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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 Turkey Metro 2 Algiers 14 13.5 km 1 Algeria Metro yes yes 3 Antwerp 11 7.6 km 2 Belgium Premetro 4 Bangalore 30 29.2 km 2 India Metro 5 Belo Horizonte 19 28.1 km 1 Brazil Metrô right 6 Bielefeld 7 5.2 km 4 Germany Stadtbahn right 7 Bochum 27 21.5 km 2 Germany Stadtbahn right 8 Bonn 12 9.0 km 1 Germany Stadtbahn right 9 Brescia 17 13.1 km 1 Italy Metro metro 10 Buffalo 8 8.4 km 1 USA Metro Rail right 11 Bursa 31 31.5 km 2 Turkey Bursaray 12 Catania 6 3.8 km 1 Italy Metropolitana right 13 Changchun 16 17.0 km 1 China LRT right 14 Changsha 42 50.2 km 2 China Metro 15 Charleroi 23 17.5 km 4 Belgium Métro Léger 16 Chennai 24 37.0 km 2 India MRTS 17 Chiba 18 15.5 km 2 Japan Monorail left 18 Chongqing 111 203.0 km 4 China Monorail right The three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDs yes yes 19 Cologne 55 47.4 km 15 Germany Stadtbahn right new light rail trains only yes 20 Detroit 13 4.8 km 1 USA People Mover right downtown people mover, LIM technology yes 21 Dongguan 15 38.8 km 1 China Metro 22 Dortmund 37 29.5 km 3 Germany Stadtbahn right H-Bahn yes 23 Duesseldorf 19 13.0 km 2 Germany Stadtbahn right yes 24 Duisburg 13 14.3 km 2 Germany Stadtbahn right yes 25 Edmonton 15 20.4 km 1 Canada Light Rail right 26 Esfahan 10 11.2 km 1 Iran Urban railway 27 Essen 27 20.2 km 3 Germany Stadtbahn right yes 28 Frankfurt 27 20.5 km 3 Germany U-Bahn right yes 29 Fuzhou 9 9.7 km 1 China Metro 30 Gelsenkirchen 9 5.5 km 1 Germany Stadtbahn right 31 Genoa 8 7.1 km 1 Italy Metropolitana right yes 32 Guadalajara 28 24.0 km 2 Mexico Metro right 33 Haifa 6 1.8 km 1 Israel Carmelit 34 Hangzhou 53 81.5 km 3 China Metro 35 Hanover 17 18.6 km 3 Germany Stadtbahn right yes 36 Harbin 18 17.5 km 1 China Subway 37 Jacksonville 6 6.9 km 1 USA Skyway right downtown monorail people mover 38 Jaipur 9 9.6 km 1 India Metrorail 39 Kamakura 8 6.6 km 1 Japan Monorail left 40 Kitakyushu 13 8.8 km 1 Japan Monorail left yes 41 Kryvyi Rih 12 18.0 km 1 Ukraine Metrotram 42 Kunming 33 58.5 km 3 China Metro yes 43 Las Vegas 7 6.2 km 1 USA Monorail right monorail yes 44 Lausanne 28 13.7 km 2 Switzerland Metro line m2 line m2 Line m2 yes 45 Lima 26 34.4 km 1 Peru Tren Urbano 46 Ludwigshafen 11 4.0 km 0 Germany Stadtbahn right 47 Malaga 16 12.0 km 2 Spain Metro 48 Maracaibo 6 6.5 km 1 Venezuela Metro yes 49 Mashhad 24 23.5 km 1 Iran Urban railway 50 Mecca 9 18.1 km 1 Saudi Arabia Metro right yes yes yes 51 Muelheim 12 9.0 km 2 Germany Stadtbahn right 52 Mumbai 73 171.0 km 5 India Suburban Railway 53 Naha 15 12.8 km 1 Japan Monorail left 54 Nanchang 24 28.7 km 1 China Rail Transit 55 Nanning 10 11.2 km 1 China Metro 56 Newark 4 2.2 km 1 USA Light Rail right 57 Ningbo 50 74.5 km 2 China Metro Line 1 58 Oporto 15 21.7 km 2 Portugal Metro right yes yes 59 Palma de Mallorca 9 8.3 km 1 Spain Metro 60 Panama City 13 13.7 km 1 Panama Metro 61 Perugia 7 3.0 km 1 Italy Minimetro Minimetro 62 Pittsburgh 6 4.8 km 1 USA T right 63 Porto Alegre 17 33.8 km 1 Brazil Metro right 64 Poznan 6 6.1 km 1 Poland Fast Tram 65 Qingdao 10 12.0 km 1 China Metro 66 Recife 28 39.7 km 2 Brazil Metrô right 67 Rouen 5 2.2 km 1 France Métro 68 Saint Louis 37 73.4 km 2 USA Metrolink right 69 Salvador 8 11.9 km 1 Brazil Metrô yes 70 Seattle 15 27.2 km 1 USA Light Rail right yes 71 Seville 21 18.0 km 1 Spain Metro Line 1 72 Shenyang 40 49.5 km 2 China Metro right yes 73 Shiraz 6 10.5 km 1 Iran Metro 74 Stuttgart 17 24.0 km 2 Germany Stadtbahn right yes yes 75 Suzhou 24 25.7 km 1 China Subway right yes 76 Sydney 14 22.1 km 3 Australia Cityrail left yes 77 Tabriz 6 7.0 km 1 Iran Metro 78 Tama 19 16.0 km 1 Japan Monorail left yes 79 The Hague 30 27.9 km 3 Netherlands RandstadRail right 80 Valencia 37 31.8 km 3 Spain Metro right yes yes 81 Valparaiso 20 43.0 km 1 Chile Metro right 82 Volgograd 6 6.8 km 1 Russia Metro 83 Wuppertal 20 13.3 km 1 Germany Schwebebahn right 84 Wuxi 45 56.1 km 2 China Metro 85 Zhengzhou 20 25.4 km 1 China Metro 86 Cleveland 2011 18 6 million 31.0 km 1 16,400 USA Rapid Transit right 87 Almaty 2012 9 7 million 10.3 km 1 19,200 Kazakhstan Metro 88 Dnepropetrovsk 2010 6 9 million 7.1 km 1 24,700 Ukraine Metro 89 San Juan 2011 16 11 million 17.2 km 1 30,100 Puerto Rico Tren Urbano 90 Glasgow 2011 15 13 million 10.4 km 1 35,600 United Kingdom Subway left 91 Samara 2011 10 16 million 11.6 km 1 43,800 Russia Metro right 92 Yerevan 2011 10 17 million 12.1 km 1 46,600 Armenia Metro right 93 Baltimore 2011 14 18 million 24.5 km 1 49,300 USA Metro Subway right yes 94 Gwangju 2011 20 18 million 20.1 km 1 49,300 South Korea Subway yes 95 Hiroshima 2005 22 18 million 18.4 km 1 49,300 Japan Monorail left yes 96 Miami 2011 23 18 million 39.8 km 1 49,300 USA Metrorail right downtown people mover, rubber-tyred Downtown people mover yes 97 Valencia 2010 9 21 million 7.7 km 1 57,500 Venezuela Metro 98 Kazan 2012 10 27 million 15.8 km 1 74,000 Russia Metro right 99 Nizhny Novgorod 2010 14 27 million 18.9 km 2 74,000 Russia Metro right 100 Santo Domingo 2011 29 29 million 24.8 km 2 79,500 Dominican Republic Metro yes 101 Sofia 2009 33 29 million 36.2 km 2 79,500 Bulgaria Metro right 102 Turin 2011 21 33 million 13.4 km 1 90,400 Italy Metropolitana right VAL yes VAL yes yes 103 Atlanta 2007 38 34 million 79.2 km 2 93,200 USA MARTA right yes 104 Naples 2011 29 35 million 34.8 km 3 95,900 Italy Metropolitana left 105 Pyongyang 2009 15 36 million 22.5 km 2 98,600 North Korea Metro 106 Daejeon 2011 22 38 million 22.6 km 1 104,000 South Korea Subway yes 107 Newcastle 2011 50 38 million 76.5 km 2 104,000 United Kingdom Tyne & Wear Metro left 108 Yekaterinburg 2011 9 38 million 12.7 km 1 104,000 Russia Metro right 109 Dalian 2012 55 44 million 141.0 km 4 121,000 China Metro right 110 Los Angeles 2011 30 46 million 59.3 km 3 126,000 USA Metro Rail right yes 111 Rennes 2011 15 47 million 9.0 km 1 129,000 France Métro right VAL yes VAL yes 112 Kaohsiung 2012 37 52 million 45.0 km 2 142,000 Taiwan MRT MRT 113 Copenhagen 2011 22 54 million 21.0 km 2 148,000 Denmark Metro right all metro lines all underground stations all metro and S-Tog trains yes 114 Brasilia 2009 24 55 million 42.0 km 1 151,000 Brazil Metrô right 115 Sendai 2008 29 58 million 28.7 km 2 159,000 Japan Subway left yes 116 Xian 2012 39 59 million 51.9 km 2 162,000 China Metro yes 117 Helsinki 2011 17 62 million 21.0 km 1 170,000 Finland Metro right yes 118 Izmir 2011 17 63 million 20.1 km 1 173,000 Turkey Metro 119 Tianjin 2010 83 64 million 136.5 km 4 175,000 China Metro right platform gate doors yes 120 Tashkent 2010 26 65 million 36.2 km 3 178,000 Uzbekistan Metro right 121 Wuhan 2011 100 73 million 128.3 km 4 200,000 China Metro right 122 Marseille 2011 28 75 million 21.8 km 2 205,000 France Métro right yes 123 Novosibirsk 2011 12 76 million 16.4 km 2 208,000 Russia Metro right 124 Oslo 2010 77 76 million 62.0 km 5 208,000 Norway T-Bane right yes 125 Istanbul 2011 67 78 million 90.0 km 5 214,000 Turkey Metro right Seyrantepe station on line M2 some lines some lines 126 Amsterdam 2009 33 85 million 32.7 km 4 233,000 Netherlands Metro right M5 type train sets M5 type train sets 127 Rotterdam 2008 37 87 million 47.0 km 2 238,000 Netherlands Metro right 128 Tbilisi 2008 21 88 million 26.3 km 2 241,000 Georgia Metro right 129 Incheon 2012 29 89 million 29.5 km 1 244,000 South Korea Subway yes 130 Bilbao 2011 41 90 million 43.4 km 2 247,000 Spain Metro left yes yes 131 Lille 2009 60 96 million 45.5 km 2 263,000 France Métro right VAL yes VAL, all stations yes 132 Chengdu 2012 67 103 million 88.2 km 3 282,000 China Metro right yes yes 133 Toulouse 2011 37 103 million 27.5 km 2 282,000 France Métro right VAL yes VAL yes 134 Philadelphia 2011 62 107 million 62.0 km 3 293,000 USA Subway right yes 135 Dubai 2012 45 109 million 69.7 km 2 299,000 United Arab Emirates Metro right metro metro, monorail yes yes 136 Kuala Lumpur 2008 79 109 million 100.1 km 3 299,000 Malaysia LRT, Monorail left LRT KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stations yes 137 San Francisco 2012 44 111 million 166.9 km 5 304,000 USA BART right yes Wide sliding doors between cars since the 1970s 138 Ankara 2007 44 113 million 55.1 km 4 310,000 Turkey Metro right metro line yes yes 139 Nuremberg 2011 44 118 million 36.0 km 3 323,000 Germany U-Bahn right lines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains yes 140 Vancouver 2011 47 120 million 69.5 km 3 329,000 Canada SkyTrain right Skytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system yes yes 141 Kobe 2008 24 121 million 30.6 km 2 332,000 Japan Subway left Port Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyred Port Liner and Rokko Liner Port Liner and Rokko Liner yes 142 Fukuoka 2007 34 124 million 29.8 km 3 340,000 Japan Subway left yes yes 143 Kyoto 2008 31 126 million 31.3 km 2 345,000 Japan Subway left Tozai line yes 144 Daegu 2012 86 127 million 81.2 km 3 348,000 South Korea Subway lines 1, 2 145 Shenzhen 2009 133 132 million 230.3 km 6 362,000 China Metro right yes yes yes 146 Brussels 2009 59 133 million 32.2 km 3 364,000 Belgium Métro right (left on lines 1 and 6 between Midi and Roi Baudouin) line 1 147 Monterrey 2009 31 138 million 31.5 km 2 378,000 Mexico Metro right yes 148 Warsaw 2011 27 140 million 28.7 km 2 384,000 Poland Metro right 149 Boston 2010 60 147 million 60.5 km 3 403,000 USA The T right yes 150 Medellin 2011 25 170 million 28.8 km 2 466,000 Colombia Metro 151 Bucharest 2011 45 171 million 69.3 km 4 468,000 Romania Metro right 152 Kolkata 2009 24 173 million 29.7 km 1 474,000 India Metro Railway right 153 Baku 2011 23 183 million 36.6 km 3 501,000 Azerbaijan Metro right 154 Lisbon 2010 50 183 million 44.3 km 4 501,000 Portugal Metro left yes 155 Yokohama 2008 45 198 million 57.6 km 3 542,000 Japan Subway left Kanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyred Kanazawa Seaside LRT Kanazawa Seaside LRT line yes 156 Hamburg 2011 91 199 million 104.7 km 4 545,000 Germany U-Bahn right DT5 type train sets DT5 type train sets 157 Sapporo 2008 46 209 million 48.0 km 3 573,000 Japan Subway left yes yes 158 Rio de Janeiro 2010 36 212 million 42.0 km 2 581,000 Brazil Metrô right yes 159 Washington 2012 91 218 million 189.9 km 6 597,000 USA Metrorail right yes 160 Montreal 2006 68 219 million 69.2 km 4 600,000 Canada Metro right yes 161 Chicago 2011 145 222 million 166.0 km 8 608,000 USA "L" right yes 162 Bangkok 2011 55 245 million 86.4 km 4 671,000 Thailand Skytrain, MRT left Green line Green line, Blue line yes 163 Kharkov 2011 26 250 million 37.4 km 3 685,000 Ukraine Metro right 164 Lyon 2009 40 257 million 31.8 km 4 704,000 France Métro left line D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDs yes 165 Toronto 2006 69 278 million 71.3 km 4 762,000 Canada Subway right yes 166 Minsk 2012 28 281 million 37.2 km 2 770,000 Belarus Metro right 167 Budapest 2011 40 302 million 33.0 km 3 827,000 Hungary Metro right 168 Buenos Aires 2011 73 308 million 53.9 km 6 844,000 Argentina Subte left yes 169 Stockholm 2011 100 309 million 105.7 km 3 847,000 Sweden Tunnelbana left 170 Busan 2012 120 320 million 133.4 km 5 877,000 South Korea Subway right Line 4 Line 4 line 3 171 Milan 2007 105 328 million 96.9 km 4 899,000 Italy Metropolitana right line M5 line M5 yes yes 172 Rome 2008 73 331 million 61.0 km 3 907,000 Italy Metropolitana left yes yes 173 Athens 2008 61 342 million 60.3 km 3 937,000 Greece Metro right yes yes 174 Nanjing 2011 91 344 million 142.3 km 4 942,000 China Metro right Line 2 yes yes 175 Manila 2008 41 346 million 51.5 km 3 948,000 Philippines MRT right yes yes 176 Munich 2010 96 360 million 94.2 km 6 986,000 Germany U-Bahn right yes 177 Barcelona 2011 147 389 million 139.4 km 11 1.07 million Spain Metro right lines L9, L10, L11 lines L9, L10, L11 yes yes 178 Nagoya 2008 86 427 million 93.1 km 4 1.17 million Japan Subway left Tobu Kyuryo maglev line Tobu Kyuryo maglev line yes yes 179 Tehran 2011 88 480 million 150.6 km 5 1.32 million Iran Metro yes 180 Caracas 2009 54 485 million 66.5 km 6 1.33 million Venezuela Metro yes 181 Berlin 2011 173 505 million 147.4 km 10 1.38 million Germany U-Bahn right yes 182 Kiev 2011 49 519 million 67.6 km 3 1.42 million Ukraine Metro right 183 Prague 2011 58 530 million 65.1 km 3 1.45 million Czech Republic Metro right yes 184 Vienna 2010 94 534 million 79.0 km 5 1.46 million Austria U-Bahn right yes yes 185 Delhi 2011 152 606 million 214.9 km 7 1.66 million India Metro left Line 5, Airport Metro Express yes yes 186 Madrid 2011 232 635 million 293.0 km 13 1.74 million Spain Metro left tests in 2010, plans for 2011 yes yes 187 Santiago 2011 100 640 million 102.4 km 5 1.75 million Chile Metro right yes yes 188 Taipei 2012 108 652 million 131.3 km 5 1.79 million Taiwan MRT right Wenshan (Muzha) VAL line Line 1 PGDs in the busier MRT stations, PSDs in all VAL stations yes yes 189 Saint Petersburg 2011 59 786 million 113.5 km 5 2.15 million Russia Metro right windowless steel doors in ten stations 190 Singapore 2011 100 794 million 167.4 km 5 2.18 million Singapore MRT left North-East Line, Circle Line, Downtown Line, and the 3 rubber-tyred LRT lines LRT lines yes yes yes 191 Osaka 2010 104 836 million 137.8 km 9 2.29 million Japan Subway left Nanko Port Town Line, rubber-tyred Nanko Port Town Line all stations on the Nanko Port Town Line yes 192 Cairo 2010 61 837 million 77.9 km 3 2.29 million Egypt Metro left 5 stations 193 Sao Paulo 2012 64 877 million 78.4 km 6 2.4 million Brazil Metrô right line 4 lines 2, 3, 4 (since 2010) all metro lines and regional rail lines 4, 5 194 London 2011 270 1,171 million 402.0 km 11 3.21 million United Kingdom Underground left Docklands Light Rail Jubilee Line extension Circle, District, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines Metropolitan Line, DLR 195 Hong Kong 2012 84 1,444 million 178.0 km 10 3.96 million Hong Kong S.A.R. MTR left Disneyland Resort Line SI, WI lines, planned all underground stations yes yes 196 Paris 2011 303 1,524 million 219.9 km 16 4.18 million 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, 14 197 Mexico City 2012 163 1,609 million 180.0 km 12 4.41 million Mexico Metro right yes 198 New York 2012 423 1,655 million 370.4 km 27 4.53 million USA Subway right yes 199 Guangzhou 2012 149 1,825 million 263.5 km 9 5 million China Metro right APM line (underground people mover) Zhujiang people mover yes yes yes 200 Shanghai 2012 284 2,276 million 588.0 km 14 6.24 million China Metro right newer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stations yes 201 Moscow 2011 158 2,389 million 333.6 km 12 6.55 million Russia Metro right lines 3, 5 since 2009 202 Beijing 2012 278 2,460 million 554.0 km 18 6.74 million China Subway right PGDs on lines 5, 13. PSDs on lines 8, 10 yes all lines 203 Seoul 2012 260 2,518 million 326.5 km 9 6.9 million South Korea Subway right lines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010 yes yes 204 Tokyo 2011 205 3,102 million 304.5 km 13 8.5 million Japan Metro left Yurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyred Yurikamome line Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurakucho, Yurikamome lines yes yes
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