It is hard to believe, but this year already marks 160 years since the opening of the world’s first underground railway. The arrival of the subway, also called the metro or the underground, revolutionized mass transit. The advantage of a subway as public transportation is that it is unaffected by road traffic conditions, while enabling large numbers of people to move quickly, efficiently, and reliably. Hundreds of cities in dozens of countries around the world now have underground rail networks, with more being built each year.
Samsung C&T Engineering & Construction Group is actively participating in underground tunnel and subway facility construction projects in a number of countries. Let’s take a look at the subways of yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
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160 years of subways: Underground trains yesterday, today, and tomorrow - Samsung C&T Newsroom
news.samsungcnt.comIt is hard to believe, but this year already marks 160 years since the opening of the world’s first underground railway. The arrival of the subway, also called the metro or the underground, revolutionized mass transit. The advantage of a subway as...