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(77,042 posts) Wed May 2, 2012, 01:08 PM May 2012

The World’s 10 Busiest Subway Systems

from Txchnologist

complete list with photos is at: http://www.txchnologist.com/2012/white-glove-service-the-world%E2%80%99s-10-busiest-subway-systems

White Glove Service: The World’s 10 Busiest Subway Systems
April 26th, 2012

Tokyo and its famed white-gloved shoving service, which helps pack the crowded subways trains, may be the world’s busiest public transport system but it’s under pressure from its Asian neighbors. In the past decade, other Asian cities have populated their undergrounds with busy commuters. Indeed, underscoring Asia’s growing economic clout, today the region is home to seven of the world’s 10 busiest transit systems. This trend could foster a new loose economic rule: As GDP grows, urbanites go underground.

1. Tokyo