The statistic illustrates the world's busiest light rail networks, based on the number of passenger journeys in 2014. European cities dominated the list, Budapest was ranked first with 396 million passengers in that year.
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The statistic illustrates the world's busiest light rail networks, based on the number of passenger journeys in 2014. European cities dominated the list, Budapest was ranked first with 396 million passengers in that year.
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The statistic illustrates the world's busiest light rail networks, based on the number of passenger journeys in 2014. European cities dominated the list, Budapest was ranked first with 396 million passengers in that year.
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