Underground mass-transit lines are expensive to build, but they are the most efficient form of transportation in major cities. Today about 145 cities in more than 50 countries have a subway system.
38.5 tons is the Weight of a Baltimore metro railcar
51% of all New York subway-related fatalities are suicides—approximately 26 people annually. Globally, only 40% of subway suicide attempts prove fatal.
159,176 passengers pass through New York’s Times Square subway station—the U.S.’s busiest—every day.
With 468 stations, New York City has just 35 fewer platforms than all other subway systems in the U.S. combined.
1,845 feet is the average distance between metro stations in Paris.
25,000 buses will probably be discontinued when Saudi Arabia opens its new metro in Mecca this year.
9,700,000 Americans use the subway daily—35 times as many as take planes.
2,000 Is the amount of passengers one 10-car train in San Francisco can carry.
There are 589 escalators scattered throughout Washington, D.C.’s metro system. D.C.’s Wheaton Station also has the longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere, at 230 feet.
4 feet, 8.5 inches Is the typical track gauge, the distance between rails, in the U.S.
By late 2011, Philadelphia subway trains will store and reuse 50% of the kinetic energy generated by braking.
260 feet Is the depth of the deepest subway platform in North America: Washington Park Station, in Portland, Oregon
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