Comments on: Shanghai’s Metro and London’s Tube Head to Head

By: Ari T

Ari T — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 08:03:53 +0000

It would be interesting to hear any postulations, based on the above, on the most appropriate subway system for Jakarta, Indonesia.

By: May

May — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:54:18 +0000

It seems to me the Shanghai network would benefit from having the type of system Germany is developing where commuter rail trains can become metro trains.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the Shanghai Govt. moves in this direction at a later date.

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Shanghai Metro via London Underground « Expo Between The Lines — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:38:11 +0000

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Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:43:04 +0000

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By: Lev

Lev — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:47:11 +0000

interesting comparison, but overemphasis on the circle line / line 4.
some additional considerations would include:
1. London’s underground developed as a series of different competeing companies . This led to lines that serve wealthy suburbs in the north (eg metropolitan, central line) not many stations in the inner city (approx zone 2), and many stations in the central business district. – it is not the most functional or logical way of doing things.
2. London’s underground begin 100 years ago, when “central” London meant something slightly different.
3. lots of sections of the circle line also used existing rail lines, and the section along embankment uses an new embankment built over the river thames. most metro networks use pragmatic routes .
4. It would be better to use more comparible measures of “central” area. such as the Functional Urban Region Core.
5. It would be good to include the suburban rail network too. Paris metro for example has loads of stations in the central area, and mostly trains outside that.
6. Might be worth including London’s network at 2020, probably not a big difference but more accurate comparison.