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If you're ever in Sydney, go to the St. James station (I think) and you'll see lots of historical photos of using horse and carriage to build the first Sydney m

• hinkley 3y ago
  I hear there's a museum in Tokyo as well. When I was there in the 90's they were excavating a station that was found by a construction crew. The plan was to turn it into a subway history museum. I was told that the line was abandoned after an earthquake, and they lost track of the location of some of the stations (or at least, this one). It was on a green strip of undeveloped land, so I have a small suspicion that a landslide may have been involved. I mean how else do you 'lose' a building?
  • bobthepanda 3y ago
    It is highly doubtful that anyone in bubble-era Japan “lost” a piece of property. The rail companies in particular are keen, savvy property developers. During the bubble, the Imperial Palace grounds had a higher real estate valuation than all of California.
    • hinkley 3y ago
      I feel like you might be underestimating the age of subway lines. 2027 will be the centennial anniversary of the Ginza Line, and that's a baby compared to Paddington Station, which had its sesquicentennial a decade ago. Apparently the Tokyo postal service had a private line in 1915. I kinda wonder if that's the one they 'found'.