Rapid Transit Timelines and Scale Comparison

five years earlier (or press a) --- five years later (or press s)
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(maps ordered by opening date; click a city name in sidebar to jump to its map)

London
2020 map New York
2020 map Paris
2020 map Berlin
2020 map Chicago
2020 map Boston
2020 map Wien
2020 map Tokyo
2020 map Osaka
2020 map San Francisco
2020 map Madrid
2020 map München
2020 map Sydney
2020 map Moskva
2020 map Milano
2020 map México
2020 map Beijing
2020 map Seoul
2020 map São Paulo
2020 map Washington
2020 map Hong Kong / Shenzhen
2020 map Singapore
2020 map Shanghai
2020 map Taipei
2020 map

five years earlier (or press a) --- five years later (or press s)

Based on frequent midday service at the end of the year in question (notes).
Scale: = 10 km (10 CSS pixels per km)

Please send any corrections or questions to threestationsquare at gmail dot com.

See also: miscellaneous timelines and maps

By Alexander Rapp (CC-BY-SA) based on map data by OpenStreetMap contributors and historical sources.