New York - Part 2

We continue our walk through New York with some lighted signs:

Subway entrance on 42nd Street near Times Square. Photo by Joe Shlabotnik. License: CC-BY

Jay Street station. Photo by Marcin Wichary. License: CC-BY

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• New York - Part 1

Boston Subway

Photo by Daquella manera. License: CC-BY

Tokyo Collection

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Photo by luisvilla. License: CC-BY

The coolest metro sign

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• Helsinki sign

London Tube - old and modern

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Montreal 2

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• Montreal - Place-Saint-Henri Station

Helsinki sign

I love how tall this post looks:

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Steattle's Metro Tunnel

The Metro Bus Tunnel, more accurately referred to as the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel, is a 1.3-mile (2.1 km) public transit tunnel that runs the length of downtown Seattle, from 9th Avenue and Pike Street to 5th Avenue S. and S. Jackson Street. Approved by Metro Transit in 1983, construction began in 1987. It was completed and service began in 1990, at a total cost of $444 million.

The tunnel was closed on September 24, 2005 for modification to accommodate both buses and Sound Transit's Central Link Light Rail trains. Prior to closure, around two dozen bus routes ran through the tunnel. The buses were dual-powered, using electricity in the tunnel from an above wire connection and diesel on city streets. It reopened on Monday, September 24, 2007. (Text from Wikipedia)

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St. Louis ramp

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Budapest - Arany János utca

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Huston Metro

This is not actually a subway sign, but a bus stop. Huston Metro (the transit authority for Harris County, Texas) also operates a light rail system.

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Berliner S-Bahn

Photo by waffler. License: CC-BY

Kharkov in sunset

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Berlin U-Bahn

Photo by J-Cornelius. License: CC-BY-SA

Bucharest North Station

One of the many entries to one of Bucharest's main metro stations: Gara de Nord (North Station). You can see both the old sign (the M on the post) and the new one (above the billboard), as well as the other sign above the entrance, which shows the lines you can use from here.

Photo by rjw1. License: CC-BY-SA

Mosaic

A somewhat neglected mosaic in the Madrid Subway.

Photo by Richard Winchell. License: CC-BY-ND

Newcastle in black and white

Photos by ThunderChild5. License: CC-BY

Moscow by night

Here is another night-time photo. This time in Moscow.

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Lisbon Metro Sign

Photo by Marco Bucik. License: CC-BY-ND

Paris - Part 4

Here are some more old signs from the Paris Metro:

Photo by rightee. License: CC-BY

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• Paris Métro Art Nouveau Entrances
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New York - Part 1

New York has arguably the biggest diversity of subway signs. Here are a few of them:

Photo by Marcin Wichary. License: CC-BY

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Madrid - Metro Delicias

Photo by alvy. License: CC-BY-SA

A delicious station... or should I say Del.icio.us?

Copenhagen Information Column

Photo by Stig Nygaard. License: CC-BY

From what I could find on the Internet, this is actually a 5 m tall "Information Column" from the Kongens Nytorv station.

Paris - Line 7

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Montreal - Place-Saint-Henri Station

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Sofia Metro

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The metro system of the Bulgarian capital was launched in 1998.

Paris - "Nord-Sud" Line

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On 31 January 1904, a second concession was granted to a company called the Société du chemin de fer électrique souterrain Nord-Sud de Paris (Paris North-South underground electrical railway company) and abbreviated to the Nord-Sud (North-South) company. It was responsible for building three proposed lines:

• line A would join Montmartre to Montparnasse as an additional north-south line to the west of line 4
• line B would serve the north-west of Paris only by connecting Saint-Lazare station to Porte de Clichy and Porte de Saint-Ouen
• line C would serve the south-west only by connecting Montparnasse station to Porte de Vanves.

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Paris Métro Art Nouveau Entrances

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The first line of the Paris Métro, Maillot-Vincennes, was inaugurated on 19 July 1900 during the Paris World's Fair. Entrances to stations were designed in art nouveau style by Hector Guimard. Eighty-six of his entrances are still in existence.
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