The metropolitan in mega-cities is the main type of public transport. Many large cities, whose population is several million people, has its own metro system, which has taken on a huge load to carry passengers. It is difficult to imagine how complicated even without such a difficult situation on the roads, if there was not a city subway, most of the lines of which are located in the land part of the metropolis. Let's try to figure out which city the world's largest metro operates, and what other records are set in this area.
The longest subway in the world
New York Metro
The longest subway in the world - the subway of New York . Thanks to which the New York subway and got into the Guinness Book of Records. Its total length exceeds 1355 km, and passenger traffic is carried out on lines with a total length of 1,056 km, the remaining routes are used for technical purposes. In a huge city to date, 468 metro stations are located on 26 routes. The lines of the New York subway have names, and routes are denoted by numbers and letters. According to statistics, the world's longest subway serves 4.5 to 5 million passengers every day.
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Beijing Metro
The second in the length of the subway, which is included in the category of the largest in the world, is in Beijing. The total length of its branches is 442 km. The Beijing metro has another world record: on March 8, 2013, it had totally 10 million trips. This is the most significant number of movements noted in the subway for one day. Residents and visitors to the capital of China appreciate the safety that is provided in the metro, although this is somewhat inconvenient when using this type of transport. The fact is that everyone wishing to use the services of the Beijing subway, pass security scanners installed at the entrance to the station.
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Shanghai Metro
At present, the metro in Shanghai is the third largest along the length of the tracks - 434 km, and the number of stations has reached 278. But now the construction of new lines and the construction of stations are being actively conducted. It is expected that by the end of 2015, the Shanghai subway will number 480 stations, quite likely ahead of the current leader - the New York subway.
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London Underground
Among the longest subways in the world is the London Underground . Being the very first construction of this kind (the first line was opened in 1863), the English metro London Tube has a total length of more than 405 km. Every year the London Underground receives a passenger flow of 976 million people. Experts believe that London Tube is the most difficult in the world of the subway, to understand the intricacies of which tourists are not easy. The fact is that on one line, trains run in different directions, and even the London subway is full of transitions and unexpected turns. Another distinctive feature of the London Underground - more than half of the stations are located on the surface of the earth, and not in its bowels.
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Tokyo Metro
Tokyo Metropolitan is the leader in the transportation of passengers: annually, there are 3, 2 billion trips. Admittedly, the Tokyo subway is the most comfortable on the planet, thanks to the thoughtfulness of the transplant sites and the presence of a large number of pointers.
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Moscow subway
Marking the world's largest metro, one can not help remembering Moscow's metro. The total length of the subways is 301 km, the number of stations is now 182. Every year, 2.3 billion passengers use the services of the popular transport in the capital, which is the second indicator in the world. The Moscow subway distinguishes the fact that some stations are objects of cultural heritage and excellent examples of architecture and design.
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