Subway

For the sandwich restaurant, see Subway (restaurant)

A Subway is the North American term for a rapid transit system that runs underground for much or all of its route. Outside North America, they may be known as an underground, metro, or mass transit railway. Subways require large populations to run efficiently and run at a "grade separation" from other vehicles and run frequently. This means that they exist in the largest cities.

The first subway was opened in London in 1863, (where it is called the "Underground") although many more major cities now have subways systems. The Boston subway opened in 1901 and the New York subway first opened in 1904.

## List of cities with subways[edit]

Subways of the World City  |  System Name

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Amsterdam, Netherlands |  Amsterdam Metro
Athens, Greece |  Athens Metro
Barcelona, Spain |  Barcelona Metro
Beijing, China |  Beijing Metro
Berlin, Germany |  U-Bahn
Bilbao, Spain |  Metro Bilbao
Boston, United States |  Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (or "T")
Brussels, Belgium |  Brussels Metro
Budapest, Hungary |  Budapest Metro
Cairo, Egypt |  Metro
Changchun, China |  Changchun Metro / LRT
Chicago, United States |  Chicago "L"
Chongqing,China |  Chongqing Metro
Dalian, China |  Dalian Metro
Edmonton, Canada |  Light Rail Transit (LRT)
Glasgow, United Kingdom |  Glasgow Subway
Guangzhou, China |  Guangzhou Metro
Hong Kong, China |  地铁 Mass Transit Railway (MTR)
Kazan, Russia |  Kazan Metro
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |  RapidKL
London, United Kingdom |  Underground (official) Tube (colloquial)
Los Angeles, United States |  Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Madrid, Spain |  Madrid Metro
Marseille, France |  Métro de Marseille
Montreal, Canada |  Metro de Montréal
Moscow, Russia | Moscow Metro
Nanjing, China |  Nanjing Metro
Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia |  Nizhniy Novgorod Metro
Newcastle, United Kingdom |  Metro
New York City, United States |  Subway
Novosibirsk, Russia |  Novosibirsk Metro
Washington DC, United States |  Metrorail
Paris, France |  Métropolitain (abbreviated Métro)
Philadelphia, United States | SEPTA
Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea | Pyongyang Metro
Rotterdam, Netherlands |  Rotterdam Metro
Samara, Russia |  Samara Metro
San Francisco Bay Area , United States |  Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART)
Sankt Peterberg, Russia |  Sankt Peterberg Metro
Santiago, Chile |  Metro de Santiago
Seville, Spain |  Metro de Sevilla
Shenzhen, China |  深圳地铁 Shenzhen Metro
Shanghai, China |  Shanghai Metro
Shenyang, China |  Shenyang Metro
Singapore |  Mass Rapid Transit (MRT)
Tehran, Iran | Tehran Metro
Tianjin, China |  Tianjin Metro
Toronto, Canada |  Toronto subway and RT
Valencia, Spain |  Metrovalencia
Volgograd, Russia |  Skorostnoy
Wuhan, China |  Wuhan Metro
Xi'an, China |  Xi'an Metro (aka Xi'an Subway)
Yekaterinburg, Russia |  Yekaterinburg Metro