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Post by angelislington on Dec 9, 2007 0:50:46 GMT
So. Hypothetically, you get the chance to visit any 5 metro or subway systems in the world (other than our lovely London Underground, of course).
What would you pick? And why?
I'm thinking, personally, Chicago, New York, Moscow, Berlin... stuck on a 5th...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2007 2:35:10 GMT
I would go for Paris, Tokyo, New York, Moscow, and Mexico City. I have yet to visit the last two.
Close contenders would be Madrid, Berlin, Santiago, Osaka, BART, and Chicago. Again I have yet to visit the latter two.
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Post by mrfs42 on Dec 9, 2007 3:28:58 GMT
<sigh> She really *does* want to do the Chicago 'El' - I blame the Yerkes influence.  |
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Post by suncloud on Dec 9, 2007 9:18:18 GMT
Chicago and New York would be up on mine. (Maybe if I get that money I'm owed from my last job i could have a holiday in January).
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Post by tubeprune on Dec 9, 2007 13:35:02 GMT
If you have a choice, I would recommend New York as No 1. Then BART to see the opposite side of American subways, then Hong Kong (both KCR and MTR) because they cope with so much traffic, Moscow for the architecture and Paris for the mix of rubber tyred and steel wheel. No one has ever paid me to go to Moscow, so I haven't been there yet!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2007 18:27:15 GMT
Tokyo has a linear powered(?) subway line. Try 8am in Tokyo once for fun!
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Post by angelislington on Dec 9, 2007 19:02:31 GMT
Ooo, Tokyo, Santiago, Mexico City... hmmm!
Funnily enough I didn't like the Paris metro much. Rather unfriendly, large open spaces & such. It was a bit too... clinical, I think? I shall have to think about it some more.
And Chicago=Yerkes? Maybe!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2007 9:41:43 GMT
Tokyo has a linear powered(?) subway line. Try 8am in Tokyo once for fun! The Oedo Line uses smallish profile trains and linear induction motors. Linear motored metros are becoming more common (especially in Japan and China), as the trains floor can be closer to the track, reducing the tunnel diameter and thus construction costs. Having travelled in Tokyo during the rush hour, it seems no more crowded than the Victoria Line or Paris Line 13. |
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