The subway opened its first short stretch in 1993.
This track did not last long; it was reportedly disconnected and removed in 1906, only two years after the subway opened.
The first fare increase, to a dime, did not occur until 1948, 44 years after the subway opened.
Nobody called it a subway series; the city's subway wouldn't open until late the next year.
When the subway first opened, it was possible to open both sides of the train at once.
Since the subway first opened, trains have had a one-way relationship with the third rail: they take power from it.
It opened two years after the subway opened, only to close in 1921, becoming an office building.
After 18 months of construction and $1.25 million in expenditures, the subway officially opened to the public on December 1, 1925.
On March 30, 1954, after five years of work, the first subway in Canada opened to the public.
At the turn of the century, when the subways first opened, the ride was exhilarating.
