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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 left Metro Yurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyred Yurikamome line Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurakucho, Yurikamome lines yes yes 2 Seoul 2012 2,518 million South Korea right Subway lines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010 yes yes 3 Beijing 2012 2,460 million China right Subway PGDs on lines 5, 13. PSDs on lines 8, 10 yes all lines 4 Moscow 2011 2,389 million Russia right Metro lines 3, 5 since 2009 5 Shanghai 2012 2,276 million China right Metro newer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stations yes 6 Guangzhou 2012 1,825 million China right Metro APM line (underground people mover) Zhujiang people mover yes yes yes 7 New York 2012 1,655 million USA right Subway yes 8 Mexico City 2012 1,609 million Mexico right Metro yes 9 Paris 2011 1,524 million France right (metro), left (RER) 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 2012 1,444 million Hong Kong S.A.R. left MTR Disneyland Resort Line SI, WI lines, planned all underground stations yes yes 11 London 2011 1,171 million United Kingdom left Underground Docklands Light Rail Jubilee Line extension Circle, District, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines Metropolitan Line, DLR 12 Sao Paulo 2012 877 million Brazil right Metrô line 4 lines 2, 3, 4 (since 2010) all metro lines and regional rail lines 4, 5 13 Cairo 2010 837 million Egypt left Metro 5 stations 14 Osaka 2010 836 million Japan left Subway Nanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyred Nanko Port Town Line all stations on the Nanko Port Town Line yes 15 Singapore 2011 794 million Singapore left MRT North-East Line, Circle Line, Downtown Line, and the 3 rubber-tyred LRT lines LRT lines yes yes yes 16 Saint Petersburg 2011 786 million Russia right Metro windowless steel doors in ten stations 17 Taipei 2012 652 million Taiwan right MRT Wenshan (Muzha) VAL line Line 1 PGDs in the busier MRT stations, PSDs in all VAL stations yes yes 18 Santiago 2011 640 million Chile right Metro yes yes 19 Madrid 2011 635 million Spain left Metro tests in 2010, plans for 2011 yes yes 20 Delhi 2011 606 million India left Metro Line 5, Airport Metro Express yes yes 21 Vienna 2010 534 million Austria right U-Bahn yes yes 22 Prague 2011 530 million Czech Republic right Metro yes 23 Kiev 2011 519 million Ukraine right Metro 24 Berlin 2011 505 million Germany right U-Bahn yes 25 Caracas 2009 485 million Venezuela Metro yes 26 Tehran 2011 480 million Iran Metro yes 27 Nagoya 2008 427 million Japan left Subway Tobu Kyuryo maglev line Tobu Kyuryo maglev line yes yes 28 Barcelona 2011 389 million Spain right Metro lines L9, L10, L11 lines L9, L10, L11 yes yes 29 Munich 2010 360 million Germany right U-Bahn yes 30 Manila 2008 346 million Philippines right MRT yes yes 31 Nanjing 2011 344 million China right Metro Line 2 yes yes 32 Athens 2008 342 million Greece right Metro yes yes 33 Rome 2008 331 million Italy left Metropolitana yes yes 34 Milan 2007 328 million Italy right Metropolitana line M5 line M5 yes yes 35 Busan 2012 320 million South Korea right Subway Line 4 Line 4 line 3 36 Stockholm 2011 309 million Sweden left Tunnelbana 37 Buenos Aires 2011 308 million Argentina left Subte yes 38 Budapest 2011 302 million Hungary right Metro 39 Minsk 2012 281 million Belarus right Metro 40 Toronto 2006 278 million Canada right Subway yes 41 Lyon 2009 257 million France left Métro line D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDs yes 42 Kharkov 2011 250 million Ukraine right Metro 43 Bangkok 2011 245 million Thailand left Skytrain, MRT Green line Green line, Blue line yes 44 Chicago 2011 222 million USA right "L" yes 45 Montreal 2006 219 million Canada right Metro yes 46 Washington 2012 218 million USA right Metrorail yes 47 Rio de Janeiro 2010 212 million Brazil right Metrô yes 48 Sapporo 2008 209 million Japan left Subway yes yes 49 Hamburg 2011 199 million Germany right U-Bahn DT5 type train sets DT5 type train sets 50 Yokohama 2008 198 million Japan left Subway Kanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyred Kanazawa Seaside LRT Kanazawa Seaside LRT line yes 51 Baku 2011 183 million Azerbaijan right Metro 52 Lisbon 2010 183 million Portugal left Metro yes 53 Kolkata 2009 173 million India right Metro Railway 54 Bucharest 2011 171 million Romania right Metro 55 Medellin 2011 170 million Colombia Metro 56 Boston 2010 147 million USA right The T yes 57 Warsaw 2011 140 million Poland right Metro 58 Monterrey 2009 138 million Mexico right Metro yes 59 Brussels 2009 133 million Belgium right (left on lines 1 and 6 between Midi and Roi Baudouin) Métro line 1 60 Shenzhen 2009 132 million China right Metro yes yes yes 61 Daegu 2012 127 million South Korea Subway lines 1, 2 62 Kyoto 2008 126 million Japan left Subway Tozai line yes 63 Fukuoka 2007 124 million Japan left Subway yes yes 64 Kobe 2008 121 million Japan left Subway Port Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyred Port Liner and Rokko Liner Port Liner and Rokko Liner yes 65 Vancouver 2011 120 million Canada right SkyTrain Skytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system yes yes 66 Nuremberg 2011 118 million Germany right U-Bahn lines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains yes 67 Ankara 2007 113 million Turkey right Metro metro line yes yes 68 San Francisco 2012 111 million USA right BART yes Wide sliding doors between cars since the 1970s 69 Dubai 2012 109 million United Arab Emirates right Metro metro metro, monorail yes yes 70 Kuala Lumpur 2008 109 million Malaysia left LRT, Monorail LRT KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stations yes 71 Philadelphia 2011 107 million USA right Subway yes 72 Chengdu 2012 103 million China right Metro yes yes 73 Toulouse 2011 103 million France right Métro VAL yes VAL yes 74 Lille 2009 96 million France right Métro VAL yes VAL, all stations yes 75 Bilbao 2011 90 million Spain left Metro yes yes 76 Incheon 2012 89 million South Korea Subway yes 77 Tbilisi 2008 88 million Georgia right Metro 78 Rotterdam 2008 87 million Netherlands right Metro 79 Amsterdam 2009 85 million Netherlands right Metro M5 type train sets M5 type train sets 80 Istanbul 2011 78 million Turkey right Metro Seyrantepe station on line M2 some lines some lines 81 Novosibirsk 2011 76 million Russia right Metro 82 Oslo 2010 76 million Norway right T-Bane yes 83 Marseille 2011 75 million France right Métro yes 84 Wuhan 2011 73 million China right Metro 85 Tashkent 2010 65 million Uzbekistan right Metro 86 Tianjin 2010 64 million China right Metro platform gate doors yes 87 Izmir 2011 63 million Turkey Metro 88 Helsinki 2011 62 million Finland right Metro yes 89 Xian 2012 59 million China Metro yes 90 Sendai 2008 58 million Japan left Subway yes 91 Brasilia 2009 55 million Brazil right Metrô 92 Copenhagen 2011 54 million Denmark right Metro all metro lines all underground stations all metro and S-Tog trains yes 93 Kaohsiung 2012 52 million Taiwan MRT MRT 94 Rennes 2011 47 million France right Métro VAL yes VAL yes 95 Los Angeles 2011 46 million USA right Metro Rail yes 96 Dalian 2012 44 million China right Metro 97 Daejeon 2011 38 million South Korea Subway yes 98 Newcastle 2011 38 million United Kingdom left Tyne & Wear Metro 99 Yekaterinburg 2011 38 million Russia right Metro 100 Pyongyang 2009 36 million North Korea Metro 101 Naples 2011 35 million Italy left Metropolitana 102 Atlanta 2007 34 million USA right MARTA yes 103 Turin 2011 33 million Italy right Metropolitana VAL yes VAL yes yes 104 Santo Domingo 2011 29 million Dominican Republic Metro yes 105 Sofia 2009 29 million Bulgaria right Metro 106 Kazan 2012 27 million Russia right Metro 107 Nizhny Novgorod 2010 27 million Russia right Metro 108 Valencia 2010 21 million Venezuela Metro 109 Baltimore 2011 18 million USA right Metro Subway yes 110 Gwangju 2011 18 million South Korea Subway yes 111 Hiroshima 2005 18 million Japan left Monorail yes 112 Miami 2011 18 million USA right Metrorail downtown people mover, rubber-tyred Downtown people mover yes 113 Yerevan 2011 17 million Armenia right Metro 114 Samara 2011 16 million Russia right Metro 115 Glasgow 2011 13 million United Kingdom left Subway 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 right Rapid Transit 120 Adana Turkey Metro 121 Algiers Algeria Metro yes yes 122 Antwerp Belgium Premetro 123 Bangalore India Metro 124 Belo Horizonte Brazil right Metrô 125 Bielefeld Germany right Stadtbahn 126 Bochum Germany right Stadtbahn 127 Bonn Germany right Stadtbahn 128 Brescia Italy Metro metro 129 Buffalo USA right Metro Rail 130 Bursa Turkey Bursaray 131 Catania Italy right Metropolitana 132 Changchun China right LRT 133 Changsha China Metro 134 Charleroi Belgium Métro Léger 135 Chennai India MRTS 136 Chiba Japan left Monorail 137 Chongqing China right Monorail The three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDs yes yes 138 Cologne Germany right Stadtbahn new light rail trains only yes 139 Detroit USA right People Mover downtown people mover, LIM technology yes 140 Dongguan China Metro 141 Dortmund Germany right Stadtbahn H-Bahn yes 142 Duesseldorf Germany right Stadtbahn yes 143 Duisburg Germany right Stadtbahn yes 144 Edmonton Canada right Light Rail 145 Esfahan Iran Urban railway 146 Essen Germany right Stadtbahn yes 147 Frankfurt Germany right U-Bahn yes 148 Fuzhou China Metro 149 Gelsenkirchen Germany right Stadtbahn 150 Genoa Italy right Metropolitana yes 151 Guadalajara Mexico right Metro 152 Haifa Israel Carmelit 153 Hangzhou China Metro 154 Hanover Germany right Stadtbahn yes 155 Harbin China Subway 156 Jacksonville USA right Skyway downtown monorail people mover 157 Jaipur India Metrorail 158 Kamakura Japan left Monorail 159 Kitakyushu Japan left Monorail yes 160 Kryvyi Rih Ukraine Metrotram 161 Kunming China Metro yes 162 Las Vegas USA right Monorail monorail yes 163 Lausanne Switzerland Metro line m2 line m2 Line m2 yes 164 Lima Peru Tren Urbano 165 Ludwigshafen Germany right Stadtbahn 166 Malaga Spain Metro 167 Maracaibo Venezuela Metro yes 168 Mashhad Iran Urban railway 169 Mecca Saudi Arabia right Metro yes yes yes 170 Muelheim Germany right Stadtbahn 171 Mumbai India Suburban Railway 172 Naha Japan left Monorail 173 Nanchang China Rail Transit 174 Nanning China Metro 175 Newark USA right Light Rail 176 Ningbo China Metro Line 1 177 Oporto Portugal right Metro yes yes 178 Palma de Mallorca Spain Metro 179 Panama City Panama Metro 180 Perugia Italy Minimetro Minimetro 181 Pittsburgh USA right T 182 Porto Alegre Brazil right Metro 183 Poznan Poland Fast Tram 184 Qingdao China Metro 185 Recife Brazil right Metrô 186 Rouen France Métro 187 Saint Louis USA right Metrolink 188 Salvador Brazil Metrô yes 189 Seattle USA right Light Rail yes 190 Seville Spain Metro Line 1 191 Shenyang China right Metro yes 192 Shiraz Iran Metro 193 Stuttgart Germany right Stadtbahn yes yes 194 Suzhou China right Subway yes 195 Sydney Australia left Cityrail yes 196 Tabriz Iran Metro 197 Tama Japan left Monorail yes 198 The Hague Netherlands right RandstadRail 199 Valencia Spain right Metro yes yes 200 Valparaiso Chile right Metro 201 Volgograd Russia Metro 202 Wuppertal Germany right Schwebebahn 203 Wuxi China Metro 204 Zhengzhou China Metro
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