Urban Rail Productivity:
Selected International Urban Areas Ranked
(Million Annual Passengers
per Line Kilometer)

Urban Area Annual Passengers Per Route Kilometer (000,000) Compared to Tokyo
     
METRO/SUBWAY/UNDERGROUND  
Moscow 12.24 28.6%
Hong Kong 9.67 1.5%
Tokyo 9.52 0.0%
Mexico City 8.01 -15.9%
St. Petersburg 7.65 -19.7%
Osaka 6.82 -28.3%
Paris 5.74 -39.7%
New York 3.03 -68.1%
Montreal 3.03 -68.2%
Toronto 2.52 -73.5%
Stockholm 2.39 -74.9%
London 2.12 -77.7%
Atlanta 1.25 -86.9%
Washington-Baltimore 1.09 -88.5%
Vancouver 0.83 -91.2%
San Francisco 0.50 -94.8%
Chicago 0.49 -94.9%
Los Angeles 0.43 -95.5%
     
LIGHT RAIL/TRAM    
Hong Kong 3.72 54.6%
Tokyo 2.41 0.0%
Osaka 1.06 -56.1%
Paris 0.97 -59.7%
Calgary 0.90 -62.6%
Mexico City 0.83 -65.7%
London 0.73 -69.6%
New York 0.63 -73.9%
Toronto 0.50 -79.1%
San Francisco 0.46 -80.8%
Portland 0.40 -83.3%
San Diego 0.31 -87.2%
Los Angeles 0.27 -88.8%
Washington-Baltimore 0.19 -92.0%
Stockholm 0.17 -92.9%
     
COMMUTER/INTERURBAN RAIL  
Hong Kong 7.68 67.0%
Tokyo 4.60 0.0%
Osaka 2.26 -50.9%
Paris 1.01 -78.1%
Stockholm 0.33 -92.7%
London 0.18 -96.1%
Chicago 0.14 -97.0%
New York 0.12 -97.3%
Toronto 0.08 -98.4%
Montreal 0.07 -98.5%
San Francisco 0.04 -99.1%
Vancouver 0.02 -99.5%
San Diego 0.02 -99.6%
Washington-Baltimore 0.02 -99.7%
Los Angeles 0.01 -99.8%

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