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