In cijfers - De metro

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Timeline
www.virgin-vacations.com/11-top-underground-transit-systems-in-the-world.aspx
www.nycsubway.org/faq/accidents.html
www.davros.org/rail/culg/vertical.html
nymag.com/nymetro/news/features/n_10109/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rapid_transit
www.russia-ic.com/travel/transportation/825
www.japan-101.com/culture/sarin_gas_attack_on_the_tokyo_su.htm

Middle

Cars for women in Tokyo
www.tokyometro.jp/global/en/service/notice.html

3111 homeless
www.nytimes.com/2010/03/20/nyregion/20homeless.html

491.958 passengers at Ikebukuro Station
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Metro#Stations

25.000 busses in Mekka
www.railway-technology.com/projects/al-mashaaer-al-mugad/

36.000 passengers
www.mtr.com.hk/eng/projects/hongkong_wil_scope.html

630 volt
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_electrification_system

No driver
www.uitp.org/Public-Transport/metro/index.cfm

Wheaton Station escalator
media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2005/09/19/Life/Whats.The.Deal.With.The.Wheaton.Metro.Station.Escalator-989091.shtml

135 km/h
english.peopledaily.com.cn/200512/26/eng20051226_230842.html

61 suicides
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/dec/30/france.jonhenley
socyberty.com/death/most-popular-suicide-methods-subway

12 metres in Barcelona
www.barcelona-metropolitian.com/articles/the-big-dig-barcelonas-metro-line-9

155 millioner passengers
www.uitp.org/Public-Transport/metro/index.cfm

1435 millimetres track width
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_gauge

33 per cent brake energy
green.autoblog.com/2009/06/06/bilbao-claims-to-have-the-first-subway-in-the-world-using-only-r/

Open doors
hypertextbook.com/facts/2006/subwaydoors.shtml

500 metres in Paris
www.virgin-vacations.com/11-top-underground-transit-systems-in-the-world.aspx

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London Tube
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5942513/
www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/modesoftransport/londonunderground/1608.aspx
homepage.ntlworld.com/clivebillson/tube/tube.html

Bottom

Top 10 stations
www.mta.info/nyct/facts/ffsubway.htm

Top 5 stations
www.fact-index.com/l/list_of_metro_systems.html
www.mta.info/nyct/facts/ffsubway.htm