metroNews

Check out other great Subway related listingsCheck out the latest metroNews from around the worldGo to ameriMetro HomepageGo to asiaMetro HomepageGo to euroMetro HomepageGo to Homepage

Latest openings of Metro, Subway or other Urban Rapid Rail Lines all around the world (1999):

 Opened CITY New line or extension km stations
28/Jan/2000
Athens
Lines 2 and 3 Sepolia - Syntagma - Ethniki Amyna
 13
14
 
19/Jan/2000
Nagoya
Meijo Line Ozone - Sunadabashi
 
2
 
10/Jan/2000
Tokyo
Tama Monorail (to Tama Center)
 
 
 
1/Jan/2000
Rome
Line A Valle Aurelia - Battistini
 
3
{short description of image}
24/Dec/99
Taipei
Nankang-Panchiao-Line City Hall - Lungshan Temple
 
9
{short description of image}
22/Dec/99
London
Jubilee Line - Westminster station (Line complete)
--
1
{short description of image}
19/Dec/99
Berlin
S4 Jungfernheide -Westhafen
3
2
{short description of image}
16/Dec/99
Manila
EDSA (Metrostar) Line
16.8
10
{short description of image}
15/Dec/99
Mexico
Line B: Buenavista - Villa de Aragón
13
13
{short description of image}
11/Dec/99
Moscow
Dubrovka station on Lyublinskaya Line
--
1
{short description of image}
7/Dec/99
Inchon
Pakchon - Kyulhyon
1.5
1
{short description of image}
5/Dec/99
Bangkok
BTS Skytrain
23
24
{short description of image}
3/Dec/99
London
DLR: Cutty Sark station
--
1
{short description of image}
27/Nov/99
Nürnberg
U2 Herrenhütte - Flughafen
3.3
2
{short description of image}
22/Nov/99
Seoul
Line 2 - Tangsan bridge reopened 
1.3
 -
{short description of image}
20/Nov/99
London
Docklands LR - Lewisham extension (not Cutty Sark)
 
4
{short description of image}
20/Nov/99
London
Jubilee Line: Green Park - Waterloo (not Westminster) and Southwark station
 
1
{short description of image}
11/Nov/99
Taipei
Hsintien Line Kuting - Hsintien
7
8
{short description of image}
 6/Nov/99 Singapore Bukit-Panjang LRT (automatic people mover)  7.8 13
{short description of image}
28/Oct/99
Shanghai
Line 2
16.4
12
{short description of image}
27/Oct/99
Barcelona
Line 4 Via Júlia (formerly Roquetes) - Trinitat Nova
0.6
1
{short description of image}
27/Oct/99
Madrid
Line 5 Eugenia de Montijo station
--
1
{short description of image}
17/Oct/99
Prague
Hloubetín station on Line B
--
1
{short description of image}
7/Oct/99
London
Jubilee Line: London Bridge station
--
1
{short description of image}
6/Oct/99
Inchon
Line 1
24.6
22
{short description of image}
24/Sept/99
London
Jubilee Line: Waterloo station
 
1
{short description of image}
18/Sept/99
Washington
Green Line central section F.Totten - U Street/C.
 
2
{short description of image}
17/Sept/99
London
Jubilee Line North Greenwich - Bermondsey
 
 3
{short description of image}
11/Sept/99
Stuttgart
U7 Ruhbank-Heumaden
4
3
{short description of image}
7/Sept/99
Madrid
Line 8  Aeropuerto - Barajas (Pueblo)
1
1
{short description of image}
3/Sept/99
St.Petersburg
Station Krestovsky Ostrov on Line 4
 --
1
{short description of image}
29/Aug/99
Yokohama
Totsuka - Shonandai extension
7.4
5
{short description of image}
18/Aug/99
Lille
Line 2 Fort de Mons - Tourcoing Centre
 12
16
{short description of image}
12/July/99
Paris
EOLE (RER E) Magenta - Haussmann/St.Lazare
 
2
{short description of image}
2/July/99
Seoul
Line 8 Chamshil - Amsa
 
4
{short description of image}
30/June/99
Pusan
Line 2 Somyon - Hop'o
22
20
{short description of image}
28/June/99
Guangzhou
Line 1 full length
18
16
{short description of image}
26/June/99
Kuala Lumpur
PUTRA Line northern branch
 
14
{short description of image}
21/June/99
Buenos Aires
Line D J. Hernández - Juramento
 
1
{short description of image}
14/June/99
Madrid
L8 - Campo de las Naciones - Aeropuerto/Airport
5.6
1
{short description of image}
12/June/99
Los Angeles
Red Line Wilshire/Vermont-Hollywood/Vine
7.4
5
{short description of image}
30/May/99
Munich
U2: Innsbrucker Ring - Messestadt Ost
6.6
6
{short description of image}
29/May/99
Roma
Line A: Ottaviano - Valle Aurelia
 
2
{short description of image}
29/May/99
Frankfurt
U6 Zoo - Ostbahnhof
 0.6
1
{short description of image}
20/May/99
Valencia
Line 3 Av. Cid - Mislata-Almassil
2.4
3
{short description of image}
14/May/99
London
Jubiliee Line: Stratford - North Greenwich
5
4
{short description of image}
19/Apr/99
Cairo
Line 2 extended under Nile River to Cairo University
 5
4
{short description of image}
7/Apr/99
Madrid
L9 Puerta de Arganda - Arganda del Rey
18
4
{short description of image}
 29/Mar/99
Madrid Line 7 Valdezarza - Pitis 4.2 5
{short description of image}
March 99
Tehran
Tehran-Karaj-Mehrshahr Express Line 
41.5
10
{short description of image}  3/Mar/99 Madrid  Line 1: M. Hernández - Congosto 2.4 3
{short description of image}
25/Feb/99
Sapporo
Tozai Line Kotoni - Miyanosawa
2.8
3
{short description of image}  12/Feb/99 Madrid  Line 7 Canal - Valdezarza 4.6 4
{short description of image}
14/Jan/99
 St.Petersburg  Line 4 (Orange) - Chkalovskaya - Staraya Derevnya   1

Metro lines opened in 1998

Scheduled to open soon:
 
 
   Scheduled CITY New line or extension km stations
? 1999 Tehran Line 2 Imam Khomeini Sq - Azadi 10 10
 Spring 2000 Berlin  U2 Vinetastraße - Pankow  1

metroLiterature - Books on subways and underground networks


{short description of image}In 1999 the following cities have metro systems or extensions under construction:

Years show beginning of construction / planned completion

Europe:

Amsterdam (north-south line - 1999/2006)
Athens (lines 2 and 3 /1999)
Barcelona (extension of line 3 (1999/2001)
Bilbao (new line 2 1997/2001-2006)
Brussels (Line 1B extension from Bizet to Erasme Hospital)
Copenhague (line 1)
Dnepropetrovsk (extension of first line into city centre)
Donetsk (first line)
Frankfurt (U4 to Bockenheimer Warte /2000)
Genoa (extension of first line through city centre)
Istanbul (first line phase 1/1999; phase 2 1998/)
Kazan' (first line)
Lille (Line 2 Tourcoing Centre-C.H.Dron /2000)
Lisbon (line A to Sta. Apolónia /2000; Line B Campo Grande - Odivelas 1999/2003)
Lyon (Line B extension south)
Madrid (L-8 Mar de Cristal - N. Ministerios, L-10 Puerta Batán - Alarcón, MetroSur Ring Line)
Milan (Line 3 extension north - 2 stations)
Munich (U1 and U3 west to OEZ)
Naples (Collinare line to city centre)
Paris (line 14 to St. Lazare)
Rennes (first VAL line)
Rome (line A west extension /1999; line B1 Bologna - Conca d'Oro /2005)
Rotterdam (western extension of east-west line - Beneluxlijn)
St. Petersburg (rebuilding of interrupted section on the red line, Line 4 St.Derevnya - Komendantsky Prospekt /2000; Line 5)
Sofia (extension of first line into city centre)
Stuttgart (U7 south)
Thessaloniki (Line 1 VAL 1999/2004)
Torino (First VAL Line - 10km -15 stations Fermi - Porta Nuova, 2005)
Toulouse (VAL line B, extension Line A north to Gramont)
Ufa (Russia) (First line)
Vienna (U3 south to Simmering /2000)
Warsaw (first line extension north)
 
 
 

America:

Bogotá (Line A)(?)
Brasília (first line)
Buenos Aires (Line B, 2 stations)
Ciudad de México (Line B - Villa de Aragón - Ciudad Azteca /2000)
Fortaleza (Brasil) (first line)
Lima (First Line)
Los Angeles (Red line extension to North Hollywood /2000)
Recife (Second line conversion)
Saint Louis (St.Claire extension)
San Francisco (BART to Airport)
San Juan (Puerto Rico) (first line)
Santiago de Chile (Line 5 extension into city centre, /2000)
Sao Paulo (lines 2, 4 and conversion of lines 5, 6, 7)
Toronto (new Sheppard Subway line 1992/2002)
Valencia (Venezuela) (First Line)
Washington (Green line extension south)
 

Asia:

Ankara
Bangkok
Chelyabinsk (First Line)
Chennai (southern extension of Line 1)
Delhi
Bursa (Turkey) (LR Line with 3km underground section)
Izmir (Turkey) (First line)
Kaohsiung (First line)
Krasnoyarsk (First line)
Kuala Lumpur (Monorail Line)
Mumbai (Bombay) (?)
Nagoya (No.4 line)
Omsk (first line)
Pusan (Line 2 east)
Seoul (Line 6 and Line 7 extension)
Shanghai (Line 2 extensios and Line 3)
Singapore (Bukit-Panjang People Mover /1999; North-East Subway Line 1998/2002)
Taegu (South Korea) (Line 2)
Taipei (Blue and green lines)
Taejon (Korea) (First line)
Tehran (Lines 1 and 2 /1999)
Tokyo (Line 12 and Namboku Line extensions)

Africa:

Cairo (Line 2 to Giza)
 

Australia:


(?) Information on construction of a metro in these cities is not confirmed!

If there is anything missing on this page, let me know via e-mail!