Passengers per Line Mile: World Urban Rail Systems Rank City Nation Type (See End Note) Passengers per Line Mile (Millions) Relative Ridership Intensity Compared to Highest Ranking System) All Systems LRT Only 1 Hong Kong China Metro 30.2 1.000 4.943 2 Sao Paulo Brazil Metro 23.0 0.764 3.778 3 Moskva Russia Metro 21.0 0.698 3.450 4 Tokyo-TRTA Japan Metro 21.0 0.697 3.447 5 Beijing China Metro 20.4 0.675 3.336 6 Praha Czech Republic Metro 19.8 0.655 3.238 7 Seoul South Korea Metro 17.0 0.564 2.788 8 Manila Phillipines Metro 16.8 0.558 2.757 9 Kharkiv Ukraine Metro 15.5 0.514 2.542 10 Budapest Hungary Metro 15.1 0.502 2.481 11 Osaka-OKK Japan Metro 15.1 0.501 2.474 12 Kyiv Ukraine Metro 14.7 0.487 2.405 13 Tokyo-TOEI Japan Metro 13.8 0.458 2.263 14 Mexico City Mexico Metro 12.9 0.428 2.117 15 Caracas Venezuela Metro 12.8 0.424 2.096 16 Alexandria Egypt Metro 12.4 0.411 2.032 17 Wien Austria Metro 11.4 0.379 1.875 18 Nizhni Novgorod Russia Metro 11.4 0.379 1.873 19 Novosibersk Russia Metro 11.3 0.374 1.849 20 St. Petersburg Russia Metro 10.9 0.362 1.790 21 Kyoto Japan Metro 10.8 0.357 1.762 22 Santiago Chile Metro 9.9 0.327 1.617 23 Pusan South Korea Metro 9.5 0.316 1.562 24 Paris France Metro 9.4 0.311 1.535 25 Minsk Belarus Metro 9.3 0.309 1.526 26 Roma Italy Metro 9.1 0.300 1.484 27 Yerevan Armenia Metro 9.0 0.298 1.475 28 Baku Azerbaijan Metro 8.9 0.295 1.459 29 Nagoya Japan Metro 8.6 0.285 1.410 30 Milano Italy Metro 8.1 0.268 1.326 31 Tashkent Uzbekistan Metro 8.1 0.267 1.322 32 Sapporo Japan Metro 7.7 0.256 1.263 33 Kobe Japan Metro 6.6 0.218 1.077 34 Sendai Japan Metro 6.5 0.215 1.063 35 Buenos Aires Argentina Metro 6.3 0.210 1.036 36 Munchen Germany Metro 6.2 0.204 1.010 37 Lyon France Metro 6.1 0.203 1.001 38 Rio de Janeiro Brazil LRT 6.1 0.202 1.000 39 Nurnberg Germany Metro 5.9 0.196 0.968 40 Bucharesti Romania Metro 5.7 0.191 0.942 41 Madrid Spain Metro 5.5 0.184 0.909 42 Yokohama Japan Metro 5.5 0.184 0.908 43 Osaka-ICTS Japan Metro 5.5 0.182 0.901 44 Istanbul Turkey LRT 5.5 0.182 0.901 45 Zagreb Croatia LRT 5.4 0.180 0.888 46 Barcelona Spain Metro 5.4 0.179 0.885 47 Berlin Germany Metro 5.1 0.169 0.838 48 Singapore Singapore Metro 5.0 0.167 0.825 49 NY-MTA-NYCTA US Metro 5.0 0.166 0.821 50 Montreal Canada Metro 4.9 0.162 0.801 51 Marseille France Metro 4.6 0.154 0.761 52 Port Authority-PATH US Metro 4.5 0.150 0.742 53 Toronto Canada Metro 4.5 0.149 0.735 54 Bern Switzerland LRT 4.4 0.145 0.716 55 Warszawa Poland Metro 4.3 0.143 0.708 56 Brno Czech Republic LRT 4.1 0.135 0.668 57 Toulouse France Metro 3.6 0.120 0.592 58 Tunis Tunisia LRT 3.6 0.119 0.587 59 Stockholm Sweden Metro 3.6 0.119 0.586 60 Helsinki Finland Metro 3.5 0.117 0.580 61 Tianjin China Metro 3.3 0.108 0.536 62 Basel Switzerland LRT 3.2 0.105 0.520 63 Lille France Metro 3.0 0.101 0.498 64 London UK Metro 3.0 0.100 0.495 65 Calcutta India LRT 3.0 0.099 0.491 66 Boston-MBTA US Metro 3.0 0.099 0.491 67 Rotterdam Netherlands LRT 2.9 0.097 0.479 68 Hamburg Germany Metro 2.9 0.096 0.475 69 Hiroshima Japan LRT 2.9 0.095 0.470 70 Fukuoka Japan Metro 2.9 0.095 0.469 71 Recife Brazil Metro 2.8 0.094 0.464 72 Genova Italy LRT 2.8 0.094 0.463 73 Strasbourg France LRT 2.7 0.091 0.450 74 Budapest Hungary LRT 2.7 0.089 0.439 75 Frankfurt Germany Metro 2.7 0.088 0.436 76 Lodz Poland LRT 2.6 0.087 0.428 77 Boston-MBTA US LRT 2.6 0.085 0.419 78 Pyongyang North Korea Metro 2.5 0.083 0.411 79 Timisoara Romania LRT 2.3 0.077 0.382 80 Glasgow UK Metro 2.3 0.076 0.374 81 Philadelphia-SEPTA US Metro 2.3 0.075 0.373 82 Washington-WMATA US Metro 2.2 0.074 0.365 83 Zurich Switzerland LRT 2.1 0.069 0.343 84 Yekaterinburg Russia LRT 2.1 0.069 0.343 85 Cairo Egypt Metro 2.1 0.068 0.336 86 Calcutta India Metro 2.1 0.068 0.336 87 Grenoble France LRT 2.0 0.067 0.332 88 Amsterdam Netherlands LRT 2.0 0.066 0.328 89 Porto Allegre Brazil Metro 2.0 0.066 0.328 90 LA-LACMTA-Metro US Metro 2.0 0.065 0.322 91 Wien Austria LRT 1.9 0.064 0.318 92 Roma Italy LRT 1.9 0.064 0.315 93 Monterrey Mexico LRT 1.8 0.061 0.302 94 Munchen Germany LRT 1.8 0.060 0.298 95 Graz Austria LRT 1.8 0.059 0.293 96 Sapporo Japan LRT 1.8 0.059 0.293 97 Hannover Germany LRT 1.7 0.058 0.285 98 Atlanta-MARTA US Metro 1.7 0.058 0.285 99 Tallinn Estonia LRT 1.7 0.058 0.285 100 Moskva Russia LRT 1.7 0.056 0.277 101 Stuttgart Germany LRT 1.6 0.053 0.261 102 Nantes France LRT 1.6 0.053 0.260 103 Nurnberg Germany LRT 1.5 0.051 0.252 104 Omsk Russia LRT 1.5 0.051 0.250 105 Rouen France LRT 1.5 0.050 0.248 106 Okayama Japan LRT 1.5 0.050 0.247 107 Milano Italy LRT 1.5 0.050 0.247 108 San Francisco-Muni US LRT 1.5 0.050 0.246 109 Lausanne Switzerland LRT 1.5 0.049 0.244 110 Guadalajara Mexico LRT 1.5 0.048 0.239 111 Praha Czech Republic LRT 1.4 0.048 0.236 112 Szczecin Poland LRT 1.4 0.047 0.233 113 Berlin Germany LRT 1.4 0.046 0.229 114 Kagoshima Japan LRT 1.4 0.045 0.222 115 Mexico City Mexico LRT 1.3 0.044 0.219 116 Chicago-RTA-CTA US Metro 1.3 0.043 0.214 117 Kumamoto Japan LRT 1.3 0.043 0.212 118 Dresden Germany LRT 1.2 0.041 0.202 119 Buffalo-NFTA US LRT 1.2 0.041 0.201 120 Frankfurt Germany LRT 1.2 0.041 0.201 121 Hakodate Japan LRT 1.2 0.040 0.199 122 Calgary Canada LRT 1.2 0.038 0.189 123 Vancouver Canada Metro 1.2 0.038 0.189 124 Helsinki Finland LRT 1.1 0.038 0.187 125 Beograd Yugoslavia LRT 1.1 0.037 0.185 126 Philadelphia-SEPTA US LRT 1.1 0.036 0.180 127 San Francisco-BART US Metro 1.1 0.036 0.176 128 Bucharesti Romania LRT 1.1 0.036 0.176 129 Newcastle upon Tyne UK Metro 1.0 0.034 0.166 130 Goteborg Sweden LRT 1.0 0.032 0.157 131 Toronto Canada LRT 1.0 0.032 0.160 132 New Jersey Transit US LRT 0.9 0.031 0.155 133 Belo Horizonte Brazil LRT 0.9 0.031 0.154 134 Oslo Norway Metro 0.9 0.031 0.152 135 Den Haag Netherlands LRT 0.9 0.031 0.151 136 Geneva Switzerland LRT 0.9 0.030 0.147 137 New Orleans-RTA US LRT 0.9 0.029 0.145 138 Toronto-Scarborough Canada Metro 0.9 0.029 0.142 139 Ostrava Czech Republic LRT 0.9 0.029 0.142 140 London-Docklands UK LRT 0.9 0.028 0.140 141 Edmonton Canada LRT 0.8 0.027 0.135 142 Lille France LRT 0.8 0.026 0.127 143 Denver-RTD US LRT 0.8 0.025 0.125 144 San Diego- The Trolley US LRT 0.8 0.025 0.123 145 Melbourne Australia LRT 0.7 0.024 0.121 146 St. Louis-Bi-State US LRT 0.7 0.024 0.120 147 Utrecht Netherlands LRT 0.7 0.024 0.119 148 Baltimore-Maryland-MTA US Metro 0.7 0.024 0.118 149 Philadelphia-PATCO US Metro 0.7 0.023 0.113 150 Volgograd Russia LRT 0.7 0.023 0.111 151 Miami-MDTA US Metro 0.7 0.022 0.110 152 Manchester UK LRT 0.7 0.022 0.108 153 Poznan Poland LRT 0.7 0.022 0.107 154 Sheffield UK LRT 0.6 0.019 0.096 155 Bratislava Slovakia LRT 0.6 0.019 0.094 156 LA-LACMTA-Metro US LRT 0.6 0.018 0.091 157 Oslo Norway LRT 0.5 0.018 0.090 158 Portland-Tri-Met US LRT 0.5 0.017 0.084 159 Bruxelles Belgium LRT 0.5 0.017 0.084 160 Lisbon Portugal LRT 0.5 0.017 0.082 161 Pittsburgh-PAT US LRT 0.4 0.014 0.069 162 Sacramento-RT US LRT 0.4 0.013 0.064 163 Cleveland-RTA US Metro 0.4 0.012 0.060 164 NY-MTA-Staten Island US Metro 0.4 0.012 0.058 165 Cleveland-RTA US LRT 0.3 0.011 0.055 166 San Jose-SCCTD US LRT 0.3 0.010 0.048 167 Baltimore-Maryland-MTA US LRT 0.3 0.009 0.044 168 Adelaide Australia LRT 0.2 0.008 0.039 169 Dusseldorf Germany LRT 0.2 0.008 0.038 Metro: Grade separated systems, including grade separated LRT LRT: Non grade separated (surface) systems (most light rail systems) Excludes regional(commuter) rail Calculated from USDOT, Janes Urban Transport and public transport operator data