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| Amsterdam | An excursion around the North-South Metro Line project, including an informative film and a short guided walk along the many construction places in the Old Centre. Duration: 2 up to 3 hours. From 22 euros per person. Tour operator: Top Tours BV. |
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| Berlin | Night tours of metro tunnels in a curious topless carriage. The 2 hours tour runs along several metro lines, covering a distance of 35 kilometres with explanations in German. Book early. Tour operator: BVG (metro operator). |
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| Berlin | A guided 90-minutes tour leads through the abandoned first German metro tunnel, a 295 m long experimental tunnel of the electrical equipment producer AEG, operational from 1897 to 1910. Tour operator: Berliner Unterwelten e.V.. |
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| Chicago | Tours on Chicago's architecture by Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF). Learn about the history of the famous "L" system and how it has shaped the development of the surrounding buildings and districts within the Loop. Only about 15 minutes of this two-hour tour is on a train, while most of the remaining tour takes place outdoors standing on the station platforms. Tour operator: CTA (subway operator) and Chicago Architecture Foundation. |
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| Hamburg | Two free guided tours are occasionally being offered in German: one is a look behind the scenes of metro operation and security, the other one is a visit to the operations control centre. Check website for dates. Reservation is mandatory. Tour operator: HHA. |
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| Kiev | Oleg Totsky, metro specialist and author of a beautiful 2018 Kiev metro book (in Ukrainian), offers excursion tours in Ukrainian to different sections of the metro every few months in his blog. Tour operator: Oleg Totsky. |
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| London | 'Hidden London' is a multitude of tours and events at disused stations and locations across London, rarely seen by the public. Although expensive, most tours sell out quickly. There is even a selection of dedicated 'Hidden London' merchandise and gifts available at the museum. Tour operator: London Transport Museum. |
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| London | 2-hour tour of the world's oldest transit system. Hear the fascinating and bizarre stories behind the history and design. Travel along the proposed "Viking Line" and see the "ghost station" at the British Museum. Tour operator: getyourguide.com. |
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| Los Angeles | Tours of the artwork in the Metro Rail system, led by trained Metro Docent Council volunteers. Tour operator: MTA (metro operator). |
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| Madrid | A guide accompanies you to normally inaccessable places. Includes the Anden 0 Chamberi exhibition and museum metro station as well as archaeological displays in another station. Fee: 30 euros. Tour operator: getyourguide.com. |
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| 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. |
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| Moscow | 44 of the metro stations are cultural heritage. Specialists of the agency prepared sightseeing and thematic tours, special routes based on historical facts and expert information. Find out how metro was constructed, visit sections of network closed for passengers (depot), learn the history, myths and legends of Moscow Metro. Tours in Russian, English and Chinese. Audio guide system provided. Address: Entrance hall of Vystavochnaya station of Filyovskaya line. Tickets: mosmetro.ru or voxxter.ru. Tour operator: Metrotour (joint project of Moscow Metro and the Museum of Moscow). |
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| Moscow | Two-hour privately operated guided tour in English through all the must-see stations. Tour operator: Firebird Travel. |
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| Naples | Metro Art Tour: According to the website, guided tours to stations of art take place every Tuesday 10:30, leaving from Toledo station, duration about 90 minutes. Reservation is not necessary. Tour operator: Metro Napoli. |
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| 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 (members only). Tour operator: New York Transit Museum. |
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| 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). |
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| Paris | Guided walking tours of interesting spots in the metro system. Tour operator: ADEMAS (Association D’Exploitation du Matériel Sprague). |
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| Saint Petersburg | A tour visiting the most opulent stations like Avtovo Station and Kirov Plant station. Behind this beauty there’s an astonishing history to be told, along with humorous anecdotes and city legends. Fee: 24 euros. Tour operator: getyourguide.com. |
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| 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 [email protected] 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. |
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| 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). |
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| Stockholm | 'The Art in the Stockholm Metro' guided tours, duration 1-1,5 hour, visiting 4-6 stations. Tour operator: Föreningen Stockholms Auktoriserade Guider. |
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| 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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