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underground railway system used to transport large numbers of passengers within urban and suburban areas. Subways are usually built under city streets for ease of construction, but they may take shortcuts and sometimes must pass under rivers. Outlying sections of the system usually emerge aboveground, becoming conventional railways or elevated transit lines. Subway trains ...
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system of railways, usually electric, that is used for local transit in a metropolitan area. A rapid transit line may run underground (subway), above street level (elevated transit line), or at street level. Rapid transit is distinguished from other forms of mass transit by its operation on exclusive right-of-way, with no access for other vehicles or for pedestrians. See ...
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Policy for public transportation is coordinated by the Metropolitan Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). The modern, efficient subway has two major lines, one running north-south and the other east-west. Located 17 miles (27 km) west of the centre of the city is Lester B. Pearson International Airport, Canada's busiest air terminal.
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Public transportation is maintained by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority through a network of subway, elevated, and surface lines. The subway system, begun in 1897, was the first in the country, and, though it has been designated as a historic place, it still works to a useful purpose.
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Public transportation is provided by buses, subways, and surface railways. There are also cable cars. Freeways link Barcelona to the Catalonia highway network, which joins the service up to the Cadí mountain tunnel in the Pyrenees, providing access to the French highway network. The metropolitan subway, opened in 1924, connects with the urban railway and provides regular ...
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Depending on where in the world it is located, an underground electric-railway system may be called a subway, underground railway, tube, or metro. Subway trains are used to transport large numbers of passengers within urban and suburban areas. They are usually built under city streets, but they may take shortcuts and often must pass under rivers. Outside the immediate ...
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The center of London is usually regarded as Charing Cross, a small traffic square on the Strand near the river. One of the city's central railroad terminals is at Charing Cross. There, until 1647, stood one of the 13 crosses erected in 1291 by Edward I to his queen, Eleanor, marking the stopping places in her funeral procession. A line north from Charing Cross roughly ...
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Beijing is a major transportation center. Five main rail lines link the city with other major regions of China. Accessibility to the rest of the country by rail is one of the city's main advantages. Beijing's large, busy airport is served by both international and domestic carriers.
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Budapest is by far the major industrial center in Hungary. Many of the country's industrial workers live and work here. Industry, which is mainly concentrated on the fringes of the city, includes metalworking and engineering, textiles, electronics, chemicals, and food processing. Budapest factories specialize in the production of railroad equipment, buses, and rivercraft. ...
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| Kaganovich, Lazar Moiseevich
(1893–1991), Soviet government official, born in Ukraine; top adviser to Joseph Stalin and the last surviving Soviet official who had joined the Communist (then Bolshevik) party before the Russian Revolution of 1917; joined Central Committee of Communist party 1924, Politburo 1926; as secretary of Ukrainian Central Committee 1925–28 built Dnieper Dam; as Communist party ...
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