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W. J. Hinkel, K. Treiber, G. Valenta & H. Liebsch: Underground Railways - yesterday today tomorrow - from 1863 to 2010 . - New edition of the most comprehensive book on metros around the world. Available in English or in German. Dec. 2004, 487 pages, 17x24 cm, Schmid-Verlag, Vienna ISBN 3900607443

Jürgen Rauch: Die Architektur von U-Bahnhöfen. Deutsch/englisch. 160 p., K. Krämer, Stuttgart, 1996, ISBN 3782811283

Stan Fischler: SUBWAYS OF THE WORLD - Motorbooks International, 2000. Introduction to 10 of the world's most important metro systems. 96 pages, many colour photographs See book cover!

Riechers, Daniel: METROS IN EUROPA. - Transpress, Stuttgart, 1996 (German).
A very good survey of most of Europe's metro systems. Originally published in Dutch by Uitgeverij de Alk bv, Alkmaar, NL.

Garbutt, Paul: WORLD METRO SYSTEMS. An Encyclopedia of the World's Metropolitan Railways. - Capital Transport, Harrow Weald (Middlesex - England), 1991.
Although not really an encyclopedia, it's a good book to start with. New edition includes many colour photographs.

Schleife, W. ed al.: METROS DER WELT. Geschichte - Technik - Betrieb. - TransPress, 1992 (second edition). ISBN: 3-344-70715-9 A good reference book about all the world's metro systems (in German).

Benson Bobrick: Labyrinths of Iron: Subways in History, Myth, Art, Technology & War. - 1994, Henry Holt and Co, New York

M. Ström: MÉTRO-ART ET MÉTRO-POLES Great illustrated book on subway architecture. (English edition)

Papst, Martin: U- und S-Bahn-Fahrzeuge in Deutschland. München: GeraNova, 2000. ISBN 3932785185
German metro and suburban rail rolling stock, 160 pages

Cudahy, Brian J.: Cash, Tokens and Transfers: A History of Urban Mass Transit in North America. 1990

Cervero, Robert: THE TRANSIT METROPOLIS : A Global Inquiry

Lassieur, Allison: SUBWAYS (Transportation Library) introduces kids to underground railways!

VIDEO: METROS OF THE WORLD feat. London, Moscow, Paris, Stockholm, Vienna, Washington, Budapest and San Francisco (PAL Colours system)

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Books on individual metro networks

(cities in alphabetical order):

Amsterdam

--: VAN METRO TOT BEELDBUIS: Beeldende kunst in de amsterdamse metro / Art in the Amsterdam Subway. 1978

Athens

Karen Knapp: Don't Miss The Metro. A Guide to the Athens Metro System. - 2004, 126 p., JFK Online Studios, LLC ISBN 097422491X

Barcelona

Schwandl, Robert: METROS IN SPAIN. The Underground Railways of Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Bilbao.
Capital Transport Publishing, London, July 2001- ISBN 1854142429 More info

Salmerón i Bosch, Carles: EL METRO DE BARCELONA: Història del ferrocarril metropolità de Barcelona. - Els Trens de Catalunya, Barcelona, 1992.

Salmerón i Bosch, Carles: EL METRO DE BARCELONA - II: Història i tècnica.- Els Trens de Catalunya, Barcelona, 1992. These two volumes (in Catalan) give very detailed information on all aspects of the Barcelona Metro. They inlude many black & white photographs.

Transports de Barcelona (ed.): ELS TRANSPORTS A L'ÀREA DE BARCELONA. Diligències, tramvies, autobusos i metro. - TMB, Barcelona, 1986. Very well illustrated book (text in Catalan) showing the development of urban transport in the metropolitan area of Barcelona.

Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (ed.): ELS NOMS DE LES ESTACIONS DEL METRO. - TMB, Barcelona, 1988. Explains the origin of station names (in Catalan) station by station (with colour photographs).

Direcció General de Transports (Generalitat de Catalunya): METRO DE BARCELONA: Manual de Senyalització. - Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, 1984. This book gave the guidelines for the new metro image in 1984 when lots of stations were renamed into Catalan.

Cabana, F.: ESTACIONS. - Lunwerg Editores, 1998. ISBN 84-7782-522-X - A kind of photo album of the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya, including both underground and surface stations in and around Barcelona (in Catalan with Spanish and English summary).

Beijing (Peking)

Berlin

Andreas Biedl: Die Fahrzeuge der Berliner U-Bahn, Typ B. - June 2005, Neddermeyer, Berlin, ISBN 3933254566

Klaus Kurpjuweit, Bodo Schulz: Album Berliner Verkehr 1989/1990. - Nov. 2004, Neddermeyer; Berlin, ISBN 3933254469

Wolf-Dietger Machel: Berliner Schienennahverkehr. - Aug. 2004, 160 p. - Bruckmann, ISBN: 3765471348

Wolfgang Kiebert: Die Berliner S-Bahn 1924 bis heute. - 07/2004, 160 p., Transpress, ISBN: 3613712423

Alfred B. Gottwaldt: Das Berliner U- und S-Bahnnetz. - Neuauflage Feb. 2004, 80 S. Transpress ISBN 361371227X

Christoph Brachmann: Licht und Farbe im Berliner Untergrund. - Oct. 2003, 292 p. - Mann (Gebr.), Berlin, ISBN 3786124779

Wolfgang Kämmerer: 100 Jahre elektrischer Betrieb Berlin Potsdamer Bahnhof - Groß Lichterfelde Ost. - Okt. 2003, 96 S., Neddermeyer, ISBN 3933254396

Schwandl, Robert: BERLIN S-BAHN ALBUM. All 170 S-Bahn Stations in Colour .- April 2003, 144p., 400 fotos, Germ. & Engl., Berlin, ISBN 3-936573-02-6 More info

Schwandl, Robert: BERLIN U-BAHN ALBUM. All 192 Underground and Elevated Stations in Colour. - July 2002, 144p, 240 colour fotos, German & English text, Berlin, ISBN 3-936573-01-8, 24.50 EUR More info

Hardy, Brian: THE BERLIN U-BAHN. Capital Transport, 1996. - Well illustrated handbook.

Hardy, Brian: THE BERLIN S-BAHN. Capital Transport, 1996. - Well illustrated handbook.

Jan Gympel: U-Bahn Berlin. Geschichte(n) für unterwegs. - 256p., b/w, Verlag GVE, April 2002, ISBN 3892180725

Bernhard Strowitzki: S-Bahn Berlin. Geschichte(n) für unterwegs. - 288p., b/w, GVE Verlag, Berlin, April 2002, ISBN 3892180733

Susanne Hattig, Reiner Schipporeit: Großstadt-Durchbruch. Pioniere der Berliner U- Bahn. Fotografien um 1900. - 2002, 176p, Jaron Verlag, ISBN 3897730642

Susanne Dost: Richard Brademann (1884-1965) - Architekt der Berliner S-Bahn. - 2002, 232p., Neddermeyer ISBN 3933254361

Michael Bienert, Ralph Hoppe: Eine Stunde Stadt. Berliner Ringbahn-Reise. - 2002, 320p., Berlin Edition, ISBN 3814800966

Gauglitz, Gerd and Holger Orb: BERLINS S- UND U-BAHNNETZ. EIN GESCHICHTLICHER STRECKENPLAN. - 2001, Edition Gauglitz, ISBN 3-933502-09-8
Similar to London's Diagrammatic History, this huge map shows all opening (and closing) dates of all Berlin transit routes and stations.

Jürgen Meyer-Kronthaler, Klaus Kurpjuweit: Berliner U- Bahn. In Fahrt seit hundert Jahren. - 2001, bebra Verlag, Berlin

Gympel, Jan: U4 - DIE SCHÖNEBERGER U-BAHN - Gesellschaft für Verkehrspolitik und Eisenbahnwesen e.V, 114 pages, Nov. 2000 ISBN: 3892180903

Günther Bellmann: Durch Berlin mit der S- Bahn. Savignyplatz bis Alexanderplatz. 2001, bebra, Berlin.

Sigurd Hilkenbach, Uwe Poppel: Ein Jahrhundert Berliner U- Bahn in Streckenplänen und Fotos. [A century of Berlin U-Bahn in network maps and photos] - 80 pages, - Jaron Vlg., Berlin, 2002 ISBN 3897730499

Günther Bellmann: Durch Berlin mit der U- Bahn. Wittenbergplatz bis Schönhauser Allee. 2001. bebra , Berlin

Lemke/Poppel: BERLINER U-BAHN. - Alba, Düsseldorf, 1989. Well illustrated survey of the history of the Berlin Subway and Elevated Railway. Black & white and colour photographs.

Handke, Stephan: BERLIN UND SEINE U-BAHN - 1994

Domke, Petra & Markus Hoeft: TUNNEL, GRÄBEN, VIADUKTE - 100 Jahre Baugeschichte der Berliner U-Bahn. - Kulturbild Verlag, Berlin, 1998. ISBN 3-933300-00-2

Meyer-Kronthaler J.: BERLINS U- BAHNHÖFE. Die ersten hundert Jahre. - 1996.

Behrens, Alfred & Volker Noth: BERLINER STADTBAHN. Bilder und Geschichten. - Ullstein, Berlin, 1995. ISBN 3-550-06889-1

Andreas Butter, Hans-Joachim Kirsche, Erich Preuß: BERLIN OSTKREUZ. Die Drehscheibe des S- Bahn- Verkehrs. - 2000, 159 p., GeraNova, ISBN 393278524X

Andreas Janikowski, Jörg Ott: Deutschlands S-Bahnen. Geschichte, Technik, Betriebe - 208 Seiten - transpress Verlag, März 2002, ISBN 3613711958

VIDEOS:

Ab durch die Mitte - Die Geschichte der Berliner S-Bahn History of the S-Bahn (PAL colour system, 58 min)

Berliner U-Bahn Linie 1 - Führerstandsmitfahrt: Krumme Lanke - Warschauer Straße A view from the driver's cabin on U1 (PAL colour system, 50 min)

Berliner S-Bahn (PAL colour system)

Die Berliner S-Bahn - Südring (PAL colour system)

Die Berliner S-Bahn - Von Lichtenberg nach Strausberg (PAL colour system)

Die Berliner S-Bahn - Von Wannsee nach Oranienburg (PAL colour system)

Great Metros of the World: Berlin and Madrid (PAL colour system)

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Bilbao

Schwandl, Robert: METROS IN SPAIN. The Underground Railways of Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Bilbao.
Capital Transport Publishing, London, July 2001- ISBN 1854142429 More info

Boston

Martin W. Sandler: Straphanging in the U.S.A: Trolleys and Subways in American Life (Transportation in America). - June 2003, 48 pages, 8.50' x 10.25', Oxford University Press, ISBN 0195132297

James Taylor, Robert Gentile, Anne L. McKinnon: CAR-FREE IN BOSTON - The Guide to Public Transit in Greater Boston & New England. (Aug 2002)

Brussels

Ludo Bekkers: L'art dans le métro, Bruxelles: vingt ans d'art monumental

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Calcutta

Chicago

Cleveland

Martin W. Sandler: Straphanging in the U.S.A: Trolleys and Subways in American Life (Transportation in America). - June 2003, 48 pages, 8.50' x 10.25', Oxford University Press, ISBN 0195132297

Toman, James A., & Blaine S. Hays: HORSE TRAILS TO REGIONAL RAILS - The Story of Public Transit in Greater Cleveland. - Kent State University Press, Kent, Ohio, 1996. - ISBN 0-87338-547-0

Alt-Trans Cleveland Project, Greg Aliberti: CAR-FREE IN CLEVELAND.- 108p, 2000, Ecocity Cleveland, ISBN 0966399919

James A. Toman, a.o.: When Cleveland Had a Subway. A photographic essay of the history of the Detroit-Superior (now Veterans Memorial) Bridge subway. 48 p., 1999, Cleveland Landmarks Pr., ISBN 0936760133

Copenhagen

Robert Schwandl:  U-BAHNEN IN SKANDINAVIEN. Metros in Scandinavia: Stockholm, Oslo, Helsinki & København . - 144 Seiten/pages, 17x24 cm, 300 Farbfotos/colour photos, 5 Netzpläne/Network maps, Text deutsch/English, ISBN 3-936573-04-2 More info | Weitere Info

Frankfurt

Schwandl, Robert: FRANKFURT STADTBAHN ALBUM. The Frankfurt Light Rail Network.
- Sept. 2008, Berlin, ISBN 978 3 936573 21 3

NAHVERKEHR IN FRANKFURT - (Public Transport in Frankfurt), actually a magazine with many photos 114 pages ISBN: 3897240106

Glasgow

Robert Schwandl: METROS IN BRITAIN - U-Bahnen und Stadtbahnen in Großbritannien | Underground & Light Rail Networks in the U.K. - March 2006, 160 pages, 17x24 cm, 14 network maps, approx. 600 colour photos, Text deutsch & English, ISBN 3936573 12 3, More info | Weitere Info

Wright, J. & I. MacLean: CIRCLES UNDER THE CLYDE. - Capital Transpoort, 1997.

Watson, Georges: GLASGOW SUBWAY ALBUM.- Adam Gordon, Buckingham, 64 pages, 116 colour photographs taken before the closure in 1977. ISBN 187442311

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Hamburg

HHA: Von null auf hundert in nur sechs Jahren. 1906-1912. Wir bauen Hamburgs erste U-Bahn - Okt. 2007, Hartmut Völker Verlag, ISBN 978-3940020451

Robert Schwandl: Hamburg U-Bahn & S-Bahn Album. - Nov. 2004, R. Schwandl Verlag, Berlin, ISBN 3936573050

Jürgen Bönig, Tania Greiner, Nina Holsten: Unterwegs. 90 Jahre Hamburger U- Bahn - 128 p., Christians, Hamburg, 2002, ISBN 3767213990

Wolfgang Pischek, Jan Borchers, Martin Heimann: DIE HAMBURGER S-BAHN. Mit Gleichstrom durch die Hansestadt. - 2001, 160 p., GeraMond Verlag München, ISBN 3765471917

Staisch, E. (Ed.): DIE HAMBURGER S-BAHN.- Geschichte und Zukunft. - Ellert & Richter Verlag, 1996. ISBN 3-89234-694-1 - A great book that tells you all about the history of the Hamburg S-Bahn with lots of color and black and white photographs.

Andreas Janikowski, Jörg Ott: Deutschlands S-Bahnen. Geschichte, Technik, Betriebe - 208 Seiten - transpress Verlag, März 2002, ISBN 3613711958

Janikowski/Ott: DEUTSCHLANDS S-BAHNEN.-Transpress, 1994. - On 190 pages this book introduces the reader to all German S-Bahn networks incl. larger systems like Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Rhein-Ruhr and Stuttgart, but also Rostock, Dresden, Leipzig, Halle, Nürnberg. Many color and black&white pictures, in German.

Benecke, S. et al.: DIE GESCHICHTE DER HAMBURGER HOCHBAHN. - Arbeitsgemeinschaft Blickpunkt Straßenbahn, Berlin, 1999 (new edition).

Frühauf, Anne: Die Bauwerke des Schienenverkehrs in Hamburg. - 1994, 112 p., Christians, Hamburg, ISBN 3767212056

Hannover

Robert Schwandl: HANNOVER STADTBAHN ALBUM. The Hanover Light Rail Network. - 144 pages, 17x24 cm, 400 colour photos, 3 Network maps, Track map, Text deutsch/English, ISBN 3-936573-10-7; More info | Weitere Info

Morrison, Jasper: EINE NEUE STADTBAHN FÜR HANNOVER Gebr. Mann, Berlin, 1997.

NAHVERKEHR IN HANNOVER - Spezialheft des Straßenbahnmagazins (Public Transport in Hanover), GeraNova, 2000.

Helsinki

Robert Schwandl:  U-BAHNEN IN SKANDINAVIEN. Metros in Scandinavia: Stockholm, Oslo, Helsinki & København . - 144 Seiten/pages, 17x24 cm, 300 Farbfotos/colour photos, 5 Netzpläne/Network maps, Text deutsch/English, ISBN 3-936573-04-2 More info | Weitere Info

Hong Kong

VIDEO: Great Metros of the World: Bejing and Hong Kong (PAL colour system)

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Lille

Bernard Felix : Le VAL

1983-1988 : Six ans de Métro dans la Communauté urbaine de Lille : la ligne nr. 1

Lisbon

London

Robert Schwandl: METROS IN BRITAIN - U-Bahnen und Stadtbahnen in Großbritannien | Underground & Light Rail Networks in the U.K. - March 2006, 160 pages, 17x24 cm, 14 network maps, approx. 600 colour photos, Text deutsch & English, ISBN 3936573 12 3, More info | Weitere Info

Christian Wolmar: The Subterranean Railway: How the London Underground Was Built and How It Changed the City Forever. - Nov 2004, 384 p., Atlantic Books ISBN 1843540223

Mecca Ibrahim: One Stop Short of Barking: Uncovering the London Underground . - Sept. 2004, 95 p., New Holland Publishers, ISBN 1843307081

Mike Horne: The Victoria Line. - Aug 2004, 80 p., Capital Transport Publishing, ISBN 185414281X

Mike Horne: The Metropolitan Line. - 2003, 96p. Capital Transport, ISBN 1854142755

Keith Lowe: Tunnel Vision. - 2001, 384 p., MTV Books; ISBN 0743423526

Tim Demuth: The Spread of London's Underground. - May 2003, Capital Transport ISBN 1 85414 266 6

John Glover: London's Underground. - Nov. 2003, 160 p., Ian Allan Publishing Ltd; ISBN 0711029350

Christian Wolmar: Down the Tube: The Battle for London's Underground. - 2002, 192 p., Aurum Press; ISBN 1854108727

Desmond F. Croome: The Circle Line. An Illustrated History. - Feb. 2003, Capital Transport Publishing, ISBN 1854142674

Gerald Jacobs: Railway Track Diagrams: England South and London Underground No. 5. - 2002, 64 p., Quail Map Co, ISBN 1898319529

David Leboff: The Underground Stations of Leslie Green. - Oct. 2002, Capital Transport, London, ISBN 1854142550

Bob Bayman: Underground Official Handbook. - 2000, 80 p., Capital Transport Publishing, ISBN 1854142216

Paul Moss: Underground Movement. - 2000, 224 p., Capital Transport Publishing, ISBN 1854142267

Brian Hardy: UNDERGROUND TRAIN FILE. Tube Stock 1933-1959. - June, 2001, Capital Transport Publishing - ISBN 1854142356

Hardy, Brian: LONDON UNDERGROUND ROLLING STOCK - Oct. 2002, Capital Transport, ISBN 1854142631

James R. Snowdon: METROPOLITAN RAILWAY ROLLING STOCK. - Dec. 2001, 176 p., Wild Swan Publications, ISBN 1874103666

Simon James: MIND THE GAP. - Sept 2001, 160 p., HarperCollins Illustrated, ISBN 0007114478 - A photographic history of the Underground's terminus stations.

J.C. Gillham: WATERLOO AND CITY RAILWAY. - A5, 464 p., 230 photos, maps & plans, Nov 2001, Oakwood Press, ISBN 085361525X

LONDON RAILWAY MAP. - 2001, 2nd edition, Quail Map Company, 101.5cm x 76cm, colour, ISBN 1898319545

Stephen Halliday: UNDERGROUND TO EVERYWHERE. - Aug. 2001, 241 p., Sutton Publishing, ISBN 075092585X

Mike Horne: BAKERLOO LINE. An Illustrated History. - 1st Edition, 80 p., 103 b/w and 21 colour photos, Oct. 2001, Capital Transport, ISBN 1854142488

Sheila Taylor (Ed.): Moving Metropolis. - 400 p., 2001, L. King, ISBN 1856692418

Brian Hardy: UNDERGROUND TRAIN FILE. - June, 2001, Capital Transport Publishing - ISBN 1854142356

John R. Day & John Reed: STORY OF LONDON'S UNDERGROUND. - 8th edition, Dec. 2001, , 216 p., Capital Transport, ISBN 1854142453

J.E.Connor: LONDON`S DISUSED UNDERGROUND STATIONS. - 2nd ed., Dec. 2001, 128 p, Capital Transport, ISBN 185414250X

David Leboff & Tim Demuth: No Need To Ask. Early Maps of London's Underground Railways. - 1999, 80 p., Capital Transport Publishing, ISBN 1854142151

David J. Taylor: NEW ARCHITECTURE FOR THE UNDERGROUND. - Capital Transport Publishing, ISBN 1854142437

Glover, John: Principles of London Underground Operations. - 2000, 96 p., Ian Allan Ltd, ISBN 0711027390

Glover, John: London's Underground - The World's Premier Underground System - Ian Allan Publishing, Oct. 1999

Rose, Douglas: THE LONDON UNDERGROUND - Capital Transport, 2000

Pearce, Alan, Stephen Jolly & Brian Hardy: DOCKLANDS LIGHT RAIL - Official Handbook. Capital Transport, 1994.

Glover, J. : THE LONDON UNDERGROUND IN COLOUR. - Ian Allan Publishing, 1997.

Glover, J.: ABC LONDON UNDERGROUND - Ian Allan Publishing, 1997.

Green, Oliver: UNDERGROUND ART: London Transport Posters 1908 to the Present. - Laurence King Publishing, 1999.

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Los Angeles

William D. Middleton: Metropolitan Railways: Rapid Transit in America (Railroads Past and Present). - January 2003, 400 pages, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253341795

Martin W. Sandler: Straphanging in the U.S.A: Trolleys and Subways in American Life (Transportation in America). - June 2003, 48 pages, 8.50' x 10.25', Oxford University Press, ISBN 0195132297

Simburger, Edward J. : RAILROAD-FREEWAY - featuring Metrolink, Metro Rail and Amtrak in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura Counties.
Although emphasising metrolink connections around L.A., this book also describes in details L.A.'s full metro red line and its two light rail lines (green and blue).

Hewett, J. & R.: Tunnels, Tracks, and Trains : Building a Subway. - 1995, Lodestar Books; ISBN: 0525674667

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Madrid

Schwandl, Robert: METROS IN SPAIN. The Underground Railways of Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Bilbao. Capital Transport Publishing, London, July 2001- ISBN 1854142429 More info

Francisco Azorín García: MADRID Y EL METRO CAMINAN JUNTOS
Editorial Rubiños, 1997.- ISBN 84-8041-096-5. Explains the name of each metro station and its surroundings.

Aurora Moya: METRO DE MADRID 1919 - 1989. Setenta Años de Historia. -
Published by and only available from Metro de Madrid - 1990 ISBN: 84-404-8285-X

Manuel González Márquez, a.o.: El material móvil del metro de Madrid. - 04/2002, Metro de Madrid, 132 p., ISBN: 84-607-4370-5

VIDEO: Great Metros of the World: Berlin and Madrid (PAL colour system)

Marseille

Laupiès, Jacques: MARSEILLE ET SON MÉTRO. Editions P. Tacussel, 1993. ISBN 2-903-963-66-5.

Benoît Clairoux: LE MÉTRO DE MONTRÉAL 35 ANS DÉJÀ. - Montréal, Éditions Hurtubise HMH, 2001, 160 p., ISBN: 2-89428-526-4

Raymonde Lamothe: À PROPOS DU MÉTRO. - 1993, 94 S., b/w illustrations, Éditions Hurtubise HMH, ISBN 2-89045-981-0

Short introduction to the Montreal Metro, its history and day-to-day operation, for young people./Kurze Einführung in die Geschichte und den alltäglichen Betrieb der Metro von Montreal, für Jugendliche. Text französisch/French

Marielle Dubois: Montréal en métro

Moskva (Moscow)

Valentin Beresin: DIE MOSKAUER METRO - Bildreiseführer. - 1986, 202 S., 12x19 cm, Planeta Verlag, Moskau

Schöner kleiner Bildband (alles in Farbe) mit allen bis zum Erscheinungsdatum bestehenden Stationen der Moskauer Metro/Nice and small pictorial guide (all in colour) to the fabulous Moscow Metro stations (also available in English - please specify in your order). Text deutsch

Neutatz, Dieter: DIE MOSKAUER METRO. - Böhlau, Köln; ISBN: 3412125008.- 664 pages, 2001. See author's page for details

Vokrug Sveta: MOSCOW METRO 1935-2005. - Great illustrated book on the fabulous Moscow Metro (text in English).

Vokrug Sveta: Moskovskoye Metro. - Station to station guide of the fabulous Moscow Metro (2005 edition).

München (Munich):

Schütz, Florian: MÜNCHEN U-BAHN ALBUM. All Munich Metro Stations in Colour.
- Nov. 2008, Berlin, ISBN 978 3 836573 19 0

Karl-Heinz Dix, Horst Staimer: Die Münchner S-Bahn. Vom Dampfzug zum 10-Minuten-Takt - 2007, DiSt-Verlag, München, ISBN 978-3981165906

Wolfgang Pischek, Holger Junghardt: DIE MÜNCHNER U-BAHN. Unterirdisch durch die bayrische Landeshauptstadt. - 2002, GeraMond, ISBN 3765471941.

Christoph Hackelsberger: U-BAHN-ARCHITEKTUR IN MÜNCHEN. SUBWAY ARCHITECTURE IN MUNICH. - 1997

Andreas Janikowski, Jörg Ott: Deutschlands S-Bahnen. Geschichte, Technik, Betriebe - 208 Seiten - transpress Verlag, März 2002, ISBN 3613711958

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Napoli (Naples)

New York

New York Transit Museum: Subway Style: 100 Years of Architecture & Design in the New York City Subway. - Oct. 2004, 252 p., 12' x 9', Stuart, Tabori and Chang; ISBN 158479349X

Gene Sansone: New York Subways: An Illustrated History of New York City's Transit Cars, 1867-2004. - Nov. 2004, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr; ISBN: 0801879221

New York Transit Museum, Vivian Heller: The City Beneath Us: Building the New York Subway. - Oct. 2004, 224 pages, W. W. Norton & Company, ISBN 0393057976

Camilo Jose Vergara: Subway Memories. - Oct. 2004, 128 p., Monacelli Press, ISBN 1580931464

Lorraine B. Diehl: Subways: The Tracks That Built New York City. - Sept. 2004, Clarkson Potter; ISBN: 1400052270

Stan Fischler: The Subway and the City. - July 2004, 568 p., Frank Merriwell Inc., ISBN 0837395518

David Weitzman: A Subway for New York. - Farrar Straus Giroux (March, 2005) ISBN 0374372845

Billy Collins (Introduction), Peter Peter (Photographer): The Subway Pictures. - Oct. 2004, 144 p., Random House; ISBN: 1400062845

Randy Kennedy: SUBWAYLAND: Adventures in the World Beneath New York. - Feb. 2004, 240 p., Griffin Trade Paperback; ISBN 0312324340

New York Transit Museum: New York City Subway Trains: 12 Classic Punch and Build Trains. - Dec. 2003, 48 p., Gibbs Smith Publisher; ISBN 1586853244

William D. Middleton: Metropolitan Railways: Rapid Transit in America (Railroads Past and Present). - January 2003, 400 pages, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253341795

Brian J. Cudahy: A Century of Subways: Celebrating 100 Years of New York's Underground Railways. - Oct. 2003, 360 pages, Fordham University Press, ISBN 0823222926

Brian J. Cudahy, George M. Smerk: How We Got to Coney Island: The Development of Mass Transportation in Brooklyn and Kings County. - Dec 2002, 320 pages, Fordham University Press, ISBN 082322208X

Martin W. Sandler: Straphanging in the U.S.A: Trolleys and Subways in American Life (Transportation in America). - June 2003, 48 pages, 8.50' x 10.25', Oxford University Press, ISBN 0195132297

Sr Range Tom: New York City Subway (Postcard History). - 128 p., 0.33 x 9.22 x 6.60 inches, Arcadia, 2002 ISBN 0738510866

Gene Sansone, Clifton Hood: Evolution of New York City Subways: An Illustrated History of New York City's Transit Cars, 1867-1997. - March 2002, 424 p., Johns Hopkins Univ Pr; ISBN 0801868866

Derrick, Peter: TUNNELING TO THE FUTURE: The Story of the Great Subway Expansion That Saved New York. (New York University Press, Jan 2001, 440 p.) - Paperback edition

Robert W. Snyder, Pete Hamill: Transit Talk : New York's Bus and Subway Workers Tell Their Stories. - 1998. 192 p., Rutgers University Press; ISBN 0813525772

Cudahy, B. (ed.): NEW YORK SUBWAY. - Fordham Univ Press, 1991

A facsimile of the 1904 edition originally published by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company to commemorate the opening of New York's first subway line.

Frattini, Dave: THE UNDERGROUND GUIDE TO NEW YORK CITY SUBWAYS. April 2000, 352 pages

Brooks, Michael W,: SUBWAY CITY : Riding the Trains, Reading New York 1997.

Hood, Clifton: 722 MILES : The Building of the Subways and How They Transformed New York Simon & Schuster, NY, 1993. Rather a novel, with only a few photographs.

Cudahy, Brian J.: UNDER THE SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK : The Story of the Greatest Subway System in the World Fordham University press, 1995.

SUBWAY LIVES : 24 Hours in the Life of the New York City Subway

Ravelli, Robert J.(ed.): Car-Free in New York City. The Regional Transit Guide. - Camino Books Inc., Philadelphia, 1994.

Cudahy, Brian J.: Cash, Tokens and Transfers. A History of Urban Mass Transport in North America. - Fordham University Press, NY, 1990.
Also deals with tramways and buses and includes a lot of black & white subway photographs of different US cities.

Greller, J.: Subway Cars of the BMT. - 170 pages, 1996, Xplorer Press; ISBN: 0964576511

Fischler, Stan: The Subway : A Trip Through Time on New York's Rapid Transit. - ISBN 1882608194

TRACKS OF THE NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY shows good track maps for the entire NYC subway (Order from the author!)

VIDEO: Great Metros of the World: Toronto and New York (PAL colour system)

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Oslo

Robert Schwandl:  U-BAHNEN IN SKANDINAVIEN. Metros in Scandinavia: Stockholm, Oslo, Helsinki & København . - 144 Seiten/pages, 17x24 cm, 300 Farbfotos/colour photos, 5 Netzpläne/Network maps, Text deutsch/English, ISBN 3-936573-04-2 More info | Weitere Info

Paris

Jean-Pierre Rigouard: Le Métro de Paris. Tome 2, Les lignes complémentaires (Lignes 7 - 13). - Feb. 2003, 128 pages, Alan Sutton; Collection : memoire en images, ISBN 2842538471

Jean-Pierre Rigouard: Le Métro de Paris. Tome 1: Les premières lignes.- 2002, 128 pages, Alan Sutton ISBN 2842537777

F. Descouturelle, A. Mignard, M. Rodriguez: Le Métropolitain d'Hector Guimard. - Oct. 2003, 152 p., Somogy, ISBN 2850566691

Jacobs, Gaston: LE MÉTRO DE PARIS. UN SIÈCLE DE MATÉRIEL ROULANT. - La Vie du Rail, 2001. 224 pages, hardbound, 21x30 cm. ISBN : 2-902808-97-6 A technical study of the rolling stock from 1900 to 2000.

Gérard Rolland: Stations de métro Le dictionnaire des 366 stations. - Christine Bonneton Éditeur, Paris, 2003 (new edition). - Explains origin of station names.

Jean-Paul Carminati: Dictionnaire imaginaire des stations de métro

Clive Lamming: Paris Ferroviaire. - 2002, Parigramme, ISBN 2840962926

Clive Lamming: Paris Tram. - 2003, Parigramme, ISBN 2840961962

Jean Orselli: Les nouveaux tramways: Comment ne pas rater son tram. - 2004, Paradigme, Collection: Transports et communication, 268 p., ISBN 2868782388

PARIS RAILWAY MAPS. - 4th ed., 2001, Quail Map Company, 189831957X

Plotkin, Susan L.: The Paris Metro - A Ticket to French History. - ISBN 0738852473, April 2001 (US orders) A history of station names. The interest of this book is its presentation. Instead of using alphabetical or lines order, chapters are ordered as a history of France, with an explanation everytime a station's name is related to the period studied. There are no pictures.

Roland, Gérard: PARIS METRO RETRO - C. Bonneton, 2001. ISBN 2862532797
This small book (pocket sized, printed on glossy paper) is a story of the Metro at the beginning of the 20th century through old postcards (building, trains, stations, ...) with comments by the author.

Lamming, Clive: MÉTRO INSOLITE. - Parigramme, Paris, 176 p., many photos (March 2001). ISBN 2840961903

Various: Le kiosque des noctambules, une oeuvre de Jean Michel Othoniel. - Flohic, Dec. 2000, ISBN 2842341082, 80 pages.
It' s the story of the new metro entrance called "Le Kiosque des Noctambules" at station Palais-Royal.

Chansons Metropolitains. (CD) - 48 songs from 1900-2000 related with the Métro (leaflet included). Feb. 2001

Hardy, Brian: PARIS METRO HANDBOOK. Capital Transport, new 1999 edition.

Margairaz, Michel : HISTOIRE DE LA RATP. La singulière aventure des transports parisiens. Paris: Albin Michel,1989, ISBN 2-226-03881-7. 175 p.

Tricoire, Jean: UN SIÈCLE DE MÉTRO EN 14 LIGNES. De Bienvenüe à Météor. La Vie du Rail, Paris, 1999. - Excellent book covering all aspects of the metro published for its 100th birthday.

Jean Tricoire: Le métro de Paris : 1899-1911 : images de la construction. - Paris-Musées, Paris, 1999.

Game/Michaud: Métro histoires illustrees des stations

Je travaillais dans le métro...

Satoshi Kako: Les travaux du métro

Sheila Hallsted-Baumert, a.o.: Métro-cité : le chemin de fer métropolitain à la conquête de Paris, 1871-1945

Jean-Claude Demory: Le métro de chez nous

Le métro a cent ans - agenda 2000

Berton, Claude and Alexandre Ossadzow: FULGENCE BIENVENÜE et la construction du Métropolitain de Paris. - Presses de l'école nationale des Ponts et chaussées, Paris, 1998.

Bruno Latour: ARAMIS ou l'amour des techniques. - La Decouverte (Textes a l App); ISBN 2707121207. Explains a former MATRA project of a small automatic metro tested in Paris in the 1980's.

Heidi Wiese: Unter den Straßen von Paris. Geschichte und Geschichten von Pariser Metro Stationen - 1995

Philadelphia

Car Free in Philadelphia : The Regional Public Transit Guide 1993-1994 Edition by Robert J. Ravelli

Porto

Christoph Groneck: METROS IN PORTUGAL. - Urban Rail in and around Lisbon and Porto.
- Sept 2008, Robert Schwandl Verlag, Berlin, ISBN 9783936573206

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Rennes

Jean Normand: Le Val de Rennes: Un combat pour la ville. - 167 p., 28 Feb 2002, Apogée; ISBN 2843981123

Philippe Chapleau, Jean-Michel Niester: Métro de Rennes métropole: Chronique d'un chantier. - 63 p. (20 Feb 2002), Ouest-France (Patrimoine), ISBN 2737330017

Michel Philiponneau: Le VAL à Rennes

Rhein-Ruhr-Area

incl. Düsseldorf, Essen, Dortmund, Wuppertal

Christoph Groneck, Paul Lohkemper, Robert Schwandl:RHEIN-RUHR STADTBAHN ALBUM 1: Düsseldorf, Duisburg, Oberhausen, Mülheim, Essen. Light Rail Networks in the Rhine-Ruhr Area - Vol. 1 - 144 pages, 17x24 cm, 400 colour photos, 5 Network maps, 4 Track maps, Text deutsch/English, ISBN 3-936573-06-9; More info | Weitere Info

Nahverkehr an Rhein und Ruhr - Spezialheft des Straßenbahnmagazins
(Public Transport in the Rhein-Ruhr-Area)

--: STADTBAHNEN IN DEUTSCHLAND innovativ - flexibel - attraktiv. LIGHT RAIL IN GERMANY. - VDV (Verband deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen), Düsseldorf, May 2000. ISBN 3870946458

Höltge, Dieter: Straßen- und Stadtbahnen in Deutschland. Band 4: Ruhrgebiet. Von Dortmund bis Duisburg.- EK-Verlag, Freiburg, 1993. ISBN 3882553340.
The complete history of all tramway networks in the area, from the 19th century until the conversion to Stadtbahn.

Rotterdam

Wagenaar, Aad: METRO / SCHIPPER MAG IK OVERVAREN. - Arbeiderspers, Amsterdam, 1968. The story of the construction of the first segment of the north-south line (Centraal Station - Zuidplein).

Rotterdam bouwt een Metro (Rotterdam is building a metro).
Published by Dienst van Gemeentewerken Rotterdam, 1986. ISBN: 90 900 1237-0

Beeldende kunst en de Rotterdamse metro (Art and the Rotterdam Metro)
Published by Dienst van Gemeentewerken Rotterdam

San Francisco

William D. Middleton: Metropolitan Railways: Rapid Transit in America (Railroads Past and Present). - January 2003, 400 pages, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253341795

VIDEO: Great Metros of the World: San Francisco and Washington (PAL colour system)

Seoul

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Stockholm

Robert Schwandl:  U-BAHNEN IN SKANDINAVIEN. Metros in Scandinavia: Stockholm, Oslo, Helsinki & København . - 144 Seiten/pages, 17x24 cm, 300 Farbfotos/colour photos, 5 Netzpläne/Network maps, Text deutsch/English, ISBN 3-936573-04-2 More info | Weitere Info

Stockholm under : 50 år - 100 stationer Published for Stockholm metro's 50th birthday in 2000. ISBN 9176088324

En värld under jord : färg och form i tunnel... Art on the underground. - ISBN 9170311072

Stuttgart

NAHVERKEHR IN STUTTGART. - 120 Seiten - GeraNova Zeitschriftenverlag, 2002 ISBN 3897240130

Bauer, Gottfried & Theurer, Ulrich: Von der Straßenbahn zur Stadtbahn Stuttgart 1975-2000. Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen Band IV. - Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen AG, Stuttgart, 2000. ISBN 3000066152, 320 pages, largely colour illustrated.

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Tbilisi

Toronto

THE TTC STORY - The First 75 Years

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Tokyo

Boye De Mente, Atsushi Umeda: The Pocket Tokyo Subway Guide. - 112 p., April 2002, Kodansha Europe, ISBN 4770027788

Shaw, Dennis: TOKYO SUBWAYS. - Hoikusha, Osaka, 1992.

11x15 cm, soft cover with 135 pages, incl. 33 color and 39 b/w photos
English version ISBN 4-586-54045-1, Japanese version ISBN 4-586-50832-9

TOKYO METROPOLITAN AREA RAIL & ROAD ATLAS

This atlas provides place and station names both in English and Japanese with detailed operation maps of all railways in and around Tokyo incl. Yokohama. ISBN 4770017812

VIDEO: Great Metros of the World: Tokyo and Seoul (PAL colour system)

Toulouse

Autié, Dominique (ed.): UN MÉTRO POUR LE GRAND TOULOUSE. Editions Privat, 1993. - ISBN 2-7089-9071-3.

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València

Schwandl, Robert: METROS IN SPAIN. The Underground Railways of Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Bilbao.- Capital Transport Publishing, London, July 2001- ISBN 1854142429 More info

Alcaide González, Rafael: EL TRENET DE VALENCIA
Edición Lluís Prieto, Monografías del Ferrocarril 9, Barcelona, 1998. ISBN 84-921005-8-3

Vienna

Wiener Linien GmbH (ed.): 3 JAHRZEHNTE U-BAHN-BAU IN WIEN. Mit Vorschau auf die 3. Ausbauphase. - 2000, Keller Verlag, Wien, ISBN 3-900607-39-7

Wiener Stadtwerke (ed.): ZEITMASCHINE U-BAHN. Eine Reise durch Jahrtausende. - Ueberreuter, Wien, 1994.

Published by the subway company themselves, the book shows bright colour photographs of all artistically interesting stations on the Vienna subway, especially on the new line U3 (the "culture line").

Largely illustrated history of today's U4, U6 and S45 focusing on Otto Wagner's stations, 160 pages.
 

Washington

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority: METRO AT 25. Celebrating the Past. Building the Future. - WMATA, 96 p, A4, largely illustrated, colour, ISBN 0970871902 (More)

Michael Brein's Guide to Washington by the Metro. - ISBN 1886590095

William D. Middleton: Metropolitan Railways: Rapid Transit in America (Railroads Past and Present). - January 2003, 400 pages, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253341795

VIDEO: Great Metros of the World: San Francisco and Washington (PAL colour system)

Wuppertal

Herbert Günther: Die Wuppertaler Schwebebahn. - Aug. 2004, Sutton Verlag, ISBN 3897026791

VIDEO: Die Wuppertaler Schwebebahn, 1 GeraNova (PAL colour system)

Kurt Schnöring: Die Wuppertaler Schwebebahn. Fotografien und Geschichte. - 2001, Wartberg Verlag, 48 p., many b/w photos, ISBN: 3861348438

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RELATED BOOKS

Pesaresi, Marco: Underground : Travels on the Global Metro. - 128 pages, 1998, Aperture; ISBN: 0893817538. People on subways around the world photographs.