--- title: Metro url: "https://www.systra.com/en/markets/metro/" type: markets date_published: 2023-11-27 date_modified: 2026-07-13 schema: @type: WebPage language: en-US word_count: 894 reading_time: 5 min canonical: "https://www.systra.com/en/markets/metro/" featured_image: "https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/gettyimages-1060914442-scaled.jpg" type-market: - Urban mobilities --- # Metro ![Metro](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/gettyimages-1060914442-scaled.jpg) ## Metros to keep the world’s cities moving **From Montreal to Sydney, via Santiago, London, Paris, Cairo and Mumbai, SYSTRA has been involved in almost 1 in 2 metro lines worldwide. Our experts in urban transport cover all aspects of metro projects, from the creation of new networks from scratch or new lines, to extensions or optimisation, including the complete automation of existing infrastructure.** We are the world leader in automated metros, with **60% of lines** in service, under construction or being automated. SYSTRA’s engineers deployed the very first automatic control systems back in the 1970s, with VAL-type full **automatic control systems** in Lille and CBTC-type systems on line 14 in Paris. ![ligne-14-small](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/ligne-14-small-1024x645.png) ### Pioneering metros signed SYSTRA Our references include a number of world firsts: the longest automatic line in **Dubai**, the busiest line in the world in **Makkah**, lines on one of the densest networks in **Shanghai**, and a large part of the project management and project management assistance for the world’s most ambitious metro project, the **Grand Paris Express** (Paris region). ### SYSTRA at the heart of all phases of a metro project To bring these projects to fruition, we are equally proficient in technical design, from preliminary studies to commissioning, in project management or assistance with operation management, auditing and independent checks, whether in the field of civil engineering, systems and signalling, command and control or passenger information and experience. ![header_metro_montreal2](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/header_metro_montreal2-1024x645.jpg) ### the future of the metro as seen by SYSTRA and Usbek & Rica In a context of constant change and proliferation, SYSTRA and Usbek & Rica are looking at possible future scenarios for the metro. Can it still be a field of innovation? What will it look like in 15 years’ time? And beyond? _Booklet published in 2020._ [AN exclusive 30-page booklet can be accessed here ](https://www.systra.com/SYSTRA-Usbek-Rica-futurs-du-metro/) ## Our references - ![Dubai Metro – United Arab Emirates](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/13-dubai-474x474.jpg) - [ Dubai Metro – United Arab Emirates ](https://www.systra.com/en/project/dubai-metro-united-arab-emirates/) - ![Crossrail – Elizabeth Line – United Kingdom](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2023-capa-uk-elizabeth_line-181-474x474.jpg) - [ Crossrail – Elizabeth Line – United Kingdom ](https://www.systra.com/en/projects/crossrail-united-kingdom/) - ![Grand Paris Express (Lines 15, 16, 17 and 18) – France](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/header_grand_paris-express-474x474.jpg) - [ Grand Paris Express (Lines 15, 16, 17 and 18) – France ](https://www.systra.com/en/project/grand-paris-express-lines-15-16-17-and-18/) - ![Sydney Metro – Australia](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/page-51-sydney-002-474x474.jpg) - [ Sydney Metro – Australia ](https://www.systra.com/en/project/sydney-metro-australia/) - ![Mumbai Metro – India](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/metro_mumbai-474x474.jpg) - [ Mumbai Metro – India ](https://www.systra.com/en/project/mumbai-metro-india/) - ![Doha Metro- Qatar](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/doha-metro-station-780x520_green-line-meed-1-474x474.jpg) - [ Doha Metro- Qatar ](https://www.systra.com/en/projects/doha-metro-qatar/) - ![Cairo Metro – Egypt](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cairo-metro_gettyimages-1658735051-474x474.jpg) - [ Cairo Metro – Egypt ](https://www.systra.com/en/project/cairo-metro-egypt/) - ![Nagpur Metro – India](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/3-474x474.jpg) - [ Nagpur Metro – India ](https://www.systra.com/en/project/the-nagpur-metro/) - ![Santiago Metro – Chile](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/line-3-474x474.jpg) - [ Santiago Metro – Chile ](https://www.systra.com/en/projects/santiago-metro-chile/) [ See a selection of SYSTRA's projects ](https://www.systra.com/en/our-projects/?market=metro) ## Discover our transportation buildings expertise ![uk-mep-project-edited](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/uk-mep-project-edited-1024x640.jpg) _markets Stations Read more sur Stations_ ![LGV Maroc](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/header-maroc-lgv-1024x683.jpg) _markets Transportation technical buildings Read more sur Transportation technical buildings_ ![xiamen-depot-gaoqi-depot-china](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/xiamen-depot-gaoqi-depot-china-1024x576.jpg) _markets Transportation depot facilities and operation control centres Read more sur Transportation depot facilities and operation control centres_ ![METRO NEW EN](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/metro-new-en-1024x683.png) ### see our metro brochure Metro powering modern, inclusive cities. [DOWNLOAD](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/systra-metro-en-2026-04-v19-ld.pdf) ## Check our other markets [ ![Bus Rapid Transit](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/usa-31060-gettyimages-1140362440.jpg) ### Bus Rapid Transit [ ![Disruptive transport](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/img_bandeau_transp_dirsruptifv1.jpg) ### Disruptive transport [ ![Bridges & Viaducts](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/pont-header-panama.png) ### Bridges & Viaducts [ ![Healthcare](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/header_sante_marche.jpg) ### Healthcare [ ![Control & Communications](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/controle-commande-pcc-scaled.jpg) ### Control & Communications [ ![Cable car & monorail](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/gettyimages-1310838090-small.png) ### Cable car & monorail [ ![Education](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/ruyton-girls-school-performing-arts-centre_australia.jpg) ### Education [ ![Commercial & Mixed-Use](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/img_header_loc_comerciaux.jpg) ### Commercial & Mixed-Use [ ![Conventional Rail](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/canada-go-expansion3-scaled-1.jpg) ### Conventional Rail [ ![Stations](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/uk-mep-project-edited.jpg) ### Stations