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## What Are Metro and Subway Systems?

**Rapid transit** or **Mass Rapid Transit (MRT)**, also known as **heavy rail**, **metro**, **subway**, **tube**, **U-Bahn**, **metropolitana** or **underground**, is a type of high-capacity public transport generally found in urban areas. Unlike buses or trams, rapid transit systems are electric railways that operate on an exclusive right-of-way, which cannot be accessed by pedestrians or other vehicles, and is often grade-separated in tunnels or on elevated railways.

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The London Underground Is The World’s Oldest Metro System“Metros” Get Their Names From Paris’ Subway SystemNew York City Has The World’s Largest Subway SystemSubsequently, when the city was divided, the U-Bahn was also split, and the closest metro stations to the Berlin Wall were abandonedHong Kong has one of the world’s most efficient subway systems with a 99.9% on-time rate, and the entire system is managed via an AIThe first rapid transit railway service in Barcelona was founded in 1863 by the private company Ferrocarril de Sarrià a BarcelonaThe network's first service, the Midōsuji Line, opened in 1933The decision to build a metro was made in 1941; in the following years, and in some cases earlier, some routes were built with near metro standard but operated with tramsThe question of building an underground road in Saint Petersburg arose in 1820Urban transit began in Montreal in 1861 when a line of horse-drawn cars started operating on Craig (now St-Antoine) and Notre-Dame streetsSome of the Bay Area Rapid Transit system's current coverage area was once served by an electrified streetcar and suburban train system called the Key SystemThe Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo (Metrô) was founded on April 24, 1968The idea to build an underground railway network in Santiago dates back to 1944Line 1, from Seongbuk station to Incheon station and Suwon station, opened on 15 August 1974During the 1960s, plans were laid for a massive freeway system in WashingtonThe origins of the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) are derived from a forecast by city planners in 1967 which stated the need for a rail-based urban transport system by 1992As the biggest and most densely populated city in Africa, and the Arab World, the case for a metro in Greater Cairo was "strong"The oldest underground urban rail line in Istanbul is the Tünel, which entered service on January 17, 1875Partial service patterns exist on Lines 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, and 17. Partial services serve only a (usually busier) sub-segment of the entire physical lineThe Guangzhou Metro is actively constructing connections to neighboring citiesMumbai has the advantage of a high modal share of the public (88%) in favor of a public mass transport systemFree Wi-Fi has been available on all lines of the Moscow Metro since December 1, 2014The first proposals for a metro system in Sydney were put forward in 2001The Prague Metro has three lines, each represented by its own color on the maps and signs: Line A (green), Line B (yellow), and Line C (red)Further extensions of the Vienna U-Bahn are scheduled to be completed in the upcoming decade, finally creating the missing Line U5The M1 and M2 use 34 trains of the Hitachi Rail Italy Driverless Metro class and are stationed at the Control and Maintenance Center at VestamagerMost lines operate with trains running at intervals of every 5 minutes during peak hours

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