Handpicked Resources
The list of metro and subway links and books below is not arbitrary but a result of careful selection. Resources get listed only if approved useful by personal revision or reliable recommendation. The list is divided into three categories:
Official websites of transit operators are listed on a special page .
By Subject
Archaeology Museum of London Archaeology Service 1998. The Big Dig. Archaeology and the Jubilee Line Extension. Archaeology greece-now.org Underground Battle. The Story of the Tug of War Between Archaeologists and Metro Developers over the Kerameikos Cemetery. 2001. Archaeology Dietmar, Carl; Marcus Trier Mit der U-Bahn in die Römerzeit. Ein Handbuch zu den archäologischen Ausgrabungsstätten rund um den Bau der Nord-Süd-Stadtbahn. KiWi, 2006. (In German) Archaeology Hewson, Elisabeth Zeitmaschine U-Bahn: Eine Reise durch Jahrtausende. Wiener Stadtwerke 1994. (In German) Archaeology Trier, Marcus; L. Tempel Cologne's North-South Urban Light Railway. Part II - The Archaeology. Architecture agu.at Architektengruppe U-Bahn, Wien. (In German) Architecture denkbahn.de DenkBahn. Texts and audio guide about station architecture (In German) Architecture lowermanhattan.info What Lies Beneath: The Architecture of the Subway. Article of 2002. Architecture Bongiorno, Biagia Die Bahnhöfe der Berliner Hoch- und Untergrundbahn. Verkehrsdenkmale in Berlin. Petersberg, 2007. A detailed book about 81 metro stations that are preserved historical monuments. (In German) Architecture Fernandes, Fátima; Michele Cannatà The Architecture of the Metro. Works and Projects in the Oporto Metropolitan Area. Civilização Editora, 2006. Architecture Frühauf, Anne Die Bauwerke des Schienenverkehrs in Hamburg. Christians 1994. (In German) Architecture Hackelsberger, Christoph U-Bahn-Architektur in München. Prestel 1997. (In German) Architecture Rauch, Jürgen The Architecture of Underground Railway Stations. Krämer 1996. Art metrovias.com.ar Galleries of stations and murals Art metrodecaracas.com.ve Gallery of station photos showing some works of art Art metro.net Los Angeles County Metro Art Department. Art metrolisboa.pt Art in the metro. Art art-public.com Art on the metro. CAID-ACVI-TAAC. Art Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P., 1996. Junction '96. Lisbon Worldwide Conference on Art and Public Transport (Proceedings). Art stib.be When Art Takes the Metro. A journey through the largest underground art gallery in Brussels. stib.be. Art project subway-life.com A curious art project with drawings of passengers of ten metro cities Art project photoblog.be A weblog which collects photos of passengers and stations around the world Art project cinematicfilm.com Hong Kong metro meets Paris metro. A cool experimental video Art project Lleó, Mónica Point of Escape. Arts Kamenev, Marina Magic in the Metro. Arts Pereira, João Castel Branco Public Art in Lisbon Underground. Metropolitano de Lisboa, 2000. Arts Ström, Marianne Art Goes Underground - Decor at Subway Stations. Arts Ström, Marianne Metro-Art in the Metro-Polis. Awards terrapinn.com Celebrating excellence in the global mass transit industry. Benchmarking comet-metros.org Project for benchmarking and best practices of the world's largest metro networks Benchmarking nova-metros.org Project for benchmarking and best practices of medium-sized metro networks Best practices quora.com What are the best elements of subway systems and stations worldwide that should be considered for universal adoption?. Design absence-of-fear.de Lighting in metro stations (In German) Design transit.toronto.on.ca An Essay on Original Subway Station Design Design dougrose.co.uk London's Underground Edwardian Tile Patterns. Design poslfit.com Toronto Subway Station Tiles. Colours and Fonts. Design Landesgewerbeamt Baden-Württemberg 1983, Design Center Stuttgart. Urbanes Design: Konzepte und Realisationen der Designergruppe Lindinger & Partner. (In German) Design Descouturelle, Frédéric et. al. Le métropolitain d'Hector Guimard. Somogy 2003. (In French) Design Garn, Andrew Subway Style: 100 Years of Architecture & Design in the New York City Subway. Stewart, Tabori & Chang 2004. Design Garn, Andrew et al. Online Gallery Talk: Subway Style. Design Ovenden, Mark London Underground by Design. Penguin 2013. Design Schiffler, Lothar Europe's most beautiful metro stations. Design Seabrook, Kate Endbahnhof. Design Stookey, Lee Subway Ceramics: A History and Iconography. 1992. Discussion board ditiezu.com Ditiezu. (In Chinese) Driverless metros metroautomation.org Automated Metros in the World. UITP. Express metros skyscrapercity.com Discussion Fonts Magalhães, Ricardo Typography on the Subway: A Trip Around the World. Funicular metros subways.net Graffiti subwayoutlaws.com History of subway writing and other aspects of subway graffiti Graffiti Cooper, Martha; Henry Chalfant Subway Art. Thames & Hudson 1984. History cityrailtransit.com A line-based list of the world's metro systems History forgotten-ny.com Forgotten NY Subways. History Washington MATA 2001. Metro at 25: Celebrating the Past, Building the Future. History nycsubway.org The New York Subway: Its Construction and Equipment. IRT 1904. History Mecklenborg, Jake Cincinnati's Abandoned Subway. History Stadler, Thomas Otto-Wagner-Stationen. Home design subwaysigns.com Decorative subway signs Home design moregeous.wordpress.com A blog entry about subway tiles in home design Logos mukiryoku.com Japanese railway and metro operators logo collection Map i.redd.it Greater Bay Area Rail Transit Network 2021. Map liuzhongren at Ditiezu Pearl River Delta Urban Railway Map, 2050. Map design kickdesign.com Redesign project of 2004 by Kick Design for New York's subway map Maps fakeisthenewreal.org Maps of 25 metros, presented on the same scale Maps radicalcartography.net North American subways and light rails on the same scale Maps tubemap.com Link collection for worldwide tube, subway and metro maps Maps s55.radikal.ru Depths map of Moscow's metro Maps carto.metro.free.fr Detailed maps of urbans transports. Track maps of French and other European systems. Maps ipodsubwaymaps.com Downloadable subway maps for the Photo iPod. Maps exploremetro.com ExploreMetro. Interactive maps and iPhone apps for Asian metro systems. Maps Cerovic, Jug INAT Universal Graphic Language for Metro Mapping. Maps Ovenden, Mark Metro Maps of the World, 2nd Edition. Maps Reynolds, Robert people.reed.edu Maps Roberts, Maxwell J. Underground Maps Unravelled, Explorations in Information Design. Maps (Asian metros) seacitymaps.com Monorails monorails.org Monorail Society describes all 45 transit monorails of the world Monorails Krischer, Reinhard Alweg-Bahn. Technik, Geschichte und Zukunft der legendären Einschienenbahn. Transpress 2003. (In German) Music metrolandmusic.com Metroland. A music band project dedicated to metros Music barong.com.br Submundo. International busking in metros Network design Walker, Jarrett Human Transit. Noise in metros Ruotolo, Francesco, et.al. Multisensory Assessment of Acoustic Comfort Aboard Metros: a Virtual Reality Study. Palaeontology paleometro.ru Palaeontology in Moscow's metro: fossils in wall and floor materials (In Russian) Passenger rides en.wikipedia.org 20 busiest metro systems by annual passenger rides Photography 123d.de 3-D panoramas of metros Photography absence-of-fear.de Artistic photos of metro stations with discerning comments on design details (In German) Photography absence-of-fear.de Photography permits - for which cities they are needed and how to get them (In German) Photography news.deviantart.com Pictures from a Global Subway Photography Contest were sent to NYCTA as a protest against their photography ban Photos londonstation.com Underground stations in hand-coloured photographs Photos beeflowers.com The metro in photos and panorama photos Photos transitpics.com Photos of subway stations Photos metrorama.free.fr Panorama images of stations Photos planetepixel.com The nicest stations in panorama images Photos knuttz.net Photo gallery of Stockholm's cave stations. Photos faller_man T-Bane Stasjon. Photos Lee, Frank flee.com Artistic photo essay in black and white Projects urbanrail.net Metros planned or under construction Projects railway-technology.com Metro and railway industry projects Retro futurism darkroastedblend.com Retro-Future: Mind-Boggling Transportation. Retro futurism retro-futurismus.de Retro-Futurismus.de - Ein Rückblick auf die Zukunft von gestern. Retro futurism lib.berkeley.edu Transportation Futuristics. Rolling stock metroine.net Metroine. Trains of 40 European cities in a book with excellent photographs. Route finder subwayworld.org Mobile app for navigating many metro systems Rubber tyred Spinosa, Andrea Metropolitane: ferro o gomma?. Signage thestandardsmanual.com New York City Transit Authority Graphics Standards Manual. Unimark International New York 1970. New York typography and wayfinding Signage Grabar, Henry Uncovering the First, Fascinating Rulebook for Subway Sign Design. Simulator world-of-subways.com Realistic simulator software for the subways of New York and Berlin Statistics uitp.org World Metro Figures 2018. UITP. Track maps Popov, Yuri mrl.ucsb.edu Track maps of Russian and Eastern European metros Typography magtypo.cz Prague Underground. TYPO Magazine 8 (2003). Typography Berry, John D. Underground Typography. Typography Magalhães, Ricardo Typography on the Subway: A Trip Around the World. Typography Shaw, Paul Helvetica and the New York City Subway System. MIT Press 2011. Video youtube.com The Flying Train, Germany, 1902. Visions stadtkreation.de Imaginary cities with imaginary metro networks Visions lib.berkeley.edu Transportation Futuristics: Visionary designs in transportation engineering. Visions en.wikipedia.org Vactrains. Metros of the future might be maglev trains in air-less tunnels Walk-through trains Freemark, Yonah When American transit agencies ignore the world’s move to open gangways.
Geographical
Countries
China en.trackingchina.com Tracking China. China chinametro.net (In Chinese) China metroman.cn Metroman. Apps and website with maps and routing tools for China's metro networks (In Chinese and English) China ditiezu.com Ditiezu. (In Chinese) Germany Pabst, Martin U- und S-Bahnfahrzeuge in Deutschland. Geramond 2006. Metro train types (In German) India The Metrorail Guy themetrorailguy.com Italy metroitaliane.it Metroitaliane. Website about the Italian metro systems (In Italian) Japan mukiryoku.com Japanese railway and metro operators logo collection Japan space.geocities.jp Hisakyu's Railway Guide. Metros and railways with station photos and audio files Russia metrosoyuza.net Comprehensive website about all metro systems in the former USSR Russia Aksyonov, Dmitry mirmetro.net (In Russian) Spain Schwandl, Robert Metros in Spain. Capital Transport 2001. USA Middleton, William D. Metropolitan Railways: Rapid Transit in America. Indiana University Press 2003.
Cities
Agra themetrorailguy.com Ahmedabad themetrorailguy.com Almaty almatymetro.kz Almaty metro website by the construction company Athens greece-now.org Underground Battle. The Story of the Tug of War Between Archaeologists and Metro Developers over the Kerameikos Cemetery. 2001. Baltimore roadstothefuture.com Metro Subway. Bangalore themetrorailguy.com Beijing mtr.bj.cn Underground Landscape. Beijing MTR. Works of art on Line 4, 14, 16 and Daxing Line Berlin denkbahn.de DenkBahn. Texts and audio guide about station architecture (In German) Berlin mic-ro.com Berlin U-Bahn Architectural Map. metrobits.org. Berlin Bongiorno, Biagia Die Bahnhöfe der Berliner Hoch- und Untergrundbahn. Verkehrsdenkmale in Berlin. Petersberg, 2007. A detailed book about 81 metro stations that are preserved historical monuments. (In German) Berlin Buschmann, Ulf U-Bahnhöfe Berlin. Berlin Story Verlag, 2012. Superb photographs of 20 interesting stations. (In German/English) Berlin Gympel, Jan Tunnel mit Tiefgang: Mit der U-Bahn durch Berlin. Elefanten Press 1993. (In German) Berlin Klünner, Hans-Werner S- und U-Bahnarchitektur in Berlin. Senator für Bau- und Wohnungswesen Berlin 1985. Exhibition booklet (In German) Berlin Loop, André untergrundbahn.de A website including photos of all stations. (In German) Berlin Mauruszat, Axel Das Berliner U-Bahn-Archiv. Berlin Sansculotte de.wikipedia.org Chronological map with opening dates Berlin Seabrook, Kate Endbahnhof. Brescia bresciamobilita.it Brescia mobilitá. Transport in Brescia (In Italian) Brussels stib.be When Art Takes the Metro. A journey through the largest underground art gallery in Brussels. stib.be. Brussels art-public.com Art on the metro. CAID-ACVI-TAAC. Buenos Aires metrovias.com.ar Galleries of stations and murals Cairo perso.wanadoo.fr Metro line 2 and stations Calgary lrtincalgary.ca LRT in Calgary. Inofficial website Caracas metrodecaracas.com.ve Gallery of station photos showing some works of art Chennai themetrorailguy.com Chicago chicago-l.org The 'L'. Cincinnati Cole, David Metro Cincinnati: A vision for public transit in the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky region. Cincinnati Mecklenborg, Jake Cincinnati's Abandoned Subway. Cincinnati Singer, Alan J. Cincinnati Subway: History of Rapid Transit. Arcadia, 2003. Cologne Dietmar, Carl; Marcus Trier Mit der U-Bahn in die Römerzeit. Ein Handbuch zu den archäologischen Ausgrabungsstätten rund um den Bau der Nord-Süd-Stadtbahn. KiWi, 2006. (In German) Cologne Trier, Marcus; L. Tempel Cologne's North-South Urban Light Railway. Part II - The Archaeology. Delhi themetrorailguy.com Dnipro fantasticlittlesplash Metro. Dubai dubaimetro.eu Inofficial website Granada metropolitanogranada.es Corporate visual identity. Metropolitano de Granada. (In Spanish) Greater Noida themetrorailguy.com Guangdong i.redd.it Greater Bay Area Rail Transit Network 2021. Guangdong liuzhongren at Ditiezu Pearl River Delta Urban Railway Map, 2050. Guangdong Riedel, Hans-Ulrich Schnellbahnen im Perlfluss-Delta. Stadtverkehr 7-8/2021. (In German) Gurgaon themetrorailguy.com Guwahati themetrorailguy.com Hamburg hamburger-untergrundbahn.de Independent website with station photos (In German) Hamburg hochbahnbuch.de Hochbahnbuch. History and development of Hamburg's U-Bahn (In German) Hamburg Hochbahn 2008. Stationen Hamburger Architektur. Metro station architecture (In German) Hamburg Bouchain, Johannes stadtkreation.de Chronological map with opening dates Hamburg Frühauf, Anne Die Bauwerke des Schienenverkehrs in Hamburg. Christians 1994. (In German) Hamburg Grundmann, Friedhelm; Michael Zapf Im Wandel der Zeit: Die Bauten der Hamburger Hochbahn neu gesehen von Studierenden der Architektur. HHA 2004. Exhibition booklet about station architecture (In German) Hyderabad themetrorailguy.com Jaipur themetrorailguy.com Kanpur themetrorailguy.com Kanto Schwandl, Robert Metros & Trams in Japan, Vol. 1: Tokyo Region. Schwandl-Verlag 2016. Kazan k-metro.ruz.net K-Metro. Kiev Kozlov, Kostya The Kiev Metro. Kochi themetrorailguy.com Kolkata themetrorailguy.com Kozhikode themetrorailguy.com Leipzig citytunnelleipzig.de The plans of the downtown S-Bahn tunnel Lisbon metrolisboa.pt Art in the metro. Lisbon Pereira, João Castel Branco Public Art in Lisbon Underground. Metropolitano de Lisboa, 2000. London dougrose.co.uk London's Underground Edwardian Tile Patterns. London Museum of London Archaeology Service 1998. The Big Dig. Archaeology and the Jubilee Line Extension. London londonstation.com Underground stations in hand-coloured photographs London maps.google.co.uk Underground Journeys. A map of Charles Holden's work for London Underground. London Lee, Frank flee.com Artistic photo essay in black and white London Ovenden, Mark London Underground by Design. Penguin 2013. London Powell, Kenneth The Jubilee Line Extension. Laurence King 2000. London Taylor, David J. New Architecture for the Underground: Planning for the Future. Capital Transport 2001. Los Angeles metro.net Los Angeles County Metro Art Department. Lucknow themetrorailguy.com Madrid Various authors 90 años de Metro en Madrid. Mecca meccametro.com Inofficial website by a medial company (In English) Mexico City Freeman, Ellen 19 Must-Visit Stops on Mexico City's Metro. Minsk minsk-metro.net Website about the metro of Minsk (In Russian) Montreal McLauchlin, Matthew metrodemontreal.com Unofficial, very detailed website about the Métro de Montréal Moscow s55.radikal.ru Depths map of Moscow's metro Moscow paleometro.ru Palaeontology in Moscow's metro: fossils in wall and floor materials (In Russian) Moscow eng.metroway.ru Interactive Moscow Metro Map. Moscow beeflowers.com The metro in photos and panorama photos Moscow Berezin, Valentin Moscow Metro Photoguide. Planeta 1989. Moscow Goncharov, Alexey Metro Tunnels Depth Scheme. Moscow Solouh, Sergei Metrogiprotrans 70 years. Mumbai themetrorailguy.com Munich muenchnerubahn.de Unofficial website about history, stations, train sets, and operation of Munich's metro Munich Hackelsberger, Christoph U-Bahn-Architektur in München. Prestel 1997. (In German) Nagpur themetrorailguy.com Navi Mumbai themetrorailguy.com New York forgotten-ny.com Forgotten NY Subways. New York project.wnyc.org The Lost Subways of New York. Eleven planned lines that were never built New York kickdesign.com Redesign project of 2004 by Kick Design for New York's subway map New York nycsubway.org New York's subway and the metros of the world New York transitmuseumeducation.org Online Gallery Talks. New York Transit Museum. New York thestandardsmanual.com New York City Transit Authority Graphics Standards Manual. Unimark International New York 1970. New York typography and wayfinding New York lowermanhattan.info What Lies Beneath: The Architecture of the Subway. Article of 2002. New York transitpics.com Photos of subway stations New York nycsubway.org The New York Subway: Its Construction and Equipment. IRT 1904. New York subwaynut.com New York's and some other subways New York Blumenthal, Saul New York City Transit Scenes: Past and Present. New York Garn, Andrew Subway Style: 100 Years of Architecture & Design in the New York City Subway. Stewart, Tabori & Chang 2004. New York Garn, Andrew et al. Online Gallery Talk: Subway Style. New York Grabar, Henry Uncovering the First, Fascinating Rulebook for Subway Sign Design. New York Kennedy, Randy Subwayland. Adventures in the World Beneath New York. St. Martin's Griffin 2004. Witty stories New York Shaw, Paul Helvetica and the New York City Subway System. MIT Press 2011. New York Stookey, Lee Subway Ceramics: A History and Iconography. 1992. Noida themetrorailguy.com Nuremberg cityverkehr.de Inofficial website about Nuremberg's U-Bahn and S-Bahn Oeiras pt.wikipedia.org Wikipedia page about the SATU people mover (In Portuguese) Oporto mporto.no.sapo.pt Unofficial metro website Oporto Fernandes, Fátima; Michele Cannatà The Architecture of the Metro. Works and Projects in the Oporto Metropolitan Area. Civilização Editora, 2006. Osaka osakastation.com Osaka Transportation Guide. Oslo faller_man T-Bane Stasjon. Palembang lrtpalembang.com Unofficial blog Paris metro-pole.net Historic maps and much more (In French) Paris planetepixel.com The nicest stations in panorama images Paris metrorama.free.fr Panorama images of stations Paris Descouturelle, Frédéric et. al. Le métropolitain d'Hector Guimard. Somogy 2003. (In French) Paris Lamming, Clive Métro insolite. Parigramme 2005. Interesting guide book (In French) Paris Ovenden, Mark Paris Métro Style. Capital Transport 2008. Incredibly detailed review of the métro's history and design, US title: Paris Underground , Penguin 2009. Paris Tricoire, Jean Un siècle de métro en 14 lignes. La Vie du Rail 2005. (In French) Patna themetrorailguy.com Prague metroweb.cz Unofficial metro website Prague angrenost.cz Unofficial metro website Prague magtypo.cz Prague Underground. TYPO Magazine 8 (2003). Prague Sedlakova, Radomira Prazske Metro / The Prague Metro. Futuristauniversum , 2010. Booklet and map about the metro stations Pune themetrorailguy.com Pyongyang Bone, Simon The Pyongyang Metro – Unofficial Site. Pyongyang Elliott Stopping All Stations – The Pyongyang Metro. Riyadh twitter.com Official Twitter channel (In Arab) Saas-Fee saas-fee.ch 30 Jahre Metro Alpin. (In German) Saas-Fee Wiegand, Ursula In der Metro auf die Piste. Samara samaratrans.info Unofficial website San Francisco Mendoza, Joe BART. Bay Area Rail Transit Album Vol. 1. Santo Domingo metro.com.do Unofficial website Serfaus funimag.com Funimag. Stockholm sl.se Art in the Stockholm Metro (PDF). Stockholm SL 2008. Free booklet Stockholm knuttz.net Photo gallery of Stockholm's cave stations. Stuttgart Landesgewerbeamt Baden-Württemberg 1983, Design Center Stuttgart. Urbanes Design: Konzepte und Realisationen der Designergruppe Lindinger & Partner. (In German) Tashkent metrotashkent.narod.ru Inofficial website Tokyo Shaw, Dennis; Hisashi Morokawa Tokyo Subways. Hoikusha 1992. Toronto thecrosstown.ca Crosstown Eglinton-Scarborough LRT project Toronto ttcrider.ca Fan page. Toronto poslfit.com Toronto Subway Station Tiles. Colours and Fonts. Toronto transit.toronto.on.ca An Essay on Original Subway Station Design Toronto transit.toronto.on.ca An enthusiast-run site with lots of resources Varanasi themetrorailguy.com Vienna agu.at Architektengruppe U-Bahn, Wien. (In German) Vienna Hewson, Elisabeth Zeitmaschine U-Bahn: Eine Reise durch Jahrtausende. Wiener Stadtwerke 1994. (In German) Vienna Prillinger, Horst The Vienna Metro. Vienna Stadler, Thomas Otto-Wagner-Stationen. Vijayawada themetrorailguy.com Visakhapatnam themetrorailguy.com Washington orenstransitpage.com Metros of Washington and some other US and world cities Washington Washington MATA 2001. Metro at 25: Celebrating the Past, Building the Future. Wuppertal youtube.com The Flying Train, Germany, 1902. Yekaterinburg ekbmetro.by.ru Inofficial website (In Russian)
General
cityrailtransit.com Neat website about a couple of metro systems citytransport.info A lot of aspects of transportation. Shortcut to the site's hidden main menu . lrta.org LRTA. Complete listing of light rail, tramway and metro systems throughout the world world.nycsubway.org New York's subway and metros of the world railway-technical.com A book-like resource about rail and metro technology and design en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia's metro category de.wikipedia.org Wikipedias U-Bahn-Kategorie (In German) railway-technology.com Extensive website for the railway industry, including metros metro-report.com Metro Report. Associated with Railway Gazette spiegel.de Mind the Gap. Reportagen aus den U-Bahnen der Welt. Spiegel 2006. (In German) uitp.org UITP - International Association of Public Transport. Bennett, David Metro. The Story of the Underground Railway. Octopus 2004. Coffee table book about subway construction and design Fischler, Stan Subways of the World. MBI 2000. Describes ten subway systems Garbutt, Paul World Metro Systems. Capital Transport 1997. Hinkel, Walter J.; Karl Treiber; Gerhard Valenta; Helmut Liebsch U-Bahnen gestern, heute, morgen. Schmid 2004. English edition available Marshall, Alex Beneath the Metropolis. The Secret Lives of Cities. Robinson 2006. Describes underground infrastructure in a dozen cities. Middleton, William D. Metropolitan Railways: Rapid Transit in America. Indiana University Press. Urban rail transit systems in North America Schleife, Hans-Werner et al. Metros der Welt. Geschichte, Technik, Betrieb. Transpress 1992. (In German) Schwandl, Robert urbanrail.net The world's metro systems in detail
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