- The top speed of the world's fastest underground train, located in Guangzhou, China is 83 miles/hour. The average speed of the underground train is 20.5 miles/hour.
- The world's busiest subway systems are ( passengers in billions )
- Tokyo 3.5 billions
- Moscow 2.4 billions
- Seoul 2.1 billions
- New York 1.6 billions
- Paris 1.5 billions
- Beijing 1.5 billions
- Mexico City 1.4 billions
- Hong Kong 1.3 billions
- Shanghai 1.3 billions
- London 1.1 billions
- Subways Developements
- 1863 London subway introduced - first system in the world
- 1870 New York
- 1897 Boston
- 1900 Paris
- 1913 Bueno Aires
- 1927 Tokyo
- 1967 Air Conditioned Trains introduced in New York
- 1976 First Automated System in San Franscisco
- 1990 Los Angeles
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Underground Train
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