What city has the oldest underground?

The London Underground first opened as an underground railway in 1863 and its first electrified underground line opened in 1890, making it the world's oldest metro system.



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Inaugurated on 17 January, 1875, the Tünel is the second-oldest fully underground urban railway in the world, after the London Underground (1863) and oldest in continental Europe, pre-dating the Budapest Metro by 21 years. This diagram: view.

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Glasgow Subway in Scotland is the world's third oldest metro system, opening in December 1896. The system runs along an underground 10.5km loop in the city and is one of the only metros in the world not to have been expanded beyond its original route.

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Which country has the best underground train system?
  • London Underground. ...
  • Stockholm Tunnelbana, Sweden. ...
  • Tokyo Metro. ...
  • New York City Subway. ...
  • Paris Métro. ...
  • Buenos Aires Subte. ...
  • Barcelona Metro, Spain. ...
  • Hong Kong MTR.


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THE world's first metro, now the world's oldest system, is the London Underground in England, which is more commonly known as the Tube, which was opened in 1863. At 402 kilometers in length the London Underground is also the world's second longest metro system.

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The Millennium Underground (M1, yellow line) runs between Vörösmarty tér (Budapest's city center) and Mexikói út, connecting the city centre with Budapest City Park. Built at the end of the 19th century M1 was the first underground electric train line on the European Continent (the second in the world after London).

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Budapest Metro was opened in 1896 to celebrate the Hungarian Millennium; it is the second oldest metro system in Europe after London. Budapest Metro, in Hungarian Budapesti metró, opened in 1896 to celebrate the Millennium of Hungary; it is the second oldest metro system in Europe after London.

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The underground or tube in London is the oldest transport system of its kind in the world. It opened on 10th January 1863 with steam locomotives.

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Leeds has less extensive public transport coverage than other UK cities of comparable size, and is the largest city in Europe without any form of light rail or underground.

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Châtelet-Les Halles stations is the world's biggest underground train station - Sortiraparis.com.

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lines of the Métropolitain (Métro) subway system, first opened in 1900, are fast and frequent. Over many years, lines have been extended into the suburbs, and in 1998 a new, fully automatic line was opened to serve central areas of the city.

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The Middleton Railway is the world's oldest continuously working railway, situated in the English city of Leeds. It was founded in 1758 and is now a heritage railway, run by volunteers from The Middleton Railway Trust Ltd.

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Moscow Metro, Russia Moscow metro, Europe's busiest metro system, had an annual ridership of 2.491 billion in 2013, 1.1% higher than that of 2012.

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The cities of Özkonak, Derinkuyu, and Kaymakli in Cappadocia, Turkey, are some of the most complete (and most underground) of our underground cities. Denrikuyu is estimated to have once been capable of housing 20,000 people, and actually connects to Kaymakli via an underground tunnel, eight kilometers long.

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The list was topped by the reliable, safe and comfortable public transport in Berlin. 97 percent of Berliners raved about their city's transport network, with their metro U-Bahn offering travellers 175 stations across nine simple-to-navigate lines.

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