Finding the unexpected in the everyday.
December 4, 1992 The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) retired the last of the 6000-series cars that had served the rapid transit system for that city and some of the surrounding suburbs for 42 years. “Best remembered for their green bodies and white tops, these were the first truly modern cars of the post-World War II... Continue Reading →
October 29, 1967 A newly built station in an area known as Skøyenåsen was opened as a link within the Oslo Metro, the rapid transit system serving Norway’s capital city. Skøyenåsen is part of the borough of Østensjø in southeastern Oslo. The station located there was designed by architect Karl Stenersen. This facility is one... Continue Reading →
October 25, 2008 Wawrzyszew station on Line M1 of the Warsaw Metro rapid transit underground system first went into service. This station, which is located at the corner of Kasprowicza and Lindego Streets in the Wawrzyszew neighborhood of Poland’s capital, was built as part of an extension of Line M1 in the northwestern area of... Continue Reading →
September 4, 2017 In the West Region of Singapore, an Integrated Transport Hub (ITH) in the planning area and residential town of Bukit Panjang made its debut. An ITH is a facility that functions as a central point whereby individuals can more easily transfer between different modes of public transportation. The one in Bukit Panjang... Continue Reading →
September 3, 1978 In the Canadian province of Quebec, a station in Montreal’s borough of Verdun first went into service as a link in the underground rapid transit system known as the Montreal Metro. Verdun station was built as part of the westward extension of the Montreal Metro’s Green Line. This station was designed by... Continue Reading →
August 21, 2021 Regular operations began for a one-mile (1.6-kilometer) extension of the rapid transit system serving the city of Nagpur in India’s state of Maharashtra. Uddhay Thackeray, who was chief minister of Maharashtra from 2019 to 2022, handled these inaugural duties. One of the key features of this new segment of Nagpur Metro’s Orange... Continue Reading →
August 20, 1977 In the Keihanshin metropolitan region of Japan’s island of Honshu, a passenger railway station in the city of Sakai in Osaka Prefecture first went into service. This station was named after Kōmyōike (Kōmyō Pond), an artificial lake in the area. That lake, in turn, had been named in memory of Empress Kōmyō... Continue Reading →
August 6, 2018 In northern India, the Sir M. Vishweshwaraiah Moti Bagh station on the Delhi Metro’s Pink Lane was officially opened. The Delhi Metro is a mass rapid transit system serving the city and union territory of Delhi and also the nearby cities of Faridabad, Gurgaon, Noida, and Ghaziabad in India’s National Capital Region.... Continue Reading →
July 17, 2012 A terminal station that had been built to serve Humberto Delgado Airport (Aeroporto Humberto Delgado) and is located on the Red Line of the Lisbon Metro – the rapid transit station operating in the metropolitan area centered on Portugal’s capital city – was officially opened. Humberto Delgado Airport, which is informally known... Continue Reading →
July 16, 1973 A rapid transit station at 1215 Isabella Street in the Chicago suburb of Evanston was closed permanently. Isabella station served the Evanston Line (the present-day Purple Line) of the Chicago “L” (short for “elevated”), which is operated by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA). This station had been opened on April 1,... Continue Reading →
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