Which city has the oldest underground in the world?

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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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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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 Elizabeth Line, the London Underground's new ultra-modern line. After 13 years of work and some £19 billion spent, the London Underground is getting a brand new east-west line that could revolutionize transport in the heart of the British capital.

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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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THE world's deepest metro, underground station is the Arsenalna Station on the Kiev Metro in Ukraine, at 107 meters deep.

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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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Yes, London has an older network, it covers a bigger area, but New York has more stations, more lines (technically speaking) and carries more people each year.

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Is Paris Metro older than London? London is the great grandaddy of underground rail systems, opening the first line in the world in 1863. Paris, the young scamp, came along in 1900 – it was actually only the second subway in the world at this point.

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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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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. Today, there's an underground network of 408 kilometres (253 miles) of active lines that will take you anywhere in the city.

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The Beijing Underground City, also known as Dixia Cheng, is an impressive engineering feat that lies beneath the bustling streets of Beijing, China. This vast network of tunnels and chambers spans over 33 square miles at a depth range of approximately 8-18 meters.

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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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