Short videos of what best characterizes the subways in different cities: trains leaving stations, including the typical departure sounds or announcements. (Some videos even tell humble short stories of doors opening again for late passengers, drivers acting like showmen, or passengers leaping through closing doors.)
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Last update to this page: 24 April 2011 (Barcelona, Istanbul, and Valencia changed to . Bonn, Duesseldorf, Miami, Philadelphia, Singapore , and Wuppertal added. Rhine-Ruhr video reassigned to Essen.)
Barcelona
Metro train departing from San Marti station.
Length: 28 sec.
Berlin
Line U8 train departing from Rathaus Reinickendorf station.
Length: 25 sec.
Bilbao
Departing metro train.
Length: 20 sec.
Bonn
Stadtbahn (LRT) train departing from Bad Godesberg Bahnhof.
Length: 24 sec.
Boston
Red Line train departing from Harvard station.
Length: 29 sec.
Cologne
Stadtbahn line 3 train departing from Körnerstr. station.
Length: 20 sec.
Duesseldorf
This is not the Stadtbahn (LRT) but a short ride on the suspended monorail linking Duesseldorf Airport with the S-Bahn (commuter rail).
Length: 9 sec.
Essen
Line U11 train departing from Messe-Ost/Gruga station. This is one of the former London Docklands trains.
Length: 18 sec.
Frankfurt
Line U4 train leaving Festhalle/Messe station.
Length: 23 sec.
Genoa
Train leaving Brin station for the holding track.
Length: 12 sec.
Hamburg
Line U1 train departing from Klosterstern station.
Length: 20 sec.
Helsinki
Train departing from Rautatientori station (central station).
Length: 20 sec.
Hong Kong
Train departing from Tung Chung station ("Please stand back from the platform screen doors").
Length: 38 sec.
Istanbul
Metro train departing.
Length: 39 sec.
Lisbon
Red Line train departing from Olivais station.
Length: 20 sec.
London
Arriving train and the famous "Mind the Gap!" voice. The station is probably Piccadilly Circus.
Length: 21 sec.
London
Jubilee Line train departing from Canary Wharf station.
Length: 13 sec.
Miami
Metro train departing from Government Center station.
Length: 25 sec.
Milan
Departing Line M2 train.
Length: 21 sec.
Montréal
Blue Line train departing from Outremont station.
Length: 22 sec.
Moscow
Line 5 train arriving at and departing from Komsomolskaya station. Video by RapsakYT.
Length: 58 sec.
Munich
Type B train on line U2, departing from Kolumbusplatz station. The sound is affected by another train arriving at the opposite platform.
Length: 30 sec.
Naples
Line 1 train departing from Museo station.
Length: 27 sec.
Newcastle
Green Line train departing from Airport station.
Length: 22 sec.
New York
Northbound 6 train departing from 33rd Street station.
Length: 25 sec.
Nuremberg
Line U2 train departing from Hauptbahnhof station (central station).
Length: 48 sec.
Oporto
Line D train departing from Marquez station.
Length: 30 sec.
Paris
Line 6 train departing from Pasteur station. This is the sound of a rubber-tyred metro.
Length: 24 sec.
Philadelphia
SEPTA Broad Street Line train departing from Allegheny station.
Length: 23 sec.
Prague
Line B train departing from Staromestska station.
Length: 36 sec.
Rio de Janeiro
Line 1 train departing from Estacio station.
Length: 43 sec.
Rotterdam
Line D train departing from Wilhelminaplein station. Note how the station lights change after the departure of the train.
Length: 34 sec.
Saint Petersburg
Departing metro train.
Length: 20 sec.
Shanghai
Line 4 train departing from Yangshupu Road station.
Length: 35 sec.
Shanghai Maglev
Maglev train departing from Longyang station (ready to rush to Pudong airport within 7 minutes at 430 km/h).
Length: 40 sec.
Shenzhen
Train departing from Huizhan Zhongxin station.
Length: 31 sec.
Singapore
North East Line train departing from Little India station.
Length: 30 sec.
Stockholm
A Blue Line train departing from Rinkeby station.
Length: 26 sec.
Stuttgart
Line U7 metro tram departing from Schlossplatz station.
Length: 15 sec.
Toronto
Sheppard-Line train leaving Don Mills station. Video by wyliepoon.
Length: 30 sec.
Toulouse
Line A VAL train departing from Mermoz station.
Length: 20 sec.
Turin
Rubber-tyred VAL train leaving one of the stations opened in 2006.
Length: 20 sec.
Valencia
Metro train departing from Alameda station.
Length: 35 sec.
Vienna
Line U1 train entering and leaving Aderklaaer Straße station. Video by speedtram.
Length: 56 sec.
Wuppertal
Suspended monorail departing from Ohligsmühle station.
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