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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 New York 2012 1,655 million 423 230.2 mi 27 4.53 million USA Subway right yes 2 Beijing 2012 2,460 million 278 344.3 mi 18 6.74 million China Subway right PGDs on lines 5, 13. PSDs on lines 8, 10 yes all lines 3 Paris 2011 1,524 million 303 136.7 mi 16 4.18 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 lines 1, 2, 5, 7bis, 9, 14 4 Cologne 55 29.5 mi 15 Germany Stadtbahn right new light rail trains only yes 5 Shanghai 2012 2,276 million 284 365.4 mi 14 6.24 million China Metro right newer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stations yes 6 Madrid 2011 635 million 232 182.1 mi 13 1.74 million Spain Metro left tests in 2010, plans for 2011 yes yes 7 Tokyo 2011 3,102 million 205 189.2 mi 13 8.5 million Japan Metro left Yurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyred Yurikamome line Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurakucho, Yurikamome lines yes yes 8 Mexico City 2012 1,609 million 163 111.9 mi 12 4.41 million Mexico Metro right yes 9 Moscow 2011 2,389 million 158 207.3 mi 12 6.55 million Russia Metro right lines 3, 5 since 2009 10 Barcelona 2011 389 million 147 86.6 mi 11 1.07 million Spain Metro right lines L9, L10, L11 lines L9, L10, L11 yes yes 11 London 2011 1,171 million 270 249.8 mi 11 3.21 million United Kingdom Underground left Docklands Light Rail Jubilee Line extension Circle, District, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines Metropolitan Line, DLR 12 Berlin 2011 505 million 173 91.6 mi 10 1.38 million Germany U-Bahn right yes 13 Hong Kong 2012 1,444 million 84 110.6 mi 10 3.96 million Hong Kong S.A.R. MTR left Disneyland Resort Line SI, WI lines, planned all underground stations yes yes 14 Guangzhou 2012 1,825 million 149 163.8 mi 9 5 million China Metro right APM line (underground people mover) Zhujiang people mover yes yes yes 15 Osaka 2010 836 million 104 85.6 mi 9 2.29 million Japan Subway left Nanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyred Nanko Port Town Line all stations on the Nanko Port Town Line yes 16 Seoul 2012 2,518 million 260 202.9 mi 9 6.9 million South Korea Subway right lines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010 yes yes 17 Chicago 2011 222 million 145 103.2 mi 8 608,000 USA "L" right yes 18 Delhi 2011 606 million 152 133.6 mi 7 1.66 million India Metro left Line 5, Airport Metro Express yes yes 19 Buenos Aires 2011 308 million 73 33.5 mi 6 844,000 Argentina Subte left yes 20 Caracas 2009 485 million 54 41.3 mi 6 1.33 million Venezuela Metro yes 21 Munich 2010 360 million 96 58.5 mi 6 986,000 Germany U-Bahn right yes 22 Sao Paulo 2012 877 million 64 48.7 mi 6 2.4 million Brazil Metrô right line 4 lines 2, 3, 4 (since 2010) all metro lines and regional rail lines 4, 5 23 Shenzhen 2009 132 million 133 143.2 mi 6 362,000 China Metro right yes yes yes 24 Washington 2012 218 million 91 118.0 mi 6 597,000 USA Metrorail right yes 25 Busan 2012 320 million 120 82.9 mi 5 877,000 South Korea Subway right Line 4 Line 4 line 3 26 Istanbul 2011 78 million 67 55.9 mi 5 214,000 Turkey Metro right Seyrantepe station on line M2 some lines some lines 27 Mumbai 73 106.3 mi 5 India Suburban Railway 28 Oslo 2010 76 million 77 38.5 mi 5 208,000 Norway T-Bane right yes 29 Saint Petersburg 2011 786 million 59 70.5 mi 5 2.15 million Russia Metro right windowless steel doors in ten stations 30 San Francisco 2012 111 million 44 103.7 mi 5 304,000 USA BART right yes Wide sliding doors between cars since the 1970s 31 Santiago 2011 640 million 100 63.6 mi 5 1.75 million Chile Metro right yes yes 32 Singapore 2011 794 million 100 104.0 mi 5 2.18 million Singapore MRT left North-East Line, Circle Line, Downtown Line, and the 3 rubber-tyred LRT lines LRT lines yes yes yes 33 Taipei 2012 652 million 108 81.6 mi 5 1.79 million Taiwan MRT right Wenshan (Muzha) VAL line Line 1 PGDs in the busier MRT stations, PSDs in all VAL stations yes yes 34 Tehran 2011 480 million 88 93.6 mi 5 1.32 million Iran Metro yes 35 Vienna 2010 534 million 94 49.1 mi 5 1.46 million Austria U-Bahn right yes yes 36 Amsterdam 2009 85 million 33 20.3 mi 4 233,000 Netherlands Metro right M5 type train sets M5 type train sets 37 Ankara 2007 113 million 44 34.2 mi 4 310,000 Turkey Metro right metro line yes yes 38 Bangkok 2011 245 million 55 53.7 mi 4 671,000 Thailand Skytrain, MRT left Green line Green line, Blue line yes 39 Bielefeld 7 3.2 mi 4 Germany Stadtbahn right 40 Bucharest 2011 171 million 45 43.0 mi 4 468,000 Romania Metro right 41 Charleroi 23 10.9 mi 4 Belgium Métro Léger 42 Chongqing 111 126.1 mi 4 China Monorail right The three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDs yes yes 43 Dalian 2012 44 million 55 87.6 mi 4 121,000 China Metro right 44 Hamburg 2011 199 million 91 65.1 mi 4 545,000 Germany U-Bahn right DT5 type train sets DT5 type train sets 45 Lisbon 2010 183 million 50 27.5 mi 4 501,000 Portugal Metro left yes 46 Lyon 2009 257 million 40 19.8 mi 4 704,000 France Métro left line D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDs yes 47 Milan 2007 328 million 105 60.2 mi 4 899,000 Italy Metropolitana right line M5 line M5 yes yes 48 Montreal 2006 219 million 68 43.0 mi 4 600,000 Canada Metro right yes 49 Nagoya 2008 427 million 86 57.9 mi 4 1.17 million Japan Subway left Tobu Kyuryo maglev line Tobu Kyuryo maglev line yes yes 50 Nanjing 2011 344 million 91 88.4 mi 4 942,000 China Metro right Line 2 yes yes 51 Tianjin 2010 64 million 83 84.8 mi 4 175,000 China Metro right platform gate doors yes 52 Toronto 2006 278 million 69 44.3 mi 4 762,000 Canada Subway right yes 53 Wuhan 2011 73 million 100 79.7 mi 4 200,000 China Metro right 54 Athens 2008 342 million 61 37.5 mi 3 937,000 Greece Metro right yes yes 55 Baku 2011 183 million 23 22.7 mi 3 501,000 Azerbaijan Metro right 56 Boston 2010 147 million 60 37.6 mi 3 403,000 USA The T right yes 57 Brussels 2009 133 million 59 20.0 mi 3 364,000 Belgium Métro right (left on lines 1 and 6 between Midi and Roi Baudouin) line 1 58 Budapest 2011 302 million 40 20.5 mi 3 827,000 Hungary Metro right 59 Cairo 2010 837 million 61 48.4 mi 3 2.29 million Egypt Metro left 5 stations 60 Chengdu 2012 103 million 67 54.8 mi 3 282,000 China Metro right yes yes 61 Daegu 2012 127 million 86 50.5 mi 3 348,000 South Korea Subway lines 1, 2 62 Dortmund 37 18.3 mi 3 Germany Stadtbahn right H-Bahn yes 63 Essen 27 12.6 mi 3 Germany Stadtbahn right yes 64 Frankfurt 27 12.7 mi 3 Germany U-Bahn right yes 65 Fukuoka 2007 124 million 34 18.5 mi 3 340,000 Japan Subway left yes yes 66 Hangzhou 53 50.7 mi 3 China Metro 67 Hanover 17 11.6 mi 3 Germany Stadtbahn right yes 68 Kharkov 2011 250 million 26 23.2 mi 3 685,000 Ukraine Metro right 69 Kiev 2011 519 million 49 42.0 mi 3 1.42 million Ukraine Metro right 70 Kuala Lumpur 2008 109 million 79 62.2 mi 3 299,000 Malaysia LRT, Monorail left LRT KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stations yes 71 Kunming 33 36.4 mi 3 China Metro yes 72 Los Angeles 2011 46 million 30 36.9 mi 3 126,000 USA Metro Rail right yes 73 Manila 2008 346 million 41 32.0 mi 3 948,000 Philippines MRT right yes yes 74 Naples 2011 35 million 29 21.6 mi 3 95,900 Italy Metropolitana left 75 Nuremberg 2011 118 million 44 22.4 mi 3 323,000 Germany U-Bahn right lines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains yes 76 Philadelphia 2011 107 million 62 38.5 mi 3 293,000 USA Subway right yes 77 Prague 2011 530 million 58 40.5 mi 3 1.45 million Czech Republic Metro right yes 78 Rome 2008 331 million 73 37.9 mi 3 907,000 Italy Metropolitana left yes yes 79 Sapporo 2008 209 million 46 29.8 mi 3 573,000 Japan Subway left yes yes 80 Stockholm 2011 309 million 100 65.7 mi 3 847,000 Sweden Tunnelbana left 81 Sydney 14 13.7 mi 3 Australia Cityrail left yes 82 Tashkent 2010 65 million 26 22.5 mi 3 178,000 Uzbekistan Metro right 83 The Hague 30 17.3 mi 3 Netherlands RandstadRail right 84 Valencia 37 19.8 mi 3 Spain Metro right yes yes 85 Vancouver 2011 120 million 47 43.2 mi 3 329,000 Canada SkyTrain right Skytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system yes yes 86 Yokohama 2008 198 million 45 35.8 mi 3 542,000 Japan Subway left Kanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyred Kanazawa Seaside LRT Kanazawa Seaside LRT line yes 87 Antwerp 11 4.7 mi 2 Belgium Premetro 88 Atlanta 2007 34 million 38 49.2 mi 2 93,200 USA MARTA right yes 89 Bangalore 30 18.1 mi 2 India Metro 90 Bilbao 2011 90 million 41 27.0 mi 2 247,000 Spain Metro left yes yes 91 Bochum 27 13.4 mi 2 Germany Stadtbahn right 92 Bursa 31 19.6 mi 2 Turkey Bursaray 93 Changsha 42 31.2 mi 2 China Metro 94 Chennai 24 23.0 mi 2 India MRTS 95 Chiba 18 9.6 mi 2 Japan Monorail left 96 Copenhagen 2011 54 million 22 13.1 mi 2 148,000 Denmark Metro right all metro lines all underground stations all metro and S-Tog trains yes 97 Dubai 2012 109 million 45 43.3 mi 2 299,000 United Arab Emirates Metro right metro metro, monorail yes yes 98 Duesseldorf 19 8.1 mi 2 Germany Stadtbahn right yes 99 Duisburg 13 8.9 mi 2 Germany Stadtbahn right yes 100 Guadalajara 28 14.9 mi 2 Mexico Metro right 101 Kaohsiung 2012 52 million 37 28.0 mi 2 142,000 Taiwan MRT MRT 102 Kobe 2008 121 million 24 19.0 mi 2 332,000 Japan Subway left Port Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyred Port Liner and Rokko Liner Port Liner and Rokko Liner yes 103 Kyoto 2008 126 million 31 19.5 mi 2 345,000 Japan Subway left Tozai line yes 104 Lausanne 28 8.5 mi 2 Switzerland Metro line m2 line m2 Line m2 yes 105 Lille 2009 96 million 60 28.3 mi 2 263,000 France Métro right VAL yes VAL, all stations yes 106 Malaga 16 7.5 mi 2 Spain Metro 107 Marseille 2011 75 million 28 13.5 mi 2 205,000 France Métro right yes 108 Medellin 2011 170 million 25 17.9 mi 2 466,000 Colombia Metro 109 Minsk 2012 281 million 28 23.1 mi 2 770,000 Belarus Metro right 110 Monterrey 2009 138 million 31 19.6 mi 2 378,000 Mexico Metro right yes 111 Muelheim 12 5.6 mi 2 Germany Stadtbahn right 112 Newcastle 2011 38 million 50 47.5 mi 2 104,000 United Kingdom Tyne & Wear Metro left 113 Ningbo 50 46.3 mi 2 China Metro Line 1 114 Nizhny Novgorod 2010 27 million 14 11.7 mi 2 74,000 Russia Metro right 115 Novosibirsk 2011 76 million 12 10.2 mi 2 208,000 Russia Metro right 116 Oporto 15 13.5 mi 2 Portugal Metro right yes yes 117 Pyongyang 2009 36 million 15 14.0 mi 2 98,600 North Korea Metro 118 Recife 28 24.7 mi 2 Brazil Metrô right 119 Rio de Janeiro 2010 212 million 36 26.1 mi 2 581,000 Brazil Metrô right yes 120 Rotterdam 2008 87 million 37 29.2 mi 2 238,000 Netherlands Metro right 121 Saint Louis 37 45.6 mi 2 USA Metrolink right 122 Santo Domingo 2011 29 million 29 15.4 mi 2 79,500 Dominican Republic Metro yes 123 Sendai 2008 58 million 29 17.8 mi 2 159,000 Japan Subway left yes 124 Shenyang 40 30.7 mi 2 China Metro right yes 125 Sofia 2009 29 million 33 22.5 mi 2 79,500 Bulgaria Metro right 126 Stuttgart 17 14.9 mi 2 Germany Stadtbahn right yes yes 127 Tbilisi 2008 88 million 21 16.3 mi 2 241,000 Georgia Metro right 128 Toulouse 2011 103 million 37 17.1 mi 2 282,000 France Métro right VAL yes VAL yes 129 Warsaw 2011 140 million 27 17.8 mi 2 384,000 Poland Metro right 130 Wuxi 45 34.9 mi 2 China Metro 131 Xian 2012 59 million 39 32.3 mi 2 162,000 China Metro yes 132 Adana 13 8.4 mi 1 Turkey Metro 133 Algiers 14 8.4 mi 1 Algeria Metro yes yes 134 Almaty 2012 7 million 9 6.4 mi 1 19,200 Kazakhstan Metro 135 Baltimore 2011 18 million 14 15.2 mi 1 49,300 USA Metro Subway right yes 136 Belo Horizonte 19 17.5 mi 1 Brazil Metrô right 137 Bonn 12 5.6 mi 1 Germany Stadtbahn right 138 Brasilia 2009 55 million 24 26.1 mi 1 151,000 Brazil Metrô right 139 Brescia 17 8.1 mi 1 Italy Metro metro 140 Buffalo 8 5.2 mi 1 USA Metro Rail right 141 Catania 6 2.4 mi 1 Italy Metropolitana right 142 Changchun 16 10.6 mi 1 China LRT right 143 Cleveland 2011 6 million 18 19.3 mi 1 16,400 USA Rapid Transit right 144 Daejeon 2011 38 million 22 14.0 mi 1 104,000 South Korea Subway yes 145 Detroit 13 3.0 mi 1 USA People Mover right downtown people mover, LIM technology yes 146 Dnepropetrovsk 2010 9 million 6 4.4 mi 1 24,700 Ukraine Metro 147 Dongguan 15 24.1 mi 1 China Metro 148 Edmonton 15 12.7 mi 1 Canada Light Rail right 149 Esfahan 10 7.0 mi 1 Iran Urban railway 150 Fuzhou 9 6.0 mi 1 China Metro 151 Gelsenkirchen 9 3.4 mi 1 Germany Stadtbahn right 152 Genoa 8 4.4 mi 1 Italy Metropolitana right yes 153 Glasgow 2011 13 million 15 6.5 mi 1 35,600 United Kingdom Subway left 154 Gwangju 2011 18 million 20 12.5 mi 1 49,300 South Korea Subway yes 155 Haifa 6 1.1 mi 1 Israel Carmelit 156 Harbin 18 10.9 mi 1 China Subway 157 Helsinki 2011 62 million 17 13.1 mi 1 170,000 Finland Metro right yes 158 Hiroshima 2005 18 million 22 11.4 mi 1 49,300 Japan Monorail left yes 159 Incheon 2012 89 million 29 18.3 mi 1 244,000 South Korea Subway yes 160 Izmir 2011 63 million 17 12.5 mi 1 173,000 Turkey Metro 161 Jacksonville 6 4.3 mi 1 USA Skyway right downtown monorail people mover 162 Jaipur 9 6.0 mi 1 India Metrorail 163 Kamakura 8 4.1 mi 1 Japan Monorail left 164 Kazan 2012 27 million 10 9.8 mi 1 74,000 Russia Metro right 165 Kitakyushu 13 5.5 mi 1 Japan Monorail left yes 166 Kolkata 2009 173 million 24 18.5 mi 1 474,000 India Metro Railway right 167 Kryvyi Rih 12 11.2 mi 1 Ukraine Metrotram 168 Las Vegas 7 3.9 mi 1 USA Monorail right monorail yes 169 Lima 26 21.4 mi 1 Peru Tren Urbano 170 Maracaibo 6 4.0 mi 1 Venezuela Metro yes 171 Mashhad 24 14.6 mi 1 Iran Urban railway 172 Mecca 9 11.2 mi 1 Saudi Arabia Metro right yes yes yes 173 Miami 2011 18 million 23 24.7 mi 1 49,300 USA Metrorail right downtown people mover, rubber-tyred Downtown people mover yes 174 Naha 15 8.0 mi 1 Japan Monorail left 175 Nanchang 24 17.8 mi 1 China Rail Transit 176 Nanning 10 7.0 mi 1 China Metro 177 Newark 4 1.4 mi 1 USA Light Rail right 178 Palma de Mallorca 9 5.2 mi 1 Spain Metro 179 Panama City 13 8.5 mi 1 Panama Metro 180 Perugia 7 1.9 mi 1 Italy Minimetro Minimetro 181 Pittsburgh 6 3.0 mi 1 USA T right 182 Porto Alegre 17 21.0 mi 1 Brazil Metro right 183 Poznan 6 3.8 mi 1 Poland Fast Tram 184 Qingdao 10 7.5 mi 1 China Metro 185 Rennes 2011 47 million 15 5.6 mi 1 129,000 France Métro right VAL yes VAL yes 186 Rouen 5 1.4 mi 1 France Métro 187 Salvador 8 7.4 mi 1 Brazil Metrô yes 188 Samara 2011 16 million 10 7.2 mi 1 43,800 Russia Metro right 189 San Juan 2011 11 million 16 10.7 mi 1 30,100 Puerto Rico Tren Urbano 190 Seattle 15 16.9 mi 1 USA Light Rail right yes 191 Seville 21 11.2 mi 1 Spain Metro Line 1 192 Shiraz 6 6.5 mi 1 Iran Metro 193 Suzhou 24 16.0 mi 1 China Subway right yes 194 Tabriz 6 4.4 mi 1 Iran Metro 195 Tama 19 9.9 mi 1 Japan Monorail left yes 196 Turin 2011 33 million 21 8.3 mi 1 90,400 Italy Metropolitana right VAL yes VAL yes yes 197 Valencia 2010 21 million 9 4.8 mi 1 57,500 Venezuela Metro 198 Valparaiso 20 26.7 mi 1 Chile Metro right 199 Volgograd 6 4.2 mi 1 Russia Metro 200 Wuppertal 20 8.3 mi 1 Germany Schwebebahn right 201 Yekaterinburg 2011 38 million 9 7.9 mi 1 104,000 Russia Metro right 202 Yerevan 2011 17 million 10 7.5 mi 1 46,600 Armenia Metro right 203 Zhengzhou 20 15.8 mi 1 China Metro 204 Ludwigshafen 11 2.5 mi 0 Germany Stadtbahn right
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