It is quite strange that Moscow metro wasn't even mentioned. It is one of the biggest metro systems in Europe and one of the fastest too, with beautiful architecture.

I really think Moscow should have been included on this list. It is one of the most used metro systems in the world and has incredible architecture.

As someone who has just visited Montreal for the first time and lived in Moscow 10 years ago, its weird that Montreal is mentioned for it’s architecture on this list, while Moscow is not mentioned at all

Moscow Metro has an interval of 90 seconds in rush hour and trains are never late. Tickets to the metro are also the same as for another transport and the system very well integrated with other transport. Thus, it functions super efficient. The metro is also super clean (dirty or drunk people are not allowed), has free Wi-Fi, full 4G coverage and cellular network and really good new trains with climate system, chargers, etc. And yep, the cost of a trip is about 1$. Why is it not in the top? It's so much better than the New York City subway, for example. Not objective, as for me.

Possible top 10’s: 1. Top 10 small city subway systems 2. Top 10 Subway trains (the trains themselves!) 3. Top 10 light rail / tram systems 4. Top 10 regional rail systems

Really surpised Taipei isnt included here. Ive been on almost all of these systems and Taipei is definitely top 5, if not top 3. At this point, I think it clearly outshines Hong Kong. Its so clean and efficient. Its cheap, with easy transfers and goes everwhere.

I really wonder why Moscow wasn't even mentioned. It's one of the largest most complex systems that's still being expanded, it's got some of the most impressive architecture and station designs and modern amenities such as USB plugs, wifi and "library coaches" with free e-books.

I would like to nominate Moscow for being the easiest large subway system to navigate. It is laid out in a very logical way and has excellent connectivity between lines. No line salad, no redundant stations, no weird roundabout interchanges to get from A to B, just radiuses and soon to be three circles. It is so well laid out that overground navigation for most people in Moscow is also tied to the subway layout, with station names being more recognisable than districts they serve even for people who never step foot underground anymore.

Since you entered on the topic, I like to highlight that the São Paulo Metro is also a good example of the usage of brutalism. I recommend checking out the stations of Ana Rosa on Line 1, and Sumaré on Line 2

The Delhi metro has been a game changer for the entire country. It is helping in planning and executing new metro projects in rest of the country as well. There are now 15 cities having metro systems, and cities like Mumbai will have huge systems by the end of the decade.

Copenhagen is a rather small city in comparison to some of these heavy hitters, but I think there is real beauty in just how much its simplistic metro lines grant access to. One of the most annoying things with public transport and metro/train lines, is when you are completely overwhelmed with tons of lines intertwining left and right - the Copenhagen metro system deals with this in very methodical planning and execution of its stations and directness to connecting key locations in the city. On top of this, it's one of the only metro lines in the world that is fully automated and functions 24/7 365 days a year even during maintenance, due to the dual track system. The metro is also very clean and is one of the only metro lines in the world that caters best to different passenger types (cyclists, people with strollers, people in wheelchair, etc). To top it off, the Metro lines are well integrated with the light train overground network to greatly expand its reach, and the fact that all the public transport options run off of the same ticket system makes hotswapping incredibly convenient. Definitely in my opinion deserves an honorable mention, as despite its smaller size, it's one of the most innovative metro systems in the world. Basically it offers the best of every other metro system in the world, except raw size.

As a Delhite, happy to see Delhi made it to the top 10. I hope it makes to the top spot someday in future.

I'm surprised you didn't mention Moscow! It's one of the largest systems on earth as well as one of the busiest. It uses a broad guage track, and its stations are world famous for their beauty (to be fair, that can be said of all the Soviet metros, especially in St. Petersburg, Kiev, and Tashkent). In additional to having undergone very large expansion in recent years, Moscow is also building a regional express system, what they refer to as Diameters, a few lines of which are already in operation. Hell, its trains are even known for coming every 90 seconds! There's a hell of a lot to recommend it.

I believe Sao Paulo metro system should be at the honorable mentions. I mean it might have it's problems, but I can confirm it's bigger than Santiago's system, and also kinda efficient, sometimes crouwded, but it happens in London too.

Honorable mention would have been Vienna (Austria) too in my opinion. There is a reason why Vienna has been named the "most liveable city in the world" numerous times, and the near perfect transport system is definitely one of them.

Reece, your videos do such a great job of getting people engaged in transit, sharing how unique engineering could be used elsewhere, and just elevating transit's relevance to people. I think that last part is so important as people my age grow up into voters with a general amenability to transit due to exposure, unlike transit skeptics before us. Plus they're always fun to watch. Keep it up!

I'm not trying to be in any way disrespectful towards mexico city, but, both São Paulo and Santiago have a much greater/newer metro/train/bus sistem than the latter. São Paulo for instances transports more than 1.3 billion passangers a year (2021) over 371km of tracks in 13 different lines with other 4 on construction. All of that while being considered the cleanest metro sistem in the world. São Paulo deserves a dedicated video in my opinion.

as a dutch person i never understood the amsterdam metro system at all... (it got a bit better) but when i arrived in seoul i could navigate with ease. i didnt understand how such a gigantic city with a diferend writing system (everything is in english too) could be soooooo much easier to navigate than my native country where i understand everything written out and voiced over perfectly. i'v never been to tokyo but soul is defenetly my number 1

Moscow also has a loopline and is very easy to use. I think it should rank better!

I do still think that the Santiago Metro is a lot better than the Mexico Metro. But more strongly, I think the Sao Paulo Metro deserved an honorable mention at the very least.

Yes, the Tokyo subway is very well integrated with the railway. They often share the same lines. The one disadvantage is that transport in general in so much more expensive than say China, including HK. In Japan, the buses are even more expensive than the trains. I wish that the East Asian metros would have a bit more character, although they are very clean and safe compared to the west. I really like the cave feature in the Stockholm metro. And although I've never been there, I hear that the Moscow metro has beautiful architecture.

I'm surprised that the Singapore MRT wasn't included, much less given an honourary mention. Almost all stations have platform-screened doors, air conditioning, has great connectivity, is fairly large, and has many connection stations.

The Tokyo subway is convenient because it connects directly to suburban lines, but it is very complicated because there are trains that go to places far away from Tokyo. The station is also complicated, and sometimes you can't get out of the station.

I’m surprised Moscow wasn’t mentioned on the list

Also an honorable mention for me would be Moscow. Incredible architecture and also arguably the fastest way to move around the city. Those features just make it a really really good system

yall dont understand. if he added Moscow here, the subways of other cities would look ridiculous.

seoul was quicker and easier to navigate than tokyo in my experience, i like that you don’t have to walk long distances for transfers.

Surprised Moscow wasn't even mentioned. It's the largest metro system in Europe, with some of the fastest trains for any network, with high frequency of service. It has also a lot of fabulous architecture for many of the stations (you won't see 2 identical ones) and it has a large amount of expansion plans, many of which are being built (the second circle line (which can arguably be considered the third) for example).

6:52 Moscow metro has been expanding like crazy in the last few years and is expected to expand, and it's almost a hundred years old at this point.

Being from London, I was so impressed by Montréal’s scale, cleanliness, architecture and efficiency (the easiest transfer I’ve ever done was at Lionel-Groulx). It is also built for the city’s harsh climate, which London and New York certainly can’t keep up with, being without basic AC. I’m just happy the TTC isn’t mentioned…

My favourite metros I've been on are Hong Kong, Moscow, Seoul, London and Paris! I think Moscow definitely takes the cake with the WiFi and gorgeous stations but I really enjoyed trying to learn all the different lines in Paris (although ngl the lack of mobile service on the trains kinda sucks). Seoul was a favourite purely due to the station jingles 😂

10:26 two lines of the metrô São Paulo in Brazil have these platform doors as well and the line 5 yellow is fully driverless like the lines in U2 and U3 in Nuremberg. And SP has a very clean metro with a very high frequency and a very decent suburban train with metro quality. And it is still in expansion. Greetings from Munich!

The one thing I love about Tokyo is the fare adjustment machines. I don't know if many other systems have that but it removes so much anxiety as a visitor. It has always bothered me that you couldn't do that with Paris's RER.

moscow metro system should be in top3. and istanbul metro system growing very fast and next decade istanbul metro system will be in top 5 I think.

I don't agree that Tokyo is no.1. For the transfer to other line, I had to go to the exit gate on the ground level, and enter the entrance gate and go down underground. This is very common in Japan. On the other hands, In the case of Seoul, even if the subway line companies are different, being able to transfer directly via transfer passageway.

Expected to see Moscow Metro at least at 5th place, still another example of how politics gets into every non political field :)

Maybe just me being selfish, but I'd love to see my hometown's Taipei MRT being an honorable mention.😁

I think you've severely underrated the German speaking metros. As someone from India who has used the Delhi metro numerous times, it is insanely useless relative to Vienna's (where I now live), and Berlin and so on. And the Delhi metro is very useful, so this isn't a knock on Delhi's system, but rather, a statement on how incredible these other systems are. Delhi's system is not at all dense, and the area around the metro systems is not easy to navigate, which means the walkshed along these lines is extrenely limited. Stations are far apart, and it's hard to get from a station to where you really want to go without having to rely on taxis or autos/e-rickshaws. it's far too expensive for most people, and headways are not that great. In Vienna, not only is the metro relatively affordable and can take you wherever you need to go, once you get to a station, you can actually get to your real destination from the station by walking, biking, or even better, the trams. the metro runs all night on weekends, has very short headways, is never too crowded, is extremely easy to navigate, very comfortable, and affordable, in addition to the very convenient proof-of-payment system. I think this list favours large systems or those with a lot of innovation or history or gimmicks rather than those that simply function perfect, or near perfectly. If you rank metro systems in terms of utility, cities like vienna, berlin, prague, paris, new york, london, and shanghai would dominate the list. Tokyo's system is complicated, difficult to navigate, expensive due to the many diff. owners. Seoul's is not that dense and has limited late night service, delhi's has the issues i mentioned above, hong kong is fine i suppose, but always quite crowded and has limited late night service. I think in terms of pure functionality, smaller systems like prague are actually a lot more effectivee and far better than a lot of very large megacity systems.

The Bilbao, Paris, London, Lisbon and Barcelona metro/underground are my favourite metro systems around the world (around Europe i think)

So very thrilled to see Madrid on this list! I am glad you are giving this extensive, comprehensive and amazing metro system the attention it deserves. The Madrid commuter rail system is also one of the best in the world. Your channel is awesome by the way. Subscribed

Great video, two comments: 1. As someone who rode the Shanghai metro extensively, I have to disagree about its high ranking. The system is modern and comfortable, with the main bonus being that each station has a crazy number of exits, which great directions, even for non-Chinese-speakers. However, one huge issue that the system suffers from is poor interconnectivity between lines. Transfers are extremely difficult at every station, but the worst case is the main/central metro station, People's Square. You can be expected to walk several hundred meters in some cases, depending on your connection. I can't imagine what it's like for people with mobility problems. Looking at Mainland China, I found Beijing Metro to be more practical, and Shenzhen was great too, though I visited when the system was very small. 2. As others have said, Moscow is a glaring omission from the video. Despite the political situation right now, for the sake of fairness it should be mentioned. It's incredibly well planned and organic, making it very efficient for actually getting around the giant city. It's already very big, and being expanded a lot, all the time.

Writing to echo confusion at the lack of Taipei. It's robust, punctual, and covers a huge amount of area. Each line is unique and it's well connected to an incredible bus network. Taipei Main has like 3 underground malls, there's an express line to the airport, and there's even a gondola at the end of the brown line! In an hour's time you can go from seaside to the mountains for about 3 USD. Frankly, the whole island is well connected from a transit standpoint. Really would love to see an exploration of Taipei's system!

Busan, South Korea, has a subway system far better than that of Madrid: It has platform screens, convenient numbering for stations and exits, clear indications of which side to exit the train, and it's modern and comfortable. Madrid needs a lot more modernization: It's horrible for accessibility, and it has very poor signage for showing where to go. It sounds like Moscow's subway deserves a place in the top 10, but I haven't been there personally. As for the ones in Germany, my only complaint is that they have such a needlessly complex system of tickets (I can't talk about all cities, of course). The one in Munich has four categories of tickets, each with four subcategories, as I remember, and they're named unclearly and no explanation is given. The ticket cost depends on zones, but there is little help to figure out which ticket zone you need. I asked a local woman and she threw up her arms in frustration, as she didn't understand the tickets herself. I had similar confusion in other German cities. The SF Bay Area's BART system definitely doesn't deserve a place on this list because of the deafening squealing noises on trains, most of all where tunnels go around curves. And some places, such as going to SF Airport, are unclearly labelled.

The Japanese subway is very uncomfortable. There are times when you have to buy a ticket again when you transfer to another line or leave the station and go back in.

Having ridden Paris, NYC, DC, and Tokyo, (and commuter rail in Orlando,) I agree with this list pretty well. * Tokyo simply cannot be beat, especially with the very well integrated regional and metro systems, and extremely clean and safe environments. Plus, the station melodies, colored railcars, etc. So much to love. * D.C. was surprisingly clean, and the beautiful station architecture makes it shine. Large stations are very comfortable (less loud). Changing platforms in stations with side platforms was made incredibly easy. Also, the fact that it is one regional plus metro system is interesting - in both good and bad ways. * NYC had a lot of maintenance issues that made wayfinding very difficult when I was there, resulting in some very inefficient trips and transfers. Compared to Tokyo (and even D.C.), it was far less clean and felt far less safe. The trains themselves are also extremely loud in the smaller stations (many). But very extensive system. An impressive feat to serve such a large and dense metro area well nonetheless. * I don't remember much about Paris xD Long time ago.

A real effort was necessary to do not mention Moscow :)

Shenzhen getting an honourable mention is nice. Lines 12, 14, and 16 have just opened since Nov. 2022. The driverless trains on line 12 are great. I've used them several times in the last few weeks. I even got a video in one of the tunnels a couple of weeks ago. The front of the trains are now blocked off. Got that video yesterday. Hoping to get a few more metro videos here over the next few months. I've watched the system grow from 5 lines when I arrived to 15 lines now. Line 13 should be up and running soon.

Back in 2015 I have visited Copenhagen and it was the first time I used an automatic metro line. It was such a cool experience for me, as I come from city that doesn't have any metro (but almost had one) 😎

One of the amazing facts about Tokyo's subway system (both Tokyo Metro and Toei Subway) is the through-service system to other railway lines. One of the newest to establish, the Fukutoshin line onto the Tokyu Toyoko line is probably one of the most significant since even before, the line was one of the busiest lines in Tokyo. However, one of the cons of through services is that if you accidentally sleep on the train, you are screwed. One of the jokes that I made is that if you sleep on the southbound Fukutoshin line, you end up in Chinatown.

I have been in the Delhi, Taipei, Tokyo, Osaka and Singapore metros. Tokyo is simply the best. Especially the cross connectivity with the other lines is so seamless. For me its Tokyo first, followed by Singapore and Taipei.

I think Moscow can be included in this list, there are some problems in its system, in the form of a deep location and one idiotic branch, but it is perfectly included in the infrastructure of the city and suburbs, the network of commuter trains is quite closely intertwined with metro stations

You cannot make suck kind of a list without mentioning Moscow! 12 lines, 2 circles (2nd circle longest in the world) and two more lines coming. Historical architecture mixed with new architectural styles and movements. Moscow has it all

In Warsaw the metro is also incredibly clean, especially the newer M2 line :) We also just started receiving new trains from Skoda, called Varsovia, or how some people also like to call it instead: "Krecik", which means mole and is also the name of a czech cartoon character :D

Great video, thanks! Sao Paulo also has a really great metro system which surprisingly didn't make the list.

Beautiful videography of the criss crossing trains at 00:38, what country is that? Breakdown 10. New Delhi - 1:05 9. Mexico City - 2:12 8. Madrid - 3:03 7. NYC - 4:12 6. London 5:22 5. Paris 6:17 4. Hong Kong 7:22 3. Shanghai 8:33 2. Seoul 9:20 Honorable Mentions - 10:16 1. Tokyo - 11:50

I have used the Seoul, Tokyo and Shanghai metros. IMO the best one is Seoul, then Tokyo, then Shanghai. I agree that these three are the best in the world. Additionally, I agree that the Moscow metro could have easily beat the Delhi Metro on this list. Finally, I want to comment that the Brazilian metros are not yet top 10 of course because their coverage is extremely limited, but they are very good quality and pleasant to use. I was impressed by the São Paulo metro when i visited the country

So great to see how you talk about accessibility and how it impacts your rankings, can often be ignored in most everyday things 😊

I would love to hear what you think about Moscow's or Saint Petersburg's metro system. They have the most beautiful stations I have ever seen with trains coming every minute.

As a Shanghainese who is currently studying in Richmond, B.C., Canada, I am very proud that you rank Shanghai metro as number 3 among all the subway systems in the world.

Seoul Metro is much better than Tokyo Metro system. More modernized, with automated doors to protect passenger every station, govt involved so fee is lot cheaper, Tokyo system is paying every different lines with private companies, connection to most places. Much more cleaner than any other metro subways in the world include NYC lol.

Surprised Taipei wasn't mentioned. Albeit it small, it is extensive and constructed in an earthquake hotspot, therefore being incredibly expensive, which makes the land use even more important. Yet still manages to construct a lot of cross platform transfers.

I visited Moscow a decade ago and noticed the beautiful and opulent metro stations. If you haven't already visited it in the past, I guess we'll have to wait for a more appropriate time in the future.

Tokyo's trains, including the subways, are operated by multiple companies, which can be confusing for first-time users. On the other hand, subways in Seoul, Beijing, and Shanghai have new stations and are operated by a single company, so transfers may be easy and the scale may be large. However, the advantage of Tokyo's trains is that there is no tax compensation, the fares are reasonable, and the annual balance is in the black. Even in Japan, there are public subways in regional cities that cannot survive without tax subsidies, but the trains in Tokyo and Osaka are making large profits. Most of the companies that operate the many trains in Tokyo and Osaka are private companies, and they gradually improve the old infrastructure that has been in place since the early 20th century, and continue to operate as long as it improves their bottom line. Due to political pressure, Seoul's subway system does not turn a profit due to low fares, and because senior citizens ride for free, it runs a huge deficit every year. China continues to build infrastructure, including railroads, while borrowing astronomical amounts of money. For example, the cumulative deficit of Beijing's subway system is around $70 billion, which is at the level of the national budget, so I don't think repayment is realistic.

Your videos are great! I live in Washington, DC, and I have never appreciated the brutalist architecture of the metro stations. I am glad that so many people like it!

Before I even watch the video I must comment that my favorite public transport system is Budapest, which integrates state railways, suburban lines, metro, tram and bus/trolleybus network (+ships on Danube) into a harmonious system that, with the help of digitalization and common pricing schema, is extremely reliable and easy to use. Taking public transportation in Budapest is one of the many awesome experiences that the city provides. Of course, the city is small compared to some other metropols, but the transportation network makes it seem even smaller. Spend a day going with public transport from tourist attraction to tourist attraction and you end up doing 50-100 km (30-60 miles), without even noticing it

8:23 Proud to work in one of the transit companies in Hong Kong once and contributed some efforts to the system's development. Actually, Hong Kong has a well-established bus network, and many of the express routes are frequent enough and take even much less travel time than trains. Bus services in Hong Kong also provide customers with a more comfortable, D2D and free-from-transfer journey, that's why bus rides are very competitive when facing rivals from MTR, different from Toronto. It will be amazing if there are a video explaining Hong Kong's bus/minibus network and operations.

he should have mentioned Moscow and Istanbul metro systems as well.

Great video! Haven't been to most of those cities but 2 of my favorites that I have ridden on are Vienna and Helsinki. Vienna for its amazing stations and integration with regional, national and international rail, and Helsinki for the beautiful cavernous underground settings in some of the stations. Please review my personal #1, Vienna!

Of course, the Moscow metro, which is currently the largest in Europe, with the most luxurious design of stations, with one of the highest train frequency in the world, or even the highest (less than a minute), with a rapidly growing network, with many stations located deeper than 50 meters underground, with the largest ring line in the world completely located underground, with such a record as 23 tunnel bouring machines in operation at the same time, with the one of the most modern trains (there are phone chargers, interactive screens , air conditioning) was not included in the video. Also on the whole channel there is no videos about any system on post soviet countries. Just like they are not existing. Sad.

Berlin has a small Underground for the size of the city, as in it doesn’t service all areas, a throw back from their history. When including the other networks, it catapults itself much higher than an honourable mention. I agree with your judgement (best Underground), as a city to live in and use - Berlin is amazing, especially in comparison to cities like London and New York where I have also lived

What about Moscow Metro? It's really impressive. I'm a moscovite, but most of my groupmates are from suburban towns and they were taken back when they first visited the metro. Please come to Moscow some day, I'm sure you'll like it! We have both old wonderful stations with beautiful architecture and also modern lines with cyberpunk-looking stations. And recently some railway lines (MCC, MCD) were also integrated into the metro system, so it became much more convenient.

It would be interesting to have 3 different categories: 10 big networks for big cities (Paris, London, NY, Delhi) 10 intermediate networks for mid-sized cities (Lyon, Rome, Milan, Prague, Budapest, Montréal) 10 small networks for small cities (Lausanne, Rennes, Catania, Genova)

I genuinely think Lisbon’s metro is very underrated, despite not being a huge system. 4 subway lines, several trolley/light rail lines, a commuter line that essentially acts as a coastal subway line, and good buses, all for 40 euros a month (at least when I went)

Taipei easily beats at east 5 out of the top 10. It's clean, cheap, reliable, easy to use, frequent, widespread, and it has excellent connectivity to other modes of transport, including a very convenient rental bike system. Operators from other countries/cities (including Singapore) have visited the Taipei MRT system to learn from it.

Just visited Stockholm and wanted to give it a shout out. I've got no complaints, easy to use, reasonably clean, safe, and the transition between metro rail and subway was seamless.

My top 10 (that I've actually ridden): Shanghai, Beijing Tokyo, Seoul, New York, Chicago, London, Paris, Berlin, Madrid. Ones I haven't: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Istanbul, Delhi, Singapore, Chengdu, Chongqing, Santiago, Sao Paulo, Mexico City.

Interesting list, I'm surprised New York City scored as high as it did. More importantly, I am glad that Tokyo was at the top of the list as it deserves to be. Japanese rail stations are the busiest in the world, of 25 busiest train stations in the world, I believe that 24 are Japanese. That sort of intense mass transit/ train utilization is indicative of what an amazing train system/ Metro system Japan in general in, Tokyo specifically, has.

I visited Moscow in 2009 and the subway stops didn’t even have signs with their latinized names. Another thing that was weird was stray dogs were riding the trains (I love animals and I’m vegan but they should not be roaming freely in the subway system) Not totally shocked it’s not here.

I love how you think , your videos and your intelligence ! you really inspire me to indulge more with my love for Transportation and being a Train enthusiast ! please continue to educate and enlighten us with your video contributions and keep up the Amazing work! 🙂

Not even an honorable mention of Moscow :( Yes the "SMO" sucks but the subway is amazing

Would love to see a London suburban railways explainer, and potentially another top 10 for cities as a whole, ranking all of their transit overall, not just one system

I really really think you forgot to include Taipei Taiwan MRT, its incredible and accesible

I used to live in Seoul and every metro i've been on since has been a disappointment in comparison! haha I'm happy to see that Seoul got the #2 spot, as I expected Tokyo to be #1. I would love to see a video on Seoul vs. Tokyo to see how they compare.

it's weird for me that you didn't even mention the Moscow metro, as a very unique system with a great connectivity with other systems in the city, unbelievable architecture; great frequency, 3 circle lines, and 5 s-bahn lines now building, which are fully integrated in the system. Not to mention it's modern trains and all the other stuff. I wouldn't have placed the Moscow metro on the very first place, but it definitely needs a place in top 10

As someone who's only had experience with the Underground because I'm from the UK, and haven't used any of the other systems, this is an interesting video. I can't really disagree with any of the rankings, but would like to see this as maybe a yearly or bi-yearly series to see how things change. UK transport projects as we've seen with the Elizabeth Line and HS2 can move incredibly slowly, and most times go over budget. With that said, if TFL and can get the funding right, I will be interested to see the impact of stuff like the Probable Bakerloo Line extension, NTFL with the intergration of platform screen doors hopefully across more of the network would have on this list. As mentioned, other Metro's have significant projects too, which is why I think updating these comparisons would be cool to see, even if it's a shorter video explaining a change in this ranking, not a whole top 10. Also, a top 10 for cities entire networks would be cool to see. Again, can only comment on London, but the trams, DLR, Elizabeth Line, Thaneslink, other suburban rail lines and the overground, combined with the massive bus network, all working on contactless or oyster for a slightly smaller area is incredible and transforms the tube. Many of these systems are more accessible too. I'm assuming you picked up a London rail services and tube map while there, but if you didn't, the map on the TFL website shows the massive extent of the rail lines that can have oyster used on them too Also, when you came to London did you see Bank station, the expansion there has really transformed the station experience, for what is the busiest tube station on the network I believe. Anyway, great video and keep up the great content

Even though I'm not that into metro or general train system, I'm always proud of Seoul metro system where is my homecity. And it's really happy to see it on 2nd place. Metro, with bus system, makes life in Seoul a lot easier. Can't even guess how it'd be like without those.

Moscow have the best transit system. It's very comfortable, safe and clean. But there isn't Moscow in the video.

That's a great video explaining all these cities. Still, I feel like Istanbul's metro and other connecting systems are way more modern, accessible and well-connected than some of the honourable mentions in the video considering the city's mountainous landscape and Bosphorus crossing. Plus, the city is expanding its network by large means as you mentioned in one of your previous videos. Nevertheless, keep up the good work and really appreciate the efforts you're putting in!

Top ten suggestions: - Top 10 small city metros - Top 10 fastest metros - Top 10 slowest metros - Bottom 10 worst metros - Bottom 10 metros that have regressed over time (slower speeds/frequency/close stations/closed lines/etc) - Top/Bottom 10 metros for operating costs - Top/Bottom 10 metros for bike access - Top/bottom 10 metros for station walk times - Top/bottom 10 metros for neighborhood walk times

As a Delhite, the Delhi metro is LOVE. In my opinion, living and moving around in Delhi is IMPOSSIBLE without the metro. No matter where I go, I always miss the ease of the metro. It is fast, the trains are frequent, and you will always find a station within a mile or two of your final destination, ensuring access to the system. And it is FOREVER expanding (literally been in the city for 17 years and I have never seen it stop growing lol)

Why there’s no Moscow metro? It’s first metro(at least in Europe) with mobile internet and Wi-Fi access all around your ride. The trains itself are very futuristic and it’s one the biggest metro system

Appreciate the shoutout for the Shenzhen Metro. As a former resident, It's truly remarkable how fast that system has grown and how high quality it is.

For me, the Shanghai metro feels like pre-elizabeth line London with a much larger urban core. traveling within the city center is honestly super convenient. But once you need to venture further out, it usually takes at least 40-60mins on the same trains that run in the city with frequent stops that will drive you mad. The new airport connector line would alleviate some of the cross town traffic, but it mostly just bypass the city all together. A crossrail/ RER solution would be much appreciated in Shanghai. Also, for a city the size of Shanghai, train service ends incredibly early, usually around 11 pm.

Aint no way i see Hong Kong in the top 10 and not Singapore 😂😂😂😂

Really disappointed with the lack of moscow on this list, as a russian who used to live there and is very anti-government and anti-war, I still think that scale and the effectiveness of the metro is really impressive and deserves to be talked about (especially since I haven't found any other channels who share info about transit in as much detail as you do). Also moscow has extensive tram, regional rail, and bus network as well. Also just seems a bit weird to not mention Moscow while mentioning Shanghai because both governments aren't great.

If you're ever thinking of video idea, I would strongly suggest making a video on public transport in Warsaw. Not just the metro but the transport as a whole. There's a lot to cover for Warsaw so I think it would make for a great video. Other than that I love your content, and I'm looking forward to seeing more of your fascinating videos.

New York City Subway has less derailments, which it has less delays, heavy rains are extremely bad and delaying the trains

I lived in Seoul and only visited Tokyo less than I'd like so maybe I'm biased, but when I went to Tokyo I was sort of expecting a metro a tier above. But it wasn't. In fact, I gained greater appreciation for Seoul's. The fact Seoul's IS just one system is easy to undervalue. There are countless transfers where you don't have to walk far, when you do have to walk there are large tunnels connecting two separate stations so you don't have to leave the system, it's incredibly easy to make sense of, there's romanization for tourists everywhere but more importantly the yellow panels outside stations for blind people act as a way for anyone to find a station, and tons of the stations are placed right where you want to be. Much of this is also true of Tokyo, but I often found it less so, and specifically transferring between systems was always way more involved. I loved Tokyo but I did feel Seoul has caught up and surpassed at least the subway system.

Would love to see a top 10 transport systems, eg taking all of the types of transport in cities and ranking them. I feel like Paris and Tokyo would do very well there

Odd that there's no Moscow in here. It has a massive metro and huge ridership and ridership per capita levels.