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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 Adana 13 13.5 km 1 Turkey Metro 2 Algiers 14 13.5 km 1 Algeria Metro yes yes 3 Antwerp 11 7.6 km 2 Belgium Premetro 4 Bangalore 30 29.2 km 2 India Metro 5 Belo Horizonte 19 28.1 km 1 Brazil Metrô 6 Bielefeld 7 5.2 km 4 Germany Stadtbahn 7 Bochum 27 21.5 km 2 Germany Stadtbahn 8 Bonn 12 9.0 km 1 Germany Stadtbahn 9 Brescia 17 13.1 km 1 Italy Metro metro 10 Buffalo 8 8.4 km 1 USA Metro Rail 11 Bursa 31 31.5 km 2 Turkey Bursaray 12 Catania 6 3.8 km 1 Italy Metropolitana 13 Changchun 16 17.0 km 1 China LRT 14 Changsha 42 50.2 km 2 China Metro 15 Charleroi 23 17.5 km 4 Belgium Métro Léger 16 Chennai 24 37.0 km 2 India MRTS 17 Chiba 18 15.5 km 2 Japan Monorail 18 Chongqing 111 203.0 km 4 China Monorail The three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDs yes yes 19 Cologne 55 47.4 km 15 Germany Stadtbahn new light rail trains only yes 20 Detroit 13 4.8 km 1 USA People Mover downtown people mover, LIM technology yes 21 Dongguan 15 38.8 km 1 China Metro 22 Dortmund 37 29.5 km 3 Germany Stadtbahn H-Bahn yes 23 Duesseldorf 19 13.0 km 2 Germany Stadtbahn yes 24 Duisburg 13 14.3 km 2 Germany Stadtbahn yes 25 Edmonton 15 20.4 km 1 Canada Light Rail 26 Esfahan 10 11.2 km 1 Iran Urban railway 27 Essen 27 20.2 km 3 Germany Stadtbahn yes 28 Frankfurt 27 20.5 km 3 Germany U-Bahn yes 29 Fuzhou 9 9.7 km 1 China Metro 30 Gelsenkirchen 9 5.5 km 1 Germany Stadtbahn 31 Genoa 8 7.1 km 1 Italy Metropolitana yes 32 Guadalajara 28 24.0 km 2 Mexico Metro 33 Haifa 6 1.8 km 1 Israel Carmelit 34 Hangzhou 53 81.5 km 3 China Metro 35 Hanover 17 18.6 km 3 Germany Stadtbahn yes 36 Harbin 18 17.5 km 1 China Subway 37 Jacksonville 6 6.9 km 1 USA Skyway downtown monorail people mover 38 Jaipur 9 9.6 km 1 India Metrorail 39 Kamakura 8 6.6 km 1 Japan Monorail 40 Kitakyushu 13 8.8 km 1 Japan Monorail yes 41 Kryvyi Rih 12 18.0 km 1 Ukraine Metrotram 42 Kunming 33 58.5 km 3 China Metro yes 43 Las Vegas 7 6.2 km 1 USA Monorail monorail yes 44 Lausanne 28 13.7 km 2 Switzerland Metro line m2 line m2 Line m2 yes 45 Lima 26 34.4 km 1 Peru Tren Urbano 46 Ludwigshafen 11 4.0 km 0 Germany Stadtbahn 47 Malaga 16 12.0 km 2 Spain Metro 48 Maracaibo 6 6.5 km 1 Venezuela Metro yes 49 Mashhad 24 23.5 km 1 Iran Urban railway 50 Mecca 9 18.1 km 1 Saudi Arabia Metro yes yes yes 51 Muelheim 12 9.0 km 2 Germany Stadtbahn 52 Mumbai 73 171.0 km 5 India Suburban Railway 53 Naha 15 12.8 km 1 Japan Monorail 54 Nanchang 24 28.7 km 1 China Rail Transit 55 Nanning 10 11.2 km 1 China Metro 56 Newark 4 2.2 km 1 USA Light Rail 57 Ningbo 50 74.5 km 2 China Metro Line 1 58 Oporto 15 21.7 km 2 Portugal Metro yes yes 59 Palma de Mallorca 9 8.3 km 1 Spain Metro 60 Panama City 13 13.7 km 1 Panama Metro 61 Perugia 7 3.0 km 1 Italy Minimetro Minimetro 62 Pittsburgh 6 4.8 km 1 USA T 63 Porto Alegre 17 33.8 km 1 Brazil Metro 64 Poznan 6 6.1 km 1 Poland Fast Tram 65 Qingdao 10 12.0 km 1 China Metro 66 Recife 28 39.7 km 2 Brazil Metrô 67 Rouen 5 2.2 km 1 France Métro 68 Saint Louis 37 73.4 km 2 USA Metrolink 69 Salvador 8 11.9 km 1 Brazil Metrô yes 70 Seattle 15 27.2 km 1 USA Light Rail yes 71 Seville 21 18.0 km 1 Spain Metro Line 1 72 Shenyang 40 49.5 km 2 China Metro yes 73 Shiraz 6 10.5 km 1 Iran Metro 74 Stuttgart 17 24.0 km 2 Germany Stadtbahn yes yes 75 Suzhou 24 25.7 km 1 China Subway yes 76 Sydney 14 22.1 km 3 Australia Cityrail yes 77 Tabriz 6 7.0 km 1 Iran Metro 78 Tama 19 16.0 km 1 Japan Monorail yes 79 The Hague 30 27.9 km 3 Netherlands RandstadRail 80 Valencia 37 31.8 km 3 Spain Metro yes yes 81 Valparaiso 20 43.0 km 1 Chile Metro 82 Volgograd 6 6.8 km 1 Russia Metro 83 Wuppertal 20 13.3 km 1 Germany Schwebebahn 84 Wuxi 45 56.1 km 2 China Metro 85 Zhengzhou 20 25.4 km 1 China Metro 86 Hiroshima 2005 18 million 22 18.4 km 1 49,300 Japan Monorail yes 87 Montreal 2006 219 million 68 69.2 km 4 600,000 Canada Metro yes 88 Toronto 2006 278 million 69 71.3 km 4 762,000 Canada Subway yes 89 Ankara 2007 113 million 44 55.1 km 4 310,000 Turkey Metro metro line yes yes 90 Atlanta 2007 34 million 38 79.2 km 2 93,200 USA MARTA yes 91 Fukuoka 2007 124 million 34 29.8 km 3 340,000 Japan Subway yes yes 92 Milan 2007 328 million 105 96.9 km 4 899,000 Italy Metropolitana line M5 line M5 yes yes 93 Athens 2008 342 million 61 60.3 km 3 937,000 Greece Metro yes yes 94 Kobe 2008 121 million 24 30.6 km 2 332,000 Japan Subway Port Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyred Port Liner and Rokko Liner Port Liner and Rokko Liner yes 95 Kuala Lumpur 2008 109 million 79 100.1 km 3 299,000 Malaysia LRT, Monorail LRT KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stations yes 96 Kyoto 2008 126 million 31 31.3 km 2 345,000 Japan Subway Tozai line yes 97 Manila 2008 346 million 41 51.5 km 3 948,000 Philippines MRT yes yes 98 Nagoya 2008 427 million 86 93.1 km 4 1.17 million Japan Subway Tobu Kyuryo maglev line Tobu Kyuryo maglev line yes yes 99 Rome 2008 331 million 73 61.0 km 3 907,000 Italy Metropolitana yes yes 100 Rotterdam 2008 87 million 37 47.0 km 2 238,000 Netherlands Metro 101 Sapporo 2008 209 million 46 48.0 km 3 573,000 Japan Subway yes yes 102 Sendai 2008 58 million 29 28.7 km 2 159,000 Japan Subway yes 103 Tbilisi 2008 88 million 21 26.3 km 2 241,000 Georgia Metro 104 Yokohama 2008 198 million 45 57.6 km 3 542,000 Japan Subway Kanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyred Kanazawa Seaside LRT Kanazawa Seaside LRT line yes 105 Amsterdam 2009 85 million 33 32.7 km 4 233,000 Netherlands Metro M5 type train sets M5 type train sets 106 Brasilia 2009 55 million 24 42.0 km 1 151,000 Brazil Metrô 107 Brussels 2009 133 million 59 32.2 km 3 364,000 Belgium Métro line 1 108 Caracas 2009 485 million 54 66.5 km 6 1.33 million Venezuela Metro yes 109 Kolkata 2009 173 million 24 29.7 km 1 474,000 India Metro Railway 110 Lille 2009 96 million 60 45.5 km 2 263,000 France Métro VAL yes VAL, all stations yes 111 Lyon 2009 257 million 40 31.8 km 4 704,000 France Métro line D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDs yes 112 Monterrey 2009 138 million 31 31.5 km 2 378,000 Mexico Metro yes 113 Pyongyang 2009 36 million 15 22.5 km 2 98,600 North Korea Metro 114 Shenzhen 2009 132 million 133 230.3 km 6 362,000 China Metro yes yes yes 115 Sofia 2009 29 million 33 36.2 km 2 79,500 Bulgaria Metro 116 Boston 2010 147 million 60 60.5 km 3 403,000 USA The T yes 117 Cairo 2010 837 million 61 77.9 km 3 2.29 million Egypt Metro 5 stations 118 Dnepropetrovsk 2010 9 million 6 7.1 km 1 24,700 Ukraine Metro 119 Lisbon 2010 183 million 50 44.3 km 4 501,000 Portugal Metro yes 120 Munich 2010 360 million 96 94.2 km 6 986,000 Germany U-Bahn yes 121 Nizhny Novgorod 2010 27 million 14 18.9 km 2 74,000 Russia Metro 122 Osaka 2010 836 million 104 137.8 km 9 2.29 million Japan Subway Nanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyred Nanko Port Town Line all stations on the Nanko Port Town Line yes 123 Oslo 2010 76 million 77 62.0 km 5 208,000 Norway T-Bane yes 124 Rio de Janeiro 2010 212 million 36 42.0 km 2 581,000 Brazil Metrô yes 125 Tashkent 2010 65 million 26 36.2 km 3 178,000 Uzbekistan Metro 126 Tianjin 2010 64 million 83 136.5 km 4 175,000 China Metro platform gate doors yes 127 Valencia 2010 21 million 9 7.7 km 1 57,500 Venezuela Metro 128 Vienna 2010 534 million 94 79.0 km 5 1.46 million Austria U-Bahn yes yes 129 Baku 2011 183 million 23 36.6 km 3 501,000 Azerbaijan Metro 130 Baltimore 2011 18 million 14 24.5 km 1 49,300 USA Metro Subway yes 131 Bangkok 2011 245 million 55 86.4 km 4 671,000 Thailand Skytrain, MRT Green line Green line, Blue line yes 132 Barcelona 2011 389 million 147 139.4 km 11 1.07 million Spain Metro lines L9, L10, L11 lines L9, L10, L11 yes yes 133 Berlin 2011 505 million 173 147.4 km 10 1.38 million Germany U-Bahn yes 134 Bilbao 2011 90 million 41 43.4 km 2 247,000 Spain Metro yes yes 135 Bucharest 2011 171 million 45 69.3 km 4 468,000 Romania Metro 136 Budapest 2011 302 million 40 33.0 km 3 827,000 Hungary Metro 137 Buenos Aires 2011 308 million 73 53.9 km 6 844,000 Argentina Subte yes 138 Chicago 2011 222 million 145 166.0 km 8 608,000 USA "L" yes 139 Cleveland 2011 6 million 18 31.0 km 1 16,400 USA Rapid Transit 140 Copenhagen 2011 54 million 22 21.0 km 2 148,000 Denmark Metro all metro lines all underground stations all metro and S-Tog trains yes 141 Daejeon 2011 38 million 22 22.6 km 1 104,000 South Korea Subway yes 142 Delhi 2011 606 million 152 214.9 km 7 1.66 million India Metro Line 5, Airport Metro Express yes yes 143 Glasgow 2011 13 million 15 10.4 km 1 35,600 United Kingdom Subway 144 Gwangju 2011 18 million 20 20.1 km 1 49,300 South Korea Subway yes 145 Hamburg 2011 199 million 91 104.7 km 4 545,000 Germany U-Bahn DT5 type train sets DT5 type train sets 146 Helsinki 2011 62 million 17 21.0 km 1 170,000 Finland Metro yes 147 Istanbul 2011 78 million 67 90.0 km 5 214,000 Turkey Metro Seyrantepe station on line M2 some lines some lines 148 Izmir 2011 63 million 17 20.1 km 1 173,000 Turkey Metro 149 Kharkov 2011 250 million 26 37.4 km 3 685,000 Ukraine Metro 150 Kiev 2011 519 million 49 67.6 km 3 1.42 million Ukraine Metro 151 London 2011 1,171 million 270 402.0 km 11 3.21 million United Kingdom Underground Docklands Light Rail Jubilee Line extension Circle, District, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines Metropolitan Line, DLR 152 Los Angeles 2011 46 million 30 59.3 km 3 126,000 USA Metro Rail yes 153 Madrid 2011 635 million 232 293.0 km 13 1.74 million Spain Metro tests in 2010, plans for 2011 yes yes 154 Marseille 2011 75 million 28 21.8 km 2 205,000 France Métro yes 155 Medellin 2011 170 million 25 28.8 km 2 466,000 Colombia Metro 156 Miami 2011 18 million 23 39.8 km 1 49,300 USA Metrorail downtown people mover, rubber-tyred Downtown people mover yes 157 Moscow 2011 2,389 million 158 333.6 km 12 6.55 million Russia Metro lines 3, 5 since 2009 158 Nanjing 2011 344 million 91 142.3 km 4 942,000 China Metro Line 2 yes yes 159 Naples 2011 35 million 29 34.8 km 3 95,900 Italy Metropolitana 160 Newcastle 2011 38 million 50 76.5 km 2 104,000 United Kingdom Tyne & Wear Metro 161 Novosibirsk 2011 76 million 12 16.4 km 2 208,000 Russia Metro 162 Nuremberg 2011 118 million 44 36.0 km 3 323,000 Germany U-Bahn lines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains yes 163 Paris 2011 1,524 million 303 219.9 km 16 4.18 million France 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, 14 164 Philadelphia 2011 107 million 62 62.0 km 3 293,000 USA Subway yes 165 Prague 2011 530 million 58 65.1 km 3 1.45 million Czech Republic Metro yes 166 Rennes 2011 47 million 15 9.0 km 1 129,000 France Métro VAL yes VAL yes 167 Saint Petersburg 2011 786 million 59 113.5 km 5 2.15 million Russia Metro windowless steel doors in ten stations 168 Samara 2011 16 million 10 11.6 km 1 43,800 Russia Metro 169 San Juan 2011 11 million 16 17.2 km 1 30,100 Puerto Rico Tren Urbano 170 Santiago 2011 640 million 100 102.4 km 5 1.75 million Chile Metro yes yes 171 Santo Domingo 2011 29 million 29 24.8 km 2 79,500 Dominican Republic Metro yes 172 Singapore 2011 794 million 100 167.4 km 5 2.18 million Singapore MRT North-East Line, Circle Line, Downtown Line, and the 3 rubber-tyred LRT lines LRT lines yes yes yes 173 Stockholm 2011 309 million 100 105.7 km 3 847,000 Sweden Tunnelbana 174 Tehran 2011 480 million 88 150.6 km 5 1.32 million Iran Metro yes 175 Tokyo 2011 3,102 million 205 304.5 km 13 8.5 million Japan Metro Yurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyred Yurikamome line Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurakucho, Yurikamome lines yes yes 176 Toulouse 2011 103 million 37 27.5 km 2 282,000 France Métro VAL yes VAL yes 177 Turin 2011 33 million 21 13.4 km 1 90,400 Italy Metropolitana VAL yes VAL yes yes 178 Vancouver 2011 120 million 47 69.5 km 3 329,000 Canada SkyTrain Skytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system yes yes 179 Warsaw 2011 140 million 27 28.7 km 2 384,000 Poland Metro 180 Wuhan 2011 73 million 100 128.3 km 4 200,000 China Metro 181 Yekaterinburg 2011 38 million 9 12.7 km 1 104,000 Russia Metro 182 Yerevan 2011 17 million 10 12.1 km 1 46,600 Armenia Metro 183 Almaty 2012 7 million 9 10.3 km 1 19,200 Kazakhstan Metro 184 Beijing 2012 2,460 million 278 554.0 km 18 6.74 million China Subway PGDs on lines 5, 13. PSDs on lines 8, 10 yes all lines 185 Busan 2012 320 million 120 133.4 km 5 877,000 South Korea Subway Line 4 Line 4 line 3 186 Chengdu 2012 103 million 67 88.2 km 3 282,000 China Metro yes yes 187 Daegu 2012 127 million 86 81.2 km 3 348,000 South Korea Subway lines 1, 2 188 Dalian 2012 44 million 55 141.0 km 4 121,000 China Metro 189 Dubai 2012 109 million 45 69.7 km 2 299,000 United Arab Emirates Metro metro metro, monorail yes yes 190 Guangzhou 2012 1,825 million 149 263.5 km 9 5 million China Metro APM line (underground people mover) Zhujiang people mover yes yes yes 191 Hong Kong 2012 1,444 million 84 178.0 km 10 3.96 million Hong Kong S.A.R. MTR Disneyland Resort Line SI, WI lines, planned all underground stations yes yes 192 Incheon 2012 89 million 29 29.5 km 1 244,000 South Korea Subway yes 193 Kaohsiung 2012 52 million 37 45.0 km 2 142,000 Taiwan MRT MRT 194 Kazan 2012 27 million 10 15.8 km 1 74,000 Russia Metro 195 Mexico City 2012 1,609 million 163 180.0 km 12 4.41 million Mexico Metro yes 196 Minsk 2012 281 million 28 37.2 km 2 770,000 Belarus Metro 197 New York 2012 1,655 million 423 370.4 km 27 4.53 million USA Subway yes 198 San Francisco 2012 111 million 44 166.9 km 5 304,000 USA BART yes Wide sliding doors between cars since the 1970s 199 Sao Paulo 2012 877 million 64 78.4 km 6 2.4 million Brazil Metrô line 4 lines 2, 3, 4 (since 2010) all metro lines and regional rail lines 4, 5 200 Seoul 2012 2,518 million 260 326.5 km 9 6.9 million South Korea Subway lines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010 yes yes 201 Shanghai 2012 2,276 million 284 588.0 km 14 6.24 million China Metro newer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stations yes 202 Taipei 2012 652 million 108 131.3 km 5 1.79 million Taiwan MRT Wenshan (Muzha) VAL line Line 1 PGDs in the busier MRT stations, PSDs in all VAL stations yes yes 203 Washington 2012 218 million 91 189.9 km 6 597,000 USA Metrorail yes 204 Xian 2012 59 million 39 51.9 km 2 162,000 China Metro yes
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