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New Wheels Could Cut Deafening Screech of San Francisco Subways

It gets loud.
Erik Shilling May 5, 2016
Hoyt-Schermerhorn Subway Station
Brooklyn, New York

Hoyt-Schermerhorn Subway Station

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.
disasters

A Giant Simulated Disaster Has Hit the London Underground

Thousands are training for what might happen if a tower fell on London's busiest station.
Erik Shilling March 1, 2016
subterranean

Cincinnati Built a Subway System 100 Years Ago–But Never Used It

Cincinnati is home to the largest unused subway system in the world.
Kevin Williams January 29, 2016
A harrowing moment from "The Queens-bound 7 Line."
subways

Who is Filming NYC Subway Videos From the Train Operator's Chair?

Cara Giaimo January 15, 2016
subways

FOUND: Extremely Creepy Masks Hidden in a Boston Subway Station

Sarah Laskow October 28, 2015
The City Hall station of the IRT Lexington Avenue Line opened on October 27, 1904.
subways

Why It Was Faster To Build Subways in 1900

Alex Zimmerman October 22, 2015
Abandoned 18th Street Subway Station
New York, New York

Abandoned 18th Street Subway Station

This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.
Permanently Closed
Rochester, New York

Rochester Abandoned Subway

The remains of a failed subway in upstate New York is now an underground graffiti bunker.
New York, New York

The Marine Grill Murals of the Hotel McAlpin

The last remnants of what was once one of the world's grandest hotels can now be found in a Manhattan subway station.
New York, New York

REACH: New York

Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.
Possible entrance into the tunnel
Brooklyn, New York

Staten Island's Lost Subway Tunnel

An abandoned subway tunnel that could have reinvigorated Staten Island still lies somewhere beneath this Brooklyn park.
New York, New York

Marilyn Monroe’s Subway Grate

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.
transportation

How to Get There From Here: Imaginary Transit Maps From Albuquerque to Westeros

oriana leckert October 16, 2014
New Athos Cave
Akhali Atoni, Georgia

New Athos Cave

The second largest in the world, this massive underground void has its own subway.
Track 61
New York, New York

Track 61

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.
infrastructure

Incredible Photographs of the Monumental Power Station That Electrified the Manhattan Rails

Allison Meier September 30, 2014
cars

The Planes, Soviet Trains, and Rare Automobiles of North Korea

Eric Elder May 28, 2014