Rapid transit systems have come a long way since the first of them was built over one and a half centuries ago in London. As subways became an integral component of public transportation networks in major cities around the globe, some subway stations have turned out to be true architectural masterpieces.
Toledo metro station in Naples.
The interior of the Formosa Boulevard Mass Rapid Transit Station in Kaohsiung, in southern Taiwan.
St. Petersburg's Avtovo metro station.
People wait for their trains at the Tekniska Hogskolan subway station in Stockholm.
A subway passenger stands on an escalator at the Olaias metro station in Lisbon.
Khalid Bin Al Waleed station, Dubai Metro.
a train arrives at the "Arts et Métiers" metro station in Paris.
Westfriedhof station, Munich.
Komsomolskaya metro station, Circular Line of the Moscow Metro.
A man walks through the T-Centralen subway station in Stockholm.
