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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 1 Turkey Metro 2 Algiers 14 1 Algeria Metro yes yes 3 Almaty 2012 7 million 9 1 Kazakhstan Metro 4 Amsterdam 2009 85 million 33 4 Netherlands Metro right M5 type train sets M5 type train sets 5 Ankara 2007 113 million 44 4 Turkey Metro right metro line yes yes 6 Antwerp 11 2 Belgium Premetro 7 Athens 2008 342 million 61 3 Greece Metro right yes yes 8 Atlanta 2007 34 million 38 2 USA MARTA right yes 9 Baku 2011 183 million 23 3 Azerbaijan Metro right 10 Baltimore 2011 18 million 14 1 USA Metro Subway right yes 11 Bangalore 30 2 India Metro 12 Bangkok 2011 245 million 55 4 Thailand Skytrain, MRT left Green line Green line, Blue line yes 13 Barcelona 2011 389 million 147 11 Spain Metro right lines L9, L10, L11 lines L9, L10, L11 yes yes 14 Beijing 2012 2,460 million 278 18 China Subway right PGDs on lines 5, 13. PSDs on lines 8, 10 yes all lines 15 Belo Horizonte 19 1 Brazil Metrô right 16 Berlin 2011 505 million 173 10 Germany U-Bahn right yes 17 Bielefeld 7 4 Germany Stadtbahn right 18 Bilbao 2011 90 million 41 2 Spain Metro left yes yes 19 Bochum 27 2 Germany Stadtbahn right 20 Bonn 12 1 Germany Stadtbahn right 21 Boston 2010 147 million 60 3 USA The T right yes 22 Brasilia 2009 55 million 24 1 Brazil Metrô right 23 Brescia 17 1 Italy Metro metro 24 Brussels 2009 133 million 59 3 Belgium Métro right (left on lines 1 and 6 between Midi and Roi Baudouin) line 1 25 Bucharest 2011 171 million 45 4 Romania Metro right 26 Budapest 2011 302 million 40 3 Hungary Metro right 27 Buenos Aires 2011 308 million 73 6 Argentina Subte left yes 28 Buffalo 8 1 USA Metro Rail right 29 Bursa 31 2 Turkey Bursaray 30 Busan 2012 320 million 120 5 South Korea Subway right Line 4 Line 4 line 3 31 Cairo 2010 837 million 61 3 Egypt Metro left 5 stations 32 Caracas 2009 485 million 54 6 Venezuela Metro yes 33 Catania 6 1 Italy Metropolitana right 34 Changchun 16 1 China LRT right 35 Changsha 42 2 China Metro 36 Charleroi 23 4 Belgium Métro Léger 37 Chengdu 2012 103 million 67 3 China Metro right yes yes 38 Chennai 24 2 India MRTS 39 Chiba 18 2 Japan Monorail left 40 Chicago 2011 222 million 145 8 USA "L" right yes 41 Chongqing 111 4 China Monorail right The three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDs yes yes 42 Cleveland 2011 6 million 18 1 USA Rapid Transit right 43 Cologne 55 15 Germany Stadtbahn right new light rail trains only yes 44 Copenhagen 2011 54 million 22 2 Denmark Metro right all metro lines all underground stations all metro and S-Tog trains yes 45 Daegu 2012 127 million 86 3 South Korea Subway lines 1, 2 46 Daejeon 2011 38 million 22 1 South Korea Subway yes 47 Dalian 2012 44 million 55 4 China Metro right 48 Delhi 2011 606 million 152 7 India Metro left Line 5, Airport Metro Express yes yes 49 Detroit 13 1 USA People Mover right downtown people mover, LIM technology yes 50 Dnepropetrovsk 2010 9 million 6 1 Ukraine Metro 51 Dongguan 15 1 China Metro 52 Dortmund 37 3 Germany Stadtbahn right H-Bahn yes 53 Dubai 2012 109 million 45 2 United Arab Emirates Metro right metro metro, monorail yes yes 54 Duesseldorf 19 2 Germany Stadtbahn right yes 55 Duisburg 13 2 Germany Stadtbahn right yes 56 Edmonton 15 1 Canada Light Rail right 57 Esfahan 10 1 Iran Urban railway 58 Essen 27 3 Germany Stadtbahn right yes 59 Frankfurt 27 3 Germany U-Bahn right yes 60 Fukuoka 2007 124 million 34 3 Japan Subway left yes yes 61 Fuzhou 9 1 China Metro 62 Gelsenkirchen 9 1 Germany Stadtbahn right 63 Genoa 8 1 Italy Metropolitana right yes 64 Glasgow 2011 13 million 15 1 United Kingdom Subway left 65 Guadalajara 28 2 Mexico Metro right 66 Guangzhou 2012 1,825 million 149 9 China Metro right APM line (underground people mover) Zhujiang people mover yes yes yes 67 Gwangju 2011 18 million 20 1 South Korea Subway yes 68 Haifa 6 1 Israel Carmelit 69 Hamburg 2011 199 million 91 4 Germany U-Bahn right DT5 type train sets DT5 type train sets 70 Hangzhou 53 3 China Metro 71 Hanover 17 3 Germany Stadtbahn right yes 72 Harbin 18 1 China Subway 73 Helsinki 2011 62 million 17 1 Finland Metro right yes 74 Hiroshima 2005 18 million 22 1 Japan Monorail left yes 75 Hong Kong 2012 1,444 million 84 10 Hong Kong S.A.R. MTR left Disneyland Resort Line SI, WI lines, planned all underground stations yes yes 76 Incheon 2012 89 million 29 1 South Korea Subway yes 77 Istanbul 2011 78 million 67 5 Turkey Metro right Seyrantepe station on line M2 some lines some lines 78 Izmir 2011 63 million 17 1 Turkey Metro 79 Jacksonville 6 1 USA Skyway right downtown monorail people mover 80 Jaipur 9 1 India Metrorail 81 Kamakura 8 1 Japan Monorail left 82 Kaohsiung 2012 52 million 37 2 Taiwan MRT MRT 83 Kazan 2012 27 million 10 1 Russia Metro right 84 Kharkov 2011 250 million 26 3 Ukraine Metro right 85 Kiev 2011 519 million 49 3 Ukraine Metro right 86 Kitakyushu 13 1 Japan Monorail left yes 87 Kobe 2008 121 million 24 2 Japan Subway left Port Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyred Port Liner and Rokko Liner Port Liner and Rokko Liner yes 88 Kolkata 2009 173 million 24 1 India Metro Railway right 89 Kryvyi Rih 12 1 Ukraine Metrotram 90 Kuala Lumpur 2008 109 million 79 3 Malaysia LRT, Monorail left LRT KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stations yes 91 Kunming 33 3 China Metro yes 92 Kyoto 2008 126 million 31 2 Japan Subway left Tozai line yes 93 Las Vegas 7 1 USA Monorail right monorail yes 94 Lausanne 28 2 Switzerland Metro line m2 line m2 Line m2 yes 95 Lille 2009 96 million 60 2 France Métro right VAL yes VAL, all stations yes 96 Lima 26 1 Peru Tren Urbano 97 Lisbon 2010 183 million 50 4 Portugal Metro left yes 98 London 2011 1,171 million 270 11 United Kingdom Underground left Docklands Light Rail Jubilee Line extension Circle, District, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines Metropolitan Line, DLR 99 Los Angeles 2011 46 million 30 3 USA Metro Rail right yes 100 Ludwigshafen 11 0 Germany Stadtbahn right 101 Lyon 2009 257 million 40 4 France Métro left line D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDs yes 102 Madrid 2011 635 million 232 13 Spain Metro left tests in 2010, plans for 2011 yes yes 103 Malaga 16 2 Spain Metro 104 Manila 2008 346 million 41 3 Philippines MRT right yes yes 105 Maracaibo 6 1 Venezuela Metro yes 106 Marseille 2011 75 million 28 2 France Métro right yes 107 Mashhad 24 1 Iran Urban railway 108 Mecca 9 1 Saudi Arabia Metro right yes yes yes 109 Medellin 2011 170 million 25 2 Colombia Metro 110 Mexico City 2012 1,609 million 163 12 Mexico Metro right yes 111 Miami 2011 18 million 23 1 USA Metrorail right downtown people mover, rubber-tyred Downtown people mover yes 112 Milan 2007 328 million 105 4 Italy Metropolitana right line M5 line M5 yes yes 113 Minsk 2012 281 million 28 2 Belarus Metro right 114 Monterrey 2009 138 million 31 2 Mexico Metro right yes 115 Montreal 2006 219 million 68 4 Canada Metro right yes 116 Moscow 2011 2,389 million 158 12 Russia Metro right lines 3, 5 since 2009 117 Muelheim 12 2 Germany Stadtbahn right 118 Mumbai 73 5 India Suburban Railway 119 Munich 2010 360 million 96 6 Germany U-Bahn right yes 120 Nagoya 2008 427 million 86 4 Japan Subway left Tobu Kyuryo maglev line Tobu Kyuryo maglev line yes yes 121 Naha 15 1 Japan Monorail left 122 Nanchang 24 1 China Rail Transit 123 Nanjing 2011 344 million 91 4 China Metro right Line 2 yes yes 124 Nanning 10 1 China Metro 125 Naples 2011 35 million 29 3 Italy Metropolitana left 126 New York 2012 1,655 million 423 27 USA Subway right yes 127 Newark 4 1 USA Light Rail right 128 Newcastle 2011 38 million 50 2 United Kingdom Tyne & Wear Metro left 129 Ningbo 50 2 China Metro Line 1 130 Nizhny Novgorod 2010 27 million 14 2 Russia Metro right 131 Novosibirsk 2011 76 million 12 2 Russia Metro right 132 Nuremberg 2011 118 million 44 3 Germany U-Bahn right lines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains yes 133 Oporto 15 2 Portugal Metro right yes yes 134 Osaka 2010 836 million 104 9 Japan Subway left Nanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyred Nanko Port Town Line all stations on the Nanko Port Town Line yes 135 Oslo 2010 76 million 77 5 Norway T-Bane right yes 136 Palma de Mallorca 9 1 Spain Metro 137 Panama City 13 1 Panama Metro 138 Paris 2011 1,524 million 303 16 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, 14 139 Perugia 7 1 Italy Minimetro Minimetro 140 Philadelphia 2011 107 million 62 3 USA Subway right yes 141 Pittsburgh 6 1 USA T right 142 Porto Alegre 17 1 Brazil Metro right 143 Poznan 6 1 Poland Fast Tram 144 Prague 2011 530 million 58 3 Czech Republic Metro right yes 145 Pyongyang 2009 36 million 15 2 North Korea Metro 146 Qingdao 10 1 China Metro 147 Recife 28 2 Brazil Metrô right 148 Rennes 2011 47 million 15 1 France Métro right VAL yes VAL yes 149 Rio de Janeiro 2010 212 million 36 2 Brazil Metrô right yes 150 Rome 2008 331 million 73 3 Italy Metropolitana left yes yes 151 Rotterdam 2008 87 million 37 2 Netherlands Metro right 152 Rouen 5 1 France Métro 153 Saint Louis 37 2 USA Metrolink right 154 Saint Petersburg 2011 786 million 59 5 Russia Metro right windowless steel doors in ten stations 155 Salvador 8 1 Brazil Metrô yes 156 Samara 2011 16 million 10 1 Russia Metro right 157 San Francisco 2012 111 million 44 5 USA BART right yes Wide sliding doors between cars since the 1970s 158 San Juan 2011 11 million 16 1 Puerto Rico Tren Urbano 159 Santiago 2011 640 million 100 5 Chile Metro right yes yes 160 Santo Domingo 2011 29 million 29 2 Dominican Republic Metro yes 161 Sao Paulo 2012 877 million 64 6 Brazil Metrô right line 4 lines 2, 3, 4 (since 2010) all metro lines and regional rail lines 4, 5 162 Sapporo 2008 209 million 46 3 Japan Subway left yes yes 163 Seattle 15 1 USA Light Rail right yes 164 Sendai 2008 58 million 29 2 Japan Subway left yes 165 Seoul 2012 2,518 million 260 9 South Korea Subway right lines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010 yes yes 166 Seville 21 1 Spain Metro Line 1 167 Shanghai 2012 2,276 million 284 14 China Metro right newer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stations yes 168 Shenyang 40 2 China Metro right yes 169 Shenzhen 2009 132 million 133 6 China Metro right yes yes yes 170 Shiraz 6 1 Iran Metro 171 Singapore 2011 794 million 100 5 Singapore MRT left North-East Line, Circle Line, Downtown Line, and the 3 rubber-tyred LRT lines LRT lines yes yes yes 172 Sofia 2009 29 million 33 2 Bulgaria Metro right 173 Stockholm 2011 309 million 100 3 Sweden Tunnelbana left 174 Stuttgart 17 2 Germany Stadtbahn right yes yes 175 Suzhou 24 1 China Subway right yes 176 Sydney 14 3 Australia Cityrail left yes 177 Tabriz 6 1 Iran Metro 178 Taipei 2012 652 million 108 5 Taiwan MRT right Wenshan (Muzha) VAL line Line 1 PGDs in the busier MRT stations, PSDs in all VAL stations yes yes 179 Tama 19 1 Japan Monorail left yes 180 Tashkent 2010 65 million 26 3 Uzbekistan Metro right 181 Tbilisi 2008 88 million 21 2 Georgia Metro right 182 Tehran 2011 480 million 88 5 Iran Metro yes 183 The Hague 30 3 Netherlands RandstadRail right 184 Tianjin 2010 64 million 83 4 China Metro right platform gate doors yes 185 Tokyo 2011 3,102 million 205 13 Japan Metro left Yurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyred Yurikamome line Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurakucho, Yurikamome lines yes yes 186 Toronto 2006 278 million 69 4 Canada Subway right yes 187 Toulouse 2011 103 million 37 2 France Métro right VAL yes VAL yes 188 Turin 2011 33 million 21 1 Italy Metropolitana right VAL yes VAL yes yes 189 Valencia 37 3 Spain Metro right yes yes 190 Valencia 2010 21 million 9 1 Venezuela Metro 191 Valparaiso 20 1 Chile Metro right 192 Vancouver 2011 120 million 47 3 Canada SkyTrain right Skytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system yes yes 193 Vienna 2010 534 million 94 5 Austria U-Bahn right yes yes 194 Volgograd 6 1 Russia Metro 195 Warsaw 2011 140 million 27 2 Poland Metro right 196 Washington 2012 218 million 91 6 USA Metrorail right yes 197 Wuhan 2011 73 million 100 4 China Metro right 198 Wuppertal 20 1 Germany Schwebebahn right 199 Wuxi 45 2 China Metro 200 Xian 2012 59 million 39 2 China Metro yes 201 Yekaterinburg 2011 38 million 9 1 Russia Metro right 202 Yerevan 2011 17 million 10 1 Armenia Metro right 203 Yokohama 2008 198 million 45 3 Japan Subway left Kanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyred Kanazawa Seaside LRT Kanazawa Seaside LRT line yes 204 Zhengzhou 20 1 China Metro
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