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Underground railway may refer to: The Underground Railroad, a network of clandestine routes by which African slaves in the 19th century United States attempted to escape; Rapid transit, a high capacity urban railway that uses tunnels; Mine railway, an underground rail system used in mining
Hanoi Metro Line 2A, also known as the Cát Linh Line, is an elevated mass transit railway line which is part of the Hanoi Metro network. It is the first rapid transit line to operate in Vietnam and was opened for service on 6 November 2021.
The plan was revised in 2007 and proposed no less than six urban rail lines. The city’s transport development master plan to 2020 envisages developing three monorail or light rail lines with a total length of 37 kilometres (23 mi) and six underground metro routes with a total length of 107 kilometres (66 mi). [4]
Rail transport remains relatively underused as a mode of transport in Vietnam. While road transport dominates the transport sector by far—accounting for 65% of freight moved as of 2006—rail transport accounted for only 4% of freight transportation in 2008, and 5% of passenger transportation, leading it to be considered the "least relevant" of all modes of transport in the European Union's ...
Line 1 is the city's first metro line, and the first underground metro line of the nation, connecting District 1, Bình Thạnh and Thủ Đức City. [2] [3] The line began construction in 2012, initially scheduled for completion in 2018. The project's completion date has been delayed multiple times until 22 December 2024, the line was ...
The London Underground first opened as an underground railway in 1863 and its first electrified underground line opened in 1890, [1] making it the world's oldest metro system. [2] The Shanghai Metro is both the world's longest metro network at 896 kilometres (557 mi) and the busiest with the highest annual ridership reaching approximately 2.83 ...
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The Tuen Ma line is a merger of two former MTR lines, the West Rail line and the Ma On Shan line via a new stretch of mostly underground railway known as the "Tai Wai to Hung Hom section" (大圍至紅磡段) of the Sha Tin to Central Link project. It consists of 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) of track and six new intermediate stations.