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