Top 10 subway systems in the country (compared, moving, difference, best)

[Roth Asher]

For anyone is in doubt that the D.C. area is #2 then heres a legit source by the American Public Transportation Association:
http://www.apta.com/resources/statis...rship_APTA.pdf

[johnatl]

Originally Posted by Roth Asher

That is video is regional rail/commuter rail just look at how the cars are made, fit to FRA railroad specs. If you call that a subway then so is Metro North and LIRR and thats dead.

I stand corrected. It is very clearly NOT a trolley, though - as Nexus wrongly stated.

[Nexis4Jersey]

Originally Posted by johnatl

Are you actually correcting someone who LIVES there and uses the system? Are you ever wrong about anything?

The second video he listed is clearly NOT a trolley. That is a heavy rail subway if I've ever seen one.

Nope , i'm a very powerful Rail Fanner and i'm rarely wrong.........I quoted 2 of his posts , the second quote had a video of a trolley. The First 2 videos are Regional Rail not Heavy Rail.

Originally Posted by tmac9wr

Where are you finding your info? The source I listed says it is counting only the Red, Orange, and Blue lines of the T, which are all heavy rail.

In terms of the Green Line, I understand it's a light rail, but its busiest stations are all subway stations.

I mean't to say the Green line is not a Subway. Yes the Red , Orange and Blue lines are Heavy Rail. The Blue line is hybrid of Heavy and Light Rail. While the Green line may have Underground stops it is not a Subway.

[Roth Asher]

Originally Posted by johnatl

I stand corrected. It is very clearly NOT a trolley, though - as Nexus wrongly stated.

lol
I mean it'll be nice to see it rolling on the streets then

[johnatl]

Originally Posted by nexis4jersey

nope , i'm a very powerful rail fanner and i'm rarely wrong.........

lol!!!

[tmac9wr]

Originally Posted by Roth Asher

1. DC metro DOES carry more passengers than Chicago's el and Boston's T put together.

Not quite as much as both Chicago & Boston combined...but close.

2. Boston only has 3 subway lines (Red, Orange, Blue). The green line is a light rail and the silver line is a bus.

But like I said before, Boston's busiest Green Line stations are all subway.

Park Street

Copley Station

Kenmore Station

Government Center

[johnatl]

Originally Posted by Nexis4Jersey

While the Green line may have Underground stops it is not a Subway.

If it runs in a tunnel on rails it's a subway, period.

The people in Boston, Newark, Philadelphia and San Francisco consider them to be subways. Semantics and the equipment used doesn't change that.

[5ive8ight5ive]

Originally Posted by tmac9wr

Not quite as much as both Chicago & Boston combined...but close.



But like I said before, Boston's busiest Green Line stations are all subway.

Park Street

Copley Station

Kenmore Station

Government Center

i use the green line more than every other MBTA line combined. is it not included in these ridership calculations?

[johnatl]

Originally Posted by 5ive8ight5ive

i use the green line more than every other MBTA line combined. is it not included in these ridership calculations?

No, because the Feds split up the ridership figures between Heavy & Light rail. The Green Line is by far the heaviest used LRT line in the country, at 241,100 riders a day.

Boston's combined Heavy & Light rail daily ridership is a very repsectable 737,300 per average weekday.

[Nexis4Jersey]

Originally Posted by 5ive8ight5ive

i use the green line more than every other MBTA line combined. is it not included in these ridership calculations?

No , because its not official a Heavy Rail. Only Heavy Rail was counted , even though it has Underground stops like a Subway the FRA considers it a Light Rail.