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For their safety, Ukrainian kids send their Christmas wish lists underground

11:38am December 22, 2022

by Joanna Kakissis

A Kharkiv metro station became a bomb shelter as the city came under Russian attack. Now, at the holiday season, it's also a Christmas village where kids can drop off letters to Grandfather Frost.

Rescuers carry a boat into the subway in Zhengzhou, China, in July after flash floods trapped passengers underground.

Science

NYC's Subway Flooding Isn't A Fluke. It's The Reality For Cities In A Warming World

5:10pm September 02, 2021

by Rebecca Hersher

Underground trains are incredibly susceptible to flooding from climate-driven extreme rain and sea level rise. Cities around the world are racing to adapt their transit systems.

People slurp soup and pluck noodles at a soba and udon restaurant in Tokyo in February 2016.

World News

Tokyo's Metro Is Betting Free Soba Noodles Can Help Ease Congestion

2:56pm January 22, 2019

by Daniella Cheslow

Passengers who get on the train before the morning rush hour will also qualify for free tempura. The offer is an attempt to reduce overcrowding on the city's most jam-packed route.

A passenger at Union Station in Los Angeles is scanned with Thruvision technology, designed to reveal suspicious objects on people, during a Transportation Security Administration demonstration on Tuesday.

National

Los Angeles Is Deploying Body Scanners To Screen Metro Riders

5:00pm August 15, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

LA's public transit system says it is the first in the U.S. to buy passive millimeter wave scanners for Metro stations. The Transportation Security Administration has been doing tests for a year.

The Metrorail system in the nation's capital will reopen after being shut down for a full day for an emergency safety investigation.

D.C. Metrorail To Reopen Thursday At 5 A.M. After Emergency Closure

11:09pm March 16, 2016

by Laura Wagner

Metro's trains were shut down after a fire near one of the system's tunnels on Monday. General Manager Paul Wiedefeld said deteriorating cables were found and will be fixed.

The D.C. Metro rail system has had safety problems in the past, including an incident on Jan. 12, 2015, when a car filled with smoke, leaving one person dead.

National

D.C. Metro To Shut Down All Day Wednesday For 'Emergency Investigation'

6:16pm March 15, 2016

by Laura Wagner

Starting at midnight Tuesday, the D.C. Metro rail system will shut down for 29 hours while authorities investigate potential dangers related to a cable fire on Monday.

When passengers board his train on the Washington, D.C., subway system, they hear Lamour Rogers' pleasing baritone over the public address system.

National

Metro Driver's Booming Voice Connects Washington, D.C., Commuters

6:27am October 20, 2015

by Renita Jablonski

Commuters often tell Lamour Rogers that they were having a bad day until they heard his voice. He says it's in his soul to make people happy.

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A re-enactor in Soviet costume from the 1930s peers out of a vintage subway car as part of the anniversary celebrations.

World News

Glory Of Moscow's 80-Year-Old Subway Tainted By Stalin Connections

10:00am June 02, 2015

by Corey Flintoff

The system was considered a triumph by the Soviets, but was built by the same ruthless means that helped cause a famine, which killed millions in the 1930s.

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