Recently,the studies of urban public transportation networks based on complex network have attracted extensive attention,relevant research findings are helpful to understand the operation mechanism of urban public transport network in depth,and will aid the design,optimization and control of such networks.This paper first introduces the research background,the network description and some related network concepts of urban public transportation networks,then summarizes and analyzes the research status from aspects of static characteristic analysis,evolutionary generation modeling,behavior study,and application research.Finally,the current research situation and development opportunities for urban public transportation networks based on complex network are summarized and discussed.