 Kuala Lumpur 109 million 79 100.1 km 3 299,000 Malaysia LRT, Monorail LRT KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stations yes 71 Philadelphia 107 million 62 62.0 km 3 293,000 USA Subway yes 72 Chengdu 103 million 67 88.2 km 3 282,000 China Metro yes yes 73 Toulouse 103 million 37 27.5 km 2 282,000 France Métro VAL yes VAL yes 74 Lille 96 million 60 45.5 km 2 263,000 France Métro VAL yes VAL, all stations yes 75 Bilbao 90 million 41 43.4 km 2 247,000 Spain Metro yes yes 76 Incheon 89 million 29 29.5 km 1 244,000 South Korea Subway yes 77 Tbilisi 88 million 21 26.3 km 2 241,000 Georgia Metro 78 Rotterdam 87 million 37 47.0 km 2 238,000 Netherlands Metro 79 Amsterdam 85 million 33 32.7 km 4 233,000 Netherlands Metro M5 type train sets M5 type train sets 80 Istanbul 78 million 67 90.0 km 5 214,000 Turkey Metro Seyrantepe station on line M2 some lines some lines 81 Novosibirsk 76 million 12 16.4 km 2 208,000 Russia Metro 82 Oslo 76 million 77 62.0 km 5 208,000 Norway T-Bane yes 83 Marseille 75 million 28 21.8 km 2 205,000 France Métro yes 84 Wuhan 73 million 100 128.3 km 4 200,000 China Metro 85 Tashkent 65 million 26 36.2 km 3 178,000 Uzbekistan Metro 86 Tianjin 64 million 83 136.5 km 4 175,000 China Metro platform gate doors yes 87 Izmir 63 million 17 20.1 km 1 173,000 Turkey Metro 88 Helsinki 62 million 17 21.0 km 1 170,000 Finland Metro yes 89 Xian 59 million 39 51.9 km 2 162,000 China Metro yes 90 Sendai 58 million 29 28.7 km 2 159,000 Japan Subway yes 91 Brasilia 55 million 24 42.0 km 1 151,000 Brazil Metrô 92 Copenhagen 54 million 22 21.0 km 2 148,000 Denmark Metro all metro lines all underground stations all metro and S-Tog trains yes 93 Kaohsiung 52 million 37 45.0 km 2 142,000 Taiwan MRT MRT 94 Rennes 47 million 15 9.0 km 1 129,000 France Métro VAL yes VAL yes 95 Los Angeles 46 million 30 59.3 km 3 126,000 USA Metro Rail yes 96 Dalian 44 million 55 141.0 km 4 121,000 China Metro 97 Daejeon 38 million 22 22.6 km 1 104,000 South Korea Subway yes 98 Newcastle 38 million 50 76.5 km 2 104,000 United Kingdom Tyne & Wear Metro 99 Yekaterinburg 38 million 9 12.7 km 1 104,000 Russia Metro 100 Pyongyang 36 million 15 22.5 km 2 98,600 North Korea Metro 101 Naples 35 million 29 34.8 km 3 95,900 Italy Metropolitana 102 Atlanta 34 million 38 79.2 km 2 93,200 USA MARTA yes 103 Turin 33 million 21 13.4 km 1 90,400 Italy Metropolitana VAL yes VAL yes yes 104 Santo Domingo 29 million 29 24.8 km 2 79,500 Dominican Republic Metro yes 105 Sofia 29 million 33 36.2 km 2 79,500 Bulgaria Metro 106 Kazan 27 million 10 15.8 km 1 74,000 Russia Metro 107 Nizhny Novgorod 27 million 14 18.9 km 2 74,000 Russia Metro 108 Valencia 21 million 9 7.7 km 1 57,500 Venezuela Metro 109 Baltimore 18 million 14 24.5 km 1 49,300 USA Metro Subway yes 110 Gwangju 18 million 20 20.1 km 1 49,300 South Korea Subway yes 111 Hiroshima 18 million 22 18.4 km 1 49,300 Japan Monorail yes 112 Miami 18 million 23 39.8 km 1 49,300 USA Metrorail downtown people mover, rubber-tyred Downtown people mover yes 113 Yerevan 17 million 10 12.1 km 1 46,600 Armenia Metro 114 Samara 16 million 10 11.6 km 1 43,800 Russia Metro 115 Glasgow 13 million 15 10.4 km 1 35,600 United Kingdom Subway 116 San Juan 11 million 16 17.2 km 1 30,100 Puerto Rico Tren Urbano 117 Dnepropetrovsk 9 million 6 7.1 km 1 24,700 Ukraine Metro 118 Almaty 7 million 9 10.3 km 1 19,200 Kazakhstan Metro 119 Cleveland 6 million 18 31.0 km 1 16,400 USA Rapid Transit 120 Adana 13 13.5 km 1 Turkey Metro 121 Algiers 14 13.5 km 1 Algeria Metro yes yes 122 Antwerp 11 7.6 km 2 Belgium Premetro 123 Bangalore 30 29.2 km 2 India Metro 124 Belo Horizonte 19 28.1 km 1 Brazil Metrô 125 Bielefeld 7 5.2 km 4 Germany Stadtbahn 126 Bochum 27 21.5 km 2 Germany Stadtbahn 127 Bonn 12 9.0 km 1 Germany Stadtbahn 128 Brescia 17 13.1 km 1 Italy Metro metro 129 Buffalo 8 8.4 km 1 USA Metro Rail 130 Bursa 31 31.5 km 2 Turkey Bursaray 131 Catania 6 3.8 km 1 Italy Metropolitana 132 Changchun 16 17.0 km 1 China LRT 133 Changsha 42 50.2 km 2 China Metro 134 Charleroi 23 17.5 km 4 Belgium Métro Léger 135 Chennai 24 37.0 km 2 India MRTS 136 Chiba 18 15.5 km 2 Japan Monorail 137 Chongqing 111 203.0 km 4 China Monorail The three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDs yes yes 138 Cologne 55 47.4 km 15 Germany Stadtbahn new light rail trains only yes 139 Detroit 13 4.8 km 1 USA People Mover downtown people mover, LIM technology yes 140 Dongguan 15 38.8 km 1 China Metro 141 Dortmund 37 29.5 km 3 Germany Stadtbahn H-Bahn yes 142 Duesseldorf 19 13.0 km 2 Germany Stadtbahn yes 143 Duisburg 13 14.3 km 2 Germany Stadtbahn yes 144 Edmonton 15 20.4 km 1 Canada Light Rail 145 Esfahan 10 11.2 km 1 Iran Urban railway 146 Essen 27 20.2 km 3 Germany Stadtbahn yes 147 Frankfurt 27 20.5 km 3 Germany U-Bahn yes 148 Fuzhou 9 9.7 km 1 China Metro 149 Gelsenkirchen 9 5.5 km 1 Germany Stadtbahn 150 Genoa 8 7.1 km 1 Italy Metropolitana yes 151 Guadalajara 28 24.0 km 2 Mexico Metro 152 Haifa 6 1.8 km 1 Israel Carmelit 153 Hangzhou 53 81.5 km 3 China Metro 154 Hanover 17 18.6 km 3 Germany Stadtbahn yes 155 Harbin 18 17.5 km 1 China Subway 156 Jacksonville 6 6.9 km 1 USA Skyway downtown monorail people mover 157 Jaipur 9 9.6 km 1 India Metrorail 158 Kamakura 8 6.6 km 1 Japan Monorail 159 Kitakyushu 13 8.8 km 1 Japan Monorail yes 160 Kryvyi Rih 12 18.0 km 1 Ukraine Metrotram 161 Kunming 33 58.5 km 3 China Metro yes 162 Las Vegas 7 6.2 km 1 USA Monorail monorail yes 163 Lausanne 28 13.7 km 2 Switzerland Metro line m2 line m2 Line m2 yes 164 Lima 26 34.4 km 1 Peru Tren Urbano 165 Ludwigshafen 11 4.0 km 0 Germany Stadtbahn 166 Malaga 16 12.0 km 2 Spain Metro 167 Maracaibo 6 6.5 km 1 Venezuela Metro yes 168 Mashhad 24 23.5 km 1 Iran Urban railway 169 Mecca 9 18.1 km 1 Saudi Arabia Metro yes yes yes 170 Muelheim 12 9.0 km 2 Germany Stadtbahn 171 Mumbai 73 171.0 km 5 India Suburban Railway 172 Naha 15 12.8 km 1 Japan Monorail 173 Nanchang 24 28.7 km 1 China Rail Transit 174 Nanning 10 11.2 km 1 China Metro 175 Newark 4 2.2 km 1 USA Light Rail 176 Ningbo 50 74.5 km 2 China Metro Line 1 177 Oporto 15 21.7 km 2 Portugal Metro yes yes 178 Palma de Mallorca 9 8.3 km 1 Spain Metro 179 Panama City 13 13.7 km 1 Panama Metro 180 Perugia 7 3.0 km 1 Italy Minimetro Minimetro 181 Pittsburgh 6 4.8 km 1 USA T 182 Porto Alegre 17 33.8 km 1 Brazil Metro 183 Poznan 6 6.1 km 1 Poland Fast Tram 184 Qingdao 10 12.0 km 1 China Metro 185 Recife 28 39.7 km 2 Brazil Metrô 186 Rouen 5 2.2 km 1 France Métro 187 Saint Louis 37 73.4 km 2 USA Metrolink 188 Salvador 8 11.9 km 1 Brazil Metrô yes 189 Seattle 15 27.2 km 1 USA Light Rail yes 190 Seville 21 18.0 km 1 Spain Metro Line 1 191 Shenyang 40 49.5 km 2 China Metro yes 192 Shiraz 6 10.5 km 1 Iran Metro 193 Stuttgart 17 24.0 km 2 Germany Stadtbahn yes yes 194 Suzhou 24 25.7 km 1 China Subway yes 195 Sydney 14 22.1 km 3 Australia Cityrail yes 196 Tabriz 6 7.0 km 1 Iran Metro 197 Tama 19 16.0 km 1 Japan Monorail yes 198 The Hague 30 27.9 km 3 Netherlands RandstadRail 199 Valencia 37 31.8 km 3 Spain Metro yes yes 200 Valparaiso 20 43.0 km 1 Chile Metro 201 Volgograd 6 6.8 km 1 Russia Metro 202 Wuppertal 20 13.3 km 1 Germany Schwebebahn 203 Wuxi 45 56.1 km 2 China Metro 204 Zhengzhou 20 25.4 km 1 China Metro
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