If you have both, subway and train, people tend to switch to subway. The reason is probably accessibility, because the "intake area" starts directly around the little staircase down (the new train station with a subway entrance changes this though). Also, subway infrastructure is cheaper. This is not meant to discourage you. Select a station number on the subway map to view the information on the station. Use a button on the lower right corner to zoom in/out or view the display in full screen. Opening in 1993 with full-scale construction extending back to 1986, the Shanghai Metro is the third-oldest rapid transit system in mainland China, after the Beijing Subway and the Tianjin Metro. Though actual construction and inauguration of the Shanghai Metro succeeded its counterparts in Beijing and Tianjin, their initial planning would date The Takeaway: Subways and the Osaka Loop Line are the best way to get around Osaka. Two subway lines will get you almost everywhere you need to go: the red Midosuji Line and the green Chuo Line. The most useful train line is the Osaka Loop Line (frequently called just the “Loop Line”). You can use a Japan Rail Pass on this line. The metro system, opened in 1997, spans 260.5km and consists of nine lines and 164 stations. China’s first intercity underground metro line, the Guangfo Line which began operations in 2010 connecting Guangzhou and Foshan, is part of the Guangzhou Metro. The total length of the metro route is expected to exceed 500km by 2017. New York Subway, US Monorails pretty much have a very particular niche that they fit into. If you want to have a long-distance line with relatively few stops that can go over roads, then go with a monorail. If you want more frequent stops with the ability to go underground, go with a metro. Or use both, they can both fit into the same traffic hierarchy.
The Chicago "L" (short for "elevated") is the rapid transit system serving the city of Chicago and some of its surrounding suburbs in the U.S. state of Illinois.Operated by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), it is the fourth-largest rapid transit system in the United States in terms of total route length, at 102.8 miles (165.4 km) long as of 2014, and the third-busiest rapid transit system
Transplants say subway for a while and then transition to train. I say train probably 80% of the time and subway the other 20%. oh nvm. Yes. The best answer for this question, really. I say subway for the subway, and train for metro north, LIRR, NJ Transit, and Amtrak. The race to build the nation’s first subway was a late 19th-century battle for subterranean supremacy between two of the country’s most influential cities — sprawling, brawling, politically 3b2I.
