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[randomness]

So, according to Wikipedia, that unimpeachable source, the only subway systems in the world that operate 24 hours, 7 days a week are the New York City Subway, PATH, the Red and Blue lines of the Chicago L, and PATCO between Philadelphia and its New Jersey suburbs.

Anyone know of any others? Night bus networks, while nice, don't count.

(I thought of this after a conversation with bloodstones about Chicago's Blue Line, in which she said, "All-night transit service is a mark of civilization. Sorry, Boston.")

Comments

[magustenebrarum.livejournal.com]

Jeff, I suspect, is referring to having, in general, four track wide subways. Yes, the NYC system developed from competing entities, however those systems evolved into the different lines, for instance many people still call the 4-5 the IRT. And while these did parallel each other, they weren't two feet apart from one another.

The four track wide system allows for things like express trains. Which is why, I suspect, it was done that way. Not because two different companies wanted to run trains in the exact same space.

So yes, they did it to be clever.