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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 2011 3,102 million Japan Metro left Yurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyred Yurikamome line Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurakucho, Yurikamome lines yes 2 Seoul 2012 2,518 million South Korea Subway right lines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010 yes 3 Beijing 2012 2,460 million China Subway right PGDs on lines 5, 13. PSDs on lines 8, 10 yes 4 Moscow 2011 2,389 million Russia Metro right lines 3, 5 since 2009 5 Shanghai 2012 2,276 million China Metro right newer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stations yes 6 Guangzhou 2012 1,825 million China Metro right APM line (underground people mover) Zhujiang people mover yes yes 7 New York 2012 1,655 million USA Subway right yes 8 Mexico City 2012 1,609 million Mexico Metro right yes 9 Paris 2011 1,524 million 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 10 Hong Kong 2012 1,444 million Hong Kong S.A.R. MTR left Disneyland Resort Line SI, WI lines, planned all underground stations yes 11 London 2011 1,171 million United Kingdom Underground left Docklands Light Rail Jubilee Line extension Circle, District, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines 12 Sao Paulo 2012 877 million Brazil Metrô right line 4 lines 2, 3, 4 (since 2010) all metro lines and regional rail 13 Cairo 2010 837 million Egypt Metro left 5 stations 14 Osaka 2010 836 million Japan Subway left Nanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyred Nanko Port Town Line all stations on the Nanko Port Town Line 15 Singapore 2011 794 million Singapore MRT left North-East Line, Circle Line, Downtown Line, and the 3 rubber-tyred LRT lines LRT lines yes yes 16 Saint Petersburg 2011 786 million Russia Metro right windowless steel doors in ten stations 17 Taipei 2012 652 million Taiwan MRT right Wenshan (Muzha) VAL line Line 1 PGDs in the busier MRT stations, PSDs in all VAL stations yes 18 Santiago 2011 640 million Chile Metro right yes 19 Madrid 2011 635 million Spain Metro left tests in 2010, plans for 2011 yes 20 Delhi 2011 606 million India Metro left Line 5, Airport Metro Express yes 21 Vienna 2010 534 million Austria U-Bahn right yes 22 Prague 2011 530 million Czech Republic Metro right 23 Kiev 2011 519 million Ukraine Metro right 24 Berlin 2011 505 million Germany U-Bahn right 25 Caracas 2009 485 million Venezuela Metro yes 26 Tehran 2011 480 million Iran Metro yes 27 Nagoya 2008 427 million Japan Subway left Tobu Kyuryo maglev line Tobu Kyuryo maglev line yes 28 Barcelona 2011 389 million Spain Metro right lines L9, L10, L11 lines L9, L10, L11 yes 29 Munich 2010 360 million Germany U-Bahn right 30 Manila 2008 346 million Philippines MRT right yes 31 Nanjing 2011 344 million China Metro right Line 2 yes 32 Athens 2008 342 million Greece Metro right yes 33 Rome 2008 331 million Italy Metropolitana left yes 34 Milan 2007 328 million Italy Metropolitana right line M5 line M5 yes 35 Busan 2012 320 million South Korea Subway right Line 4 Line 4 line 3 36 Stockholm 2011 309 million Sweden Tunnelbana left 37 Buenos Aires 2011 308 million Argentina Subte left 38 Budapest 2011 302 million Hungary Metro right 39 Minsk 2012 281 million Belarus Metro right 40 Toronto 2006 278 million Canada Subway right yes 41 Lyon 2009 257 million France Métro left line D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDs yes 42 Kharkov 2011 250 million Ukraine Metro right 43 Bangkok 2011 245 million Thailand Skytrain, MRT left Green line Green line, Blue line yes 44 Chicago 2011 222 million USA "L" right yes 45 Montreal 2006 219 million Canada Metro right yes 46 Washington 2012 218 million USA Metrorail right yes 47 Rio de Janeiro 2010 212 million Brazil Metrô right yes 48 Sapporo 2008 209 million Japan Subway left yes 49 Hamburg 2011 199 million Germany U-Bahn right DT5 type train sets 50 Yokohama 2008 198 million Japan Subway left Kanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyred Kanazawa Seaside LRT Kanazawa Seaside LRT line 51 Baku 2011 183 million Azerbaijan Metro right 52 Lisbon 2010 183 million Portugal Metro left 53 Kolkata 2009 173 million India Metro Railway right 54 Bucharest 2011 171 million Romania Metro right 55 Medellin 2011 170 million Colombia Metro 56 Boston 2010 147 million USA The T right yes 57 Warsaw 2011 140 million Poland Metro right 58 Monterrey 2009 138 million Mexico Metro right yes 59 Brussels 2009 133 million Belgium Métro right (left on lines 1 and 6 between Midi and Roi Baudouin) 60 Shenzhen 2009 132 million China Metro right yes yes 61 Daegu 2012 127 million South Korea Subway lines 1, 2 62 Kyoto 2008 126 million Japan Subway left Tozai line 63 Fukuoka 2007 124 million Japan Subway left yes 64 Kobe 2008 121 million Japan Subway left Port Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyred Port Liner and Rokko Liner Port Liner and Rokko Liner 65 Vancouver 2011 120 million Canada SkyTrain right Skytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system yes 66 Nuremberg 2011 118 million Germany U-Bahn right lines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains 67 Ankara 2007 113 million Turkey Metro right metro line yes 68 San Francisco 2012 111 million USA BART right yes 69 Dubai 2012 109 million United Arab Emirates Metro right metro metro, monorail yes 70 Kuala Lumpur 2008 109 million Malaysia LRT, Monorail left LRT KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stations yes 71 Philadelphia 2011 107 million USA Subway right yes 72 Chengdu 2012 103 million China Metro right yes yes 73 Toulouse 2011 103 million France Métro right VAL yes VAL 74 Lille 2009 96 million France Métro right VAL yes VAL, all stations 75 Bilbao 2011 90 million Spain Metro left yes 76 Incheon 2012 89 million South Korea Subway yes 77 Tbilisi 2008 88 million Georgia Metro right 78 Rotterdam 2008 87 million Netherlands Metro right 79 Amsterdam 2009 85 million Netherlands Metro right M5 type train sets 80 Istanbul 2011 78 million Turkey Metro right Seyrantepe station on line M2 some lines 81 Novosibirsk 2011 76 million Russia Metro right 82 Oslo 2010 76 million Norway T-Bane right 83 Marseille 2011 75 million France Métro right yes 84 Wuhan 2011 73 million China Metro right 85 Tashkent 2010 65 million Uzbekistan Metro right 86 Tianjin 2010 64 million China Metro right platform gate doors yes 87 Izmir 2011 63 million Turkey Metro 88 Helsinki 2011 62 million Finland Metro right 89 Xian 2012 59 million China Metro 90 Sendai 2008 58 million Japan Subway left 91 Brasilia 2009 55 million Brazil Metrô right 92 Copenhagen 2011 54 million Denmark Metro right all metro lines all underground stations all metro and S-Tog trains 93 Kaohsiung 2012 52 million Taiwan MRT MRT 94 Rennes 2011 47 million France Métro right VAL yes VAL 95 Los Angeles 2011 46 million USA Metro Rail right yes 96 Dalian 2012 44 million China Metro right 97 Daejeon 2011 38 million South Korea Subway yes 98 Newcastle 2011 38 million United Kingdom Tyne & Wear Metro left 99 Yekaterinburg 2011 38 million Russia Metro right 100 Pyongyang 2009 36 million North Korea Metro 101 Naples 2011 35 million Italy Metropolitana left 102 Atlanta 2007 34 million USA MARTA right yes 103 Turin 2011 33 million Italy Metropolitana right VAL yes VAL yes 104 Santo Domingo 2011 29 million Dominican Republic Metro yes 105 Sofia 2009 29 million Bulgaria Metro right 106 Kazan 2012 27 million Russia Metro right 107 Nizhny Novgorod 2010 27 million Russia Metro right 108 Valencia 2010 21 million Venezuela Metro 109 Baltimore 2011 18 million USA Metro Subway right yes 110 Gwangju 2011 18 million South Korea Subway yes 111 Hiroshima 2005 18 million Japan Monorail left yes 112 Miami 2011 18 million USA Metrorail right downtown people mover, rubber-tyred Downtown people mover yes 113 Yerevan 2011 17 million Armenia Metro right 114 Samara 2011 16 million Russia Metro right 115 Glasgow 2011 13 million United Kingdom Subway left 116 San Juan 2011 11 million Puerto Rico Tren Urbano 117 Dnepropetrovsk 2010 9 million Ukraine Metro 118 Almaty 2012 7 million Kazakhstan Metro 119 Cleveland 2011 6 million USA Rapid Transit right 120 Adana Turkey Metro 121 Algiers Algeria Metro 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 138 Cologne Germany Stadtbahn right new light rail trains only 139 Detroit USA People Mover right downtown people mover, LIM technology yes 140 Dongguan China Metro 141 Dortmund Germany Stadtbahn right H-Bahn 142 Duesseldorf Germany Stadtbahn right 143 Duisburg Germany Stadtbahn right 144 Edmonton Canada Light Rail right 145 Esfahan Iran Urban railway 146 Essen Germany Stadtbahn right 147 Frankfurt Germany U-Bahn right 148 Fuzhou China Metro 149 Gelsenkirchen Germany Stadtbahn right 150 Genoa Italy Metropolitana right 151 Guadalajara Mexico Metro right 152 Haifa Israel Carmelit 153 Hangzhou China Metro 154 Hanover Germany Stadtbahn right 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 160 Kryvyi Rih Ukraine Metrotram 161 Kunming China Metro 162 Las Vegas USA Monorail right monorail yes 163 Lausanne Switzerland Metro line m2 line m2 Line m2 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 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 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 194 Suzhou China Subway right yes 195 Sydney Australia Cityrail left yes 196 Tabriz Iran Metro 197 Tama Japan Monorail left 198 The Hague Netherlands RandstadRail right 199 Valencia Spain Metro right 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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