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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 304.5 km 205 13 Japan 8.5 million Metro left Yurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyred Yurikamome line Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurakucho, Yurikamome lines yes yes 2 Seoul 2012 2,518 million 326.5 km 260 9 South Korea 6.9 million Subway right lines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010 yes yes 3 Beijing 2012 2,460 million 554.0 km 278 18 China 6.74 million Subway right PGDs on lines 5, 13. PSDs on lines 8, 10 yes all lines 4 Moscow 2011 2,389 million 333.6 km 158 12 Russia 6.55 million Metro right lines 3, 5 since 2009 5 Shanghai 2012 2,276 million 588.0 km 284 14 China 6.24 million Metro right newer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stations yes 6 Guangzhou 2012 1,825 million 263.5 km 149 9 China 5 million Metro right APM line (underground people mover) Zhujiang people mover yes yes yes 7 New York 2012 1,655 million 370.4 km 423 27 USA 4.53 million Subway right yes 8 Mexico City 2012 1,609 million 180.0 km 163 12 Mexico 4.41 million Metro right yes 9 Paris 2011 1,524 million 219.9 km 303 16 France 4.18 million 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 2012 1,444 million 178.0 km 84 10 Hong Kong S.A.R. 3.96 million MTR left Disneyland Resort Line SI, WI lines, planned all underground stations yes yes 11 London 2011 1,171 million 402.0 km 270 11 United Kingdom 3.21 million Underground left Docklands Light Rail Jubilee Line extension Circle, District, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines Metropolitan Line, DLR 12 Sao Paulo 2012 877 million 78.4 km 64 6 Brazil 2.4 million Metrô right line 4 lines 2, 3, 4 (since 2010) all metro lines and regional rail lines 4, 5 13 Cairo 2010 837 million 77.9 km 61 3 Egypt 2.29 million Metro left 5 stations 14 Osaka 2010 836 million 137.8 km 104 9 Japan 2.29 million Subway left Nanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyred Nanko Port Town Line all stations on the Nanko Port Town Line yes 15 Singapore 2011 794 million 167.4 km 100 5 Singapore 2.18 million MRT left 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 113.5 km 59 5 Russia 2.15 million Metro right windowless steel doors in ten stations 17 Taipei 2012 652 million 131.3 km 108 5 Taiwan 1.79 million MRT right Wenshan (Muzha) VAL line Line 1 PGDs in the busier MRT stations, PSDs in all VAL stations yes yes 18 Santiago 2011 640 million 102.4 km 100 5 Chile 1.75 million Metro right yes yes 19 Madrid 2011 635 million 293.0 km 232 13 Spain 1.74 million Metro left tests in 2010, plans for 2011 yes yes 20 Delhi 2011 606 million 214.9 km 152 7 India 1.66 million Metro left Line 5, Airport Metro Express yes yes 21 Vienna 2010 534 million 79.0 km 94 5 Austria 1.46 million U-Bahn right yes yes 22 Prague 2011 530 million 65.1 km 58 3 Czech Republic 1.45 million Metro right yes 23 Kiev 2011 519 million 67.6 km 49 3 Ukraine 1.42 million Metro right 24 Berlin 2011 505 million 147.4 km 173 10 Germany 1.38 million U-Bahn right yes 25 Caracas 2009 485 million 66.5 km 54 6 Venezuela 1.33 million Metro yes 26 Tehran 2011 480 million 150.6 km 88 5 Iran 1.32 million Metro yes 27 Nagoya 2008 427 million 93.1 km 86 4 Japan 1.17 million Subway left Tobu Kyuryo maglev line Tobu Kyuryo maglev line yes yes 28 Barcelona 2011 389 million 139.4 km 147 11 Spain 1.07 million Metro right lines L9, L10, L11 lines L9, L10, L11 yes yes 29 Munich 2010 360 million 94.2 km 96 6 Germany 986,000 U-Bahn right yes 30 Manila 2008 346 million 51.5 km 41 3 Philippines 948,000 MRT right yes yes 31 Nanjing 2011 344 million 142.3 km 91 4 China 942,000 Metro right Line 2 yes yes 32 Athens 2008 342 million 60.3 km 61 3 Greece 937,000 Metro right yes yes 33 Rome 2008 331 million 61.0 km 73 3 Italy 907,000 Metropolitana left yes yes 34 Milan 2007 328 million 96.9 km 105 4 Italy 899,000 Metropolitana right line M5 line M5 yes yes 35 Busan 2012 320 million 133.4 km 120 5 South Korea 877,000 Subway right Line 4 Line 4 line 3 36 Stockholm 2011 309 million 105.7 km 100 3 Sweden 847,000 Tunnelbana left 37 Buenos Aires 2011 308 million 53.9 km 73 6 Argentina 844,000 Subte left yes 38 Budapest 2011 302 million 33.0 km 40 3 Hungary 827,000 Metro right 39 Minsk 2012 281 million 37.2 km 28 2 Belarus 770,000 Metro right 40 Toronto 2006 278 million 71.3 km 69 4 Canada 762,000 Subway right yes 41 Lyon 2009 257 million 31.8 km 40 4 France 704,000 Métro left line D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDs yes 42 Kharkov 2011 250 million 37.4 km 26 3 Ukraine 685,000 Metro right 43 Bangkok 2011 245 million 86.4 km 55 4 Thailand 671,000 Skytrain, MRT left Green line Green line, Blue line yes 44 Chicago 2011 222 million 166.0 km 145 8 USA 608,000 "L" right yes 45 Montreal 2006 219 million 69.2 km 68 4 Canada 600,000 Metro right yes 46 Washington 2012 218 million 189.9 km 91 6 USA 597,000 Metrorail right yes 47 Rio de Janeiro 2010 212 million 42.0 km 36 2 Brazil 581,000 Metrô right yes 48 Sapporo 2008 209 million 48.0 km 46 3 Japan 573,000 Subway left yes yes 49 Hamburg 2011 199 million 104.7 km 91 4 Germany 545,000 U-Bahn right DT5 type train sets DT5 type train sets 50 Yokohama 2008 198 million 57.6 km 45 3 Japan 542,000 Subway left Kanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyred Kanazawa Seaside LRT Kanazawa Seaside LRT line yes 51 Baku 2011 183 million 36.6 km 23 3 Azerbaijan 501,000 Metro right 52 Lisbon 2010 183 million 44.3 km 50 4 Portugal 501,000 Metro left yes 53 Kolkata 2009 173 million 29.7 km 24 1 India 474,000 Metro Railway right 54 Bucharest 2011 171 million 69.3 km 45 4 Romania 468,000 Metro right 55 Medellin 2011 170 million 28.8 km 25 2 Colombia 466,000 Metro 56 Boston 2010 147 million 60.5 km 60 3 USA 403,000 The T right yes 57 Warsaw 2011 140 million 28.7 km 27 2 Poland 384,000 Metro right 58 Monterrey 2009 138 million 31.5 km 31 2 Mexico 378,000 Metro right yes 59 Brussels 2009 133 million 32.2 km 59 3 Belgium 364,000 Métro right (left on lines 1 and 6 between Midi and Roi Baudouin) line 1 60 Shenzhen 2009 132 million 230.3 km 133 6 China 362,000 Metro right yes yes yes 61 Daegu 2012 127 million 81.2 km 86 3 South Korea 348,000 Subway lines 1, 2 62 Kyoto 2008 126 million 31.3 km 31 2 Japan 345,000 Subway left Tozai line yes 63 Fukuoka 2007 124 million 29.8 km 34 3 Japan 340,000 Subway left yes yes 64 Kobe 2008 121 million 30.6 km 24 2 Japan 332,000 Subway left Port Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyred Port Liner and Rokko Liner Port Liner and Rokko Liner yes 65 Vancouver 2011 120 million 69.5 km 47 3 Canada 329,000 SkyTrain right Skytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system yes yes 66 Nuremberg 2011 118 million 36.0 km 44 3 Germany 323,000 U-Bahn right lines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains yes 67 Ankara 2007 113 million 55.1 km 44 4 Turkey 310,000 Metro right metro line yes yes 68 San Francisco 2012 111 million 166.9 km 44 5 USA 304,000 BART right yes Wide sliding doors between cars since the 1970s 69 Dubai 2012 109 million 69.7 km 45 2 United Arab Emirates 299,000 Metro right metro metro, monorail yes yes 70 Kuala Lumpur 2008 109 million 100.1 km 79 3 Malaysia 299,000 LRT, Monorail left LRT KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stations yes 71 Philadelphia 2011 107 million 62.0 km 62 3 USA 293,000 Subway right yes 72 Chengdu 2012 103 million 88.2 km 67 3 China 282,000 Metro right yes yes 73 Toulouse 2011 103 million 27.5 km 37 2 France 282,000 Métro right VAL yes VAL yes 74 Lille 2009 96 million 45.5 km 60 2 France 263,000 Métro right VAL yes VAL, all stations yes 75 Bilbao 2011 90 million 43.4 km 41 2 Spain 247,000 Metro left yes yes 76 Incheon 2012 89 million 29.5 km 29 1 South Korea 244,000 Subway yes 77 Tbilisi 2008 88 million 26.3 km 21 2 Georgia 241,000 Metro right 78 Rotterdam 2008 87 million 47.0 km 37 2 Netherlands 238,000 Metro right 79 Amsterdam 2009 85 million 32.7 km 33 4 Netherlands 233,000 Metro right M5 type train sets M5 type train sets 80 Istanbul 2011 78 million 90.0 km 67 5 Turkey 214,000 Metro right Seyrantepe station on line M2 some lines some lines 81 Novosibirsk 2011 76 million 16.4 km 12 2 Russia 208,000 Metro right 82 Oslo 2010 76 million 62.0 km 77 5 Norway 208,000 T-Bane right yes 83 Marseille 2011 75 million 21.8 km 28 2 France 205,000 Métro right yes 84 Wuhan 2011 73 million 128.3 km 100 4 China 200,000 Metro right 85 Tashkent 2010 65 million 36.2 km 26 3 Uzbekistan 178,000 Metro right 86 Tianjin 2010 64 million 136.5 km 83 4 China 175,000 Metro right platform gate doors yes 87 Izmir 2011 63 million 20.1 km 17 1 Turkey 173,000 Metro 88 Helsinki 2011 62 million 21.0 km 17 1 Finland 170,000 Metro right yes 89 Xian 2012 59 million 51.9 km 39 2 China 162,000 Metro yes 90 Sendai 2008 58 million 28.7 km 29 2 Japan 159,000 Subway left yes 91 Brasilia 2009 55 million 42.0 km 24 1 Brazil 151,000 Metrô right 92 Copenhagen 2011 54 million 21.0 km 22 2 Denmark 148,000 Metro right all metro lines all underground stations all metro and S-Tog trains yes 93 Kaohsiung 2012 52 million 45.0 km 37 2 Taiwan 142,000 MRT MRT 94 Rennes 2011 47 million 9.0 km 15 1 France 129,000 Métro right VAL yes VAL yes 95 Los Angeles 2011 46 million 59.3 km 30 3 USA 126,000 Metro Rail right yes 96 Dalian 2012 44 million 141.0 km 55 4 China 121,000 Metro right 97 Daejeon 2011 38 million 22.6 km 22 1 South Korea 104,000 Subway yes 98 Newcastle 2011 38 million 76.5 km 50 2 United Kingdom 104,000 Tyne & Wear Metro left 99 Yekaterinburg 2011 38 million 12.7 km 9 1 Russia 104,000 Metro right 100 Pyongyang 2009 36 million 22.5 km 15 2 North Korea 98,600 Metro 101 Naples 2011 35 million 34.8 km 29 3 Italy 95,900 Metropolitana left 102 Atlanta 2007 34 million 79.2 km 38 2 USA 93,200 MARTA right yes 103 Turin 2011 33 million 13.4 km 21 1 Italy 90,400 Metropolitana right VAL yes VAL yes yes 104 Santo Domingo 2011 29 million 24.8 km 29 2 Dominican Republic 79,500 Metro yes 105 Sofia 2009 29 million 36.2 km 33 2 Bulgaria 79,500 Metro right 106 Kazan 2012 27 million 15.8 km 10 1 Russia 74,000 Metro right 107 Nizhny Novgorod 2010 27 million 18.9 km 14 2 Russia 74,000 Metro right 108 Valencia 2010 21 million 7.7 km 9 1 Venezuela 57,500 Metro 109 Baltimore 2011 18 million 24.5 km 14 1 USA 49,300 Metro Subway right yes 110 Gwangju 2011 18 million 20.1 km 20 1 South Korea 49,300 Subway yes 111 Hiroshima 2005 18 million 18.4 km 22 1 Japan 49,300 Monorail left yes 112 Miami 2011 18 million 39.8 km 23 1 USA 49,300 Metrorail right downtown people mover, rubber-tyred Downtown people mover yes 113 Yerevan 2011 17 million 12.1 km 10 1 Armenia 46,600 Metro right 114 Samara 2011 16 million 11.6 km 10 1 Russia 43,800 Metro right 115 Glasgow 2011 13 million 10.4 km 15 1 United Kingdom 35,600 Subway left 116 San Juan 2011 11 million 17.2 km 16 1 Puerto Rico 30,100 Tren Urbano 117 Dnepropetrovsk 2010 9 million 7.1 km 6 1 Ukraine 24,700 Metro 118 Almaty 2012 7 million 10.3 km 9 1 Kazakhstan 19,200 Metro 119 Cleveland 2011 6 million 31.0 km 18 1 USA 16,400 Rapid Transit right 120 Adana 13.5 km 13 1 Turkey Metro 121 Algiers 13.5 km 14 1 Algeria Metro yes yes 122 Antwerp 7.6 km 11 2 Belgium Premetro 123 Bangalore 29.2 km 30 2 India Metro 124 Belo Horizonte 28.1 km 19 1 Brazil Metrô right 125 Bielefeld 5.2 km 7 4 Germany Stadtbahn right 126 Bochum 21.5 km 27 2 Germany Stadtbahn right 127 Bonn 9.0 km 12 1 Germany Stadtbahn right 128 Brescia 13.1 km 17 1 Italy Metro metro 129 Buffalo 8.4 km 8 1 USA Metro Rail right 130 Bursa 31.5 km 31 2 Turkey Bursaray 131 Catania 3.8 km 6 1 Italy Metropolitana right 132 Changchun 17.0 km 16 1 China LRT right 133 Changsha 50.2 km 42 2 China Metro 134 Charleroi 17.5 km 23 4 Belgium Métro Léger 135 Chennai 37.0 km 24 2 India MRTS 136 Chiba 15.5 km 18 2 Japan Monorail left 137 Chongqing 203.0 km 111 4 China Monorail right The three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDs yes yes 138 Cologne 47.4 km 55 15 Germany Stadtbahn right new light rail trains only yes 139 Detroit 4.8 km 13 1 USA People Mover right downtown people mover, LIM technology yes 140 Dongguan 38.8 km 15 1 China Metro 141 Dortmund 29.5 km 37 3 Germany Stadtbahn right H-Bahn yes 142 Duesseldorf 13.0 km 19 2 Germany Stadtbahn right yes 143 Duisburg 14.3 km 13 2 Germany Stadtbahn right yes 144 Edmonton 20.4 km 15 1 Canada Light Rail right 145 Esfahan 11.2 km 10 1 Iran Urban railway 146 Essen 20.2 km 27 3 Germany Stadtbahn right yes 147 Frankfurt 20.5 km 27 3 Germany U-Bahn right yes 148 Fuzhou 9.7 km 9 1 China Metro 149 Gelsenkirchen 5.5 km 9 1 Germany Stadtbahn right 150 Genoa 7.1 km 8 1 Italy Metropolitana right yes 151 Guadalajara 24.0 km 28 2 Mexico Metro right 152 Haifa 1.8 km 6 1 Israel Carmelit 153 Hangzhou 81.5 km 53 3 China Metro 154 Hanover 18.6 km 17 3 Germany Stadtbahn right yes 155 Harbin 17.5 km 18 1 China Subway 156 Jacksonville 6.9 km 6 1 USA Skyway right downtown monorail people mover 157 Jaipur 9.6 km 9 1 India Metrorail 158 Kamakura 6.6 km 8 1 Japan Monorail left 159 Kitakyushu 8.8 km 13 1 Japan Monorail left yes 160 Kryvyi Rih 18.0 km 12 1 Ukraine Metrotram 161 Kunming 58.5 km 33 3 China Metro yes 162 Las Vegas 6.2 km 7 1 USA Monorail right monorail yes 163 Lausanne 13.7 km 28 2 Switzerland Metro line m2 line m2 Line m2 yes 164 Lima 34.4 km 26 1 Peru Tren Urbano 165 Ludwigshafen 4.0 km 11 0 Germany Stadtbahn right 166 Malaga 12.0 km 16 2 Spain Metro 167 Maracaibo 6.5 km 6 1 Venezuela Metro yes 168 Mashhad 23.5 km 24 1 Iran Urban railway 169 Mecca 18.1 km 9 1 Saudi Arabia Metro right yes yes yes 170 Muelheim 9.0 km 12 2 Germany Stadtbahn right 171 Mumbai 171.0 km 73 5 India Suburban Railway 172 Naha 12.8 km 15 1 Japan Monorail left 173 Nanchang 28.7 km 24 1 China Rail Transit 174 Nanning 11.2 km 10 1 China Metro 175 Newark 2.2 km 4 1 USA Light Rail right 176 Ningbo 74.5 km 50 2 China Metro Line 1 177 Oporto 21.7 km 15 2 Portugal Metro right yes yes 178 Palma de Mallorca 8.3 km 9 1 Spain Metro 179 Panama City 13.7 km 13 1 Panama Metro 180 Perugia 3.0 km 7 1 Italy Minimetro Minimetro 181 Pittsburgh 4.8 km 6 1 USA T right 182 Porto Alegre 33.8 km 17 1 Brazil Metro right 183 Poznan 6.1 km 6 1 Poland Fast Tram 184 Qingdao 12.0 km 10 1 China Metro 185 Recife 39.7 km 28 2 Brazil Metrô right 186 Rouen 2.2 km 5 1 France Métro 187 Saint Louis 73.4 km 37 2 USA Metrolink right 188 Salvador 11.9 km 8 1 Brazil Metrô yes 189 Seattle 27.2 km 15 1 USA Light Rail right yes 190 Seville 18.0 km 21 1 Spain Metro Line 1 191 Shenyang 49.5 km 40 2 China Metro right yes 192 Shiraz 10.5 km 6 1 Iran Metro 193 Stuttgart 24.0 km 17 2 Germany Stadtbahn right yes yes 194 Suzhou 25.7 km 24 1 China Subway right yes 195 Sydney 22.1 km 14 3 Australia Cityrail left yes 196 Tabriz 7.0 km 6 1 Iran Metro 197 Tama 16.0 km 19 1 Japan Monorail left yes 198 The Hague 27.9 km 30 3 Netherlands RandstadRail right 199 Valencia 31.8 km 37 3 Spain Metro right yes yes 200 Valparaiso 43.0 km 20 1 Chile Metro right 201 Volgograd 6.8 km 6 1 Russia Metro 202 Wuppertal 13.3 km 20 1 Germany Schwebebahn right 203 Wuxi 56.1 km 45 2 China Metro 204 Zhengzhou 25.4 km 20 1 China Metro
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