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| | unsolicitedDave: June 2003 Archives |
 | | While elevated trains are a succesfull part of any transit system, they have gained a bad reputation, primarily due to the unsightlyness and noise of double-rail steel-girder "L-trains" in major cities such as Chicago and New York (photo). |
 | | Japan's train system is impressive, totaling more than 22,000 miles of rail routes across japan, with over 150 miles of subway routes in Tokyo, it is the fourth largest in the world after New York, London, and Paris. |
 | | Moscow's metro is by far the most trafficed system in the world, with almost 9 million rides per day, despite having under 150 miles of track. |
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