New York City Subway Opens Its Services to the Masses (2239 words, 3 pages)
The New York City subway system officially opened on Thursday, October 27, 1904. That Sunday, nearly a million customers tried to use it. Average daily ridership grew to 8 million passengers in 1946. Ridership continued at this level into 1947 due to post-World War II gas and rubber shortages and ...
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