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Mike
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 Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:06 pm Post subject: Metro world records, subway superlatives |
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Hi all, I have an idea for a new thread:
There are always those simple yet burning questions about metros of the world. You have read an interesting superlative somewhere but have long forgotten the details.
This is the place to collect metro world records: Which is the deepest station? The longest escalator? The widest train profile? The longest platform? The widest gauge? The most works of art in a system? The metro line with the highest average speed?
You can post questions with the answers or just the questions and leave them for others to answer (or argue). In some of the more obscure facts it might be nice to provide the source of information.
I'll start with a few easy ones (some of which I found on the Metro Bits website):
What is the largest metro network? London, 408 km.
The one with most stations? New York (468).
The first metro tunnel? London, 1863.
The first platform doors? Saint Petersburg (1961, platform steel doors), Singapore had the first real PSDs (1987).
The first driverless metro? Osaka and Kobe, both 1981.
The largest metro loop? Seoul, 48.8 km. |
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dars-dm
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| Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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The longest stage b/w two stations? maybe Krylatskoe-Strogino (line 3 in Moscow, 6,6 kms)?
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Mike
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| dars-dm wrote: | | The longest stage b/w two stations? maybe Krylatskoe-Strogino (line 3 in Moscow, 6,6 kms)? |
This interferes with the most complicated question in "metrology" - is it a metro or is it a regional rail? Is San Francisco's BART a metro? (It might have longer stretches between stations than 6.6 km.) |
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Stanman
Joined: 07 Aug 2009
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Location: Seattle Washington, USA
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| Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 6:02 am Post subject: First Driverless Metro |
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My recollection is that BART was the first. Although it's been many years, I was living in the Bay Area (Fremont) at the time, and I'm pretty certain about this (even though I can't remember what I had for breakfast today).
BART opened in September 1972. In October 1972 a driverless train ran off the end of the tracks at the Fremont Station. This accident precipitated an immediate change requiring a driver to be assigned to each train to monitor the automated train system, and override it if necessary. |
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sgmrfx
Joined: 22 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:57 am Post subject: |
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First I am sorry. My English is poor.
Second I want to say "The longest stage b/w two stations? "
I know (line 13 in Beijing, 7,8 kms)? |
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