Indifferent alike to praise or blame
Give heed, O Muse, but to the voice Divine
Fearing not injury, nor seeking fame,
Nor casting pearls to swine.
(A.Pushkin)
I notice the dramatic rise in additions to that network, post-Soviet era ! Did getting rid of that regime do wonders for entrepreneurialism ?
We Brits also have something to be proud of, when it comes to our London Underground system. I note that the beginnings of our own preceded yours by a significant margin .... ours started with the Metropolitan Railway, back in the 19th century.
See ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeli...on_Underground
https://www.undergroundmaps.co.uk/
By 1936, the year yours first began to be built ... our network already looked like this ....
1936 tube map -- beck.jpg
You can see an even clearer (magnified) version of it through this link ...
https://bryarsandbryars.co.uk/produc...nger-map-no-1/
You see, much of our network had already been built by the time construction started on yours, Balu !
In my lifetime, two lines were added .. the Victoria Line (1960's) and the Jubilee Line (around 1980 on, I think ..).
Last edited by Drummond; 08-04-2019 at 02:05 PM.
It's That Bloody Foreigner Again !!!