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