International Urban Rail:
Passengers per Line Mile
By City

By Continent & Selected Geographical Areas

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 SystemsLRT 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

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