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Unearthing the world's subway details since 2004. The Twitter channel keeps track of metro news and changes to the website

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@MagnetBahn Die Formulierung "das Fahrzeug ist auf Rollen gefahren" ist vielleicht missverständlich. Die M-Bahn wird in der Literatur meist als Magnetschwebebahn bezeichnet, weil Permanentmagneten 85% ihres Gewichts trugen. Die Rollen dienten zum Abstandhalten, wenn ich es richtig verstehe.

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@MagnetBahn Der Satz der ARD "Die Strecke in Shanghai sollte erweitert werden, was bisher nicht realisiert wurde" ist nicht ganz falsch, da die Transrapid-Strecke kurz nach Inbetriebnahme bis Hangzhou verlängert werden sollte. Das Vorhaben wurde gecancelt oder zumindest sehr lange verschoben

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@MagnetBahn "n China sind unzählige! Magnetbahnen im kommerziellen Einsatz." -- Zählbar sind sie:

Shanghai Transrapid
Beijing S1
Changsha Airport Maglev
Fenghuang Maglev
Qingyuan im Bau
plus zwei in Südkorea
plus eine in Japan
Mehrere Teststrecke
Hochgeschw.-Bauprojekte in China+Japan.

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@croysdill_lucy You can probably find the details when you follow the link. The project isn't mine, I just wanted to bring it to attention.

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A collage of 200+ metro maps. At which transfer station can I transfer from Paris to Tokyo?

https://t.co/fxA2mdvNeB

[JR Urbane Network @JRUrbaneNetwork]

Don't you mean..... Light Rail?😂😬😘

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Bangkok Pink Line monorail opened with 30 stations at once.

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New pictures on the maglev page https://t.co/EaRAXqEkLl

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There was more than 1 reason to update the Maglev page:
- Fenghuang tourist maglev opened almost unnoticed in 2022
- Lathen Transrapid visitors center in Germany re-opened this year
- Daejeon's Line 2 was shelved
- And LIM list moved to a separate page
https://t.co/EaRAXqEkLl

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Aloha! Honolulu's metro opened on 30 June on Hawaii's island of Oahu.
Metrobits Honolulu page is already here and will be filled with data later.
https://t.co/r3C9eLYJB2

[Jasper ⵣ @JaJaWa]

@mappingford Looks like it (via @metrobits). Hong Kong's new #NorthernLine was previously mocked-up in black, but it now looks to be taking the old #WestRailLine colour now that's been merged into the #TuenMaLine.

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Missing link to Kanpur page added, as well as the logo. Kanpur's logo seems to be a clone of Lucknow's, as both are in Uttar Pradesh.

https://t.co/NAxmE0nntw

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Major 2023 data update!

After several rather silent months, a new update is here with 5 new metro systems, 25 new lines and about 580 new stations (about 440 of them in China).

Some logos and links for the new metros will follow soon.
🚇https://t.co/obdCQKGCbe

[Mark Tomasovic @MarkTomasovic]

Tokyo subway station mapped from above

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@AndreasSebayang 400 5G-Übertragungsstationen entlang der Strecke.

https://t.co/gs2K4LiSlE

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Number of stations added: Beijing 19, Kanpur 9, Ningbo 22, Qingdao 26, Sao Paulo 1, Shanghai 78, Shenzhen 5, Tianjin 23, Wuhu 11.

Nanjing: number of stations has increased by 76 with 6 new lines, because we now count S lines as metros.

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Another data update arrived last week with new metro lines in Beijing, Kanpur (India; new metro), Ningbo, Shanghai (+2 lines), Shenzhen, Tianjin, Wuhu.

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China has achieved great subway station architecture recently!

https://t.co/C4DrhI24HC

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Kiev Depot by drone, also very impressive!
https://t.co/EE1UVJACEk