| Berlin | Walking tours on metro tracks. Tour operator: BVG (metro operator). |
| Berlin | Night tours of metro tunnels on a curious topless carriage. Tour operator: BVG (metro operator). |
| Chicago | Free tours on Chicago's architecture. A historic subway train circles the Loop several times, while an expert explains skyscrapers and other impressive buildings. Very popular, queue for tickets at the Tourist Office the same day. Tours suspended in 2009/2010. Tour operator: CTA (subway operator) and Chicago Architecture Foundation. |
| Los Angeles | Tours of the artwork in the Metro Rail system, led by trained Metro Docent Council volunteers. Tour operator: MTA (metro operator). |
| Mexico City | The official metro operator offers guided tours of maintenance workshops, control centres, substations etc. (in Spanish; booking required). Tour operator: Metro de la Ciudad de México. |
| Moscow | 2-hour privately operated guided tour in English through all the must-see stations. Tour operator: Firebird Travel. |
| New York | Guided tours to places that tap into a wide range of interests: art, technology, urban history, or to the famous abandoned City Hall station. Tour operator: New York Transit Museum. |
| Paris | Guided walking tours of interesting spots in the metro system. Tour operator: ADEMAS (Association D’Exploitation du Matériel Sprague). |
| Paris | Guided night tours on a historic train for about €50 from time to time. Tours are suspended at the moment "due to an incident" in 2007. Tour operator: ADEMAS (Association D’Exploitation du Matériel Sprague). |
| Sao Paulo | There's a program called "Conheça seu metrô" ("Know your metro"), which occurs always on Saturdays (in Portuguese). Two stations are selected for each Saturday. Email to servic@metrosp.com.br to show interest. The number of participants is limited. The tour begins with a lecture about the São Paulo Metro, its history and technologies, some data and precautions while you are inside the system. Then, the group will be shown around the supervision centre for lines 1, 2 and 3 near Vergueiro station and travel some metro section inside a train cab. Tour operator: Metro SP. |
| Stockholm | Since 1997, SL has been running regular guided tours of the art in the Stockholm Metro. The tours are in Swedish all year round, with English tours available in the summer. Each week, four or five stations are visited with an expert, qualified guide who will tell about the art, the architecture and the artists behind the works. There is no extra charge for the guided tours, but you will need a valid ticket in order to join. Tour operator: SL (metro operator). |
| Toronto | Joe Clark, journalist, typesetter and presenter of talks about historic TTC station typography, has hosted guided tours on station tiling and typography in Toronto's subway stations in 2007. He might possibly host more such tours. Tour operator: Joe Clark. |
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