What is the second oldest subway in the world?

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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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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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 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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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 Metro of Rome only has three lines and is currently the smallest metro system in Europe. Nevertheless, it reaches the city's most important landmarks. Opened in 1955, the metro (subway or underground) in Rome has grown very little by little and currently only operates 37,3 miles (60 km) made up of three lines.

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The Cincinnati Subway was a partially completed rapid transit system beneath the streets of Cincinnati, Ohio. Although the system only grew to a little over 2 miles (3.2 km) in length, its derelict tunnels and stations make up the largest abandoned subway tunnel system in the United States.

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The Pyongyang Metro is the cheapest in the world. A ticket costs five North Korean won per ticket. That is slightly less than half a Euro cent and is less than an American penny.

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In 2023, London boasted the most extensive metro network in Europe of over 470 kilometers in length. By comparison, the second largest metro network, in the Spanish capital of Madrid, was around 291 kilometers long – just over half the size of London's metro system.

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Opened on October 27, 1904, the New York City Subway is one of the world's oldest public transit systems, one of the most-used, and the one with the most stations, with 472 stations in operation (424, if stations connected by transfers are counted as single stations).

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The Seoul Subway in South Korea topped the list. The overall ranking takes into account every element of our study - so that includes the number of stations with step-free access, the price of a ticket and the age of the system (amongst many others).

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Moscow's first metro line was opened in May 1935, with 13 stations between Sokolniki and Park Kultury. This line was named the 'Kirovsko-Frunzensky Diameter' and given a red colour. Two more lines were added shortly after – the 'Gorky-Zamoskvoretskaya Liniya' (green line) and 'Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Liniya' (blue line).

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Upon the opening of Line M2, Lausanne replaced Rennes, France as the smallest city in the world to have a full metro system.

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The 9 was temporarily suspended between 2001 and 2002 due to severe damage to the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line caused by the September 11 attacks, and was permanently discontinued in 2005 as a result of a decrease in the number of riders benefiting.

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London Underground is longer at 250 miles long to Paris Métro's titchy 133 miles. But the Métro has more lines (16 versus 11) and more stations (303) than London (270).

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Weekdays, the metro operates from 5:30 a.m. to about 1:15 a.m. On Friday and Saturday evenings, as well as on the day before a bank holiday, trains run until about 2:15 a.m. The RER operates daily from 5:30 a.m. to about 1:20 a.m.

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It is the only metro in Bulgaria. It began operation on 28 January 1998. As of 2023, the Sofia Metro consists of four interconnected lines, serving 47 stations, with a total route length of 52.0 kilometres (32.3 mi) and also being among the top 20 of the most extensive European metro systems, ranking 19th as of 2020.

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