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Oldest Metro Systems

This list features the oldest metro systems in the world.

RANK

CITY

COUNTRY

SYSTEM

YEAR

1

London

United Kingdom

Underground

1863

2

Chicago

United States

L

1892

3

Budapest

Hungary

Metro

1896

4

Glasgow

Scotland

Subway

1896

5

Paris

France

Metro

1900

6

Boston

United States

Subway

1901

7

Berlin

Germany

U-Bahn

1902

8

Athens

Greece

Metro

1904

9

New York

United States

Subway

1904

10

Philadelphia

United States

SEPTA

1907

11

Hamburg

Germany

U-Bahn

1912

12

Buenos Aires

Argentina

Underground

1913

13

Madrid

Spain

Metro

1919

14

Barcelona

Spain

Metro

1924

15

Tokyo

Japan

Metro

1927

16

Osaka

Japan

Subway

1933

17

Moscow

Russia

Metro

1935

18

Stockholm

Sweden

Metro

1950

19

Toronto

Canada

Subway

1954

20

Rome

Italy

Metro

1955


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References

World Atlas, 2023. The World’s Oldest Metro Systems. [online] Available at: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-world-s-oldest-metro-systems.html (Accessed 1 December 2025). Civitatis, 2023. 10 Oldest Subways in the World. [online] Available at: https://www.civitatis.com/blog/en/10-oldest-subways-world/ (Accessed 1 December 2025). Wikipedia, 2023. List of Metro Systems. [online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metro_systems (Accessed 1 December 2025). Daily Passport, 2023. What Cities Have the World’s Oldest Subway Systems?. [online] Available at: https://dailypassport.com/what-cities-have-the-worlds-oldest-subway-systems/ (Accessed 1 December 2025).
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