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