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