A '''Subway''' is <small>For the North American term for a Rapid Transit system that runs underground for much or all of its route. Outside North Americasandwich restaurant, they may be known as an underground, metro, or mass transit railway. Subways require large populations to run efficiently and run at a "grade seperation" from other vehicles and run frequently. This means that they exist in the largest cities.see [[Subway (restaurant)]]</small>
The first subway was opened in [[London]] in 1863, (where it A '''Subway''' is called the North American term for a rapid transit system that runs underground for much or all of its route. Outside North America, they may be known as an underground, metro, or mass transit railway. Subways require large populations to run efficiently and run at a "[[Underground]]grade separation") although many more major cities now have subways systemsfrom other vehicles and run frequently. The [[Boston]] subway opened This means that they exist in 1901 and the [[New_York_City|New York]] subway first opened in 1904largest cities.
==List of Cities with Subways around the World==This The first subway was opened in [[London]] in 1863, (where it is an incomplete listing - please add called the "[[Underground]]") although many more!major cities now have subways systems. The [[Boston]] subway opened in 1901 and the [[New York City|New York]] subway first opened in 1904.
==List of cities with subways==
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|[[BostonBarcelona]] , [[United StatesSpain]]|| Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (or "T")Barcelona Metro
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|[[ChicagoBeijing]] , [[United StatesPeople's Republic of China|China]]|| Chicago "L"Beijing Metro
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|[[GlasgowBerlin]] , [[United KingdomGermany]]|| Glasgow SubwayU-Bahn
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|[[Hong KongBilbao]] , [[ChinaSpain]]|| 地铁 Mass Transit Railway (MTR)Metro Bilbao
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|[[LondonBoston]] , [[United KingdomStates]]|| Underground Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (official) Tube (colloquialor "T")
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|[[MontrealBudapest]] , [[CanadaHungary]]|| Montreal Budapest Metro
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|[[New York CityCairo]] , [[United StatesEgypt]]|| SubwayMetro
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|[[Changchun]], {[[People's Republic of China|China]] || Changchun Metro / LRT|-|[[Chicago]], [[United States]]|| Chicago "L"|-|[[Chongqing]],[[People's Republic of China|China]] || Chongqing Metro|-|[[Dalian]], [[People's Republic of China|China]] || Dalian Metro|-|[[Edmonton]], [[Canada]]|| Light Rail Transit (LRT)|-|[[Glasgow]], [[United Kingdom]]|| Glasgow Subway|-|[[Guangzhou]], [[People's Republic of China|China]] || Guangzhou Metro|-|[[Hong Kong]], [[People's Republic of China|China]]|| 地铁 Mass Transit Railway (MTR)|-|[[Kazan]], [[Russia]] || Kazan Metro|-|[[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]] || RapidKL |-|[[London]], [[United Kingdom]]|| [[London Underground|Underground (official)]] Tube (colloquial)|-|[[Los Angeles]], [[United States]]|| Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority|-|[[Madrid]], [[Spain]]|| Madrid Metro|-|[[Marseille]], [[France]]|| Métro de Marseille|-|[[Montreal]], [[Canada]]|| Metro de Montréal |-|[[Moscow]], [[Russia]]||Moscow Metro|-|[[Nanjing]], [[People's Republic of China|China]] || Nanjing Metro|-|[[Nizhniy Novgorod]], [[Russia]] || Nizhniy Novgorod Metro|-|[[Newcastle]], [[United Kingdom]]|| Metro|-|[[New York City]], [[United States]]|| Subway|-|[[Novosibirsk]], [[Russia]] || Novosibirsk Metro|-|[[Washington DC]] , [[United States]]|| [[Metrorail]]
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|[[Paris]], [[France]] || Métropolitain (abbreviated Métro)
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|[[Philadelphia]] , [[United States]]||SEPTA
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|[[San FranciscoPyongyang]] , [[United StatesNorth Korea|Democratic People's Republic of Korea]]Bay Area || BARTPyongyang Metro
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|[[Samara]], [[Russia]] || Samara Metro|-|[[San Francisco Bay Area]] , [[United States]]|| [[Bay Area Rapid Transit]] (BART)|-|[[Sankt Peterberg]], [[Russia]] || Sankt Peterberg Metro|-|[[Seville]], [[Spain]] || Metro de Sevilla|-|[[Shenzhen]] , [[People's Republic of China|China]] || 深圳地铁 Shenzhen Metro|-|[[Shanghai]], [[People's Republic of China|China]] || Shanghai Metro|-|[[Shenyang]], [[People's Republic of China|China]] || Shenyang Metro
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|[[Singapore]] || Mass Rapid Transit (MRT)
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|[[Tehran]], [[Iran]]||Tehran Metro|-|[[Tianjin]], [[People's Republic of China|China]] || Tianjin Metro|-|[[Toronto]] , [[Canada]] || Toronto Transit Commision subway and RT|-|[[Valencia]], [[Spain]] || Metrovalencia|-|[[Volgograd]], [[Russia]] || Skorostnoy|-|[[Wuhan]], [[People's Republic of China|China]] || Wuhan Metro|-|[[Xi'an]], [[People's Republic of China|China]] || Xi'an Metro (TTCaka Xi'an Subway)|-|[[Yekaterinburg]], [[Russia]] || Yekaterinburg Metro [[Category:Railroads]][[Category: TransportationUrban History]]