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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 205 3,102 million 189.2 mi 13 8.5 million Japan Metro left Yurikamome Waterfront line, rubber-tyred Yurikamome line Marunouchi, Mita, Namboku, Yurakucho, Yurikamome lines yes yes 2 Seoul 2012 260 2,518 million 202.9 mi 9 6.9 million South Korea Subway right lines 2 and 9, planned for all lines by 2010 yes yes 3 Beijing 2012 278 2,460 million 344.3 mi 18 6.74 million China Subway right PGDs on lines 5, 13. PSDs on lines 8, 10 yes all lines 4 Moscow 2011 158 2,389 million 207.3 mi 12 6.55 million Russia Metro right lines 3, 5 since 2009 5 Shanghai 2012 284 2,276 million 365.4 mi 14 6.24 million China Metro right newer line 4 stations and refitted line 1 stations yes 6 Guangzhou 2012 149 1,825 million 163.8 mi 9 5 million China Metro right APM line (underground people mover) Zhujiang people mover yes yes yes 7 New York 2012 423 1,655 million 230.2 mi 27 4.53 million USA Subway right yes 8 Mexico City 2012 163 1,609 million 111.9 mi 12 4.41 million Mexico Metro right yes 9 Paris 2011 303 1,524 million 136.7 mi 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 10 Hong Kong 2012 84 1,444 million 110.6 mi 10 3.96 million Hong Kong S.A.R. MTR left Disneyland Resort Line SI, WI lines, planned all underground stations yes yes 11 London 2011 270 1,171 million 249.8 mi 11 3.21 million United Kingdom Underground left Docklands Light Rail Jubilee Line extension Circle, District, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines Metropolitan Line, DLR 12 Sao Paulo 2012 64 877 million 48.7 mi 6 2.4 million Brazil Metrô right line 4 lines 2, 3, 4 (since 2010) all metro lines and regional rail lines 4, 5 13 Cairo 2010 61 837 million 48.4 mi 3 2.29 million Egypt Metro left 5 stations 14 Osaka 2010 104 836 million 85.6 mi 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 15 Singapore 2011 100 794 million 104.0 mi 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 16 Saint Petersburg 2011 59 786 million 70.5 mi 5 2.15 million Russia Metro right windowless steel doors in ten stations 17 Taipei 2012 108 652 million 81.6 mi 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 18 Santiago 2011 100 640 million 63.6 mi 5 1.75 million Chile Metro right yes yes 19 Madrid 2011 232 635 million 182.1 mi 13 1.74 million Spain Metro left tests in 2010, plans for 2011 yes yes 20 Delhi 2011 152 606 million 133.6 mi 7 1.66 million India Metro left Line 5, Airport Metro Express yes yes 21 Vienna 2010 94 534 million 49.1 mi 5 1.46 million Austria U-Bahn right yes yes 22 Prague 2011 58 530 million 40.5 mi 3 1.45 million Czech Republic Metro right yes 23 Kiev 2011 49 519 million 42.0 mi 3 1.42 million Ukraine Metro right 24 Berlin 2011 173 505 million 91.6 mi 10 1.38 million Germany U-Bahn right yes 25 Caracas 2009 54 485 million 41.3 mi 6 1.33 million Venezuela Metro yes 26 Tehran 2011 88 480 million 93.6 mi 5 1.32 million Iran Metro yes 27 Nagoya 2008 86 427 million 57.9 mi 4 1.17 million Japan Subway left Tobu Kyuryo maglev line Tobu Kyuryo maglev line yes yes 28 Barcelona 2011 147 389 million 86.6 mi 11 1.07 million Spain Metro right lines L9, L10, L11 lines L9, L10, L11 yes yes 29 Munich 2010 96 360 million 58.5 mi 6 986,000 Germany U-Bahn right yes 30 Manila 2008 41 346 million 32.0 mi 3 948,000 Philippines MRT right yes yes 31 Nanjing 2011 91 344 million 88.4 mi 4 942,000 China Metro right Line 2 yes yes 32 Athens 2008 61 342 million 37.5 mi 3 937,000 Greece Metro right yes yes 33 Rome 2008 73 331 million 37.9 mi 3 907,000 Italy Metropolitana left yes yes 34 Milan 2007 105 328 million 60.2 mi 4 899,000 Italy Metropolitana right line M5 line M5 yes yes 35 Busan 2012 120 320 million 82.9 mi 5 877,000 South Korea Subway right Line 4 Line 4 line 3 36 Stockholm 2011 100 309 million 65.7 mi 3 847,000 Sweden Tunnelbana left 37 Buenos Aires 2011 73 308 million 33.5 mi 6 844,000 Argentina Subte left yes 38 Budapest 2011 40 302 million 20.5 mi 3 827,000 Hungary Metro right 39 Minsk 2012 28 281 million 23.1 mi 2 770,000 Belarus Metro right 40 Toronto 2006 69 278 million 44.3 mi 4 762,000 Canada Subway right yes 41 Lyon 2009 40 257 million 19.8 mi 4 704,000 France Métro left line D/Maggaly, rubber-tyred, no PSDs yes 42 Kharkov 2011 26 250 million 23.2 mi 3 685,000 Ukraine Metro right 43 Bangkok 2011 55 245 million 53.7 mi 4 671,000 Thailand Skytrain, MRT left Green line Green line, Blue line yes 44 Chicago 2011 145 222 million 103.2 mi 8 608,000 USA "L" right yes 45 Montreal 2006 68 219 million 43.0 mi 4 600,000 Canada Metro right yes 46 Washington 2012 91 218 million 118.0 mi 6 597,000 USA Metrorail right yes 47 Rio de Janeiro 2010 36 212 million 26.1 mi 2 581,000 Brazil Metrô right yes 48 Sapporo 2008 46 209 million 29.8 mi 3 573,000 Japan Subway left yes yes 49 Hamburg 2011 91 199 million 65.1 mi 4 545,000 Germany U-Bahn right DT5 type train sets DT5 type train sets 50 Yokohama 2008 45 198 million 35.8 mi 3 542,000 Japan Subway left Kanazawa Seaside line, LRT, rubber-tyred Kanazawa Seaside LRT Kanazawa Seaside LRT line yes 51 Baku 2011 23 183 million 22.7 mi 3 501,000 Azerbaijan Metro right 52 Lisbon 2010 50 183 million 27.5 mi 4 501,000 Portugal Metro left yes 53 Kolkata 2009 24 173 million 18.5 mi 1 474,000 India Metro Railway right 54 Bucharest 2011 45 171 million 43.0 mi 4 468,000 Romania Metro right 55 Medellin 2011 25 170 million 17.9 mi 2 466,000 Colombia Metro 56 Boston 2010 60 147 million 37.6 mi 3 403,000 USA The T right yes 57 Warsaw 2011 27 140 million 17.8 mi 2 384,000 Poland Metro right 58 Monterrey 2009 31 138 million 19.6 mi 2 378,000 Mexico Metro right yes 59 Brussels 2009 59 133 million 20.0 mi 3 364,000 Belgium Métro right (left on lines 1 and 6 between Midi and Roi Baudouin) line 1 60 Shenzhen 2009 133 132 million 143.2 mi 6 362,000 China Metro right yes yes yes 61 Daegu 2012 86 127 million 50.5 mi 3 348,000 South Korea Subway lines 1, 2 62 Kyoto 2008 31 126 million 19.5 mi 2 345,000 Japan Subway left Tozai line yes 63 Fukuoka 2007 34 124 million 18.5 mi 3 340,000 Japan Subway left yes yes 64 Kobe 2008 24 121 million 19.0 mi 2 332,000 Japan Subway left Port Liner and Rokko Liner, rubber-tyred Port Liner and Rokko Liner Port Liner and Rokko Liner yes 65 Vancouver 2011 47 120 million 43.2 mi 3 329,000 Canada SkyTrain right Skytrain, LIM technology, currently the world's longest automated system yes yes 66 Nuremberg 2011 44 118 million 22.4 mi 3 323,000 Germany U-Bahn right lines U2, U3, no PSDs, sharing tracks with driver-operated trains yes 67 Ankara 2007 44 113 million 34.2 mi 4 310,000 Turkey Metro right metro line yes yes 68 San Francisco 2012 44 111 million 103.7 mi 5 304,000 USA BART right yes Wide sliding doors between cars since the 1970s 69 Dubai 2012 45 109 million 43.3 mi 2 299,000 United Arab Emirates Metro right metro metro, monorail yes yes 70 Kuala Lumpur 2008 79 109 million 62.2 mi 3 299,000 Malaysia LRT, Monorail left LRT KLIA line to airport, Kelana Jaya line's underground stations yes 71 Philadelphia 2011 62 107 million 38.5 mi 3 293,000 USA Subway right yes 72 Chengdu 2012 67 103 million 54.8 mi 3 282,000 China Metro right yes yes 73 Toulouse 2011 37 103 million 17.1 mi 2 282,000 France Métro right VAL yes VAL yes 74 Lille 2009 60 96 million 28.3 mi 2 263,000 France Métro right VAL yes VAL, all stations yes 75 Bilbao 2011 41 90 million 27.0 mi 2 247,000 Spain Metro left yes yes 76 Incheon 2012 29 89 million 18.3 mi 1 244,000 South Korea Subway yes 77 Tbilisi 2008 21 88 million 16.3 mi 2 241,000 Georgia Metro right 78 Rotterdam 2008 37 87 million 29.2 mi 2 238,000 Netherlands Metro right 79 Amsterdam 2009 33 85 million 20.3 mi 4 233,000 Netherlands Metro right M5 type train sets M5 type train sets 80 Istanbul 2011 67 78 million 55.9 mi 5 214,000 Turkey Metro right Seyrantepe station on line M2 some lines some lines 81 Novosibirsk 2011 12 76 million 10.2 mi 2 208,000 Russia Metro right 82 Oslo 2010 77 76 million 38.5 mi 5 208,000 Norway T-Bane right yes 83 Marseille 2011 28 75 million 13.5 mi 2 205,000 France Métro right yes 84 Wuhan 2011 100 73 million 79.7 mi 4 200,000 China Metro right 85 Tashkent 2010 26 65 million 22.5 mi 3 178,000 Uzbekistan Metro right 86 Tianjin 2010 83 64 million 84.8 mi 4 175,000 China Metro right platform gate doors yes 87 Izmir 2011 17 63 million 12.5 mi 1 173,000 Turkey Metro 88 Helsinki 2011 17 62 million 13.1 mi 1 170,000 Finland Metro right yes 89 Xian 2012 39 59 million 32.3 mi 2 162,000 China Metro yes 90 Sendai 2008 29 58 million 17.8 mi 2 159,000 Japan Subway left yes 91 Brasilia 2009 24 55 million 26.1 mi 1 151,000 Brazil Metrô right 92 Copenhagen 2011 22 54 million 13.1 mi 2 148,000 Denmark Metro right all metro lines all underground stations all metro and S-Tog trains yes 93 Kaohsiung 2012 37 52 million 28.0 mi 2 142,000 Taiwan MRT MRT 94 Rennes 2011 15 47 million 5.6 mi 1 129,000 France Métro right VAL yes VAL yes 95 Los Angeles 2011 30 46 million 36.9 mi 3 126,000 USA Metro Rail right yes 96 Dalian 2012 55 44 million 87.6 mi 4 121,000 China Metro right 97 Daejeon 2011 22 38 million 14.0 mi 1 104,000 South Korea Subway yes 98 Newcastle 2011 50 38 million 47.5 mi 2 104,000 United Kingdom Tyne & Wear Metro left 99 Yekaterinburg 2011 9 38 million 7.9 mi 1 104,000 Russia Metro right 100 Pyongyang 2009 15 36 million 14.0 mi 2 98,600 North Korea Metro 101 Naples 2011 29 35 million 21.6 mi 3 95,900 Italy Metropolitana left 102 Atlanta 2007 38 34 million 49.2 mi 2 93,200 USA MARTA right yes 103 Turin 2011 21 33 million 8.3 mi 1 90,400 Italy Metropolitana right VAL yes VAL yes yes 104 Santo Domingo 2011 29 29 million 15.4 mi 2 79,500 Dominican Republic Metro yes 105 Sofia 2009 33 29 million 22.5 mi 2 79,500 Bulgaria Metro right 106 Kazan 2012 10 27 million 9.8 mi 1 74,000 Russia Metro right 107 Nizhny Novgorod 2010 14 27 million 11.7 mi 2 74,000 Russia Metro right 108 Valencia 2010 9 21 million 4.8 mi 1 57,500 Venezuela Metro 109 Baltimore 2011 14 18 million 15.2 mi 1 49,300 USA Metro Subway right yes 110 Gwangju 2011 20 18 million 12.5 mi 1 49,300 South Korea Subway yes 111 Hiroshima 2005 22 18 million 11.4 mi 1 49,300 Japan Monorail left yes 112 Miami 2011 23 18 million 24.7 mi 1 49,300 USA Metrorail right downtown people mover, rubber-tyred Downtown people mover yes 113 Yerevan 2011 10 17 million 7.5 mi 1 46,600 Armenia Metro right 114 Samara 2011 10 16 million 7.2 mi 1 43,800 Russia Metro right 115 Glasgow 2011 15 13 million 6.5 mi 1 35,600 United Kingdom Subway left 116 San Juan 2011 16 11 million 10.7 mi 1 30,100 Puerto Rico Tren Urbano 117 Dnepropetrovsk 2010 6 9 million 4.4 mi 1 24,700 Ukraine Metro 118 Almaty 2012 9 7 million 6.4 mi 1 19,200 Kazakhstan Metro 119 Cleveland 2011 18 6 million 19.3 mi 1 16,400 USA Rapid Transit right 120 Adana 13 8.4 mi 1 Turkey Metro 121 Algiers 14 8.4 mi 1 Algeria Metro yes yes 122 Antwerp 11 4.7 mi 2 Belgium Premetro 123 Bangalore 30 18.1 mi 2 India Metro 124 Belo Horizonte 19 17.5 mi 1 Brazil Metrô right 125 Bielefeld 7 3.2 mi 4 Germany Stadtbahn right 126 Bochum 27 13.4 mi 2 Germany Stadtbahn right 127 Bonn 12 5.6 mi 1 Germany Stadtbahn right 128 Brescia 17 8.1 mi 1 Italy Metro metro 129 Buffalo 8 5.2 mi 1 USA Metro Rail right 130 Bursa 31 19.6 mi 2 Turkey Bursaray 131 Catania 6 2.4 mi 1 Italy Metropolitana right 132 Changchun 16 10.6 mi 1 China LRT right 133 Changsha 42 31.2 mi 2 China Metro 134 Charleroi 23 10.9 mi 4 Belgium Métro Léger 135 Chennai 24 23.0 mi 2 India MRTS 136 Chiba 18 9.6 mi 2 Japan Monorail left 137 Chongqing 111 126.1 mi 4 China Monorail right The three underground stations (Daping, Linjiangmen, and Jiaochangkou) have PSDs yes yes 138 Cologne 55 29.5 mi 15 Germany Stadtbahn right new light rail trains only yes 139 Detroit 13 3.0 mi 1 USA People Mover right downtown people mover, LIM technology yes 140 Dongguan 15 24.1 mi 1 China Metro 141 Dortmund 37 18.3 mi 3 Germany Stadtbahn right H-Bahn yes 142 Duesseldorf 19 8.1 mi 2 Germany Stadtbahn right yes 143 Duisburg 13 8.9 mi 2 Germany Stadtbahn right yes 144 Edmonton 15 12.7 mi 1 Canada Light Rail right 145 Esfahan 10 7.0 mi 1 Iran Urban railway 146 Essen 27 12.6 mi 3 Germany Stadtbahn right yes 147 Frankfurt 27 12.7 mi 3 Germany U-Bahn right yes 148 Fuzhou 9 6.0 mi 1 China Metro 149 Gelsenkirchen 9 3.4 mi 1 Germany Stadtbahn right 150 Genoa 8 4.4 mi 1 Italy Metropolitana right yes 151 Guadalajara 28 14.9 mi 2 Mexico Metro right 152 Haifa 6 1.1 mi 1 Israel Carmelit 153 Hangzhou 53 50.7 mi 3 China Metro 154 Hanover 17 11.6 mi 3 Germany Stadtbahn right yes 155 Harbin 18 10.9 mi 1 China Subway 156 Jacksonville 6 4.3 mi 1 USA Skyway right downtown monorail people mover 157 Jaipur 9 6.0 mi 1 India Metrorail 158 Kamakura 8 4.1 mi 1 Japan Monorail left 159 Kitakyushu 13 5.5 mi 1 Japan Monorail left yes 160 Kryvyi Rih 12 11.2 mi 1 Ukraine Metrotram 161 Kunming 33 36.4 mi 3 China Metro yes 162 Las Vegas 7 3.9 mi 1 USA Monorail right monorail yes 163 Lausanne 28 8.5 mi 2 Switzerland Metro line m2 line m2 Line m2 yes 164 Lima 26 21.4 mi 1 Peru Tren Urbano 165 Ludwigshafen 11 2.5 mi 0 Germany Stadtbahn right 166 Malaga 16 7.5 mi 2 Spain Metro 167 Maracaibo 6 4.0 mi 1 Venezuela Metro yes 168 Mashhad 24 14.6 mi 1 Iran Urban railway 169 Mecca 9 11.2 mi 1 Saudi Arabia Metro right yes yes yes 170 Muelheim 12 5.6 mi 2 Germany Stadtbahn right 171 Mumbai 73 106.3 mi 5 India Suburban Railway 172 Naha 15 8.0 mi 1 Japan Monorail left 173 Nanchang 24 17.8 mi 1 China Rail Transit 174 Nanning 10 7.0 mi 1 China Metro 175 Newark 4 1.4 mi 1 USA Light Rail right 176 Ningbo 50 46.3 mi 2 China Metro Line 1 177 Oporto 15 13.5 mi 2 Portugal Metro right yes yes 178 Palma de Mallorca 9 5.2 mi 1 Spain Metro 179 Panama City 13 8.5 mi 1 Panama Metro 180 Perugia 7 1.9 mi 1 Italy Minimetro Minimetro 181 Pittsburgh 6 3.0 mi 1 USA T right 182 Porto Alegre 17 21.0 mi 1 Brazil Metro right 183 Poznan 6 3.8 mi 1 Poland Fast Tram 184 Qingdao 10 7.5 mi 1 China Metro 185 Recife 28 24.7 mi 2 Brazil Metrô right 186 Rouen 5 1.4 mi 1 France Métro 187 Saint Louis 37 45.6 mi 2 USA Metrolink right 188 Salvador 8 7.4 mi 1 Brazil Metrô yes 189 Seattle 15 16.9 mi 1 USA Light Rail right yes 190 Seville 21 11.2 mi 1 Spain Metro Line 1 191 Shenyang 40 30.7 mi 2 China Metro right yes 192 Shiraz 6 6.5 mi 1 Iran Metro 193 Stuttgart 17 14.9 mi 2 Germany Stadtbahn right yes yes 194 Suzhou 24 16.0 mi 1 China Subway right yes 195 Sydney 14 13.7 mi 3 Australia Cityrail left yes 196 Tabriz 6 4.4 mi 1 Iran Metro 197 Tama 19 9.9 mi 1 Japan Monorail left yes 198 The Hague 30 17.3 mi 3 Netherlands RandstadRail right 199 Valencia 37 19.8 mi 3 Spain Metro right yes yes 200 Valparaiso 20 26.7 mi 1 Chile Metro right 201 Volgograd 6 4.2 mi 1 Russia Metro 202 Wuppertal 20 8.3 mi 1 Germany Schwebebahn right 203 Wuxi 45 34.9 mi 2 China Metro 204 Zhengzhou 20 15.8 mi 1 China Metro
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