Moscow 莫斯科：

The metro opened in 1935. Many entrance buildings are just as architecturally spectacular as the stations below. Some stations are very deep and have been planned to serve as bomb shelters.



Entrance building of Arbatskaya station on the first metro stretch from 1935.

Moscow's metro stations are a heritage of the socialist regime, originally intended to be 'palaces for the people'. With their marble-clad walls, chandelier lighting, and other precious interior, many indeed resemble palaces or cathedrals.



Central part of the platform of Komsomolskaya station built in 1952 on the circle line.

Many sculptures, reliefs and murals are found in the stations [metrosoyuza.net]. Besides Moscow, some other cities of the former Soviet Union have metro stations of similar grandeur. However, the ones in Moscow are the most numerous and the most spectacular. Fortunately, even the new stations opened in the 21st century are of good architectural quality.



The platform of Kropotkinskaya station built in 1935.

Munich慕尼黑：

This metro system has been opened in 1972 and has spacious and clean stations. The earlier ones are rather minimalistic in design while the later ones got more interesting architectural features and some works of art.



Dülferstraße station from 1993 by Peter Lanz and Jürgen Rauch.



Westfriedhof station from 1998 with its simple concrete walls and its exceptional lighting concept by Ingo Maurer.

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Naples那不勒斯：

Line M1 has been turned into "Il Metro dell'Arte" as six stations have been upgraded with a lot of artworks [danpiz.net]. Museo station accommodates an archaeological exhibit of many objects found during metro construction [umuc.edu].



Museo station, opened in 2001.

There are more interesting stations to follow when line M1 will be extended to finally become a circle line



Vanvitelli station, opened in 1993.

New York City纽约：

Since the subway system was inaugurated in 1904 by competing companies, it has some interesting station design, above ground as well as below.



Historic ticket kiosk at the entrance of Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall station.

NYC's subway became a little neglected in the following decades and earned a reputation of crime and grime. But besides significantly improving all stations, trains, and the safety since the 1980's, MTA started to thoroughly refurbish 15 historic stations to their original appearance, e.g. 33rd Street. Ceramic wall decors and mosaic signs are present in most underground stations and come in a wide variety.



Ceramic station name mosaic at the refurbished 33rd Street station.

MTA's 'Arts for Transit' program, founded in 1985, hosts more than 150 modern works of site-specific public art in stations.



Some of many humourous bronze sculptures, this is 'Life Underground' by Tom Otterness in 14th Street station installed in 2004.

Paris巴黎：

The distinctive, ornate, Art Nouveau metro entrances designed by Hector Guimard are a famous synonym for Paris's metro. Some are lost but 88 of them still exist. RATP has given reproductions to the subways in Chicago, Lisbon, Mexico City and the MoMA in New York, and an original entrance to Montreal.



The entrance at Porte Dauphine station, opened in 1900, is one of the larger ones.

The elegant metro stations in Paris are mostly column-free vaults with white bevelled tiles that look similar throughout. The system was inaugurated in 1900. Everything has been refurbished for its 100th anniversary.



Cité station on line 4.

An enjoyable architecture has also been implemented in Paris's newest RER stations as well as in the stations of the new driverless metro line 14 (Météor).



Magenta RER station with its interesting lighting.

Porto波尔图：

This city in northern Portugal got a light rail system in 2002. At street level, tracks are often embedded in grass. 15 of the 78 stations are underground.



Entrance of Pólo Universitário station (2004).

Underground station architecture, surface-station furniture, signage and typography are quite consistent in their cool minimalistic elegance. Predominant materials are concrete, glass, and steel. Architect of all stations is Eduardo Souto de Moura, a former student of Alvaro Siza.



Casa da Musica station.

Prague布拉格：

Some of the stations seem to be a homage to Victor Vasarely or kinetic artists of the 1970s. There are thousandfold repetitions of glass or aluminium elements with all stations looking different.



Jinonice station, built in 1988 on line B. Walls are covered with tube-shaped glass tiles.  

On line A, which was opened in 1978, station walls are covered with aluminium tiles which come in three versions (convex, concave or flat) and in different shades of colour. The designers thus managed to create a stunning, science-fiction-like appearance.



Flora station built in 1980 on line A.

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Düsseldorf杜塞尔多弗：

The unique suspended monorail in the city of Wuppertal runs above the Wupper river and was opened in 1901. Some historic stations have been carefully restored and contrast in a nice way with rebuilt, architecturally interesting stations from the 1990's.



Landgericht station from 1903.  

Rhine-Ruhr area is an agglomeration of about 30 cities in western Germany with some 20 metro-tram lines and 9 S-Bahn lines.



The combined metro-tram and bus station Neue Mitte, built in 1996 in the city of Oberhausen, was obviously influenced by deconstructivist architecture.



Lohring metro tram station from 2006 in the city of Bochum with a platform made of frosted glass, illuminated from below.

Rio de Janeiro里约圣内卢：

Only few stations in Rio are spectacular, but all are spacious and have little advertising. Many have marble walls and some are architecturally interesting. The metro was inaugurated in 1979.



Cardeal Arcoverde station in Copacabana, built in 2002.

Rotterdam鹿特丹：

This metro was opened in 1968 and has some stations which are as futuristic as the city itself. Some stations contain works of art.



Entrance building of Blaak station on the Calandlijn.

Other examples of interesting stations are Stadhuis (water flowing along vertical glass panels), Oostplein (glass windows in the floor) and some stations on the new stretch of the Calandlijn between Marconiplein and Tussenwater.



Wilhelminaplein station, built in 1997.

Saint Petersburg圣彼得堡：

Outstanding, palace-like stations are found here, similar to those in Moscow [metrowalks.ru], [metrosoyuza.net]. Some of the older metro entrances are elaborate round buildings.



Entrance building of Ploshchad Vosstaniya station from 1955.

Most stations in Saint Petersburg are of excellent architectural quality. Dazzling, themed metro stations are on the first metro stretch between Avtovo and Ploshchad Vosstaniya, which opened in 1955.



Platform of Avtovo station with 30 marble columns and 16 glass columns.

The metro is the world's deepest with an average station being 60 meters below ground. Some stations double as bomb shelters.



Platform level of Krestovskiy Ostrov station from 1999.