Metro and Light Rail:
Selected International Systems Ranked by
Passenger Kilometers per Route Kilometer
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Urban Area |
Type of System |
Passenger Miles (KMs) per Route Mile (KM) |
Year |
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Tokyo |
Metro |
143,292 |
1990 |
|
Seoul |
Metro |
134,191 |
1990 |
|
Manila |
Metro |
133,444 |
1990 |
|
Hong Kong |
Metro |
110,340 |
1990 |
|
Vienna |
Metro |
61,747 |
1990 |
|
Singapore |
Metro |
58,520 |
1990 |
|
Toronto |
Metro |
52,882 |
1990 |
|
Paris |
Metro |
48,857 |
1990 |
|
New York |
Metro |
44,805 |
1990 |
|
Montreal |
Metro |
34,956 |
1990 |
|
Munich |
Metro |
26,120 |
1990 |
|
London |
Light Rail |
26,058 |
1990 |
|
Vancouver |
Metro |
24,404 |
1990 |
|
Stockholm |
Metro |
23,349 |
1990 |
|
Boston |
Metro |
19,816 |
1990 |
|
Washington |
Metro |
19,421 |
1996 |
|
Brussels |
Metro |
17,870 |
1990 |
|
Chicago |
Metro |
17,420 |
1990 |
|
Hamburg |
Metro |
16,654 |
1990 |
|
Atlanta |
Metro |
15,831 |
1996 |
|
Calgary |
Light Rail |
13,188 |
1990 |
|
Frankfurt |
Metro |
10,429 |
1990 |
|
Miami |
Metro |
8,899 |
1996 |
|
San Diego |
Light Rail |
8,224 |
1996 |
|
Amsterdam |
Metro |
7,906 |
1990 |
|
St. Louis |
Light Rail |
7,747 |
1996 |
|
Edmonton |
Light Rail |
6,677 |
1990 |
|
Los Angeles |
Metro |
6,322 |
1996 |
|
Los Angeles |
Light Rail |
5,838 |
1996 |
|
Baltimore |
Metro |
5,447 |
1996 |
|
Portland |
Light Rail |
5,283 |
1996 |
|
Dallas |
Light Rail |
4,337 |
1996 |
|
Buffalo |
Light Rail |
4,286 |
1996 |
|
Denver |
Light Rail |
3,629 |
1996 |
|
San Francisco |
Metro |
3,564 |
1990 |
|
Sacramento |
Light Rail |
3,439 |
1996 |
|
Baltimore |
Light Rail |
3,111 |
1996 |
|
San Jose |
Light Rail |
2,430 |
1996 |
Estimated daily one directional ridership (two way ridership would be double).
Calculated from Jeffrey R. Kenworthy, Felix B. Laube and others, "An International Sourcebook of Automobile Dependence in Cities: 1960-1990." |
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