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