Introduction
With the continuous progress of various industries, cities, the building blocks of a national economy, continue to be more crowded. That is why many cities are choosing to build metro systems, together with flyovers, and highways. The subway (also called underground, tube, or métro) is an underground railway system used to transport passengers throughout urban and suburban areas. It is typically built beneath city streets for ease of construction, but it can also cross elevated paths or rivers. They serve as an alternative route to avoid busy roads or other barriers and have become one of the most significant modes of mass transportation. Let’s explore more about them.
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The world's first underground train system is The London Underground opened in 1863. It was built as part of a city-improvement plan to reduce street congestion. The line was a success from the start, carrying 9,500,000 people in its first year, and was praised as "the great engineering triumph of the day" by The Times. The line first used steam-powered trains.
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However, steam-powered trains were a problem of early underground systems. Even though there were vents built, it was not enough, too much smoke and steam built up causing health concerns to the passengers and train operators. It wasn’t until 1890, the opening of the "London's City & South London Railway" that they started using electric power trans to make the transit smoke-free. Electric trains have many advantages over steam ones.
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Many followed and similar underground "subways" began to appear in major cities all over the world such as in Budapest, Paris, Boston, New York, and Tokyo. According to Intelligent Transport, the busiest metro system is in Seoul, South Korea, a bustling metropolis with a population density of 16,000 people per square kilometer. In 2019, their Seoul Metropolitan Subway had 2.9 billion riders.
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No other mass transit system in the world compares to the opulent architecture and chandelier lighting found underneath Moscow's streets. Going inside Moscow metro stations is like visiting a museum. The designs symbolize Russia's socialist government and are intended to serve as underground 'people's palaces.' It is also among the cleanest and most efficient transportation in the world.
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While the U.S. has one thing that separates them from the rest: it owns the only four rapid transit metro systems in the world running a complete 24-hour. They are the NYC Subway, the Chicago L system's Blue and Red Lines, Philadelphia's PATCO System, and the NYC to New Jersey PATH - Port Authority Trans Hudson - system.
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But flooding is a problem of NYC subways. On September 1, 2021, New York was struck by record rains and flash floods as a result of hurricane Ida. Waterfalls appeared in some stations. The underground system was built a long time ago, and back then, rising sea levels and excessive storms were not taken into account. Experts said that the water problem can be addressed by preventing street flooding in the first place and protecting subway entrances.
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