Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.13 $; site uiucdcs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!friedman From: friedman@uiucdcs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.railroad Subject: Subways of US and Canada - (nf) Message-ID: <20600011@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Wed, 27-Jun-84 13:27:00 EDT Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.20600011 Posted: Wed Jun 27 13:27:00 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 30-Jun-84 02:35:39 EDT Lines: 125 Nf-ID: #N:uiucdcs:20600011:000:6909 Nf-From: uiucdcs!friedman Jun 27 12:27:00 1984 #N:uiucdcs:20600011:000:6909 uiucdcs!friedman Jun 27 12:27:00 1984 Someone recently expressed an interest in subways. I've run across a listing of all the subways in the world, in "Mass Transit" for October 1983. Here's an extract of information on just those in the US and Canada, with some information from other sources included. Note that the definition of a subway is pretty broad: any rail line that runs underground, even for a small distance. So it embraces both "heavy rail" systems like those in New York and Chicago, and "light rail" systems not much different (or no different) from streetcars. Operating systems: Atlanta, Georgia: Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA). Serves a metropolitan area of 1.7 million with a standard gauge heavy rail system of 14.6 miles. Eventually planned to total 51.8 miles. Expecting delivery of 60 cars from Hitachi of Japan [these might have been delivered by now, I don't know]. About 70,000 daily trips. Baltimore, Maryland: Maryland Mass Transit Administration (MTA). Serves about 1.7 million people with a standard gauge heavy rail system, the Baltimore Metro. An initial 7.7 mile, 9 station section opened November 21, 1983; a 5.8 mile extension is planned. Budd built the first 72 cars, of which 58 are on the property; 20 to 28 more are planned for the extension. Cars are 75 feet long and seat 76 passengers, with room for 90 standees. About 83,000 trips per weekday are projected; actual ridership is around 23,000 daily so far. Boston, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). About 2.5 million population. Both light and heavy rail, standard gauge, 600 V d.c., in four main lines: Green, Red, Blue, Orange. Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Transit Authority (CTA). Metropolitan area population 6.85 million. Heavy rail, standard gauge, 600 V d.c., 88.5 miles. 7.6 mile Extension to O'Hare Airport is expected to be operational by September 1984. About 400,000 riders per weekday. Budd is building 600 new cars to replace the oldest cars in the fleet, which were built from scrapped PCC streetcar components (and are considered PCCs themselves). Cleveland, Ohio: Regional Transit Authority (RTA). Population 1.9 million in the metropolitan area. Includes 2.9 miles of heavy rail subway [I'm not sure whether that 2.9 miles is the underground section -- it seems too long -- or the whole heavy rail line -- it seems too short], and 12.7 miles of light rail in two lines. The underground section is in the downtown area. About 4.5 million trips per year. New cars for the heavy-rail Red Line are being built by Tokyu (Yokohama, Japan). New cars for the light-rail Green and Blue Lines were recently built by Breda (Italy). Edmonton, Canada: Edmonton Transit. Serves a city of 500,000. Light rail, 600 V d.c., standard gauge, 5.6 miles (1 mile in tunnel). The system opened in 1978. Fort Worth, Texas: Tandy Corp. An unusual, privately owned, short system which links a downtown shopping and office center to a parking lot. The whole line is only 1 mile long, and about 1/4 mile is in subway. The standard gauge system uses 8 St. Louis Car Co. PCC cars. Miami, Florida: Metro Transit Agency. This newest of heavy rail systems opened May 21, 1984. It serves a metropolitan area of 1.4 million. It is included in this list, although I don't think it has any underground portion. The 14.8 southern route is the one now in service; a 19.8 mile northern route is to open in late 1984 or early 1985. Budd built the 136 cars. Projected ridership is 200,000 daily; actual ridership of the southern route was 38,473 in the first full week of service. Montreal, Canada: Montreal Urban Community Transit Commission. Serves a population of 1.9 million with a rubber-tired heavy rail standard gauge system currently 28.1 miles long in three lines. Several extensions are under construction. About 200 million riders yearly. Newark, New Jersey: N. J. Transit. Population 329,000. A light rail system of 4.1 miles, of which about 1 mile is in subway. About 12,000 daily riders. New York City, NY. Metropolitan area population 10 million. Three systems totalling 681.6 miles of track, 222 route miles, 465 stations. (1) New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) city subway system, 30 lines, 223.3 miles, 132.1 miles in subway; (2) Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH), 4 lines, 13.3 miles, 7.1 miles in tunnel, 13 stations; (3) Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority (SIRTOA) [details not given]. Lots of cars are on order: Kawasaki is to deliver 325 in early 1984, Westinghouse Amrail 225 by spring 1986, and Bombardier of Canada 825 by the end of 1987. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Port Authority Transit Corp. (PATCO) and Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportaion Authority (SEPTA). Population 4.8 million. Heavy rail, standard and 5 foot 2 1/2 inch gauge, 23.77 miles total. A new tunnel is under construction between the city center and the old Penn Central and Reading suburban systems. A 9.3 mile line to the airport is also under construction. There are also 5 subway/surface trolley lines (broad gauge) which have a 1.8 mile subway section, and share a 4-track section of the Market Street Subway with the heavy rail system. Kawasaki is delivering 125 new cars, which replace cars that are 50 years old. Pittsburg, Pennsylvania: Port Authority of Allegheny County (PAT). Serves a population of 2.3 million. A 24.1 mile light rail system, with new construction under way, including a .6 mile tunnel in the city center. San Francisco, California: Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) and San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni). Metropolitan area population 4.6 million. The BART system is heavy rail, 5 foot 5 3/4 inch gauge, 72.6 miles, 34 stations, 19.3 miles in subway. Muni operates 5 light rail lines, 20.2 miles, including 5.2 miles in subway. About 56 million riders annually. Toronto, Canada: Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). Population, 2.2 million. Heavy rail, 4 foot 10 7/8 inch gauge, 34.1 miles in two lines, 59 stations, 5.2 miles in tunnel. TTC also operates a light rail system. Construction is under way on a 4.3 mile Scarborough Rapid Transit light rail line. About 204 million riders a year. Washington, DC: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. 2.5 million metropolitan area population. Heavy rail, standard gauge, 39 miles, about 84 million riders annually. Now planned or under construction: Honolulu, Hawaii: Dept. of Transportation Services. Population 890,000. Initial line is proposed to be 7.8 miles long, with 11 stations. Los Angeles, California: Southern California Rapid Transit District (RTD). Will serve a metropolitan area of 7 million. The initial heavy rail line, to be started in 1984, is to be 17.4 miles long. San Juan, Puerto Rico: Dept. of Transportation and Public Works. A 14.3 mile heavy rail system is planned to serve this city of 480,000.