08-12-2010, 16:48
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Subways in the world
Good Evening,
So whitch subways do you know are avalible in the world?
In gernamy for example we have five undergroundcitys:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-Bahn
You can see the undergroundlines there.
You can post here if you already were in a city in Germany whitch has an undergroundsystem.
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08-12-2010, 16:52
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Re: Subways in the world
We have one in Glasgow. You won't get many German posters on this forum though.
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08-12-2010, 16:54
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Re: Subways in the world
Oh well
This looks like the London Underground
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08-12-2010, 16:55
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Re: Subways in the world
It's a *lot* smaller than the London underground!
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08-12-2010, 16:55
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Re: Subways in the world
Yes sure
And how old is it?
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08-12-2010, 17:01
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Re: Subways in the world
It opened on 14 December 1896 ... third oldest in the world, after London and Budapest. Lots of trivia here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Subway
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08-12-2010, 17:04
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Re: Subways in the world
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Originally Posted by Chris
We have one in Glasgow. You won't get many German posters on this forum though.
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What happened to the Orange?
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08-12-2010, 17:09
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Re: Subways in the world
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Originally Posted by danielf
What happened to the Orange?
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It fell victim to a bout of pointless corporate re-branding, along with the buses and the heavy rail.
Everything's burgundy and cream now (which Mrs T sniffily insists is merely a return to their Victorian roots).
The orange is preserved in a stripe along the subway carriages. Heavy rail trains have a teal stripe. Buses have a blue one. Presumably this is because joe public can't be relied upon to tell the difference in the absence of such clues.
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08-12-2010, 17:13
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Re: Subways in the world
Whats your opinion to the Subway in Newcastle?
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08-12-2010, 18:36
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Re: Subways in the world
The Liverpool Underground
Only four British cities have underground railways: London has its well-known extensive system, Glasgow has a simple 'circular' line, Newcastle has its Metro (opened in 1980), and Liverpool has a system, part of which was established many years ago but which was extended in the 1970s when other lines were placed on underground alignments. Here, a Class 508 train is seen at Liverpool Central, awaiting departure to Kirkby.
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1215758
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08-12-2010, 18:44
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Re: Subways in the world
This may be of interest but not strictly about underground railways.
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Liverpool's Historic Rail Tunnels
Liverpool was a pioneer in railways with the earliest examples of the world's first innovative rail infrastructure found in the city. There are spurious claims from around the world of first in rail tunnels. Americans claim the oldest tunnel under streets is the Atlantic Avenue tunnel of 1844, in New York - sealed up in 1861 it was forgotten until rediscovered in 1980. London claim the Brunel tunnel under the River Thames. The Liverpool tunnels pre-date any tunnel in New York or London.
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http://www.liverpoolwiki.org/Liverpo...c_Rail_Tunnels
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08-12-2010, 18:52
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Re: Subways in the world
Manchester nearly got a very short one...
Link
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08-12-2010, 19:07
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Re: Subways in the world
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08-12-2010, 19:30
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Re: Subways in the world
I've heard that the Russian underground system has massive chandeliers.
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