| Archaeology |
greece.gr |
Underground Battle. The Story of the Tug of War Between Archaeologists and Metro Developers over the Kerameikos Cemetery. 2001. (Athens.) |
| Archaeology |
Hewson, Elisabeth |
Zeitmaschine U-Bahn: Eine Reise durch Jahrtausende. Wiener Stadtwerke 1994. (Vienna.) |
| Archaeology |
Museum of London Archaeology Service |
The Big Dig. Archaeology and the Jubilee Line Extension. Museum of London 1998. |
| Architecture |
Rauch, Jürgen |
The Architecture of Underground Railway Stations. Krämer 1996. |
| Art project |
cinematicfilm.com |
Hong Kong metro meets Paris metro: A cool experimental video
|
| Art project |
subway-life.com |
A curious art project with drawings of passengers of ten metro cities |
| Art project |
subwayproject |
A weblog which collects photos of passengers and stations around the world |
| Arts |
Kamenev, Marina |
Magic in the Metro. In: Business Week, November 2006. |
| Arts |
Ström, Marianne |
Art Goes Underground — Decor at Subway Stations. In: UNESCO Courier, March 1992. |
| Arts |
Ström, Marianne |
Metro-Art in the Metro-Polis. ACR Edition (France) 1996. |
| Benchmarking |
comet-metros.org |
Project for benchmarking and best practices of the world's largest metro networks |
| Definition |
urbanrail.net/about.htm |
What is a metro? |
| Design |
absence-of-fear.de/lighting.php |
Lighting in metro stations (in German) |
| Design |
Garn, Andrew |
Subway Style: 100 Years of Architecture & Design in the New York City Subway. Stewart, Tabori, & Chang 2004. |
| Design |
Garn, Andrew; et al. |
Online Gallery Talk: Subway Style |
| Design |
metro-art.de |
Europe's most beautiful metro stations (photo exhibition of 2003 by Lothar Schiffler, in German) |
| Future |
urbanrail.net/news2.htm |
Metros planned or under construction |
| Graffiti |
Cooper, Martha; Henry Chalfant |
Subway Art. Thames & Hudson 1984. |
| Graffiti |
subwayoutlaws.com |
History of subway writing and other aspects of subway graffiti |
| Logos |
mukiryoku.com |
Japanese railway and metro operators logo collection |
| Maps |
fakeisthenewreal.org |
Maps of 25 metros, presented on the same scale |
| Maps |
ipodsubwaymaps.com |
Downloadable subway maps for the Photo iPod |
| Maps |
Ovenden, Mark |
Metro Maps of the World, 2nd Edition. Capital Transport 2005. |
| Maps |
radicalcartography.net |
North American subways and light rails on the same scale |
| Maps |
tubemap.com |
Link collection for worldwide tube, subway and metro maps |
| Map design |
kickdesign.com |
Redesign project of 2004 by Kick Design for New York's subway map |
| Monorails |
Krischer, Reinhard |
Alweg-Bahn. Technik, Geschichte und Zukunft der legendären Einschienenbahn. Transpress 2003. |
| Monorails |
monorails.org |
Monorail Society describes all 45 transit monorails of the world |
| Passenger rides |
en.wikipedia.org |
20 busiest metro systems by annual passenger rides |
| Photography |
123d.de/metro |
3D panoramas of metros |
| Photography |
absence-of-fear.de |
Artistic photos of metro stations with discerning comments on design details (in German) |
| Photography |
absence-of-fear.de |
Photography permits – for which cities they are needed and how to get them (in German) |
| Photography |
deviantart.com |
Pictures from a Global Subway Photography Contest were sent to NYCTA as a protest against their photography ban |
| Retro futuristics |
lib.berkeley.edu |
Transportation Futuristics |
| Retro futuristics |
darkroastedblend.com |
Retro-Future: Mind-Boggling Transportation |
| Retro futuristics |
retro-futurismus.de |
Retro-Futurismus.de - Ein Rückblick auf die Zukunft von gestern |
| Typography |
creativepro.com |
Berry, John D.: Underground Typography. 23 March 2001. |
| Visions |
stadtkreation.de |
Imaginary cities with imaginary metro networks |
| Visions |
lib.berkeley.edu |
Transportation Futuristics: visionary designs in transportation engineering |
| Visions |
wikipedia.org |
Vactrains: Metros of the future might be maglev trains in air-less tunnels |
| Baltimore |
roadstothefuture.com |
Metro Subway |
| Berlin |
baunetz.de (PDF) | „Blinde Tunnel“ und „Geisterbahnhöfe“ unter Berlin - brachliegende oder aufgegebene unterirdische Verkehrsanlagen (1894-2001). (Unused tunnels.) |
| Berlin |
Gympel, Jan |
Tunnel mit Tiefgang: Mit der U-Bahn durch Berlin. Elefanten Press 1993. |
| Berlin |
Klünner, Hans-Werner |
S- und U-Bahnarchitektur in Berlin. Senator für Bau- und Wohnungswesen Berlin 1985 (exhibition booklet). |
| Berlin |
Loop, André |
untergrundbahn.de. A website including photos of all stations. |
| Bilbao |
metrobilbao.net |
Official website with a lot of information |
| Brussels |
CAID-ACVI-TAAC |
Art on the metro |
| Buenos Aires |
metrovias.com.ar |
Galleries of stations and murals |
| Cairo |
wanadoo.fr/yves.hadjadj |
Metro line 2 and stations |
| Caracas |
metrodecaracas.com.ve |
Gallery of station photos showing some works of art |
| Chicago |
chicago-l.org |
The 'L' |
| Germany |
Pabst, Martin |
U- und S-Bahnfahrzeuge in Deutschland. Geramond 2000. |
| Germany |
Schwandl, Robert |
u-bahnen-in-deutschland.de. |
| Glasgow |
spt.co.uk |
The subway. |
| Hamburg |
Grundmann, Friedhelm; Michael Zapf |
Im Wandel der Zeit: Die Bauten der Hamburger Hochbahn neu gesehen von Studierenden der Architektur. HHA 2004 (exhibition booklet). |
| Hamburg |
u-bahn-hamburg.com |
U-Bahn history and architecture and more |
| Hamburg |
stadtbahn.informe.com |
Discussion forum about Hamburg's public transport and planned light rail |
| Italy |
Metroitaliane |
Website about the Italian metro systems (in Italian) |
| Japan |
Hisakyu's Railway Guide |
Metros and railways with station photos and audio files |
| Leipzig |
citytunnelleipzig.de |
The plans for a new downtown S-Bahn tunnel |
| Lisbon |
metrolisboa.pt |
Art in the metro |
| London |
flee.com |
Artistic photo essay in black and white by Frank Lee |
| London |
londonstation.com |
Underground stations in hand-coloured photographs |
| London |
dougrose.co.uk |
London's Underground Edwardian Tile Patterns |
| London |
Powell, Kenneth |
The Jubilee Line Extension. Laurence King 2000. |
| London |
Taylor, David J |
New Architecture for the Underground: Planning for the Future. Capital Transport 2001. |
| Los Angeles |
Los Angeles County |
Metro Art Department |
| Montreal |
metrodemontreal.com |
Unofficial, very detailed website about the Métro de Montréal |
| Moscow |
beeflowers.com |
The metro in photos and panorama photos |
| Moscow |
Berezin, Valentin |
Moscow Metro Photoguide. Planeta 1989. |
| Moscow |
metroway.ru |
Interactive Moscow Metro Map |
| Munich |
Hackelsberger, Christoph |
U-Bahn-Architektur in München. Prestel 1997. |
| Munich |
muenchnerubahn.de |
Unofficial website about history, stations, train sets, and operation of Munich's metro |
| New York |
Blumenthal, Saul |
New York City Transit Scenes: Past and Present. |
New York |
Garn, Andrew |
Subway Style: 100 Years of Architecture & Design in the New York City Subway. Stewart, Tabori, & Chang 2004. |
| New York |
Garn, Andrew |
Online Gallery Talk: Subway Style. |
| New York |
IRT |
The New York Subway: Its Construction and Equipment. IRT 1904. |
| New York |
Kennedy, Randy |
Subwayland. Adventures in the World Beneath New York. St. Martin's Griffin 2004. |
| New York |
lowermanhattan.info |
What Lies Beneath: The Architecture of the Subway. (Article of 2002.) |
| New York |
MTA |
Online Gallery Talks. New York Transit Museum. |
| New York |
nycsubway.org |
New York's subway and the metros of the world |
| New York |
Stookey, Lee |
Subway Ceramics: A History and Iconography. 1992. |
| New York |
subwaynut.com |
New York's and some other subways |
| New York |
transitpics.com |
Photos of subway stations |
| Nuremberg |
cityverkehr.de |
U-Bahn and S-Bahn and some other systems |
| Paris |
Descouturelle, Frédéric; et. al. |
Le métropolitain d'Hector Guimard. Somogy 2003. |
| Paris |
Lamming, Clive |
Métro insolite. Parigramme 2005. |
| Paris |
metro-paris.net |
Comprehensive website in English |
| Paris |
metro-pole.net |
A website in French with historic maps and much more |
| Paris |
metrorama.free.fr |
Panorama images of stations |
| Paris |
navily.net |
An extensive and very interesting website in French about many aspects of Paris's transport |
| Paris |
planetepixel.com |
The nicest stations in panorama images |
| Paris |
Tricoire, Jean |
Un siècle de métro en 14 lignes. La Vie du Rail 2005. |
| Porto |
mporto.no.sapo.pt |
Unofficial metro website |
| Prague |
angrenost.cz/metro |
Unofficial metro website |
| Prague |
metroweb.cz |
Unofficial metro website |
| Prague |
magtypo.cz |
TYPO Magazine 8 (2003): Prague Underground |
| Rio de Janeiro |
arcoweb.com.br |
Artistic entrance of Cardeal Arcoverde station |
| Spain |
Schwandl, Robert |
Metros in Spain. Capital Transport 2001. |
| Stockholm |
knuttz.net |
Photo gallery of Stockholm's cave stations. |
| Stockholm |
SL |
Art in the Stockholm Metro. Stockholm SL 2001 (free booklet). |
| Stuttgart |
Design Center Stuttgart |
Urbanes Design: Konzepte und Realisationen der Designergruppe Lindinger & Partner. Landesgewerbeamt Baden-Württemberg 1983. |
| Tokyo |
Shaw, Dennis; Hisashi Morokawa |
Tokyo Subways. Hoikusha 1992. |
| Toronto |
transit.toronto.on.ca |
An enthusiast-run site with lots of resources |
| Toronto |
transit.toronto.on.ca |
An Essay on Original Subway Station Design |
| Toronto |
poslfit.com |
Toronto Subway Station Tiles. Colours and Fonts. |
| Toronto |
ttcrider.ca |
TTC Rider fan page. |
| USSR (former) |
metrosoyuza.net |
Comprehensive website about all metro systems |
| Vienna |
Hewson, Elisabeth |
Zeitmaschine U-Bahn: Eine Reise durch Jahrtausende. Wiener Stadtwerke 1994. |
| Vienna |
univie.ac.at/horst.prillinger |
About the U-Bahn |
| Washington |
MATA |
Metro at 25: Celebrating the Past, Building the Future. MATA 2001. |
| Washington |
orenstransitpage.com |
Metros of Washington and some other US and world cities |
| General |
Bennett, David |
Metro. The Story of the Underground Railway. Octopus 2004. |
| General |
cityrailtransit.com |
Neat website about a couple of metro systems |
| General |
cityrailtransit.com |
A line-based list of the world's metro systems from 1863 to 1935 |
| General |
citytransport.info |
A lot of aspects of transportation; shortcut to the site's hidden main menu
|
| General |
Fischler, Stan |
Subways of the World. MBI 2000. (Describes ten subway systems.) |
| General |
Garbutt, Paul |
World Metro Systems. Capital Transport 1997. |
| General |
Hinkel, Walter J.; Karl Treiber; Gerhard Valenta; Helmut Liebsch |
U-Bahnen gestern, heute, morgen. Schmid 2004. |
| General |
lrta.org |
Complete listing of light rail, tramway and metro systems throughout the world |
| General |
Marshall, Alex |
Beneath the Metropolis. The Secret Lives of Cities. Robinson 2006. (Describes underground infrastructure in a dozen cities.) |
| General |
nycsubway.org |
New York's subway and metros of the world |
| General |
railway-technical.com |
A book-like resource about rail and metro technology and design |
| General |
Schleife, Hans-Werner; et al. |
Metros der Welt. Geschichte, Technik, Betrieb. Transpress 1992. |
| General |
spiegel.de |
Mind the Gap. Reportagen aus den U-Bahnen der Welt. 2006. |
| General |
urbanrail.net |
The world's metro systems in detail by Robert Schwandl |
| General |
en.wikipedia.org |
Wikipedia's metro category |
| General |
de.wikipedia.org |
Wikipedias U-Bahn-Kategorie (in German) |
