New York City Subway

The New York City Subway is one of the largest metro systems in the world. It is a rapid transit system that is owned by the city of New York and leased to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority(MTA), one of its subsidiary agencies. With 424 stations, it is the largest metro system in the world and is regarded as the eighth-oldest subway. It surpasses the second-place metro system by a wide margin. If we include transfer stations, there are 472 stations total. Of these 472, 470 stations run continuously throughout the year. Another 14 additional stations will be operational, as scheduled.

American inventor Alfred Ely Beach gave the first demonstration of the underground transit system in New York City in 1869. Its construction started in 1900, and in 1904, was opened to the public in New York City. It is the ninth busiest metro system in the world and the sixth-longest metro system in the world with a length of 394 kilometers. 1.6 million people use it annually.

Location: United States