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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 Japan 3,102 million 2011 Metro left Yurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyred Yurikamome line Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurakucho, Yurikamome lines yes yes 2 Seoul South Korea 2,518 million 2012 Subway right lines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010 yes yes 3 Beijing China 2,460 million 2012 Subway right PGDs on lines 5, 13. PSDs on lines 8, 10 yes all lines 4 Moscow Russia 2,389 million 2011 Metro right lines 3, 5 since 2009 5 Shanghai China 2,276 million 2012 Metro right newer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stations yes 6 Guangzhou China 1,825 million 2012 Metro right APM line (underground people mover) Zhujiang people mover yes yes yes 7 New York USA 1,655 million 2012 Subway right yes 8 Mexico City Mexico 1,609 million 2012 Metro right yes 9 Paris France 1,524 million 2011 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 10 Hong Kong Hong Kong S.A.R. 1,444 million 2012 MTR left Disneyland Resort Line SI, WI lines, planned all underground stations yes yes 11 London United Kingdom 1,171 million 2011 Underground left Docklands Light Rail Jubilee Line extension Circle, District, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines Metropolitan Line, DLR 12 Sao Paulo Brazil 877 million 2012 Metrô right line 4 lines 2, 3, 4 (since 2010) all metro lines and regional rail lines 4, 5 13 Cairo Egypt 837 million 2010 Metro left 5 stations 14 Osaka Japan 836 million 2010 Subway left Nanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyred Nanko Port Town Line all stations on the Nanko Port Town Line yes 15 Singapore Singapore 794 million 2011 MRT left North-East Line, Circle Line, Downtown Line, and the 3 rubber-tyred LRT lines LRT lines yes yes yes 16 Saint Petersburg Russia 786 million 2011 Metro right windowless steel doors in ten stations 17 Taipei Taiwan 652 million 2012 MRT right Wenshan (Muzha) VAL line Line 1 PGDs in the busier MRT stations, PSDs in all VAL stations yes yes 18 Santiago Chile 640 million 2011 Metro right yes yes 19 Madrid Spain 635 million 2011 Metro left tests in 2010, plans for 2011 yes yes 20 Delhi India 606 million 2011 Metro left Line 5, Airport Metro Express yes yes 21 Vienna Austria 534 million 2010 U-Bahn right yes yes 22 Prague Czech Republic 530 million 2011 Metro right yes 23 Kiev Ukraine 519 million 2011 Metro right 24 Berlin Germany 505 million 2011 U-Bahn right yes 25 Caracas Venezuela 485 million 2009 Metro yes 26 Tehran Iran 480 million 2011 Metro yes 27 Nagoya Japan 427 million 2008 Subway left Tobu Kyuryo maglev line Tobu Kyuryo maglev line yes yes 28 Barcelona Spain 389 million 2011 Metro right lines L9, L10, L11 lines L9, L10, L11 yes yes 29 Munich Germany 360 million 2010 U-Bahn right yes 30 Manila Philippines 346 million 2008 MRT right yes yes 31 Nanjing China 344 million 2011 Metro right Line 2 yes yes 32 Athens Greece 342 million 2008 Metro right yes yes 33 Rome Italy 331 million 2008 Metropolitana left yes yes 34 Milan Italy 328 million 2007 Metropolitana right line M5 line M5 yes yes 35 Busan South Korea 320 million 2012 Subway right Line 4 Line 4 line 3 36 Stockholm Sweden 309 million 2011 Tunnelbana left 37 Buenos Aires Argentina 308 million 2011 Subte left yes 38 Budapest Hungary 302 million 2011 Metro right 39 Minsk Belarus 281 million 2012 Metro right 40 Toronto Canada 278 million 2006 Subway right yes 41 Lyon France 257 million 2009 Métro left line D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDs yes 42 Kharkov Ukraine 250 million 2011 Metro right 43 Bangkok Thailand 245 million 2011 Skytrain, MRT left Green line Green line, Blue line yes 44 Chicago USA 222 million 2011 "L" right yes 45 Montreal Canada 219 million 2006 Metro right yes 46 Washington USA 218 million 2012 Metrorail right yes 47 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 212 million 2010 Metrô right yes 48 Sapporo Japan 209 million 2008 Subway left yes yes 49 Hamburg Germany 199 million 2011 U-Bahn right DT5 type train sets DT5 type train sets 50 Yokohama Japan 198 million 2008 Subway left Kanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyred Kanazawa Seaside LRT Kanazawa Seaside LRT line yes 51 Baku Azerbaijan 183 million 2011 Metro right 52 Lisbon Portugal 183 million 2010 Metro left yes 53 Kolkata India 173 million 2009 Metro Railway right 54 Bucharest Romania 171 million 2011 Metro right 55 Medellin Colombia 170 million 2011 Metro 56 Boston USA 147 million 2010 The T right yes 57 Warsaw Poland 140 million 2011 Metro right 58 Monterrey Mexico 138 million 2009 Metro right yes 59 Brussels Belgium 133 million 2009 Métro right (left on lines 1 and 6 between Midi and Roi Baudouin) line 1 60 Shenzhen China 132 million 2009 Metro right yes yes yes 61 Daegu South Korea 127 million 2012 Subway lines 1, 2 62 Kyoto Japan 126 million 2008 Subway left Tozai line yes 63 Fukuoka Japan 124 million 2007 Subway left yes yes 64 Kobe Japan 121 million 2008 Subway left Port Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyred Port Liner and Rokko Liner Port Liner and Rokko Liner yes 65 Vancouver Canada 120 million 2011 SkyTrain right Skytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system yes yes 66 Nuremberg Germany 118 million 2011 U-Bahn right lines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains yes 67 Ankara Turkey 113 million 2007 Metro right metro line yes yes 68 San Francisco USA 111 million 2012 BART right yes Wide sliding doors between cars since the 1970s 69 Dubai United Arab Emirates 109 million 2012 Metro right metro metro, monorail yes yes 70 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 109 million 2008 LRT, Monorail left LRT KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stations yes 71 Philadelphia USA 107 million 2011 Subway right yes 72 Chengdu China 103 million 2012 Metro right yes yes 73 Toulouse France 103 million 2011 Métro right VAL yes VAL yes 74 Lille France 96 million 2009 Métro right VAL yes VAL, all stations yes 75 Bilbao Spain 90 million 2011 Metro left yes yes 76 Incheon South Korea 89 million 2012 Subway yes 77 Tbilisi Georgia 88 million 2008 Metro right 78 Rotterdam Netherlands 87 million 2008 Metro right 79 Amsterdam Netherlands 85 million 2009 Metro right M5 type train sets M5 type train sets 80 Istanbul Turkey 78 million 2011 Metro right Seyrantepe station on line M2 some lines some lines 81 Novosibirsk Russia 76 million 2011 Metro right 82 Oslo Norway 76 million 2010 T-Bane right yes 83 Marseille France 75 million 2011 Métro right yes 84 Wuhan China 73 million 2011 Metro right 85 Tashkent Uzbekistan 65 million 2010 Metro right 86 Tianjin China 64 million 2010 Metro right platform gate doors yes 87 Izmir Turkey 63 million 2011 Metro 88 Helsinki Finland 62 million 2011 Metro right yes 89 Xian China 59 million 2012 Metro yes 90 Sendai Japan 58 million 2008 Subway left yes 91 Brasilia Brazil 55 million 2009 Metrô right 92 Copenhagen Denmark 54 million 2011 Metro right all metro lines all underground stations all metro and S-Tog trains yes 93 Kaohsiung Taiwan 52 million 2012 MRT MRT 94 Rennes France 47 million 2011 Métro right VAL yes VAL yes 95 Los Angeles USA 46 million 2011 Metro Rail right yes 96 Dalian China 44 million 2012 Metro right 97 Daejeon South Korea 38 million 2011 Subway yes 98 Newcastle United Kingdom 38 million 2011 Tyne & Wear Metro left 99 Yekaterinburg Russia 38 million 2011 Metro right 100 Pyongyang North Korea 36 million 2009 Metro 101 Naples Italy 35 million 2011 Metropolitana left 102 Atlanta USA 34 million 2007 MARTA right yes 103 Turin Italy 33 million 2011 Metropolitana right VAL yes VAL yes yes 104 Santo Domingo Dominican Republic 29 million 2011 Metro yes 105 Sofia Bulgaria 29 million 2009 Metro right 106 Kazan Russia 27 million 2012 Metro right 107 Nizhny Novgorod Russia 27 million 2010 Metro right 108 Valencia Venezuela 21 million 2010 Metro 109 Baltimore USA 18 million 2011 Metro Subway right yes 110 Gwangju South Korea 18 million 2011 Subway yes 111 Hiroshima Japan 18 million 2005 Monorail left yes 112 Miami USA 18 million 2011 Metrorail right downtown people mover, rubber-tyred Downtown people mover yes 113 Yerevan Armenia 17 million 2011 Metro right 114 Samara Russia 16 million 2011 Metro right 115 Glasgow United Kingdom 13 million 2011 Subway left 116 San Juan Puerto Rico 11 million 2011 Tren Urbano 117 Dnepropetrovsk Ukraine 9 million 2010 Metro 118 Almaty Kazakhstan 7 million 2012 Metro 119 Cleveland USA 6 million 2011 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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