aaj617 t1_isjuhno wrote on October 16, 2022 at 3:14 PM

Reply to comment by AnselaJonla in TIL first two subway stations in the United States were the Boylston and Park Street stations in Boston, which opened in 1897. by garamond89

Don’t know why you were down voted. Fascinating

AnselaJonla t1_isjvvo5 wrote on October 16, 2022 at 3:23 PM

I think it's amazing that the technology spread to the US so fast, especially in those days.

The UK actually suffers for having been the pioneer in the railways, as we're hamstrung by having much of that ancient infrastructure still in existence. We didn't, for example, undergo a five year intensive remodelling program in the 1940s, as Europe did.

Many of those original 19th century tunnels on the London Underground are still in use today. The rolling stock, the signalling systems, the rails, the platform detailing will be newer, but the tunnels themselves are original.